1995 European Cup (athletics) explained

1995 European Cup
Host City:	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Dates:	24–25 June (Super Leagues) 10–11 June (First & Second Leagues)
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Events:	37
Previous:	1994 Birmingham
Next:	1996 Madrid

The 1995 European Cup was the 16th edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

It was the last edition to feature the 10,000 metres event and the first to feature women's 5000 metres. The Super League Finals were held in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.

Super League

See main article: 1995 European Cup Super League. Held on 24 and 25 June in Villeneuve d'Ascq^[2]

Team standings

Men
Pos.	Nation	Points
1		117
2		107
3		105
4		96.5
5		82
6		78.5
7		67
8		66

Women
Pos.	Nation	Points
1		117
2		100
3		85
4		75
5		75
6		71
7		52
8		37

Spain was not relegated from the men's Super League as the host of the next edition.

Results summary

Men's events

100 m (Wind: +2.0 m/s)	Linford Christie	10.05 CR	Andrey Grigoryev	10.27	Matias Ghansah Ezio Madonia	10.32
200 m (Wind: +1.9 m/s)	Linford Christie	20.11 CR	Vladislav Dologodin	20.35	Aleksandr Sokolov	20.64
400 m	Mark Richardson	45.43	Andrea Nuti	46.40	Karsten Just	46.42
800 m	Nico Motchebon	1:46.75	Andrzej Jakubiec	1:47.15	Andrea Giocondi	1:47.33
1500 m	Rüdiger Stenzel	3:42.58	Vyacheslav Shabunin	3:42.59	Fermín Cacho	3:44.20
5000 m	Gennaro Di Napoli	13:45.57	John Nuttall	13:46.82	Manuel Pancorbo	13:48.93
10000 m	Stefano Baldini	28:45.77	Stephan Freigang	28:46.34	Alejandro Gómez	28:46.76
3000 m steeplechase	Alessandro Lambruschini	8:21.94	Steffen Brand	8:24.00	Javier Rodríguez	8:25.03
110 m hurdles (Wind: +1.0 m/s)	Florian Schwarthoff	13.28	Andy Tulloch	13.64	Dmitriy Kolesnichenko	13.67
400 m hurdles	Laurent Ottoz	49.30	Ruslan Mashchenko	49.49	Sven Nylander	49.64
4 × 100 m	Jason Gardener Tony Jarrett Darren Braithwaite Linford Christie	38.73	Christian Konieczny Robert Kurnicki Michael Huke Marc Blume	39.12	Angelo Cipolloni Alessandro Orlandi Ezio Madonia Andrea Colombo	39.19
4 × 400 m	Iwan Thomas Adrian Patrick Mark Richardson Roger Black	3:00.34	Marco Vaccari Fabrizio Mori Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti	3:04.27	Kai Karsten Daniel Bittner Markus Rau Uwe Jahn	3:04.28
High jump	Steve Smith	2.31	Patrik Sjöberg	2.31	Artur Partyka	2.25
Pole vault	Igor Trandenkov	5.80	Patrik Stenlund	5.60	Javier García	5.50
Long jump	Stanislav Tarasenko	8.32w	Konstantin Krause	8.11	Vitaliy Kirilenko	8.11w
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards	18.43w	Jacek Butkiewicz	17.14w	Arne Holm	16.70w
Shot put	Aleksandr Bagach	20.65	Oliver-Sven Buder	20.28	Paolo Dal Soglio	19.80
Discus throw	Lars Riedel	68.76 CR	Sergey Lyakhov	63.82	Robert Weir	62.94
Hammer throw	Ilya Konovalov	79.66	Vadim Kolesnikov	77.00	Karsten Kobs	76.32
Javelin throw	Raymond Hecht	87.24	Andrey Moruyev	82.80	Steve Backley	81.96

Women's events

100 m (Wind: +2.0 m/s)	Melanie Paschke	11.08	Yekaterina Leshchova	11.16	Delphine Combe	11.30
200 m (Wind: +0.8 m/s)	Silke Knoll	22.45	Marina Trandenkova	22.67	Viktoriya Fomenko	22.75
400 m	Melanie Neef	51.35	Yuliya Sotnikova	51.81	Yelena Rurak	52.92
800 m	Yelena Afanasyeva	1:59.26	Patricia Djaté	1:59.73	Natalya Dukhnova	2:00.07
1500 m	Kelly Holmes	4:07.02	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	4:07.88	Svetlana Miroshnik	4:07.94
5000 m	Viktoriya Nenasheva	15:16.06	Alison Wyeth	15:19.44	Tamara Koba	15:20.97
10000 m	Maria Guida	32:01.75	Uta Pippig	32:14.66	Alla Zhilyayeva	32:17.62
100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.5 m/s)	Yuliya Graudyn	12.86	Yelena Ovcharova	12.88	Jacqui Agyepong	12.90
400 m hurdles	Marie-José Pérec	54.51	Tatyana Kurochkina	55.59	Tatyana Tereshchuk	56.05
4 × 100 m	Natalya Voronova Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Yekaterina Leshchova	42.74	Melanie Paschke Birgit Rockmeier Silke-Beate Knoll Silke Lichtenhagen	43.15	Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Delphine Combe Maguy Nestoret	43.63
4 × 400 m	Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Chebykina Yuliya Sotnikova Olga Nazarova	3:24.69	Karin Janke Jana Schönenberger Sandra Kuschmann Uta Rohländer	3:26.23	Viktoriya Fomenko Yana Manuylova Olha Moroz Yelena Rurak	3:27.33
High jump	Alina Astafei	1.98	Stefka Kostadinova	1.94	Yelena Topchina	1.90
Long jump	Heike Drechsler	7.04w	Fiona May	6.98w	Nadine Caster	6.94
Triple jump	Ashia Hansen	14.37 CR	Yelena Sinchukova	14.30w	Zhanna Gureyeva	14.25
Shot put	Astrid Kumbernuss	20.00	Irina Korzhanenko	18.32	Judy Oakes	18.17
Discus throw	Natalya Sadova	66.86	Ilke Wyludda	66.04	Irina Yatchenko	64.46
Javelin throw	Steffi Nerius	68.42	Natalya Shikolenko	63.42	Yekaterina Ivakina	61.36

First League

The First League was held on 10 and 11 June^[2]

Men

Group 1
Held in Basel, Switzerland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		122.5
2		101
3		98.5
4		88
5		84
6		80.5
7		73.5
8		70

Group 2
Held in Turku, Finland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		122
2	Belarus	102
3		101.5
4		100
5		90.5
6		83.5
7		60.5
8		59

Women

Group 1
Held in Basel, Switzerland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		94
2		88
3		86.5
4		82
5		78
6		74
7		56
8		53.5

Group 2
Held in Turku, Finland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		117
2		106
3		74
4		72
5		68
6		65
7	Lithuania	46
8		39

Second League

The Second League was held on 10 and 11 June^[2]

Men

Group 1
Held in Tallinn, Estonia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		109
2		100
3		99
4		85
5		72
6	Lithuania	50
7	AASSE	43

Group 2
Held in Velenje, Slovenia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		101
2		95
3		94
4		91
5		73
6		71
7		30

Women

Group 1
Held in Tallinn, Estonia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		97
2		81
3		74
4		72
5		69
6		47
7	AASSE	35

Group 2
Held in Velenje, Slovenia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		106
2		88
3		79
4		64
5		49
6		42
7		41

External links

European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics

Notes and References

Web site: The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event . european-athletics.org . 3 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006060426/http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=98 . 6 October 2013 .
http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf 2010 Italian almanach