2002 European Cup (athletics) explained

2002 European Cup
Host City:	Annecy, France
Dates:	22–23 June
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Events:	40
Previous:	2001 Bremen
Next:	2003 Florence

The 2002 European Cup was the 23rd edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

The Super League Finals were held in Annecy, France.

It was the first edition to feature women's 3000 metres steeplechase equalising the number of events for men and women.

Super League

See main article: 2002 European Cup Super League. Held on 22 and 23 June in Annecy, France^[2]

Team standings

Men
Pos.	Nation	Points
1		109
2		107
3		96
4		95
5		91.5
6		87
7		64.5
8		61

Women
Pos.	Nation	Points
1		122.5
2		103
3		89
4		88
5		80.5
6		75.5
7		73.5
8		73

Italy kept its position in the women's Super League as the host of the next edition. Top six teams qualified for the 2003 European Indoor Cup.

Results summary

Men's events

100 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Issa-Aimé Nthépé	10.27	Konstantin Rurak	10.31	Francesco Scuderi	10.35
200 m (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Marlon Devonish	20.27	Marcin Urbaś	20.45	Marco Torrieri	20.65
400 m	Daniel Caines	45.14	Ingo Schultz	45.33	Marek Plawgo	45.35
800 m	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1:46.58	Nils Schumann	1:46.99	Paweł Czapiewski	1:47.92
1500 m	Mehdi Baala	3:47.21	Michael East	3:48.26	Paweł Czapiewski	3:48.77
3000 m	Driss Maazouzi	7:53.41	Mikhail Yeginov	7:54.05	Jan Fitschen	7:54.92
5000 m	Dmitriy Maksimov	14:09.92	Sam Haughian	14:11.60	Ismaïl Sghyr	14:14.00
3000 m steeplechase	Bouabdellah Tahri	8:30.22	Damian Kallabis	8:32.04	Roman Usov	8:34.10
110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s)	Colin Jackson	13.15	Mike Fenner	13.33	Andrea Giaconi	13.35
400 m hurdles	Fabrizio Mori	48.41	Stéphane Diagana	48.45	Chris Rawlinson	48.87
4 × 100 m	Ronny Ostwald Alexander Kosenkow Marc Blume Thomas Müller	38.88	Francesco Scuderi Alessandro Cavallaro Marco Torrieri Stefano Dacastello	38.89	Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Urbaś Zbigniew Tulin	39.08
4 × 400 m	Jared Deacon Timothy Benjamin Jamie Baulch Daniel Caines	3:00.57	Ingo Schultz Jens Dautzenberg Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims	3:00.80	Leslie Djhone Stéphane Diagana Naman Keïta Marc Raquil	3:00.92
High jump	Grégory Gabella	2.30	Yaroslav Rybakov	2.28	Grzegorz Sposób	2.25
Pole vault	Tim Lobinger	5.75	Giuseppe Gibilisco Denis Yurchenko	5.70
Long jump	Chris Tomlinson	8.17	Nicola Trentin	8.15	Salim Sdiri	8.03
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards	17.19	Fabrizio Donato	17.17	Charles Friedek	17.11
Shot put	Yuriy Bilonog	20.55	Ville Tiisanoja	20.29	Paolo Dal Soglio	19.87
Discus throw	Michael Möllenbeck	66.82	Dmitriy Shevchenko	62.03	Olgierd Stański	60.88
Hammer throw	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	79.25	Andrey Skvaruk	79.04	Maciej Pałyszko	78.25
Javelin throw	Sergey Makarov	88:24.	Steve Backley	85.03	Boris Henry	83.90

Women's events

100 m (Wind: +0.4 m/s)	Muriel Hurtis	10.96	Manuela Levorato	11.20	Yuliya Tabakova	11.24
200 m (Wind: +0.6 m/s)	Muriel Hurtis	22.51	Manuela Levorato	22.76	Sina Schielke	22.91
400 m	Antonina Yefremova	50.70	Grażyna Prokopek	51.34	Francine Landre	51.78
800 m	Irina Mistyukevich	1:59.76	Elisabeth Grousselle	1:59.95	Ivonne Teichmann	2:00.07
1500 m	Maria Cioncan	4:03.74	Lidia Chojecka	4:04.84	Tatyana Tomashova	4:05.14
3000 m	Gabriela Szabo	8:38.03	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	8:39.84	Lidia Chojecka	8:49.95
5000 m	Olga Yegorova	16:04.26	Joanne Pavey	16:06.65	Fatima Yvelain	16:08.21
3000 m steeplechase	Justyna Bąk	9:43.38	Cristina Casandra	9:49.51	Melanie Schulz	9:49.79
100 m hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s)	Patricia Girard	12.64	Kirsten Bolm	12.85	Mariya Koroteyeva	12.94
400 m hurdles	Yuliya Pechonkina	53.38 CR	Anna Olichwierczuk	55.11	Natasha Danvers	55.68
4 × 100 m	Patricia Girard Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Odiah Sidibé	42.41	Melanie Paschke Gabriele Rockmeier Sina Schielke Marion Wagner	42.49	Natalya Ignatova Irina Khabarova Marina Kislova Yuliya Tabakova	43.11
4 × 400 m	Catherine Murphy Helen Frost Helen Karagounis Lee McConnell	3:27.87	Nicole Marahrens Claudia Marx Birgit Rockmeier Florence Ekpo-Umoh	3:28.72	Daniela Reina Daniela Graglia Manuela Levorato Danielle Perpoli	3:29.14
High jump	Irina Mikhalchenko	1.95	Oana Pantelimon	1.93	Kathryn Holinski	1.93
Pole vault	Svetlana Feofanova	4.70 CR	Yvonne Buschbaum	4.60	Vanessa Boslak	4.45
Long jump	Tatyana Kotova	7.42 CR	Cristina Nicolau	6.65	Bianca Kappler	6.64
Triple jump	Anna Pyatykh	14.67	Ashia Hansen	14.62	Magdelín Martínez	14.54
Shot put	Svetlana Krivelyova	19.63	Astrid Kumbernuss	19.61	Krystyna Zabawska	18.52
Discus throw	Natalya Sadova	65.91	Nicoleta Grasu	63.05	Franka Dietzsch	59.30
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	73.07	Manuela Montebrun	68.53	Irina Sekachova	66.88
Javelin throw	Tatyana Shikolenko	64.81	Felicia Moldovan	61.59	Steffi Nerius	59.98

First League

The First League was held on 22 and 23 June^[2]

Men

Group A
Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		124
2		107
3		101
4		85
5		82
6		79
7		74
8	Lithuania	61

Group B
Held in Seville, Spain

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		132
2		122
3		100
4		91
5		77
6		77
7		70
8		48

Women

Group A
Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		133
2		107
3		107
4		104.5
5		99.5
6		63
7		59
8		46

Group B
Held in Seville, Spain

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		128
2		111
3	Belarus	106.5
4		88.5
5		88
6		73
7		72.5
8		51.5

The winner of each group also qualified for the 2003 European Indoor Cup.

Second League

The Second League was held on 22 and 23 June^[2]

Men

Group A
Held in Tallinn, Estonia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Belarus	127
2		118
3		114.5
4		94
5		87.5
6		74
7	Georgia	48
8		47

Group B
Held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		173
2		167.5
3		157
4		150
5		149.5
6		140
7		111
8		83
9	AASSE	62
10		59
11		49

Women

Group A
Held in Tallinn, Estonia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		129
2	Lithuania	124
3		112
4		106
5		95
6		75
7	Georgia	40
8		35

Group B
Held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		173
2		163
3		145.5
4		136
5		117
6		107
7		82.5
8		52
9		44
10	AASSE	38

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