European Throwing Cup Explained

European Throwing Cup
Events:	16
Previous:	2023
Next:	2024

The European Throwing Cup (Until 2015 European Cup Winter Throwing) is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every March by the European Athletics Association, is intended as a counterbalance to the fact that indoor track and field meetings cannot host the longer throwing events. It allows athletes who specialise in throwing events to gauge their form for the forthcoming outdoor athletics season.^[1]

The event was first held in Nice, France, in 2001 as the European Winter Throwing Challenge.^[2] It was renamed as a European Cup event in 2005 when it was held in Mersin, Turkey.^[3]

Editions

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Events
Name: European Cup Winter Throwing
Senior
1				17–18 March	80 men/71 women	21	8
2				9–10 March	99 men/76 women	26	8
3				1–2 March	71 men/66 women	25	8
4				13–14 March	71 men/76 women	27	8
5				12–13 March	89 men/85 women	30	8
6				18–19 March	86 men/82 women	28	8
Senior + U23
7				17–18 March	96 men/ 98 women	28	16
8				15–16 March	121 men/ 108 women	34	16
9				14–15 March	119 men/ 107 women	29	16
10				20–21 March	166 men/ 114 women	30	16
11				19–20 March	125 men/123 women	33	16
12				17–18 March	142 men/140 women	33	16
13				16–17 March	249	38	16
14				15–16 March	280		16
15				14–15 March	248		16
Name: European Throwing Cup
16				12–13 March	282		16
17				11–12 March	249		16
18				10–11 March	291	39	16
19				9–10 March	329	38	16
	~~2020~~	~~Leiria~~		~~21-22 March~~	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
20				8–9 May			16
21				12–13 March			16
22				11–12 March			16
23				9–10 March
24	2025			15–16 March
25	2026			14–15 March
26	2027			13–14 March

Championships records

Senior men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	21.99 m	Zane Weir	13 March 2022	2022 Leiria	^[5]
Discus throw	69.70 m	Gerd Kanter	15 March 2009	2009 Tenerife
Hammer throw	82.27 m	Aleksey Zagornyi	9 March 2002	2002 Pula
Javelin throw	92.70 m	Johannes Vetter	11 March 2018	2018 Leiria	^[6]

Senior women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	20.03 m	Vita Pavlysh	10 March 2002	2002 Pula
Discus throw	68.89 m	Nadine Müller	18 March 2012	2012 Bar
Hammer throw	75.05 m	Anita Włodarczyk	14 March 2009	2009 Tenerife
Javelin throw	71.40 m	Maria Andrejczyk	9 May 2021	2021 Split	^[7]

Nadzeya Astapchuk set a record of 20.29 m for the women's shot put in 2012, but this was later annulled following retesting of her doping violation as she tested positive for steroids at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and again at the 2012 Olympic Games.

U-23 men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	20.27 m	Giorgi Mujaridze	10 March 2019	2019 Šamorín	^[8]
Discus throw	64.37 m	Yauheni Bahutski	8 May 2021	2021 Split	^[9]
Hammer throw	78.59 m	Yury Shayunou	15 March 2009	2009 Tenerife
Javelin throw	83.41 m	Maksym Bohdan	16 March 2014	2014 Leiria

U-23 women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	17.92 m	Anita Márton	19 March 2011	2011 Sofia	^[10]
Discus throw	67.19 m	Sandra Perković	18 March 2012	2012 Bar
Hammer throw	69.95 m	Alena Sobaleva	15 March 2015	2015 Leiria	^[11]
Javelin throw	63.17 m	Liina Laasma	15 March 2014	2014 Leiria	^[12]

Senior Summary

Shot put (men)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	20,27 m	19,96 m	19,50 m
2002	20,92 m	19,85 m	19,78 m
2003	20,52 m	19,54 m	19,53 m
2004	20,23 m	19,65 m	19,43 m
2005	21,00 m	20,75 m	20,22 m
2006	20,41 m	20,26 m	20,19 m
2007	19,95 m	19,86 m	19,42 m
2008	20,77 m	20,13 m	20,13 m
2009	20,06 m	20,00 m	19,69 m
2010	20,15 m	20,07 m	19,85 m
2011	20,21 m	20,18 m	19,45 m
2012	21,02 m	20,50 m	20,06 m
2013	20,00 m	19,68 m	19,55 m
2014	21,23 m	21,01 m	20,59 m
2015	20,15 m	20,09 m	20,04 m
2016	20,96 m	19,85 m	19,78 m
2017	20,69 m	20,57 m	20,52 m
2018	21.32 m	21.18 m	20.71 m

Discus throw (men)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	61,79 m	61,60 m	61,22 m
2002	63,09 m	61,72 m	61,68 m
2003	64,17 m	63,71 m	62,29 m
2004	63,21 m	62,00 m	59,84 m
2005	66,05 m	64,17 m	62,80 m
2006	65,01 m	63,40 m	62,55 m
2007	65,43 m	65,06 m	63,34 m
2008	65,25 m	64,34 m	63,80 m
2009	69,70 m	64,70 m	61,89 m
2010	65,37 m	63,78 m	61,19 m
2011	63,31 m	62,15 m	62,00 m
2012	64,09 m	63,59 m	63,30 m
2013	64,69 m	64,66 m	64,38 m
2014	64,38 m	63,56 m	62,56 m
2015	66,67 m	65,51 m	65,44 m
2016	62,73 m	62,20 m	62,01 m
2017	65,73 m	64,18 m	62,86 m
2018	66.81 m	65.81 m	63.45 m

Hammer throw (men)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	76,54 m	76,41 m	76,36 m
2002	82,27 m	79,67 m	78,58 m
2003	75,35 m	74,74 m	74,73 m
2004	79,69 m	77,76 m	77,13 m
2005	80,79 m	78,11 m	77,35 m
2006	79,04 m	78,54 m	77,00 m
2007	77,99 m	77,79 m	76,68 m
2008	77,87 m	77,06 m	76,86 m
2009	80,38 m	79,66 m	78,51 m
2010	76,63 m	76,30 m	75,58 m
2011	79,84 m	77,41 m	76,84 m
2012	75,95 m	75,15 m	74,23 m
2013	76,80 m	75,52 m	74,71 m
2014	78,75 m	77,96 m	74,11 m
2015	79,24 m	76,19 m	73,84 m
2016	75,21 m	75,17 m	74,51 m
2017	76.55 m	74.41 m	74.37 m
2018	77.30 m	75.97 m	75.71 m

Javelin throw (men)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	82,10 m	80,81 m	78,60 m
2002	81,71 m	78,46 m	76,91 m
2003	83,80 m	79,24 m	78,60 m
2004	82,44 m	82,13 m	80,87 m
2005	81,13 m	80,02 m	76,76 m
2006	81,16 m	79,27 m	78,64 m
2007	83,34 m	76,72 m	76,64 m
2008	81,52 m	79,55 m	78,41 m
2009	77,68 m	76,60 m	74,86 m
2010	83,28 m	79,38 m	78,13 m
2011	84,47 m	81,96 m	79,49 m
2012	81,09 m	79,94 m	78,74 m
2013	82,51 m	81,87 m	79,10 m
2014	81,60 m	81,17 m	80,58 m
2015	83,00 m	81,83 m	81,45 m
2016	79.34 m	76.66 m	75.41 m
2017	85.85 m	78.78 m	78.40 m
2018	92.70 m	80.62 m	79.92 m

Shot put (women)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	19,47 m	18,77 m	18,54 m
2002	20,03 m	18,15 m	17,88 m
2003	18,47 m	18,09 m	17,91 m
2004	18,17 m	17,96 m	17,70 m
2005	18,41 m	17,98 m	17,68 m
2006	19,18 m	18,55 m	18,30 m
2007	18,67 m	18,31 m	18,14 m
2008	18,98 m	18,38 m	18,05 m
2009	18,80 m	18,76 m	18,55 m
2010	20,16 m	19,55 m	19,11 m
2011	17,71 m	17,52 m		17,39 m
2012	20,29 m	19,12 m	18,59 m
2013	19,04 m	18,18 m	17,98 m
2014	18,66 m	18,58 m	18,55 m
2015	18,56 m	17,59 m	17,38 m
2016	17.21 m	17.05 m	16.86 m
2017	18.05 m	17.50 m	17.48 m
2018	19.12 m	18.47 m	18.45 m

Discus throw (women)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	65,52 m	61,88 m	61,67 m
2002	60,28 m	60,07 m	59,29 m
2003	63,65 m	60,63 m	59,73 m
2004	60,32 m	60,28 m	58,69 m
2005	61,74 m	60,75 m	57,84 m
2006	61,89 m	61,70 m	60,86 m
2007	66,15 m	63,48 m	60,51 m
2008	60,25 m	59,93 m	59,64 m
2009	62,61 m	60,45 m	59,27 m
2010	64,30 m	59,95 m	59,92 m
2011	60,30 m	59,44 m	57,45 m
2012	68,82 m	63,86 m	63,03 m
2013	66,69 m	61,26 m	61,12 m
2014	64,20 m	63,21 m	59,26 m
2015	65,27 m	64,75 m	63,25 m
2016	62.05 m	58.24 m	55.55 m
2017	62.35 m	59.60 m	59.47 m
2018	60.42 m	60.39 m	59.59 m
2019	59.79 m	59.74 m	58.05 m
2021	62.80 m	62.79 m	62.05 m
2022	61.56 m	61.23 m	60.74 m
2023	64.88 m	64.32 m	61.70 m

Hammer throw (women)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	71,30 m	69,72 m	68,15 m
2002	66,54 m	65,46 m	64,81 m
2003	72,18 m	69,24 m	66,25 m
2004	67,99 m	67,52 m	67,49 m
2005	71,00 m	70,40 m	70,11 m
2006	73,32 m	72,01 m	70,29 m
2007	72,65 m	72,05 m	68,70 m
2008	71,84 m	71,10 m	69,04 m
2009	75,05 m	73,45 m	71,77 m
2010	72,48 m	69,43 m	69,11 m
2011	73,70 m	72,71 m	71,96 m
2012	72,87 m	72,60 m	71,16 m
2013	71,54 m	71,07 m	70,82 m>
2014	72,70 m	72,49 m	70,99 m
2015	72.06 m	70.90 m	70.45 m
2016	72.58 m	70.79 m	69.83 m
2017	71.71 m	71.06 m	70.97 m
2018	72.62 m	71.20 m	69.54 m

Javelin throw (women)

Year	Measure	Measure	Measure
2001	63,96 m	62,49 m	57,89 m
2002	63,27 m	62,69 m	59,02 m
2003	62,50 m	61,12 m	60,42 m
2004	63,84 m	62,80 m	61,34 m
2005	61,01 m	60,05 m	59,06 m
2006	60,06 m	59,15 m	57,28 m
2007	63,14 m	60,02 m	58,95 m
2008	63,65 m	63,16 m	59,42 m
2009	61,87 m	60,76 m	60,42 m
2010	65,96 m	65,21 m	60,56 m
2011	58,35 m	56,99 m	56,44 m
2012	63,59 m	62,75 m	60,33 m
2013	69,34 m	63,42 m	61,97 m
2014	61,20 m	60,97 m	59,57 m
2015	62,43 m	62,12 m	62,08 m
2016	61.80 m	61.26 m	59.53 m
2017	60.66 m	59.20 m	59.00 m
2018	62.42 m	60.02 m	59.80 m

Medals

U23 (2007-2024)

136 Gold, 136 Silver, 136 Bronze

Senior (2001-2024)

184 Gold, 184 Silver, 184 Bronze

Total (2001-2024)

Source:^[13]

References

Participation data

History – European Cup Winter Throwing . RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-03-24.

External links

European Throwing Cup at EAA website

Notes and References

http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8405&Itemid=2 Final entries confirmed for European Cup Winter Throwing
Ventouillac, Marc (2001-03-18). European Winter Throwing Challenge 2001 . European Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3544&Itemid=3 European Cup Winter Throwing 2005
Web site: European Throwing Cup 2020 in Leiria, Portugal postponed. athleticsireland.ie. 11 March 2020. 12 May 2021.
Web site: Shot Put Results. European Athletics. 13 March 2022. 14 March 2022.
Web site: Javelin Throw Group A Results. 4emlinha.pt. 11 March 2018. 12 March 2018.
News: Rojas opens with 15.14m, Andrejczyk throws 71.40m. World Athletics. Jess Whittington. 9 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
Web site: Shot Put Results. ČAS. 10 March 2019. 10 March 2019.
News: 2021 European Throwing Cup Results. HAS. 9 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
Web site: 18th European Cup Winter Throwing 2018 Results .
Web site: 15th European Cup Winter Throwing 2015 Results . European Athletics . 15 March 2015 . 15 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093749/http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/eurathresults.php?CID=12857454 . 2 April 2015 .
Web site: 18th European Cup Winter Throwing 2018 Results. 4emlinha.pt.
https://www.athleticspodium.com/champs/european-throwing-cup