2009 European Team Championships Explained

2009 European Team Championships
Host City:	Leiria, Portugal (Super League)
Dates:	20–21 June 2009
Events:	40
Nations:	47
Stadium:	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (Super League)
Previous:	2008 Annecy

The first European Athletics Team Championships took place on 20 and 21 June 2009. The track and field athletics tournament run by European Athletics was the successor of the old European Cup competition which was held annually until 2008. The Championships saw a number of new rules introduced, which were criticised by some athletes and observers.

New rules

The European Team Championships modified and added to the rules of its predecessor competition, the European Cup. Men and women's team competed under one unified national banner for the first time.^[1] Furthermore, the competition was opened to all European Athletics member states and was divided into four leagues: the Super League, First League, Second League, and Third League. The top two leagues each comprised twelve competing nations, while the Second and Third Leagues had eight and fourteen teams, respectively.^[2]

Elimination rules were added to the 3000 metres, 3000 metres steeplechase, and 5000 metres races. In the shorter races, the athlete in last place when five, four, and three laps were remaining was eliminated. In the 5000 m the cut off points were at seven, five, and three laps remaining.^[2] The rule change caused some confusion in the women's 3000 m when Spain's Natalia Rodríguez was eliminated with three laps remaining, but carried on running and eventually won the race. She was disqualified, however, and Russia's Gulnara Galkina-Samitova was announced as the winner. Rodriguez said that she thought the elimination stage came at a later point in the race,^[3] and winner Galkina-Samitova was critical of the change, stating "This new elimination rule shouldn't exist. Everyone should race till the end".^[4] Further problems arose in the men's 5000 m, when four athletes reached the five laps remaining mark at the same time. The group slowed, unable to tell who was eliminated, and while awaiting the photo-finish the four dropped away from the other runners. Race winner Mo Farah complied with the elimination rule but stated that every athlete had a right to finish, branding the rule change as "strange".^[5] Sections of the press also expressed reservations about the changes.^{[6] [7]}

Other rule changes included a 'no false start rule' in all the track events. (Any athlete false starting would have been immediately disqualified and received no points, but this did not occur at the inaugural championships). Athletes in the high jump and pole vault events were permitted a maximum total of four fouls throughout the day's competition. Also, the jumping and throwing events featured elimination rounds: athletes had two trial attempts, then the six best-ranked athletes had a third attempt, then finally the top four athletes had a fourth attempt.^[2] The elimination rounds caused some upsets, with highly rated Russian hammer thrower, Aleksey Zagornyi failing to progress beyond the trial rounds.^[4]

Many athletes did not fully support the new regulations,^[5] and European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz accepted that the rules needed refinement. However, he was pleased with the competition's reception and stated that the rule changes would make athletics more accessible to a wider audience. Portugal's Rui Silva, who won the 1500 metres, remarked that although the regulations had unusual outcomes, a positive approach to the rules, and further refinement, would be beneficial to the sport.^[8]

Calendar

width=10%	Division	width=10%	Date	width=10%	Host city	width=20%	Host country
Super League	20–21 June 2009	Leiria
First League	20–21 June 2009	Bergen
Second League	20–21 June 2009	Banská Bystrica
Third League	20–21 June 2009	Sarajevo

League positions

The leagues for the 2009 competition were formed by combination of each country's men and women's performances in the European Cup 2008. As the teams were 46, the winning team received 46 points, the second 45 and so on. The leagues were formed as:^[9]

Super League	First League	Second League	Third League
Country	Pts	Country	Pts	Country	Pts	Country	Pts
	1548	Belarus	1217	Ireland	971.5		722
	1518	Slovenia	1211	Bulgaria	947	Israel	714
Poland	1512	Romania	1182.5	Croatia	942	Denmark	709.5
	1472	Turkey	1166	Latvia	933	Bosnia and Herzegovina	555.5
	1455		1139	Slovakia	901	Iceland	550.5
	1426.5	Hungary	1133	Lithuania	839.5	Luxembourg	399.5
	1423.5		1118	Austria	783	Georgia	356
Ukraine	1412.5	Finland	1072.5	Cyprus	749	Azerbaijan	332.5
Greece	1359.5	Estonia	1035.5			Montenegro	310.5
Sweden	1309		1032.5			Armenia	301.5
Czech Republic	1236	Serbia	1028.5			AASSE	280
Portugal	1222	Norway	974			Albania	191
						Andorra	187
							164

Super League

Place: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal

Participating countries

Men's events

100 m	Dwain Chambers	10.07	Francis Obikwelu	10.20 SB	Emanuele Di Gregorio	10.21 PB
200 m	Dwain Chambers	20.55	Arnaldo Abrantes	20.62 SB	Martial Mbandjock	20.67 PB
400 m	Timothy Benjamin	45.57	Johan Wissman	45.81 SB	Kamghe Gaba	45.88 SB
800 m	Miguel Quesada	1:47.76	Oleksandr Osmolovych	1:48.05	Jeff Lastennet	1:48.29
1500 m	Rui Silva	3:42.07	Diego Ruiz	3:42.54	Yoann Kowal	3:42.73
3000 m	Jesús España	8:01.73 SB	Sergey Ivanov	8:02.18 SB	Daniele Meucci	8:02.22
5000 m	Mo Farah	13:43.01 SB	Carles Castillejo	13:49.54	Serhiy Lebid	13:59.85 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Mustafa Mohamed	8:28.09	Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux	8:32.05 SB	Ildar Minshin	8:34.06 SB
110 m hurdles	Andy Turner	13.42	Jackson Quiñónez	13.53 SB	Matthias Bühler	13.57
400 m hurdles	Dai Greene	49.26	Fadil Bellaabouss	49.91 SB	Periklis Iakovakis	50.09
4 × 100 m	Giovanni Tomasicchio Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Fabio Cerutti	38.77	Stefan Schwab Till Helmke Alexander Kosenkow Martin Keller	38.78	Ronald Pognon Martial Mbandjock Eddy De Lépine Christophe Lemaitre	38.80
4 × 400 m	Conrad Williams Robert Tobin Richard Strachan Timothy Benjamin	3:00.82	Miguel Rigau Kamghe Gaba Simon Kirch Thomas Schneider	3:02.30	Piotr Klimczak Kacper Kozłowski Marcin Marciniszyn Jan Ciepiela	3:03.54
High jump	Yuriy Krymarenko	2.31 SB	Jaroslav Bába	2.31	Aleksandr Shustov	2.31
Pole vault	Renaud Lavillenie	6.01 NR WL	Malte Mohr	5.75	Łukasz Michalski	5.70
Long jump	Eusebio Cáceres	8.00 PB	Nelson Évora	7.94	Louis Tsatoumas	7.91
Triple jump	Nelson Évora	17.59	Phillips Idowu	17.50	Fabrizio Schembri	16.64
Shot put	Tomasz Majewski	20.81	Manuel Martínez	20.39 SB	Antonin Žalský	20.11 SB
Discus	Piotr Małachowski	66.24	Robert Harting	65.40	Mario Pestano	64.66
Hammer	Nicola Vizzoni	78.15	Szymon Ziółkowski	78.01 SB	Markus Esser	77.62
Javelin	Mark Frank	78.63	Ilya Korotkov	77.56	Igor Janik	76.48

Women's events

100 m	Emily Freeman	11.42	Nataliya Pohrebnyak	11.49	Carima Louami	11.50 SB
200 m	Yuliya Gushchina	23.01	Marta Jeschke	23.34	Christine Ohuruogu	23.40
400 m	Libania Grenot	51.16 SB	Lyudmila Litvinova	51.23 SB	Nataliya Pyhyda	51.86
800 m	Yuliya Krevsun	1:58.62 WL	Yekaterina Kostetskaya	1:59.43 SB	Élodie Guégan	1:59.79 SB
1500 m	Nuria Fernández	4:08.00	Elisa Cusma	4:08.72 PB	Hannah England	4:09.25
3000 m	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	8:46.88 SB	Sylwia Ejdys	8:58.26 PB	Inês Monteiro	9:00.83 SB
5000 m	Dolores Checa	15:28.87 SB	Silvia Weissteiner	15:31.33 SB	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	15:37.67
3000 m steeplechase	Antje Möldner	9:32.65	Sophie Duarte	9:33.63 SB	Yelena Sidorchenkova	9:36.88
100 m hurdles	Lucie Škrobáková	12.94 SB	Yuliya Kondakova	12.94 SB	Olena Krasovska	13.02
400 m hurdles	Anna Jesień	54.82	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	55.05	Zuzana Hejnová	55.29 SB
4 × 100 m	Yevgeniya Polyakova Natalia Rusakova Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	43.35	Laura Turner Kadi-Ann Thomas Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka	43.44	Katja Wakan Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	43.57
4 × 400 m	Yelena Voinova Tatyana Firova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Lyudmila Litvinova	3:25.25	Daniela Reina Maria Enrica Spacca Marta Milani Libania Grenot	3:28.77	Vicki Barr Eilidh Child Jenny Meadows Lee McConnell	3:29.29
High jump	Ariane Friedrich	2.02	Ruth Beitia	2.00 SB	Antonietta Di Martino	2.00 SB
Pole vault	Monika Pyrek	4.70	Yuliya Golubchikova	4.65 SB	Silke Spiegelburg	4.60 SB
Long jump	Naide Gomes	6.83	Olga Kucherenko	6.73	Teresa Dobija	6.45
Triple jump	Teresa Nzola Meso Ba	14.40 SB	Anna Pyatykh	14.10	Magdelín Martínez	14.01
Shot put	Nadine Kleinert	19.59	Chiara Rosa	18.57	Laurence Manfredi	18.16 SB
Discus	Natalya Semenova	61.58	Mélina Robert-Michon	61.41	Věra Cechlová	60.50
Hammer	Anita Włodarczyk	75.23	Betty Heidler	74.97 SB	Stiliani Papadopoulou	71.18
Javelin	Christina Obergföll	68.59 WL	Barbora Špotáková	65.89	Zahra Bani ^[10] ^[11]	59.11

Final standings

Pos	Country	Pts
1		329.5
2		308
3		306
4		295
5		284
6		265
7		262
8		256
9		223
10		220.5
11		207
12		142

New standing points after Russian athletes’ late disqualification.^[12]

Score table

width=200 colspan=2	Event	width=30	Czech Republic	width=30	France	width=30		width=30	United Kingdom	width=30		width=30	Italy	width=30	Poland	width=30		width=30	Russian Federation	width=30	Spain	width=30	Sweden	width=30	Ukraine
100 metres	M	2.5	9	7	12	4	10	8	11	1	5.5	2.5	5.5
	W	2	10	8	12	4	8	8	5	6	1	3	11
200 metres	M	2	10	9	12	4	5	3	11	6	8	1	7
	W	2	9	7	10	4	8	6	11	12	5	3	–
400 metres	M	5	9	10	12	6	1	4	11	8	2	11	3
	W	3	7	8	9	4	12	6	2	11	6	1	10
800 metres	M	5	10	6	9	8	7	4	3	2	12	1	11
	W	8	10	7	9	5	6	2	3	11	4	1	12
1500 metres	M	2	10	9	8	1	6	7	12	3	11	4	5
	W	2	6	3	10	5	10	8	7	0	12	4	9
3000 metres	M	5	2	8	9	4	10	6	7	11	12	3	–
	W	3	8	–	9	5	7	11	10	12	–	4	6
5000 metres	M	4	6	5	12	1	7	3	8	9	11	2	10
	W	–	7	10	6	–	11	5	8	9	12	4	–
3000 metre steeple	M	6	11	8	5	2	3	7	1	10	9	12	4
	W	1	11	12	8	6	3	5	9	10	7	2	4
110/100 metre hurdles	M	2.5	9	10	12	2.5	5	7	1	8	11	6	4
	W	12	8	9	2	4	5	7	3	11	6	1	10
400 metre hurdles	M	6	11	7	12	10	4	5	3	9	2	1	8
	W	10	7	8	9	2	6	12	–	5	4	3	11
4 × 100 metres relay	M	–	10	11	3	5	12	8	9	7	6	4	–
	W	3	–	10	11	5	7	8	6	12	2	4	9
4 × 400 metres relay	M	4	8	11	12	5	6	9	2	10	3	1	7
	W	6	8	9	10	3	11	–	4	12	5	2	7
High jump	M	11	2.5	2.5	4	7	5	8	1	10	6	9	12
	W	5	2.5	12	2.5	6.5	10	4	1	9	11	8	6.5
Pole vault	M	6.5	12	11	6.5	9	4	10	3	8	2	5	1
	W	8	6	10	9	7	4	12	3	11	5	1	2
Long jump	M	9	6	3	8	10	1	2	11	7	12	4	5
	W	5	7	6	3	9	4	10	12	11	2	1	8
Triple jump	M	2	8	4	11	7	10	3	12	5	6	1	9
	W	4	12	2	3	7	10	9	5	11	6	1	8
Shot put	M	10	8	9	7	3	2	12	4	5	11	1	6
	W	6	10	12	1	7	11	9	2	5	3	8	4
Discus throw	M	5	3	11	6	7	8	12	2	4	10	1	9
	W	10	11	9	4	5	7	8	2	1	3	6	12
Hammer throw	M	8	4	10	1	7	12	11	2	5	6	3	9
	W	5	8	11	7	10	9	12	2	–	6	3	4
Javelin throw	M	7	4	12	5	8	1	10	3	11	6	2	9
	W	11	2	12	3	8	9	5	1	10	7	4	6
width=200 colspan=2	Event	width=30	Czech Republic	width=30	France	width=30		width=30	United Kingdom	width=30		width=30	Italy	width=30	Poland	width=30		width=30	Russian Federation	width=30	Spain	width=30	Sweden	width=30	Ukraine

Records

Country	Name	Event	Results	Notes
	Kate Dennison	Women's Pole Vault	4.55	NR
	Renaud Lavillenie	Men's Pole Vault	6.01	NR
	Eva Vital	Women's 100 m hurdles	13.66	NJR

First League

• Place: Fana Stadion, Bergen, Norway

Participating countries

Belarus

Men's events

100 m	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	10.14 SB	Kristof Beyens	10.37 SB	Patrick van Luijk	10.38
200 m	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	20.94	Kristof Beyens	21.03	Patrick van Luijk	21.03
400 m	Cédric Van Branteghem	46.59	Matti Välimäki	46.83 PB	Sebastjan Jagarinec	47.20
800 m	Tamás Kazi	1:48.99	Ioan Zaizin	1:49.37	Robert Lathouwers	1:49.48
1500 m	Halil Akkaş	3:40.81 SB	Arnoud Okken	3:41.04 SB	Goran Nava	3:42.73
3000 m	Selim Bayrak	8:00.45 SB	Mirko Petrović	8:06.38 SB	Tiidrek Nurme	8:02.22
5000 m	Selim Bayrak	13:58.71	Abdi Nageeye	14:02.43	Stsiapan Rahautsou	14:03.70 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Jukka Keskisalo	8:30.89	Halil Akkaş	8:31.85 SB	Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen	8:35.18
110 m hurdles	Maksim Lynsha	13.86	Damien Broothaerts	13.95	Juha Sonck	14.04
400 m hurdles	Jussi Heikkilä	50.49	Vincent Vanryckeghem	50.50 SB	Vincent Kerssies	51.14 SB
4 × 100 m	Gregory Sedoc Caimin Douglas Guus Hoogmoed Patrick van Luijk	39.04	Pascal Mancini Marc Schneeberger Marco Cribari Reto Schenkel	39.55	Bostjan Fridrih Matic Osovnikar Joze Vrtacic Gregor Kokalovic	39.82
4 × 400 m	Arnaud Ghislain Vincent van Ryckeghem Nils Duerinck Antoine Gillet	3:07.30	Joeri Moerman Steven de Jesus Steven Zwerink Dennis Spillekom	3:07.57	Marcell Deák-Nagy László Bartha Dávid Takács Zoltán Kovács	3:08.54
High jump	Dragutin Topić	2.29 SB	Martijn Nuijens	2.29 PB	Stijn Stroobants	2.26 PB
Pole vault	Robbert Jansen	5.50	Jurij Rovan	5.40	Denis Goossens	5.40
Long jump	Tommi Evilä	7.90 SB	Julien Fivaz	7.83 SB	Boštjan Fridrih	7.66
Triple jump	Alin Anghel	16.51 SB	Fabian Florant	16.41	Dzmitry Platnitski	16.32
Shot put	Yury Bialou	19.74	Lajos Kürthy	19.61	Miran Vodovnik	19.53
Discus	Gerd Kanter	67.00	Zoltán Kővágó	63.44	Frantz Kruger	59.97
Hammer	Krisztián Pars	77.78	Primož Kozmus	77.34	Pavel Kryvitski	77.21
Javelin	Tero Pitkämäki	86.78 SB	Andreas Thorkildsen	85.04	Stefan Müller	79.08

Women's events

100 m	Ezinne Okparaebo	11.51	Aksana Drahun	11.68	Olivia Borlée	11.69 SB
200 m	Olivia Borlée	23.82	Andreea Ograzeanu	23.89	Sabina Veit	23.96
400 m	Barbara Petráhn	52.94 SB	Merve Aydin	53.48 PB	Katsiaryna Bobryk	53.63 SB
800 m	Yvonne Hak	2:01.50	Yeliz Kurt	2:01.54	Natallia Kareiva	2:02.06 SB
1500 m	Sonja Roman	4:13.75	Yeliz Kurt	4:14.00	Natallia Kareiva	4:14.17
3000 m	Dudu Karakaya	9:02.57 PB	Sonja Roman	9:03.99 PB	Krisztina Papp	9:10.46 SB
5000 m	Dudu Karakaya	15:24.86 SB	Olivera Jevtić	15:29.12	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	15:29.82 NJR
3000 m steeplechase	Ancuța Bobocel	9:42.87	Türkan Erişmiş	9:43.25 SB	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	9:47.66 PB
100 m hurdles	Nevin Yanit	13.10	Lisa Urech	13.27 NJR	Jelena Jotanovic	13.44
400 m hurdles	Krystsina Viadzernikava	58.59 SB	Angela Moroșanu	58.77	Hege Vold	58.86
4 × 100 m	Siri Eritsland Folake Akinyemi Elisabeth Slettum Ezinne Okparaebo	44.47	Yuliya Balykina Volha Aatashka Anna Bagdanovich Aksana Drahun	44.79	Eline Berings Hanna Mariën Frauke Penen Olivia Borlée	44.97
4 × 400 m	Florina Rusu Anamaria Ioniță Elena Mirela Lavric Angela Moroșanu	3:35.18	Bianka Varga Anna Mátyus Barbara Petráhn Natalia Zsigovics	3:35.55	Sanne Verstegen Yvonne Hak Romara van Noort Annemarie Schulte	3:36.26
High jump	Stine Kufaas	1.91 PB	Anna Iljuštšenko	1.86 SB	Hannelore Desmet	1.86
Pole vault	Nicole Büchler	4.10 SB	Minna Nikkanen	4.10	Rianna Galiart	4.10
Long jump	Nastassia Mironchyk	6.74	Karin Mey Melis	6.57	Viorica Țigău	6.42
Triple jump	Snežana Rodić	13.44	Sirkka-Liisa Kivine	13.39	Natallia Viatkina	13.37
Shot put	Anca Heltne	18.43	Melissa Boekelman	17.19	Alena Kopets	17.08
Discus	Nicoleta Grasu	62.51	Dragana Tomašević	55.84	Hanna Mazhunova	52.53
Hammer	Merja Korpela	69.34 PB	Sviatlana Sudak	66.95	Alena Matoshka	63.87
Javelin	Kirsi Ahonen	55.68 SB	Moonika Aava	54.97	Maryna Novik	54.90

Final standings

Pos	Country	Pts
1	Belarus	332
2		289
3		279
4		274
5		269.5
6		266.5
7		262.5
8		260
9		252.5
10		223
11		203
12		191

Records

Country	Name	Event	Results	Notes
	Lembi Vaher	Women's Pole Vault	4.00	=NR
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Women's 5000 m	15:29.82	NJR
	Lisa Urech	Women's 100 m hurdles	13.17	NJR

Second League

• Place: Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Participating countries

Men's events

100 m	Ryan Moseley	10.35	Panayiotis Ioannou	10.44	Rytis Sakalauskas	10.47
200 m	Paul Hession	20.56 SB	Ryan Moseley	21.02	Elvijs Misāns	21.05 PB
400 m	Clemens Zeller	46.41	Željko Vincek	46.97 SB	Brian Gregan	47.01
800 m	Thomas Chamney	1:50.33	Jozef Repčík	1:50.90	Vitalij Kozlov	1:50.91
1500 m	Alan Obrien	3:50.17 PB	Slavko Petrović	3:50.57 SB	Felix Kernbichler	3:50.84
3000 m	Georg Mlynek	8:21.00 SB	Sean Connolly	8:21.71	Slavko Petrović	8:26.69
5000 m	Michael Schmid	14:17.20	Mark Hanrahan	14:20.30	Mareks Floroseks	14:36.87 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Konstantins Savcuks	9:10.82	Mark Kirwan	9:19.02	Yolo Nikolov	9:28.33
110 m hurdles	Jurica Grabušić	13.69 SB	Ian McDonald	14.11	Karlis Daube	14.16
400 m hurdles	Minás Alozídis	51.35 PB	Valdas Valintelis	52.00 PB	Tom Carey	52.34
4 × 100 m	Toms Bergs Janis Mezitis Maris Grenis Elvijs Misāns	40.19	Milen Tsvetanov Yordan Yovchev Nikolai Todorov Desislav Gunev	40.28	Jason Smyth Paul Hession Darragh Graham Steven Colvert Tate	40.33
4 × 400 m	Roman Turčáni Jozef Pelikán Juraj Mokráš Jozef Repčík	3:11.97	Mirko Hižman Ivan Rimac Marko Babič Željko Vincek	3:12.38	Arturas Kulnis Vitalij Kozlov Egidijus Svegzda Linas Bruzas	3:13.35
High jump	Kyriakos Ioannou	2.19	Peter Horák	2.16	Angel Kararadev	2.16
Pole vault	Spas Buhalov	5.50 SB	Mareks Ārents	5.30 PB	Tomáš Čekan	5.00
Long jump	Povilas Mykolaitis	7.89 SB	Nikolay Atanasov	7.83	Jaroslav Dobrovodský	7.43
Triple jump	Momchil Karailiev	17.08	Povilas Mykolaitis	16.24	Elvijs Misans	15.96
Shot put	Milan Haborák	19.74	Nedžad Mulabegović	19.33	Māris Urtāns	19.25
Discus	Gerhard Mayer	61.53	Apostolos Parellis	60.94 NR	Martin Marić	57.99
Hammer	Libor Charfreitag	75.62	András Haklits	74.04	Benjamin Siart	71.99 PB
Javelin	Kolio Neshev	73.38	Tomas Intas	69.89	Martin Strasser	68.67 SB

Women's events

100 m	Lina Grinčikaitė	11.59 SB	Eleni Artymata	11.62	Bettina Müller-Weissina	11.63
200 m	Eleni Artymata	23.39	Lina Grinčikaitė	23.82	Inna Eftimova	24.00
400 m	Agnė Orlauskaitė	53.44	Ieva Zunda	53.65 SB	Danijela Grgic	54.31
800 m	Lucia Klocová	2:03.54	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	2:04.12	Kelly McNeice	2:05.18
1500 m	Irina Krakoviak	4:15.15	Deirdre Byrne	4:16.32	Agata Strausa	4:24.79
3000 m	Inna Poluškina	9:09.00 SB	Kerry Harty	9:09.50 PB	Yana Georgieva	9:38.45 PB
5000 m	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	16:25.23	Lisa Stublic	16:26.28 NR	Ava Hutchinson	16:50.78
3000 m steeplechase	Fionnuala Britton	10:05.70	Polina Jelizarova	10:18.26 SB	Lisa Stublic	10:24.10
100 m hurdles	Derval O'Rourke	13.17	Miriam Bobková	13.22 SB	Sonata Tamošaitytė	13.52
400 m hurdles	Vania Stambolova	55.86	Nikolina Horvat	57.02 SB	Michelle Carey	58.02
4 × 100 m	Silvija Peseckaitė Lina Grinčikaitė Sonata Tamošaitytė Audra Dagelytė	44.79	Kelly Proper Louise Kiernan Claire Bergin Niamh Whelan	45.17	Bianca Dürr Doris Röser Beate Schrott Bettina Müller-Weissina	45.50
4 × 400 m	Aina Valatkevičiūtė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Kristina Jasinskaitė Agnė Orlauskaitė	3:36.15	Romana Tea Kirinić Anita Banović Nikolina Horvat Danijela Grgić	3:37.25	Michelle Carey Joanne Cuddihy Fiona O'Friel Claire Bergin	3:38.18
High jump	Blanka Vlašić	2.04	Venelina Veneva	1.90	Karina Vnukova	1.81
Pole vault	Marianna Zachariadou	4.35 PB	Daniela Höllwarth	3.70	Claire Wilkinson	3.70
Long jump	Jana Velďáková	6.54	Kelly Proper	6.42	Lauma Grīva	6.26
Triple jump	Dana Veldáková	14.17	Andriana Banova	13.65 SB	Jolanta Verseckaitė	12.75
Shot put	Austra Skujytė	17.21	Bettina Schasse	14.16 PB	Florentia Kappa	13.99
Discus	Zinaida Sendriūtė	56.63	Vera Begic	55.24	Dace Šteinerte	49.05
Hammer	Martina Hrašnová	74.95	Eileen O'Keeffe	68.25 SB	Laura Igaune	59.60 NR
Javelin	Elisabeth Pauer	55.80	Madara Palameika	53.93	Indrė Jakubaitytė	52.37

Final standings

Pos	Country	Pts
1		216
2		200.5
3		181
4		180.5
5		180
6		174
7		163
8		140

Records

Country	Name	Event	Results	Notes
	Mariánna Zahariádi	Women's Pole Vault	4.35	NJR
	Apostolos Parellis	Men's Discus	60.94	NR
	Lisa Stublic	Women's 5000 m	16:26.28	NR
	Laura Igaune	Women's Hammer	59.60	NR

Third League

• Place: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Participating countries

Athletic Association of Small States of Europe

Men's events

100 m	Ramil Quliyev	10.76	Nedim Čović	10.86	Martin Krabbe	10.89
200 m	Ramil Quliyev	20.71	Nedim Čović	21.48	Tal Mor	21.89
400 m	Andreas Bube	47.06 PB	Yuriy Shapsai	47.77	Endrik Zilbershtein	47.92 NJR
800 m	David Fiegen	1:50.73	Dušan Babić	1:51.77	Aram Davtyan	1:51.95 PB
1500 m	Hayle Ibrahimov	3:46.77 NJR	Gezachw Yossef	3:48.06 SB	Darko Rosić	3:53.02 PB
3000 m	Hayle Ibrahimov	8:08.13	Toft Munkholm Morten	8:22.97 SB	Goran Stojiljković	8:24.06 SB
5000 m	Goran Stojiljković	14:36.48 SB	Tilahun Aliyev	14:38.08 NJR	Brihon Voba	14:41.62
3000 m steeplechase	Ion Luchianov	8:50.69	Noam Ne'eman	9:14.43	Benjamin Wolthers	9:20.55
110 m hurdles	David Ilariani	14.02 SB	Adnan Malkić	14.34	Jon Yde Bentsen	14.43
400 m hurdles	Björgvin Víkingsson	52.41	Jacques Frisch	52.44	Alexei Cravcenco	53.14
4 × 100 m	Valentin Bulichev Ramil Quliyev Ruslan Abbasov Pavel Setin	39.78 NR	Martin Krabbe Jesper Simonsen Daniel B. Christensen Nicklas Hyde	40.31	Asaf Malka Ram Mor Tal Mor Micky Bar-Yeoshua	40.64
4 × 400 m	Jakob Riis Nicklas Hyde Daniel B. Christensen Andreas Bube	3:09.09	German Florentz Yuriy Shapsai Tarass Shcherenko Gil Shelleg	3:10.34	Vadim Ryabikhin Ibrahim Ahmadov Pavel Setin Valentin Bulichev	3:12.83
High jump	Dmitriy Kroyter	2.14	Janick Klausen	2.08	Anton Balan	2.08
Pole vault	Alex Averbukh	5.40	Goran Pejić	4.70 PB	Andrei Fedotov	4.50
Long jump	Vardan Pahlevanyan	7.82 PB	Yochai Halevi	7.58	Borislav Skhirtladze	7.43 SB
Triple jump	Teymur Abbasov	16.37	Yochai Halevi	16.34 PB	Vladimir Letnicov	16.30
Shot put	Hamza Alić	19.97	Ivan Emilianov	18.31	Zurab Gigaia	15.95 SB
Discus	Vadim Hranovschi	58.58	Kemal Mešić	50.56	Felix Gromadskiy	49.86
Hammer	Bergur Ingi Pétursson	70.93	Torben Wolf	63.95	Samir Vilić	58.89 SB
Javelin	Dmitri Tarabin	69.63 PB	Lars Møller Laursen	68.38	Almir Kolašinac	66.54

Women's events

100 m	Rita Pogorelov	12.15	Anna Olsson	12.21	Anastasia Gherteva	12.33
200 m	Sara Petersen	24.34 PB	Rita Pogorelov	24.67	Anastasia Gherteva	24.92
400 m	Jasna Horozic	55.11	Olesea Cojuhari	55.68 SB	Charline Mathias	56.51 PB
800 m	Olesea Smovjenco	2:09.79 SB	Layes Abdullayeva	2:11.21 PB	Vladana Gavranovic	2:12.58 PB
1500 m	Gezashign Šafářová	4:26.14	Olesea Smovjenco	4:29.72	Biljana Cvijanovic	4:30.36 PB
3000 m	Mare Ibrahimova	9:27.05	Maria Stig Moeller	9:38.59 PB	Valentina Delion	10:06.39 SB
5000 m	Mare Ibrahimova	16:02.58 NR	Maria Stig Moeller	16:16.81 PB	Natalia Cerches	16:36.18
3000 m steeplechase	Layes Abdullayeva	10:40.59 NR	Laila Laursen	10:52.09	Biljana Cvijanovic	11:00.65
100 m hurdles	Irina Lenskiy	13.25	Anne Moller	14.09	Gorana Cvijetic	14.10 PB
400 m hurdles	Sara Petersen	56.70 NR	Kim Reuland	59.74 NR	Gorana Cvijetic	1:01.32 SB
4 × 100 m	Rita Pogarelov Irina Lensky Rotem Batat Olga Lensky	46.59	Anne Moller Anna Olsson Tine Ejlersen Helena Scherer	47.37	Linda Larusdottir Helga Thorsteinssd Hafdis Sigurdard Hrafnhild Hermodsd	47.46
4 × 400 m	Kathrina Mikkeyisen Helena Sherer Anna Olsson Sara Petersen	3:46.32	Chantal Hayen Martine Nobili Charlne Mathias Kim Reuland	3:46.69 NR	Olesea Cajuhaur Anastasia Cherteve Anna Bezfinferi Valentina Dobzeu	3:49.81
High jump	Ma'ayan Foreman	1.85	Marija Vuković	1.78	Liz Kuffer	1.68
Pole vault	Caroline Bonde Holm	4.15	Moran Azizi	3.80 SB	Hulda Thorsteinsdottir	3.70
Long jump	Johanna Ingadottir	6.09 PB	Rotem Batat	5.90 SB	Milena Milacevic	5.85 SB
Triple jump	Tatiana Cicanci	13.10	Haykanush Beklaryan	13.07 NR	Johanna Ingadottir	12.84 PB
Shot put	Sivan Abali	14.67	Helga Ma Thorsteinsdottir	13.78	Natalia Artic	13.45
Discus	Natalia Artic	49.58	Salome Rigishvili	45.06 SB	Sivan Jean	44.83
Hammer	Zalina Marghieva	68.26	Yevgeniya Zabolotniy	52.57	Pasa Sehic	51.32
Javelin	Maria Jensen	49.99 NJR	Valentina Croitori	43.42	Noemie Pleimling	42.77 PB

Final standings

Pos	Country	Pts
1		401.5
2		393.5
3		391
4		357
5		327.5
6		327
7		292
8		245.5
9		227
10		217.5
11	AASSE	135
12		123
13		116.5

Records

Country	Name	Event	Results	Notes
	Kristine Harutyunyan	Women's Javelin	39.26	NR, NJR
	Haykanush Beklaryan	Women's Triple jump	13.07	NR, NJR
		Men's 4 × 100 m	39.78	NR
	Layes Abdullayeva	Women's 3000 m steeplechase	10:40.59	NR, NJR
	Ulkar Ganbarova	Women's Pole Vault	2.80	NR
	Hayle Ibrahimov	Men's 1500 m	3:46.77	NJR
	Tilahun Aliyev	Men's 5000 m	14:38.08	NJR
	Sara Petersen	Women's 400 m hurdles	56.70	NR
	Maria L. Jensen	Women's Javelin	49.99	NJR
	Endrik Zilbershtein	Men's 200 m	21.94	NJR
	Endrik Zilbershtein	Men's 400 m	47.92	NJR
		Men's 4 × 400 m	3:10.34	NR
	Kim Reuland	Women's 400 m hurdles	59.74	NR
		Men's 4 × 400 m	3:15.10	NR
		Women's 4 × 400 m	3:46.69	NR
	Martina Pretelli	Women's 400 m	60.17	NJR

External links

• Super League results (archived)
• Second League Official Website

Notes and References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8096946.stm Ohuruogu to lead GB in Portugal
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/etc09/CEA__LEAFLET_web_01.pdf Team Championships Regulations
3. Turnbull, Simon (21 June 2009). Chambers and GB stick to the rules with success. The Independent. Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
4. Manuel Fernandes, Antonio (20 June 2009). Narrow one point lead for Great Britain in Leiria – European Team Championships, day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8111279.stm GB make strong start in Portugal
6. Kessel, Anna (21 June 2009). Dwain Chambers doubles up as a British hero. The Guardian. Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
7. Mills, Steven (20 June 2009). Great Britain lead the European Team Championships. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
8. http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090629120443/http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7445&Itemid=78 SPAR European Team Championships' new regulations well received says President Wirz
9. Web site: Overall Qualification Ranking 2008 . European Athletics . 26 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080626223158/http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6434&Itemid=2. 26 June 2008 . dead.
10. Web site: IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. olympics.com. Maria ABAKUMOVA, 30, of the Russian Federation, competing in athletics (javelin throw event), has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. 13 September 2016. 11 May 2021.
11. Web site: Zahra Bani – Honours. 3. Javelin Throw 59.11 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria (POR) 20 JUN 2009. worldathletics.org. 11 May 2021.
12. Web site: Europearn Athletics Team Championships 2021 Statistics Handbook . European Athletics . PDF.