1997 European Cup (athletics)

The 1997 European Cup was the 18th edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1]

1997 European Cup
Dates21–22 June (Super Leagues)
7–8 June (First Leagues)
28–29 June (Second Leagues)
Host cityMunich, Germany
VenueOlympic Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events39

Beginning with this edition athletes in throws and horizontal jumps were limited to only four attempts instead of the usual six. It was also the first edition to feature women's pole vault and hammer throw.

The Super League Finals were held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.

Super League
Main article: 1997 European Cup Super League

Held on 21 and 22 June in Munich, Germany.[2]

Team standings
Men
Pos. Nation Points
1  Great Britain 118
2  Germany 105
3  Russia 104
4  Italy 96
5  Spain 78
6  France 75
7  Norway 72.5
8  Greece 71.5
Women
Pos. Nation Points
1  Russia 127
2  Germany 113
3  Great Britain 86
4  Italy 77
5  France 77
6  Ukraine 76
7  Romania 72
8  Belarus 55

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)		 Linford Christie
 Great Britain		10.04
=CR		 Geir Moen
 Norway		10.18 Andrey Fedoriv
 Russia		10.19
200 m
(Wind: +0.7 m/s)		 Linford Christie
 Great Britain
Georgios Panayotopoulos
 Greece		20.56 Not awarded Geir Moen
 Norway		20.60
400 m Roger Black
 Great Britain		45.63 David Canal
 Spain		46.28 Marco Vaccari
 Italy		46.40
800 m Vebjørn Rodal
 Norway		1:47.54 Nico Motchebon
 Germany		1:47.89 Mark Sesay
 Great Britain		1:48.11
1500 m Fermín Cacho
 Spain		3:37.79 Gennaro Di Napoli
 Italy		3:37.81 Vyacheslav Shabunin
 Russia		3:38.14
3000 m Dieter Baumann
 Germany		7:41.08
CR		 Manuel Pancorbo
 Spain		7:41.60 Panagiotis Papoulias
 Greece		7:45.65
5000 m Gennaro Di Napoli
 Italy		13:38.33 Anacleto Jiménez
 Spain		13:39.42 Panagiotis Papoulias
 Greece		13:40.02
3000 m steeplechase Rob Hough
 Great Britain		8:35.03 Alessandro Lambruschini
 Italy		8:36.15 Vladimir Pronin
 Russia		8:36.94
110 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)		 Florian Schwarthoff
 Germany		13.20 Colin Jackson
 Great Britain		13.28 Andrey Kislykh
 Russia		13.53
400 m hurdles Fabrizio Mori
 Italy		48.93 Stéphane Diagana
 France		49.15 Ruslan Mashchenko
 Russia		49.74
4 × 100 m  Italy
Nicola Asuni
Giovanni Puggioni
Angelo Cipolloni
Sandro Floris		38.80  Norway
Fernando Ramirez
John Ertzgaard
Per Ivar Sivle
Geir Moen		38.96
NR		  Great Britain
Jason Gardener
Marlon Devonish
Doug Walker
Ian Mackie		38.97
4 × 400 m  Great Britain
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Iwan Thomas
Mark Richardson		2:59.46
CR		  Italy
Marco Vaccari
Alessandro Aimar
Fabrizio Mori
Ashraf Saber		3:02.60  Russia
Innokentiy Zharov
Dmitriy Kosov
Dmitriy Golovastov
Dmitriy Bey		3:03.09
High jump Arturo Ortiz
 Spain		2.30 Sergey Klyugin
 Russia		2.30 Martin Buss
 Germany		2.30
Pole vault (indoor) Maksim Tarasov
 Russia		5.95 Jean Galfione
 France		5.75 Tim Lobinger
 Germany		5.70
Long jump Kirill Sosunov
 Russia		8.00 Kostas Koukodimos
 Greece		7.88 Emmanuel Bangué
 France		7.86
Triple jump Jonathan Edwards
 Great Britain		17.74 Denis Kapustin
 Russia		17.24 Charles Friedek
 Germany		16.71
Shot put Oliver-Sven Buder
 Germany		20.41 Corrado Fantini
 Italy		19.72 Manuel Martínez
 Spain		19.29
Discus throw Lars Riedel
 Germany		63.36 Robert Weir
 Great Britain		61.62 Sergey Lyakhov
 Russia		59.72
Hammer throw Heinz Weis
 Germany		81.42 Vadim Khersontsev
 Russia		78.48 Alexandros Papadimitriou
 Greece		74.12
Javelin throw Steve Backley
 Great Britain		86.86 Kostas Gatsioudis
 Greece		86.10 Boris Henry
 Germany		85.42
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +0.8 m/s)		 Natalya Voronova
 Russia		11.18 Andrea Philipp
 Germany		11.23 Natalya Safronnikova
 Belarus		11.41
200 m
(Wind: -0.2 m/s)		 Christine Arron
 France		22.89 Andrea Philipp
 Germany		22.98 Marina Trandenkova
 Russia		23.16
400 m Grit Breuer
 Germany		50.38 Donna Fraser
 Great Britain		51.51 Olga Kotlyarova
 Russia		51.53
800 m Yelena Afanasyeva
 Russia		1:59.93 Irina Lishchinskaya
 Ukraine		2:00.71 Linda Kisabaka
 Germany		2:01.07
1500 m Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain		4:04.79 Gabriela Szabo
 Romania		4:06.25 Irina Biryukova
 Russia		4:07.98
3000 m Roberta Brunet
 Italy		8:51.66 Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim
 Germany		8:52.20 Paula Radcliffe
 Great Britain		8:52.79
5000 m Gabriela Szabo
 Romania		15:02.68
CR		 Roberta Brunet
 Italy		15:02.87 Luminita Zaituc
 Germany		15:52.95
100 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.7 m/s)		 Svetlana Laukhova
 Russia		12.94 Patricia Girard
 France		13.03 Angie Thorp
 Great Britain		13.16
400 m hurdles Sally Gunnell
 Great Britain		54.57 Silvia Rieger
 Germany		55.23 Yekaterina Bakhvalova
 Russia		55.66
4 × 100 m  Russia
Yekaterina Leshchova
Galina Malchugina
Natalya Voronova
Marina Trandenkova		43.05  France
Frédérique Bangué
Christine Arron
Patricia Girard
Sylviane Félix		43.21  Germany
Shanta Ghosh
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Andrea Philipp		43.25
4 × 400 m  Russia
Yekaterina Bakhvalova
Yekaterina Kulikova
Natalya Khrushcheleva
Olga Kotlyarova		3:24.10  Germany
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Silvia Rieger
Anja Rücker		3:26.12  Great Britain
Allison Curbishley
Donna Fraser
Michelle Thomas
Sally Gunnell		3:26.48
High jump Heike Balck
 Germany		1.94 Tatyana Motkova
 Russia		1.92 Antonella Bevilacqua
 Italy		1.88
Pole vault Anzhela Balakhonova
 Ukraine		4.25 Andrea Müller
 Germany		4.20 Janine Whitlock
 Great Britain		4.10
Long jump Fiona May
 Italy		6.61 Nina Perevedentseva
 Russia		6.60 Susen Tiedtke-Greene
 Germany		6.57
Triple jump Inna Lasovskaya
 Russia		14.91 Rodica Mateescu
 Romania		14.53 Ashia Hansen
 Great Britain		14.52
Shot put Astrid Kumbernuss
 Germany		20.64 Irina Korzhanenko
 Russia		18.18 Mara Rosolen
 Italy		17.28
Discus throw Natalya Sadova
 Russia		67.72 Franka Dietzsch
 Germany		61.72 Yelena Antonova
 Ukraine		60.16
Hammer throw Olga Kuzenkova
 Russia		73.10 Mihaela Melinte
 Romania		69.76 Lyudmila Gubkina
 Belarus		68.24
Javelin throw Oksana Ovchinnikova
 Russia		67.16 Felicia Tilea
 Romania		64.98 Tanja Damaske
 Germany		64.72
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

First League

The First League was held on 7 and 8 June[2]

Men

Women

Second League

The Second League was held on 28 and 29 June[2]

Men

Women

References
  1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p469–470)
Results
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