2008 European Cup (athletics)

The 29th and final SPAR European Cup took place in June 2008. Track and field events were held on 21 and 22 June 2008 at the Parc des Sports Stadium in Annecy, France. Other event venues included Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Portugal and facilities in Istanbul, Turkey (for First League track and field events), Kadriorg Stadium in Estonia and SNP Stadium in Slovakia (for Second League track and field events), and facilities in Eindhoven, Netherlands (for diving and other water sports events). The Parc des Sports Annecy Stadium was also stadium for 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was the last edition of the European Cup which from 2009 has been replaced by European Team Championships combining the men and women competitions.

2008 European Cup

Logo of the Superleague
Host city	Annecy, France (Super League)
Dates	21–22 June 2008
Main venue	Parc des Sports (Super League)

Super League

Main article: 2008 European Cup Super League

Final standings

Men

Pos	Country	Pts
1	Great Britain	112
2	Poland	98
3	France	96
4	Germany	95
5	Russia	84
6	Italy	82
7	Spain	81
8	Greece	68

Women

Pos	Country	Pts
1	Russia	122
2	Ukraine	108.5
3	Great Britain	89
4	Poland	86
5	France	81
6	Italy	79.5
7	Belarus	78
8	Germany	74

Day 1 standings

Men Pos Country Pts 1 Great Britain 55 2 Poland 52 3 France 52 4 Italy 46 5 Germany 45 6 Russia 37 7 Spain 37 8 Greece 35

Women Pos Country Pts 1 Russia 71 2 Ukraine 58 3 Great Britain 51 4 Poland 51 5 France 42 6 Italy 42 7 Belarus 40 8 Germany 39

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Tyrone Edgar (GBR)	10.20	Martial Mbandjock (FRA)	10.25	Tobias Unger (GER)	10.37
200 metres	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	20.52	Anastásios Goúsis (GRE)	20.57	Alexander Kosenkow (GER)	20.61
400 metres	Martyn Rooney (GBR)	45.33	Claudio Licciardello (ITA)	45.57	Denis Alekseyev (RUS)	45.67
800 metres	Manuel Olmedo (ESP)	1:49.98	Marcin Lewandowski (POL)	1:50.13	Yuriy Koldin (RUS)	1:50.17
1500 metres	Mehdi Baala (FRA)	3:40.55	Arturo Casado (ESP)	3:40.70	Carsten Schlangen (GER)	3:41.75
3000 metres	Andy Baddeley (GBR)	8:01.28	Jesús España (ESP)	8:01.62	Sergey Ivanov (RUS)	8:01.91
5000 metres	Mohamed Farah (GBR)	13:44.07	Carles Castillejo (ESP)	13:57.37	Daniele Meucci (ITA)	14:03.04
3000 m steeplechase	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)	8:33.10	Ildar Minshin (RUS)	8:34.89	Andrew Lemoncello (GBR)	8:36.33
100 m hurdles	Jackson Quiñónez (ESP)	13.40	Konstadínos Douvalídis (GRE)	13.59	Yevgeniy Borisov (RUS)	13.66
400 m hurdles	Periklís Iakovákis (GRE)	49.15	Marek Plawgo (POL)	49.44	Salah Ghaidi (FRA)	49.64
4 × 100 m relay	Great Britain (GBR) Christian Malcolm Tyrone Edgar Marlon Devonish Rikki Fifton	38.48	Poland (POL) Dariusz Kuć Łukasz Chyła Kamil Masztak Marcin Jędrusiński	38.61	Italy (ITA) Emanuele Di Gregorio Simone Collio Massimiliano Donati Maurizio Checcucci	38.73
4 × 400 m relay	France (FRA) Leslie Djhone Teddy Venel Brice Panel Richard Maunier	3:02.33	Great Britain (GBR) Robert Tobin Dale Garland Conrad Williams Martyn Rooney	3:02.66	Germany (GER) Simon Kirch Kamghe Gaba Florian Seitz Bastian Swillims	3:03.04
High jump	Andrey Silnov (RUS)	2.32 m	Andrea Bettinelli (ITA)	2.30 m	Javier Bermejo (ESP)	2.24 m
Pole vault	Danny Ecker (GER)	5.55 m	Przemysław Czerwiński (POL)	5.55 m	Steven Lewis (GBR)	5.40 m
Long jump	Loúis Tsátoumas (GRE)	8.17 m	Marcin Starzak (POL)	8.09 m	Nils Winter (GER)	8.05 m
Triple jump	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	17.46 m	Colomba Fofana (FRA)	17.21 m	Fabrizio Schembri (ITA)	17.01 m
Shot put	Peter Sack (GER)	20.41 m	Tomasz Majewski (POL)	20.32 m	Yves Niaré (FRA)	20.31 m
Discus throw	Mario Pestano (ESP)	68.34 m	Robert Harting (GER)	65.25 m	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	63.20 m
Hammer throw	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	79.26 m	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	77.32 m	Markus Esser (GER)	75.07 m
Javelin throw	Peter Esenwein (GER)	79.23 m	Laurent Dorique (FRA)	75.97 m	Igor Janik (POL)	75.65 m

Women's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Yulia Nestsiarenka (BLR)	11.17	Emma Ania (GBR)	11.22	Yevgeniya Polyakova (RUS)	11.26
200 metres	Muriel Hurtis (FRA)	22.75	Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)	23.23	Natalya Rusakova (RUS)	23.29
400 metres	Nicola Sanders (GBR)	51.17	Nataliya Pyhyda (UKR)	51.57	Tatyana Veshkurova (RUS)	52.00
800 metres	Jenny Meadows (GBR)	2:01.20	Élodie Guégan (FRA)	2:01.65	Anna Rostkowska (POL)	2:01.82
1500 metres	Sylwia Ejdys (POL)	4:19.17	Nataliya Tobias (UKR)	4:19.70	Susan Scott (GBR)	4:19.83
3000 metres	Lidia Chojecka (POL)	9:03.49	Helen Clitheroe (GBR)	9:04.38	Olga Komyagina (RUS)	9:05.76
5000 metres	Nataliya Berkut (UKR)	15:23.97	Kate Reed (GBR)	15:40.73	Regina Kashayeva (RUS)	15:50.98
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Galkina (RUS)	9:35.32	Valentyna Zhudina (UKR)	9:35.42	Wioletta Frankiewicz (POL)	9:39.60
100 m hurdles	Yevheniya Snihur (UKR)	12.81 PB	Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch (POL)	12.82	Yuliya Kondakova (RUS)	12.83
400 m hurdles	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (UKR)	54.64	Anna Jesień (POL)	54.81	Jonna Tilgner (GER)	56.15
4 × 100 m relay	Russia (RUS) Yevgeniya Polyakova Natalya Rusakova Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	42.80	Great Britain (GBR) Anyika Onuora Montell Douglas Jeanette Kwakye Emma Ania	42.95	Italy (ITA) Anita Pistone Vincenza Calì Giulia Arcioni Audrey Alloh	43.04 NR
4 × 400 m relay	Russia (RUS) Yuliya Gushchina Olesya Krasnomovets Tatyana Veshkurova Lyudmila Litvinova	3:23.77	France (FRA) Phara Anacharsis Thélia Sigère Solen Désert-Mariller Virginie Michanol	3:26.63	Belarus (BLR) Katsiaryna Bobryk Iryna Khliustava Anna Kozak Yulianna Yuschanka	3:27.13
High jump	Ariane Friedrich (GER)	2.03 m	Viktoriya Styopina (UKR) Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)	1.95 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	Yuliya Golubchikova (RUS)	4.73 m	Anna Rogowska (POL)	4.66 m	Silke Spiegelburg (GER)	4.59 m
Long jump	Lyudmila Kolchanova (RUS)	7.04 m	Jade Johnson (GBR)	6.81 m PB	Bianca Kappler (GER)	6.63 m
Triple jump	Olha Saladukha (UKR)	14.73 m	Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (FRA)	14.51 m	Magdelín Martínez (ITA)	14.28 m
Shot put	Christina Schwanitz (GER)	18.55 m	Anna Omarova (RUS)	18.30 m	Chiara Rosa (ITA)	18.03 m
Discus throw	Svetlana Saykina (RUS)	62.56 m	Nataliya Semenova (UKR)	62.25 m	Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)	59.01 m
Hammer throw	Aksana Menkova (BLR)	75.97 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	72.18 m	Iryna Novozhylova (UKR)	71.12 m
Javelin throw	Natallia Shymchuk (BLR)	63.24 m NR	Mariya Abakumova (RUS)	61.78 m	Zahra Bani (ITA)	58.13 m

• Abakumova later disqualified for doping

First League

Nations of 1st League (16 teams, men and women, in two groups of equal level).

Group A

at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, (Portugal), on 21 & 22 June 2008.

Men's

Austria
Belgium
Belarus
Czech Republic
Finland
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal

Belgium was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Austria & Norway are promoted into the 1st League from 2007 2nd League for 2008 European Cup.

Women's

Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Ireland
Lithuania
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain

Spain was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Belgium & Lithuania are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.

Day 1

Events and winners

Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Aleksandr Vashchyla Belarus High jump Tomáš Janku Czech Republic 400m hurdles Ondrej Danek Czech Republic 100m Francis Obikwelu Portugal 1500m Michal Šneberger Czech Republic Shot put Rutger Smith Netherlands Long jump Nelson Évora Portugal 400m Kevin Borlée Belgium 5000m Günther Weidlinger Austria 4 × 100 m relay Portugal Portugal

Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Naroa Agirre Spain Triple jump Carlota Castrejana Spain 400m hurdles Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic Discus throw Vera Cechlová Czech Republic 100m Kim Gevaert Belgium 800m Yvonne Hak Netherlands 3000m Dolores Checa Spain 400m Annemarie Schulte Netherlands Javelin throw Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic 3000m Steeplechase Rosa María Morató Spain 4 × 100 m relay Belgium Belgium

Standings

Men Pos Country Pts 1 Czech Republic 106 2 Netherlands 106 3 Portugal 105 4 Belgium 96 5 Finland 92 6 Belarus 82 7 Austria 67.5 8 Norway 63.5

Women Pos Country Pts 1 Spain 125 2 Czech Republic 107 3 Belgium 91 4 Portugal 84 5 Lithuania 80 6 Ireland 79 7 Netherlands 77 8 Finland 76

Group B

at Enka Sadi Gülçelik Stadium, Istanbul, (Turkey), on 21 & 22 June 2008.

Men's

Croatia
Hungary
Romania
Slovenia
Switzerland
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine

Ukraine was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Turkey & Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.

Women's

Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Sweden
Turkey

Greece was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Turkey & Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.

Day 1

Events and winners

Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Krisztián Pars Hungary High jump Stefan Holm Sweden 400m hurdles Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine 100m Matic Osovnikar Slovenia 1500m Peter Szemeti Hungary Shot put Lajos Kürthy Hungary Long jump Julien Fivaz Switzerland 400m Johan Wissman Sweden 5000m Selim Bayrak Turkey 4 × 100 m relay Ukraine Ukraine

Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Afrodíti Skafída Greece Triple jump Hrisopiyí Devetzí Greece 400m hurdles Tsvetelina Kirilova Bulgaria Discus throw Nicoleta Grasu Romania 100m Inna Eftimova Bulgaria 800m Liliana Popescu Romania 3000m Alemitu Bekele Turkey 400m Barbara Petráhn Hungary Javelin throw Nikolett Szabó Hungary 3000m Steeplechase Iríni Kokkinaríou Greece 4 × 100 m relay Bulgaria Bulgaria

Standings

Men Pos Country Pts 1 Sweden 117 2 Ukraine 106,5 3 Slovenia 96 4 Hungary 93,5 5 Switzerland 86 6 Romania 81,5 7 Turkey 79 8 Croatia 58,5

Women Pos Country Pts 1 Greece 122 2 Romania 117,5 3 Turkey 90,5 4 Bulgaria 85 5 Sweden 84 6 Hungary 77 7 Serbia 74 8 Croatia 70

Second League

Group A

at Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, (Estonia), on 21 & 22 June 2008.

Men's

Bulgaria
Denmark
Estonia
Ireland
Iceland
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg

Bulgaria & Ireland are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.

Women's

Austria
Denmark
Estonia
Iceland
Latvia
Luxembourg
Norway
Switzerland

Serbia & Norway are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.

Day 1

Events and winners

Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Bergur Ingi Petursson Iceland High jump Angel Kararadev Bulgaria 400m hurdles Gatis Spunde Latvia 100m Paul Hession Ireland 1500m Girts Azis Latvia Shot put Taavi Peetre Estonia Long jump Morten Jensen Denmark 400m Paul McKee Ireland 5000m Tiidrek Nurme Estonia 4 × 100 m relay Latvia Latvia

Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Thorey Edda Elisdottir Iceland Triple jump Veera Baranova Estonia 400m hurdles Martina Näf Switzerland Discus throw Eha Rünne Estonia 100m Ezinne Okparaebo Norway 800m Egle Uljas Estonia 3000m Sabine Fischer Switzerland 400m Ieva Zunda Latvia Javelin throw Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Iceland 3000m Steeplechase Andrea Mayr Austria 4 × 100 m relay Norway Norway

Standings

Men Pos Country Pts 1 Estonia 126 2 Latvia 122 3 Ireland 100 4 Denmark 99 5 Bulgaria 91 6 Lithuania 79 7 Iceland 55 8 Luxembourg 45

Women Pos Country Pts 1 Norway 124 2 Estonia 119 3 Switzerland 116 4 Latvia 98 5 Austria 89 6 Iceland 70 7 Denmark 66 8 Luxembourg 37

Group B

at SNP Stadium, Banská Bystrica, (Slovakia), on 21 & 22 June 2008.

Men's

AASSE
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
Georgia
Israel
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Serbia
Slovakia

Serbia & Slovakia are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.

Women's

AASSE
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
Georgia
Israel
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia

Cyprus & Slovakia are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.

Day 1

Events and winners

Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Libor Charfreitag Slovakia High jump Dragutin Topić Serbia 400m hurdles Minas Alozides Cyprus 100m Ruslan Abbasov Azerbaijan 1500m Mirko Petrović Serbia Shot put Milan Haborák Slovakia Long jump Admir Bregu Albania 400m Peter Žňava Slovakia 5000m Gezachw Yossef Israel 4 × 100 m relay Azerbaijan Azerbaijan

Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Tina Sutej Slovenia Triple jump Dana Veldáková Slovakia 400m hurdles Sara Orešnik Slovenia Discus throw Sivan Jean Israel 100m Alenka Bikar Slovenia 800m Lucia Klocová Slovakia 3000m Sonja Roman Slovenia 400m Sabina Veit Slovenia Javelin throw Martina Ratej Slovenia 3000m Steeplechase Oxana Juravel Moldova 4 × 100 m relay Slovenia Slovenia

Standings

Men Pos Country Pts 1 Serbia 232 2 Slovakia 230 3 Cyprus 208,5 4 Israel 206,5 5 Moldova 185 6 Bosnia 167 7 Georgia 163,5 8 Azerbaijan 150 9 Montenegro 127,5 10 Armenia 119 11 AASSE 79 12 Andorra 68 13 Macedonia 65 14 Albania 55

Women Pos Country Pts 1 Slovenia 261 2 Slovakia 222,5 3 Israel 216 4 Cyprus 216 5 Moldova 210 6 Bosnia 177 7 AASSE 133,5 8 Montenegro 108 9 Armenia 106 10 Georgia 90 11 Andorra 88,5 12 Albania 67,5 13 Azerbaijan 62 14 Macedonia 59

See also

• European Cup in Athletics 2007

External links

• Annecy European Cup 2008 Website (english) – Official website
• European Cup First & Second League 2008 – event coverage at European-athletics.org
• European Cup 2008, 1st League, Group A in Leiria – Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo website
• European Cup 2008, 1st League, Group B in Istanbul – Official website
• European Cup 2008, 2nd League, Group A in Tallinn – Official website
• European Cup 2008, 2nd League, Group B in Banska Bystrica – Official website