1991 European Cup (athletics)

The 1991 European Cup was the 13th edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

1991 European Cup
Dates	29–30 June ("A" Finals) 22–23 June ("B" & "C" Finals)
Host city	Frankfurt, Germany
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	36
← 1989 Gateshead 1993 Rome →

The "A" Finals were held in Frankfurt, Germany. The first two teams qualified for the 1992 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Main article: 1991 European Cup "A" Final

Held on 29 and 30 June in Frankfurt, Germany^[2]

Team standings

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  Soviet Union 114 2  Great Britain 111.5 3  Germany 108 4  Italy 107 5  France 98.5 6  Czechoslovakia 66.5 7  Hungary 63 8  Bulgaria 49.5

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  Germany 110 2  Soviet Union 105 3  Great Britain 82 4  Romania 71 5  France 62 6  Poland 55 7  Bulgaria 46 8  Hungary 44

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.5 m/s)	Linford Christie  Great Britain	10.18	Daniel Sangouma  France	10.20	Steffen Bringmann  Germany	10.42
200 m (Wind: -1.6 m/s)	Jean-Charles Trouabal  France	20.60	John Regis  Great Britain	20.73	Stefano Tilli  Italy	20.79
400 m	Roger Black  Great Britain	44.91 CR	Olivier Noirot  France	45.18	Tamás Molnár  Hungary	45.78
800 m	Tom McKean  Great Britain	1:45.60	Andrey Sudnik  Soviet Union	1:46.35	Frédéric Cornette  France	1:46.63
1500 m	Peter Elliott  Great Britain	3:43.39	Jens-Peter Herold  France	3:43.47	Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy	3:44.75
5000 m	Salvatore Antibo  Italy	13:21.68 CR	Gary Staines  Great Britain	13:35.08	Pascal Thiébaut  France	13:45.61
10,000 m	Eamonn Martin  Great Britain	28:00.53	Francesco Panetta  Italy	28:03.10	Stéphane Franke  Germany	28:04.41
3000 m steeplechase	Alessandro Lambruschini  Italy	8:29.62	Ivan Konovalov  Soviet Union	8:30.37	Béla Vágó  Hungary	8:30.60
110 m hurdles (Wind: -0.9 m/s)	Colin Jackson  Great Britain	13.31 CR	Florian Schwarthoff  Germany	13.43	Philippe Tourret  France	13.63
400 m hurdles	Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain	48.39	Stéphane Caristan  France	49.43	Fabrizio Mori  Italy	49.76
4 × 100 m	France Gilles Quénéhervé Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	38.67	Soviet Union Yuriy Yazynin Andrey Fedoriv Aleksandr Goremykin Vitaliy Savin	38.87	Italy Giorgio Marras Carlo Simionato Ezio Madonia Stefano Tilli	38.89
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi Brian Whittle Roger Black	3:00.58	Soviet Union Dmitriy Golovastov Dmitriy Kliger Aleksey Podshibyakin Vjaceslavs Kocherjagins	3:01.80	Italy Marco Vaccari Fabio Grossi Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti	3:02.32
High jump	Dalton Grant  Great Britain	2.30	Igor Paklin  Soviet Union	2.28	Joël Vincent  France	2.22
Pole vault	Grigoriy Yegorov  Soviet Union	5.60	Gianni Iapichino  Italy	5.50	István Bagyula  Hungary	5.50
Long jump	Dietmar Haaf  Germany	8.30w	Robert Emmiyan  Soviet Union	8.01	Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy	7.76
Triple jump	Ralf Jaros  Germany	17.66 CR	Jan Cado  Czechoslovakia	16.94	Georges Sainte-Rose  France	16.93
Shot put	Ulf Timmermann  Germany	20.26	Sergey Smirnov  Soviet Union	19.91	Alessandro Andrei  Italy	19.16
Discus throw	Attila Horváth  Hungary	65.24	Jürgen Schult  Germany	63.24	Gejza Valent  Czechoslovakia	62.14
Hammer throw	Igor Astapkovich  Soviet Union	81.60	Tibor Gécsek  Hungary	76.90	Enrico Sgrulletti  Italy	76.16
Javelin throw	Jan Železný  Czechoslovakia	82.84	Viktor Zaytsev  Soviet Union	82.68	Peter Blank  Germany	82.42
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: -2.7 m/s)	Irina Privalova  Soviet Union	11.29	Katrin Krabbe  Germany	11.45	Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria	11.74
200 m (Wind: -3.4 m/s)	Irina Privalova  Soviet Union	22.48	Andrea Thomas  Germany	23.08	Maguy Nestoret  France	23.22
400 m	Marie-José Pérec  France	49.32 CR	Grit Breuer  Germany	49.87	Olga Nazarova  Soviet Union	51.17
800 m	Ella Kovacs  Romania	1:59.01	Christine Wachtel  Germany	1:59.61	Svetlana Masterkova  Soviet Union	1:59.69
1500 m	Doina Melinte  Romania	4:00.83 CR	Natalya Artyomova  Soviet Union	4:01.01	Ellen Kiessling  Germany	4:05.13
3000 m	Margareta Keszeg  Romania	8:44.47	Uta Pippig  Germany	8:45.40	Lyubov Kremlyova  Soviet Union	8:49.72
10,000 m	Kathrin Ullrich  Germany	31:03.62 CR	Jill Hunter  Great Britain	31:07.88	Iulia Negura  Romania	32:10.37
100 m hurdles (Wind: -2.1 m/s)	Lyudmila Narozhilenko  Soviet Union	12.55	Monique Ewanjé-Épée  France	12.79	Kristin Patzwahl  Germany	13.10
400 m hurdles	Margarita Ponomaryova  Soviet Union	54.42	Sally Gunnell  Great Britain	54.61	Heike Meissner  Germany	55.64
4 × 100 m	Soviet Union Nadezhda Rashchupkina Galina Malchugina Marina Zhirova Irina Privalova	42.51	Germany Andrea Philipp Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler	42.57	France Magalie Simioneck Maguy Nestoret Valérie Jean-Charles Odiah Sidibé	43.60
4 × 400 m	Soviet Union Yelena Ruzina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Margarita Ponomaryova Olga Nazarova	3:21.77	Germany Katrin Schreiter Sabine Busch Uta Rohlaender Grit Breuer	3:24.20	Great Britain Sally Gunnell Lorraine Hanson Jennifer Stoute Linda Keough	3:24.25
High jump	Svetlana Leseva  Bulgaria	1.96	Judit Kovács  Hungary	1.92	Heike Henkel  Germany	1.90
Long jump	Heike Drechsler  Germany	7.20w	Larisa Berezhnaya  Soviet Union	7.06	Fiona May  Great Britain	6.77
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union	21.12	Astrid Kumbernuss  Germany	19.11	Judy Oakes  Great Britain	18.74
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda  Germany	65.66	Larisa Mikhalchenko  Soviet Union	65.06	Stefenia Simova  Bulgaria	60.68
Javelin throw	Tessa Sanderson  Great Britain	65.18	Irina Kostyuchenkova  Soviet Union	64.56	Petra Meier  Germany	63.18
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)

"B" Final

Both "B" finals held on 22 and 23 June in Barcelona, Spain^[2]

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  Spain 118 2  Poland 116 3  Sweden 103 4  Yugoslavia 90 5   Switzerland 82 6  Finland 81 7  Austria 65 8  Greece 55

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  Italy 93 2  Finland 89 3  Czechoslovakia 79 4  Spain 73 5  Belgium 66 6   Switzerland 58 7  Sweden 58 8  Netherlands 57

"C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 22 and 23 June^[2]

Men

"C1" Final Held in Viseu, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1  Norway 92 2  Portugal 89 3  Netherlands 75.5 4  Denmark 62 5  Ireland 58.5 6  Iceland 41

"C2" Final Held in Athens, Greece Pos. Nation Points 1  Romania 81 2  Belgium 72 3  Turkey 52 4  Cyprus 47 5  Israel 45

Women

"C1" Final Held in Viseu, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1  Norway 76 2  Portugal 66 3  Austria 61 4  Denmark 50 5  Ireland 48 6  Iceland 34

"C2" Final Held in Athens, Greece Pos. Nation Points 1  Yugoslavia 69 2  Greece 67 3  Israel 40 4  Turkey 38 5  Cyprus 26