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 It was the last edition of the European Cup which from 2009 has been replaced by European Team Championships combining the men and women competitions.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)
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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