2004 European Cup (athletics)

The 2004 Spar European Cup took place on 19 and 20 June 2004 at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. This was the 25th European Cup and the first time the event was hosted by Poland.

2004 European Cup
Dates	19–20 June
Host city	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Venue	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	40
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Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium (photo 2006).

Events

League	Group	Venue	Men Winner	Women Winner
Super League		Bydgoszcz	Germany	Russia
1st	A	Plovdiv	Czech Republic	Romania
	B	Istanbul	Spain	Italy
2nd	A	Reykjavík	Estonia	Ireland
	B	Novi Sad	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia

Super League

Main article: 2004 European Cup Super League

Final standings

Men Pos. Team Points 1 Germany 107.5 2 France 105 3 Poland 104 4 Great Britain 102.5 5 Russia 99 6 Italy 72 7 Sweden 67 8 Netherlands 62

Women Pos. Team Points 1 Russia 142 2 Ukraine 97 3 France 92.5 4 Germany 92 5 Poland 86.5 6 Greece 79 7 Spain 66 8 Great Britain 63

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -3.2 m/s)	Łukasz Chyła Poland	10.42	Ronald Pognon France	10.43	Ronny Ostwald Germany	10.49
200 m (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	Christian Malcolm Great Britain	20.56	Johan Wissman Sweden	20.61	Marco Torrieri Italy	20.62
400 m	Tim Benjamin Great Britain	45.37	Ingo Schultz Germany	45.50	Leslie Djhone France	45.73
800 m	Florent Lacasse France	1:45.19	René Herms Germany	1:45.27	Arnoud Okken Netherlands	1:45.64
1500 m	Mehdi Baala France	3:49.13	Michael East Great Britain	3:49.53	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia	3:50.99
3000 m	Wolfram Müller Germany	8:04.37	Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands	8:04.41	Vyacheslav Shabunin Russia	8:05.92
5000 m	John Mayock Great Britain	14:44.71	Sergey Ivanov Russia	14:44.75	Mokhtar Benhari France	14:44.78
3000 m steeplechase	Bouabdellah Tahri France	8:23.40	Jakub Czaja Poland	8:25.51	Giuseppe Maffei Italy	8:27.53
110 m hurdles (Wind: -1.0 m/s)	Robert Kronberg Sweden	13.58	Mike Fenner Germany	13.66	Andrea Giaconi Italy	13.66
400 m hurdles	Chris Rawlinson Great Britain	48.59	Naman Keïta France	49.04	Boris Gorban Russia	49.71
4 × 100 m	Great Britain Christian Malcolm Darren Campbell Chris Lambert Mark Lewis-Francis	38.67	Poland Zbigniew Tulin Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Urbaś	38.68	Germany Alexander Kosenkow Ronny Ostwald Tobias Unger Till Helmke	38.76
4 × 400 m	Germany Ingo Schultz Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims	3:01.78	Russia Anton Galkin Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov Ruslan Mashchenko	3:01.88	Poland Piotr Klimczak Artur Gąsiewski Marcin Marciniszyn Robert Maćkowiak	3:02.05
High jump	Stefan Holm Sweden	2.32	Grzegorz Sposób Poland	2.32	Roman Fricke Germany	2.27
Pole vault	Romain Mesnil France	5.75	Patrik Kristiansson Sweden	5.70	Lars Börgeling Germany Yevgeniy Mikhailichenko Russia	5.65
Long jump	Chris Tomlinson Great Britain	8.28w	Salim Sdiri France	8.24	Vitaliy Shkurlatov Russia	8.13
Triple jump	Christian Olsson Sweden	17.30	Danila Burkenya Russia	17.28	Phillips Idowu Great Britain	17.10w
Shot put	Carl Myerscough Great Britain	20.85	Rutger Smith Netherlands	20.56	Ralf Bartels Germany	20.54
Discus throw	Michael Möllenbeck Germany	64.42	Rutger Smith Netherlands	63.68	Carl Myerscough Great Britain	61.68
Hammer throw	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland	77.27	Markus Esser Germany	76.97	Nicola Vizzoni Italy	76.16
Javelin throw	Aleksandr Ivanov Russia	82.55	Peter Esenwein Germany	82.43	Francesco Pignata Italy	76.87
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: -1.9 m/s)	Christine Arron France	11.23	Yuliya Tabakova Russia	11.39	Glory Alozie Spain	11.49
200 m (Wind: 0.6 m/s)	Muriel Hurtis France	22.78	Natalya Antyukh Russia	22.83	Anzhela Kravchenko Ukraine	23.10
400 m	Olga Kotlyarova Russia	50.09	Antonina Yefremova Ukraine	51.79	Solen Désert France	52.09
800 m	Olga Raspopova Russia	2:00.24	Claudia Gesell Germany	2:01.27	Susan Scott Great Britain	2:01.35
1500 m	Iris María Fuentes-Pila Spain	4:08.05	Maria Martins France	4:08.12	Yuliya Kosenkova Russia	4:08.59
3000 m	Gulnara Samitova Russia	8:49.48	Lidia Chojecka Poland	8:52.60	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Spain	8:59.20
5000 m	Paula Radcliffe Great Britain	14:29.11 CR, NR	Liliya Shobukhova Russia	14:52.19	Sabrina Mockenhaupt Germany	15:23.50
3000 m steeplechase	Élodie Olivarès France	9:41.81	Lyubov Ivanova Russia	9:44.95	Rosa María Morató Spain	9:51.08
100 m hurdles (Wind: -1.0 m/s)	Yelena Krasovska Ukraine	12.78	Irina Shevchenko Russia	12.91	Glory Alozie Spain	12.95
400 m hurdles	Fani Halkia Greece	54.16	Yekaterina Bikert Russia	54.60	Małgorzata Pskit Poland	55.68
4 × 100 m	France Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron	42.41	Russia Olga Fedorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	42.93	Ukraine Tetyana Tkalich Anzhela Kravchenko Oksana Kaydash Iryna Shepetyuk	43.43
4 × 400 m	Russia Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Ivanova Yekaterina Bakhvalova Tatyana Levina	3:26.04	Ukraine Oleksandra Ryzhkova Oksana Ilyushkina Antonina Yefremova Nataliya Pyhyda	3:26.28	Greece Olga Kaidantzi Hrisoula Goudenoudi Hariklia Bouda Fani Halkia	3:26.33 NR
High jump	Yelena Slesarenko Russia	2.04	Irina Mikhalchenko Ukraine	1.92	Ariane Friedrich Germany	1.92
Pole vault	Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine	4.50	Monika Pyrek Poland	4.40	Tatyana Polnova Russia	4.30
Long jump	Irina Simagina Russia	6.91	Kelly Sotherton Great Britain	6.68	Ioanna Kafetzi Greece	6.56
Triple jump	Anna Pyatykh Russia	14.85	Chrysopigi Devetzi Greece	14.81w	Yelena Govorova Ukraine	14.78
Shot put	Olga Ryabinkina Russia	18.92	Kalliopi Ouzouni Greece	18.45	Nadine Kleinert Germany	18.44
Discus throw	Ekaterini Vogoli Greece	64.25	Franka Dietzsch Germany	61.42	Joanna Wiśniewska Poland	60.51
Hammer throw	Irina Sekachova Ukraine	71.91	Olga Kuzenkova Russia	70.89	Betty Heidler Germany	70.05
Javelin throw	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi Greece	62.80	Steffi Nerius Germany	59.42	Valeriya Zabruskova Russia	58.88
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

Group A

19–20 June 2004 Plovdiv

Men Pos. Team Points 1 Czech Republic 110 2 Ukraine 108 3 Romania 104.5 4 Belgium 101 5 Greece 97 6 Croatia 76 7 Belarus 72.5 8 Bulgaria 47

Women Pos. Team Points 1 Romania 130 2 Bulgaria 122 3 Belarus 104 4 Czech Republic 94 5 Sweden 90 6 Belgium 81 7 Estonia 48 8 Latvia 45

Group B

19–20 June 2004 Istanbul

Men Pos. Team Points 1 Spain 129 2 Finland 103 3 Hungary 95.5 4 Slovenia 94 5 Portugal 82 6 Switzerland 80.5 7 Norway 67.5 8 Austria 63.5

Women Pos. Team Points 1 Italy 126.5 2 Finland 104 3 Hungary 101 4 Portugal 88 5 Netherlands 82 6 Slovenia 79 7 Switzerland 77 8 Turkey 62.5

Second League

Group A

19–20 June 2004 Reykjavík

Men Pos. Team Points 1 Estonia 126.5 2 Ireland 121 3 Denmark 104 4 Cyprus 94 5 Iceland 80 6 Luxembourg 67.5 7 Lithuania 58 8 AASSE 49

Women Pos. Team Points 1 Ireland 118 2 Norway 109.5 3 Austria 103 4 Denmark 98 5 Cyprus 92.5 6 Lithuania 76 7 Iceland 70 8 AASSE 42

Group B

19–20 June 2004 Novi Sad

Men Pos. Team Points 1 Serbia and Montenegro 193.5 2 Slovakia 183.5 3 Latvia 172.5 4 Israel 164 5 Turkey 164 6 Moldova 143 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 113 8 Azerbaijan 110 9 Armenia 84.5 10 Albania 82.5 11 Georgia 80 12 Macedonia 44.5

Women Pos. Team Points 1 Serbia and Montenegro 185 2 Croatia 184 3 Slovakia 181 4 Moldova 128 5 Israel 121.5 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 109 7 Georgia 104 8 Albania 88 9 Armenia 80 10 Macedonia 54.5 11 Azerbaijan 49

External links

• european-athletics.org – 2004 SPAR European Cup Results