1973 European Cup (athletics)

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

| Name = 1973 European Cup

| Logo =

| Size =

| Host city = Edinburgh, United Kingdom

| Dates =

| Stadium =

| Level = Senior

| Type = Outdoor

| Nations participating =

| Athletes participating =

| Events = 33

| Previous = 1970 Stockholm/Budapest

| Next = 1975 Nice

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The 1973 European Cup was the 4th edition of the European Cup of athletics.{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=98 |title=The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event |publisher=european-athletics.org |access-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006060426/http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=98 |archive-date=6 October 2013 }}

The Finals were held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the first time on a synthetic track.

Final

Held in Edinburgh on 8–9 September (men) and 7 September (women).[http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf 2010 Italian almanach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf |date=28 August 2021 }} (p466)

=Team standings=

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|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Men

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}

| 82.5

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}

| 78.5

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}

| 76

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GBR2}}

| 70.5

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| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}

| 65

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRA}}

| 45

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|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Women

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! style="width:70px;"| Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}

| 72

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}

| 52

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}

| 50

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}

| 36

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| style="text-align:left;"| {{GBR2}}

| 36

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Romania|1965}}

| 27

=Results summary=

==Men's events==

100 m
(Wind: +1.5 m/s)

| Siegfried Schenke
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

10.26
CR

| Aleksandr Kornelyuk
{{flagcountry|URS}}

10.34

| Jobst Hirscht
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

10.47

200 m
(Wind: -3.3 m/s)

| Chris Monk
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

21.00

| Hans-Jürgen Bombach
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

21.05

| Ossi Karttunen
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

21.24

400 m

| Karl Honz
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

45.20

| David Jenkins
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

46.00

| Ossi Karttunen
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

46.26

800 m

| Andy Carter
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

1:46.44
CR

| Yevgeniy Arzhanov
{{flagcountry|URS}}

1:46.70

| Dieter Fromm
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

1:46.71

1500 m

| Frank Clement
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

3:40.79

| Paul-Heinz Wellmann
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

3:41.85

| Klaus-Peter Justus
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

3:42.61

5000 m

| Brendan Foster
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

13:54.65

| Manfred Kuschmann
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

13:55.31

| Harald Norpoth
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

13:57.66

10,000 m

| Nikolay Sviridov
{{flagcountry|URS}}

28:44.08

| Detlef Uhlemann
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

28:44.22

| Karl-Heinz Leiteritz
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

28:44.36

3000 m steeplechase

| Tapio Kantanen
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

8:28.45

| Willi Maier
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

8:29.76

| Leonid Savelyev
{{flagcountry|URS}}

8:30.93

110 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.8 m/s)

| Guy Drut
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

13.70

| Anatoliy Moshiashvili
{{flagcountry|URS}}

13.76

| Thomas Munkelt
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

13.77

400 m hurdles

| Alan Pascoe
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

50.07
CR

| Dmitriy Stukalov
{{flagcountry|URS}}

50.61

| Jürgen Laser
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

51.09

4 × 100 m

| {{flagcountry|GDR}}
Manfred Kokot
Michael Droese
Hans-Jürgen Bombach
Klaus-Dieter Kurrat

39.45

| {{flagcountry|FRG}}
Jobst Hirscht
Klaus Ehl
Manfred Ommer
Franz-Peter Hofmeister

39.49

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}
Brian Green
Chris Monk
Ian Matthews
Les Piggot

39.86

4 × 400 m

| {{flagcountry|FRG}}
Hermann Köhler
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Bernd Herrmann
Karl Honz

3:04.25
CR

| {{flagcountry|URS}}
Valeriy Yurchenko
Leonid Korolyev
Valeriy Yudin
Semyon Kocher

3:05.11

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}
John Wilson
Alan Pascoe
Joe Chivers
David Jenkins

3:06.27

High jump

| Valentin Gavrilov
{{flagcountry|URS}}

2.15

| Asko Pesonen
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

2.13

| Paul Poaniewa
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

2.09

Pole vault

| Yuriy Isakov
{{flagcountry|URS}}
Antti Kalliomäki
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

5.30

| Mike Bull
{{flagcountry|GBR}}
Reinhard Kuretzky
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

5.20

Long jump

| Valeriy Podluzhniy
{{flagcountry|URS}}

8.20w

| Hans Baumgartner
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

8.12

| Max Klauss
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

8.03

Triple jump

| Viktor Sanyeyev
{{flagcountry|URS}}

16.90w

| Jörg Drehmel
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

16.89

| Esa Rinne
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

16.18

Shot put

| Hartmut Briesenick
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

20.95

| Reijo Ståhlberg
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

20.27

| Geoff Capes
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

19.80

Discus throw

| Pentti Kahma
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

63.10

| Siegfried Pachale
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

60.48

| Bill Tancred
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

59.06

Hammer throw

| Anatoliy Bondarchuk
{{flagcountry|URS}}

74.08

| Reinhard Theimer
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

72.06

| Jacques Accambray
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

71.90

Javelin throw

| Klaus Wolfermann
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

90.68

| Jānis Lūsis
{{flagcountry|URS}}

88.48

| Hannu Siitonen
{{flagcountry|FIN}}

84.08

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==Women's events==

100 m
(Wind: +1.3 m/s)

| Renate Stecher
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

11.25

| Annegret Richter
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

11.32

| Marina Sidorova
{{flagcountry|URS}}

11.40

200 m
(Wind: +0.8 m/s)

| Renate Stecher
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

22.81

| Marina Sidorova
{{flagcountry|URS}}

22.93

| Helen Golden
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

23.14

400 m

| Monika Zehrt
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

51.75
CR

| Lilyana Tomova
{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

52.33

| Nadezhda Kolesnikova
{{flagcountry|URS}}

52.35

800 m

| Gunhild Hoffmeister
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

1:58.94
CR

| Svetla Zlateva
{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

1:59.05

| Nijolé Sabaité
{{flagcountry|URS}}

2:02.17

1500 m

| Tonka Petrova
{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

4:09.02
CR

| Karin Krebs
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

4:09.37

| Lyudmila Bragina
{{flagcountry|URS}}

4:10.11

100 m hurdles
(Wind: 0.0 m/s)

| Annelie Ehrhardt
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

12.95
CR

| Judy Vernon
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

13.34

| Natalya Lebedeva
{{flagcountry|URS}}

13.62

4 × 100 m

| {{flagcountry|GDR}}
Petra Kandarr
Renate Stecher
Christina Heinich
Doris Selmigkeit

42.95
CR

| {{flagcountry|FRG}}
Elfgard Schittenhelm
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Annegret Kroniger

43.68

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}
Elizabeth Sutherland
Helen Golden
Judy Vernon
Andrea Lynch

44.78

4 × 400 m

| {{flagcountry|GDR}}
Waltraud Dietsch
Renate Siebach
Monika Zehrt
Rita Kühne

3:28.66
CR

| {{flagcountry|URS}}
Nina Zyuskova
Ingrida Barkane
Natalya Kulichkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova

3:30.57

| {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}
Zdravka Trifonova
Lilyana Tomova
Stefka Yordanova
Svetla Zlateva

3:31.89

High jump

| Yordanka Blagoeva
{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

1.84

| Rita Kirst
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

1.82

| Galina Filatova
{{flagcountry|URS}}
Virginia Ioan
{{flagcountry|ROM|1965}}
Barbara Lawton
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

1.80

Long jump

| Angela Schmalfeld
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

6.63

| Viorica Viscopoleanu
{{flagcountry|ROM|1965}}

6.39

| Ruth Martin-Jones
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

6.30w

Shot put

| Nadezhda Chizhova
{{flagcountry|URS}}

20.77
CR

| Ivanka Khristova
{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

19.23

| Marita Lange
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

18.81

Discus throw

| Faina Melnik
{{flagcountry|URS}}

69.48
WR, CR

| Argentina Menis
{{flagcountry|ROM|1965}}

64.16

| Gabriele Hinzmann
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

63.76

Javelin throw

| Ruth Fuchs
{{flagcountry|GDR}}

66.10
WR, CR

| Lyutviyan Mollova
{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

60.30

| Ameli Koloska
{{flagcountry|FRG}}

55.46

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Semifinals

=Men=

All semifinals were held on 4 and 5 August. First two teams advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Held in Oslo, Norway

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}

| 98.5

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GBR2}}

| 80.5

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{ITA}}

| 72.5

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{HUN}}

| 62

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| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{NOR}}

| 57.5

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{BEL}}

| 48

Semifinal 2

Held in Celje, Yugoslavia

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}

| 103

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}

| 88

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Poland|1928}}

| 83.5

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}

| 63

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| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{SUI}}

| 43

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Spain|1945}}

| 37

Semifinal 3

Held in Nice, Switzerland

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}

| 98.5

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRA}}

| 90

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{TCH}}

| 76

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{SWE}}

| 73

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Romania|1965}}

| 42

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}

| 40.5

=Women=

All semifinals were held on 4 August. First two teams advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Held in Warsaw, Poland

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}

| 63

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}

| 58

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Poland|1928}}

| 55.5

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}

| 36.5

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{SWE}}

| 33

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{AUT}}

| 26

Semifinal 2

Held in Bucharest, Romania

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}

| 76

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Romania|1965}}

| 54

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{HUN}}

| 53.5

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{ITA}}

| 43

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{SUI}}

| 24

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{NOR}}

| 22.5

Semifinal 3

Held in Sittard, Netherlands

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"

| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}

| 60

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"

| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GBR2}}

| 57

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRA}}

| 50

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{NED}}

| 39

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}

| 38

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{TCH}}

| 28

Preliminaries

=Men=

All preliminaries were held on 30 June and 1 July. First two teams advanced to the semifinals.

Preliminary 1

Held in Lisbon, Portugal

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{SUI}}

| 68

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}

| 63.5

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{POR}}

| 37.5

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{IRL}}

| 29

Preliminary 2

Held in Brussels, Belgium

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{NOR}}

| 105

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"

| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{BEL}}

| 90

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{NED}}

| 83

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{DEN}}

| 64.5

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| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{ISL}}

| 42

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{LUX}}

| 32.5

Preliminary 3

Held in Athenes, Greece

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Romania|1965}}

| 42

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}

| 38.5

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Greece|1970}}

| 36.5

=Women=

All preliminaries were held on 30 June and 1 July. First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

Preliminary 1

Held in Lyngby, Denmark

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}

| 66

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{TCH}}

| 62

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{NOR}}

| 45

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{DEN}}

| 43

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{IRL}}

| 40

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{ISL}}

| 16

Preliminary 2

Held in Rijeka, Yugoslavia

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! style="width:70px;"|Pos.

! Nation

! style="width:70px;"| Points

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}

| 67

style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"

| 2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{SUI}}

| 57.5

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{AUT}}

| 47.5

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| 4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{BEL}}

| 42

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| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Spain|1945}}

| 35

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| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{POR}}

| 24

References

External links

[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epm.htm European Cup results (Men)] from GBR Athletics
[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epw.htm European Cup results (Women)] from GBR Athletics

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