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1997 European Cup (athletics)

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

| Name = 1997 European Cup

| Logo =

| Size =

| Host city = Munich, Germany

| Dates = 21–22 June (Super Leagues)
7–8 June (First Leagues)
28–29 June (Second Leagues)

| Stadium = Olympic Stadium

| Level = Senior

| Type = Outdoor

| Nations participating =

| Athletes participating =

| Events = 39

| Previous = 1996 Madrid

| Next = 1998 St. Petersburg

}}

The 1997 European Cup was the 18th 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 |accessdate=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006060426/http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=98 |archivedate=6 October 2013 }}

Beginning with this edition athletes in throws and horizontal jumps were limited to only four attempts instead of the usual six. It was also the first edition to feature women's pole vault and hammer throw.

The Super League Finals were held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.

Super League

{{main|1997 European Cup Super League}}

Held on 21 and 22 June in Munich, Germany.[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=2021-08-28 }} (p469–470)

=Team standings=

{{col-begin}}

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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

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

| 1

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

| 118

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

| 2

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

| 105

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

| 3

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

| 104

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

| 4

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

| 96

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

| 5

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

| 78

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

| 6

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

| 75

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

| 7

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

| 72.5

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

| 8

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

| 71.5

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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

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

| 1

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

| 127

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

| 2

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

| 113

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

| 3

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

| 86

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

| 4

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

| 77

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

| 5

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

| 77

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

| 6

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

| 76

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

| 7

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

| 72

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

| 8

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

| 55

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=Results summary=

==Men's events==

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 m
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)

| Linford Christie
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

10.04
=CR

| Geir Moen
{{flagcountry|NOR}}

10.18

| Andrey Fedoriv
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

10.19
200 m
(Wind: +0.7 m/s)

| Linford Christie
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

Georgios Panayotopoulos
{{flagcountry|GRE}}		20.56

!colspan=2|Not awarded

| Geir Moen
{{flagcountry|NOR}}

20.60
400 m

| Roger Black
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

45.63

| David Canal
{{flagcountry|ESP}}

46.28

| Marco Vaccari
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

46.40
800 m

| Vebjørn Rodal
{{flagcountry|NOR}}

1:47.54

| Nico Motchebon
{{flagcountry|GER}}

1:47.89

| Mark Sesay
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

1:48.11
1500 m

| Fermín Cacho
{{flagcountry|ESP}}

3:37.79

| Gennaro Di Napoli
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

3:37.81

| Vyacheslav Shabunin
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

3:38.14
3000 m

| Dieter Baumann
{{flagcountry|GER}}

7:41.08
CR

| Manuel Pancorbo
{{flagcountry|ESP}}

7:41.60

| Panagiotis Papoulias
{{flagcountry|GRE}}

7:45.65
5000 m

| Gennaro Di Napoli
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

13:38.33

| Anacleto Jiménez
{{flagcountry|ESP}}

13:39.42

| Panagiotis Papoulias
{{flagcountry|GRE}}

13:40.02
3000 m steeplechase

| Rob Hough
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

8:35.03

| Alessandro Lambruschini
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

8:36.15

| Vladimir Pronin
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

8:36.94
110 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)

| Florian Schwarthoff
{{flagcountry|GER}}

13.20

| Colin Jackson
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

13.28

| Andrey Kislykh
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

13.53
400 m hurdles

| Fabrizio Mori
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

48.93

| Stéphane Diagana
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

49.15

| Ruslan Mashchenko
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

49.74
4 × 100 m

| {{flagcountry|ITA}}
Nicola Asuni
Giovanni Puggioni
Angelo Cipolloni
Sandro Floris

38.80

| {{flagcountry|NOR}}
Fernando Ramirez
John Ertzgaard
Per Ivar Sivle
Geir Moen

38.96
NR

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}
Jason Gardener
Marlon Devonish
Doug Walker
Ian Mackie

38.97
4 × 400 m

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Iwan Thomas
Mark Richardson

2:59.46
CR

| {{flagcountry|ITA}}
Marco Vaccari
Alessandro Aimar
Fabrizio Mori
Ashraf Saber

3:02.60

| {{flagcountry|RUS}}
Innokentiy Zharov
Dmitriy Kosov
Dmitriy Golovastov
Dmitriy Bey

3:03.09
High jump

| Arturo Ortiz
{{flagcountry|ESP}}

2.30

| Sergey Klyugin
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

2.30

| Martin Buss
{{flagcountry|GER}}

2.30
Pole vault (indoor)

| Maksim Tarasov
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

5.95

| Jean Galfione
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

5.75

| Tim Lobinger
{{flagcountry|GER}}

5.70
Long jump

| Kirill Sosunov
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

8.00

| Kostas Koukodimos
{{flagcountry|GRE}}

7.88

| Emmanuel Bangué
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

7.86
Triple jump

| Jonathan Edwards
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

17.74

| Denis Kapustin
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

17.24

| Charles Friedek
{{flagcountry|GER}}

16.71
Shot put

| Oliver-Sven Buder
{{flagcountry|GER}}

20.41

| Corrado Fantini
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

19.72

| Manuel Martínez
{{flagcountry|ESP}}

19.29
Discus throw

| Lars Riedel
{{flagcountry|GER}}

63.36

| Robert Weir
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

61.62

| Sergey Lyakhov
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

59.72
Hammer throw

| Heinz Weis
{{flagcountry|GER}}

81.42

| Vadim Khersontsev
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

78.48

| Alexandros Papadimitriou
{{flagcountry|GRE}}

74.12
Javelin throw

| Steve Backley
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

86.86

| Kostas Gatsioudis
{{flagcountry|GRE}}

86.10

| Boris Henry
{{flagcountry|GER}}

85.42
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|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}

==Women's events==

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 m
(Wind: +0.8 m/s)

| Natalya Voronova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

11.18

| Andrea Philipp
{{flagcountry|GER}}

11.23

| Natalya Safronnikova
{{flagcountry|BLR}}

11.41
200 m
(Wind: -0.2 m/s)

| Christine Arron
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

22.89

| Andrea Philipp
{{flagcountry|GER}}

22.98

| Marina Trandenkova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

23.16
400 m

| Grit Breuer
{{flagcountry|GER}}

50.38

| Donna Fraser
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

51.51

| Olga Kotlyarova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

51.53
800 m

| Yelena Afanasyeva
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

1:59.93

| Irina Lishchinskaya
{{flagcountry|UKR}}

2:00.71

| Linda Kisabaka
{{flagcountry|GER}}

2:01.07
1500 m

| Kelly Holmes
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

4:04.79

| Gabriela Szabo
{{flagcountry|ROM}}

4:06.25

| Irina Biryukova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

4:07.98
3000 m

| Roberta Brunet
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

8:51.66

| Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim
{{flagcountry|GER}}

8:52.20

| Paula Radcliffe
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

8:52.79
5000 m

| Gabriela Szabo
{{flagcountry|ROM}}

15:02.68
CR

| Roberta Brunet
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

15:02.87

| Luminita Zaituc
{{flagcountry|GER}}

15:52.95
100 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.7 m/s)

| Svetlana Laukhova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

12.94

| Patricia Girard
{{flagcountry|FRA}}

13.03

| Angie Thorp
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

13.16
400 m hurdles

| Sally Gunnell
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

54.57

| Silvia Rieger
{{flagcountry|GER}}

55.23

| Yekaterina Bakhvalova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

55.66
4 × 100 m

| {{flagcountry|RUS}}
Yekaterina Leshchova
Galina Malchugina
Natalya Voronova
Marina Trandenkova

43.05

| {{flagcountry|FRA}}
Frédérique Bangué
Christine Arron
Patricia Girard
Sylviane Félix

43.21

| {{flagcountry|GER}}
Shanta Ghosh
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Andrea Philipp

43.25
4 × 400 m

| {{flagcountry|RUS}}
Yekaterina Bakhvalova
Yekaterina Kulikova
Natalya Khrushcheleva
Olga Kotlyarova

3:24.10

| {{flagcountry|GER}}
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Silvia Rieger
Anja Rücker

3:26.12

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}
Allison Curbishley
Donna Fraser
Michelle Thomas
Sally Gunnell

3:26.48
High jump

| Heike Balck
{{flagcountry|GER}}

1.94

| Tatyana Motkova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

1.92

| Antonella Bevilacqua
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

1.88
Pole vault

| Anzhela Balakhonova
{{flagcountry|UKR}}

4.25

| Andrea Müller
{{flagcountry|GER}}

4.20

| Janine Whitlock
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

4.10
Long jump

| Fiona May
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

6.61

| Nina Perevedentseva
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

6.60

| Susen Tiedtke-Greene
{{flagcountry|GER}}

6.57
Triple jump

| Inna Lasovskaya
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

14.91

| Rodica Mateescu
{{flagcountry|ROM}}

14.53

| Ashia Hansen
{{flagcountry|GBR}}

14.52
Shot put

| Astrid Kumbernuss
{{flagcountry|GER}}

20.64

| Irina Korzhanenko
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

18.18

| Mara Rosolen
{{flagcountry|ITA}}

17.28
Discus throw

| Natalya Sadova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

67.72

| Franka Dietzsch
{{flagcountry|GER}}

61.72

| Yelena Antonova
{{flagcountry|UKR}}

60.16
Hammer throw

| Olga Kuzenkova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

73.10

| Mihaela Melinte
{{flagcountry|ROM}}

69.76

| Lyudmila Gubkina
{{flagcountry|BLR}}

68.24
Javelin throw

| Oksana Ovchinnikova
{{flagcountry|RUS}}

67.16

| Felicia Tilea
{{flagcountry|ROM}}

64.98

| Tanja Damaske
{{flagcountry|GER}}

64.72
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|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}

First League

The First League was held on 7 and 8 June

=Men=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

Group A

Held in Prague, Czech Republic

class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"

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

! Nation

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

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

| 1

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

| 117

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

| 2

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

| 114

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

| 3

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

| 98

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

| 4

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

| 92

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

| 5

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

| 83

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

| 6

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

| 80.5

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

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|FR Yugoslavia|name=Yugoslavia}}

| 68.5

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

| 8

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

| 64

{{col-break}}

Group B

Held in Dublin, Ireland

class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
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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;"| {{FIN}}

| 102

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

| 2

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

| 100

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

| 3

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

| 99.5

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

| 4

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

| 90

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

| 5

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

| 88

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

| 6

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

| 85.5

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

| 7

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

| 85

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

| 8

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

| 68

{{col-end}}

=Women=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

Group A

Held in Prague, Czech Republic

class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"

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

! Nation

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

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

| 1

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

| 113

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

| 2

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

| 113

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

| 3

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

| 95

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

| 4

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

| 90.5

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

| 5

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

| 87

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

| 6

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

| 77

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

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|FR Yugoslavia|name=Yugoslavia}}

| 57

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

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Lithuania|1988}}

| 51.5

{{col-break}}

Group B

Held in Dublin, Ireland

class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"

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

! Nation

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

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

| 1

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

| 103.5

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

| 2

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

| 103

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

| 3

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

| 97.5

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

| 4

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

| 96

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

| 5

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

| 82.5

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

| 6

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

| 74

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

| 7

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

| 60.5

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

| 8

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

| 60

{{col-end}}

Second League

The Second League was held on 28 and 29 June

=Men=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

Group A

Held in Odense, Denmark

class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"

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

! Nation

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

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

| 1

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

| 125

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

| 2

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

| 115

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

| 3

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

| 115

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

| 4

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

| 107

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

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Lithuania|1988}}

| 84

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

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| File:AASSE flag provisional.svg AASSE

| 71

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

| 7

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

| 62

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

| 8

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

| 30

{{col-break}}

Group B

Held in Riga, Latvia

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style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"

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

! Nation

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

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

| 1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Belarus|1995}}

| 86

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

| 2

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

| 71

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

| 3

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

| 54

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

| 4

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

| 53

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

| 5

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

| 26

{{col-end}}

=Women=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

Group A

Held in Odense, Denmark

class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"

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

! Nation

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

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

| 1

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

| 100

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

| 2

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

| 93

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

| 3

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

| 62

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

| 4

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

| 57

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

| 5

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

| 53

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

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"| File:AASSE flag provisional.svg AASSE

| 30

{{col-break}}

Group B

Held in Riga, Latvia

class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"

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

! Nation

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

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

| 1

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

| 74

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

| 2

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

| 59

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

| 3

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

| 57

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

| 4

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

| 56

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

| 5

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

| 23

{{col-end}}

References

{{reflist}}

;Results

  • [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
  • [http://www.sport-olympic.gr/sp/index.php/athletics/competitions/area-competitions/european-competitions-in-athletics/12-european-cup-in-athletics/43-1997-xviii-european-cup Results] from sport-olympic.gr

{{European Athletics cups}}

{{1997 in athletics}}

1997

European Cup

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