2001 European Athletics Junior Championships

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2001 European Athletics Junior Championships
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Dates19 – 22 July
Host cityGrosseto, Italy Italy
VenueStadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini
LevelUnder-20
Events44
Records set5 Championship records

The 2001 European Athletics Junior Championships was an athletics competition for athletes under-20 which was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto, Italy from 19 – 22 July 2001. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Two new events were introduced into the programme: the women's 2000 metres steeplechase and the women's 10,000 m track walk (replacing the 5000 m walk event). Five new championships records were recorded over the four-day competition, in addition to the two marks set in the newly introduced events.

Russia topped the medals table with eight golds and shared the honour of the greatest medal haul (17) with second placed Great Britain which won six gold medals. Poland came third with five golds, although fourth placed Germany had a larger medal total (15) but with one less gold medal.

Two British sprinters were nominated as the best athletes of the tournament: Vernicha James won the women's award for her 200 metres and 4×400 metres relay gold medals, as well as a 4×400 metres relay bronze. Mark Lewis-Francis took the men's award for his 100 metres gold and for anchoring the men's sprint relay to the team title. Russian Anastasiya Ilyina won the gold in the long jump and triple jump, setting a championship record in the latter event. Former Ethiopian Elvan Abeylegesse did the 3000/5000 metres double for Turkey, breaking the championship record in the 5000 m. of Poland took the shot put and discus gold medals, while Belgian athlete Kevin Rans completed an unusual silver medal double at the competition in the 200 m and the pole vault.

Mark Lewis-Francis won the 100 m and helped set a new relay record.

Among the athletes who won medals at the competition were Carolina Klüft, Yelena Isinbayeva and Andreas Thorkildsen – all of whom went on to become 2004 Olympic gold medallists. Elvan Abeylegesse, Anna Chicherova and Marian Oprea also went on to win Olympic medals. The decathlon junior champion Ladji Doucouré successfully changed focus to the 110 metres hurdles, becoming the 2005 World Champion.

Records[]

Kevin Rans won Belgium's only medals with silvers in the 200 m and pole vault.
Name Event Country Record Type
Alexandr Ivanov Men's javelin throw  Russia 80.18 CR
Tyrone Edgar

Tim Benjamin
Mark Lewis-Francis
Men's 4×100 metres relay  United Kingdom 39.24 CR
Elvan Abeylegesse Women's 5000 metres  Turkey 15:21.12 CR
Anastasiya Ilyina Women's triple jump  Russia 14.12 CR
Yelena Isinbayeva Women's pole vault  Russia 4.40 CR
Key:0000WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • CR — Championship record  • NR — National record

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(wind: 2.4 m/s)
 Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR) 10.09  Tim Goebel (GER) 10.18   (CRO) 10.31
200 m  Ronald Pognon (FRA) 20.80  Kevin Rans (BEL) 20.89   (GBR) 20.92
400 m  Tim Benjamin (GBR) 46.43  Johan Wissman (SWE) 46.81  Bastian Swillims (GER) 46.88
800 m  René Herms (GER) 1:46.98  Arnoud Okken (NED) 1:48.02  Ricky Soos (GBR) 1:48.43
1500 m  Cosimo Caliandro (ITA) 3:48.49   (POL) 3:48.66  Arturo Casado (ESP) 3:48.76
5000 m  Mo Farah (GBR) 14:09.91   (POR) 14:11.65   (ESP) 14:12.43
10,000 m  Vasyl Matviychuk (UKR) 30:43.19   (BLR) 30:46.37   (TUR) 31:00.36
110 m hurdles  Philip Nossmy (SWE) 13.81   (GER) 13.83   (GBR) 14.16
400 m hurdles  Christian Duma (GER) 50.26   (GER) 50.76  Mikhail Lipski (RUS) 51.00
3000 m steeplechase  Radosław Popławski (POL) 8:46.36  Mircea Bogdan (ROM) 8:49.76  Hristóforos Meroúsis (GRE) 8:51.87
4x100 metres relay  Great Britain
Tyrone Edgar

Timothy Benjamin
Mark Lewis-Francis
39.24 CR  France

Ronald Pognon

Ladji Doucouré
39.76  Poland
Mariusz Latkowski


Paweł Ptak
39.96
4x400 metres relay  Poland
Marcin Marciniszyn

Piotr Kędzia
3:06.12  United Kingdom
Robert Tobin

Sam Ellis
Tim Benjamin
3:06.21  Spain
David Melo
Diego Ruiz

3:07.47
10,000 m walk   (RUS) 43:34.12   (RUS) 43:39.46  Benjamin Kuciński (POL) 43:44.87
High jump  Andrei Chubsa (BLR) 2.23 m   (CZE) 2.21 m  Mickael Hanany (FRA) 2.19 m
Pole vault   (RUS) 5.55 m  Kevin Rans (BEL) 5.50 m   (GRE) 5.35 m
Long jump  Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) 7.98 m (w)  Jan Zumer (SLO) 7.72 m (w)   (RUS) 7.72 m
Triple jump  Marian Oprea (ROM) 16.65 m  Jonathan Moore (GBR) 16.43 m  Viktor Yastrebov (UKR) 16.43 m
Shot put   (POL) 18.23 m  Robert Häggblom (FIN) 17.96 m  Marco Fortes (POR) 17.86 m
Discus throw   (POL) 57.95 m   (CZE) 54.46 m  Dzmitry Sivakou (BLR) 54.23 m
Hammer throw  Krisztián Pars (HUN) 69.42 m   (RUS) 68.32 m  Eşref Apak (TUR) 67.56 m
Javelin throw  Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) 80.18 m CR  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 76.98 m   (FIN) 76.98 m
Decathlon  Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 7747 pts   (GER) 7683 pts   (LAT) 7497 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 2.1 m/s)
 Katchi Habel (GER) 11.24 w   (FRA) 11.50 w   (FRA) 11.59 w
200 metres  Vernicha James (GBR) 22.93  Katchi Habel (GER) 23.38   (SLO) 23.60
400 metres  Tatyana Firova (RUS) 52.94   (GBR) 53.29   (GBR) 53.52
800 metres  Lucia Klocová (SVK) 2:03.76   (GER) 2:03.99  Tetyana Petlyuk (UKR) 2:04.15
1500 metres   (CRO) 4:13.13   (GBR) 4:13.51   (FIN) 4:14.48
3000 metres  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 8:53.42   (RUS) 9:02.64   (FIN) 9:07.35
5000 metres  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 15:21.12 CR   (FIN) 16:11.55   (GBR) 16:16.39
100 metres hurdles
(wind: 2.1 m/s)
  (BUL) 13.04 w  Adrianna Lamalle (FRA) 13.08 w  Lucie Škrobáková (CZE) 13.30 w
400 metres hurdles   (POL) 57.78  Patrícia Lopes (POR) 57.93   (RUS) 58.83
2000 metres steeplechase   (ROM) 6:34.89   (FRA) 6:36.06   (GER) 6:36.67
4×100 metres relay  Germany (GER)
Nadine Hentschke


Katchi Habel
44.16  France (FRA)



Adriana Lamalle
44.37  Great Britain (GBR)


Amy Spencer
Vernicha James
44.66
4×400 metres relay  Great Britain (GBR)


Vernicha James
3:34.63  Germany (GER)

Claudia Hoffmann

3:36.20  Romania (ROM)

Liliana Barbulescu

Maria Rus
3:41.12
10,000 m track walk  Tatyana Kozlova (RUS) 46:22.67  Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) 46:29.20  Beatriz Pascual (ESP) 46:49.81
High jump  Ramona Pop (ROM) 1.92 m  Anna Chicherova (RUS) 1.90 m  Anna Ksok (POL) 1.90 m
Pole vault  Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.40 m CR  Natalya Kushch (UKR) 4.15 m  Vanessa Boslak (FRA) 4.15 m
Long jump  Anastasiya Ilyina (RUS) 6.38 m  Alina Militaru (ROM) 6.32 m   (POL) 6.26 m
Triple jump  Anastasiya Ilyina (RUS) 14.12 m CR  Athanasia Perra (GRE) 13.73 m (w)  Viktoriya Gurova (RUS) 13.68 m
Shot put  Natalya Khoroneko (BLR) 16.92 m   (GER) 16.02 m   (FRA) 15.82 m
Discus throw  Natalya Fokina (UKR) 56.69 m  Vera Begić (CRO) 55.02 m   (BLR) 54.49 m
Hammer throw  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 64.18 m  Martina Danišová (SVK) 61.97 m  Berta Castells (ESP) 61.04 m
Javelin throw   (BLR) 55.40 m  Goldie Sayers (GBR) 55.40 m   (FRA) 53.71 m
Heptathlon  Carolina Klüft (SWE) 6022 pts   (GER) 5956 pts   (RUS) 5745 pts

Medal table[]

Elvan Abeylegesse helped Turkey with her 3000/5000 m wins.
Yelena Isinbayeva set a championship record in the pole vault.
Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia84517
2 Great Britain65617
3 Poland51410
4 Germany49215
5 Romania3216
6 Belarus3126
7 France25512
8 Ukraine2125
9 Croatia2114
10 Sweden2103
11 Turkey2024
12 Greece1225
13 Slovakia1102
14 Bulgaria1001
 Hungary1001
 Italy*1001
17 Finland0235
18 Czech Republic0213
 Portugal0213
20 Belgium0202
21 Slovenia0112
22 Netherlands0101
 Norway0101
24 Spain0055
25 Latvia0011
Totals (25 nations)444444132

See also[]

  • 2001 in athletics (track and field)

References[]

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