2008 European Cup (athletics)
 Logo of the Superleague | |
| Host city | Annecy, France (Super League) |
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| Dates | 21–22 June 2008 |
| Main venue | Parc des Sports (Super League) |
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 It was the last edition of the European Cup which from 2009 has been replaced by European Team Championships combining the men and women competitions.
Super League[]
Final Standings[]
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Day 1 standings[]
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Men
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Women
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Men's results[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 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 | (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 | (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 | |||
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| 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 | (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 |
| 110 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) 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 | Magdelin Martinez (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) |
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[]
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Men
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Women
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Standings[]
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Men
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Women
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Group B[]
at , 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[]
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Men
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Women
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Standings[]
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Men
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Women
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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[]
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Men
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Women
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Standings[]
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Men
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Women
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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[]
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Men
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Women
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Standings[]
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Men
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Women
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See also[]
- European Cup in Athletics 2007
Notes[]
External links[]
- Annecy European Cup 2008 Website (english) – Official website
- European Cup First & Second League 2008 – event coverage at European-athletics.org
- European Cup 2008, 1st League, Group A in Leiria – Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo website
- European Cup 2008, 1st League, Group B in Istanbul[permanent dead link] – Official website
- European Cup 2008, 2nd League, Group A in Tallinn – Official website
- European Cup 2008, 2nd League, Group B in Banska Bystrica – Official website
- European Cup (athletics)
- 2008 in athletics (track and field)
- International athletics competitions hosted by Portugal
- International athletics competitions hosted by Slovakia
- Sport in Istanbul
- 2008 in French sport
- 2008 in Portuguese sport
- 2008 in Turkish sport
- 2008 in Estonian sport
- 2008 in Slovak sport
- International athletics competitions hosted by France
- International athletics competitions hosted by Turkey
- International athletics competitions hosted by Estonia
- 2000s in Istanbul