1981 European Cup (athletics)

International athletics championship event

1981 European Cup

Host city| Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Level| Senior
Type| Outdoor
Events| 33

← 1979 Turin

1983 London →

The 1981 European Cup was the 8th edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1] It was the last edition to feature multiple stages of competition before being replaced by the promotion/relegation system since 1983.

The "A" Finals were held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The first two teams qualified for the 1981 IAAF World Cup.

## "A" Final

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Main article: 1981 European Cup "A" Final

Held in Zagreb on 15 and 16 August.[2]

### Team standings

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Men  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  East Germany | 128
2  |  Soviet Union | 124.5
3  |  Great Britain  | 106.5
4  |  West Germany | 97
5  |  Italy  | 75
6  |  Poland  | 74
7  |  France  | 71
8  |  Yugoslavia | 41
Women  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  East Germany | 108.5
2  |  Soviet Union | 97
3  |  West Germany | 74
|  Great Britain  | 74
5  |  Bulgaria | 72
6  |  Poland  | 53.5
7  |  Hungary | 41
8  |  Yugoslavia | 20

### Results summary

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#### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

100 m
(Wind: -0.9 m/s) | Allan Wells
Great Britain | 10.17  | Frank Emmelmann
East Germany | 10.21  | Hermann Panzo
France | 10.29
200 m
(Wind: +0.3 m/s) | Frank Emmelmann
East Germany | 20.33
CR | Allan Wells
Great Britain | 20.35  | Patrick Barré
France | 20.60
400 m | Hartmut Weber
West Germany | 45.32  | Mauro Zuliani
Italy | 45.35  | Andreas Knebel
East Germany | 45.76
800 m | Sebastian Coe
Great Britain | 1:47.03  | Willi Wülbeck
West Germany | 1:47.72  | Olaf Beyer
East Germany | 1:47.73
1500 m | Olaf Beyer
East Germany | 3:43.52  | Nikolay Kirov
Soviet Union | 3:43.68  | Steve Cram
Great Britain | 3:43.72
5000 m | Dave Moorcroft
Great Britain | 13:43.18  | Valeriy Abramov
Soviet Union | 13:43.69  | Hansjörg Kunze
East Germany | 13:43.72
10,000 m | Werner Schildhauer
East Germany | 28:45.89  | Julian Goater
Great Britain | 28:55.04  | Karl Fleschen
West Germany | 28:57.74
3000 m steeplechase | Mariano Scartezzini
Italy | 8:13.32
CR | Bogusław Mamiński
Poland | 8:17.23  | Patriz Ilg
West Germany | 8:21.13
110 m hurdles
(Wind: -0.6 m/s) | Mark Holtom
Great Britain | 13.79  | Andreas Schlisske
East Germany | 13.85  | Romuald Giegiel
Poland | 13.88
400 m hurdles | Volker Beck
East Germany | 48.94  | Harald Schmid
West Germany | 49.12  | Dmitriy Shkarupin
Soviet Union | 49.71
4 × 100 m |  Poland
Krzysztof Zwoliński
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin | 38.66  |  Soviet Union
Andrey Shlyapnikov
Nikolay Sidorov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Vladimir Muravyov | 38.80  |  France
Philippe Le Joncour
Bernard Petibois
Antoine Richard
Hermann Panzo | 38.83
4 × 400 m |  Italy
Stefano Malinverni
Alfonso Di Guida
Roberto Ribaud
Mauro Zuliani | 3:01.42  |  Soviet Union
Pavel Roshchin
Vitaliy Fedotov
Viktor Burakov
Viktor Markin | 3:01.69  |  Great Britain
Roy Dickens
Harry Cook
Steve Scout
David Jenkins | 3:02.93
High jump | Valeriy Sereda
Soviet Union | 2.30  | Gerd Nagel
West Germany | 2.28  | Massimo Di Giorgio
Italy | 2.26
Pole vault | Jean-Michel Bellot
France
Konstantin Volkov
Soviet Union | 5.40  |  |  | Keith Stock
Great Britain | 5.30
Long jump | Uwe Lange
East Germany | 7.98  | Shamil Abbyasov
Soviet Union | 7.93  | Joachim Busse
West Germany | 7.82w
Triple jump | Jaak Uudmäe
Soviet Union | 16.97  | Aston Moore
Great Britain | 16.86  | Miloš Srejović
Yugoslavia | 16.54
Shot put | Udo Beyer
East Germany | 21.41  | Yevgeniy Mironov
Soviet Union | 20.33  | Ralf Reichenbach
West Germany | 19.70
Discus throw | Armin Lemme
East Germany | 64.06  | Dmitriy Kovtsun
Soviet Union | 59.60  | Alwin Wagner
West Germany | 59.16
Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union | 77.68  | Karl-Hans Riehm
West Germany | 75.86  | Roland Steuk
East Germany | 73.34
Javelin throw | Detlef Michel
East Germany | 90.86
CR | Dainis Kûla
Soviet Union | 88.40  | Michał Wacławik
Poland | 88.26

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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

100 m
(Wind: -1.0 m/s) | Marlies Göhr
East Germany | 11.17  | Kathy Smallwood
Great Britain | 11.27  | Olga Zolotaryova
Soviet Union | 11.36
200 m
(Wind: -1.6 m/s) | Bärbel Wöckel
East Germany | 22.19  | Kathy Smallwood
Great Britain | 22.65  | Natalya Bochina
Soviet Union | 23.08
400 m | Marita Koch
East Germany | 49.43  | Gaby Bussmann
West Germany | 50.83  | Irina Nazarova
Soviet Union | 51.31
800 m | Martina Steuk
East Germany | 1:57.16  | Lyudmila Veselkova
Soviet Union | 1:57.25  | Jolanta Januchta
Poland | 1:58.50
1500 m | Tamara Sorokina
Soviet Union | 4:01.37
CR | Ulrike Bruns
East Germany | 4:02.21  | Anna Bukis
Poland | 4:04.38
3000 m | Angelika Zauber
East Germany | 8:49.61
CR | Yelena Sipatova
Soviet Union | 8:49.99  | Paula Fudge
Great Britain | 8:54.59
100 m hurdles
(Wind: -2.4 m/s) | Tatyana Anisimova
Soviet Union | 12.91  | Kerstin Knabe
East Germany | 13.08  | Lucyna Langer
Poland | 13.20
400 m hurdles | Ellen Neumann
East Germany | 54.90  | Ana Kasteckaja
Soviet Union | 56.34  | Genowefa Błaszak
Poland | 57.21
4 × 100 m |  East Germany
Annelies Walter
Bärbel Wöckel
Gesine Walther
Marlies Göhr | 42.53  |  Great Britain
Wendy Hoyte
Kathy Smallwood
Beverley Goddard
Shirley Thomas | 43.03  |  Soviet Union
Olga Zolotaryova
Olga Nasonova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Natalya Bochina | 43.26
4 × 400 m |  East Germany
Dagmar Rübsam
Martina Steuk
Bärbel Wöckel
Marita Koch | 3:19.83  |  Soviet Union
Nadezhda Lyalina
Tatyana Litvinova
Irina Baskakova
Irina Nazarova | 3:24.85  |  Great Britain
Linda Forsyth
Michelle Scutt
Verona Elder
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | 3:27.27
High jump | Ulrike Meyfarth
East Germany | 1.94  | Lyudmila Zhecheva
Bulgaria | 1.92  | Yelena Popkova
Soviet Union | 1.86
Long jump | Sigrid Ulbricht
East Germany | 6.86  | Anna Włodarczyk
Poland | 6.66  | Tatyana Kolpakova
Soviet Union | 6.59
Shot put | Ilona Slupianek
East Germany | 21.12  | Verzhinia Veselinova
Bulgaria | 20.77  | Galina Isayeva
Soviet Union | 18.15
Discus throw | Mariya Petkova
Bulgaria | 69.08  | Galina Savinkova
Soviet Union | 68.46  | Evelin Jahl
East Germany | 67.32
Javelin throw | Antoaneta Todorova
Bulgaria | 71.88
WR, CR | Tessa Sanderson
Great Britain | 65.94  | Ingrid Thyssen
West Germany | 63.86

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)

## "B" Final

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The winners qualified for the "A" final.

Men
Held on 1 and 2 August in Athens, Greece[2]

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  France  | 85
2  |  Hungary | 78.5
3  |  Czechoslovakia | 73.5
4  |  Finland | 70
5  |  Spain  | 62
6  |  Greece | 48

Women
Held on 2 August in Pescara, Italy[2]

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Poland  | 64.5
2  |  Czechoslovakia | 60
3  |  Italy  | 57
4  |  Romania | 55
5  |  Netherlands  | 46
6  |  Finland | 32.5

## Semifinals

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### Men

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All semifinals were held on 4 and 5 July.[2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 (plus Greece as the host) qualified for the "B" final.

Semifinal 1
Held in Lille, France

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  East Germany | 143
2  |  Italy  | 125
3  |  France  | 109
4  |  Czechoslovakia | 95.5
5  |  Belgium  | 80.5
6  |  Netherlands  | 63
7  |  Greece | 57
8  |  Denmark | 44

Semifinal 2
Held in Helsinki, Finland

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Great Britain  | 134
2  |  Soviet Union | 128
3  |  Finland | 115
4  |  Yugoslavia | 88
5  |  Bulgaria | 83
6  |  Sweden  | 75
7  |  Norway | 64
8  |  Turkey | 20

Semifinal 3
Held in Warsaw, Poland

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Poland  | 128
2  |  West Germany | 127
3  |  Hungary | 126
4  |  Spain  | 102
5  |   Switzerland  | 84
6  |  Austria | 64
7  |  Portugal  | 51
8  |  Ireland | 40

### Women

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All semifinals were held on 5 July.[2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 qualified for the "B" final.

Semifinal 1
Held in Bodø, Norway

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Soviet Union | 107
2  |  Hungary | 86
3  |  Italy  | 80
4  |  Romania | 77
5  |  Norway | 60
6  |  Belgium  | 55.5
7  |   Switzerland  | 49.5
8  |  Greece | 27

Semifinal 2
Held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Great Britain  | 111
2  |  Bulgaria | 83
3  |  Netherlands  | 82.5
4  |  Finland | 66.5
5  |  France  | 66.5
6  |  Yugoslavia | 51
7  |  Spain  | 41
8  |  Denmark | 38.5

Semifinal 3
Held in Frankfurt, West Germany

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  East Germany | 112
2  |  West Germany | 97
3  |  Czechoslovakia | 81
4  |  Poland  | 79
5  |  Sweden  | 66
6  |  Austria | 43
7  |  Ireland | 38
8  |  Portugal  | 24

## Preliminaries

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First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

Held on 20 and 21 June in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Men  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Denmark | 71
2  |  Turkey | 69
3  |  Ireland | 64
4  |  Iceland | 58
5  |  Luxembourg | 37

Held on 20 June in Barcelona, Spain

Women  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Spain  | 44
2  |  Greece | 44
3  |  Portugal  | 34
4  |  Iceland | 28

## References

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1. ^ "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
2. ^ a b c d e 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p467)

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