1983 European Cup (athletics)

International athletics championship event

1983 European Cup

Dates| 20–21 August
Host city| London, United Kingdom
Venue| Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level| Senior
Type| Outdoor
Events| 33

<- 1981 Zagreb

1985 Moscow ->

The 1983 European Cup was the 9th edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1] From this edition on, the multiple stages of competition were replaced by the promotion/relegation league system.

The "A" Finals were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Great Britain.

## "A" Final

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Main article: 1983 European Cup "A" Final

Held on 20 and 21 August in London, United Kingdom[2]

### Team standings

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Men  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  East Germany | 117
2  |  Soviet Union | 106
3  |  West Germany | 102
4  |  Great Britain  | 94.5
5  |  Poland  | 86.5
6  |  Italy  | 80.5
7  |  France  | 70
8  |  Hungary | 60.5
Women  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  East Germany | 107
2  |  Soviet Union | 85
3  |  Czechoslovakia | 77
4  |  Great Britain  | 77
5  |  West Germany | 58
6  |  Bulgaria | 58
7  |  Poland  | 43
8  |  Hungary | 34

### Results summary

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#### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

100 m
(Wind: -1.5 m/s) | Frank Emmelmann
East Germany | 10.58  | Allan Wells
Great Britain | 10.59  | Antoine Richard
France | 10.65
200 m
(Wind: -0.7 m/s) | Allan Wells
Great Britain | 20.72  | Pietro Mennea
Italy | 20.74  | Erwin Skamrahl
West Germany | 20.99
400 m | Hartmut Weber
West Germany | 45.39  | Thomas Schönlebe
East Germany | 45.70  | Sergey Lovachov
Soviet Union | 45.83
800 m | Willi Wülbeck
West Germany | 1:45.74
CR | Detlef Wagenknecht
East Germany | 1:45.83  | Peter Elliott
Great Britain | 1:45.84
1500 m | Steve Cram
Great Britain | 3:42.27  | Andreas Busse
East Germany | 3:43.12  | Piotr Kurek
Poland | 3:43.65
5000 m | Thomas Wessinghage
West Germany | 13:48.72  | Dmitriy Dmitriyev
Soviet Union | 13:49.27  | Alberto Cova
Italy | 13:55.59
10,000 m | Werner Schildhauer
East Germany | 28:02.11
CR | Alberto Cova
Italy | 28:02.13  | Valeriy Abramov
Soviet Union | 28:02.87
3000 m steeplechase | Bogusław Mamiński
Poland | 8:24.80  | Colin Reitz
Great Britain | 8:25.72  | Joseph Mahmoud
France | 8:28.04
110 m hurdles
(Wind: -1.5 m/s) | Thomas Munkelt
East Germany | 13.72  | György Bakos
Hungary | 13.74  | Romuald Giegiel
Poland | 13.88
400 m hurdles | Harald Schmid
West Germany | 48.56  | Aleksandr Kharlov
Soviet Union | 49.53  | Ryszard Szparak
Poland | 49.65
4 × 100 m |  Italy
Stefano Tilli
Carlo Simionato
Giovanni Bongiorni
Pietro Mennea | 38.86  |  Great Britain
Lincoln Asquith
Donovan Reid
Mike McFarlane
Cameron Sharp | 38.88  |  Poland
Krzysztof Zwoliński
Zenon Licznerski
Czesław Prądzyński
Marian Woronin | 38.97
4 × 400 m |  Great Britain
Kriss Akabusi
Garry Cook
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown | 3:02.28  |  East Germany
Udo Bauer
Jens Carlowitz
Andreas Knebel
Thomas Schönlebe | 3:02.62  |  Soviet Union
Sergey Lovachov
Viktor Markin
Yevgeniy Lomtev
Aliaksandr Trashchyla | 3:02.77
High jump | Franck Verzy
France | 2.32  | Valeriy Sereda
Soviet Union | 2.26  | Dietmar Mögenburg
West Germany | 2.23
Pole vault | Patrick Abada
France | 5.55  | Aleksandr Krupskiy
Soviet Union | 5.50  | Jürgen Winkler
West Germany | 5.50
Long jump | László Szalma
Hungary | 8.10w  | Oganes Stepanyan
Soviet Union | 8.09  | Mathias Koch
East Germany | 7.88w
Triple jump | Peter Bouschen
West Germany | 17.12  | Zdzisław Hoffmann
Poland | 16.94  | Béla Bakosi
Hungary | 16.86
Shot put | Edward Sarul
Poland | 20.54  | Ulf Timmermann
East Germany | 20.39  | Jânis Bojârs
Soviet Union | 20.16
Discus throw | Jürgen Schult
East Germany | 64.96  | Alwin Wagner
West Germany | 64.14  | Georgiy Kolnootchenko
Soviet Union | 64.04
Hammer throw | Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union | 81.52
CR | Zdzisław Kwaśny
Poland | 80.18  | Günther Rodehau
East Germany | 77.58
Javelin throw | Detlef Michel
East Germany | 85.72  | Heino Puuste
Soviet Union | 85.54  | Klaus Tafelmeier
West Germany | 84.20

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 | 11.28  | Anelia Nuneva
Bulgaria | 11.33  | Kathy Cook
Great Britain | 11.39
200 m
(Wind: -1.7 m/s) | Jarmila Kratochvílová
Czechoslovakia | 22.40  | Marita Koch
East Germany | 22.40  | Kathy Cook
Great Britain | 22.57
400 m | Tatána Kocembová
Czechoslovakia | 49.33
CR | Mariya Pinigina
Soviet Union | 49.63  | Gaby Bussmann
West Germany | 51.09
800 m | Jarmila Kratochvílová
Czechoslovakia | 1:58.79  | Antje Schröder
East Germany | 1:59.53  | Margrit Klinger
West Germany | 1:59.64
1500 m | Nadezhda Ralldugina
Soviet Union | 4:07.61  | Christiane Wartenberg
East Germany | 4:07.86  | Totka Petrova
Bulgaria | 4:08.02
3000 m | Tatyana Kazankina
Soviet Union | 8:49.27
CR | Ulrike Bruns
East Germany | 8:49.71  | Jane Furniss
Great Britain | 8:51.58
100 m hurdles
(Wind: -2.1 m/s) | Bettine Jahn
East Germany | 12.89  | Lucyna Kałek
Poland | 12.97  | Ginka Zagorcheva
Bulgaria | 13.10
400 m hurdles | Ellen Fiedler
East Germany | 54.20  | Ana Ambrazienė
Soviet Union | 54.74  | Sue Morley
Great Britain | 56.36
4 × 100 m |  East Germany
Silke Gladisch
Marita Koch
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr | 42.63  |  Great Britain
Joan Baptiste
Kathy Cook
Bev Callender
Shirley Thomas | 43.18  |  Soviet Union
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Yelena Vinogradova
Irina Olkhovnikova
Olga Antonova | 43.67
4 × 400 m |  Czechoslovakia
Zuzana Moravčíková
Milena Strnadová
Taťána Kocembová
Jarmila Kratochvílová | 3:20.79  |  Soviet Union
Yelena Didilenko
Marina Kharlamova
Irina Baskakova
Mariya Pinigina | 3:21.71  |  East Germany
Kerstin Walther
Sabine Busch
Undine Bremer
Dagmar Neubauer | 3:22.70
High jump | Ulrike Meyfarth
West Germany | 2.03
WR, CR | Tamara Bykova
Soviet Union | 2.03
WR, CR | Kerstin Brandt
East Germany | 1.99
Long jump | Heike Daute
East Germany | 6.99
CR | Eva Murková
Czechoslovakia | 6.81w  | Bev Kinch
Great Britain | 6.63
Shot put | Helena Fibingerová
Czechoslovakia | 20.76  | Helma Knorscheidt
East Germany | 19.49  | Nunu Abashidze
Soviet Union | 18.88
Discus throw | Martina Opitz
East Germany | 69.00  | Galina Murašova
Soviet Union | 68.86  | Mariya Petkova
Bulgaria | 64.88
Javelin throw | Fatima Whitbread
Great Britain | 69.04  | Antje Kempe
East Germany | 63.22  | Genowefa Olejarz
Poland | 63.12

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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Both "B" finals held on 20 and 21 August[2]

Men
Held in Prague, Czechoslovakia

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Czechoslovakia | 108
2  |  Spain  | 107
3  |  Finland | 103.5
4  |  Sweden | 100.5
5  |  Yugoslavia | 92
6  |  Switzerland  | 73
7  |  Sweden  | 69
8  |  Belgium  | 65

Women
Held in Sittard, Netherlands

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Italy  | 90
2  |  Romania | 82
3  |  France  | 82
4  |  Finland | 70
5  |  Sweden  | 70
6  |  Netherlands  | 55
7  |  Norway | 50
8  |  Belgium  | 39

## "C" Finals

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### Men

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Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August[2]

"C1" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Norway | 83
2  |  Netherlands  | 63
3  |  Ireland | 57
4  |  Denmark | 49
5  |  Iceland | 46

"C2" Final
Held in Lisbon, Portugal

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Greece | 68
2  |  Austria | 58
3  |  Portugal  | 49
4  |  Luxembourg | 23
–  |  Turkey | DNS

### Women

[edit]

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August[2]

"C1" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Yugoslavia | 63
2  |  Austria | 44
3  |  Spain  | 42
4  |  Portugal  | 41
5  |  Greece | 34

"C2" Final
Held in Lisbon, Portugal

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Denmark | 47
2  |  Switzerland  | 46
3  |  Ireland | 33
4  |  Iceland | 23

## 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 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p468)

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