1989 European Cup (athletics)

International athletics championship event

1989 European Cup

Dates| 5–6 August
Host city| Gateshead, United Kingdom
Venue| Gateshead International Stadium
Level| Senior
Type| Outdoor
Events| 36

← 1987 Prague

1991 Frankfurt →

The 1989 European Cup was the 12th edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1]

The "A" Finals were held in Gateshead, Great Britain. The first two teams qualified for the 1989 IAAF World Cup.

## "A" Final

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Main article: 1989 European Cup "A" Final

Held on 5 and 6 August in Gateshead, United Kingdom[2]

### Team standings

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Men  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Great Britain | 115
2  |  East Germany | 103
3  |  Soviet Union | 101
4  |  Italy | 95
5  |  France | 95
6  |  West Germany | 91
7  |  Czechoslovakia | 63
8  |  Spain | 54
Women  | Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  East Germany | 120
2  |  Soviet Union | 95
3  |  Great Britain | 84
4  |  West Germany | 79
5  |  Romania | 72
6  |  Poland | 56
7  |  Bulgaria | 43
8  |  Czechoslovakia | 26

East and West Germany competed separately for the last time being replaced by the unified German team from the 1991 edition. As a result, only one team had to be relegated from the "A" Final and two teams were promoted from the "B" Final.

### Results summary

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#### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

100 m
(Wind: -1.8 m/s) | Linford Christie
Great Britain | 10.33  | Daniel Sangouma
France | 10.39  | Vladimir Krylov
Soviet Union | 10.43
200 m
(Wind: +0.1 m/s) | John Regis
Great Britain | 20.62  | Stefano Tilli
Italy | 20.66  | Daniel Sangouma
France | 20.83
400 m | Edgar Itt
West Germany | 45.43  | Jens Carlowitz
East Germany | 45.44  | Cayetano Cornet
Spain | 45.82
800 m | Tom McKean
Great Britain | 1:46.94  | Peter Braun
West Germany | 1:47.53  | Hauke Fuhlbrügge
East Germany | 1:48.20
1500 m | Pascal Thiébaut
France | 3:48.05  | Sergey Afanasyev
Soviet Union | 3:48.35  | Gennaro Di Napoli
Italy | 3:48.61
5000 m | Salvatore Antibo
Italy | 13:43.84  | Jack Buckner
Great Britain | 13:44.77  | Mikhail Dasko
Soviet Union | 13:47.56
10,000 m | Francesco Panetta
Italy | 28:27.02  | Tim Hutchings
Great Britain | 28:27.21  | José Manuel Albentosa
Spain | 28:29.78
3000 m steeplechase | Alessandro Lambruschini
Italy | 8:34.06  | Hagen Melzer
East Germany | 8:34.90  | Raymond Pannier
France | 8:35.33
110 m hurdles
(Wind: -2.9 m/s) | Colin Jackson
Great Britain | 13.56  | Vladimir Shishkin
Soviet Union | 13.76  | Florian Schwarthoff
West Germany | 13.88
400 m hurdles | Kriss Akabusi
Great Britain | 48.95  | Harald Schmid
West Germany | 49.26  | Vladimir Budko
Soviet Union | 49.60
4 × 100 m |  Great Britain
Tony Jarrett
John Regis
Marcus Adam
Linford Christie | 38.39  |  France
Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Quénéhervé
Bruno Marie-Rose | 38.46  |  Italy
Antonio Ullo
Sandro Floris
Pier Francesco Pavoni
Stefano Tilli | 38.98
4 × 400 m |  Great Britain
Peter Crampton
Kriss Akabusi
Todd Bennett
Brian Whittle | 3:03.16  |  West Germany
Klaus Just
Mark Henrich
Carsten Köhrbrück
Ralf Lübke | 3:03.33  |  East Germany
Torsten Odebrett
Thomas Miethig
Jens Carlowitz
Thomas Schönlebe | 3:04.21
High jump | Dalton Grant
Great Britain | 2.32  | Rudolf Povarnitsyn
Soviet Union | 2.32  | Róbert Ruffíni
Czechoslovakia | 2.29
Pole vault | Rodion Gataullin
Soviet Union | 5.70  | Bernhard Zintl
West Germany | 5.50  | Uwe Langhammer
East Germany | 5.40
Long jump | Vladimir Ratushkov
Soviet Union | 8.09  | Christian Thomas
West Germany | 8.05  | Stewart Faulkner
Great Britain | 7.97
Triple jump | Oleg Sakirkin
Soviet Union | 17.18  | Wolfgang Zinser
West Germany | 16.71  | Dario Badinelli
Italy | 16.50
Shot put | Ulf Timmermann
East Germany | 21.72  | Karsten Stolz
West Germany | 20.45  | Alessandro Andrei
Italy | 20.03
Discus throw | Jürgen Schult
East Germany | 66.54  | Romas Ubartas
Soviet Union | 63.98  | Rolf Danneberg
West Germany | 63.12
Hammer throw | Heinz Weis
West Germany | 79.86  | Igor Astapkovich
Soviet Union | 79.68  | Ralf Haber
East Germany | 77.76
Javelin throw | Steve Backley
Great Britain | 82.92  | Jan Železný
Czechoslovakia | 79.44  | Volker Hadwich
East Germany | 79.38

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: 0.0 m/s) | Katrin Krabbe
East Germany | 11.14  | Paula Dunn
Great Britain | 11.24  | Irina Sergeyeva
Soviet Union | 11.26
200 m
(Wind: -1.8 m/s) | Silke Möller
East Germany | 23.00  | Paula Dunn
Great Britain | 23.45  | Ewa Kasprzyk
Poland | 23.72
400 m | Grit Breuer
East Germany | 50.52  | Linda Keough
Great Britain | 51.66  | Helga Arendt
West Germany | 51.80
800 m | Doina Melinte
Romania | 1:58.04  | Sigrun Wodars
East Germany | 1:58.55  | Dalia Matusevičienė
Soviet Union | 1:59.74
1500 m | Doina Melinte
Romania | 4:05.83  | Yvonne Mai
East Germany | 4:06.50  | Svetlana Kitova
Soviet Union | 4:07.62
3000 m | Paula Ivan
Romania | 8:38.48  | Yvonne Murray
Great Britain | 8:44.34  | Natalya Artyomova
Soviet Union | 9:03.39
10,000 m | Kathrin Ullrich
East Germany | 32:17.88  | Viorica Ghican
Romania | 32:41.34  | Angie Pain
Great Britain | 32:42.84
100 m hurdles
(Wind: +1.8 m/s) | Cornelia Oschkenat
East Germany | 12.74  | Claudia Zaczkiewicz
West Germany | 12.82  | Yelizaveta Chernyshova
Soviet Union | 12.85
400 m hurdles | Petra Krug
East Germany | 54.72  | Sally Gunnell
Great Britain | 54.98  | Tatyana Ledovskaya
Soviet Union | 55.35
4 × 100 m |  East Germany
Silke Möller
Katrin Krabbe
Kerstin Behrendt
Sabine Günther | 41.87  |  Soviet Union
Nadezhda Roshchupkina
Galina Malchugina
Natalya Kovtun
Natalya Voronova | 42.85  |  West Germany
Andrea Hagen
Ulrike Sarvari
Andrea Thomas
Karin Janke | 43.64
4 × 400 m |  East Germany
Sigrun Wodars
Katrin Schreiter
Christine Wachtel
Grit Breuer | 3:24.08  |  Soviet Union
Marina Shmonina
Lyudmila Dzhigalova
Yelena Golesheva
Yelena Ruzina | 3:24.75  |  Great Britain
Linda Keough
Jennifer Stoute
Angela Piggford
Sally Gunnell | 3:26.54
High jump | Alina Astafei
Romania | 2.00  | Tamara Bykova
Soviet Union | 1.97  | Heike Balck
East Germany | 1.94
Long jump | Galina Chistyakova
Soviet Union | 7.10w  | Helga Radtke
East Germany | 6.89  | Fiona May
Great Britain | 6.88w
Shot put | Heike Hartwig
East Germany | 20.59  | Claudia Losch
West Germany | 20.17  | Larisa Peleshenko
Soviet Union | 19.32
Discus throw | Ilke Wyludda
East Germany | 73.04  | Tsvetanka Khristova
Bulgaria | 62.26  | Dagmar Galler
West Germany | 60.46
Javelin throw | Petra Felke
East Germany | 66.92  | Brigitte Graune
West Germany | 62.04  | Tessa Sanderson
Great Britain | 59.72

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 5 and 6 August[2]

Men
Held in Brussels, Belgium

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Bulgaria | 107
2  |  Hungary | 103.5
3  |  Poland | 102
4  |  Sweden | 102
5  |  Austria | 87
6  |  Switzerland | 81
7  |  Greece | 74.5
8  |  Belgium | 61

Women
Held in Strasbourg, France

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  France | 95
2  |  Hungary | 89
3  |  Finland | 85
4  |  Italy | 81
5  |  Switzerland | 65.5
6  |  Spain | 58.5
7  |  Sweden | 53
8  |  Yugoslavia | 49

Because of the 1990 reunification of Germany there was an extra spot in the highest division in 1991. Because of that, two teams were promoted from the "B" Finals.

## "C" Finals

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All "C" finals held on 5 and 6 August[2]

### Men

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"C1" Final
Held in Copenhagen, Denmark

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Finland | 79
2  |  Norway | 72
3  |  Denmark | 65
4  |  Turkey | 46.5
5  |  Cyprus | 36.5

"C2" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Yugoslavia | 72
2  |  Portugal | 69
3  |  Netherlands | 68
4  |  Ireland | 52
5  |  Iceland | 38

### Women

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"C1" Final
Held in Copenhagen, Denmark

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Belgium | 76
2  |  Norway | 75
3  |  Austria | 72
4  |  Denmark | 45
5  |  Turkey | 36
6  |  Cyprus | 30

"C2" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

| Pos.  | Nation  | Points

|
|

1  |  Netherlands | 71
2  |  Greece | 54
3  |  Portugal | 51
4  |  Ireland | 40
5  |  Iceland | 24

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

## External links

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