2003 European Cup (athletics)

The 2003 European Cup was the 24th edition of the European Cup of athletics.

2003 European Cup
Dates	21–22 June
Host city	Florence, Italy
Venue	Stadio Luigi Ridolfi
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	40
← 2002 Annecy 2004 Bydgoszcz →

Host stadium in Florence

The Super League Finals were held in Florence, Italy.

Super League

Main article: 2003 European Cup Super League

Held on 21 and 22 June in Florence, Italy

Team standings

Men

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	France	109
2	Germany	100.5
3	Great Britain	96
4	Russia	92
5	Italy	84
6	Poland	83
7	Spain	80
8	Greece	74.5

Women

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Russia	130
2	Germany	103
3	France	102
4	Great Britain	83
5	Spain	82
6	Greece	78.5
7	Romania	77.5
8	Italy	62

Top six teams qualified for the 2004 European Indoor Cup.

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -1.0 m/s)	Mark Lewis-Francis Great Britain	10.22	Aimé-Issa Nthépé France	10.36	Aristotelis Gavelas Greece	10.44
200 m (Wind: -2.3 m/s)	Konstantinos Kenteris Greece	20.37	Christian Malcolm Great Britain	20.45	Marcin Jędrusiński Poland	20.53
400 m	Marc Raquil France	44.88	Ingo Schultz Germany	45.19	Iwan Thomas Great Britain	45.58
800 m	Antonio Manuel Reina Spain	1:48.13	Florent Lacasse France	1:48.37	René Herms Germany	1:49.15
1500 m	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain	3:49.16	Mirosław Formela Poland	3:49.22	Michael East Great Britain	3:49.60
3000 m	Fouad Chouki France	8:22.56	Carles Castillejo Spain	8:22.79	Vyacheslav Shabunin Russia	8:23.18
5000 m	Ismaïl Sghyr France	13:43.70	Jesús España Spain	13:44.68	Dieter Baumann Germany	13:45.55
3000 m steeplechase	Pavel Potapovich Russia	8:26.28	Radosław Popławski Poland	8:29.70	Angelo Iannelli Italy	8:30.40
110 m hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s)	Ladji Doucouré France	13.55	Mike Fenner Germany	13.58	Andrea Giaconi Italy	13.66
400 m hurdles	Chris Rawlinson Great Britain	48.45	Periklis Iakovakis Greece	49.23	Ruslan Mashchenko Russia	49.43
4 × 100 m	Italy Francesco Scuderi Simone Collio Massimiliano Donati Alessandro Cavallaro	38.42	Poland Marcin Krzywański Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Urbaś	38.45	Great Britain Christian Malcolm Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Julian Golding	38.60
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Chris Rawlinson Tim Benjamin Jamie Baulch Matt Elias	3:02.43	Greece Stilianos Dimotsios Anastasios Gousis Dimitrios Tsomos Periklis Iakovakis	3:02.69	Germany Ingo Schultz Sebastian Gatzka Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims	3:02.83
High jump	Yaroslav Rybakov Russia	2.34	Alessandro Talotti Italy	2.30	Grzegorz Sposób Poland	2.27
Pole vault	Romain Mesnil France	5.75	Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy	5.70	Lars Börgeling Germany	5.70
Long jump	Louis Tsatoumas Greece	8.06	Yago Lamela Spain	7.96	Nils Winter Germany	7.85
Triple jump	Fabrizio Donato Italy	17.16	Julien Kapek France	16.59	Christos Meletoglou Greece	16.52
Shot put	Manuel Martínez Spain	21.08	Carl Myerscough Great Britain	20.72	Pavel Chumachenko Russia	20.12
Discus throw	Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia	65.39	Michael Möllenbeck Germany	65.26	Andrzej Krawczyk Poland	61.27
Hammer throw	Karsten Kobs Germany	80.63	Wojciech Kondratowicz Poland	78.37	Alexandros Papadimitriou Greece	78.11
Javelin throw	Sergey Makarov Russia	85.86	Christian Nicolay Germany	81.93	Dariusz Trafas Poland	79.36
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -1.3 m/s)	Christine Arron France	11.07	Marina Kislova Russia	11.19	Glory Alozie Spain	11.29
200 m (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Russia	22.71	Ionela Tîrlea Romania	22.78	Muriel Hurtis France	22.89
400 m	Svetlana Pospelova Russia	50.85	Lee McConnell Great Britain	51.37	Chrysoula Goudenoudi Greece	52.11
800 m	Claudia Gesell Germany	2:00.85	Maria Cioncan Romania	2:01.02	Mayte Martínez Spain	2:01.63
1500 m	Natalia Rodríguez Spain	4:07.18	Helen Clitheroe Great Britain	4:08.18	Konstantina Efentaki Greece	4:09.06
3000 m	Olga Yegorova Russia	8:55.73	Hayley Tullett Great Britain	8:57.45	Sabrina Mockenhaupt Germany	8:57.69
5000 m	Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia	15:34.07	Joanne Pavey Great Britain	15:35.31	Mihaela Botezan Romania	15:39.63
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Samitova Russia	9:40.89 CR	Cristina Casandra Romania	9:48.47	Élodie Olivarès France	9:54.51
100 m hurdles (Wind: -0.1 m/s)	Glory Alozie Spain	12.86	Svetlana Laukhova Russia	12.88	Patricia Girard France	12.95
400 m hurdles	Ionela Tîrlea Romania	54.47	Natasha Danvers Great Britain	55.01	Heike Meissner Germany	55.22
4 × 100 m	France Patricia Girard Muriel Hurtis Fabé Dia Christine Arron	42.62	Germany Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Esther Möller Marion Wagner	42.62	Russia Olga Fedorova Irina Khabarova Marina Kislova Larisa Kruglova	43.11
4 × 400 m	Russia Natalya Lavshuk Natalya Ivanova Tatyana Firova Svetlana Pospelova	3:26.02	Great Britain Helen Karagounis Katharine Merry Catherine Murphy Lee McConnell	3:26.52	France Francine Landre Dado Kamissoko Solen Désert Marie-Louise Bévis	3:28.39
High jump	Daniela Rath Germany	2.00	Ruth Beitia Spain	1.95	Marina Kuptsova Russia	1.95
Pole vault	Annika Becker Germany	4.50	Tatyana Polnova Russia	4.45	Marie Poissonnier France	4.35
Long jump	Eunice Barber France	6.76	Concepción Montaner Spain	6.69	Fiona May Italy	6.67
Triple jump	Anna Pyatykh Russia	14.79	Magdelín Martínez Italy	14.76	Adelina Gavrilă Romania	14.45
Shot put	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany	19.46	Svetlana Krivelyova Russia	18.98	Laurence Manfrédi France	17.97
Discus throw	Ekaterini Vogoli Greece	62.11	Mélina Robert-Michon France	61.67	Natalya Sadova Russia	61.59
Hammer throw	Manuela Montebrun France	74.43	Mihaela Melinte Romania	71.99	Olga Kuzenkova Russia	69.89
Javelin throw	Steffi Nerius Germany	63.30	Mirela Manjani Greece	63.13	Claudia Coslovich Italy	62.70
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)

First League

The First League was held on 21 and 22 June

Men

Group A
Held in Lappeenranta, Finland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Sweden	125
2	Finland	113
3	Hungary	104
4	Belgium	89
5	Belarus	83
6	Norway	77
7	Denmark	67
8	Estonia	60

Group B
Held in Velenje, Slovenia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Netherlands	121
2	Ukraine	115
3	Czech Republic	110
4	Portugal	100
5	Slovenia	82
6	Bulgaria	67.5
7	Israel	63
8	Slovakia	60.5

Women

Group A
Held in Lappeenranta, Finland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Poland	125
2	Finland	104
3	Sweden	104
4	Belarus	100
5	Hungary	99
6	Belgium	81.5
7	Ireland	58
8	Lithuania	47.5

Group B
Held in Velenje, Slovenia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Ukraine	125
2	Czech Republic	104
3	Portugal	96
4	Netherlands	92
5	Bulgaria	87
6	Slovenia	86
7	Slovakia	67
8	Serbia and Montenegro	58

The winners of each group also qualified for the 2004 European Indoor Cup.

Second League

The Second League was held on 21 and 22 June

Men

Group A
Held in Århus, Denmark

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Switzerland	131
2	Austria	121
3	Ireland	114
4	Lithuania	103
5	Latvia	86
6	Luxembourg	57.5
7	Iceland	53
8	AASSE	47.5

Group B
Held in Istanbul, Turkey

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Romania	209
2	Croatia	183
3	Turkey	175.5
4	Cyprus	164
5	Serbia and Montenegro	162
6	Moldova	121
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	114
8	Azerbaijan	106
9	Armenia	103.5
10	Georgia	103
11	Albania	75
12	Macedonia	15

Women

Group A
Held in Århus, Denmark

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Switzerland	122
2	Latvia	117
3	Austria	114.5
4	Norway	111
5	Denmark	101.5
6	Iceland	81
7	AASSE	38
8	Luxembourg	27

Group B
Held in Istanbul, Turkey

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Estonia	212.5
2	Turkey	203
3	Israel	183
4	Croatia	169
5	Cyprus	151
6	Moldova	138
7	Georgia	98
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	90
9	Armenia	88.5
10	Azerbaijan	76
11	Albania	74
12	Macedonia	15

See also

• 2003 European Athletics Indoor Cup

External links

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics