2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup
# 2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup

The 2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 14 February 2004 at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany. It was the second edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the eight top performing nations from the 2003 European Cup. It was the second consecutive year that the event was held at the venue, following on from a successful hosting of the 2003 European Athletics Indoor Cup.

The competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score.

The Russian women's team retained their title from the previous year, taking a comprehensive victory – seven of the ten women's events were won by Russians and the team was eighteen points clear of runner-up Germany. The men's side was a much more closely contested affair. The title was decided in the final Swedish medley relay event, with France just managing to maintain its lead and beat the Russian men by two points in the final rankings.

## Results summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 metres | Jason Gardener (GBR) | 6.51 | Simone Collio (ITA) | 6.63 | Łukasz Chyła (POL) | 6.65 |
| 400 metres | Dmitriy Forshev (RUS) | 46.46 | Brice Panel (FRA) | 47.05 | Robert Tobin (GBR) | 47.26 |
| 800 metres | Bram Som (NED) | 1:48.79 | René Herms (GER) | 1:49.14 | Rickard Pell (SWE) | 1:49.40 |
| 1500 metres | Mounir Yemmouni (FRA) | 3:49.82 | Matt Shone (GBR) | 3:49.91 | Zbigniew Graczyk (POL) | 3:50.31 |
| 3000 metres | Gert-Jan Liefers (NED) | 7:49.70 | Ismaïl Sghyr (FRA) | 7:51.28 | Salvatore Vincenti (ITA) | 7:51.89 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Andrea Giaconi (ITA) | 7.72 | Gregory Sedoc (NED) | 7.80 | Mohammed Sillah-Freckleton (GBR) | 7.81 |
| Swedish relay (800/600/400/200 m) | Russia (RUS) Dmitriy Bogdanov Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov Oleg Sergeyev | 4:12.26 | Netherlands (NED) Arnoud Okken Bram Som Guus Hoogmoed Patrick van Balkom | 4:12.52 | Germany (GER) Andreas Freimann Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillms Tobias Unger | 4:14.65 |
| Pole vault | Björn Otto (GER) | 5.70 m | Igor Pavlov (RUS) | 5.65 m | Patrik Kristiansson (SWE) | 5.55 m |
| Triple jump | Christian Olsson (SWE) | 17.31 m | Viktor Gushchinskiy (RUS) | 16.94 m | Fabrizio Donato (ITA) | 16.65 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 metres | Larisa Kruglova (RUS) | 7.27 | Gabi Rockmeier (GER) | 7.29 | Evi Nesoudi (GRE) | 7.31 |
| 400 metres | Olesya Krasnomovets (RUS) | 51.31 | Claudia Marx (GER) | 52.01 | Antonina Yefremova (UKR) | 52.41 |
| 800 metres | Olga Raspopova (RUS) | 2:00.41 | Jo Fenn (GBR) | 2:00.54 | Tetiana Petlyuk (UKR) | 2:01.14 |
| 1500 metres | Iryna Lishchynska (UKR) | 4:09.82 | Yuliya Kosenkova (RUS) | 4:10.24 | Maria Martins (FRA) | 4:12.87 |
| 3000 metres | Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) | 8:53.45 | Lidia Chojecka (POL) | 8:53.62 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) | 9:01.00 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Flora Redoumi (GRE) | 7.97 | Glory Alozie (ESP) | 7.99 | Juliane Sprenger (GER) | 8.00 |
| Swedish relay (800/600/400/200 m) | Russia (RUS) Irina Vashentseva Natalya Khrushcheleva Mariya Lisnichenko Irina Khabarova | 4:46.14 | Germany (GER) Kathleen Friedrich Maren Schott Jana Neubert Birgit Rockmeier | 4:47.92 | Great Britain (GBR) Becky Lyne Jenny Meadows Helen Karagounis Joice Maduaka | 4:52.18 |
| High jump | Daniela Rath (GER) | 2.00 m | Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) | 1.96 m | Vita Styopina (UKR) Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 1.93 m |
| Long jump | Irina Simagina (RUS) | 6.72 m | Sophie Krauel (GER) | 6.46 m | Concepción Montaner (ESP) | 6.39 m |
| Shot put | Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS) | 18.75 m | Krystyna Zabawska (POL) | 18.50 m | Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 18.38 m |

## Medal table

### Key

Men :

| Rank | Nation | Points total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Russia | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Germany | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Poland | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Sweden | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

Women :

| Rank | Nation | Points total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 82 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany | 64 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 46.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Greece | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | France | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
