1991 European Cup (athletics)
# 1991 European Cup (athletics)

The 1991 European Cup was the 13th edition of the European Cup of athletics.

The "A" Finals were held in Frankfurt, Germany. The first two teams qualified for the 1992 IAAF World Cup.

## "A" Final

Held on 29 and 30 June in Frankfurt, Germany

### Team standings

Men :

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 114 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 111.5 |
| 3 | Germany | 108 |
| 4 | Italy | 107 |
| 5 | France | 98.5 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 66.5 |
| 7 | Hungary | 63 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 49.5 |

Women :

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 110 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 105 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 82 |
| 4 | Romania | 71 |
| 5 | France | 62 |
| 6 | Poland | 55 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 46 |
| 8 | Hungary | 44 |

### Results summary

**Men's events**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m (Wind: +0.5 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.18 | Daniel Sangouma France | 10.20 | Steffen Bringmann Germany | 10.42 |
| 200 m (Wind: -1.6 m/s) | Jean-Charles Trouabal France | 20.60 | John Regis Great Britain | 20.73 | Stefano Tilli Italy | 20.79 |
| 400 m | Roger Black Great Britain | 44.91 CR | Olivier Noirot France | 45.18 | Tamás Molnár Hungary | 45.78 |
| 800 m | Tom McKean Great Britain | 1:45.60 | Andrey Sudnik Soviet Union | 1:46.35 | Frédéric Cornette France | 1:46.63 |
| 1500 m | Peter Elliott Great Britain | 3:43.39 | Jens-Peter Herold France | 3:43.47 | Gennaro Di Napoli Italy | 3:44.75 |
| 5000 m | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 13:21.68 CR | Gary Staines Great Britain | 13:35.08 | Pascal Thiébaut France | 13:45.61 |
| 10,000 m | Eamonn Martin Great Britain | 28:00.53 | Francesco Panetta Italy | 28:03.10 | Stéphane Franke Germany | 28:04.41 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 8:29.62 | Ivan Konovalov Soviet Union | 8:30.37 | Béla Vágó Hungary | 8:30.60 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: -0.9 m/s) | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.31 CR | Florian Schwarthoff Germany | 13.43 | Philippe Tourret France | 13.63 |
| 400 m hurdles | Kriss Akabusi Great Britain | 48.39 | Stéphane Caristan France | 49.43 | Fabrizio Mori Italy | 49.76 |
| 4 × 100 m | France Gilles Quénéhervé Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose | 38.67 | Soviet Union Yuriy Yazynin Andrey Fedoriv Aleksandr Goremykin Vitaliy Savin | 38.87 | Italy Giorgio Marras Carlo Simionato Ezio Madonia Stefano Tilli | 38.89 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi Brian Whittle Roger Black | 3:00.58 | Soviet Union Dmitriy Golovastov Dmitriy Kliger Aleksey Podshibyakin Vjaceslavs Kocherjagins | 3:01.80 | Italy Marco Vaccari Fabio Grossi Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti | 3:02.32 |
| High jump | Dalton Grant Great Britain | 2.30 | Igor Paklin Soviet Union | 2.28 | Joël Vincent France | 2.22 |
| Pole vault | Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union | 5.60 | Gianni Iapichino Italy | 5.50 | István Bagyula Hungary | 5.50 |
| Long jump | Dietmar Haaf Germany | 8.30w | Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union | 8.01 | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy | 7.76 |
| Triple jump | Ralf Jaros Germany | 17.66 CR | Jan Cado Czechoslovakia | 16.94 | Georges Sainte-Rose France | 16.93 |
| Shot put | Ulf Timmermann Germany | 20.26 | Sergey Smirnov Soviet Union | 19.91 | Alessandro Andrei Italy | 19.16 |
| Discus throw | Attila Horváth Hungary | 65.24 | Jürgen Schult Germany | 63.24 | Gejza Valent Czechoslovakia | 62.14 |
| Hammer throw | Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union | 81.60 | Tibor Gécsek Hungary | 76.90 | Enrico Sgrulletti Italy | 76.16 |
| Javelin throw | Jan Železný Czechoslovakia | 82.84 | Viktor Zaytsev Soviet Union | 82.68 | Peter Blank Germany | 82.42 |
| 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m (Wind: -2.7 m/s) | Irina Privalova Soviet Union | 11.29 | Katrin Krabbe Germany | 11.45 | Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria | 11.74 |
| 200 m (Wind: -3.4 m/s) | Irina Privalova Soviet Union | 22.48 | Andrea Thomas Germany | 23.08 | Maguy Nestoret France | 23.22 |
| 400 m | Marie-José Pérec France | 49.32 CR | Grit Breuer Germany | 49.87 | Olga Nazarova Soviet Union | 51.17 |
| 800 m | Ella Kovacs Romania | 1:59.01 | Christine Wachtel Germany | 1:59.61 | Svetlana Masterkova Soviet Union | 1:59.69 |
| 1500 m | Doina Melinte Romania | 4:00.83 CR | Natalya Artyomova Soviet Union | 4:01.01 | Ellen Kiessling Germany | 4:05.13 |
| 3000 m | Margareta Keszeg Romania | 8:44.47 | Uta Pippig Germany | 8:45.40 | Lyubov Kremlyova Soviet Union | 8:49.72 |
| 10,000 m | Kathrin Ullrich Germany | 31:03.62 CR | Jill Hunter Great Britain | 31:07.88 | Iulia Negura Romania | 32:10.37 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: -2.1 m/s) | Lyudmila Narozhilenko Soviet Union | 12.55 | Monique Ewanjé-Épée France | 12.79 | Kristin Patzwahl Germany | 13.10 |
| 400 m hurdles | Margarita Ponomaryova Soviet Union | 54.42 | Sally Gunnell Great Britain | 54.61 | Heike Meissner Germany | 55.64 |
| 4 × 100 m | Soviet Union Nadezhda Rashchupkina Galina Malchugina Marina Zhirova Irina Privalova | 42.51 | Germany Andrea Philipp Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler | 42.57 | France Magalie Simioneck Maguy Nestoret Valérie Jean-Charles Odiah Sidibé | 43.60 |
| 4 × 400 m | Soviet Union Yelena Ruzina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Margarita Ponomaryova Olga Nazarova | 3:21.77 | Germany Katrin Schreiter Sabine Busch Uta Rohlaender Grit Breuer | 3:24.20 | Great Britain Sally Gunnell Lorraine Hanson Jennifer Stoute Linda Keough | 3:24.25 |
| High jump | Svetlana Leseva Bulgaria | 1.96 | Judit Kovács Hungary | 1.92 | Heike Henkel Germany | 1.90 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler Germany | 7.20w | Larisa Berezhnaya Soviet Union | 7.06 | Fiona May Great Britain | 6.77 |
| Shot put | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 21.12 | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany | 19.11 | Judy Oakes Great Britain | 18.74 |
| Discus throw | Ilke Wyludda Germany | 65.66 | Larisa Mikhalchenko Soviet Union | 65.06 | Stefenia Simova Bulgaria | 60.68 |
| Javelin throw | Tessa Sanderson Great Britain | 65.18 | Irina Kostyuchenkova Soviet Union | 64.56 | Petra Meier Germany | 63.18 |
| 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

Both "B" finals held on 22 and 23 June in Barcelona, Spain

Men :

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 118 |
| 2 | Poland | 116 |
| 3 | Sweden | 103 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 90 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 82 |
| 6 | Finland | 81 |
| 7 | Austria | 65 |
| 8 | Greece | 55 |

Women :

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 93 |
| 2 | Finland | 89 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 79 |
| 4 | Spain | 73 |
| 5 | Belgium | 66 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 58 |
| 7 | Sweden | 58 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 57 |

## "C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 22 and 23 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway | 92 |
| 2 | Portugal | 89 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 75.5 |
| 4 | Denmark | 62 |
| 5 | Ireland | 58.5 |
| 6 | Iceland | 41 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Romania | 81 |
| 2 | Belgium | 72 |
| 3 | Turkey | 52 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 47 |
| 5 | Israel | 45 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway | 76 |
| 2 | Portugal | 66 |
| 3 | Austria | 61 |
| 4 | Denmark | 50 |
| 5 | Ireland | 48 |
| 6 | Iceland | 34 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 69 |
| 2 | Greece | 67 |
| 3 | Israel | 40 |
| 4 | Turkey | 38 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 26 |
