2003 European Cup (athletics)
# 2003 European Cup (athletics)

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

The Super League Finals were held in Florence, Italy.

## 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| 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 |
| 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

| 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 |
| 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

| 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 |
| 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

| 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 |
| 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 |
