# 1995 European Cup (athletics)

The 1995 European Cup was the 16th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
It was the last edition to feature the 10,000 metres event and the first to feature women's 5000 metres. The Super League Finals were held in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.

## Super League

Held on 24 and 25 June in Villeneuve d'Ascq

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Germany | 117 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 107 |
| 3 | Russia | 105 |
| 4 | Italy | 96.5 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 82 |
| 6 | Sweden | 78.5 |
| 7 | Spain | 67 |
| 8 | Poland | 66 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 117 |
| 2 | Germany | 100 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 85 |
| 4 | France | 75 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 75 |
| 6 | Belarus | 71 |
| 7 | Italy | 52 |
| 8 | Poland | 37 |
Spain was not relegated from the men's Super League as the host of the next edition.

### Results summary
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +2.0 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.05 CR | Andrey Grigoryev Russia | 10.27 | Matias Ghansah Sweden Ezio Madonia Italy | 10.32 |
| 200 m (Wind: +1.9 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 20.11 CR | Vladislav Dologodin Ukraine | 20.35 | Aleksandr Sokolov Russia | 20.64 |
| 400 m | Mark Richardson Great Britain | 45.43 | Andrea Nuti Italy | 46.40 | Karsten Just Germany | 46.42 |
| 800 m | Nico Motchebon Germany | 1:46.75 | Andrzej Jakubiec Poland | 1:47.15 | Andrea Giocondi Italy | 1:47.33 |
| 1500 m | Rüdiger Stenzel Germany | 3:42.58 | Vyacheslav Shabunin Russia | 3:42.59 | Fermín Cacho Spain | 3:44.20 |
| 5000 m | Gennaro Di Napoli Italy | 13:45.57 | John Nuttall Great Britain | 13:46.82 | Manuel Pancorbo Spain | 13:48.93 |
| 10000 m | Stefano Baldini Italy | 28:45.77 | Stephan Freigang Germany | 28:46.34 | Alejandro Gómez Spain | 28:46.76 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 8:21.94 | Steffen Brand Germany | 8:24.00 | Javier Rodríguez Spain | 8:25.03 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: +1.0 m/s) | Florian Schwarthoff Germany | 13.28 | Andy Tulloch Great Britain | 13.64 | Dmitriy Kolesnichenko Ukraine | 13.67 |
| 400 m hurdles | Laurent Ottoz Italy | 49.30 | Ruslan Mashchenko Russia | 49.49 | Sven Nylander Sweden | 49.64 |
| 4 × 100 m | Great Britain Jason Gardener Tony Jarrett Darren Braithwaite Linford Christie | 38.73 | Germany Christian Konieczny Robert Kurnicki Michael Huke Marc Blume | 39.12 | Italy Angelo Cipolloni Alessandro Orlandi Ezio Madonia Andrea Colombo | 39.19 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Iwan Thomas Adrian Patrick Mark Richardson Roger Black | 3:00.34 | Italy Marco Vaccari Fabrizio Mori Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti | 3:04.27 | Germany Kai Karsten Daniel Bittner Markus Rau Uwe Jahn | 3:04.28 |
| High jump | Steve Smith Great Britain | 2.31 | Patrik Sjöberg Sweden | 2.31 | Artur Partyka Poland | 2.25 |
| Pole vault | Igor Trandenkov Russia | 5.80 | Patrik Stenlund Sweden | 5.60 | Javier García Spain | 5.50 |
| Long jump | Stanislav Tarasenko Russia | 8.32w | Konstantin Krause Germany | 8.11 | Vitaliy Kirilenko Ukraine | 8.11w |
| Triple jump | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 18.43w | Jacek Butkiewicz Poland | 17.14w | Arne Holm Sweden | 16.70w |
| Shot put | Aleksandr Bagach Ukraine | 20.65 | Oliver-Sven Buder Germany | 20.28 | Paolo Dal Soglio Italy | 19.80 |
| Discus throw | Lars Riedel Germany | 68.76 CR | Sergey Lyakhov Russia | 63.82 | Robert Weir Great Britain | 62.94 |
| Hammer throw | Ilya Konovalov Russia | 79.66 | Vadim Kolesnikov Ukraine | 77.00 | Karsten Kobs Germany | 76.32 |
| Javelin throw | Raymond Hecht Germany | 87.24 | Andrey Moruyev Russia | 82.80 | Steve Backley Great Britain | 81.96 |
| 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: +2.0 m/s) | Melanie Paschke Germany | 11.08 | Yekaterina Leshchova Russia | 11.16 | Delphine Combe France | 11.30 |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.8 m/s) | Silke Knoll Germany | 22.45 | Marina Trandenkova Russia | 22.67 | Viktoriya Fomenko Ukraine | 22.75 |
| 400 m | Melanie Neef Great Britain | 51.35 | Yuliya Sotnikova Russia | 51.81 | Yelena Rurak Ukraine | 52.92 |
| 800 m | Yelena Afanasyeva Russia | 1:59.26 | Patricia Djaté France | 1:59.73 | Natalya Dukhnova Belarus | 2:00.07 |
| 1500 m | Kelly Holmes Great Britain | 4:07.02 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia | 4:07.88 | Svetlana Miroshnik Ukraine | 4:07.94 |
| 5000 m | Viktoriya Nenasheva Russia | 15:16.06 | Alison Wyeth Great Britain | 15:19.44 | Tamara Koba Ukraine | 15:20.97 |
| 10000 m | Maria Guida Italy | 32:01.75 | Uta Pippig Germany | 32:14.66 | Alla Zhilyayeva Russia | 32:17.62 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.5 m/s) | Yuliya Graudyn Russia | 12.86 | Yelena Ovcharova Ukraine | 12.88 | Jacqui Agyepong Great Britain | 12.90 |
| 400 m hurdles | Marie-José Pérec France | 54.51 | Tatyana Kurochkina Belarus | 55.59 | Tatyana Tereshchuk Ukraine | 56.05 |
| 4 × 100 m | Russia Natalya Voronova Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Yekaterina Leshchova | 42.74 | Germany Melanie Paschke Birgit Rockmeier Silke-Beate Knoll Silke Lichtenhagen | 43.15 | France Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Delphine Combe Maguy Nestoret | 43.63 |
| 4 × 400 m | Russia Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Chebykina Yuliya Sotnikova Olga Nazarova | 3:24.69 | Germany Karin Janke Jana Schönenberger Sandra Kuschmann Uta Rohländer | 3:26.23 | Ukraine Viktoriya Fomenko Yana Manuylova Olha Moroz Yelena Rurak | 3:27.33 |
| High jump | Alina Astafei Germany | 1.98 | Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria | 1.94 | Yelena Topchina Russia | 1.90 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler Germany | 7.04w | Fiona May Italy | 6.98w | Nadine Caster France | 6.94 |
| Triple jump | Ashia Hansen Great Britain | 14.37 CR | Yelena Sinchukova Russia | 14.30w | Zhanna Gureyeva Belarus | 14.25 |
| Shot put | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany | 20.00 | Irina Korzhanenko Russia | 18.32 | Judy Oakes Great Britain | 18.17 |
| Discus throw | Natalya Sadova Russia | 66.86 | Ilke Wyludda Germany | 66.04 | Irina Yatchenko Belarus | 64.46 |
| Javelin throw | Steffi Nerius Germany | 68.42 | Natalya Shikolenko Belarus | 63.42 | Yekaterina Ivakina Russia | 61.36 |
| 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) |||||| |

## First League

The First League was held on 10 and 11 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | France | 122.5 |
| 2 | Norway | 101 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 98.5 |
| 4 | Portugal | 88 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84 |
| 6 | Denmark | 80.5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 73.5 |
| 8 | Belgium | 70 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Finland | 122 |
| 2 | Belarus | 102 |
| 3 | Romania | 101.5 |
| 4 | Greece | 100 |
| 5 | Hungary | 90.5 |
| 6 | Latvia | 83.5 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 60.5 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 59 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 94 |
| 2 | Portugal | 88 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 86.5 |
| 4 | Norway | 82 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 78 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 74 |
| 7 | Belgium | 56 |
| 8 | Austria | 53.5 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 117 |
| 2 | Romania | 106 |
| 3 | Finland | 74 |
| 4 | Hungary | 72 |
| 5 | Greece | 68 |
| 6 | Sweden | 65 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 46 |
| 8 | Turkey | 39 |

## Second League

The Second League was held on 10 and 11 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Austria | 109 |
| 2 | Ireland | 100 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 99 |
| 4 | Estonia | 85 |
| 5 | Iceland | 72 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 50 |
| 7 | AASSE | 43 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Slovenia | 101 |
| 2 | Turkey | 95 |
| 3 | Croatia | 94 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 91 |
| 5 | Moldova | 73 |
| 6 | Israel | 71 |
| 7 | Albania | 30 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Denmark | 97 |
| 2 | Iceland | 81 |
| 3 | Ireland | 74 |
| 4 | Estonia | 72 |
| 5 | Latvia | 69 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 47 |
| 7 | AASSE | 35 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Slovenia | 106 |
| 2 | Croatia | 88 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 79 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 64 |
| 5 | Moldova | 49 |
| 6 | Albania | 42 |
| 7 | Israel | 41 |