# 1997 European Cup (athletics)

The 1997 European Cup was the 18th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
Beginning with this edition athletes in throws and horizontal jumps were limited to only four attempts instead of the usual six. It was also the first edition to feature women's pole vault and hammer throw.
The Super League Finals were held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.

## Super League

Held on 21 and 22 June in Munich, Germany.

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Great Britain | 118 |
| 2 | Germany | 105 |
| 3 | Russia | 104 |
| 4 | Italy | 96 |
| 5 | Spain | 78 |
| 6 | France | 75 |
| 7 | Norway | 72.5 |
| 8 | Greece | 71.5 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 127 |
| 2 | Germany | 113 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 86 |
| 4 | Italy | 77 |
| 5 | France | 77 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 76 |
| 7 | Romania | 72 |
| 8 | Belarus | 55 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.04 =CR | Geir Moen Norway | 10.18 | Andrey Fedoriv Russia | 10.19 |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.7 m/s) | Linford Christie Great BritainGeorgios Panayotopoulos Greece | 20.56 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Geir Moen Norway | 20.60 |
| 400 m | Roger Black Great Britain | 45.63 | David Canal Spain | 46.28 | Marco Vaccari Italy | 46.40 |
| 800 m | Vebjørn Rodal Norway | 1:47.54 | Nico Motchebon Germany | 1:47.89 | Mark Sesay Great Britain | 1:48.11 |
| 1500 m | Fermín Cacho Spain | 3:37.79 | Gennaro Di Napoli Italy | 3:37.81 | Vyacheslav Shabunin Russia | 3:38.14 |
| 3000 m | Dieter Baumann Germany | 7:41.08 CR | Manuel Pancorbo Spain | 7:41.60 | Panagiotis Papoulias Greece | 7:45.65 |
| 5000 m | Gennaro Di Napoli Italy | 13:38.33 | Anacleto Jiménez Spain | 13:39.42 | Panagiotis Papoulias Greece | 13:40.02 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Rob Hough Great Britain | 8:35.03 | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 8:36.15 | Vladimir Pronin Russia | 8:36.94 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.2 m/s) | Florian Schwarthoff Germany | 13.20 | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.28 | Andrey Kislykh Russia | 13.53 |
| 400 m hurdles | Fabrizio Mori Italy | 48.93 | Stéphane Diagana France | 49.15 | Ruslan Mashchenko Russia | 49.74 |
| 4 × 100 m | Italy Nicola Asuni Giovanni Puggioni Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris | 38.80 | Norway Fernando Ramirez John Ertzgaard Per Ivar Sivle Geir Moen | 38.96 NR | Great Britain Jason Gardener Marlon Devonish Doug Walker Ian Mackie | 38.97 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Roger Black Jamie Baulch Iwan Thomas Mark Richardson | 2:59.46 CR | Italy Marco Vaccari Alessandro Aimar Fabrizio Mori Ashraf Saber | 3:02.60 | Russia Innokentiy Zharov Dmitriy Kosov Dmitriy Golovastov Dmitriy Bey | 3:03.09 |
| High jump | Arturo Ortiz Spain | 2.30 | Sergey Klyugin Russia | 2.30 | Martin Buss Germany | 2.30 |
| Pole vault (indoor) | Maksim Tarasov Russia | 5.95 | Jean Galfione France | 5.75 | Tim Lobinger Germany | 5.70 |
| Long jump | Kirill Sosunov Russia | 8.00 | Kostas Koukodimos Greece | 7.88 | Emmanuel Bangué France | 7.86 |
| Triple jump | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 17.74 | Denis Kapustin Russia | 17.24 | Charles Friedek Germany | 16.71 |
| Shot put | Oliver-Sven Buder Germany | 20.41 | Corrado Fantini Italy | 19.72 | Manuel Martínez Spain | 19.29 |
| Discus throw | Lars Riedel Germany | 63.36 | Robert Weir Great Britain | 61.62 | Sergey Lyakhov Russia | 59.72 |
| Hammer throw | Heinz Weis Germany | 81.42 | Vadim Khersontsev Russia | 78.48 | Alexandros Papadimitriou Greece | 74.12 |
| Javelin throw | Steve Backley Great Britain | 86.86 | Kostas Gatsioudis Greece | 86.10 | Boris Henry Germany | 85.42 |
| 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: +0.8 m/s) | Natalya Voronova Russia | 11.18 | Andrea Philipp Germany | 11.23 | Natalya Safronnikova Belarus | 11.41 |
| 200 m (Wind: -0.2 m/s) | Christine Arron France | 22.89 | Andrea Philipp Germany | 22.98 | Marina Trandenkova Russia | 23.16 |
| 400 m | Grit Breuer Germany | 50.38 | Donna Fraser Great Britain | 51.51 | Olga Kotlyarova Russia | 51.53 |
| 800 m | Yelena Afanasyeva Russia | 1:59.93 | Irina Lishchinskaya Ukraine | 2:00.71 | Linda Kisabaka Germany | 2:01.07 |
| 1500 m | Kelly Holmes Great Britain | 4:04.79 | Gabriela Szabo Romania | 4:06.25 | Irina Biryukova Russia | 4:07.98 |
| 3000 m | Roberta Brunet Italy | 8:51.66 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim Germany | 8:52.20 | Paula Radcliffe Great Britain | 8:52.79 |
| 5000 m | Gabriela Szabo Romania | 15:02.68 CR | Roberta Brunet Italy | 15:02.87 | Luminita Zaituc Germany | 15:52.95 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s) | Svetlana Laukhova Russia | 12.94 | Patricia Girard France | 13.03 | Angie Thorp Great Britain | 13.16 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sally Gunnell Great Britain | 54.57 | Silvia Rieger Germany | 55.23 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova Russia | 55.66 |
| 4 × 100 m | Russia Yekaterina Leshchova Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Marina Trandenkova | 43.05 | France Frédérique Bangué Christine Arron Patricia Girard Sylviane Félix | 43.21 | Germany Shanta Ghosh Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp | 43.25 |
| 4 × 400 m | Russia Yekaterina Bakhvalova Yekaterina Kulikova Natalya Khrushcheleva Olga Kotlyarova | 3:24.10 | Germany Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Silvia Rieger Anja Rücker | 3:26.12 | Great Britain Allison Curbishley Donna Fraser Michelle Thomas Sally Gunnell | 3:26.48 |
| High jump | Heike Balck Germany | 1.94 | Tatyana Motkova Russia | 1.92 | Antonella Bevilacqua Italy | 1.88 |
| Pole vault | Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine | 4.25 | Andrea Müller Germany | 4.20 | Janine Whitlock Great Britain | 4.10 |
| Long jump | Fiona May Italy | 6.61 | Nina Perevedentseva Russia | 6.60 | Susen Tiedtke-Greene Germany | 6.57 |
| Triple jump | Inna Lasovskaya Russia | 14.91 | Rodica Mateescu Romania | 14.53 | Ashia Hansen Great Britain | 14.52 |
| Shot put | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany | 20.64 | Irina Korzhanenko Russia | 18.18 | Mara Rosolen Italy | 17.28 |
| Discus throw | Natalya Sadova Russia | 67.72 | Franka Dietzsch Germany | 61.72 | Yelena Antonova Ukraine | 60.16 |
| Hammer throw | Olga Kuzenkova Russia | 73.10 | Mihaela Melinte Romania | 69.76 | Lyudmila Gubkina Belarus | 68.24 |
| Javelin throw | Oksana Ovchinnikova Russia | 67.16 | Felicia Tilea Romania | 64.98 | Tanja Damaske Germany | 64.72 |
| 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 7 and 8 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 117 |
| 2 | Poland | 114 |
| 3 | Hungary | 98 |
| 4 | Romania | 92 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 83 |
| 6 | Latvia | 80.5 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 68.5 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 64 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Finland | 102 |
| 2 | Sweden | 100 |
| 3 | Belgium | 99.5 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 90 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 88 |
| 6 | Portugal | 85.5 |
| 7 | Ireland | 85 |
| 8 | Austria | 68 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 113 |
| 2 | Poland | 113 |
| 3 | Greece | 95 |
| 4 | Spain | 90.5 |
| 5 | Hungary | 87 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 77 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 57 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 51.5 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Slovenia | 103.5 |
| 2 | Finland | 103 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 97.5 |
| 4 | Portugal | 96 |
| 5 | Sweden | 82.5 |
| 6 | Norway | 74 |
| 7 | Austria | 60.5 |
| 8 | Belgium | 60 |

## Second League

The Second League was held on 28 and 29 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Slovenia | 125 |
| 2 | Denmark | 115 |
| 3 | Israel | 115 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 107 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 84 |
| 6 | AASSE | 71 |
| 7 | Iceland | 62 |
| 8 | Armenia | 30 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belarus | 86 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 71 |
| 3 | Estonia | 54 |
| 4 | Turkey | 53 |
| 5 | Moldova | 26 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 |
| 2 | Denmark | 93 |
| 3 | Iceland | 62 |
| 4 | Israel | 57 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 53 |
| 6 | AASSE | 30 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Latvia | 74 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 59 |
| 3 | Turkey | 57 |
| 4 | Estonia | 56 |
| 5 | Moldova | 23 |