# 1987 European Cup (athletics)

The 1987 European Cup was the 11th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
The "A" Finals were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

## "A" Final

Held on 27 and 28 June in Prague, Czechoslovakia

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 117 |
| 2 | East Germany | 114.5 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 99 |
| 4 | West Germany | 88 |
| 5 | Italy | 87 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 73 |
| 7 | Spain | 72 |
| 8 | Poland | 58.5 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | 119 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 92 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 86 |
| 4 | West Germany | 77 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 59.5 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 51.5 |
| 7 | Poland | 45 |
| 8 | France | 45 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: -1.0 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.23 | Steffen Bringmann East Germany | 10.36 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy | 10.38 |
| 200 m (Wind: +1.5 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 20.63 | Steffen Bringmann East Germany | 20.85 | Andrey Fedoriv Soviet Union | 20.87 |
| 400 m | Thomas Schönlebe East Germany | 44.96 =CR | Roger Black Great Britain | 44.99 | Edgar Itt West Germany | 45.54 |
| 800 m | Tom McKean Great Britain | 1:45.96 | Donato Sabia Italy | 1:46.38 | Peter Braun West Germany | 1:46.86 |
| 1500 m | José Luis González Spain | 3:45.49 | Steve Cram Great Britain | 3:45.54 | Jens-Peter Herold East Germany | 3:46.19 |
| 5000 m | José Manuel Abascal Spain | 13:32.87 CR | Tim Hutchings Great Britain | 13:34.83 | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 13:35.92 |
| 10,000 m | Abel Antón Spain | 28:46.65 | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 28:46.69 | Axel Krippschock East Germany | 28:51.32 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Francesco Panetta Italy | 8:13.47 | Roger Hackney Great Britain | 8:20.68 | Hagen Melzer East Germany | 8:21.23 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s) | Igors Kazanovs Soviet Union | 13.48 | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.53 | Aleš Höffer Czechoslovakia | 13.62 |
| 400 m hurdles | Harald Schmid West Germany | 48.67 | Max Robertson Great Britain | 49.92 | José Alonso Spain | 50.15 |
| 4 × 100 m | Soviet Union Aleksandr Yevgenyev Viktor Bryzgin Vladimir Muravyov Vladimir Krylov | 38.42 | East Germany Heiko Truppel Steffen Bringmann Steffen Schwab Frank Emmelmann | 39.03 | Italy Ezio Madonia Giovanni Bongiorni Paolo Catalano Pier Francesco Pavoni | 39.55 |
| 4 × 400 m | East Germany Jens Carlowitz Carlo Niestadt Mathias Schersing Thomas Schönlebe | 3:00.80 | Great Britain Paul Harmsworth Brian Whittle Todd Bennett Roger Black | 3:01.12 | West Germany Norbert Dobeleit Edgar Itt Jörg Vaihinger Harald Schmid | 3:01.32 |
| High jump | Igor Paklin Soviet Union | 2.32 | Ján Zvara Czechoslovakia | 2.29 | Krzysztof Krawczyk Poland Gerd Wessig East Germany | 2.26 |
| Pole vault | Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union | 5.70 | Zdenek Lubenský Czechoslovakia | 5.60 | Bernhard Zintl West Germany | 5.35 |
| Long jump | Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union | 8.38 CR | Marco Delonge East Germany | 8.04 | Ivo Krsek Czechoslovakia | 7.98 |
| Triple jump | Oleg Protsenko Soviet Union | 17.61 | Zdzisław Hoffmann Poland | 17.06 | Peter Bouschen West Germany | 16.98 |
| Shot put | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 22.01 | Alessandro Andrei Italy | 21.46 | Remigius Machura Czechoslovakia | 21.40 |
| Discus throw | Vaclovas Kidykas Soviet Union | 66.80 | Jürgen Schult East Germany | 66.54 | Rolf Danneberg West Germany | 66.18 |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 82.28 | Ralf Haber East Germany | 79.76 | Christoph Sahner West Germany | 75.28 |
| Javelin throw | Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union | 84.86 | Klaus Tafelmeier West Germany | 83.30 | Jan Železný Czechoslovakia | 81.18 |
| 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) |||||| |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: -0.4 m/s) | Marlies Göhr East Germany | 10.95 | Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria | 11.08 | Ulrike Sarvari West Germany | 11.30 |
| 200 m (Wind: +1.3 m/s) | Silke Gladisch East Germany | 21.99 CR | Nadezhda Georgieva Bulgaria | 22.50 | Ewa Kasprzyk Poland | 22.63 |
| 400 m | Petra Müller East Germany | 49.91 | Mariya Pinigina Soviet Union | 50.46 | Rositsa Stamenova Bulgaria | 51.23 |
| 800 m | Tatyana Samolenko Soviet Union | 1:59.26 | Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | 1:59.26 | Christine Wachtel East Germany | 1:59.54 |
| 1500 m | Kirsty Wade Great Britain | 4:09.03 | Tatyana Samolenko Soviet Union | 4:09.60 | Andrea Lange East Germany | 4:09.82 |
| 3000 m | Ulrike Bruns East Germany | 8:44.48 | Yvonne Murray Great Britain | 8:48.15 | Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union | 8:48.54 |
| 10,000 m | Kathrin Ullrich East Germany | 32:42.05 | Angela Tooby Great Britain | 32:46.78 | Natalya Sorokivskaya Soviet Union | 33:10.18 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: -0.9 m/s) | Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany | 12.47 CR | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria | 12.53 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz West Germany | 12.97 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sabine Busch East Germany | 54.23 | Genowefa Błaszak Poland | 55.44 | Yelena Goncharova Soviet Union | 55.70 |
| 4 × 100 m | East Germany Silke Gladisch Heike Drechsler Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr | 41.94 | Bulgaria Ginka Zagorcheva Anelia Nuneva Nadezhda Georgieva Yordanka Donkova | 42.31 | West Germany Silke Knoll Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Ute Thimm | 43.23 |
| 4 × 400 m | Soviet Union Vineta Ikauniece Maria Pinigina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova | 3:20.41 | East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Heike Drechsler Petra Müller | 3:20.60 | West Germany Ute Thimm Karin Lix Helga Arendt Gisela Kinzel | 3:25.29 |
| High jump | Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria | 2.00 | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 1.96 | Heike Redetzky West Germany | 1.96 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler East Germany | 7.26 | Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union | 7.15 | Sofia Bozhanova Bulgaria | 6.75w |
| Shot put | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 21.56 CR | Ines Müller East Germany | 20.82 | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia | 20.28 |
| Discus throw | Diana Gansky East Germany | 73.90 CR | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria | 68.26 | Zdenka Šilhavá Czechoslovakia | 65.04 |
| Javelin throw | Petra Felke East Germany | 71.26 | Natalya Yermolovich Soviet Union | 64.42 | Beate Peters West Germany | 64.38 |
| 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 27 and 28 June in Gothenburg, Sweden
Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | France | 117 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 102 |
| 3 | Sweden | 97 |
| 4 | Hungary | 87 |
| 5 | Austria | 82 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 82 |
| 7 | Finland | 76.5 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 73.5 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Romania | 106 |
| 2 | Hungary | 83 |
| 3 | Italy | 80.5 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 69.5 |
| 5 | Finland | 62.5 |
| 6 | Sweden | 62.5 |
| 7 | Norway | 56 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 50 |

## "C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 27 and 28 August

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Greece | 83 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 72 |
| 3 | Denmark | 60.5 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 46.5 |
| 5 | Turkey | 37 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belgium | 72 |
| 2 | Portugal | 66 |
| 3 | Ireland | 62 |
| 4 | Norway | 60 |
| 5 | Iceland | 39 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 83 |
| 2 | Austria | 71 |
| 3 | Greece | 66 |
| 4 | Denmark | 52 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 31 |
| 5 | Turkey | 31 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 70 |
| 2 | Belgium | 59 |
| 3 | Portugal | 41 |
| 4 | Ireland | 35 |
| 5 | Iceland | 32 |