# 1993 European Cup (athletics)

The 1993 European Cup was the 14th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
It was the first edition to use the term "Leagues" (Super League, First League, Second League) and the first to feature women's triple jump. The Super League Finals were held in Rome, Italy.

## Super League

Held on 26 and 27 June in Rome, Italy

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 128 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 124 |
| 3 | France | 123 |
| 4 | Germany | 119 |
| 5 | Italy | 112 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 97 |
| 7 | Spain | 76 |
| 8 | Poland | 65 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 54 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 141 |
| 2 | Romania | 102 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 97,5 |
| 4 | Germany | 96 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 91 |
| 6 | France | 75 |
| 7 | Poland | 62 |
| 8 | Italy | 55.5 |
| 9 | Finland | 44 |
The dissolved Soviet Union was replaced by Russia and Ukraine which resulted in 9 teams competing. As a result, three teams had to be relegated to the first league.

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +1.3 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.22 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Russia | 10.28 | Daniel Sangouma France | 10.42 |
| 200 m (Wind: -0.9 m/s) | John Regis Great Britain | 20.38 | Andrey Fedoriv Russia | 20.54 | Robert Kurnicki Germany | 20.59 |
| 400 m | David Grindley Great Britain | 44.75 CR | Dmitriy Golovastov Russia | 45.65 | Jean-Louis Rapnouil France | 45.91 |
| 800 m | Andrey Bulkovskiy Ukraine | 1:47.32 | Andrea Benvenuti Italy | 1:47.63 | Tom McKean Great Britain | 1:47.67 |
| 1500 m | Andrey Bulkovskiy Ukraine | 3:37.51 | Fermín Cacho Spain | 3:38.09 | Pascal Thiébaut France | 3:38.12 |
| 5000 m | Rob Denmark Great Britain | 13:30.02 | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 13:30.96 | Abel Antón Spain | 13:31.35 |
| 10,000 m | Thierry Pantel France | 28:02.71 | Francesco Panetta Italy | 28:13.99 | José Carlos Adán Spain | 28:16.19 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Steffen Brand Germany | 8:17.77 | Francesco Panetta Italy | 8:22.95 | Thierry Brusseau France | 8:24.60 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s) | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.10 CR | Florian Schwarthoff Germany | 13.50 | Dan Philibert France | 13.62 |
| 400 m hurdles | Stéphane Diagana France | 48.08 | Olaf Hense Germany | 48.48 | Oleg Tverdokhleb Ukraine | 48.70 |
| 4 × 100 m | Great Britain Jason John Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie | 38.53 | France Éric Perrot Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose | 38.72 | Russia Pavel Galkin Edvin Ivanov Andrey Fedoriv Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | 38.89 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Du'aine Ladejo Kriss Akabusi John Regis David Grindley | 3:00.25 CR | Russia Dmitriy Kliger Dmitriy Kosov Mikhail Vdovin Dmitriy Golovastov | 3:00.75 | France Jean-Louis Rapnouil Pierre-Marie Hilaire André Jaffory Stéphane Diagana | 3:00.94 |
| High jump | Artur Partyka Poland | 2.30 | Jean-Charles Gicquel France | 2.30 | Roberto Ferrari Italy | 2.30 |
| Pole vault | Rodion Gataullin Russia | 6.00 CR | Sergey Bubka Ukraine | 5.80 | Javier García Spain | 5.70 |
| Long jump | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy | 8.04w | Ángel Hernández Spain | 8.04w | Stanislav Tarasenko Russia | 7.93 |
| Triple jump | Pierre Camara France | 17.46w | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 17.27 | Ralf Jaros Germany | 17.18 |
| Shot put | Aleksandr Bagach Ukraine | 20.15 | Paolo Dal Soglio Italy | 19.79 | Yevgeniy Palchikov Russia | 19.64 |
| Discus throw | Lars Riedel Germany | 66.30 | Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia | 63.96 | Vladimir Zinchenko Ukraine | 62.42 |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Litvinov Russia | 80.78 | Christophe Épalle France | 76.08 | Andrey Skvaruk Ukraine | 76.00 |
| Javelin throw | Jan Železný Czech Republic | 89.84 | Mick Hill Great Britain | 80.76 | Andrey Shevchuk Russia | 79.16 |
| 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: -0.3 m/s) | Irina Privalova Russia | 11.08 | Marie-José Pérec France | 11.27 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Ukraine | 11.29 |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.8 m/s) | Irina Privalova Russia | 22.30 | Marie-José Pérec France | 22.30 | Silke Knoll Germany | 22.89 |
| 400 m | Yelena Ruzina Russia | 51.54 | Elsa Devassoigne France | 51.92 | Linda Keough Great Britain | 52.14 |
| 800 m | Ella Kovacs Romania | 1:57.5 | Lyubov Kremlyova Russia | 1:59.8 | Yelena Storchovaya Ukraine | 2:00.1 |
| 1500 m | Vera Chuvashova Russia | 4:16.03 | Violeta Beclea Romania | 4:16.36 | Yvonne Murray Great Britain | 4:17.51 |
| 3000 m | Margareta Keszeg Romania | 8:51.88 | Yelena Kopytova Russia | 8:52.27 | Alison Wyeth Great Britain | 8:52.98 |
| 10,000 m | Viktoriya Nenasheva Russia | 32:33.46 | Iulia Negura Romania | 32:36.05 | Tamara Koba Ukraine | 32:39.50 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: +0.3 m/s) | Marina Azyabina Russia | 12.63 | Jacqui Agyepong Great Britain | 13.17 | Liliana Nastase Romania | 13.22 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sally Gunnell Great Britain | 53.73 CR | Anna Knoroz Russia | 54.42 | Nicoleta Carutasu Romania | 54.94 |
| 4 × 100 m | Russia Olga Bogoslovskaya Natalya Voronova Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova | 42.79 | France Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Maguy Nestoret Marie-José Pérec | 43.01 | Germany Melanie Paschke Silke Knoll Bettina Zipp Andrea Philipp | 43.46 |
| 4 × 400 m | Russia Yelena Golesheva Yelena Ruzina Vera Sychugova Tatyana Alekseyeva | 3:24.23 | Ukraine Lyudmila Koshchey Aelita Yurchenko Yelena Nasonkina Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 3:27.37 | Germany Karin Janke Anja Rücker Jana Schönenberger Sandra Seuser | 3:27.80 |
| High jump | Alina Astafei Romania | 2.00 | Heike Henkel Germany | 1.96 | Katarzyna Majchrzak Poland | 1.92 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler Germany | 7.02 | Yelena Sinchukova Russia | 6.94w | Fiona May Great Britain | 6.73 |
| Triple jump | Yolanda Chen Russia | 14.34w | Helga Radtke Germany | 14.05 | Inessa Kravets Ukraine | 13.99 |
| Shot put | Anna Romanova Russia | 19.43 | Valentina Fedyushina Ukraine | 18.91 | Stephanie Storp Germany | 18.85 |
| Discus throw | Larisa Korotkevich Russia | 64.58 | Larisa Mikhalchenko Ukraine | 63.04 | Renata Katewicz Poland | 61.68 |
| Javelin throw | Felicia Tilea Romania | 62.68 | Karen Forkel Germany | 61.92 | Yekaterina Ivakina Russia | 61.74 |
| 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

First League was held on 12 and 13 June in Brussels, Belgium
Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Sweden | 112 |
| 2 | Romania | 99.5 |
| 3 | Hungary | 97 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 94.5 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 87.5 |
| 6 | Finland | 86 |
| 7 | Norway | 72 |
| 8 | Belgium | 71.5 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belarus | 91.5 |
| 2 | Spain | 81 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 79 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 78 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 77.5 |
| 6 | Norway | 70 |
| 7 | Belgium | 67 |
| 8 | Hungary | 66.5 |

## Second League

The Second League was held on 12 and 13 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Greece | 125 |
| 2 | Austria | 107.5 |
| 3 | Israel | 78 |
| 4 | Croatia | 69.5 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 69.5 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 57.5 |
| 7 | Turkey | 52 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Denmark | 72 |
| 2 | Latvia | 65 |
| 3 | Estonia | 62 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 58 |
| 5 | Iceland | 41 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belarus | 98 |
| 2 | Portugal | 84 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 78 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 75 |
| 5 | Ireland | 48 |
| 6 | Moldova | 38 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Austria | 82 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 78.5 |
| 3 | Greece | 75 |
| 4 | Turkey | 49.5 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 37 |
| 6 | Croatia | 34 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Lithuania | 70 |
| 2 | Denmark | 64 |
| 3 | Latvia | 53 |
| 4 | Iceland | 36 |
| 5 | Estonia | 30 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Portugal | 75 |
| 2 | Sweden | 70.5 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 69 |
| 4 | Ireland | 52 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 51.5 |
| 6 | Moldova | 38 |