# 1989 European Cup (athletics)

The 1989 European Cup was the 12th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
The "A" Finals were held in Gateshead, Great Britain. The first two teams qualified for the 1989 IAAF World Cup.

## "A" Final

Held on 5 and 6 August in Gateshead, United Kingdom

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Great Britain | 115 |
| 2 | East Germany | 103 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 101 |
| 4 | Italy | 95 |
| 5 | France | 95 |
| 6 | West Germany | 91 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 63 |
| 8 | Spain | 54 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | 120 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 95 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 84 |
| 4 | West Germany | 79 |
| 5 | Romania | 72 |
| 6 | Poland | 56 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 43 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 26 |
East and West Germany competed separately for the last time being replaced by the unified German team from the 1991 edition. As a result, only one team had to be relegated from the "A" Final and two teams were promoted from the "B" Final.

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: -1.8 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.33 | Daniel Sangouma France | 10.39 | Vladimir Krylov Soviet Union | 10.43 |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.1 m/s) | John Regis Great Britain | 20.62 | Stefano Tilli Italy | 20.66 | Daniel Sangouma France | 20.83 |
| 400 m | Edgar Itt West Germany | 45.43 | Jens Carlowitz East Germany | 45.44 | Cayetano Cornet Spain | 45.82 |
| 800 m | Tom McKean Great Britain | 1:46.94 | Peter Braun West Germany | 1:47.53 | Hauke Fuhlbrügge East Germany | 1:48.20 |
| 1500 m | Pascal Thiébaut France | 3:48.05 | Sergey Afanasyev Soviet Union | 3:48.35 | Gennaro Di Napoli Italy | 3:48.61 |
| 5000 m | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 13:43.84 | Jack Buckner Great Britain | 13:44.77 | Mikhail Dasko Soviet Union | 13:47.56 |
| 10,000 m | Francesco Panetta Italy | 28:27.02 | Tim Hutchings Great Britain | 28:27.21 | José Manuel Albentosa Spain | 28:29.78 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 8:34.06 | Hagen Melzer East Germany | 8:34.90 | Raymond Pannier France | 8:35.33 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: -2.9 m/s) | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.56 | Vladimir Shishkin Soviet Union | 13.76 | Florian Schwarthoff West Germany | 13.88 |
| 400 m hurdles | Kriss Akabusi Great Britain | 48.95 | Harald Schmid West Germany | 49.26 | Vladimir Budko Soviet Union | 49.60 |
| 4 × 100 m | Great Britain Tony Jarrett John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie | 38.39 | France Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quénéhervé Bruno Marie-Rose | 38.46 | Italy Antonio Ullo Sandro Floris Pier Francesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli | 38.98 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Peter Crampton Kriss Akabusi Todd Bennett Brian Whittle | 3:03.16 | West Germany Klaus Just Mark Henrich Carsten Köhrbrück Ralf Lübke | 3:03.33 | East Germany Torsten Odebrett Thomas Miethig Jens Carlowitz Thomas Schönlebe | 3:04.21 |
| High jump | Dalton Grant Great Britain | 2.32 | Rudolf Povarnitsyn Soviet Union | 2.32 | Róbert Ruffíni Czechoslovakia | 2.29 |
| Pole vault | Rodion Gataullin Soviet Union | 5.70 | Bernhard Zintl West Germany | 5.50 | Uwe Langhammer East Germany | 5.40 |
| Long jump | Vladimir Ratushkov Soviet Union | 8.09 | Christian Thomas West Germany | 8.05 | Stewart Faulkner Great Britain | 7.97 |
| Triple jump | Oleg Sakirkin Soviet Union | 17.18 | Wolfgang Zinser West Germany | 16.71 | Dario Badinelli Italy | 16.50 |
| Shot put | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 21.72 | Karsten Stolz West Germany | 20.45 | Alessandro Andrei Italy | 20.03 |
| Discus throw | Jürgen Schult East Germany | 66.54 | Romas Ubartas Soviet Union | 63.98 | Rolf Danneberg West Germany | 63.12 |
| Hammer throw | Heinz Weis West Germany | 79.86 | Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union | 79.68 | Ralf Haber East Germany | 77.76 |
| Javelin throw | Steve Backley Great Britain | 82.92 | Jan Železný Czechoslovakia | 79.44 | Volker Hadwich East Germany | 79.38 |
| 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) |||||| |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: 0.0 m/s) | Katrin Krabbe East Germany | 11.14 | Paula Dunn Great Britain | 11.24 | Irina Sergeyeva Soviet Union | 11.26 |
| 200 m (Wind: -1.8 m/s) | Silke Möller East Germany | 23.00 | Paula Dunn Great Britain | 23.45 | Ewa Kasprzyk Poland | 23.72 |
| 400 m | Grit Breuer East Germany | 50.52 | Linda Keough Great Britain | 51.66 | Helga Arendt West Germany | 51.80 |
| 800 m | Doina Melinte Romania | 1:58.04 | Sigrun Wodars East Germany | 1:58.55 | Dalia Matusevičienė Soviet Union | 1:59.74 |
| 1500 m | Doina Melinte Romania | 4:05.83 | Yvonne Mai East Germany | 4:06.50 | Svetlana Kitova Soviet Union | 4:07.62 |
| 3000 m | Paula Ivan Romania | 8:38.48 | Yvonne Murray Great Britain | 8:44.34 | Natalya Artyomova Soviet Union | 9:03.39 |
| 10,000 m | Kathrin Ullrich East Germany | 32:17.88 | Viorica Ghican Romania | 32:41.34 | Angie Pain Great Britain | 32:42.84 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.8 m/s) | Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany | 12.74 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz West Germany | 12.82 | Yelizaveta Chernyshova Soviet Union | 12.85 |
| 400 m hurdles | Petra Krug East Germany | 54.72 | Sally Gunnell Great Britain | 54.98 | Tatyana Ledovskaya Soviet Union | 55.35 |
| 4 × 100 m | East Germany Silke Möller Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt Sabine Günther | 41.87 | Soviet Union Nadezhda Roshchupkina Galina Malchugina Natalya Kovtun Natalya Voronova | 42.85 | West Germany Andrea Hagen Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Karin Janke | 43.64 |
| 4 × 400 m | East Germany Sigrun Wodars Katrin Schreiter Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer | 3:24.08 | Soviet Union Marina Shmonina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Yelena Golesheva Yelena Ruzina | 3:24.75 | Great Britain Linda Keough Jennifer Stoute Angela Piggford Sally Gunnell | 3:26.54 |
| High jump | Alina Astafei Romania | 2.00 | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 1.97 | Heike Balck East Germany | 1.94 |
| Long jump | Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union | 7.10w | Helga Radtke East Germany | 6.89 | Fiona May Great Britain | 6.88w |
| Shot put | Heike Hartwig East Germany | 20.59 | Claudia Losch West Germany | 20.17 | Larisa Peleshenko Soviet Union | 19.32 |
| Discus throw | Ilke Wyludda East Germany | 73.04 | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria | 62.26 | Dagmar Galler West Germany | 60.46 |
| Javelin throw | Petra Felke East Germany | 66.92 | Brigitte Graune West Germany | 62.04 | Tessa Sanderson Great Britain | 59.72 |
| 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) |||||| |

## "B" Final

Both "B" finals held on 5 and 6 August
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 107 |
| 2 | Hungary | 103.5 |
| 3 | Poland | 102 |
| 4 | Sweden | 102 |
| 5 | Austria | 87 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 81 |
| 7 | Greece | 74.5 |
| 8 | Belgium | 61 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | France | 95 |
| 2 | Hungary | 89 |
| 3 | Finland | 85 |
| 4 | Italy | 81 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 65.5 |
| 6 | Spain | 58.5 |
| 7 | Sweden | 53 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 49 |
Because of the 1990 reunification of Germany there was an extra spot in the highest division in 1991. Because of that, two teams were promoted from the "B" Finals.

## "C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 5 and 6 August

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Finland | 79 |
| 2 | Norway | 72 |
| 3 | Denmark | 65 |
| 4 | Turkey | 46.5 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 36.5 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 72 |
| 2 | Portugal | 69 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 68 |
| 4 | Ireland | 52 |
| 5 | Iceland | 38 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belgium | 76 |
| 2 | Norway | 75 |
| 3 | Austria | 72 |
| 4 | Denmark | 45 |
| 5 | Turkey | 36 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 30 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Netherlands | 71 |
| 2 | Greece | 54 |
| 3 | Portugal | 51 |
| 4 | Ireland | 40 |
| 5 | Iceland | 24 |