# 1988 European Marathon Cup

The 1988 European Marathon Cup was the fourth edition of the quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries, which was held in Huy, Belgium on 30 April.

## Results

Team men :
| # | Nations | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 31 |
| 2 | France | 54 |
| 3 | Belgium | 66 |
Team women :
| # | Nations | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 14 |
| 2 | France | 52 |
| 3 | East Germany | 54 |

## Individual men

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Ravil Kashapov | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:11:30 |
| | Alessio Faustini | Italy (ITA) | 2:11:52 |
| | Alain Lazare | France (FRA) | 2:12:24 |
| 4 | Nikolay Tabak | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:12:33 |
| 5 | Alexandre Gonzalez | France (FRA) | 2:12:52 |
| 6 | Honorato Hernández | Spain (ESP) | 2:13:17 |
| 7 | Alfonso Abellán | Spain (ESP) | 2:13:25 |
| 8 | Dirk Vanderherten | Belgium (BEL) | 2:13:33 |
| 9 | Yakov Tolstikov | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:14:10 |
| 10 | Michael Heilmann | East Germany (GDR) | 2:14:18 |
| 11 | Jerzy Skarżyński | Poland (POL) | 2:14:52 |
| 12 | William Van Huylenbroek | Belgium (BEL) | 2:15:11 |
| 13 | Tadeusz Lawicki | Poland (POL) | 2:15:13 |
| 14 | Werner Grommisch | West Germany (FRG) | 2:15:55 |
| 15 | Jörg Peter | East Germany (GDR) | 2:15:56 |
| 16 | Jean-Jacques Padel | France (FRA) | 2:16:21 |
| 17 | Sergey Rozum | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:16:43 |
| 18 | Jozef Gees | Belgium (BEL) | 2:16:46 |
| 19 | Maurizio Lorenzetti | Italy (ITA) | 2:16:55 |
| 20 | Ryszard Misiewicz | Poland (POL) | 2:17:03 |
| 21 | Uwe Koch | East Germany (GDR) | 2:17:08 |
| 22 | Viktor Mosgovoy | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:17:35 |
| 23 | Leandro Croce | Italy (ITA) | 2:18:20 |
| 24 | Jose-Esteban Montiel | Spain (ESP) | 2:18:36 |
| 25 | Ian Bloomfield | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:18:38 |
| 26 | James Doig | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:18:45 |
| 27 | Martin Grüning | West Germany (FRG) | 2:18:50 |
| 28 | Cor Saelmans | Belgium (BEL) | 2:18:59 |
| 29 | Calum Bark | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:19:19 |
| 30 | Jacques Marechet | France (FRA) | 2:19:24 |
| 31 | Rosario LoPresti | Italy (ITA) | 2:19:26 |
| 32 | Jean-Pierre Paumen | Belgium (BEL) | 2:19:46 |
| 33 | Boguslaw Psujek | Poland (POL) | 2:20:31 |
| 34 | Edward Rydzewski | Poland (POL) | 2:20:49 |
| 35 | Marco Milani | Italy (ITA) | 2:20:56 |
| 36 | Daniel Duprix | Belgium (BEL) | 2:20:59 |
| 37 | Bernard Bobes | France (FRA) | 2:21:04 |
| 38 | Colin Moore | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:21:06 |
| 39 | Christos Papachristos | Greece (GRE) | 2:21:50 |
| 40 | Jean-Baptiste Protais | France (FRA) | 2:22:53 |
| 42 | Stephan Freigang | East Germany (GDR) | 2:24:19 |
| 44 | John Griffin | Ireland (IRL) | 2:25:21 |
| 45 | Stefan Paul | West Germany (FRG) | 2:25:25 |
| 46 | Aydin Ceken | Turkey (TUR) | 2:26:45 |
| 48 | Fotios Bourkoulas | Greece (GRE) | 2:27:48 |
| — | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy (ITA) | DNF |

## Individual women

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Katrin Dörre | East Germany (GDR) | 2:28:28 |
| | Raisa Smekhnova | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:28:40 |
| | Zoya Ivanova | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:29:37 |
| 4 | Yekaterina Khramenkova | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:32:04 |
| 5 | Yelena Tsukhlo | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:32:48 |
| 6 | Maria Rebelo | France (FRA) | 2:33:16 |
| 7 | Françoise Bonnet | France (FRA) | 2:33:32 |
| 8 | Renata Kokowska | Poland (POL) | 2:34:41 |
| 9 | Annette Fincke | East Germany (GDR) | 2:34:59 |
| 10 | Jeannette Hein | East Germany (GDR) | 2:35:06 |
| 11 | Magda Ilands | Belgium (BEL) | 2:35:36 |
| 12 | Emma Scaunich | Italy (ITA) | 2:36:31 |
| 13 | Antonella Bizioli | Italy (ITA) | 2:36:38 |
| 14 | Sylviane Levesque | France (FRA) | 2:36:59 |
| 15 | Małgorzata Birbach | Poland (POL) | 2:37:36 |
| 16 | Ewa Szydlowska | Poland (POL) | 2:37:39 |
| 17 | Ria Van Landeghem | Belgium (BEL) | 2:37:55 |
| 18 | Anne Roden | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:38:54 |
| 19 | Irina Bogacheva | Soviet Union (URS) | 2:40:11 |
| 20 | Bettina Sabatini | Italy (ITA) | 2:40:33 |
| 21 | Maria-Luisa Irizar | Spain (ESP) | 2:40:45 |
| 22 | Marina Prat | Spain (ESP) | 2:41:37 |
| 23 | Renata Walendziak | Poland (POL) | 2:42:08 |
| 24 | Rossella di Dionisio | Italy (ITA) | 2:42:33 |
| 25 | Odile Poirot | France (FRA) | 2:43:11 |
| 26 | Nelly Aerts | Belgium (BEL) | 2:44:22 |
| 27 | Ewa Wrzosek | Poland (POL) | 2:45:18 |
| 28 | Jocelyne Villeton | France (FRA) | 2:45:55 |
| 29 | Krystyna Chylińska | Poland (POL) | 2:46:11 |
| 30 | Carmen Mingorance | Spain (ESP) | 2:46:27 |
| 31 | Gerrie Timmermans | Netherlands (NED) | 2:46:42 |
| 32 | Viviene Van Buggenhout | Belgium (BEL) | 2:48:20 |
| 33 | Eryl Davies | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:48:44 |
| 34 | Birgit Stephan | East Germany (GDR) | 2:49:32 |
| 35 | Christine Van Put | Belgium (BEL) | 2:50:36 |
| 36 | Elena Cobos | Spain (ESP) | 2:51:07 |
| 37 | Cassandra Mihailovic | France (FRA) | 2:53:06 |
| 38 | Bronwen Cardy | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:55:12 |
| 39 | Deborah Heath | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:56:12 |
| 40 | Leslie Watson | Great Britain (GBR) | 3:02:46 |
| — | Silvana Cucchietti | Italy (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Rita Marchisio | Italy (ITA) | DNF |