# 2009 European Race Walking Cup

The eighth edition of the European Race Walking Cup took place in the French city of Metz on Sunday May 24, 2009.
Complete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website,

## Timetable

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Men's 50 km | 08.00h |
| Men's 10 km Junior | 09.00h |
| Women's 10 km Junior | 10.00h |
| Women's 20 km | 13.30h |
| Men's 20 km | 15.30h |

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km | Giorgio Rubino (ITA) | 1:24:06 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 1:24:54 | Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi (ITA) | 1:25:07 |
| 50 km | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 3:42:47 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 3:46:27 | Yuriy Andronov (RUS) | 3:49:09 |
| 10 km Junior | Stanislav Yemelyanov (RUS) | 41:22 | Valeriy Filipchuk (RUS) | 41:46 | Veli-Matti Partanen (FIN) | 41:55 |
| Women |||||||
| 20 km | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:32:53 | Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) | 1:33:28 | Kristina Saltanovič (LTU) | 1:34:17 |
| 10 km Junior | Tatyana Mineyeva (RUS) | 44:16 | Adriana Turnea (ROU) | 46:32 | Antonella Palmisano (ITA) | 46:48 |
| Team (Men) |||||||
| 20 km | Italy | 6 pts | Spain | 30 pts | Poland | 40 pts |
| 50 km | Russia | 8 pts | Spain | 13 pts | Italy | 38 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Russia | 3 pts | Poland | 13 pts | Germany | 15 pts |
| Team (Women) |||||||
| 20 km | Russia | 14 pts | Spain | 18 pts | Slovakia | 72 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Italy | 10 pts | France | 11 pts | Romania | 12 pts |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Men's results
### 20 km walk

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Giorgio Rubino (ITA) | 1:24:06 | |
| | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 1:24:54 | SB |
| | Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi (ITA) | 1:25:07 | |
| 4 | Robert Heffernan (IRL) | 1:25:21 | SB |
| 5 | Pyotr Trofimov (RUS) | 1:25:50 | |
| 6 | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 1:25:58 | |
| 7 | Rafał Augustyn (POL) | 1:26:06 | |
| 8 | Yohann Diniz (FRA) | 1:26:59 | SB |
| 9 | Matej Tóth (SVK) | 1:27:29 | |
| 10 | Jarkko Kinnunen (FIN) | 1:27:43 | |
| 11 | Francisco Arcilla (ESP) | 1:28:24 | |
| 12 | Matteo Giupponi (ITA) | 1:28:47 | |
| 13 | Miguel Ángel López (ESP) | 1:29:23 | |
| 14 | Ivan Losyev (UKR) | 1:30:00 | |
| 15 | Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR) | 1:30:50 | |
| 16 | Dawid Tomala (POL) | 1:30:56 | |
| 17 | Rafal Sikora (POL) | 1:31:00 | |
| 18 | Antonin Boyez (FRA) | 1:31:11 | |
| 19 | Andrey Ruzavin (RUS) | 1:31:28 | SB |
| 20 | Pedro Isidro (POR) | 1:31:54 | |
| 21 | Bertrand Moulinet (FRA) | 1:32:11 | |
| 22 | Alexandros Papamihail (GRE) | 1:33:31 | |
| 23 | Antón Kucmín (SVK) | 1:33:55 | |
| 24 | Miloš Bátovský (SVK) | 1:36:03 | |
| 25 | Luke Finch (GBR) | 1:36:31 | |
| 26 | Milan Rízek (SVK) | 1:36:39 | |
| 27 | Andrey Krivov (RUS) | 1:38:18 | |
| 28 | Máté Helebrandt (HUN) | 1:39:10 | |
| 29 | Damien Molmy (FRA) | 1:39:57 | |
| 30 | Oleksandr Romanenko (UKR) | 1:41:33 | |
| 31 | Dragoș Neacșu (ROU) | 1:42:37 | |
| 32 | Jacques van Bremen (NED) | 1:43:06 | |
| 33 | Karel Ketner (CZE) | 1:46:03 | PB |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Andriy Kovenko (UKR) | DNF | |
| — | Recep Çelik (TUR) | DNF | |
| — | Aleksandr Yargunkin (RUS) | DNF | |
| — | Sérgio Vieira (POR) | DNF | |
| — | João Vieira (POR) | DNF | |
| — | António Pereira (POR) | DNF | |
| — | Benjamin Kucinski (POL) | DNF | |
| — | Trond Nymark (NOR) | DNF | |
| — | Tautvydas Žekas (LTU) | DNF | |
| — | Vilius Mikelionis (LTU) | DNF | |
| — | Tadas Šuškevičius (LTU) | DNF | |
| — | Jamie Costin (IRL) | DNF | |
| — | Theodoros Kefalopoulos (GRE) | DNF | |
| — | Carsten Schmidt (GER) | DNF | |
| — | Benjamín Sánchez (ESP) | DNF | |
| — | Vitaly Talankou (BLR) | DNF | |
| — | Andrei Talashka (BLR) | DNF | |
| — | Olivier Colette (BEL) | DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Ato Ibáñez (SWE) | DSQ | |
| — | Colin Griffin (IRL) | DSQ | |
| — | André Höhne (GER) | DSQ | |
| — | Lauri Lelumees (EST) | DSQ | |
| — | Ivan Trotski (BLR) | DSQ | |

#### Team (20 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Italy | 6 pts |
| | Spain | 30 pts |
| | Poland | 40 pts |
| 4 | France | 47 pts |
| 5 | Russia | 51 pts |
| 6 | Slovakia | 56 pts |
| 7 | Ukraine | 59 pts |

### 50 km walk

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 3:42:47 | SB |
| | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 3:46:27 | SB |
| | Yuriy Andronov (RUS) | 3:49:09 | SB |
| 4 | Sergey Bakulin (RUS) | 3:52:38 | PB |
| 5 | Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | 3:53:13 | SB |
| 6 | José Alejandro Cambil (ESP) | 3:53:31 | SB |
| 7 | Donatas Škarnulis (LTU) | 3:53:43 | SB |
| 8 | Marco De Luca (ITA) | 3:54:35 | SB |
| 9 | Oleksiy Shelest (UKR) | 3:55:19 | SB |
| 10 | Augusto Cardoso (POR) | 4:01:13 | SB |
| 11 | Diego Cafagna (ITA) | 4:01:47 | SB |
| 12 | Konstadinos Stefanopoulos (GRE) | 4:03:12 | PB |
| 13 | Jorge Costa (POR) | 4:04:10 | SB |
| 14 | Eddy Riva (FRA) | 4:04:46 | SB |
| 15 | Dionísio Ventura (POR) | 4:05:51 | SB |
| 16 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) | 4:08:17 | |
| 17 | Hervé Davaux (FRA) | 4:10:13 | SB |
| 18 | Vasilios Hrisikos (GRE) | 4:11:30 | PB |
| 19 | Fortunato D'Onofrio (ITA) | 4:12:27 | PB |
| 20 | Vjaceslavs Grigorjevs (LAT) | 4:21:50 | SB |
| 21 | Cédric Houssaye (FRA) | 4:27:16 | SB |
| 22 | László Novák (HUN) | 4:38:56 | |
| 23 | Róbert Tubak (HUN) | 4:45:47 | |
| 24 | Gyula Dudás (HUN) | 4:53:58 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Serhiy Budza (UKR) | DNF | |
| — | Oleksiy Kazanin (UKR) | DNF | |
| — | Andreas Gustafsson (SWE) | DNF | |
| — | Bruno Grandjean (SUI) | DNF | |
| — | Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) | DNF | |
| — | Pedro Martins (POR) | DNF | |
| — | Artur Brzozowski (POL) | DNF | |
| — | Arnis Rumbenieks (LAT) | DNF | |
| — | Ingus Janevics (LAT) | DNF | |
| — | Dario Privitera (ITA) | DNF | |
| — | Sébastien Biche (FRA) | DNF | |
| — | Andrei Stepanchuk (BLR) | DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Taras Kozlyuk (UKR) | DSQ | |
| — | Zoltán Czukor (HUN) | DSQ | |
| — | Maik Berger (GER) | DSQ | |
| — | Dan King (GBR) | DSQ | |
| — | Dominic King (GBR) | DSQ | |

#### Team (50 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 8 pts |
| | Spain | 13 pts |
| | Italy | 38 pts |
| 4 | Portugal | 38 pts |
| 5 | France | 52 pts |
| 6 | Hungary | 69 pts |

### Junior 10 km walk

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Stanislav Yemelyanov (RUS) | 41:22 | |
| | Valeriy Filipchuk (RUS) | 41:46 | |
| | Veli-Matti Partanen (FIN) | 41:55 | SB |
| 4 | Hagen Pohle (GER) | 42:25 | |
| 5 | Wojciech Halman (POL) | 42:29 | |
| 6 | Vito Di Bari (ITA) | 42:35 | |
| 7 | Ihor Lyashchenko (UKR) | 42:50 | |
| 8 | Tomasz Wiater (POL) | 43:00 | |
| 9 | Riccardo Macchia (ITA) | 43:13 | |
| 10 | Denis Strelkov (RUS) | 43:29 | |
| 11 | Carl Dohmann (GER) | 43:32 | |
| 12 | Adrian Błocki (POL) | 43:58 | |
| 13 | Luís Alberto Amezcua (ESP) | 44:11 | |
| 14 | Genadij Kozlovskij (LTU) | 44:28 | |
| 15 | Viktor Holubnychyy (UKR) | 44:33 | |
| 16 | Luís Lopes (POR) | 44:51 | |
| 17 | Dzmitry Dziubin (BLR) | 44:53 | |
| 18 | Yuriy Loktionov (UKR) | 45:00 | |
| 19 | Aleh Sauchanka (BLR) | 45:19 | |
| 20 | Perseus Karlström (SWE) | 45:28 | |
| 21 | Pavel Schrom (CZE) | 45:33 | |
| 22 | Victor Paloma (ESP) | 45:57 | |
| 23 | Lukáš Gdula (CZE) | 45:59 | |
| 24 | Mark O'Kane (GBR) | 46:04 | |
| 25 | Mael Boulch (FRA) | 46:10 | |
| 26 | Francisco Yuste (ESP) | 46:11 | |
| 27 | Mert Atli (TUR) | 46:12 | |
| 28 | Gerard Chmyznikov (LTU) | 47:18 | |
| 29 | Roman Říha (CZE) | 47:27 | |
| 30 | Dénes Papp (HUN) | 47:49 | |
| 31 | Hugo Andrieu (FRA) | 47:56 | |
| 32 | Ainar Veskus (EST) | 48:00 | |
| 33 | Axel Gaborit (FRA) | 48:22 | |
| 34 | Iiro Lehtoranta (FIN) | 48:33 | |
| 35 | Máté Lalik (HUN) | 48:42 | |
| 36 | Anders Hansson (SWE) | 49:51 | |
| 37 | Niall Prendiville (IRL) | 50:27 | |
| 38 | Viktor Markus (HUN) | 50:55 | |
| 39 | Tom Bosworth (GBR) | 52:01 | |
| — | Ben Wears (GBR) | DSQ | |
| — | Vincenzo Taliano (ITA) | DSQ | |
| — | Håvard Haukenes (NOR) | DSQ | |
| — | Kemal Gelecek (TUR) | DSQ | |

#### Team (10 km Junior Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 3 pts |
| | Poland | 13 pts |
| | Germany | 15 pts |
| 4 | Italy | 15 pts |
| 5 | Ukraine | 22 pts |
| 6 | Spain | 35 pts |
| 7 | Belarus | 36 pts |
| 8 | Finland | 37 pts |
| 9 | Lithuania | 42 pts |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 44 pts |
| 11 | France | 56 pts |
| 12 | Sweden | 57 pts |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 63 pts |
| 14 | Hungary | 65 pts |

## Women's results
### 20 km walk

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:32:53 | SB |
| | Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) | 1:33:28 | |
| | Kristina Saltanovic (LTU) | 1:34:17 | |
| 4 | Olive Loughnane (IRL) | 1:34:52 | SB |
| 5 | Larisa Yemelyanova (RUS) | 1:35:16 | |
| 6 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | 1:35:28 | |
| 7 | Yelena Shumkina (RUS) | 1:35:51 | |
| 8 | Sniazhana Yurchanka (BLR) | 1:36:14 | |
| 9 | Evaggelia Xinou (GRE) | 1:36:39 | |
| 10 | Vera Sokolova (RUS) | 1:36:43 | |
| 11 | Julia Takács (ESP) | 1:37:01 | |
| 12 | Katarzyna Kwoka (POL) | 1:37:36 | |
| 13 | Ana Cabecinha (POR) | 1:38:01 | |
| 14 | Marie Polli (SUI) | 1:39:02 | |
| 15 | Claudia Stef (ROU) | 1:39:10 | |
| 16 | Paulina Buziak (POL) | 1:39:23 | |
| 17 | Rocío Florido (ESP) | 1:39:40 | |
| 18 | Zuzana Malíková (SVK) | 1:39:42 | |
| 19 | Karoliina Kaasalainen (FIN) | 1:39:48 | PB |
| 20 | Brigita Virbalyte (LTU) | 1:40:41 | |
| 21 | Zuzana Schindlerová (CZE) | 1:40:48 | |
| 22 | Nadiya Borovska (UKR) | 1:41:15 | |
| 23 | Mária Gáliková (SVK) | 1:41:54 | |
| 24 | Hanna Drabenia (BLR) | 1:42:40 | |
| 25 | Ana Veronica Rodean (ROU) | 1:44:17 | |
| 26 | Vira Zozulya (UKR) | 1:44:47 | |
| 27 | Jo Jackson (GBR) | 1:45:05 | |
| 28 | Lucie Pelantová (CZE) | 1:45:52 | |
| 29 | Laura Polli (SUI) | 1:46:58 | |
| 30 | Anne-Gaëlle Retout (FRA) | 1:47:42 | |
| 31 | Mária Czaková (SVK) | 1:48:52 | |
| 32 | Laura Reynolds (IRL) | 1:49:24 | SB |
| 33 | Katalin Varró (HUN) | 1:50:37 | |
| 34 | Fabienne Chanfreau (FRA) | 1:50:44 | |
| 35 | Andrea Kovács (HUN) | 1:52:04 | |
| 36 | Eszter Gerendási (HUN) | 1:54:08 | SB |
| 37 | Olha Yakovenko (UKR) | 1:55:27 | |
| 38 | Krisztina Kernács (HUN) | 1:56:33 | |
| 39 | Sandra Mitrovic (FRA) | 1:58:58 | |
| 40 | Corinne Henchoz (SUI) | 2:04:47 | SB |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Nastassia Yatsevich (BLR) | DNF |
| — | Sabine Krantz (GER) | DNF |
| — | Maria Hatzipanayiotidou (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) | DNF |
| — | Neringa Aidietyte (LTU) | DNF |
| — | Agnieszka Dygacz (POL) | DNF |
| — | Katarzyna Golba (POL) | DNF |
| — | Susana Feitor (POR) | DNF |
| — | Anamaria Greceanu (ROU) | DNF |
| — | Lyudmyla Shelest (UKR) | DNF |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Zhanna Halaunia (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | Inês Henriques (POR) | DSQ |
| — | Vera Santos (POR) | DSQ |
| — | Ana Maria Groza (ROU) | DSQ |

#### Team (20 km Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 14 pts |
| | Spain | 18 pts |
| | Slovakia | 72 pts |
| 4 | Switzerland | 83 pts |
| 5 | Ukraine | 85 pts |
| 6 | France | 103 pts |
| 7 | Hungary | 104 pts |

### Junior 10 km walk

* U-20 competition; only top three listed
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Tatyana Mineyeva (RUS) | 44:16 | |
| | Adriana Turnea (ROU) | 46:32 | |
| | Antonella Palmisano (ITA) | 46:48 | PB |
| 4 | Panayióta Tsinopoúlou (GRE) | 48:25 | |
| 5 | Laurène Delon (FRA) | 48:37 | |
| 6 | Emilie Menuet (FRA) | 48:45 | |
| 7 | Federica Curiazzi (ITA) | 48:48 | |
| 8 | Anita Kažemāka (LAT) | 49:00 | |
| 9 | Sara Alonso (ESP) | 49:24 | |
| 10 | Alexandra Gradinariu (ROU) | 49:30 | |
| 11 | Berta Kriván (HUN) | 50:12 | |
| 12 | Anna Mielcarek (POL) | 50:22 | |
| 13 | Sandra Yerga (ESP) | 50:55 | |
| 14 | Nadzeya Darazhuk (BLR) | 51:06 | |
| 15 | Magdalena Jasińska (POL) | 51:21 | |
| 16 | Kateryna Svitko (UKR) | 51:36 | |
| 17 | Paula Martínez (ESP) | 51:39 | |
| 18 | Charlyne Czychy (GER) | 53:03 | |
| 19 | Halyna Yakovchuk (UKR) | 53:10 | |
| 20 | Mikaela Löfbacka (FIN) | 53:13 | |
| 21 | Claudia Bussu (ITA) | 53:32 | |
| 22 | Elif Koç (TUR) | 53:43 | |
| 23 | Marie Onno (FRA) | 54:39 | |
| 24 | Fiona Dennehy (IRL) | 55:11 | |
| 25 | Nikoletta Lada (GRE) | 55:15 | |
| 26 | Agnė Klebauskaitė (LTU) | 55:35 | |
| 27 | Emma Doherty (IRL) | 55:54 | |
| 28 | Emma Prendiville (IRL) | 57:13 | |
| 29 | Hulya Taser (TUR) | 59:52 | |
| — | Alina Matveyuk (BLR) | DSQ | |
| — | Tatyana Kalmykova (RUS) | DSQ | |
| — | Kseniya Trifonova (RUS) | DSQ | |
| — | Anna Chernenko (UKR) | DSQ | |

#### Team (10 km Junior Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Italy | 10 pts |
| | France | 11 pts |
| | Romania | 12 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 22 pts |
| 5 | Poland | 27 pts |
| 6 | Greece | 29 pts |
| 7 | Ukraine | 35 pts |
| 8 | Turkey | 51 pts |
| 9 | Ireland | 51 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 228 athletes (140 men/88 women) from 26 countries is reported.
* Belarus (12)
* Belgium (1)
* Czech Republic (6)
* Estonia (2)
* Finland (5)
* France (17)
* Germany (7)
* Greece (8)
* Hungary (13)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (14)
* Latvia (5)
* Lithuania (11)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (14)
* Portugal (13)
* Romania (7)
* Russia (18)
* Slovakia (7)
* Spain (18)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* Turkey (5)
* Ukraine (18)
* United Kingdom (7)