# 2001 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 2001 European Athletics Junior Championships was an athletics competition for athletes under-20 which was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto, Italy from 19 – 22 July 2001. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Two new events were introduced into the programme: the women's 2000 metres steeplechase and the women's 10,000 m track walk (replacing the 5000 m walk event). Five new championships records were recorded over the four-day competition, in addition to the two marks set in the newly introduced events.
Russia topped the medals table with eight golds and shared the honour of the greatest medal haul (17) with second placed Great Britain which won six gold medals. Poland came third with five golds, although fourth placed Germany had a larger medal total (15) but with one less gold medal.
Two British sprinters were nominated as the best athletes of the tournament: Vernicha James won the women's award for her 200 metres and 4×400 metres relay gold medals, as well as a 4×400 metres relay bronze. Mark Lewis-Francis took the men's award for his 100 metres gold and for anchoring the men's sprint relay to the team title. Russian Anastasiya Ilyina won the gold in the long jump and triple jump, setting a championship record in the latter event. Former Ethiopian Elvan Abeylegesse did the 3000/5000 metres double for Turkey, breaking the championship record in the 5000 m. Michał Hodun of Poland took the shot put and discus gold medals, while Belgian athlete Kevin Rans completed an unusual silver medal double at the competition in the 200 m and the pole vault.
Among the athletes who won medals at the competition were Carolina Klüft, Yelena Isinbayeva and Andreas Thorkildsen – all of whom went on to become 2004 Olympic gold medallists. Elvan Abeylegesse, Anna Chicherova and Marian Oprea also went on to win Olympic medals. The decathlon junior champion Ladji Doucouré successfully changed focus to the 110 metres hurdles, becoming the 2005 World Champion.

## Records

| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
| Alexandr Ivanov | Men's javelin throw | Russia | 80.18 | CR |
| Tyrone Edgar Dwayne Grant Tim Benjamin Mark Lewis-Francis | Men's 4×100 metres relay | United Kingdom | 39.24 | CR |
| Elvan Abeylegesse | Women's 5000 metres | Turkey | 15:21.12 | CR |
| Anastasiya Ilyina | Women's triple jump | Russia | 14.12 | CR |
| Yelena Isinbayeva | Women's pole vault | Russia | 4.40 | CR |
| Key:0000WR — World record • AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record |||||

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (wind: 2.4 m/s) | Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR) | 10.09 | Tim Göbel (GER) | 10.18 | Igor Blažević (CRO) | 10.31 |
| 200 m | Ronald Pognon (FRA) | 20.80 | Kevin Rans (BEL) | 20.89 | Dwayne Grant (GBR) | 20.92 |
| 400 m | Tim Benjamin (GBR) | 46.43 | Johan Wissman (SWE) | 46.81 | Bastian Swillims (GER) | 46.88 |
| 800 m | René Herms (GER) | 1:46.98 | Arnoud Okken (NED) | 1:48.02 | Ricky Soos (GBR) | 1:48.43 |
| 1500 m | Cosimo Caliandro (ITA) | 3:48.49 | Tomasz Babiszkiewicz (POL) | 3:48.66 | Arturo Casado (ESP) | 3:48.76 |
| 5000 m | Mo Farah (GBR) | 14:09.91 | Bruno Saramago (POR) | 14:11.65 | Noel Cutillas (ESP) | 14:12.43 |
| 10,000 m | Vasyl Matviychuk (UKR) | 30:43.19 | Aliaksandr Nikalayuk (BLR) | 30:46.37 | Abdulrahman Kara (TUR) | 31:00.36 |
| 110 m hurdles | Philip Nossmy (SWE) | 13.81 | Sebastian Siebert (GER) | 13.83 | Dominic Girdler (GBR) | 14.16 |
| 400 m hurdles | Christian Duma (GER) | 50.26 | Henning Hackelbusch (GER) | 50.76 | Mikhail Lipski (RUS) | 51.00 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Radosław Popławski (POL) | 8:46.36 | Mircea Bogdan (ROM) | 8:49.76 | Hristóforos Meroúsis (GRE) | 8:51.87 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Great Britain Tyrone Edgar Dwayne Grant Timothy Benjamin Mark Lewis-Francis | 39.24 CR | France Steve Bonvard Ronald Pognon Xavier Guillaume Ladji Doucouré | 39.76 | Poland Mariusz Latkowski Marcin Świerczyński Krzysztof Koczoń Paweł Ptak | 39.96 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Poland Marcin Marciniszyn Michał Matyjaszczyk Piotr Kędzia Karol Grzegorczyk | 3:06.12 | United Kingdom Robert Tobin Russell Nicholls Sam Ellis Tim Benjamin | 3:06.21 | Spain David Melo Diego Ruiz Jairo Vera Jorge Artal | 3:07.47 |
| 10,000 m walk | Yevgeniy Demkov (RUS) | 43:34.12 | Sergei Lystov (RUS) | 43:39.46 | Benjamin Kuciński (POL) | 43:44.87 |
| High jump | Andrei Chubsa (BLR) | 2.23 m | Jiri Krehula (CZE) | 2.21 m | Mickael Hanany (FRA) | 2.19 m |
| Pole vault | Dmitriy Kuptsov (RUS) | 5.55 m | Kevin Rans (BEL) | 5.50 m | Stauros Kouroupacis (GRE) | 5.35 m |
| Long jump | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 7.98 m (w) | Jan Zumer (SLO) | 7.72 m (w) | Dmitri Sapinski (RUS) | 7.72 m |
| Triple jump | Marian Oprea (ROM) | 16.65 m | Jonathan Moore (GBR) | 16.43 m | Viktor Yastrebov (UKR) | 16.43 m |
| Shot put | Michał Hodun (POL) | 18.23 m | Robert Häggblom (FIN) | 17.96 m | Marco Fortes (POR) | 17.86 m |
| Discus throw | Michał Hodun (POL) | 57.95 m | Arnost Holovsky (CZE) | 54.46 m | Dzmitry Sivakou (BLR) | 54.23 m |
| Hammer throw | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | 69.42 m | Alexei Elisseev (RUS) | 68.32 m | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 67.56 m |
| Javelin throw | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) | 80.18 m CR | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 76.98 m | Saku Kuusisto (FIN) | 76.98 m |
| Decathlon | Ladji Doucouré (FRA) | 7747 pts | Lars Albert (GER) | 7683 pts | Atis Vaisjuns (LAT) | 7497 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 2.1 m/s) | Katchi Habel (GER) | 11.24 w | Gwladys Belliard (FRA) | 11.50 w | Amélie Huyghes (FRA) | 11.59 w |
| 200 metres | Vernicha James (GBR) | 22.93 | Katchi Habel (GER) | 23.38 | Maja Nose (SLO) | 23.60 |
| 400 metres | Tatyana Firova (RUS) | 52.94 | Lisa Miller (GBR) | 53.29 | Kim Wall (GBR) | 53.52 |
| 800 metres | Lucia Klocová (SVK) | 2:03.76 | Kerstin Werner (GER) | 2:03.99 | Tetyana Petlyuk (UKR) | 2:04.15 |
| 1500 metres | Ljiljana Ćulibrk (CRO) | 4:13.13 | Emma Ward (GBR) | 4:13.51 | Riina Tolonen (FIN) | 4:14.48 |
| 3000 metres | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 8:53.42 | Tatyana Chulakh (RUS) | 9:02.64 | Ulla Tuimala (FIN) | 9:07.35 |
| 5000 metres | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 15:21.12 CR | Elina Lindgren (FIN) | 16:11.55 | Collette Fagan (GBR) | 16:16.39 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: 2.1 m/s) | Gergana Stoyanova (BUL) | 13.04 w | Adrianna Lamalle (FRA) | 13.08 w | Lucie Škrobáková (CZE) | 13.30 w |
| 400 metres hurdles | Zofia Małachowska (POL) | 57.78 | Patrícia Lopes (POR) | 57.93 | Mariya Menshikova (RUS) | 58.83 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Catalina Oprea (ROM) | 6:34.89 | Gwendoline Després (FRA) | 6:36.06 | Antje Hoffmann (GER) | 6:36.67 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Germany (GER) Nadine Hentschke Christa Kaufmann Kerstin Grötzinger Katchi Habel | 44.16 | France (FRA) Amélie Huyghes Cecile Sellier Gwladys Belliard Adriana Lamalle | 44.37 | Great Britain (GBR) Danielle Norville Eleanor Caney Amy Spencer Vernicha James | 44.66 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Great Britain (GBR) Kim Wall Olivia Hines Vernicha James Lisa Miller | 3:34.63 | Germany (GER) Eileen Müller Claudia Hoffmann Nadine Balkow Larissa Kettenis | 3:36.20 | Romania (ROM) Diana Koroszi Liliana Barbulescu Norica Manafu Maria Rus | 3:41.12 |
| 10,000 m track walk | Tatyana Kozlova (RUS) | 46:22.67 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) | 46:29.20 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | 46:49.81 |
| High jump | Ramona Pop (ROM) | 1.92 m | Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 1.90 m | Anna Ksok (POL) | 1.90 m |
| Pole vault | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.40 m CR | Natalya Kushch (UKR) | 4.15 m | Vanessa Boslak (FRA) | 4.15 m |
| Long jump | Anastasiya Ilyina (RUS) | 6.38 m | Alina Militaru (ROM) | 6.32 m | Katarzyna Klisowska (POL) | 6.26 m |
| Triple jump | Anastasiya Ilyina (RUS) | 14.12 m CR | Athanasia Perra (GRE) | 13.73 m (w) | Viktoriya Gurova (RUS) | 13.68 m |
| Shot put | Natalya Khoroneko (BLR) | 16.92 m | Kristin Marten (GER) | 16.02 m | Claudia Villeneuve (FRA) | 15.82 m |
| Discus throw | Natalya Fokina (UKR) | 56.69 m | Vera Begić (CRO) | 55.02 m | Olga Chernogorova (BLR) | 54.49 m |
| Hammer throw | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | 64.18 m | Martina Danišová (SVK) | 61.97 m | Berta Castells (ESP) | 61.04 m |
| Javelin throw | Halina Kakhava (BLR) | 55.40 m | Goldie Sayers (GBR) | 55.40 m | Marion Bonaudo (FRA) | 53.71 m |
| Heptathlon | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | 6022 pts | Maren Freisen (GER) | 5956 pts | Olga Karas (RUS) | 5745 pts |

## Medal table
### Key

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | France | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Greece | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Portugal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 25 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |