# 1983 European Cup (athletics)

The 1983 European Cup was the 9th edition of the European Cup of athletics. From this edition on, the multiple stages of competition were replaced by the promotion/relegation league system.
The "A" Finals were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Great Britain.

## "A" Final

Held on 20 and 21 August in London, United Kingdom

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | 117 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 106 |
| 3 | West Germany | 102 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 94.5 |
| 5 | Poland | 86.5 |
| 6 | Italy | 80.5 |
| 7 | France | 70 |
| 8 | Hungary | 60.5 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | East Germany | 107 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 85 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 77 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 77 |
| 5 | West Germany | 58 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 58 |
| 7 | Poland | 43 |
| 8 | Hungary | 34 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: -1.5 m/s) | Frank Emmelmann East Germany | 10.58 | Allan Wells Great Britain | 10.59 | Antoine Richard France | 10.65 |
| 200 m (Wind: -0.7 m/s) | Allan Wells Great Britain | 20.72 | Pietro Mennea Italy | 20.74 | Erwin Skamrahl West Germany | 20.99 |
| 400 m | Hartmut Weber West Germany | 45.39 | Thomas Schönlebe East Germany | 45.70 | Sergey Lovachov Soviet Union | 45.83 |
| 800 m | Willi Wülbeck West Germany | 1:45.74 CR | Detlef Wagenknecht East Germany | 1:45.83 | Peter Elliott Great Britain | 1:45.84 |
| 1500 m | Steve Cram Great Britain | 3:42.27 | Andreas Busse East Germany | 3:43.12 | Piotr Kurek Poland | 3:43.65 |
| 5000 m | Thomas Wessinghage West Germany | 13:48.72 | Dmitriy Dmitriyev Soviet Union | 13:49.27 | Alberto Cova Italy | 13:55.59 |
| 10,000 m | Werner Schildhauer East Germany | 28:02.11 CR | Alberto Cova Italy | 28:02.13 | Valeriy Abramov Soviet Union | 28:02.87 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Bogusław Mamiński Poland | 8:24.80 | Colin Reitz Great Britain | 8:25.72 | Joseph Mahmoud France | 8:28.04 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: -1.5 m/s) | Thomas Munkelt East Germany | 13.72 | György Bakos Hungary | 13.74 | Romuald Giegiel Poland | 13.88 |
| 400 m hurdles | Harald Schmid West Germany | 48.56 | Aleksandr Kharlov Soviet Union | 49.53 | Ryszard Szparak Poland | 49.65 |
| 4 × 100 m | Italy Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Giovanni Bongiorni Pietro Mennea | 38.86 | Great Britain Lincoln Asquith Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Cameron Sharp | 38.88 | Poland Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czesław Prądzyński Marian Woronin | 38.97 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown | 3:02.28 | East Germany Udo Bauer Jens Carlowitz Andreas Knebel Thomas Schönlebe | 3:02.62 | Soviet Union Sergey Lovachov Viktor Markin Yevgeniy Lomtev Aliaksandr Trashchyla | 3:02.77 |
| High jump | Franck Verzy France | 2.32 | Valeriy Sereda Soviet Union | 2.26 | Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany | 2.23 |
| Pole vault | Patrick Abada France | 5.55 | Aleksandr Krupskiy Soviet Union | 5.50 | Jürgen Winkler West Germany | 5.50 |
| Long jump | László Szalma Hungary | 8.10w | Oganes Stepanyan Soviet Union | 8.09 | Mathias Koch East Germany | 7.88w |
| Triple jump | Peter Bouschen West Germany | 17.12 | Zdzisław Hoffmann Poland | 16.94 | Béla Bakosi Hungary | 16.86 |
| Shot put | Edward Sarul Poland | 20.54 | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 20.39 | Jânis Bojârs Soviet Union | 20.16 |
| Discus throw | Jürgen Schult East Germany | 64.96 | Alwin Wagner West Germany | 64.14 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko Soviet Union | 64.04 |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 81.52 CR | Zdzisław Kwaśny Poland | 80.18 | Günther Rodehau East Germany | 77.58 |
| Javelin throw | Detlef Michel East Germany | 85.72 | Heino Puuste Soviet Union | 85.54 | Klaus Tafelmeier West Germany | 84.20 |
| 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: -1.0 m/s) | Marlies Göhr East Germany | 11.28 | Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria | 11.33 | Kathy Cook Great Britain | 11.39 |
| 200 m (Wind: -1.7 m/s) | Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | 22.40 | Marita Koch East Germany | 22.40 | Kathy Cook Great Britain | 22.57 |
| 400 m | Tatána Kocembová Czechoslovakia | 49.33 CR | Mariya Pinigina Soviet Union | 49.63 | Gaby Bussmann West Germany | 51.09 |
| 800 m | Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | 1:58.79 | Antje Schröder East Germany | 1:59.53 | Margrit Klinger West Germany | 1:59.64 |
| 1500 m | Nadezhda Ralldugina Soviet Union | 4:07.61 | Christiane Wartenberg East Germany | 4:07.86 | Totka Petrova Bulgaria | 4:08.02 |
| 3000 m | Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union | 8:49.27 CR | Ulrike Bruns East Germany | 8:49.71 | Jane Furniss Great Britain | 8:51.58 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: -2.1 m/s) | Bettine Jahn East Germany | 12.89 | Lucyna Kałek Poland | 12.97 | Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria | 13.10 |
| 400 m hurdles | Ellen Fiedler East Germany | 54.20 | Ana Ambrazienė Soviet Union | 54.74 | Sue Morley Great Britain | 56.36 |
| 4 × 100 m | East Germany Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr | 42.63 | Great Britain Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Bev Callender Shirley Thomas | 43.18 | Soviet Union Lyudmila Kondratyeva Yelena Vinogradova Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Antonova | 43.67 |
| 4 × 400 m | Czechoslovakia Zuzana Moravčíková Milena Strnadová Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová | 3:20.79 | Soviet Union Yelena Didilenko Marina Kharlamova Irina Baskakova Mariya Pinigina | 3:21.71 | East Germany Kerstin Walther Sabine Busch Undine Bremer Dagmar Neubauer | 3:22.70 |
| High jump | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany | 2.03 WR, CR | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 2.03 WR, CR | Kerstin Brandt East Germany | 1.99 |
| Long jump | Heike Daute East Germany | 6.99 CR | Eva Murková Czechoslovakia | 6.81w | Bev Kinch Great Britain | 6.63 |
| Shot put | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia | 20.76 | Helma Knorscheidt East Germany | 19.49 | Nunu Abashidze Soviet Union | 18.88 |
| Discus throw | Martina Opitz East Germany | 69.00 | Galina Murašova Soviet Union | 68.86 | Mariya Petkova Bulgaria | 64.88 |
| Javelin throw | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain | 69.04 | Antje Kempe East Germany | 63.22 | Genowefa Olejarz Poland | 63.12 |
| 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 20 and 21 August
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 108 |
| 2 | Spain | 107 |
| 3 | Finland | 103.5 |
| 4 | Sweden | 100.5 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 92 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 73 |
| 7 | Sweden | 69 |
| 8 | Belgium | 65 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Italy | 90 |
| 2 | Romania | 82 |
| 3 | France | 82 |
| 4 | Finland | 70 |
| 5 | Sweden | 70 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 55 |
| 7 | Norway | 50 |
| 8 | Belgium | 39 |

## "C" Finals
### Men

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Norway | 83 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 63 |
| 3 | Ireland | 57 |
| 4 | Denmark | 49 |
| 5 | Iceland | 46 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Greece | 68 |
| 2 | Austria | 58 |
| 3 | Portugal | 49 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 23 |
| – | Turkey | DNS |

### Women

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 63 |
| 2 | Austria | 44 |
| 3 | Spain | 42 |
| 4 | Portugal | 41 |
| 5 | Greece | 34 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Denmark | 47 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 46 |
| 3 | Ireland | 33 |
| 4 | Iceland | 23 |