# European 10,000m Cup

The European 10,000m Cup is an annual 10,000 metres race for European athletes which was first held in 1997. The competition is organised by the European Athletics Association and first began as the European 10000 Metres Challenge (European 10,000m Challenge till 2005 edition), after the event was removed from the European Cup programme. The competition has roots in the Iberian 10,000 metres Championships – a competition between Spanish and Portuguese athletes that was held between 1991 and 1996 – and the first five editions of the European 10000 Metres Challenge were held in the Iberian Peninsula. The event was first held under its current title in 2005. From 2018, the event has been held as the climax of the Night of 10k PB's event at Parliament Hill, London.

## Editions

| Edition | Year | Host city | Host country | Date | No. of athletes |
| 1st | 1997 | Barakaldo | Spain | 5 April | |
| 2nd | 1998 | Lisbon | Portugal | 4 April | |
| 3rd | 1999 | Barakaldo | Spain | 10 April | |
| 4th | 2000 | Lisbon | Portugal | 1 April | |
| 5th | 2001 | Barakaldo | Spain | 7 April | |
| 6th | 2002 | Camaiore | Italy | 6 April | |
| 7th | 2003 | Athens | Greece | 12 April | |
| 8th | 2004 | Maribor | Slovenia | 3 April | |
| 9th | 2005 | Barakaldo | Spain | 2 April | |
| 10th | 2006 | Antalya | Turkey | 15 April | |
| 11th | 2007 | Ferrara | Italy | 7 April | |
| 12th | 2008 | Istanbul | Turkey | 12 April | |
| 13th | 2009 | Ribeira Brava | Portugal | 6 June | |
| 14th | 2010 | Marseilles | France | 5 June | |
| 15th | 2011 | Oslo | Norway | 4 June | 45 men, 33 women |
| 16th | 2012 | Bilbao | Spain | 3 June | 46 men, 41 women |
| 17th | 2013 | Pravets | Bulgaria | 8 June | 31 men, 30 women |
| 18th | 2014 | Skopje | Republic of Macedonia | 7 June | 43 men, 41 women |
| 19th | 2015 | Cagliari | Italy | 6 June | 41 men, 36 women |
| 20th | 2016 | Mersin | Turkey | 5 June | 25 men, 23 women |
| 21st | 2017 | Minsk | Belarus | 10 June | 33 men, 40 women |
| 22nd | 2018 | London | United Kingdom | 19 May | |
| 23rd | 2019 | London | United Kingdom | 6 July | |
| – | 2020 | Postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 24th | 2021 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 5 June | |
| 25th | 2022 | Pacé | France | 28 May | |
| 26th | 2023 | Pacé | France | 3 June | |
| 27th | 2025 | Pacé | France | 24 May | |
| 28th | 2026 | TBA | | 23 May | |
| 29th | 2027 | TBA | | 22 May | |

## Champions

| Year | Men | Men | Women | Women |
| Year | Individual | Team | Individual | Team |
| 1997 | Dieter Baumann (GER) | Portugal | Julia Vaquero (ESP) | Portugal |
| 1998 | Fabián Roncero (ESP) | Portugal | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | Portugal |
| 1999 | Alberto García (ESP) | Spain | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | Portugal |
| 2000 | Enrique Molina (ESP) | Spain | Fatima Yvelain (FRA) | Portugal |
| 2001 | José Ríos (ESP) | Spain | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | Spain |
| 2002 | Dieter Baumann (GER) | Italy | Mihaela Botezan (ROM) | Portugal |
| 2003 | Ismaïl Sghyr (FRA) | Portugal | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | Portugal |
| 2004 | José Manuel Martínez (ESP) | Spain | Margaret Maury (FRA) | France |
| 2005 | Juan Carlos de la Ossa (ESP) | Spain | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) | Portugal |
| 2006 | Mokhtar Benhari (FRA) | France | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | Belgium |
| 2007 | André Pollmächer (GER) | Spain | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | Spain |
| 2008 | Selim Bayrak (TUR) | Russia | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | Belarus |
| 2009 | José Manuel Martínez (ESP) | Portugal | Inês Monteiro (POR) | Portugal |
| 2010 | Mo Farah (GBR) | France | Inês Monteiro (POR) | Portugal |
| 2011 | Yousef el Kalai (POR) | Spain | Sara Moreira (POR) | Italy |
| 2012 | Polat Arıkan (TUR) | Spain | Sara Moreira (POR) | Great Britain |
| 2013 | Sergio Sánchez (ESP) | Italy | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) | Spain |
| 2014 | Polat Arıkan (TUR) | Turkey | Clémence Calvin (FRA) | Portugal |
| 2015 | Polat Arıkan (TUR) | Italy | Trihas Gebre (ESP) | Great Britain |
| 2016 | Daniele Meucci (ITA) | Italy | Esma Aydemir (TUR) | Great Britain |
| 2017 | Antonio Abadía (ESP) | Spain | Sara Moreira (POR) | Belarus |
| 2018 | Richard Ringer (GER) | Spain | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) | Great Britain |
| 2019 | Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) | Italy | Stephanie Twell (GBR) | Great Britain |
| 2021 | Morhad Amdouni (FRA) | France | Eilish McColgan (GBR) | Great Britain |
| 2022 | Jimmy Gressier (FRA) | France | Yasemin Can (TUR) | Germany |
| 2023 | Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) | Israel | Alina Reh (GER) | Germany |

## Records

The competition record for men is 27:14.44, set in 1998 by Fabián Roncero from Spain. The competition record for women is 30:21.67, set in 2006 by Elvan Abeylegesse from Turkey.

## Medal table (1997-2022)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain (ESP) | 24 | 26 | 19 | 69 |
| 2 | Portugal (POR) | 21 | 19 | 15 | 55 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 12 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 8 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 100 | 100 | 95 | 295 |