# 2000 European Race Walking Cup

The third edition of the European Race Walking Cup took place in the German city of Eisenhüttenstadt on Saturday June 17 and Sunday June 18, 2000. For the first time, 10 km races for junior athletes (U20) were held. 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,

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 1:18:29 | Andreas Erm (GER) | 1:18:42 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:18:56 |
| 50 km | Jesús Angel García (ESP) | 3:42:51 | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) | 3:44:43 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | 3:47:38 |
| 10 km (Junior) | Aleksandr Kuzmin (BLR) | 41:16 | Jan Albrecht (GER) | 41:17 | André Katzinski (GER) | 41:59 |
| Team (Men) |||||||
| 20 km | Spain | 32 pts | Poland | 35 pts | Germany | 43 pts |
| 50 km | France | 12 pts | Spain | 15 pts | Germany | 30 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Germany | 5 pts | Belarus | 5 pts | Italy | 15 pts |
| Women |||||||
| 20 km | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:26:48 | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 1:27:42 | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | 1:27:53 |
| 10 km Junior | Tatyana Kozlova (RUS) | 45:28 | Marina Tikhonova (BLR) | 45:33 | Alena Zenkova (RUS) | 45:35 |
| Team (Women) |||||||
| 20 km | Italy | 11 pts | Romania | 29 pts | Ukraine | 38 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Russia | 4 pts | Belarus | 11 pts | Germany | 18 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

* Held on Saturday June 17, 2000.
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 1:18:29 |
| | Andreas Erm (GER) | 1:18:42 |
| | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:18:56 |
| 4 | Jiří Malysa (CZE) | 1:19:18 |
| 5 | Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) | 1:19:56 |
| 6 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 1:20:18 |
| 7 | Tomasz Lipiec (POL) | 1:20:48 |
| 8 | Artur Meleshkevich (BLR) | 1:20:53 |
| 9 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 1:21:09 |
| 10 | Anthony Gillet (FRA) | 1:21:28 |
| 11 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 1:21:43 |
| 12 | Costică Bălan (ROM) | 1:21:43 |
| 13 | David Márquez (ESP) | 1:21:44 |
| 14 | Michele Didoni (ITA) | 1:21:51 |
| 15 | Igor Kollár (SVK) | 1:22:25 |
| 16 | José David Domínguez (ESP) | 1:22:34 |
| 17 | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 1:22:40 |
| 18 | Robert Heffernan (IRL) | 1:22:43 |
| 19 | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) | 1:22:46 |
| 20 | Robert Ihly (GER) | 1:23:00 |
| 21 | Nischan Daimer (GER) | 1:23:14 |
| 22 | Miloš Holuša (CZE) | 1:23:24 |
| 23 | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:23:51 |
| 24 | Birger Fält (SWE) | 1:24:48 |
| 25 | Andriy Kovenko (UKR) | 1:24:49 |
| 26 | Theódoros Stamatopoulos (GRE) | 1:24:57 |
| 27 | Grzegorz Sudol (POL) | 1:25:02 |
| 28 | Peter Korčok (SVK) | 1:25:11 |
| 29 | Róbert Valíček (SVK) | 1:25:14 |
| 30 | Daugvinas Zujus (LTU) | 1:25:27 |
| 31 | Leonid Mizernyuk (UKR) | 1:25:46 |
| 32 | Maris Putenis (LAT) | 1:25:50 |
| 33 | Gyula Dudás (HUN) | 1:25:53 |
| 34 | Predrag Filipović YUG | 1:26:04 |
| 35 | Spirídon Kastanis (GRE) | 1:26:19 |
| 36 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 1:26:35 |
| 37 | Elefthérios Thanópoulos (GRE) | 1:26:42 |
| 38 | Milos Batovský (CZE) | 1:27:03 |
| 39 | Sébastian Biché (FRA) | 1:27:06 |
| 40 | Ivan Azarenok (BLR) | 1:27:16 |
| 41 | Anatoliy Malivskiy (UKR) | 1:27:36 |
| 42 | Henri Davaux (FRA) | 1:27:37 |
| 43 | Aleksandar Raković YUG | 1:27:42 |
| 44 | Vladimir Stankin (RUS) | 1:28:25 |
| 45 | Claus Jørgensen (DEN) | 1:28:48 |
| 46 | Nenad Filipović YUG | 1:28:56 |
| 47 | Aivars Kadaks (LAT) | 1:30:37 |
| 48 | Yeóryios Aryirópoulos (GRE) | 1:31:16 |
| 49 | Chris Maddocks (GBR) | 1:31:39 |
| 50 | Andrew Penn (GBR) | 1:33:10 |
| 51 | János Tóth (HUN) | 1:34:28 |
| 52 | Heikki Kinnunen (FIN) | 1:35:26 |
| 53 | Anatolijus Launikonys (LTU) | 1:35:28 |
| 54 | Arto Matilainen (FIN) | 1:35:46 |
| 55 | Aleksandrs Danulevicius (LTU) | 1:38:04 |
| 56 | Snorre Utåker (NOR) | 1:39:51 |
| 57 | Yann Banderer (SUI) | 1:40:36 |
| 58 | Olivier Bianchi (SUI) | 1:46:08 |
| 59 | Claude Berner (SUI) | 1:50:43 |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Pekka Matilainen (FIN) | DNF |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | Andrey Makarov (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | Darrell Stone (GBR) | DSQ |
| — | Andi Drake (GBR) | DSQ |
| — | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | DSQ |

#### Team (20 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Spain | 32 pts |
| | Poland | 35 pts |
| | Germany | 43 pts |
| 4 | Italy | 45 pts |
| 5 | Russia | 66 pts |
| 6 | Slovakia | 72 pts |
| 7 | Latvia | 85 pts |
| 8 | France | 91 pts |
| 9 | Ukraine | 97 pts |
| 10 | Greece | 98 pts |
| 11 | Finland | 117 pts |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 123 pts |
| 13 | Lithuania | 140 pts |
| 14 | Switzerland | 177 pts |

### 50 km walk

* Held on Sunday June 18, 2000.
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Jesús Angel García (ESP) | 3:42:51 |
| | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) | 3:44:33 |
| | Denis Langlois (FRA) | 3:47:38 |
| 4 | René Piller (FRA) | 3:47:49 |
| 5 | Sylvain Caudron (FRA) | 3:48:09 |
| 6 | Mario Avellaneda (ESP) | 3:49:50 |
| 7 | Denis Trautmann (GER) | 3:50:28 |
| 8 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) | 3:51:24 |
| 9 | Francesco Galdenzi (ITA) | 3:53:01 |
| 10 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | 3:53:24 |
| 11 | Mike Trautmann (GER) | 3:53:57 |
| 12 | Thomas Wallstab (GER) | 3:54:20 |
| 13 | Alessandro Mistretta (ITA) | 3:54:38 |
| 14 | David Boulanger (FRA) | 3:56:52 |
| 15 | Štefan Malík (SVK) | 3:57:25 |
| 16 | Jacob Sørensen (DEN) | 3:58:09 |
| 17 | Jamie Costin (IRL) | 3:59:02 |
| 18 | Oleksiy Shelest (UKR) | 3:59:27 |
| 19 | Zoltán Czukor (HUN) | 4:01:16 |
| 20 | Virgilio Soares (POR) | 4:01:27 |
| 21 | Benjamin Leroy (BEL) | 4:01:46 |
| 22 | Marek Janek (SVK) | 4:02:42 |
| 23 | Pedro Martins (POR) | 4:03:28 |
| 24 | Fredrik Svensson (SWE) | 4:03:42 |
| 25 | Peter Ferrarri (SWE) | 4:04:34 |
| 26 | Anton Trotskiy (BLR) | 4:04:58 |
| 27 | Uģis Brūvelis (LAT) | 4:06:55 |
| 28 | Steven Hollier (GBR) | 4:07:18 |
| 29 | Pascal Charriere (SUI) | 4:07:59 |
| 30 | Aleksandr Andrushevskiy (BLR) | 4:08:35 |
| 31 | Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | 4:10:40 |
| 32 | Vitaliy Popovich (UKR) | 4:10:40 |
| 33 | Aleksei Nasibulin (BLR) | 4:10:52 |
| 34 | Yuriy Burban (UKR) | 4:11:36 |
| 35 | Jorge Costa (POR) | 4:13:11 |
| 36 | Sergejs Lapsa (LAT) | 4:15:19 |
| 37 | Kazimír Verkin (SVK) | 4:15:38 |
| 38 | Ruslan Lazorkin (UKR) | 4:17:00 |
| 39 | Oleg Ishutkin (RUS) | 4:17:43 |
| 40 | Massimo Passoni (ITA) | 4:18:46 |
| 41 | Juris Gjacs (LAT) | 4:20:11 |
| 42 | Marcel van Gemert (NED) | 4:22:02 |
| 43 | Chris Cheeseman (GBR) | 4:23:19 |
| 44 | Attila Fülop (HUN) | 4:32:12 |
| 45 | Don Bearman (GBR) | 4:36:15 |
| 46 | Don Buffet (SUI) | 4:43:55 |
| 47 | Bernard Cossy (SUI) | 4:52:19 |
| 48 | Robert Tupak (HUN) | 4:57:48 |
| 49 | Jean-Claude Zaugg (SUI) | 4:59:58 |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Tim Watt (GBR) | DNF |
| — | Axel Noack (GER) | DNF |
| — | Jeff Cassin (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Robert Heffernan (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Vyaceslavs Grigoryevs (LAT) | DNF |
| — | Stanislaw Stosik (POL) | DNF |
| — | José Magalhães (POR) | DNF |
| — | Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) | DNF |
| — | Peter Tichý (SVK) | DNF |
| — | José Manuel Rodríguez (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Bo Gustavsson (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Jani Lehtinen (FIN) | DNF |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Vitaliy Gordey (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | Klaus David Jensen (DEN) | DSQ |
| — | Gábor Lengyel (HUN) | DSQ |
| — | Pedro Huntjens (NED) | DSQ |

#### Team (50 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | France | 12 pts |
| | Spain | 15 pts |
| | Germany | 30 pts |
| 4 | Italy | 62 pts |
| 5 | Russia | 72 pts |
| 6 | Slovakia | 74 pts |
| 7 | Portugal | 78 pts |
| 8 | Ukraine | 84 pts |
| 9 | Belarus | 89 pts |
| 10 | Latvia | 104 pts |
| 11 | Hungary | 111 pts |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 116 pts |
| 13 | Switzerland | 122 pts |

### Junior 10 km walk

* Only the first ten are listed below
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Alexander Kuzmin (BLR) | 41:16 |
| | Jan Albrecht (GER) | 41:17 |
| | André Katzinski (GER) | 41:59 |
| 4 | Sergey Ostapuk (BLR) | 42:04 |
| 5 | Benjamin Kuciński (POL) | 42:11 |
| 6 | Patrick Ennemoser (ITA) | 42:24 |
| 7 | Aleksandr Strokov (RUS) | 42:29 |
| 8 | Frank Werner (GER) | 42:33 |
| 9 | Paul Gassebner (ITA) | 42:40 |
| 10 | Ivano Medagli (ITA) | 42:51 |
| 11 | Mieszko Lyp (POL) | 42:56 |
| 12 | Tomas Cambal (CZE) | 42:58 |
| 13 | Grzegorz Borgiel (POL) | 43:00 |
| 14 | Radek Pařízek (CZE) | 43:16 |
| 15 | Yevgeniy Demkov (RUS) | 43:21 |
| 16 | Iustin Tatarau (ROU) | 43:22 |
| 17 | Paraskevas Vandoros (GRE) | 43:43 |
| 18 | Matej Tóth (SVK) | 43:49 |
| 19 | Andrei Talashka (BLR) | 43:58 |
| 20 | Alexis Spizopoulos (GRE) | 44:02 |
| 21 | Jesús Tomero (ESP) | 44:05 |
| 22 | Theodors Koupidis (GRE) | 44:09 |
| 23 | Denis Shalgin (RUS) | 44:17 |
| 24 | Florian Jourda (FRA) | 44:19 |
| 25 | Viktor Jansson (SWE) | 44:47 |
| 26 | Catalin Hogea (ROU) | 45:02 |
| 27 | Dominic King (GBR) | 45:03 |
| 28 | Alexandre Jacques (ESP) | 45:06 |
| 29 | Andreas Gustaffsson (SWE) | 45:15 |
| 30 | Eero Turpeinen (FIN) | 45:20 |
| 31 | Lloyd Finch (GBR) | 45:29 |
| 32 | Cédric Jumelin (FRA) | 45:45 |
| 33 | Jozef Hudec (SVK) | 46:31 |
| 34 | Nicolas Perrier (SUI) | 46:48 |
| 35 | Ferenc Papp (HUN) | 47:00 |
| 36 | Romualdas Beliakas (LTU) | 47:34 |
| 37 | Saulius Taraskevičius (LTU) | 47:38 |
| 38 | Benoît Beclin (FRA) | 47:41 |
| 39 | Thomas Taylor (GBR) | 48:55 |
| 40 | Bruno Grandjean (SUI) | 48:59 |
| — | Aleksejus Danulevičius (LTU) | DQ |

#### Team (10 km Junior Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Germany | 5 pts |
| | Belarus | 5 pts |
| | Italy | 15 pts |
| 4 | Poland | 16 pts |
| 5 | Russia | 22 pts |
| 6 | Slovakia | 30 pts |
| 7 | Greece | 37 pts |
| 8 | Romania | 42 pts |
| 9 | Spain | 49 pts |
| 10 | Sweden | 54 pts |
| 11 | France | 56 pts |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 58 pts |
| 13 | Lithuania | 73 pts |
| 14 | Switzerland | 74 pts |

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

* Held on Saturday June 17, 2000.
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:26:48 |
| | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 1:27:42 |
| | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | 1:27:53 |
| 4 | Erica Alfridi (ITA) | 1:28:06 |
| 5 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 1:28:38 |
| 6 | Norica Câmpean (ROM) | 1:28:59 |
| 7 | Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | 1:29:16 |
| 8 | Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) | 1:30:19 |
| 9 | Cristiana Pellino (ITA) | 1:30:42 |
| 10 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) | 1:31:08 |
| 11 | Noka Leksir (FRA) | 1:31:15 |
| 12 | Mária Urbanik (HUN) | 1:31:21 |
| 13 | Daniela Cirlan (ROM) | 1:31:30 |
| 14 | Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) | 1:31:31 |
| 15 | Vira Zozulya (UKR) | 1:31:40 |
| 16 | Lyudmila Yegorova (UKR) | 1:32:02 |
| 17 | Tatyana Ragozina (UKR) | 1:32:17 |
| 18 | Eva Pérez (ESP) | 1:32:24 |
| 19 | Kristina Saltanovic (LTU) | 1:32:48 |
| 20 | Larisa Khmelnitskaya (BLR) | 1:32:53 |
| 21 | Tamara Kovalenko (RUS) | 1:33:07 |
| 22 | Encarnación Granados (ESP) | 1:33:36 |
| 23 | Lisa Kehler (GBR) | 1:33:57 |
| 24 | Kathrin Boyde (GER) | 1:34:13 |
| 25 | Anita Liepina (LAT) | 1:34:26 |
| 26 | Anne Haaland Simonsen (NOR) | 1:34:34 |
| 27 | Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR) | 1:34:53 |
| 28 | Beate Gummelt (GER) | 1:34:57 |
| 29 | Olive Loughnane (IRL) | 1:34:59 |
| 30 | Hristina Kokotou (GRE) | 1:34:59 |
| 31 | Alexandra Tziouti (GRE) | 1:35:03 |
| 32 | Zuzana Blažeková (SVK) | 1:35:07 |
| 33 | Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) | 1:35:13 |
| 34 | Melanie Seeger (GER) | 1:35:26 |
| 35 | Athina Papayianni (GRE) | 1:35:29 |
| 36 | Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS) | 1:37:01 |
| 37 | Rocío Florido (ESP) | 1:38:21 |
| 38 | Valerie Nadaud (FRA) | 1:38:39 |
| 39 | Anna Zvarová (SVK) | 1:39:17 |
| 40 | Jurgita Meškauskiene (LTU) | 1:39:22 |
| 41 | Sofia Avoia (POR) | 1:40:27 |
| 42 | Inês Henriques (POR) | 1:41:19 |
| 43 | Mária Gáliková (SVK) | 1:41:20 |
| 44 | Outi Sillanpäa (FIN) | 1:41:24 |
| 45 | Isilda Gonçalves (POR) | 1:42:07 |
| 46 | Niobe Menéndez (GBR) | 1:43:18 |
| 47 | Diana Leoke (LAT) | 1:44:14 |
| 48 | Lucie Nedomová (CZE) | 1:44:44 |
| 49 | Marie Polli (SUI) | 1:46:14 |
| 50 | Kim Braznell (GBR) | 1:46:24 |
| 51 | Henrieta Rusnakova (SVK) | 1:46:46 |
| 52 | Anita Benkő (HUN) | 1:48:00 |
| 53 | Dana Vavřačová (CZE) | 1:48:59 |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Anett Amberg (GER) | DNF |
| — | Mónika Pesti (HUN) | DNF |
| — | Jolanta Dukure (LAT) | DNF |
| — | Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) | DNF |
| — | Sara Jane Cattermole (GBR) | DNF |
| — | Tatiana Boulanger (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Fatiha Ouali (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Susana Feitor (POR) | DNF |
| — | María Vasco (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Siw Ibáñez (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Lyudmila Dolgopolova (BLR) | DNF |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Elin Cecile Løftesnes (NOR) | DSQ |

#### Team (20 km Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Italy | 11 pts |
| | Romania | 29 pts |
| | Ukraine | 38 pts |
| 4 | Belarus | 55 pts |
| 5 | Russia | 58 pts |
| 6 | Spain | 77 pts |
| 7 | Germany | 86 pts |
| 8 | Lithuania | 92 pts |
| 9 | Greece | 96 pts |
| 10 | Slovakia | 114 pts |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 119 pts |
| 12 | Portugal | 128 pts |

### Junior 10 km walk

* Only the first ten are listed below
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Tatyana Kozlova (RUS) | 45:28 |
| | Marina Tikhonova (BLR) | 45:33 |
| | Alena Zenkova (RUS) | 45:35 |
| 4 | Sabine Zimmer (GER) | 46:01 |
| 5 | Tatyana Dotsenko (RUS) | 46:39 |
| 6 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | 46:44 |
| 7 | Alina Olaru (ROM) | 47:08 |
| 8 | Vera Santos (POR) | 47:22 |
| 9 | Sniazhana Yurchanka (BLR) | 47:23 |
| 10 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) | 47:25 |
| 11 | Zuzana Malíková (SVK) | 47:25 |
| 12 | Melissa Rodriguez (FRA) | 47:33 |
| 13 | Carla Monteiro (POR) | 47:54 |
| 14 | Stephanie Panzig (GER) | 48:06 |
| 15 | Evaggelia Xinou (GRE) | 48:28 |
| 16 | Francesca Balloni (ITA) | 48:31 |
| 17 | Agnieszka Bator (POL) | 48:40 |
| 18 | Tatyana Zuyeva (BLR) | 48:41 |
| 19 | Edina Füsti (HUN) | 48:42 |
| 20 | Barbora Dibelková (CZE) | 49:39 |
| 21 | Aurélie Breton (FRA) | 49:46 |
| 22 | Mária Raganová (SVK) | 49:54 |
| 23 | Maria Baj (POL) | 49:57 |
| 24 | Elżbieta Lepa (POL) | 50:08 |
| 25 | Verónica Espino (ESP) | 50:22 |
| 26 | Iratxe Pérez (ESP) | 50:35 |
| 27 | María Hatzipanayiotídou (GRE) | 51:10 |
| 28 | Sandra Eriksson (SWE) | 51:31 |
| 29 | Virág Erdős (HUN) | 51:47 |
| 30 | Veronika Daňová (SVK) | 51:52 |
| 31 | Julie Goubault (FRA) | 53:07 |
| 32 | Marja Penttinen (FIN) | 53:24 |
| 33 | Helena Pospíšilová (CZE) | 54:05 |
| 34 | Gabriella Papp (HUN) | 54:18 |
| 35 | Laura Polli (SUI) | 55:02 |
| 36 | Clare Reeves (GBR) | 59:11 |
| — | Tiina Muinonen (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Beatrice Klabuhn (GER) | DNF |

#### Team (10 km Junior Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 4 pts |
| | Belarus | 11 pts |
| | Germany | 18 pts |
| 4 | Portugal | 21 pts |
| 5 | Greece | 25 pts |
| 6 | Spain | 31 pts |
| 7 | France | 33 pts |
| 8 | Slovakia | 33 pts |
| 9 | Poland | 40 pts |
| 10 | Hungary | 48 pts |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 53 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 278 athletes (175 men/103 women) from 26 countries is reported.
* Belarus (18)
* Belgium (1)
* Czech Republic (9)
* Denmark (3)
* Finland (9)
* France (18)
* Germany (17)
* Greece (13)
* Hungary (14)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (15)
* Latvia (10)
* Lithuania (9)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (10)
* Portugal (10)
* Romania (8)
* Russia (17)
* Slovakia (16)
* Spain (17)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (11)
* Ukraine (11)
* United Kingdom (16)
* Yugoslavia (3)