# 2003 European Race Walking Cup

The 2003 European Race Walking Cup was held in Cheboksary, Russia, on May 17–18, 2003.
Complete results were published. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website,

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:19:48 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 1:20:52 | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | 1:20:56 |
| 50 km | German Skurygin (RUS) | 3:47:50 | Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | 3:48:43 | Semen Lovkin (RUS) | 3:51:36 |
| 10 km (Junior) | Andriy Yurin (UKR) | 41:32 | Aleksandr Prokhorov (RUS) | 41:36 | Mikalai Seradovich (BLR) | 41:40 |
| Team (Men) |||||||
| 20 km | Spain | 13 pts | Russia | 18 pts | Italy | 26 pts |
| 50 km | Russia | 6 pts | Spain | 16 pts | Portugal | 54 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Russia | 11 pts | Spain | 11 pts | Belarus | 14 pts |
| Women |||||||
| 20 km | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 1:26:22 | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 1:27:58 | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:28:10 |
| 10 km Junior | Irina Petrova (RUS) | 46:54 | Vera Sokolova (RUS) | 47:02 | Sniazhana Yurchanka (BLR) | 47:03 |
| Team (Women) |||||||
| 20 km | Italy | 27 pts | Spain | 40 pts | Russia | 44 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Russia | 3 pts | Belarus | 7 pts | Germany | 14 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Paquillo Fernández | Spain (ESP) | 1:19:48 |
| | Alessandro Gandellini | Italy (ITA) | 1:20:52 |
| | Vladimir Andreyev | Russia (RUS) | 1:20:56 |
| 4 | João Vieira | Portugal (POR) | 1:21:01 |
| 5 | Ilya Markov | Russia (RUS) | 1:21:29 |
| 6 | David Márquez | Spain (ESP) | 1:21:41 |
| 7 | José David Domínguez | Spain (ESP) | 1:21:53 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Civallero | Italy (ITA) | 1:22:01 |
| 9 | Predrag Filipović | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 1:22:25 |
| 10 | Andrey Stadnichuk | Russia (RUS) | 1:22:56 |
| 11 | Alejandro Cambil | Spain (ESP) | 1:23:04 |
| 12 | Denis Langlois | France (FRA) | 1:23:28 |
| 13 | Benjamin Kuciński | Poland (POL) | 1:23:44 |
| 14 | Jiří Malysa | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:23:46 |
| 15 | Sergei Charnov | Belarus (BLR) | 1:23:53 |
| 16 | Enrico Lang | Italy (ITA) | 1:24:09 |
| 17 | Nenad Filipović | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 1:24:26 |
| 18 | Trond Nymark | Norway (NOR) | 1:24:37 |
| 19 | Viktor Ginko | Belarus (BLR) | 1:24:43 |
| 20 | Konstantin Golubtsov | Russia (RUS) | 1:24:46 |
| 21 | Augusto Cardoso | Portugal (POR) | 1:24:51 |
| 22 | Costică Bălan | Romania (ROU) | 1:24:56 |
| 23 | Colin Griffin | Ireland (IRL) | 1:25:20 |
| 24 | Matej Tóth | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:25:28 |
| 25 | André Höhne | Germany (GER) | 1:26:31 |
| 26 | Andrei Talashka | Belarus (BLR) | 1:27:24 |
| 27 | Bengt Bengtsson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:27:29 |
| 28 | Martin Pupiš | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:27:51 |
| 29 | Peter Korčok | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:28:16 |
| 30 | Daniel Andrei | Romania (ROU) | 1:28:31 |
| 31 | Modris Liepiņš | Latvia (LAT) | 1:28:39 |
| 32 | Andrey Stepanchuk | Belarus (BLR) | 1:28:47 |
| 33 | Jani Lehtinen | Finland (FIN) | 1:28:54 |
| 34 | Fedosei Ciumacenco | Moldova (MDA) | 1:29:14 |
| 35 | Aivars Kadaks | Latvia (LAT) | 1:30:21 |
| 36 | Yuriys Konishevs | Latvia (LAT) | 1:30:35 |
| 37 | Grzegorz Sudoł | Poland (POL) | 1:30:46 |
| 38 | Linas Bubnelis | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:31:03 |
| 39 | Ivan Lutsyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:31:08 |
| 40 | Yohan Diniz | France (FRA) | 1:31:45 |
| 41 | Rafał Dys | Poland (POL) | 1:32:29 |
| 42 | Jan Albrecht | Germany (GER) | 1:32:43 |
| 43 | Daniel King | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:33:08 |
| 44 | Denis Franke | Germany (GER) | 1:33:29 |
| 45 | David King | Ireland (IRL) | 1:33:57 |
| 46 | Andriy Chelyubeyev | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:34:44 |
| 47 | John Baumert | France (FRA) | 1:35:03 |
| 48 | Dominic King | Great Britain (GBR) | 1:35:16 |
| 49 | Sergei Lazar | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:37:06 |
| 50 | Nicolas Perrier | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:38:20 |
| 51 | Bruno Grandjean | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:38:38 |
| 52 | Margus Luik | Estonia (EST) | 1:38:51 |
| 53 | Yann Banderet | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:39:06 |
| 54 | Pavel Iovskiy | Moldova (MDA) | 1:41:33 |
| 55 | Arturs Onuzans | Latvia (LAT) | 1:42:02 |
| 56 | Iuri Tatarciuc | Moldova (MDA) | 1:43:33 |
| 57 | Olivier Bianchi | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:43:42 |
| — | Marco Giungi | Italy (ITA) | DQ |
| — | Sigbjørn Sandberg | Norway (NOR) | DQ |
| — | Andy Drake | Great Britain (GBR) | DQ |
| — | Gintaras Andriuškevičius | Lithuania (LTU) | DNF |
| — | Anatolijus Launikonis | Lithuania (LTU) | DNF |
| — | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland (POL) | DNF |
| — | Robert Heffernan | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| — | Elefthérios Thanópoulos | Greece (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Franck Delree | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Erik Tysse | Norway (NOR) | DNF |

#### Team (20 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Spain | 13 pts |
| | Russia | 18 pts |
| | Italy | 26 pts |
| 4 | Belarus | 60 pts |
| 5 | Slovakia | 81 pts |
| 6 | Poland | 91 pts |
| 7 | France | 99 pts |
| 8 | Latvia | 102 pts |
| 9 | Germany | 111 pts |
| 10 | Ukraine | 134 pts |
| 11 | Moldova | 144 pts |
| 12 | Switzerland | 154 pts |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | German Skurygin | Russia (RUS) | 3:47:50 |
| | Aleksey Voyevodin | Russia (RUS) | 3:48:43 |
| | Semen Lovkin | Russia (RUS) | 3:51:36 |
| 4 | Santiago Pérez | Spain (ESP) | 3:52:57 |
| 5 | Francisco Pinardo | Spain (ESP) | 3:54:01 |
| 6 | Stepan Yudin | Russia (RUS) | 3:55:26 |
| 7 | Mario Avellaneda | Spain (ESP) | 3:56:21 |
| 8 | Fredrik Svensson | Sweden (SWE) | 3:56:53 |
| 9 | Miloš Holuša | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3:58:05 |
| 10 | Pedro Martins | Portugal (POR) | 3:58:07 |
| 11 | János Tóth | Hungary (HUN) | 3:59:24 |
| 12 | Yuriy Burban | Ukraine (UKR) | 4:00:51 |
| 13 | Jeff Cassin | Ireland (IRL) | 4:01:01 |
| 14 | Marek Janek | Slovakia (SVK) | 4:01:15 |
| 15 | Diego Cafagna | Italy (ITA) | 4:02:25 |
| 16 | Spirídon Kastánis | Greece (GRE) | 4:03:23 |
| 17 | Birger Fält | Sweden (SWE) | 4:04:07 |
| 18 | Alessandro Mistretta | Italy (ITA) | 4:04:18 |
| 19 | Denis Trautmann | Germany (GER) | 4:05:20 |
| 20 | Jorge Costa | Portugal (POR) | 4:05:51 |
| 21 | Oleksiy Shelest | Ukraine (UKR) | 4:08:02 |
| 22 | Yeóryios Aryirópoulos | Greece (GRE) | 4:08:08 |
| 23 | Uģis Brūvelis | Latvia (LAT) | 4:10:50 |
| 24 | Luis Gil | Portugal (POR) | 4:11:18 |
| 25 | Zoltán Czukor | Hungary (HUN) | 4:12:04 |
| 26 | Daugvinas Zujus | Lithuania (LTU) | 4:13:46 |
| 27 | Rafał Fedaczyński | Poland (POL) | 4:19:25 |
| 28 | Oleksandr Romanenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 4:20:00 |
| 29 | Yeóryios Hristoúlis | Greece (GRE) | 4:29:31 |
| 30 | Gyula Dudás | Hungary (HUN) | 4:33:38 |
| — | Sandis Bisenieks | Latvia (LAT) | DQ |
| — | Jurijs Gjacs | Latvia (LAT) | DQ |
| — | David Boulanger | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Ivano Brugnetti | Italy (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Oleksiy Kazanin | Ukraine (UKR) | DNF |
| — | Mike Trautmann | Germany (GER) | DNF |
| — | Maik Berger | Germany (GER) | DNF |
| — | Mário Contreiras | Portugal (POR) | DNF |
| — | Sergeys Lapsa | Latvia (LAT) | DNF |
| — | Pascal Servanty | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | José Antonio González | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Aleksandar Raković | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | DNF |
| — | Alfio Corsaro | Italy (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Aleksandras Danulevičius | Lithuania (LTU) | DNF |
| — | Audrius Tamulevičius | Lithuania (LTU) | DNF |
| — | Aleksandr Andrushevskiy | Belarus (BLR) | DNS |

#### Team (50 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 6 pts |
| | Spain | 16 pts |
| | Portugal | 54 pts |
| 4 | Ukraine | 61 pts |
| 5 | Hungary | 66 pts |
| 6 | Greece | 67 pts |

### Men's 10 km (Junior)

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Andriy Yurin | Ukraine (UKR) | 41:32 |
| | Aleksandr Prokhorov | Russia (RUS) | 41:36 |
| | Mikalai Seradovich | Belarus (BLR) | 41:40 |
| 4 | Vladimir Parvatkin | Russia (RUS) | 41:47 |
| 5 | Francisco Arcilla | Spain (ESP) | 41:50 |
| 6 | Luis Corchete | Spain (ESP) | 42:19 |
| 7 | Daniele Paris | Italy (ITA) | 42:33 |
| 8 | Jiří Chaloupka | Czech Republic (CZE) | 42:53 |
| 9 | Rafał Augustyn | Poland (POL) | 42:56 |
| 10 | Benjamín Sánchez | Spain (ESP) | 43:35 |
| 11 | Aliaksei Babich | Belarus (BLR) | 43:43 |
| 12 | Michal Blažek | Slovakia (SVK) | 43:47 |
| 13 | Giorgio Rubimo | Italy (ITA) | 43:58 |
| 14 | Serhiy Budza | Ukraine (UKR) | 44:04 |
| 15 | Luke Finch | Great Britain (GBR) | 44:05 |
| 16 | Levente Kapéri | Hungary (HUN) | 44:28 |
| 17 | Aliaksandr Kazakou | Belarus (BLR) | 44:33 |
| 18 | Christoph Brauer | Germany (GER) | 44:36 |
| 19 | Ondrej Kocúr | Slovakia (SVK) | 44:47 |
| 20 | Carsten Schmidt | Germany (GER) | 44:51 |
| 21 | Michael Krause | Germany (GER) | 44:52 |
| 22 | Jean Michel Prevel | France (FRA) | 44:55 |
| 23 | Tadas Šuškevičius | Lithuania (LTU) | 44:56 |
| 24 | Jakub Jelonek | Poland (POL) | 45:06 |
| 25 | Oleksandr Lukyanchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 45:24 |
| 26 | Ingus Yanevics | Latvia (LAT) | 45:29 |
| 27 | Vladimir Savanović | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 45:34 |
| 28 | Anatole Ibanez | Sweden (SWE) | 45:36 |
| 29 | Konstadínos Stefanópoulos | Greece (GRE) | 45:46 |
| 30 | Alessio Marnoni | Italy (ITA) | 46:15 |
| 31 | Martin Škarba | Slovakia (SVK) | 46:42 |
| 32 | Artis Ūdris | Latvia (LAT) | 46:59 |
| 33 | Patrik Hlavsa | Czech Republic (CZE) | 47:00 |
| 34 | Valeriys Rimss | Latvia (LAT) | 47:04 |
| 35 | Veysi Aslan | Turkey (TUR) | 47:40 |
| 36 | Bertrand Thierry | France (FRA) | 47:54 |
| 37 | Benoît Berchebru | France (FRA) | 48:18 |
| 38 | Vilius Mikelionis | Lithuania (LTU) | 48:45 |
| 39 | Haralambos Koutroulis | Greece (GRE) | 49:28 |
| 40 | Stanislav Herman | Czech Republic (CZE) | 50:33 |
| 41 | Szabolcs Glázer | Hungary (HUN) | 51:26 |
| 42 | Vladimir Chukavin | Moldova (MDA) | 51:44 |
| — | Sercan Saci | Turkey (TUR) | DQ |
| — | Neil Bates | Great Britain (GBR) | DQ |
| — | Vladimir Kanaykin | Russia (RUS) | DNF |

#### Team (10 km Junior Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 11 pts |
| | Spain | 11 pts |
| | Belarus | 14 pts |
| 4 | Ukraine | 15 pts |
| 5 | Italy | 20 pts |
| 6 | Slovakia | 31 pts |
| 7 | Poland | 33 pts |
| 8 | Germany | 38 pts |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 41 pts |
| 10 | Hungary | 57 pts |
| 11 | France | 58 pts |
| 12 | Latvia | 58 pts |
| 13 | Lithuania | 61 pts |
| 14 | Greece | 68 pts |

### Women's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Yelena Nikolayeva | Russia (RUS) | 1:26:22 |
| | Elisabetta Perrone | Italy (ITA) | 1:27:58 |
| | María Vasco | Spain (ESP) | 1:28:10 |
| 4 | Natalya Fedoskina | Russia (RUS) | 1:28:17 |
| 5 | Susana Feitor | Portugal (POR) | 1:29:08 |
| 6 | Kjersti Tysse Plätzer | Norway (NOR) | 1:29:36 |
| 7 | Norica Cimpean | Romania (ROU) | 1:30:27 |
| 8 | Olive Loughnane | Ireland (IRL) | 1:30:29 |
| 9 | Melanie Seeger | Germany (GER) | 1:30:41 |
| 10 | Vira Zozulya | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:30:54 |
| 11 | Olga Kardapoltseva | Belarus (BLR) | 1:31:05 |
| 12 | Rossella Giordano | Italy (ITA) | 1:31:10 |
| 13 | Elisa Rigaudo | Italy (ITA) | 1:31:18 |
| 14 | Sabine Zimmer | Germany (GER) | 1:31:32 |
| 15 | Mari Cruz Díaz | Spain (ESP) | 1:32:10 |
| 16 | Valentyna Savchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:32:11 |
| 17 | Athiná Papayiánni | Greece (GRE) | 1:32:17 |
| 18 | Sonata Milušauskaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:32:41 |
| 19 | Vera Santos | Portugal (POR) | 1:33:00 |
| 20 | Kristina Saltanovič | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:33:12 |
| 21 | Fatiha Ouali | France (FRA) | 1:33:25 |
| 22 | Eva Pérez | Spain (ESP) | 1:33:31 |
| 23 | Barbora Dibelková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:33:33 |
| 24 | Hristína Kokótou | Greece (GRE) | 1:33:38 |
| 25 | Andrea Meloni | Germany (GER) | 1:33:52 |
| 26 | Beatriz Pascual | Spain (ESP) | 1:34:11 |
| 27 | Gisella Orsini | Italy (ITA) | 1:34:27 |
| 28 | Sylwia Korzniowska | Poland (POL) | 1:34:43 |
| 29 | Katsiaryna Labashova | Belarus (BLR) | 1:35:53 |
| 30 | Lyudmila Dolgopolova | Belarus (BLR) | 1:35:57 |
| 31 | Aggelikí Makrí | Greece (GRE) | 1:35:59 |
| 32 | Inês Henriques | Portugal (POR) | 1:36:03 |
| 33 | Monica Svensson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:36:24 |
| 34 | Christine Guinaudeau | France (FRA) | 1:37:53 |
| 35 | Daniela Cirlan | Romania (ROU) | 1:38:06 |
| 36 | Olena Miroshnychenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:38:25 |
| 37 | Maribel Gonçalves | Portugal (POR) | 1:39:01 |
| 38 | Tatyana Zuyeva | Belarus (BLR) | 1:39:30 |
| 39 | Antonina Petrova | Russia (RUS) | 1:40:19 |
| 40 | Veronica Budileanu | Romania (ROU) | 1:40:51 |
| 41 | Tatiana Denize-Boulanger | France (FRA) | 1:41:00 |
| 42 | Patricia Garnier | France (FRA) | 1:41:06 |
| 43 | Outi Sillanpää | Finland (FIN) | 1:43:49 |
| 44 | Marie Polli | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:44:18 |
| 45 | Laura Sukockytė | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:44:38 |
| 46 | Johanna Ellefsen Rostad | Norway (NOR) | 1:44:41 |
| 47 | Marja Penttinen | Finland (FIN) | 1:49:07 |
| 48 | Laura Polli | Switzerland (SUI) | 1:49:34 |
| — | Olga Lukyanchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | DQ |
| — | Kathrin Boyde | Germany (GER) | DQ |
| — | Gillian O'Sullivan | Ireland (IRL) | DQ |
| — | Ana Maria Groza | Romania (ROU) | DNF |
| — | Larisa Yemelyanova | Russia (RUS) | DNF |
| — | Kerly Lillemets | Estonia (EST) | DNF |

#### Team (20 km Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Italy | 27 pts |
| | Spain | 40 pts |
| | Russia | 44 pts |
| 4 | Germany | 48 pts |
| 5 | Portugal | 56 pts |
| 6 | Ukraine | 62 pts |
| 7 | Belarus | 70 pts |
| 8 | Greece | 72 pts |
| 9 | Romania | 82 pts |
| 10 | Lithuania | 83 pts |
| 11 | France | 96 pts |

### Women's 10 km Junior

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Irina Petrova | Russia (RUS) | 46:54 |
| | Vera Sokolova | Russia (RUS) | 47:02 |
| | Sniazhana Yurchanka | Belarus (BLR) | 47:03 |
| 4 | Tatsiana Metleuskaya | Belarus (BLR) | 48:11 |
| 5 | Brigita Virbalytė | Lithuania (LTU) | 48:30 |
| 6 | Maja Landmann | Germany (GER) | 48:51 |
| 7 | Esther Serra | Spain (ESP) | 49:14 |
| 8 | Ulrike Sischka | Germany (GER) | 49:26 |
| 9 | Alla Bozhka | Belarus (BLR) | 49:31 |
| 10 | Anastasiya Kuznyetsova | Ukraine (UKR) | 49:35 |
| 11 | Lorena Luaces | Spain (ESP) | 49:38 |
| 12 | Ann Loughnane | Ireland (IRL) | 49:44 |
| 13 | Agnese Ragonesi | Italy (ITA) | 49:50 |
| 14 | Ana Cabecinha | Portugal (POR) | 49:51 |
| 15 | Katriona McMahow | Ireland (IRL) | 50:53 |
| 16 | Antigoni Drisbioti | Greece (GRE) | 51:18 |
| 17 | Nina Kovalchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 51:25 |
| 18 | Martina Bertoglio | Italy (ITA) | 52:01 |
| 19 | Mandy Loriou | France (FRA) | 52:09 |
| 20 | Sophie Hales | Great Britain (GBR) | 52:20 |
| 21 | Katherine Stones | Great Britain (GBR) | 52:44 |
| 22 | Handan Çavdar | Turkey (TUR) | 53:02 |
| 23 | Fatma Ormeci | Turkey (TUR) | 53:17 |
| 24 | Lina Sidiskyte | Lithuania (LTU) | 53:19 |
| 25 | Irina Burlachenko | Moldova (MDA) | 53:56 |
| 26 | Tatevik Petrosyan | Armenia (ARM) | 54:20 |
| 27 | Cecilia Niveau | France (FRA) | 54:33 |
| 28 | Ksenia Ishcheykina | Russia (RUS) | 54:38 |
| 29 | Anaid Avagyan | Armenia (ARM) | 55:02 |
| 30 | Amélie Lheritier | France (FRA) | 55:34 |
| 31 | Dóra Nemere | Hungary (HUN) | 56:19 |
| 32 | Georgina Delgado | Spain (ESP) | 56:34 |

#### Team (10 km Junior Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 3 pts |
| | Belarus | 7 pts |
| | Germany | 14 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 18 pts |
| 5 | Ukraine | 27 pts |
| 6 | Ireland | 27 pts |
| 7 | Lithuania | 29 pts |
| 8 | Italy | 31 pts |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 41 pts |
| 10 | Turkey | 45 pts |
| 11 | France | 46 pts |
| 12 | Armenia | 56 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 244 athletes (158 men/86 women) from 27 countries is reported.
* Armenia (2)
* Belarus (15)
* Czech Republic (6)
* Estonia (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (16)
* Germany (15)
* Greece (10)
* Hungary (6)
* Ireland (8)
* Italy (17)
* Latvia (11)
* Lithuania (13)
* Moldova (5)
* Norway (5)
* Poland (8)
* Portugal (11)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (18)
* Slovakia (7)
* Spain (18)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (6)
* Turkey (4)
* Ukraine (16)
* United Kingdom (7)
* Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) (4)