# 1996 European Race Walking Cup

The 1996 European Race Walking Cup was held in A Coruña, Spain, on April 20, 1996.
Complete results were published. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website,

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km walk | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 1:21:46 | Daniel Plaza (ESP) | 1:21:47 | Fernando Vázquez (ESP) | 1:21:48 |
| 50 km walk | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 3:51:01 | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) | 3:52:36 | Stanisław Stosik (POL) | 3:54:35 |
| Team (Men) |||||||
| 20 km walk | Spain | 439 pts | Russia | 410 pts | Italy | 410 pts |
| 50 km walk | Spain | 437 pts | Italy | 436 pts | Russia | 419 pts |
| Combined | Spain | 876 pts | Italy | 846 pts | Russia | 829 pts |
| Women |||||||
| 10 km walk | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 43:26 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 43:27 | Susana Feitor (POR) | 43:41 |
| Eschborn Cup (Women) |||||||
| Team (Women) | Italy | 443 pts | Russia | 421 pts | Belarus | 417 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland (POL) | 1:21:46 |
| | Daniel Plaza | Spain (ESP) | 1:21:47 |
| | Fernando Vázquez | Spain (ESP) | 1:21:48 |
| 4 | Igor Kollár | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:21:51 |
| 5 | Denis Langlois | France (FRA) | 1:21:55 |
| 6 | Valentí Massana | Spain (ESP) | 1:22:23 |
| 7 | Aleksey Kronin | Russia (RUS) | 1:22:43 |
| 8 | Ruslan Shafikov | Russia (RUS) | 1:23:13 |
| 9 | Jiří Malysa | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:23:20 |
| 10 | Giovanni de Benedictis | Italy (ITA) | 1:23:21 |
| 11 | Giovanni Perricelli | Italy (ITA) | 1:23:24 |
| 12 | Jean-Olivier Brosseau | France (FRA) | 1:23:42 |
| 13 | Artur Meleshkevich | Belarus (BLR) | 1:24:24 |
| 14 | Valdas Kazlauskas | Lithuania (LIT) | 1:24:49 |
| 15 | Claus Jørgensen | Denmark (DEN) | 1:24:51 |
| 16 | Modris Liepiņš | Latvia (LAT) | 1:25:14 |
| 17 | José Manuel Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 1:25:17 |
| 18 | Roman Mrázek | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:25:54 |
| 19 | Mariusz Ornoch | Poland (POL) | 1:25:56 |
| 20 | Enrico Lang | Italy (ITA) | 1:26:14 |
| 21 | Peter Tichý | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:26.19 |
| 22 | Ivan Trotskiy | Belarus (BLR) | 1:26:24 |
| 23 | Štefan Malík | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:26:28 |
| 24 | Mikhail Khmelnitskiy | Belarus (BLR) | 1:26:30 |
| 25 | Martin Engelsviken | Norway (NOR) | 1:27.17 |
| 26 | Hubert Sonnek | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:27:29 |
| 27 | Michele Didoni | Italy (ITA) | 1:27:38 |
| 28 | Igor Lyubomirov | Russia (RUS) | 1:27:42 |
| 29 | Antony Gillet | France (FRA) | 1:27:43 |
| 30 | Miloš Holuša | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:27:48 |
| 31 | Jimmy McDonald | Ireland (IRL) | 1:27:49 |
| 32 | Gintaras Andriuškevičius | Lithuania (LIT) | 1:27:54 |
| 33 | Sérgio Vieira | Portugal (POR) | 1:28:40 |
| 34 | Waldemar Dudek | Poland (POL) | 1:28:49 |
| 35 | Tomáš Kratochvíl | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:29:08 |
| 36 | Augusto Cardoso | Portugal (POR) | 1:29:13 |
| 37 | Arvydas Vainauskas | Lithuania (LIT) | 1:30:00 |
| 38 | Michael Casey | Ireland (IRL) | 1:30:37 |
| 39 | João Vieira | Portugal (POR) | 1:31:35 |
| 40 | Pierce O'Callaghan | Ireland (IRL) | 1:31:51 |
| 41 | Eddy Riva | France (FRA) | 1:32:33 |
| 42 | Christian Gundersen | Norway (NOR) | 1:32:44 |
| 43 | Trond Nymark | Norway (NOR) | 1:32:48 |
| 44 | Bobby O'Leary | Ireland (IRL) | 1:33:50 |
| 45 | Aigars Salenieks | Latvia (LAT) | 1:35:11 |
| 46 | Sergeys Lapsa | Latvia (LAT) | 1:36:04 |
| 47 | Pedro Martins | Portugal (POR) | 1:38:29 |
| — | Aigars Fadejevs | Latvia (LAT) | DNF |
| — | Franks Kostyukevich | Belarus (BLR) | DNF |
| — | Nischan Daimer | Germany (GER) | DNF |
| — | Vladimir Stankin | Russia (RUS) | DNF |
| — | Viktoras Meškauskas | Lithuania (LIT) | DNF |

#### Team (Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Spain | 439 pts |
| | Russia | 410 pts |
| | Italy | 410 pts |
| 4 | Slovakia | 409 pts |
| 5 | France | 407 pts |
| 6 | Poland | 401 pts |
| 7 | Belarus | 394 pts |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 390 pts |
| 9 | Lithuania | 374 pts |
| 10 | Latvia | 355 pts |
| 11 | Portugal | 353 pts |
| 12 | Norway | 352 pts |
| 13 | Ireland | 352 pts |
| 14 | Denmark | 135 pts |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Jesús Ángel García | Spain (ESP) | 3:51:01 |
| | Arturo Di Mezza | Italy (ITA) | 3:52:36 |
| | Stanisław Stosik | Poland (POL) | 3:54:35 |
| 4 | Basilio Labrador | Spain (ESP) | 3:56:32 |
| 5 | Orazio Romanzi | Italy (ITA) | 4:01:30 |
| 6 | Oleg Merlukov | Russia (RUS) | 4:02:12 |
| 7 | Paolo Bianchi | Italy (ITA) | 4:06:16 |
| 8 | Pavel Vasilyev | Russia (RUS) | 4:07:56 |
| 9 | Andrés Marín | Spain (ESP) | 4:11:52 |
| 10 | Sylvain Caudron | France (FRA) | 4:11.57 |
| 11 | Daugvinas Zujus | Lithuania (LIT) | 4:14:14 |
| 12 | Denis Terraz | France (FRA) | 4:18:15 |
| 13 | Roman Bencik | Slovakia (SVK) | 4:20:40 |
| 14 | José Urbano | Portugal (POR) | 4:23:28 |
| 15 | Peter Korčok | Slovakia (SVK) | 4:23:41 |
| 16 | José Magalhães | Portugal (POR) | 4:26:23 |
| 17 | Aleksandr Artsybashev | Russia (RUS) | 4:26:48 |
| 18 | Miloš Mojžiš | Slovakia (SVK) | 4:27:22 |
| 19 | Christophe Cousin | France (FRA) | 4:27:47 |
| 20 | Luis Ribeiro | Portugal (POR) | 4:47:32 |
| 21 | José Pinto | Portugal (POR) | 4:47:32 |
| 22 | Andrey Popov | Russia (RUS) | 4:48.28 |
| — | Luc Nicque | Belgium (BEL) | DNF |
| — | Pascal Servanty | France (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Dirk Nicque | Belgium (BEL) | DNF |
| — | Oscar Font | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Kazimír Verkin | Slovakia (SVK) | DNF |
| — | Massimo Fizialetti | Italy (ITA) | DNF |

#### Team (Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Spain | 437 pts |
| | Italy | 436 pts |
| | Russia | 419 pts |
| 4 | France | 409 pts |
| 5 | Slovakia | 404 pts |
| 6 | Portugal | 400 pts |
| 7 | Poland | 147 pts |
| 8 | Lithuania | 139 pts |

#### Team (Men) Combined

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Spain | 876 pts |
| | Italy | 846 pts |
| | Russia | 829 pts |
| 4 | France | 819 pts |
| 5 | Slovakia | 813 pts |
| 6 | Portugal | 753 pts |
| 7 | Poland | 548 pts |
| 8 | Lithuania | 513 pts |
| 9 | Belarus | 394 pts |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 390 pts |
| 11 | Latvia | 355 pts |
| 12 | Ireland | 352 pts |
| 13 | Norway | 352 pts |
| 14 | Denmark | 135 pts |

### Women's 10 km

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Annarita Sidoti | Italy (ITA) | 43:26 |
| | Rossella Giordano | Italy (ITA) | 43:27 |
| | Susana Feitor | Portugal (POR) | 43:41 |
| 4 | Katarzyna Radtke | Poland (POL) | 43:45 |
| 5 | Elisabetta Perrone | Italy (ITA) | 44.23 |
| 6 | Valentina Tsybulskaya | Belarus (BLR) | 44:35 |
| 7 | Erica Alfridi | Italy (ITA) | 44:49 |
| 8 | Olga Kardopoltseva | Belarus (BLR) | 44:59 |
| 9 | Rimma Makarova | Russia (RUS) | 45:02 |
| 10 | Marta Żukowska | Poland (POL) | 45.08 |
| 11 | Nina Aliushenko | Russia (RUS) | 45:15 |
| 12 | Svetlana Nifontova | Russia (RUS) | 45:33 |
| 13 | María Vasco | Spain (ESP) | 45.39 |
| 14 | Anita Liepiņa | Latvia (LAT) | 45:43 |
| 15 | Yuliya Voyevodina | Russia (RUS) | 46:30 |
| 16 | Deirdre Gallagher | Ireland (IRL) | 46.33 |
| 17 | Kjersti Plätzer | Norway (NOR) | 46.40 |
| 18 | Nathalie Fortain | France (FRA) | 46:46 |
| 19 | Anne-Catherine Berthonnaud | France (FRA) | 46.48 |
| 20 | Beata Betlej | Spain (ESP) | 46:50 |
| 21 | Celia Marcén | Spain (ESP) | 47:00 |
| 22 | Leonarda Yukhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 47:05 |
| 23 | Lyudmila Dolgopolova | Belarus (BLR) | 47.25 |
| 24 | Nora Leksir | France (FRA) | 47:34 |
| 25 | Hanne Liland | Norway (NOR) | 47:58 |
| 26 | Isilda Gonçalves | Portugal (POR) | 48:10 |
| 27 | Fatiha Ouali | France (FRA) | 49:03 |
| 28 | Anne Perttola | Finland (FIN) | 50:09 |
| 29 | Bożena Górecka | Poland (POL) | 49:24 |
| 30 | Sofia Avoila | Portugal (POR) | 50:08 |
| 31 | Kaisa Suhonen | Finland (FIN) | 50:09 |
| 32 | Tarja Jaskari | Finland (FIN) | 50:20 |
| 33 | Gillian O'Sullivan | Ireland (IRL) | 50:31 |
| 34 | Olive Loughnane | Ireland (IRL) | 50.41 |
| 35 | Anne Simonsen | Norway (NOR) | 50:53 |
| 36 | Ligia Gonçalves | Portugal (POR) | 51.04 |
| 37 | Gražina Kiliūtė | Lithuania (LIT) | 53:18 |
| 38 | Marie Walsh | Ireland (IRL) | 54:42 |
| — | Kristina Saltanovič | Lithuania (LIT) | DNF |
| — | Encarna Granados | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Sonata Milušauskaitė | Lithuania (LIT) | DNF |

#### Team (Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Italy | 443 pts |
| | Russia | 421 pts |
| | Belarus | 417 pts |
| 4 | Poland | 412 pts |
| 5 | Spain | 401 pts |
| 6 | Portugal | 398 pts |
| 7 | France | 396 pts |
| 8 | Norway | 382 pts |
| 9 | Ireland | 377 pts |
| 10 | Finland | 371 pts |
| 11 | Latvia | 137 pts |
| 12 | Lithuania | 118 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 121 athletes (80 men/41 women) from 17 countries is reported.
* Belgium (2)
* Belarus (8)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Denmark (1)
* Spain (12)
* Finland (3)
* France (12)
* Germany (1)
* Ireland (8)
* Italy (12)
* Latvia (5)
* Lithuania (8)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (12)
* Russia (12)
* Slovakia (8)