# 1996 European Cup (athletics)

The 1996 European Cup was the 17th edition of the European Cup of athletics.
It was the last edition to allow athletes six attempts in the throws and horizontal jumps, as this number was reduced to four from the next edition. The Super League Finals were held in Madrid, Spain.

## Super League

Held on 1 and 2 June in Madrid, Spain

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Germany | 142 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 125 |
| 3 | Italy | 110 |
| 4 | Spain | 106 |
| 5 | Russia | 103 |
| 6 | France | 93.5 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 84 |
| 8 | Sweden | 75.5 |
| 9 | Finland | 53 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Germany | 115 |
| 2 | Russia | 97 |
| 3 | Belarus | 79 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 78 |
| 5 | France | 75 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 73 |
| 7 | Spain | 49 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 46 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +0.8 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.04 CR | Marc Blume Germany | 10.25 | Vladislav Dologodin Ukraine | 10.26 |
| 200 m (Wind: +2.5 m/s) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 20.25w | Vladislav Dologodin Ukraine | 20.39w | Torbjörn Eriksson Sweden | 20.45w |
| 400 m | Uwe Jahn Germany | 45.64 | Du'aine Ladejo Great Britain | 45.72 | Jean-Louis Rapnouil France | 45.96 |
| 800 m | Roberto Parra Spain | 1:44.97 CR | Giuseppe D'Urso Italy | 1:45.27 | Nico Motchebon Germany | 1:45.98 |
| 1500 m | Fermín Cacho Spain | 3:40.24 | Rüdiger Stenzel Germany | 3:40.53 | Anthony Whiteman Great Britain | 3:41.21 |
| 3000 m | Dieter Baumann Germany | 7:57.19 | Isaac Viciosa Spain | 7:57.80 | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 7:58.44 |
| 5000 m | Gennaro Di Napoli Italy | 13:52.34 | Manuel Pancorbo Spain | 13:55.18 | Abdellah Béhar France | 13:57.15 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Steffen Brand Germany | 8:30.09 | Angelo Carosi Italy | 8:32.50 | Justin Chaston Great Britain | 8:33.59 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: -0.3 m/s) | Florian Schwarthoff Germany | 13.20 | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.63 | Yevgeniy Pechonkin Russia | 13.64 |
| 400 m hurdles | Fabrizio Mori Italy | 49.45 | Jon Ridgeon Great Britain | 49.84 | Sven Nylander Sweden | 50.18 |
| 4 × 100 m | Ukraine Kostyantyn Rurak Sergiy Osovich Oleg Kramarenko Vladyslav Dologodin | 38.53 | Italy Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris | 38.66 | Great Britain Kevin Williams Darren Braithwaite Jason John Darren Campbell | 38.67 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Mark Richardson Jamie Baulch Mark Hylton Du'aine Ladejo | 3:03.38 | Germany Uwe Jahn Karsten Just Kai Karsten Rico Lieder | 3:03.53 | France Pierre-Marie Hilaire Marc Foucan Willy Migerel Jean-Louis Rapnouil | 3:05.05 |
| High jump | Arturo Ortiz Spain | 2.27 | Leonid Pumalainen Russia | 2.27 | Dalton Grant Great Britain | 2.27 |
| Pole vault | Pyotr Bochkaryov Russia | 5.70 | Tim Lobinger Germany | 5.60 | José Manuel Arcos Spain | 5.50 |
| Long jump | Simone Bianchi Italy | 8.25 | Jesús Oliván Spain | 7.97 | Bakri Darouèche France | 7.96 |
| Triple jump | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 17.79w | Vladimir Kravchenko Ukraine | 17.29w | Gennadiy Markov Russia | 17.12w |
| Shot put | Paolo Dal Soglio Italy | 20.72 | Oliver-Sven Buder Germany | 20.08 | Yuriy Bilonog Ukraine | 19.86 |
| Discus throw | David Martínez Spain | 62.38 | Sergey Lyakhov Russia | 62.20 | Jürgen Schult Germany | 61.96 |
| Hammer throw | Karsten Kobs Germany | 78.18 | Marko Wahlman Finland | 77.72 | Enrico Sgrulletti Italy | 77.44 |
| Javelin throw | Raymond Hecht Germany | 88.86 | Sergey Makarov Russia | 84.96 | Harri Hakkarainen Finland | 81.44 |
| 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: +0.3 m/s) | Marina Trandenkova Russia | 11.14 | Melanie Paschke Germany | 11.19 | Irina Pukha Ukraine | 11.25 |
| 200 m (Wind: +1.6 m/s) | Marie-José Pérec France | 22.34 | Melanie Paschke Germany | 22.55 | Katharine Merry Great Britain | 22.88 |
| 400 m | Grit Breuer Germany | 50.22 | Anna Kozak Belarus | 50.94 | Sandra Myers Spain | 51.10 |
| 800 m | Svetlana Masterkova Russia | 1:57.87 | Kelly Holmes Great Britain | 1:58.20 | Natalya Dukhnova Belarus | 1:59.70 |
| 1500 m | Olga Churbanova Russia | 4:09.57 | Sylvia Kühnemund Germany | 4:10.22 | Frédérique Quentin France | 4:10.49 |
| 3000 m | Blandine Bitzner-Ducret France | 8:59.82 | Petra Wassiluk Germany | 9:02.91 | Marta Domínguez Spain | 9:06.27 |
| 5000 m | Kathrin Wessel Germany | 15:40.36 | Julia Vaquero Spain | 15:41.99 | Farida Fatès France | 15:47.72 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: +2.7 m/s) | Nadezhda Bodrova Ukraine | 12.89w | Lidiya Yurkova Belarus | 12.99w | Angie Thorp Great Britain | 13.09w |
| 400 m hurdles | Sally Gunnell Great Britain | 56.84 | Silvia Rieger Germany | 57.07 | Nelli Voronkova Belarus | 57.39 |
| 4 × 100 m | Russia Natalya Merzlyakova Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Oksana Dyachenko | 42.55 | Germany Andrea Philipp Melanie Paschke Silke-Beate Knoll Silke Lichtenhagen | 42.59 | France Sandra Citté Odiah Sidibé Delphine Combe Marie-José Pérec | 43.13 |
| 4 × 400 m | Germany Uta Rohländer Silke-Beate Knoll Linda Kisabaka Grit Breuer | 3:26.19 | Ukraine Viktoriya Fomenko Lyudmila Koshchey Olga Moroz Olena Rurak | 3:27.74 | Russia Tatyana Chebykina Natalya Sharova Yuliya Sotnikova Olga Kotlyarova | 3:28.54 |
| High jump | Alina Astafei Germany | 1.98 | Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria | 1.94 | Yelena Topchina Russia | 1.90 |
| Long jump | Iva Prandzheva Bulgaria | 6.84 | Yelena Sinchukova Germany | 6.81 | Claudia Gerhardt Russia | 6.76 |
| Triple jump | Ashia Hansen Great Britain | 14.57 CR | Yelena Govorova Ukraine | 14.42 | Lyudmila Dubkova Russia | 14.14 |
| Shot put | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany | 20.05 | Judy Oakes Great Britain | 19.00 | Svetlana Krivelyova Russia | 17.70 |
| Discus throw | Ilke Wyludda Germany | 65.66 | Olga Chernyavskaya Russia | 65.06 | Irina Yatchenko Belarus | 60.68 |
| Javelin throw | Oksana Ovchinnikova Russia | 65.72 | Natalya Shikolenko Belarus | 62.52 | Tanja Damaske Germany | 58.80 |
| 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) |||||| |

## First League

The First League was held on 28 and 29 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Greece | 111 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 98.5 |
| 3 | Portugal | 88 |
| 4 | Hungary | 80 |
| 5 | Ireland | 78 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 72 |
| 7 | Turkey | 32.5 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Norway | 112 |
| 2 | Poland | 107 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 97 |
| 4 | Romania | 91 |
| 5 | Latvia | 90 |
| 6 | Austria | 76 |
| 7 | Belarus | 72 |
| 8 | Denmark | 71 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Italy | 110 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 98 |
| 3 | Portugal | 94 |
| 4 | Hungary | 79 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 73 |
| 6 | Greece | 68 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 64 |
| 8 | Croatia | 26 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Romania | 101 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 92 |
| 3 | Poland | 89 |
| 4 | Finland | 88 |
| 5 | Sweden | 77 |
| 6 | Norway | 69 |
| 7 | Denmark | 56 |
| 8 | Iceland | 40 |

## Second League

The Second League was held on 29 and 30 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belgium | 93.5 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 92.5 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 91 |
| 4 | Israel | 64 |
| 5 | Iceland | 52 |
| 6 | AASSE | 37 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 96 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 92 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 88 |
| 4 | Croatia | 87 |
| 5 | Estonia | 83 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 60 |
| 7 | Moldova | 55 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Austria | 103 |
| 2 | Belgium | 91 |
| 3 | Ireland | 77 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 62 |
| 5 | Albania | 51 |
| 6 | Israel | 50 |
| 7 | AASSE | 42 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Lithuania | 90 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 84 |
| 3 | Latvia | 80 |
| 4 | Estonia | 73 |
| 5 | Turkey | 64 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 54 |
| 7 | Moldova | 30 |