# 2002 European Cup (athletics)

The 2002 European Cup was the 23rd edition of the European Cup of athletics.
The Super League Finals were held in Annecy, France.
It was the first edition to feature women's 3000 metres steeplechase equalising the number of events for men and women.

## Super League

Held on 22 and 23 June in Annecy, France

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Germany | 109 |
| 2 | France | 107 |
| 3 | Russia | 96 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 95 |
| 5 | Italy | 91.5 |
| 6 | Poland | 87 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 64.5 |
| 8 | Finland | 61 |
Women :
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 122.5 |
| 2 | Germany | 103 |
| 3 | France | 89 |
| 4 | Romania | 88 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 80.5 |
| 6 | Poland | 75.5 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 73.5 |
| 8 | Italy | 73 |
Italy kept its position in the women's Super League as the host of the next edition. Top six teams qualified for the 2003 European Indoor Cup.

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s) | Issa-Aimé Nthépé France | 10.27 | Konstantin Rurak Ukraine | 10.31 | Francesco Scuderi Italy | 10.35 |
| 200 m (Wind: -0.4 m/s) | Marlon Devonish Great Britain | 20.27 | Marcin Urbaś Poland | 20.45 | Marco Torrieri Italy | 20.65 |
| 400 m | Daniel Caines Great Britain | 45.14 | Ingo Schultz Germany | 45.33 | Marek Plawgo Poland | 45.35 |
| 800 m | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia | 1:46.58 | Nils Schumann Germany | 1:46.99 | Paweł Czapiewski Poland | 1:47.92 |
| 1500 m | Mehdi Baala France | 3:47.21 | Michael East Great Britain | 3:48.26 | Paweł Czapiewski Poland | 3:48.77 |
| 3000 m | Driss Maazouzi France | 7:53.41 | Mikhail Yeginov Russia | 7:54.05 | Jan Fitschen Germany | 7:54.92 |
| 5000 m | Dmitriy Maksimov Russia | 14:09.92 | Sam Haughian Great Britain | 14:11.60 | Ismaïl Sghyr France | 14:14.00 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Bouabdellah Tahri France | 8:30.22 | Damian Kallabis Germany | 8:32.04 | Roman Usov Russia | 8:34.10 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s) | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.15 | Mike Fenner Germany | 13.33 | Andrea Giaconi Italy | 13.35 |
| 400 m hurdles | Fabrizio Mori Italy | 48.41 | Stéphane Diagana France | 48.45 | Chris Rawlinson Great Britain | 48.87 |
| 4 × 100 m | Germany Ronny Ostwald Alexander Kosenkow Marc Blume Thomas Müller | 38.88 | Italy Francesco Scuderi Alessandro Cavallaro Marco Torrieri Stefano Dacastello | 38.89 | Poland Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Urbaś Zbigniew Tulin | 39.08 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Jared Deacon Timothy Benjamin Jamie Baulch Daniel Caines | 3:00.57 | Germany Ingo Schultz Jens Dautzenberg Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims | 3:00.80 | France Leslie Djhone Stéphane Diagana Naman Keïta Marc Raquil | 3:00.92 |
| High jump | Grégory Gabella France | 2.30 | Yaroslav Rybakov Russia | 2.28 | Grzegorz Sposób Poland | 2.25 |
| Pole vault | Tim Lobinger Germany | 5.75 | Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy Denis Yurchenko Ukraine | 5.70 | |
| Long jump | Chris Tomlinson Great Britain | 8.17 | Nicola Trentin Italy | 8.15 | Salim Sdiri France | 8.03 |
| Triple jump | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 17.19 | Fabrizio Donato Italy | 17.17 | Charles Friedek Germany | 17.11 |
| Shot put | Yuriy Bilonog Ukraine | 20.55 | Ville Tiisanoja Finland | 20.29 | Paolo Dal Soglio Italy | 19.87 |
| Discus throw | Michael Möllenbeck Germany | 66.82 | Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia | 62.03 | Olgierd Stański Poland | 60.88 |
| Hammer throw | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland | 79.25 | Andrey Skvaruk Ukraine | 79.04 | Maciej Pałyszko Poland | 78.25 |
| Javelin throw | Sergey Makarov Russia | 88:24. | Steve Backley Great Britain | 85.03 | Boris Henry Germany | 83.90 |
| 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: +0.4 m/s) | Muriel Hurtis France | 10.96 | Manuela Levorato Italy | 11.20 | Yuliya Tabakova Russia | 11.24 |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.6 m/s) | Muriel Hurtis France | 22.51 | Manuela Levorato Italy | 22.76 | Sina Schielke Germany | 22.91 |
| 400 m | Antonina Yefremova Ukraine | 50.70 | Grażyna Prokopek Poland | 51.34 | Francine Landre France | 51.78 |
| 800 m | Irina Mistyukevich Russia | 1:59.76 | Elisabeth Grousselle France | 1:59.95 | Ivonne Teichmann Germany | 2:00.07 |
| 1500 m | Maria Cioncan Romania | 4:03.74 | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 4:04.84 | Tatyana Tomashova Russia | 4:05.14 |
| 3000 m | Gabriela Szabo Romania | 8:38.03 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia | 8:39.84 | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 8:49.95 |
| 5000 m | Olga Yegorova Russia | 16:04.26 | Joanne Pavey Great Britain | 16:06.65 | Fatima Yvelain France | 16:08.21 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Justyna Bąk Poland | 9:43.38 | Cristina Casandra Romania | 9:49.51 | Melanie Schulz Germany | 9:49.79 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s) | Patricia Girard France | 12.64 | Kirsten Bolm Germany | 12.85 | Mariya Koroteyeva Russia | 12.94 |
| 400 m hurdles | Yuliya Pechonkina Russia | 53.38 CR | Anna Olichwierczuk Poland | 55.11 | Natasha Danvers Great Britain | 55.68 |
| 4 × 100 m | France Patricia Girard Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Odiah Sidibé | 42.41 | Germany Melanie Paschke Gabriele Rockmeier Sina Schielke Marion Wagner | 42.49 | Russia Natalya Ignatova Irina Khabarova Marina Kislova Yuliya Tabakova | 43.11 |
| 4 × 400 m | Great Britain Catherine Murphy Helen Frost Helen Karagounis Lee McConnell | 3:27.87 | Germany Nicole Marahrens Claudia Marx Birgit Rockmeier Florence Ekpo-Umoh | 3:28.72 | Italy Daniela Reina Daniela Graglia Manuela Levorato Danielle Perpoli | 3:29.14 |
| High jump | Irina Mikhalchenko Ukraine | 1.95 | Oana Pantelimon Romania | 1.93 | Kathryn Holinski Germany | 1.93 |
| Pole vault | Svetlana Feofanova Russia | 4.70 CR | Yvonne Buschbaum Germany | 4.60 | Vanessa Boslak France | 4.45 |
| Long jump | Tatyana Kotova Russia | 7.42 CR | Cristina Nicolau Romania | 6.65 | Bianca Kappler Germany | 6.64 |
| Triple jump | Anna Pyatykh Russia | 14.67 | Ashia Hansen Great Britain | 14.62 | Magdelín Martínez Italy | 14.54 |
| Shot put | Svetlana Krivelyova Russia | 19.63 | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany | 19.61 | Krystyna Zabawska Poland | 18.52 |
| Discus throw | Natalya Sadova Russia | 65.91 | Nicoleta Grasu Romania | 63.05 | Franka Dietzsch Germany | 59.30 |
| Hammer throw | Olga Kuzenkova Russia | 73.07 | Manuela Montebrun France | 68.53 | Irina Sekachova Ukraine | 66.88 |
| Javelin throw | Tatyana Shikolenko Russia | 64.81 | Felicia Moldovan Romania | 61.59 | Steffi Nerius Germany | 59.98 |
| 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 22 and 23 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Greece | 124 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 107 |
| 3 | Hungary | 101 |
| 4 | Belgium | 85 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 82 |
| 6 | Norway | 79 |
| 7 | Romania | 74 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 61 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 132 |
| 2 | Sweden | 122 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 100 |
| 4 | Portugal | 91 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 77 |
| 6 | Denmark | 77 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 70 |
| 8 | Austria | 48 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Greece | 133 |
| 2 | Hungary | 107 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 107 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 104.5 |
| 5 | Finland | 99.5 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 63 |
| 7 | Norway | 59 |
| 8 | Turkey | 46 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 128 |
| 2 | Sweden | 111 |
| 3 | Belarus | 106.5 |
| 4 | Portugal | 88.5 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 88 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 73 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 72.5 |
| 8 | Latvia | 51.5 |
The winner of each group also qualified for the 2003 European Indoor Cup.

## Second League

The Second League was held on 22 and 23 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belarus | 127 |
| 2 | Estonia | 118 |
| 3 | Ireland | 114.5 |
| 4 | Latvia | 94 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 87.5 |
| 6 | Iceland | 74 |
| 7 | Georgia | 48 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 47 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 173 |
| 2 | Israel | 167.5 |
| 3 | Croatia | 157 |
| 4 | Moldova | 150 |
| 5 | Turkey | 149.5 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 140 |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 111 |
| 8 | Armenia | 83 |
| 9 | AASSE | 62 |
| 10 | Macedonia | 59 |
| 11 | Albania | 49 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Ireland | 129 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 124 |
| 3 | Estonia | 112 |
| 4 | Denmark | 106 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 95 |
| 6 | Iceland | 75 |
| 7 | Georgia | 40 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 35 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belgium | 173 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 163 |
| 3 | Austria | 145.5 |
| 4 | Croatia | 136 |
| 5 | Moldova | 117 |
| 6 | Israel | 107 |
| 7 | Albania | 82.5 |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52 |
| 9 | Macedonia | 44 |
| 10 | AASSE | 38 |