# 2001 European Cup (athletics)

The 2001 European Cup took place on 23 and 24 June 2001 in Bremen, Germany. The B finals were held in Vaasa, Finland and Budapest, Hungary.
Poland won the men's Super League title while Russia won the women's title.

## Super League

Held on 23 and 24 June in Bremen, Germany

### Team standings

Men :
| Pos | Country | Pts |
| 1 | Poland | 107 |
| 2 | Russia | 97 |
| 3 | Italy | 94 |
| 4 | Germany | 93 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 91 |
| 6 | France | 87 |
| 7 | Spain | 77 |
| 8 | Greece | 67 |
Women :
| Pos | Country | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | 126.5 |
| 2 | Germany | 117 |
| 3 | France | 86 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 82 |
| 5 | Romania | 78 |
| 6 | Italy | 72.5 |
| 7 | Belarus | 70 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 47 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: +1.4 m/s) | Mark Lewis-Francis Great Britain | 10.13 | Konstantinos Kenteris Greece | 10.15 | Frédéric Krantz France | 10.27 |
| 200 m (Wind: -0.7 m/s) | Konstantinos Kenteris Greece | 20.31 | Marlon Devonish Great Britain | 20.59 | Marcin Urbaś Poland | 20.69 |
| 400 m | Marc Raquil France | 44.95 | Robert Maćkowiak Poland | 45.48 | David Canal Spain | 45.52 |
| 800 m | Paweł Czapiewski Poland | 1:48.28 | Andrea Longo Italy | 1:48.54 | Simon Lees Great Britain | 1:48.80 |
| 1500 m | José Antonio Redolat Spain | 3:45.81 | Mehdi Baala France | 3:46.29 | Leszek Zblewski Poland | 3:47.06 |
| 3000 m | Driss Maazouzi France | 7:52.26 | Andrés Díaz Spain | 7:52.59 | John Mayock Great Britain | 7:56.06 |
| 5000 m | Ismaïl Sghyr France | 13:50.47 | Alberto García Spain | 13:50.96 | Marco Mazza Italy | 13:55.85 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Bouabdellah Tahri France | 8:38.02 | Antonio Jiménez Spain | 8:38.09 | Ralf Assmus Germany | 8:39.34 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: +1.3 m/s) | Yevgeniy Pechonkin Russia | 13.38 | Florian Schwarthoff Germany | 13.57 | Tony Jarrett Great Britain | 13.58 |
| 400 m hurdles | Fabrizio Mori Italy | 48.39 | Marek Plawgo Poland | 48.98 | Stéphane Diagana France | 49.07 |
| 4 × 100 m | Italy Francesco Scuderi Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo | 38.89 | Great Britain Allyn Condon Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Mark Lewis-Francis | 38.99 | Poland Marcin Krzywański Marcin Jędrusiński Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Urbaś | 39.00 |
| 4 × 400 m | Poland Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Piotr Długosielski Robert Maćkowiak | 3:01.79 | Russia Boris Gorban Ruslan Mashchenko Dmitriy Golovastov Andrey Semyonov | 3:02.09 | Germany Ingo Schultz Michael Dragu Marc Alexander Scheer Lars Figura | 3:02.71 |
| High jump | Yaroslav Rybakov Russia | 2.28 | Grzegorz Sposób Poland | 2.23 | Martin Buss Germany | 2.19 |
| Pole vault | Michael Stolle Germany | 5.75 | Adam Kolasa Poland | 5.68 | Vasiliy Gorshkov Russia | 5.68 |
| Long jump | Danila Burkenya Russia | 7.89 | Chris Tomlinson Great Britain | 7.67 | Grzegorz Marciniszyn Poland | 7.64 |
| Triple jump | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 17.26 | Christos Meletoglou Greece | 17.19 | Paolo Camossi Italy | 16.97 |
| Shot put | Manuel Martínez Spain | 21.03 | Pavel Chumachenko Russia | 20.54 | Paolo Dal Soglio Italy | 20.02 |
| Discus throw | Lars Riedel Germany | 66.63 | Mario Pestano Spain | 65.60 | Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia | 65.26 |
| Hammer throw | Szymon Ziółkowski Poland | 80.87 | Nicola Vizzoni Italy | 80.13 | Christos Polychroniou Greece | 78.34 |
| Javelin throw | Kostas Gatsioudis Greece | 88.33 | Sergey Makarov Russia | 83.24 | Raymond Hecht Germany | 83.05 |
| 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: +2.8 m/s) | Marina Kislova Russia | 11.23w | Natalya Safronnikova Belarus | 11.26w | Katia Benth France | 11.38w |
| 200 m (Wind: +0.3 m/s) | Natalya Safronnikova Belarus | 22.68 | Ionela Tîrlea Romania | 22.85 | Svetlana Goncharenko Russia | 22.87 |
| 400 m | Grit Breuer Germany | 50.49 | Francine Landre France | 51.21 | Natalya Antyukh Russia | 51.37 |
| 800 m | Irina Mistyukevich Russia | 1:59.09 | Ivonne Teichmann Germany | 1:59.39 | Natalya Dukhnova Belarus | 1:59.95 |
| 1500 m | Violeta Szekely Romania | 4:06.43 | Olga Yegorova Russia | 4:06.59 | Hayley Tullett Great Britain | 4:07.83 |
| 3000 m | Kathy Butler Great Britain | 9:03.71 | Maria Cristina Grosu Romania | 9:04.91 | Fatima Yvelain France | 9:05.30 |
| 5000 m | Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia | 14:40.47 CR | Paula Radcliffe Great Britain | 14:49.84 | Mihaela Botezan Romania | 15:08.78 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: +0.6 m/s) | Irina Korotya Russia | 13.06 | Linda Ferga France | 13.10 | Kirsten Bolm Germany | 13.15 |
| 400 m hurdles | Yuliya Nosova Russia | 53.84 CR | Ionela Tîrlea Romania | 55.08 | Heike Meissner Germany | 55.33 |
| 4 × 100 m | Germany Melanie Paschke Sina Schielke Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner | 43.02 | Russia Natalya Ignatova Irina Khabarova Marina Kislova Oksana Ekk | 43.15 | France Katia Benth Frédérique Bangué Fabé Dia Odiah Sidibé | 43.45 |
| 4 × 400 m | Germany Claudia Marx Shanta Ghosh Florence Ekpo-Umoh Grit Breuer | 3:23.81 | Russia Olga Maksimova Natalya Khrushcheleva Yuliya Pechenkina Natalya Antyukh | 3:24.58 | France Francine Landre Peggy Babin Sylvanie Morandais Anita Mormand | 3:26.23 |
| High jump | Susan Jones Great Britain | 1.95 =NR | Alina Astafei Germany | 1.89 | Olga Kaliturina Russia | 1.89 |
| Pole vault | Svetlana Feofanova Russia | 4.60 CR | Janine Whitlock Great Britain | 4.34 | Pavla Hamácková Czech Republic | 4.34 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler Germany | 6.79 | Eunice Barber France | 6.71 | Fiona May Italy | 6.57 |
| Triple jump | Tatyana Lebedeva Russia | 14.89 | Natallia Safronava Belarus | 14.10w | Cristina Nicolau Romania | 13.83 |
| Shot put | Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt Germany | 19.30 | Irina Korzhanenko Russia | 19.27 | Assunta Legnante Italy | 17.51 |
| Discus throw | Franka Dietzsch Germany | 64.04 | Natalya Sadova Russia | 63.77 | Nicoleta Grasu Romania | 62.33 |
| Hammer throw | Olga Tsander Belarus | 68.40 | Kirsten Münchow Germany | 68.09 | Lorraine Shaw Great Britain | 67.98 |
| Javelin throw | Nikola Tomecková Czech Republic | 64.77 | Steffi Nerius Germany | 63.12 | Claudia Coslovich Italy | 63.07 |
| 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 23 and 24 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Finland | 110 |
| 2 | Sweden | 106 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 101 |
| 4 | Norway | 94.5 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 87.5 |
| 6 | Portugal | 82.5 |
| 7 | Belarus | 77 |
| 8 | Ireland | 60.5 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Ukraine | 131 |
| 2 | Romania | 104 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 97.5 |
| 4 | Hungary | 93.5 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 86 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 73 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 71 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 60 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Poland | 122 |
| 2 | Spain | 106 |
| 3 | Greece | 101 |
| 4 | Sweden | 95 |
| 5 | Portugal | 76 |
| 6 | Finland | 70 |
| 7 | Belgium | 63 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 51 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Ukraine | 119 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 109 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 92 |
| 4 | Hungary | 88 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 83 |
| 6 | Turkey | 72.5 |
| 7 | Austria | 62 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 56.5 |

## Second League

The Second League was held on 23 and 24 June

### Men

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Denmark | 141 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 126 |
| 3 | Latvia | 125 |
| 4 | Estonia | 120 |
| 5 | Turkey | 115 |
| 6 | Moldova | 76 |
| 7 | Georgia | 64 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 60 |
| 9 | Armenia | 51 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Belgium | 143 |
| 2 | Austria | 118 |
| 3 | Croatia | 105 |
| 4 | Israel | 93 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 92 |
| 6 | Iceland | 71 |
| 7 | AASSE | 47 |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45 |

### Women

| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Norway | 136.5 |
| 2 | Latvia | 131 |
| 3 | Ireland | 129 |
| 4 | Estonia | 116.5 |
| 5 | Denmark | 115 |
| 6 | Moldova | 97 |
| 7 | Georgia | 44 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 43 |
| 9 | Armenia | 32 |
| Pos. | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Switzerland | 131 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 109 |
| 3 | Croatia | 98 |
| 4 | Israel | 93 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 86 |
| 6 | Iceland | 79 |
| 7 | Albania | 49 |
| 7 | AASSE | 33 |