# 2004 European Cup (athletics)

The 2004 Spar European Cup took place on 19 and 20 June 2004 at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. This was the 25th European Cup and the first time the event was hosted by Poland.

## Events

| League | Group | Venue | Men Winner | Women Winner |
| Super League | Super League | Bydgoszcz | Germany | Russia |
| 1st | A | Plovdiv | Czech Republic | Romania |
| 1st | B | Istanbul | Spain | Italy |
| 2nd | A | Reykjavík | Estonia | Ireland |
| 2nd | B | Novi Sad | Serbia and Montenegro | Croatia |

## Super League
### Final standings

Men :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Germany | 107.5 |
| 2 | France | 105 |
| 3 | Poland | 104 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 102.5 |
| 5 | Russia | 99 |
| 6 | Italy | 72 |
| 7 | Sweden | 67 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 62 |
Women :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 142 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 97 |
| 3 | France | 92.5 |
| 4 | Germany | 92 |
| 5 | Poland | 86.5 |
| 6 | Greece | 79 |
| 7 | Spain | 66 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 63 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (Wind: -3.2 m/s) | Łukasz Chyła Poland | 10.42 | Ronald Pognon France | 10.43 | Ronny Ostwald Germany | 10.49 |
| 200 m (Wind: 0.0 m/s) | Christian Malcolm Great Britain | 20.56 | Johan Wissman Sweden | 20.61 | Marco Torrieri Italy | 20.62 |
| 400 m | Tim Benjamin Great Britain | 45.37 | Ingo Schultz Germany | 45.50 | Leslie Djhone France | 45.73 |
| 800 m | Florent Lacasse France | 1:45.19 | René Herms Germany | 1:45.27 | Arnoud Okken Netherlands | 1:45.64 |
| 1500 m | Mehdi Baala France | 3:49.13 | Michael East Great Britain | 3:49.53 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia | 3:50.99 |
| 3000 m | Wolfram Müller Germany | 8:04.37 | Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands | 8:04.41 | Vyacheslav Shabunin Russia | 8:05.92 |
| 5000 m | John Mayock Great Britain | 14:44.71 | Sergey Ivanov Russia | 14:44.75 | Mokhtar Benhari France | 14:44.78 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Bouabdellah Tahri France | 8:23.40 | Jakub Czaja Poland | 8:25.51 | Giuseppe Maffei Italy | 8:27.53 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: -1.0 m/s) | Robert Kronberg Sweden | 13.58 | Mike Fenner Germany | 13.66 | Andrea Giaconi Italy | 13.66 |
| 400 m hurdles | Chris Rawlinson Great Britain | 48.59 | Naman Keïta France | 49.04 | Boris Gorban Russia | 49.71 |
| 4 × 100 m | Great Britain Christian Malcolm Darren Campbell Chris Lambert Mark Lewis-Francis | 38.67 | Poland Zbigniew Tulin Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Urbaś | 38.68 | Germany Alexander Kosenkow Ronny Ostwald Tobias Unger Till Helmke | 38.76 |
| 4 × 400 m | Germany Ingo Schultz Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims | 3:01.78 | Russia Anton Galkin Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov Ruslan Mashchenko | 3:01.88 | Poland Piotr Klimczak Artur Gąsiewski Marcin Marciniszyn Robert Maćkowiak | 3:02.05 |
| High jump | Stefan Holm Sweden | 2.32 | Grzegorz Sposób Poland | 2.32 | Roman Fricke Germany | 2.27 |
| Pole vault | Romain Mesnil France | 5.75 | Patrik Kristiansson Sweden | 5.70 | Lars Börgeling Germany Yevgeniy Mikhailichenko Russia | 5.65 |
| Long jump | Chris Tomlinson Great Britain | 8.28w | Salim Sdiri France | 8.24 | Vitaliy Shkurlatov Russia | 8.13 |
| Triple jump | Christian Olsson Sweden | 17.30 | Danila Burkenya Russia | 17.28 | Phillips Idowu Great Britain | 17.10w |
| Shot put | Carl Myerscough Great Britain | 20.85 | Rutger Smith Netherlands | 20.56 | Ralf Bartels Germany | 20.54 |
| Discus throw | Michael Möllenbeck Germany | 64.42 | Rutger Smith Netherlands | 63.68 | Carl Myerscough Great Britain | 61.68 |
| Hammer throw | Szymon Ziółkowski Poland | 77.27 | Markus Esser Germany | 76.97 | Nicola Vizzoni Italy | 76.16 |
| Javelin throw | Aleksandr Ivanov Russia | 82.55 | Peter Esenwein Germany | 82.43 | Francesco Pignata Italy | 76.87 |
| 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: -1.9 m/s) | Christine Arron France | 11.23 | Yuliya Tabakova Russia | 11.39 | Glory Alozie Spain | 11.49 |
| 200 m (Wind: 0.6 m/s) | Muriel Hurtis France | 22.78 | Natalya Antyukh Russia | 22.83 | Anzhela Kravchenko Ukraine | 23.10 |
| 400 m | Olga Kotlyarova Russia | 50.09 | Antonina Yefremova Ukraine | 51.79 | Solen Désert France | 52.09 |
| 800 m | Olga Raspopova Russia | 2:00.24 | Claudia Gesell Germany | 2:01.27 | Susan Scott Great Britain | 2:01.35 |
| 1500 m | Iris María Fuentes-Pila Spain | 4:08.05 | Maria Martins France | 4:08.12 | Yuliya Kosenkova Russia | 4:08.59 |
| 3000 m | Gulnara Samitova Russia | 8:49.48 | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 8:52.60 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila Spain | 8:59.20 |
| 5000 m | Paula Radcliffe Great Britain | 14:29.11 CR, NR | Liliya Shobukhova Russia | 14:52.19 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt Germany | 15:23.50 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Élodie Olivarès France | 9:41.81 | Lyubov Ivanova Russia | 9:44.95 | Rosa María Morató Spain | 9:51.08 |
| 100 m hurdles (Wind: -1.0 m/s) | Yelena Krasovska Ukraine | 12.78 | Irina Shevchenko Russia | 12.91 | Glory Alozie Spain | 12.95 |
| 400 m hurdles | Fani Halkia Greece | 54.16 | Yekaterina Bikert Russia | 54.60 | Małgorzata Pskit Poland | 55.68 |
| 4 × 100 m | France Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron | 42.41 | Russia Olga Fedorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova | 42.93 | Ukraine Tetyana Tkalich Anzhela Kravchenko Oksana Kaydash Iryna Shepetyuk | 43.43 |
| 4 × 400 m | Russia Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Ivanova Yekaterina Bakhvalova Tatyana Levina | 3:26.04 | Ukraine Oleksandra Ryzhkova Oksana Ilyushkina Antonina Yefremova Nataliya Pyhyda | 3:26.28 | Greece Olga Kaidantzi Hrisoula Goudenoudi Hariklia Bouda Fani Halkia | 3:26.33 NR |
| High jump | Yelena Slesarenko Russia | 2.04 | Irina Mikhalchenko Ukraine | 1.92 | Ariane Friedrich Germany | 1.92 |
| Pole vault | Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine | 4.50 | Monika Pyrek Poland | 4.40 | Tatyana Polnova Russia | 4.30 |
| Long jump | Irina Simagina Russia | 6.91 | Kelly Sotherton Great Britain | 6.68 | Ioanna Kafetzi Greece | 6.56 |
| Triple jump | Anna Pyatykh Russia | 14.85 | Chrysopigi Devetzi Greece | 14.81w | Yelena Govorova Ukraine | 14.78 |
| Shot put | Olga Ryabinkina Russia | 18.92 | Kalliopi Ouzouni Greece | 18.45 | Nadine Kleinert Germany | 18.44 |
| Discus throw | Ekaterini Vogoli Greece | 64.25 | Franka Dietzsch Germany | 61.42 | Joanna Wiśniewska Poland | 60.51 |
| Hammer throw | Irina Sekachova Ukraine | 71.91 | Olga Kuzenkova Russia | 70.89 | Betty Heidler Germany | 70.05 |
| Javelin throw | Angeliki Tsiolakoudi Greece | 62.80 | Steffi Nerius Germany | 59.42 | Valeriya Zabruskova Russia | 58.88 |
| 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
### Group A

    19–20 June 2004 Plovdiv
Men :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 110 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 108 |
| 3 | Romania | 104.5 |
| 4 | Belgium | 101 |
| 5 | Greece | 97 |
| 6 | Croatia | 76 |
| 7 | Belarus | 72.5 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 47 |
Women :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Romania | 130 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 122 |
| 3 | Belarus | 104 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 94 |
| 5 | Sweden | 90 |
| 6 | Belgium | 81 |
| 7 | Estonia | 48 |
| 8 | Latvia | 45 |

### Group B

    19–20 June 2004 Istanbul
Men :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 129 |
| 2 | Finland | 103 |
| 3 | Hungary | 95.5 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 94 |
| 5 | Portugal | 82 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 80.5 |
| 7 | Norway | 67.5 |
| 8 | Austria | 63.5 |
Women :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Italy | 126.5 |
| 2 | Finland | 104 |
| 3 | Hungary | 101 |
| 4 | Portugal | 88 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 82 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 79 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 77 |
| 8 | Turkey | 62.5 |

## Second League
### Group A

    19–20 June 2004 Reykjavík
Men :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Estonia | 126.5 |
| 2 | Ireland | 121 |
| 3 | Denmark | 104 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 94 |
| 5 | Iceland | 80 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 67.5 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 58 |
| 8 | AASSE | 49 |
Women :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Ireland | 118 |
| 2 | Norway | 109.5 |
| 3 | Austria | 103 |
| 4 | Denmark | 98 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 92.5 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 76 |
| 7 | Iceland | 70 |
| 8 | AASSE | 42 |

### Group B

    19–20 June 2004 Novi Sad
Men :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Serbia and Montenegro | 193.5 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 183.5 |
| 3 | Latvia | 172.5 |
| 4 | Israel | 164 |
| 5 | Turkey | 164 |
| 6 | Moldova | 143 |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 113 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 110 |
| 9 | Armenia | 84.5 |
| 10 | Albania | 82.5 |
| 11 | Georgia | 80 |
| 12 | Macedonia | 44.5 |
Women :
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Serbia and Montenegro | 185 |
| 2 | Croatia | 184 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 181 |
| 4 | Moldova | 128 |
| 5 | Israel | 121.5 |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 109 |
| 7 | Georgia | 104 |
| 8 | Albania | 88 |
| 9 | Armenia | 80 |
| 10 | Macedonia | 54.5 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 49 |