# 2001 European Race Walking Cup

The fourth edition of the European Race Walking Cup took place in the Slovak city of Dudince on Saturday May 19, 2001.
Complete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website,

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | 1:19:30 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | 1:19:45 | Andreas Erm (GER) | 1:19:51 |
| 50 km | Jesús Angel García (ESP) | 3:44:26 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 3:45:48 | Vladimir Potemin (RUS) | 3:46:12 |
| 10 km (Junior) | Yevgeniy Demkov (RUS) | 41:16 | Sergey Lystsov (RUS) | 41:18 | Mikalai Seradovich (BLR) | 41:30 |
| Team (Men) |||||||
| 20 km | Russia | 13 pts | Spain | 34 pts | Italy | 55 pts |
| 50 km | Russia | 11 pts | Spain | 21 pts | France | 24 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Russia | 3 pts | Belarus | 8 pts | Poland | 21 pts |
| Women |||||||
| 20 km | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:26:48 | Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) | 1:26:50 | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 1:27:09 |
| 10 km Junior | Tatyana Kozlova (RUS) | 46:08 | Marina Tikhonova (BLR) | 46:31 | Yekaterina Izmailova (RUS) | 46:42 |
| Team (Women) |||||||
| 20 km | Russia | 8 pts | Italy | 18 pts | Belarus | 35 pts |
| 10 km Junior | Russia | 4 pts | Belarus | 9 pts | Greece | 12 pts |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Men's results
### 20 km walk

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | 01:19:30 |
| | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | 01:19:45 |
| | Andreas Erm (GER) | 01:19:51 |
| 4 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 01:20:02 |
| 5 | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | 01:20:14 |
| 6 | Jiří Malysa (CZE) | 01:20:21 |
| 7 | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 01:20:42 |
| 8 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 01:20:51 |
| 9 | Ivan Trotski (BLR) | 01:21:43 |
| 10 | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 01:21:51 |
| 11 | Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) | 01:22:05 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) | 01:22:10 |
| 13 | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 01:22:34 |
| 14 | Anthony Gillet (FRA) | 01:22:44 |
| 15 | João Vieira (POR) | 01:22:52 |
| 16 | Modris Liepins (LAT) | 01:23:45 |
| 17 | Robert Heffernan (IRL) | 01:23:57 |
| 18 | Daugvinas Zujus (LTU) | 01:24:15 |
| 19 | Augusto Cardoso (POR) | 01:24:22 |
| 20 | David Márquez (ESP) | 01:24:43 |
| 21 | Vittorino Mucci (ITA) | 01:24:50 |
| 22 | Alfio Corsaro (ITA) | 01:24:58 |
| 23 | Roman Magdziarczyk (POL) | 01:25:08 |
| 24 | Robert Valíček (SVK) | 01:25:40 |
| 25 | Miloš Holuša (CZE) | 01:25:50 |
| 26 | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | 01:25:51 |
| 27 | Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | 01:26:12 |
| 28 | Matej Spišiak (SVK) | 01:26:15 |
| 29 | Eddy Riva (FRA) | 01:26:20 |
| 30 | Spiridon Kastanis (GRE) | 01:26:20 |
| 31 | Daniel Andrei (ROM) | 01:26:28 |
| 32 | Aivars Kadakis (LAT) | 01:27:13 |
| 33 | Jacob Sørensen (DEN) | 01:27:17 |
| 34 | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | 01:27:21 |
| 35 | Stanisław Stosik (POL) | 01:27:23 |
| 36 | Jani Lehtinen (FIN) | 01:27:40 |
| 37 | Frank Delree (FRA) | 01:28:05 |
| 38 | Milos Bátovský (SVK) | 01:28:22 |
| 39 | Jan Albrecht (GER) | 01:28:41 |
| 40 | Bogdan Mazilu (ROM) | 01:28:46 |
| 41 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 01:28:55 |
| 42 | Kamil Kalka (POL) | 01:29:04 |
| 43 | Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA) | 01:29:09 |
| 44 | Jamie Costin (IRL) | 01:29:14 |
| 45 | Matt Hall (GBR) | 01:30:08 |
| 46 | Leonid Mizernyuk (UKR) | 01:30:15 |
| 47 | Antti Kempas (FIN) | 01:30:40 |
| 48 | Pascal Servanty (FRA) | 01:31:15 |
| 49 | Frank Werner (GER) | 01:31:51 |
| 50 | Birger Fält (SWE) | 01:32:05 |
| 51 | Themis Panayiotopolos (GRE) | 01:32:08 |
| 52 | Peter Barto (SVK) | 01:32:23 |
| 53 | Gábor Lengyel (HUN) | 01:32:34 |
| 54 | David Snajdr (CZE) | 01:33:51 |
| 55 | Vitaliy Stetsyshyn (UKR) | 01:34:26 |
| 56 | Péter Domján (HUN) | 01:34:47 |
| 57 | Anatolijus Launikonis (LTU) | 01:35:08 |
| 58 | Eero Torpeinen (FIN) | 01:36:23 |
| 59 | Abdulkadir Öz (TUR) | 01:36:40 |
| 60 | Ivan Lutsyk (UKR) | 01:36:52 |
| 61 | Nicolas Perrier (SUI) | 01:37:50 |
| 63 | Sandris Bisenjeks (LAT) | 01:40:58 |
| 63 | Margus Luik (EST) | 01:44:28 |
| 64 | Ádám Farkas (HUN) | 01:44:50 |
| 65 | Oleksandr Gal (UKR) | 01:50:01 |
| — | Grzegorz Sudoł (POL) | DSQ |
| — | Artur Meleshkevich (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | Yeóryios Aryirópoulos (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Claus Jørgensen (DEN) | DNF |
| — | Gintaras Andriuškevičius (LTU) | DNF |
| — | André Höhne (GER) | DNF |
| — | Andrey Makarov (BLR) | DNF |
| — | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Jesper Thomsen (DEN) | DNF |
| — | Elefthérios Thanópoulos (GRE) | DNF |

#### Team (20 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 13 pts |
| | Spain | 34 pts |
| | Italy | 55 pts |
| 4 | Latvia | 56 pts |
| 5 | France | 80 pts |
| 6 | Romania | 84 pts |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 85 pts |
| 8 | Slovakia | 90 pts |
| 9 | Germany | 91 pts |
| 10 | Poland | 100 pts |
| 11 | Finland | 141 pts |
| 12 | Hungary | 143 pts |
| 13 | Ukraine | 161 pts |

### 50 km walk

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 03:44:26 |
| | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 03:45:48 |
| | Vladimir Potemin (RUS) | 03:46:12 |
| 4 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) | 03:46:52 |
| 5 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | 03:48:06 |
| 6 | Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | 03:48:51 |
| 7 | Viktor Ginko (BLR) | 03:50:59 |
| 8 | David Boulanger (FRA) | 03:51:36 |
| 9 | Štefan Malík (SVK) | 03:51:58 |
| 10 | Denis Trautmann (GER) | 03:52:16 |
| 11 | René Piller (FRA) | 03:52:18 |
| 12 | Yuriy Andronov (RUS) | 03:52:57 |
| 13 | Francesco Galdenzi (ITA) | 03:53:01 |
| 14 | Zoltán Czukor (HUN) | 03:53:18 |
| 15 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 03:54:12 |
| 16 | Mario Avellaneda (ESP) | 03:56:03 |
| 17 | Pedro Martins (POR) | 03:56:25 |
| 18 | Aleksandar Raković (YUG) | 03:56:56 |
| 19 | Fredrik Svensson (SWE) | 03:57:31 |
| 20 | Alessandro Mistretta (ITA) | 03:58:24 |
| 21 | Juan Porras (ESP) | 04:03:38 |
| 22 | Mike Trautmann (GER) | 04:04:06 |
| 23 | Jorge Costa (POR) | 04:04:54 |
| 24 | Frantisek Kmenta (CZE) | 04:06:56 |
| 25 | Michael Lohse (GER) | 04:07:15 |
| 26 | Oleksiy Shelest (UKR) | 04:08:36 |
| 27 | Ugis Bruvelis (LAT) | 04:09:58 |
| 28 | Aleksey Novikov (BLR) | 04:11:48 |
| 29 | Denis Franke (GER) | 04:13:25 |
| 30 | Luis Gil (POR) | 04:15:55 |
| 31 | Attila Fülöp (HUN) | 04:17:51 |
| 32 | Martin Pupiš (SVK) | 04:19:53 |
| 33 | Steven Hollier (GBR) | 04:20:50 |
| 34 | Virgilio Soares (POR) | 04:22:08 |
| 35 | Sergiy Lazar (UKR) | 04:23:36 |
| 36 | Jiří Sorm (CZE) | 04:24:46 |
| 37 | Christian Cheeseman (GBR) | 04:24:48 |
| 38 | Róbert Tupak (HUN) | 04:25:30 |
| 39 | Juris Jacs (LAT) | 04:29:09 |
| 40 | Peter Seben (SVK) | 04:33:51 |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Marcel van Gemert (NED) | DSQ |

#### Team (50 km Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 11 pts |
| | Spain | 21 pts |
| | France | 24 pts |
| 4 | Italy | 48 pts |
| 5 | Germany | 57 pts |
| 6 | Portugal | 70 pts |
| 7 | Slovakia | 81 pts |
| 8 | Hungary | 83 pts |

### Men's 10 km (Junior)

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Yevgeniy Demkov (RUS) | 41:16 |
| | Sergey Lystsov (RUS) | 41:18 |
| | Mikalai Seradovich (BLR) | 41:30 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Strokov (RUS) | 41:53 |
| 5 | Andrei Talashka (BLR) | 42:12 |
| 6 | Dmitriy Malinovskiy (BLR) | 42:23 |
| 7 | Benjamin Kuciński (POL) | 42:41 |
| 8 | Paul Gassebner (ITA) | 42:47 |
| 9 | Radek Pařízek (CZE) | 43:10 |
| —$^†$ | Oleksey Medentsov (UKR) | 43:10 |
| 10 | Theodoros Koupidis (GRE) | 43:15 |
| 11 | Sergiy Ivakhin (UKR) | 43:25 |
| 12 | Jesús Tomero (ESP) | 43:25 |
| 13 | Alexandros Spiliopoulos (GRE) | 43:26 |
| 14 | Rafał Dys (POL) | 43:33 |
| 15 | Marko Lepojević (YUG) | 43:51 |
| 16 | Colin Griffin (IRL) | 43:52 |
| 17 | Michal Blažek (SVK) | 43:53 |
| 18 | Daniele Paris (ITA) | 44:00 |
| 19 | Oleksiy Kazanin (UKR) | 44:06 |
| 20 | David Sisa (HUN) | 44:13 |
| 21 | Norbert Polonkai (HUN) | 44:16 |
| 22 | Codrut Filea (ROU) | 44:18 |
| 23 | Alexandre Jacques (ESP) | 44:26 |
| 24 | Benoît Beclin (FRA) | 44:34 |
| 25 | Andreas Franke (GER) | 44:40 |
| 26 | Slawomir Majchrzycki (POL) | 45:03 |
| 27 | Francisco Arcilla (ESP) | 45:06 |
| 28 | Levente Kapéri (HUN) | 45:27 |
| 29 | Lloyd Finch (GBR) | 45:35 |
| 30 | Jiří Chaloupka (CZE) | 45:36 |
| 31 | Loïc Garcia (FRA) | 45:39 |
| —$^†$ | Anatoliy Shaidyankov (BLR) | 45:44 |
| 32 | Iustin Tatarau (ROU) | 45:53 |
| 33 | Recep Çelik (TUR) | 46:03 |
| 34 | Saulius Taraškevičius (LTU) | 46:10 |
| 35 | Armandas Brazaitis (LTU) | 46:13 |
| 36 | Andrew Parker (GBR) | 46:17 |
| 37 | Vilius Mikelionis (LTU) | 46:23 |
| —$^†$ | Ignas Brasevičius (LTU) | 46:23 |
| 38 | Christoph Brauer (GER) | 46:30 |
| 39 | Matej Tóth (SVK) | 47:18 |
| 40 | Bruno Grandjean (SUI) | 47:31 |
| —$^†$ | Julien Ferlisi (FRA) | 47:42 |
| 41 | Ondrej Kocúr (SVK) | 48:08 |
| 42 | Pierre Raye (FRA) | 48:24 |
| 43 | Cameron Smith (GBR) | 50:33 |
| — | Migurel Craciun (ROU) | DSQ |
| — | Andriy Yurin (UKR) | DSQ |
| — | André Katzinski (GER) | DSQ |
| — | Paraskevai Vandoros (GRE) | DSQ |
$^†$: Extra athlete (illegible for Team and individual results)

#### Team (10 km Junior Men)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 3 pts |
| | Belarus | 8 pts |
| | Poland | 21 pts |
| 4 | Greece | 23 pts |
| 5 | Italy | 26 pts |
| 6 | Ukraine | 30 pts |
| 7 | Spain | 35 pts |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 39 pts |
| 9 | Hungary | 41 pts |
| 10 | Romania | 54 pts |
| 11 | France | 55 pts |
| 12 | Slovakia | 56 pts |
| 13 | Germany | 63 pts |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 65 pts |
| 15 | Lithuania | 69 pts |

## Women's results
### 20 km walk

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 01:26:48 |
| | Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) | 01:26:50 |
| | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 01:27:09 |
| 4 | Erica Alfridi (ITA) | 01:27:29 |
| 5 | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 01:28:20 |
| 6 | Norica Cimpean (ROM) | 01:29:25 |
| 7 | María Vasco (ESP) | 01:30:11 |
| 8 | Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) | 01:30:37 |
| 9 | Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) | 01:31:13 |
| 10 | Natalya Misyulya (BLR) | 01:31:21 |
| 11 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 01:31:43 |
| 12 | Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | 01:31:48 |
| 13 | Jolanta Dukure (LAT) | 01:32:11 |
| 14 | Elena Isar (ROM) | 01:32:36 |
| 15 | Melanie Seeger (GER) | 01:32:57 |
| 16 | Fatiha Ouali (FRA) | 01:33:04 |
| 17 | Elena Ginko (BLR) | 01:33:21 |
| 18 | Teresa Linares (ESP) | 01:33:27 |
| 19 | Olga Lukyanchuk (UKR) | 01:33:57 |
| 20 | Vira Zozulya (UKR) | 01:34:24 |
| 21 | Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) | 01:34:38 |
| 22 | Nevena Mineva (BUL) | 01:35:30 |
| 23 | Rocío Florido (ESP) | 01:35:31 |
| 24 | Gisella Orsini (ITA) | 01:35:46 |
| 25 | Ines Henriques (POR) | 01:36:08 |
| 26 | Olive Loughnane (IRL) | 01:36:50 |
| 27 | Isilda Gonçalves (POR) | 01:36:54 |
| 28 | Tatiana Boulanger (FRA) | 01:36:59 |
| 29 | Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) | 01:37:31 |
| 30 | Eva Pérez (ESP) | 01:37:47 |
| 31 | Mária Urbanik (HUN) | 01:37:48 |
| 32 | Sofia Avoila (POR) | 01:37:58 |
| 33 | Agnieszka Olesz (POL) | 01:37:58 |
| 34 | Andrea Meloni (GER) | 01:38:03 |
| 35 | Tuna Muinonen (FIN) | 01:38:32 |
| 36 | Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL) | 01:39:02 |
| 37 | Veronica Budilleanu (ROM) | 01:39:45 |
| 38 | Heidi Lindewall (FIN) | 01:39:54 |
| 39 | Anne Haaland (NOR) | 01:40:16 |
| 40 | Marie Polli (SUI) | 01:40:23 |
| 41 | Outi Sillänpää (FIN) | 01:40:24 |
| 42 | Mária Gáliková (SVK) | 01:40:26 |
| 43 | Monica Svensson (SWE) | 01:41:00 |
| 44 | Ildikó Ilyés (HUN) | 01:41:10 |
| 45 | Roseline Chapillon (FRA) | 01:42:19 |
| 46 | Yeliz Ay (TUR) | 01:42:49 |
| 47 | Zuzana Blazeková (SVK) | 01:43:01 |
| 48 | Jelena Launikonyte (LTU) | 01:47:06 |
| 49 | Anita Benkö (HUN) | 01:47:42 |
| 50 | Orsolya Gruber (HUN) | 01:49:43 |
| 51 | Elin Loftesnes (NOR) | 01:55:04 |
| 52 | Viera Toporek (AUT) | 01:55:36 |
| 53 | Maria Lutmaa (EST) | 02:01:41 |
| 54 | Mária Vargaestoková (SVK) | 02:04:21 |
| 55 | Kerly Lillemets (EST) | 02:04:43 |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Susana Feitor (POR) | DSQ |
| — | Daniela Cirlan (ROM) | DSQ |
| — | Lyudmyla Yegorova (UKR) | DSQ |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Kristina Saltanovič (LTU) | DNF |
| — | Henrieta Rusnáková (SVK) | DNF |
| — | Joanna Baj (POL) | DNF |
| — | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Hristína Kokótou (GRE) | DNF |
| — | Ryta Turava (BLR) | DNF |
| — | Stephanie Panzig (GER) | DNF |
| — | Hanne Liland (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Kathrin Born-Boyde (GER) | DNF |
| — | Nora Leksir (FRA) | DNF |

#### Team (20 km Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 8 pts |
| | Italy | 18 pts |
| | Belarus | 35 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 48 pts |
| 5 | Ukraine | 51 pts |
| 6 | Romania | 57 pts |
| 7 | Portugal | 84 pts |
| 8 | France | 89 pts |
| 9 | Finland | 114 pts |
| 10 | Hungary | 124 pts |
| 11 | Slovakia | 143 pts |

### Women's 10 km Junior

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Tatyana Kozlova (RUS) | 46:08 |
| | Marina Tikhonova (BLR) | 46:31 |
| | Yekaterina Izmailova (RUS) | 46:42 |
| 4 | Athanassia Tzoumeleka (GRE) | 46:43 |
| 5 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | 47:23 |
| 6 | Edina Füsti (HUN) | 47:30 |
| 7 | Katsiaryna Labashova (BLR) | 47:38 |
| 8 | María Hatzipanayiotídou (GRE) | 47:40 |
| 9 | Zuzana Maliková (SVK) | 47:45 |
| 10 | Sniazhana Yurchanka (BLR) | 47:58 |
| 11 | Ankica Barzut (YUG) | 48:07 |
| 12 | Irina Korotkova (RUS) | 48:22 |
| 13 | Ulrike Sischka (GER) | 48:42 |
| 14 | Mélissa Rodriguez (FRA) | 48:43 |
| 15 | Anna Szumny (POL) | 48:57 |
| 16 | Lorena Luaces (ESP) | 49:20 |
| 17 | Carla Monteiro (POR) | 49:22 |
| 18 | Alina Olaru (ROU) | 49:38 |
| 19 | Barbora Dibelková (CZE) | 49:57 |
| 20 | Raquel Carvalho (POR) | 50:12 |
| 21 | Alice Robin (FRA) | 50:31 |
| —$^†$ | Julie Goubault (FRA) | 50:54 |
| 22 | Iraxte Pérez (ESP) | 51:00 |
| 23 | Erini Karagianni (GRE) | 51:03 |
| 24 | Laura Polli (SUI) | 51:16 |
| —$^†$ | Tatyana Zuyeva (BLR) | 51:20 |
| 25 | Johanna Ellefsen Rostad (NOR) | 51:25 |
| 26 | Dorothée Brun (FRA) | 51:26 |
| 27 | Maria Baj (POL) | 51:38 |
| 28 | Teodora Pusta (ROU) | 51:49 |
| 29 | Gabriella Papp (HUN) | 51:50 |
| 30 | Zinaida Onoprienko (UKR) | 51:52 |
| —$^†$ | Anastasiya Kuznyetsova (UKR) | 52:08 |
| 31 | Oana Maxim (ROU) | 52:09 |
| 32 | Violetta Spychalska (POL) | 52:52 |
| 33 | Virág Erdös (HUN) | 53:01 |
| 34 | Kristina Judkina (UKR) | 53:02 |
| 35 | Mária Novotná (SVK) | 53:18 |
| 36 | Alice Klabuhn (GER) | 53:39 |
| —$^†$ | Dóra Nemere (HUN) | 53:42 |
| 37 | Veronika Daňová (SVK) | 53:45 |
| 38 | Dovilė Juozaitytė (LTU) | 57:24 |
| 39 | Katy-Marin Tiitmaa (EST) | 59:11 |
| 40 | Annika Sillat (EST) | 1:01:41 |
| — | Corinna Hensel (GER) | DNF |
| — | Olena Syrovatko (UKR) | DNF |
$^†$: Extra athlete (illegible for Team and individual results)

#### Team (10 km Junior Women)

| Place | Country | Points |
| | Russia | 4 pts |
| | Belarus | 9 pts |
| | Greece | 12 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 21 pts |
| 5 | Hungary | 35 pts |
| 6 | France | 35 pts |
| 7 | Portugal | 37 pts |
| 8 | Poland | 42 pts |
| 9 | Slovakia | 44 pts |
| 10 | Romania | 46 pts |
| 11 | Germany | 49 pts |
| 12 | Ukraine | 64 pts |
| 13 | Estonia | 79 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 273 athletes ( men/ women) + 8 guests (4 men/4 women) in the Junior events from 30 countries is reported.
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (16+2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Denmark (3)
* Estonia (5)
* Finland (6)
* France (18+2)
* Germany (18)
* Greece (11)
* Hungary (17+1)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (13)
* Latvia (7)
* Lithuania (10+1)
* Moldova (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (13)
* Portugal (12)
* Romania (12)
* Russia (18)
* Slovakia (17)
* Spain (18)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* Turkey (3)
* Ukraine (16+2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* Yugoslavia (3)