1996 European Cup (athletics)

The 1996 European Cup was the 17th edition of the European Cup of athletics.

The Super League Finals were held in Madrid, Spain.

Overall

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

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		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	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	38.53	Italy	38.66	Great Britain	38.67
4 × 400 m	Great Britain	3:03.38	Germany	3:03.53	France	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		Silver		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	42.55	Germany	42.59	France	43.13
4 × 400 m	Germany	3:26.19	Ukraine	3:27.74	Russia	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)

External links

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics