1981 European Cup (athletics)

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1981 European Cup
Host city Zagreb, Yugoslavia
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events33

The 1981 European Cup was the 8th edition of the European Cup of athletics. [1] It was the last edition to feature multiple stages of competition before being replaced by the promotion/relegation system since 1983.

Contents

The "A" Finals were held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The first two teams qualified for the 1981 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Held in Zagreb on 15 and 16 August. [2]

Team standings

Results summary

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
(Wind: -0.9 m/s)
Allan Wells
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
10.17 Frank Emmelmann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
10.21 Hermann Panzo
Flag of France.svg France
10.29
200 m
(Wind: +0.3 m/s)
Frank Emmelmann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.33
CR
Allan Wells
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
20.35 Patrick Barré
Flag of France.svg France
20.60
400 m Hartmut Weber
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
45.32 Mauro Zuliani
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
45.35 Andreas Knebel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
45.76
800 m Sebastian Coe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
1:47.03 Willi Wülbeck
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1:47.72 Olaf Beyer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:47.73
1500 m Olaf Beyer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
3:43.52 Nikolay Kirov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
3:43.68 Steve Cram
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3:43.72
5000 m Dave Moorcroft
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
13:43.18 Valeriy Abramov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
13:43.69 Hansjörg Kunze
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13:43.72
10,000 m Werner Schildhauer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
28:45.89 Julian Goater
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
28:55.04 Karl Fleschen
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
28:57.74
3000 m steeplechase Mariano Scartezzini
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
8:13.32
CR
Bogusław Mamiński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
8:17.23 Patriz Ilg
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
8:21.13
110 m hurdles
(Wind: -0.6 m/s)
Mark Holtom
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
13.79 Andreas Schlisske
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13.85 Romuald Giegiel
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
13.88
400 m hurdles Volker Beck
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
48.94 Harald Schmid
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
49.12 Dmitriy Shkarupin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
49.71
4 × 100 m Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Krzysztof Zwoliński
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin
38.66Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Andrey Shlyapnikov
Nikolay Sidorov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Vladimir Muravyov
38.80Flag of France.svg France
Philippe Le Joncour
Bernard Petibois
Antoine Richard
Hermann Panzo
38.83
4 × 400 m Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Stefano Malinverni
Alfonso Di Guida
Roberto Ribaud
Mauro Zuliani
3:01.42Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Pavel Roshchin
Vitaliy Fedotov
Viktor Burakov
Viktor Markin
3:01.69Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Roy Dickens
Harry Cook
Steve Scout
David Jenkins
3:02.93
High jump Valeriy Sereda
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
2.30 Gerd Nagel
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
2.28 Massimo Di Giorgio
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2.26
Pole vault Jean-Michel Bellot
Flag of France.svg France
Konstantin Volkov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
5.40 Keith Stock
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
5.30
Long jump Uwe Lange
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
7.98 Shamil Abbyasov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
7.93 Joachim Busse
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
7.82w
Triple jump Jaak Uudmäe
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
16.97 Aston Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
16.86 Miloš Srejović
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
16.54
Shot put Udo Beyer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
21.41 Yevgeniy Mironov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
20.33 Ralf Reichenbach
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
19.70
Discus throw Armin Lemme
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
64.06 Dmitriy Kovtsun
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
59.60 Alwin Wagner
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
59.16
Hammer throw Yuriy Sedykh
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
77.68 Karl-Hans Riehm
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
75.86 Roland Steuk
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
73.34
Javelin throw Detlef Michel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
90.86
CR
Dainis Kûla
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
88.40 Michał Wacławik
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
88.26
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

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
(Wind: -1.0 m/s)
Marlies Göhr
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
11.17 Kathy Smallwood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
11.27 Olga Zolotaryova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
11.36
200 m
(Wind: -1.6 m/s)
Bärbel Wöckel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
22.19 Kathy Smallwood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
22.65 Natalya Bochina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
23.08
400 m Marita Koch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
49.43 Gaby Bussmann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
50.83 Irina Nazarova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
51.31
800 m Martina Steuk
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:57.16 Lyudmila Veselkova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
1:57.25 Jolanta Januchta
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:58.50
1500 m Tamara Sorokina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4:01.37
CR
Ulrike Bruns
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:02.21 Anna Bukis
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
4:04.38
3000 m Angelika Zauber
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
8:49.61
CR
Yelena Sipatova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
8:49.99 Paula Fudge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
8:54.59
100 m hurdles
(Wind: -2.4 m/s)
Tatyana Anisimova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
12.91 Kerstin Knabe
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13.08 Lucyna Langer
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
13.20
400 m hurdles Ellen Neumann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
54.90 Ana Kasteckaja
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
56.34 Genowefa Błaszak
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
57.21
4 × 100 m Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Annelies Walter
Bärbel Wöckel
Gesine Walther
Marlies Göhr
42.53Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Wendy Hoyte
Kathy Smallwood
Beverley Goddard
Shirley Thomas
43.03Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Olga Zolotaryova
Olga Nasonova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Natalya Bochina
43.26
4 × 400 m Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Dagmar Rübsam
Martina Steuk
Bärbel Wöckel
Marita Koch
3:19.83Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Nadezhda Lyalina
Tatyana Litvinova
Irina Baskakova
Irina Nazarova
3:24.85Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Linda Forsyth
Michelle Scutt
Verona Elder
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
3:27.27
High jump Ulrike Meyfarth
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1.94 Lyudmila Zhecheva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
1.92 Yelena Popkova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
1.86
Long jump Sigrid Ulbricht
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
6.86 Anna Włodarczyk
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
6.66 Tatyana Kolpakova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
6.59
Shot put Ilona Slupianek
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
21.12 Verzhinia Veselinova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
20.77 Galina Isayeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
18.15
Discus throw Mariya Petkova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
69.08 Galina Savinkova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
68.46 Evelin Jahl
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
67.32
Javelin throw Antoaneta Todorova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
71.88
WR , CR
Tessa Sanderson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
65.94 Ingrid Thyssen
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
63.86
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)

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final.

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 4 and 5 July. [2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 (plus Greece as the host) qualified for the "B" final.

Women

All semifinals were held on 5 July. [2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 qualified for the "B" final.

Preliminaries

First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

References

  1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p467)