1983 European Cup (athletics)

1983 European Cup
Dates	20–21 August
Host city	London, United Kingdom
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	33
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The 1983 European Cup was the 9th edition of the European Cup of athletics. ^[1] From this edition on, the multiple stages of competition were replaced by the promotion/relegation league system.

The "A" Finals were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Great Britain.

"A" Final

Held on 20 and 21 August in London, United Kingdom ^[2]

Team standings

Men

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	117
2	Soviet Union	106
3	West Germany	102
4	Great Britain	94.5
5	Poland	86.5
6	Italy	80.5
7	France	70
8	Hungary	60.5

Women

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	107
2	Soviet Union	85
3	Czechoslovakia	77
4	Great Britain	77
5	West Germany	58
6	Bulgaria	58
7	Poland	43
8	Hungary	34

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -1.5 m/s)	Frank Emmelmann   East Germany	10.58	Allan Wells  Great Britain	10.59	Antoine Richard  France	10.65
200 m (Wind: -0.7 m/s)	Allan Wells  Great Britain	20.72	Pietro Mennea  Italy	20.74	Erwin Skamrahl   West Germany	20.99
400 m	Hartmut Weber   West Germany	45.39	Thomas Schönlebe   East Germany	45.70	Sergey Lovachov  Soviet Union	45.83
800 m	Willi Wülbeck   West Germany	1:45.74 CR	Detlef Wagenknecht   East Germany	1:45.83	Peter Elliott  Great Britain	1:45.84
1500 m	Steve Cram  Great Britain	3:42.27	Andreas Busse   East Germany	3:43.12	Piotr Kurek   Poland	3:43.65
5000 m	Thomas Wessinghage   West Germany	13:48.72	Dmitriy Dmitriyev  Soviet Union	13:49.27	Alberto Cova  Italy	13:55.59
10,000 m	Werner Schildhauer   East Germany	28:02.11 CR	Alberto Cova  Italy	28:02.13	Valeriy Abramov  Soviet Union	28:02.87
3000 m steeplechase	Bogusław Mamiński   Poland	8:24.80	Colin Reitz  Great Britain	8:25.72	Joseph Mahmoud  France	8:28.04
110 m hurdles (Wind: -1.5 m/s)	Thomas Munkelt   East Germany	13.72	György Bakos   Hungary	13.74	Romuald Giegiel   Poland	13.88
400 m hurdles	Harald Schmid   West Germany	48.56	Aleksandr Kharlov  Soviet Union	49.53	Ryszard Szparak   Poland	49.65
4 × 100 m	Italy Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Giovanni Bongiorni Pietro Mennea	38.86	Great Britain Lincoln Asquith Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Cameron Sharp	38.88	Poland Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czesław Prądzyński Marian Woronin	38.97
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown	3:02.28	East Germany Udo Bauer Jens Carlowitz Andreas Knebel Thomas Schönlebe	3:02.62	Soviet Union Sergey Lovachov Viktor Markin Yevgeniy Lomtev Aliaksandr Trashchyla	3:02.77
High jump	Franck Verzy  France	2.32	Valeriy Sereda  Soviet Union	2.26	Dietmar Mögenburg   West Germany	2.23
Pole vault	Patrick Abada  France	5.55	Aleksandr Krupskiy  Soviet Union	5.50	Jürgen Winkler   West Germany	5.50
Long jump	László Szalma   Hungary	8.10w	Oganes Stepanyan  Soviet Union	8.09	Mathias Koch   East Germany	7.88w
Triple jump	Peter Bouschen   West Germany	17.12	Zdzisław Hoffmann   Poland	16.94	Béla Bakosi   Hungary	16.86
Shot put	Edward Sarul   Poland	20.54	Ulf Timmermann   East Germany	20.39	Jânis Bojârs  Soviet Union	20.16
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult   East Germany	64.96	Alwin Wagner   West Germany	64.14	Georgiy Kolnootchenko  Soviet Union	64.04
Hammer throw	Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union	81.52 CR	Zdzisław Kwaśny   Poland	80.18	Günther Rodehau   East Germany	77.58
Javelin throw	Detlef Michel   East Germany	85.72	Heino Puuste  Soviet Union	85.54	Klaus Tafelmeier   West Germany	84.20
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: -1.0 m/s)	Marlies Göhr   East Germany	11.28	Anelia Nuneva   Bulgaria	11.33	Kathy Cook  Great Britain	11.39
200 m (Wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jarmila Kratochvílová   Czechoslovakia	22.40	Marita Koch   East Germany	22.40	Kathy Cook  Great Britain	22.57
400 m	Tatána Kocembová   Czechoslovakia	49.33 CR	Mariya Pinigina  Soviet Union	49.63	Gaby Bussmann   West Germany	51.09
800 m	Jarmila Kratochvílová   Czechoslovakia	1:58.79	Antje Schröder   East Germany	1:59.53	Margrit Klinger   West Germany	1:59.64
1500 m	Nadezhda Ralldugina  Soviet Union	4:07.61	Christiane Wartenberg   East Germany	4:07.86	Totka Petrova   Bulgaria	4:08.02
3000 m	Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union	8:49.27 CR	Ulrike Bruns   East Germany	8:49.71	Jane Furniss  Great Britain	8:51.58
100 m hurdles (Wind: -2.1 m/s)	Bettine Jahn   East Germany	12.89	Lucyna Kałek   Poland	12.97	Ginka Zagorcheva   Bulgaria	13.10
400 m hurdles	Ellen Fiedler   East Germany	54.20	Ana Ambrazienė  Soviet Union	54.74	Sue Morley  Great Britain	56.36
4 × 100 m	East Germany Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.63	Great Britain Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Bev Callender Shirley Thomas	43.18	Soviet Union Lyudmila Kondratyeva Yelena Vinogradova Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Antonova	43.67
4 × 400 m	Czechoslovakia Zuzana Moravčíková Milena Strnadová Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:20.79	Soviet Union Yelena Didilenko Marina Kharlamova Irina Baskakova Mariya Pinigina	3:21.71	East Germany Kerstin Walther Sabine Busch Undine Bremer Dagmar Neubauer	3:22.70
High jump	Ulrike Meyfarth   West Germany	2.03 WR , CR	Tamara Bykova  Soviet Union	2.03 WR , CR	Kerstin Brandt   East Germany	1.99
Long jump	Heike Daute   East Germany	6.99 CR	Eva Murková   Czechoslovakia	6.81w	Bev Kinch   Great Britain	6.63
Shot put	Helena Fibingerová   Czechoslovakia	20.76	Helma Knorscheidt   East Germany	19.49	Nunu Abashidze  Soviet Union	18.88
Discus throw	Martina Opitz   East Germany	69.00	Galina Murašova  Soviet Union	68.86	Mariya Petkova   Bulgaria	64.88
Javelin throw	Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain	69.04	Antje Kempe   East Germany	63.22	Genowefa Olejarz   Poland	63.12
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

Both "B" finals held on 20 and 21 August ^[2]

Men Held in Prague, Czechoslovakia Pos. Nation Points 1   Czechoslovakia 108 2  Spain 107 3   Finland 103.5 4   Sweden 100.5 5   Yugoslavia 92 6  Switzerland 73 7  Sweden 69 8  Belgium 65

Women Held in Sittard, Netherlands Pos. Nation Points 1  Italy 90 2   Romania 82 3  France 82 4   Finland 70 5  Sweden 70 6  Netherlands 55 7   Norway 50 8  Belgium 39

"C" Finals

Men

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August ^[2]

"C1" Final Held in Dublin, Ireland Pos. Nation Points 1   Norway 83 2  Netherlands 63 3   Ireland 57 4   Denmark 49 5   Iceland 46

"C2" Final Held in Lisbon, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1   Greece 68 2   Austria 58 3  Portugal 49 4   Luxembourg 23 –   Turkey DNS

Women

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August ^[2]

"C1" Final Held in Dublin, Ireland Pos. Nation Points 1   Yugoslavia 63 2   Austria 44 3  Spain 42 4  Portugal 41 5   Greece 34

"C2" Final Held in Lisbon, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1   Denmark 47 2  Switzerland 46 3   Ireland 33 4   Iceland 23

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. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p468)

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