The 1988 European Marathon Cup was the fourth edition of the quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries, which was held in Huy, Belgium on 30 April. [1]
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Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon. She represented Germany at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and was the 3000 metres bronze medallist at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. She has a marathon best of 2:26:21, set at the 2010 Berlin Marathon.
The Women's Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started at 09.30h local time and was won by Rosa Mota of Portugal. There were 70 competitors from 39 countries, with 64 finishers.
Kathrin Wessel is a retired German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. She was the 1987 World Championship bronze medallist, the 1990 European Championship silver medallist, and won the 1989 World Cup title. She also competed at three Olympic Games.
Alejandro Gómez Cabral was a Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon and cross-country running.
The European Marathon Cup is a quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries. Initially a stand-alone championship race inaugurated in 1981, the race has been held in conjunction with the European Athletics Championships since 1994. Individual medallists are now included in the European Championships medal table, while team medals are awarded separately from the main championships.
The IAAF World Marathon Cup was an international event organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations every two years.
Severino Bernardini is a former Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.
The 1981 European Marathon Cup was the 1st edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Agen, France.
The 1985 European Marathon Cup was the 3rd edition of the European Marathon Cup of Athletics and were held in Rome, Italy.
The 1983 European Marathon Cup was the 2nd edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Laredo, Spain.
The 1994 European Marathon Cup was the 5th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Helsinki, Finland, inside of the 1994 European Championships.
The 1998 European Marathon Cup was the 6th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Budapest, Hungary, inside of the 1998 European Championships.
The 2002 European Marathon Cup was the 7th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Munich, Germany, inside of the 2002 European Championships.
The 2006 European Marathon Cup was the 8th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, inside of the 2006 European Championships.
The 2010 European Marathon Cup was the 9th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Barcelona, Spain, inside of the 2010 European Championships.
The African Marathon Championships was a biennial marathon running competition between athletes from Africa. A short-lived event, it was first staged in 1994 and held for a second and final time in 1996. The inaugural event was held on 4 December in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and the ultimate event on 1 December in Soweto, South Africa. The 1996 race was incorporated into the Soweto Marathon.
The 2018 European Marathon Cup was the 11th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Berlin, Germany on 12 August, inside of the 2018 European Championships.
The European Half Marathon Cup is a quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries held for the first time in 2016, incorporated in the half marathon events of the European Athletics Championships. The event alternates biennially with the European Marathon Cup which is held under similar rules when the European Athletics Championships are held in non-Olympic years.
Giovanna Epis is an Italian long-distance runner.
Bogusław Psujek was a Polish long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon. His most prominent victory was at the 1986 Berlin Marathon, which he won in a course record of 2:11:03 hours. He also won the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1990. He achieved his highest global ranking of ninth in the 1990 season, with a then Polish national record run of 2:10:26 hours in a seventh-place finish at the 1987 London Marathon.