2003 European Winter Throwing Challenge

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2003 European Throwing Cup
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The 2003 European Winter Throwing Challenge was held on 1 and 2 March at Stadio Polivalente Gioia Tauro in Gioia Tauro, Italy. It was the third edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 137 athletes from 24 countries entered the competition. [1]

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The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Several events were split into two groups due to the number of entries. Russia and Germany were the top performing nations at the competition. Russia won the women's division on points and had the largest medal haul with one gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Germany topped the men's points table and was the only nation to win two gold medals at the challenge. The host nation, Italy, ranked third in both the men's and women's categories. [2]

Three medallists in Gioia Tauro went on to reach the podium at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. Women's hammer throwers Manuela Montebrun and Olga Kuzenkova were world bronze and silver medallists, respectively, while Steffi Nerius (women's javelin winner at this competition) took the bronze on the global stage.

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Shot putFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Rutger Smith  (NED)20.52 mFlag of Russia.svg  Ivan Yushkov  (RUS)19.54 mFlag of Germany.svg  Peter Sack  (GER)19.53 m
Discus throwFlag of Estonia.svg  Gerd Kanter  (EST)64.17 mFlag of Spain.svg  Mario Pestano  (ESP)63.71 mFlag of Romania.svg  Ionel Oprea  (ROM)62.29 m
Javelin throwFlag of Germany.svg  Christian Nicolay  (GER)83.80 mFlag of Russia.svg  Alexandr Ivanov  (RUS)79.24 mFlag of France.svg  Dominique Pausé  (FRA)78.60 m
Hammer throwFlag of Italy.svg  Nicola Vizzoni  (ITA)75.35 mFlag of Greece.svg  Alexandros Papadimitriou  (GRE)74.74 mFlag of Russia.svg  Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)74.73 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Shot putFlag of Russia.svg  Irina Khudoroshkina  (RUS)18.47 mFlag of Russia.svg  Anna Romanova  (RUS)18.09 mFlag of Italy.svg  Cristiana Checchi  (ITA)17.91 m
Discus throwFlag of Portugal.svg  Teresa Machado  (POR)63.65 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Viktoriya Boyko  (UKR)60.63 mFlag of Greece.svg  Styliani Tsikouna  (GRE)59.73 m
Javelin throwFlag of Germany.svg  Steffi Nerius  (GER)62.50 mFlag of Russia.svg  Oksana Gromova  (RUS)61.12 mFlag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Ivakina  (RUS)60.42 m
Hammer throwFlag of France.svg  Manuela Montebrun  (FRA)72.18 mFlag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)69.24 mFlag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)66.25 m

Medal and points table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 201384827885
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 143882968238
3=Flag of France.svg  France 101261773149
3=Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101281617882
5=Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1001
5=Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1001
5=Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 100128423933
8=Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 01123053
8=Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 01123213
10=Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 010141042856
10=Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 010139417705
12=Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 00004599
12=Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00003193
12=Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00003318
12=Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 00003853

Participation

References

  1. European Cup Winter Throwing Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine . RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
  2. Buccellato, Marco (2003-03-10). 3rd European Winter Throwing Challenge 2003 Gioia Tauro / ITA, 09 - 10 March 2003. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
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