2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup

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2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup
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Host city Moscow, Russia
Events19
Dates16 February
Main venue CSKA Universal Sports Hall

The 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 16 February 2008 at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow, Russia. It was the fourth and final edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2007 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain and Northern Ireland did not send either a men's or women's team and they were replaced by Ukraine and Spain, respectively. The men's team from Greece also opted not to participate and they were replaced by Sweden (the third best finisher in the 2007 European A League). The host nation won both the men's and women's competitions. [1]

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The competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. [2] The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score. [2]

Russia came first the men's competition, winning five of the nine events and having eighteen points to spare over second-placed Spain. [3] Yevgeniy Borisov was one of the team's best performers as he won the 60 metres hurdles in a Russian record time of 7.44 seconds. [4] The Russian women's team was even more dominant than their male counterparts as the team went on to continue their undefeated streak, winning six of the ten women's events and finishing 24 points clear of the runner-up Germany. [5]

The French women became the first team to finish the competition without winning a single event, although their points total of 23 was one higher than the record low (Sweden in 2006).

Results summary

Men

The 2004 Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy was one of the meetings most prominent stars. Yuriy Borzakovskiy Turin 2009 cropped.JPG
The 2004 Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy was one of the meetings most prominent stars.
EventGoldSilverBronze
60 metresFlag of Poland.svg  Łukasz Chyła  (POL)6.61Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Yepishin  (RUS)6.62Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Hlushchenko  (UKR)6.63
400 metresFlag of Sweden.svg  Johan Wissman  (SWE)46.55Flag of Italy.svg  Claudio Licciardello  (ITA)46.57Flag of Russia.svg  Maksim Dyldin  (RUS)46.60
800 metresFlag of Spain.svg  Luis Alberto Marco  (ESP)1:49.58Flag of Italy.svg  Livio Sciandra  (ITA)1:49.73Flag of Russia.svg  Yuriy Koldin  (RUS)1:49.91
1500 metresFlag of Spain.svg  Diego Ruiz  (ESP)3:48.31Flag of Italy.svg  Christian Obrist  (ITA)3:48.85Flag of Poland.svg  Bartosz Nowicki  (POL)3:49.02
3000 metresFlag of Russia.svg  Sergey Ivanov  (RUS)8:16.02Flag of Italy.svg  Cosimo Caliandro  (ITA)8:16.03Flag of Spain.svg  Sergio Sánchez  (ESP)8:19.26
60 metres hurdlesFlag of Russia.svg  Yevgeniy Borisov  (RUS)7.44 NR Flag of Spain.svg  Jackson Quiñónez  (ESP)7.57Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Blaschek  (GER)7.71
Swedish relay
(800/600/400/200 m)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Dmitriy Bogdanov
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Vladislav Frolov
Roman Smirnov
4:10.58Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Robin Schembera
Steffen Co
Ingo Schultz
Stefan Kuhlee
4:12.07Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Christian Neunhäuserer
Maurizio Bobbato
Domenico Rao
Matteo Galvan
4:15.91
Pole vaultFlag of Russia.svg  Sergey Kucheryanu  (RUS)5.65 mFlag of France.svg  Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)5.60 mFlag of Germany.svg  Tobias Scherbarth  (GER)5.50 m
Triple jumpFlag of Russia.svg  Yevgeniy Plotnir  (RUS)16.77 mFlag of Germany.svg  Andreas Pohle  (GER)16.43 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Viktor Yastrebov  (UKR)16.34 m

Women

Germany's Ariane Friedrich won the high jump. Ariane Friedrich Barcelona2010.jpg
Germany's Ariane Friedrich won the high jump.
EventGoldSilverBronze
60 metresFlag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Nabokina  (RUS)7.24Flag of Germany.svg  Verena Sailer  (GER)7.26Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Anna Bahdanovich  (BLR)7.31
400 metresFlag of Russia.svg  Olesya Zykina  (RUS)51.91Flag of Ukraine.svg  Nataliya Pyhyda  (UKR)52.42Flag of Poland.svg  Agnieszka Karpiesiuk  (POL)53.09
800 metresFlag of Poland.svg  Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk  (POL)2:01.50Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Cusma Piccione  (ITA)2:01.73Flag of Spain.svg  Mayte Martínez  (ESP)2:02.57
1500 metresFlag of Russia.svg  Olesya Chumakova  (RUS)4:15.28Flag of Spain.svg  Esther Desviat  (ESP)4:16.56Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Natallia Kareiva  (BLR)4:16.74
3000 metresFlag of Russia.svg  Yelena Sidorchenkova  (RUS)8:57.78Flag of Italy.svg  Silvia Weissteiner  (ITA)8:58.94Flag of Germany.svg  Sabrina Mockenhaupt  (GER)9:00.26
60 metres hurdlesFlag of Spain.svg  Josephine Onyia  (ESP)7.93Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Yauhenia Valadzko  (BLR)8.07Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Dektyareva  (RUS)8.10
Swedish relay
(800/600/400/200 m)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Tatyana Paliyenko
Tatyana Firova
Yuliya Gushchina
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
4:43.22Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)
Sviatlana Usovich
Iryna Khliustava
Anna Kozak
Anastasia Shuliak
4:48.25Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Agnieszka Sowińska
Małgorzata Pskit
Grażyna Prokopek
Marta Jeschke
4:53.23
High jumpFlag of Germany.svg  Ariane Friedrich  (GER)2.00 mFlag of Spain.svg  Ruth Beitia  (ESP)1.98 mFlag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Kivimyagi  (RUS)1.95 m
Long jumpFlag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Kolchanova  (RUS)6.60 mFlag of Spain.svg  Concepción Montaner  (ESP)6.57 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Viktoriya Rybalko  (UKR)6.51 m
Shot putFlag of Germany.svg  Denise Hinrichs  (GER)17.84 mFlag of Italy.svg  Assunta Legnante  (ITA)17.74 mFlag of Russia.svg  Oksana Gaus  (RUS)17.27 m

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

References

  1. Landells, Steve (17 February 2008). As Russians Sweep, Borisov and Friedrich impress – European Indoor Cup. IAAF. Retrieved on 28 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/ Athletics Weekly . Retrieved on 25 January 2011.
  3. Russian men make it a double home success at European Athletics Indoor Cup [ permanent dead link ]. European Athletics (16 February 2008). Retrieved on 28 January 2011.
  4. European Athletics Indoor Cup, Moscow in review Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine . European Athletics (18 February 2008). Retrieved on 28 January 2011.
  5. Russia defend women's title on home turf in Moscow [ permanent dead link ]. European Athletics (16 February 2008). Retrieved on 28 January 2011.
Results