European Half Marathon Cup | |
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Status | active |
Genre | Half Marathon competitions |
Date(s) | August |
Frequency | quadrennial |
Location(s) | various |
Inaugurated | 2016 |
Previous event | 2016 |
Next event | 2024 |
Organised by | EAA |
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. [1] 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.
Year | Edition | City | Country | Date | Men | Women |
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2016 | 1st | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 10 July | ||
Paris | France | Cancelled due to Covid19 | ||||
2024 | 2nd | Rome | Italy | 9 June |
In italic the participants whose result did not go into the team's total time, but awarded with medals. [2]
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2016 | Portugal Sara Moreira Jessica Augusto Dulce Félix Marisa Barros Vanessa Fernandes | Italy Veronica Inglese Anna Incerti Rosaria Console Laila Soufyane Catherine Bertone | Turkey Esma Aydemir Sultan Haydar Sevilay Eytemiş Tubay Erdal Yasemin Can Meryem Erdoğan |
2020 | postponed due to covid pandemic. | ||
2024 [4] | Great Britain Calli Hauger-Thackery Abbie Donnelly Clara Evans Lauren McNeil | Germany Melat Yisak Kejeta Domenika Mayer Esther Pfeiffer Fabienne Königstein Katharina Steinruck | Spain Laura Luengo Esther Navarrete Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie Meritxell Soler Lidia Campo Laura Méndez |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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