European Half Marathon Cup

Last updated
European Half Marathon Cup
Statusactive
Genre Half Marathon competitions
Date(s)August
Frequencyquadrennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated2016 (2016)
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.

Contents

Editions

YearEditionCityCountryDateMenWomen
20161st Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10 July details details
20202nd Paris Flag of France.svg  France TBD details details

Medals

In italic the participants whose result did not go into the team's total time, but awarded with medals. [2]

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
2016 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Tadesse Abraham
Julien Lyon
Adrian Leman
Christian Kreienbühl
Marcel Bernie
Andreas Kempf
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Carles Castillejo
Jesús España
Ayad Lamdassem
Ivan Fernandez
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Daniele Meucci
Stefano La Rosa
Ruggero Pertile
Xavier Chevrier
Daniele D'Onofrio

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
2016 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Sara Moreira
Jessica Augusto
Dulce Félix
Marisa Barros
Vanessa Fernandes
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Veronica Inglese
Anna Incerti
Rosaria Console
Laila Soufyane
Catherine Bertone
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Esma Aydemir
Sultan Haydar
Sevilay Eytemiş
Tubay Erdal
Yasemin Can
Meryem Erdoğan

All-time medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1001
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland  (SUI)1001
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0112
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0101
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

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References

  1. "European Athletics Championships 2016 - Team manual" (PDF). european-athletics.org. p. 30. Retrieved 6 September 2018. 10.2.3 EUROPEAN HALF MARATHON CUP - The European Half Marathon Cups are competitions for national men's and women's teams and are incorporated in the Half Marathon events of the European Athletics Championships.
  2. "European Athletics Championships 2016 - European Half Marathon Cup Women - Final". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 6 September 2018.