European Marathon Cup

Last updated
European Marathon Cup
Statusactive
Genre Road running competitions
Date(s)August
Frequencyquadrennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1981 (1981)
Organised by EAA

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. [1]

Contents

Each national team may enter six runner and the team score is the sum of the times of the team's three fastest finishers. The IAAF World Marathon Cup (first held in 1985) follows a similar format.

The event alternates biennially with the European Half Marathon Cup which is contested under similar rules when the European Athletics Championships are held in Olympic years

Editions

EditionYearHost cityHost countryDateNotes
1st 1981 Agen Flag of France.svg  France 13 September
2nd 1983 Laredo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 19 June
3rd 1985 Rome Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15 September
4th 1988 Huy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 30 April
5th 1994 Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7 August & 14 August
6th 1998 Budapest Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22–23 August
7th 2002 Munich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10–11 August
8th 2006 Gothenburg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12–13 August
9th 2010 Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31 July–1 August
10th 2014 Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 17 August [2]
11th 2018 Berlin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12 August [3]

Rules

Each country can deploy a single team with a maximum of six athletes, the total time is scored on the time of the first three classified, but the other athletes of the team that finished the race will be also awarded with the medal. [4]

Medallists

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
1981 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30 pt
1. Massimo Magnani
8. Giampaolo Messina
9. Gianni Poli
12. Armando Scozzari
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 72 ptFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 80 pt
1983 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22 pt
1. Waldemar Cierpinski
2. Jürgen Eberding
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 28 pt
3. Gianni Poli
4. Marco Marchei
8. Giampaolo Messina
13. Antonio Erotavo
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 45 pt
1985 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 32 pt
1. Michael Heilmann
3. Jörg Peter
Flag of France.svg  France 36 pt
2. Jacques Lefrand
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 38 pt
4. Alessio Faustini
7. Gelindo Bordin
13. Aldo Fantoni
14. Loris Pimazzoni
1988 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1. Ravil Kashapov
Flag of France.svg  France
3. Alain Lazare
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
1994 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1. Martín Fiz
2. Diego García
3. Alberto Juzdado
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
6. António Rodrigues
7. Manuel Matias
9. António Pinto
Flag of France.svg  France
10. Dominique Chauvelier
11. Noureddine Sobhi
18. Bruno Le Stum
1998 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1. Stefano Baldini
2. Danilo Goffi
3. Vincenzo Modica
7. Giovanni Ruggiero
20. Ottaviano Andriani
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
4. Julio Rey
5. Alejandro Gómez
6. Antoni Peña
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
9. João Lopes
10. António Salvador
15. Paulo Catarino
2002 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
3. Julio Rey
5. Alberto Juzdado
6. Alejandro Gómez
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
4. Daniele Caimmi
10. Migidio Bourifa
12. Alberico di Cecco
13. Danilo Goffi
19. Ottaviano Andriani
21. Sergio Chiesa
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
23. José Santos
27. Manuel Pita
29. António Sousa
2006 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1. Stefano Baldini
5. Francesco Ingargiola
11. Danilo Goffi
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
8. Alberto Chaíça
10. Luís Jesus
15. Hélder Ornelas
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
6. Dmitriy Semyonov
13. Dmitriy Burmakin
17. Grigoriy Andreyev
2010 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2. José Manuel Martínez
5. Pablo Villalobos
6. Rafael Iglesias
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
3. Dmitriy Safronov
9. Aleksey Sokolov
15. Oleg Kulkov
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
4. Ruggero Pertile
7. Migidio Bourifa
11. Ottaviano Andriani
31. Daniele Caimmi
2014 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
3. Yassine Rachik
5. Eyob Faniel
12. Stefano La Rosa
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
4. Javier Guerra
6. Jesus Espana
16. Camilo Raul Santiago
22. Petro Nimo
34. Iraitz Arrospide
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
8. Lamawork Ketema
10. Peter Herzog
41. Christian Steinhammer

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
1985 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1. Katrin Dörre
2. Gabriele Martins
3. Birgit Weinhold
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
6. Laura Fogli
7. Emma Scaunich
9. Rita Marchisio
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1988 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2. Raisa Smekhnova
3. Zoya Ivanova
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1. Katrin Dörre
1994 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2. Maria Curatolo
4. Ornella Ferrara
8. Rosanna Munerotto
9. Anna Villani
21. Bettina Sabatini
DNF Laura Fogli
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of France.svg  France
1998 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2. Madina Biktagirova
7. Lyubov Morgunova
8. Yelena Razdrogina
9. Lyudmila Petrova
18. Irina Timofeyeva
-
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3. Maura Viceconte
4. Franca Fiacconi
19. Gigliola Borghini
24. Francesca Zanusso
30. Paola Vignati
DNF Patrizia Ritondo
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2002 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Only two teams entered
2006 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5. Bruna Genovese
7. Deborah Toniolo
8. Giovanna Volpato
9. Anna Incerti
21. Marcella Mancini
DNF Rosaria Console
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2010 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2. Nailya Yulamanova
9. Irina Timofeyeva
11. Silviya Skvortsova
28. Yevgeniya Danilova
29. Margarita Plaksina
DNF Tatyana Pushkareva
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3. Anna Incerti
8. Rosaria Console
10. Deborah Toniolo
-
-
-
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
14. Michelle Ross-Cope
16. Susan Partridge
20. Holly Rush
21. Helen Decker
24. Rebecca Robinson
25. Jo Wilkinson
2014 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Valeria Straneo
Anna Incerti
Nadia Ejjafini
Emma Quaglia
Deborah Toniolo
Rosaria Console
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Jessica Augusto
Filomena Costa
Marisa Barros
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Natalya Puchkova
Albina Mayorova
Gulnara Vygovskaya
2018 Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Volha Mazuronak
Maryna Damantsevich
Nastassia Ivanova
Nina Savina
Iryna Somava
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sara Dossena
Catherine Bertone
Fatna Maraoui
Laura Gotti
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Trihas Gebre
Maria Azucena Diaz
Elena Loyo
Marta Galimany
Clara Simal

All-time medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)76215
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3328
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3216
4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3014
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2114
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1023
7Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0426
8Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)0325
9Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)0101
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0011
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland  (SUI)0011
Totals (14 nations)19201857

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