2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup

The 2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 14 February 2004 at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany.[1] It was the second edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the eight top performing nations from the 2003 European Cup.[2] It was the second consecutive year that the event was held at the venue, following on from a successful hosting of the 2003 European Athletics Indoor Cup.[3]

2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup
Host cityLeipzig, Germany
Events19
Dates14 February
Main venueArena Leipzig
The Arena Leipzig hosted the event for a second year running.

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.

The Russian women's team retained their title from the previous year, taking a comprehensive victory – seven of the ten women's events were won by Russians and the team was eighteen points clear of runner-up Germany. The men's side was a much more closely contested affair. The title was decided in the final Swedish medley relay event, with France just managing to maintain its lead and beat the Russian men by two points in the final rankings.[1]

Results summary

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Triple jump winner Christian Olsson went on to win Olympic gold that year.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres   Jason Gardener (GBR) 6.51   Simone Collio (ITA) 6.63   Łukasz Chyła (POL) 6.65
400 metres   Dmitriy Forshev (RUS) 46.46   Brice Panel (FRA) 47.05   Robert Tobin (GBR) 47.26
800 metres   Bram Som (NED) 1:48.79   René Herms (GER) 1:49.14   Rickard Pell (SWE) 1:49.40
1500 metres   Mounir Yemmouni (FRA) 3:49.82   Matt Shone (GBR) 3:49.91   Zbigniew Graczyk (POL) 3:50.31
3000 metres   Gert-Jan Liefers (NED) 7:49.70   Ismaïl Sghyr (FRA) 7:51.28   Salvatore Vincenti (ITA) 7:51.89
60 metres hurdles   Andrea Giaconi (ITA) 7.72   Gregory Sedoc (NED) 7.80   Mohammed Sillah-Freckleton (GBR) 7.81
Swedish relay
(800/600/400/200 m)
  Russia (RUS)
Dmitriy Bogdanov
Andrey Rudnitskiy
Aleksandr Usov
Oleg Sergeyev
4:12.26   Netherlands (NED)
Arnoud Okken
Bram Som
Guus Hoogmoed
Patrick van Balkom
4:12.52   Germany (GER)
Andreas Freimann
Ruwen Faller
Bastian Swillms
Tobias Unger
4:14.65
Pole vault   Björn Otto (GER) 5.70 m   Igor Pavlov (RUS) 5.65 m   Patrik Kristiansson (SWE) 5.55 m
Triple jump   Christian Olsson (SWE) 17.31 m   Viktor Gushchinskiy (RUS) 16.94 m   Fabrizio Donato (ITA) 16.65 m

Women

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Yelena Slesarenko took the high jump silver medal.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres   Larisa Kruglova (RUS) 7.27   Gabi Rockmeier (GER) 7.29   Evi Nesoudi (GRE) 7.31
400 metres   Olesya Krasnomovets (RUS) 51.31   Claudia Marx (GER) 52.01   Antonina Yefremova (UKR) 52.41
800 metres   Olga Raspopova (RUS) 2:00.41   Jo Fenn (GBR) 2:00.54   Tetiana Petlyuk (UKR) 2:01.14
1500 metres   Iryna Lishchynska (UKR) 4:09.82   Yuliya Kosenkova (RUS) 4:10.24   Maria Martins (FRA) 4:12.87
3000 metres   Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) 8:53.45   Lidia Chojecka (POL) 8:53.62   Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 9:01.00
60 metres hurdles   Flora Redoumi (GRE) 7.97   Glory Alozie (ESP) 7.99   Juliane Sprenger (GER) 8.00
Swedish relay
(800/600/400/200 m)
  Russia (RUS)
Irina Vashentseva
Natalya Khrushcheleva
Mariya Lisnichenko
Irina Khabarova
4:46.14   Germany (GER)
Kathleen Friedrich
Maren Schott
Jana Neubert
Birgit Rockmeier
4:47.92   Great Britain (GBR)
Becky Lyne
Jenny Meadows
Helen Karagounis
Joice Maduaka
4:52.18
High jump   Daniela Rath (GER) 2.00 m   Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 1.96 m   Vita Styopina (UKR)
  Ruth Beitia (ESP)
1.93 m
Long jump   Irina Simagina (RUS) 6.72 m   Sophie Krauel (GER) 6.46 m   Concepción Montaner (ESP) 6.39 m
Shot put   Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS) 18.75 m   Krystyna Zabawska (POL) 18.50 m   Nadine Kleinert (GER) 18.38 m

Medal table

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Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

References

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  1. ^ a b Gordon, Ed (2006-06-14). 2nd European Indoor Cup 2004. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
  2. ^ a b European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
  3. ^ Second edition of European Indoor Cup will take place in Leipzig[permanent dead link]. European Athletics (2003-02-16). Retrieved on 2011-01-23.
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