1981 European Cup (athletics)

The 1981 European Cup was the 8th edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1] It was the last edition to feature multiple stages of competition before being replaced by the promotion/relegation system since 1983.

1981 European Cup
Host cityZagreb, Yugoslavia
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events33

The "A" Finals were held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The first two teams qualified for the 1981 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Held in Zagreb on 15 and 16 August.[2]

Team standings
Men
Pos. Nation Points
1  East Germany 128
2  Soviet Union 124.5
3  Great Britain 106.5
4  West Germany 97
5  Italy 75
6  Poland 74
7  France 71
8  Yugoslavia 41
Women
Pos. Nation Points
1  East Germany 108.5
2  Soviet Union 97
3  West Germany 74
 Great Britain 74
5  Bulgaria 72
6  Poland 53.5
7  Hungary 41
8  Yugoslavia 20

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: -0.9 m/s)		 Allan Wells
 Great Britain		10.17 Frank Emmelmann
 East Germany		10.21 Hermann Panzo
 France		10.29
200 m
(Wind: +0.3 m/s)		 Frank Emmelmann
 East Germany		20.33
CR		 Allan Wells
 Great Britain		20.35 Patrick Barré
 France		20.60
400 m Hartmut Weber
 West Germany		45.32 Mauro Zuliani
 Italy		45.35 Andreas Knebel
 East Germany		45.76
800 m Sebastian Coe
 Great Britain		1:47.03 Willi Wülbeck
 West Germany		1:47.72 Olaf Beyer
 East Germany		1:47.73
1500 m Olaf Beyer
 East Germany		3:43.52 Nikolay Kirov
 Soviet Union		3:43.68 Steve Cram
 Great Britain		3:43.72
5000 m Dave Moorcroft
 Great Britain		13:43.18 Valeriy Abramov
 Soviet Union		13:43.69 Hansjörg Kunze
 East Germany		13:43.72
10,000 m Werner Schildhauer
 East Germany		28:45.89 Julian Goater
 Great Britain		28:55.04 Karl Fleschen
 West Germany		28:57.74
3000 m steeplechase Mariano Scartezzini
 Italy		8:13.32
CR		 Bogusław Mamiński
 Poland		8:17.23 Patriz Ilg
 West Germany		8:21.13
110 m hurdles
(Wind: -0.6 m/s)		 Mark Holtom
 Great Britain		13.79 Andreas Schlisske
 East Germany		13.85 Romuald Giegiel
 Poland		13.88
400 m hurdles Volker Beck
 East Germany		48.94 Harald Schmid
 West Germany		49.12 Dmitriy Shkarupin
 Soviet Union		49.71
4 × 100 m  Poland
Krzysztof Zwoliński
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin		38.66  Soviet Union
Andrey Shlyapnikov
Nikolay Sidorov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Vladimir Muravyov		38.80  France
Philippe Le Joncour
Bernard Petibois
Antoine Richard
Hermann Panzo		38.83
4 × 400 m  Italy
Stefano Malinverni
Alfonso Di Guida
Roberto Ribaud
Mauro Zuliani		3:01.42  Soviet Union
Pavel Roshchin
Vitaliy Fedotov
Viktor Burakov
Viktor Markin		3:01.69  Great Britain
Roy Dickens
Harry Cook
Steve Scout
David Jenkins		3:02.93
High jump Valeriy Sereda
 Soviet Union		2.30 Gerd Nagel
 West Germany		2.28 Massimo Di Giorgio
 Italy		2.26
Pole vault Jean-Michel Bellot
 France
Konstantin Volkov
 Soviet Union		5.40 Keith Stock
 Great Britain		5.30
Long jump Uwe Lange
 East Germany		7.98 Shamil Abbyasov
 Soviet Union		7.93 Joachim Busse
 West Germany		7.82w
Triple jump Jaak Uudmäe
 Soviet Union		16.97 Aston Moore
 Great Britain		16.86 Miloš Srejović
 Yugoslavia		16.54
Shot put Udo Beyer
 East Germany		21.41 Yevgeniy Mironov
 Soviet Union		20.33 Ralf Reichenbach
 West Germany		19.70
Discus throw Armin Lemme
 East Germany		64.06 Dmitriy Kovtsun
 Soviet Union		59.60 Alwin Wagner
 West Germany		59.16
Hammer throw Yuriy Sedykh
 Soviet Union		77.68 Karl-Hans Riehm
 West Germany		75.86 Roland Steuk
 East Germany		73.34
Javelin throw Detlef Michel
 East Germany		90.86
CR		 Dainis Kûla
 Soviet Union		88.40 Michał Wacławik
 Poland		88.26
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: -1.0 m/s)		 Marlies Göhr
 East Germany		11.17 Kathy Smallwood
 Great Britain		11.27 Olga Zolotaryova
 Soviet Union		11.36
200 m
(Wind: -1.6 m/s)		 Bärbel Wöckel
 East Germany		22.19 Kathy Smallwood
 Great Britain		22.65 Natalya Bochina
 Soviet Union		23.08
400 m Marita Koch
 East Germany		49.43 Gaby Bussmann
 West Germany		50.83 Irina Nazarova
 Soviet Union		51.31
800 m Martina Steuk
 East Germany		1:57.16 Lyudmila Veselkova
 Soviet Union		1:57.25 Jolanta Januchta
 Poland		1:58.50
1500 m Tamara Sorokina
 Soviet Union		4:01.37
CR		 Ulrike Bruns
 East Germany		4:02.21 Anna Bukis
 Poland		4:04.38
3000 m Angelika Zauber
 East Germany		8:49.61
CR		 Yelena Sipatova
 Soviet Union		8:49.99 Paula Fudge
 Great Britain		8:54.59
100 m hurdles
(Wind: -2.4 m/s)		 Tatyana Anisimova
 Soviet Union		12.91 Kerstin Knabe
 East Germany		13.08 Lucyna Langer
 Poland		13.20
400 m hurdles Ellen Neumann
 East Germany		54.90 Ana Kasteckaja
 Soviet Union		56.34 Genowefa Błaszak
 Poland		57.21
4 × 100 m  East Germany
Annelies Walter
Bärbel Wöckel
Gesine Walther
Marlies Göhr		42.53  Great Britain
Wendy Hoyte
Kathy Smallwood
Beverley Goddard
Shirley Thomas		43.03  Soviet Union
Olga Zolotaryova
Olga Nasonova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Natalya Bochina		43.26
4 × 400 m  East Germany
Dagmar Rübsam
Martina Steuk
Bärbel Wöckel
Marita Koch		3:19.83  Soviet Union
Nadezhda Lyalina
Tatyana Litvinova
Irina Baskakova
Irina Nazarova		3:24.85  Great Britain
Linda Forsyth
Michelle Scutt
Verona Elder
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith		3:27.27
High jump Ulrike Meyfarth
 East Germany		1.94 Lyudmila Zhecheva
 Bulgaria		1.92 Yelena Popkova
 Soviet Union		1.86
Long jump Sigrid Ulbricht
 East Germany		6.86 Anna Włodarczyk
 Poland		6.66 Tatyana Kolpakova
 Soviet Union		6.59
Shot put Ilona Slupianek
 East Germany		21.12 Verzhinia Veselinova
 Bulgaria		20.77 Galina Isayeva
 Soviet Union		18.15
Discus throw Mariya Petkova
 Bulgaria		69.08 Galina Savinkova
 Soviet Union		68.46 Evelin Jahl
 East Germany		67.32
Javelin throw Antoaneta Todorova
 Bulgaria		71.88
WR, CR		 Tessa Sanderson
 Great Britain		65.94 Ingrid Thyssen
 West Germany		63.86
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final.

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 4 and 5 July.[2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 (plus Greece as the host) qualified for the "B" final.

Women

All semifinals were held on 5 July.[2] First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 qualified for the "B" final.

Preliminaries

First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

References
  1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p467)
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