1989 European Cup (athletics)

Held on 5 and 6 August in Gateshead, United Kingdom[2]

Team standings

Men

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Great Britain	115
2	East Germany	103
3	Soviet Union	101
4	Italy	95
5	France	95
6	West Germany	91
7	Czechoslovakia	63
8	Spain	54

Women

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	120
2	Soviet Union	95
3	Great Britain	84
4	West Germany	79
5	Romania	72
6	Poland	56
7	Bulgaria	43
8	Czechoslovakia	26

East and West Germany competed separately for the last time being replaced by the unified German team from the 1991 edition. As a result, only one team had to be relegated from the "A" Final and two teams were promoted from the "B" Final.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -1.8 m/s)	Linford Christie  Great Britain	10.33	Daniel Sangouma  France	10.39	Vladimir Krylov  Soviet Union	10.43
200 m (Wind: +0.1 m/s)	John Regis  Great Britain	20.62	Stefano Tilli  Italy	20.66	Daniel Sangouma  France	20.83
400 m	Edgar Itt  West Germany	45.43	Jens Carlowitz  East Germany	45.44	Cayetano Cornet  Spain	45.82
800 m	Tom McKean  Great Britain	1:46.94	Peter Braun  West Germany	1:47.53	Hauke Fuhlbrügge  East Germany	1:48.20
1500 m	Pascal Thiébaut  France	3:48.05	Sergey Afanasyev  Soviet Union	3:48.35	Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy	3:48.61
5000 m	Salvatore Antibo  Italy	13:43.84	Jack Buckner  Great Britain	13:44.77	Mikhail Dasko  Soviet Union	13:47.56
10,000 m	Francesco Panetta  Italy	28:27.02	Tim Hutchings  Great Britain	28:27.21	José Manuel Albentosa  Spain	28:29.78
3000 m steeplechase	Alessandro Lambruschini  Italy	8:34.06	Hagen Melzer  East Germany	8:34.90	Raymond Pannier  France	8:35.33
110 m hurdles (Wind: -2.9 m/s)	Colin Jackson  Great Britain	13.56	Vladimir Shishkin  Soviet Union	13.76	Florian Schwarthoff  West Germany	13.88
400 m hurdles	Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain	48.95	Harald Schmid  West Germany	49.26	Vladimir Budko  Soviet Union	49.60
4 × 100 m	Great Britain Tony Jarrett John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie	38.39	France Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quénéhervé Bruno Marie-Rose	38.46	Italy Antonio Ullo Sandro Floris Pier Francesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	38.98
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Peter Crampton Kriss Akabusi Todd Bennett Brian Whittle	3:03.16	West Germany Klaus Just Mark Henrich Carsten Köhrbrück Ralf Lübke	3:03.33	East Germany Torsten Odebrett Thomas Miethig Jens Carlowitz Thomas Schönlebe	3:04.21
High jump	Dalton Grant  Great Britain	2.32	Rudolf Povarnitsyn  Soviet Union	2.32	Róbert Ruffíni  Czechoslovakia	2.29
Pole vault	Rodion Gataullin  Soviet Union	5.70	Bernhard Zintl  West Germany	5.50	Uwe Langhammer  East Germany	5.40
Long jump	Vladimir Ratushkov  Soviet Union	8.09	Christian Thomas  West Germany	8.05	Stewart Faulkner  Great Britain	7.97
Triple jump	Oleg Sakirkin  Soviet Union	17.18	Wolfgang Zinser  West Germany	16.71	Dario Badinelli  Italy	16.50
Shot put	Ulf Timmermann  East Germany	21.72	Karsten Stolz  West Germany	20.45	Alessandro Andrei  Italy	20.03
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult  East Germany	66.54	Romas Ubartas  Soviet Union	63.98	Rolf Danneberg  West Germany	63.12
Hammer throw	Heinz Weis  West Germany	79.86	Igor Astapkovich  Soviet Union	79.68	Ralf Haber  East Germany	77.76
Javelin throw	Steve Backley  Great Britain	82.92	Jan Železný  Czechoslovakia	79.44	Volker Hadwich  East Germany	79.38
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: 0.0 m/s)	Katrin Krabbe  East Germany	11.14	Paula Dunn  Great Britain	11.24	Irina Sergeyeva  Soviet Union	11.26
200 m (Wind: -1.8 m/s)	Silke Möller  East Germany	23.00	Paula Dunn  Great Britain	23.45	Ewa Kasprzyk  Poland	23.72
400 m	Grit Breuer  East Germany	50.52	Linda Keough  Great Britain	51.66	Helga Arendt  West Germany	51.80
800 m	Doina Melinte  Romania	1:58.04	Sigrun Wodars  East Germany	1:58.55	Dalia Matusevičienė  Soviet Union	1:59.74
1500 m	Doina Melinte  Romania	4:05.83	Yvonne Mai  East Germany	4:06.50	Svetlana Kitova  Soviet Union	4:07.62
3000 m	Paula Ivan  Romania	8:38.48	Yvonne Murray  Great Britain	8:44.34	Natalya Artyomova  Soviet Union	9:03.39
10,000 m	Kathrin Ullrich  East Germany	32:17.88	Viorica Ghican  Romania	32:41.34	Angie Pain  Great Britain	32:42.84
100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.8 m/s)	Cornelia Oschkenat  East Germany	12.74	Claudia Zaczkiewicz  West Germany	12.82	Yelizaveta Chernyshova  Soviet Union	12.85
400 m hurdles	Petra Krug  East Germany	54.72	Sally Gunnell  Great Britain	54.98	Tatyana Ledovskaya  Soviet Union	55.35
4 × 100 m	East Germany Silke Möller Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt Sabine Günther	41.87	Soviet Union Nadezhda Roshchupkina Galina Malchugina Natalya Kovtun Natalya Voronova	42.85	West Germany Andrea Hagen Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Karin Janke	43.64
4 × 400 m	East Germany Sigrun Wodars Katrin Schreiter Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer	3:24.08	Soviet Union Marina Shmonina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Yelena Golesheva Yelena Ruzina	3:24.75	Great Britain Linda Keough Jennifer Stoute Angela Piggford Sally Gunnell	3:26.54
High jump	Alina Astafei  Romania	2.00	Tamara Bykova  Soviet Union	1.97	Heike Balck  East Germany	1.94
Long jump	Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union	7.10w	Helga Radtke  East Germany	6.89	Fiona May  Great Britain	6.88w
Shot put	Heike Hartwig  East Germany	20.59	Claudia Losch  West Germany	20.17	Larisa Peleshenko  Soviet Union	19.32
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda  East Germany	73.04	Tsvetanka Khristova  Bulgaria	62.26	Dagmar Galler  West Germany	60.46
Javelin throw	Petra Felke  East Germany	66.92	Brigitte Graune  West Germany	62.04	Tessa Sanderson  Great Britain	59.72
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)

Both "B" finals held on 5 and 6 August[2]

Men Held in Brussels, Belgium Pos. Nation Points 1  Bulgaria 107 2  Hungary 103.5 3  Poland 102 4  Sweden 102 5  Austria 87 6  Switzerland 81 7  Greece 74.5 8  Belgium 61

Women Held in Strasbourg, France Pos. Nation Points 1  France 95 2  Hungary 89 3  Finland 85 4  Italy 81 5  Switzerland 65.5 6  Spain 58.5 7  Sweden 53 8  Yugoslavia 49

Because of the 1990 reunification of Germany there was an extra spot in the highest division in 1991. Because of that, two teams were promoted from the "B" Finals.

All "C" finals held on 5 and 6 August[2]

Men

"C1" Final Held in Copenhagen, Denmark Pos. Nation Points 1  Finland 79 2  Norway 72 3  Denmark 65 4  Turkey 46.5 5  Cyprus 36.5

"C2" Final Held in Dublin, Ireland Pos. Nation Points 1  Yugoslavia 72 2  Portugal 69 3  Netherlands 68 4  Ireland 52 5  Iceland 38

Women

"C1" Final Held in Copenhagen, Denmark Pos. Nation Points 1  Belgium 76 2  Norway 75 3  Austria 72 4  Denmark 45 5  Turkey 36 6  Cyprus 30

"C2" Final Held in Dublin, Ireland Pos. Nation Points 1  Netherlands 71 2  Greece 54 3  Portugal 51 4  Ireland 40 5  Iceland 24

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics