1992 European Athletics U23 Cup

I European Athletics U23 Cup
Host city	Gateshead, United Kingdom Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Date(s)	July 18–19
Level	U-23
Events	35 (19 men, 16 women)
1994 Ostrava / Lillehammer →

The 1st European Athletics U23 Cup was held on July 18–19, 1992. The participating teams were classified in two divisions, A and B.

The competition was restricted to athletes that did not complete their 23rd birthday in 1992, i.e. born in 1970 or later (including junior athletes). This rule was interpreted differently by Bulgaria and Greece, sending also athletes born in 1969.^[1]

Division A

The contest for division A took place in Gateshead, United Kingdom. The teams from the Commonwealth of Independent States and Poland were withdrawn.^[1]

Team trophies

Men   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points 1  Germany 95 2  United Kingdom 75 3  Italy 70 4  Finland 55 5  France 55 6  Spain 47 7  Commonwealth of Independent States DNS  Poland

Women   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points 1  United Kingdom 87 2  Germany 72 3  Romania 69 4  Italy 68 5  Czechoslovakia 67 6  Spain 46 7  Hungary 37 8  Commonwealth of Independent States DNS

Results

Winners and results were published.^[1][2][3]

Men

Event	First		Second		Third
100 metres^† (wind: -3.5 m/s)	Christian Konieczny  Germany	10.92	Andrea Amici  Italy	10.94	Pedro Pablo Nolet  Spain	11.04
200 metres (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Giorgio Marras  Italy	21.17	Alexander Lack  Germany	21.31	Steve Gookey  United Kingdom	21.31
400 metres	David Grindley  United Kingdom	45.57	Florian Hennig  Germany	46.90	Thierry Jean-Charles  France	47.19
800 metres	Curtis Robb  United Kingdom	1:49.46	Davide Cadoni  Italy	1:49.78	Mark Eplinius  Germany	1:49.91
1500 metres	Abdelkader Chékhémani  France	4:03.64	Jörg Schneider  Germany	4:03.90	Amos Rota  Italy	4:04.30
5000 metres	Francesco Bennici  Italy	13:31.79	Carsten Eich  Germany	13:32.25	Jon Brown  United Kingdom	13:33.06
3000 metres steeplechase	Keith Cullen  United Kingdom	8:37.74	Kim Bauermeister  Germany	8:51.02	Albert Casals  Spain	8:56.35
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.3 m/s)	Mike Fenner  Germany	13.94	Antti Haapakoski  Finland	13.97	Laurent Ottoz  Italy	13.97
400 metres hurdles	Enzo Franciosi  Italy	50.76	Ismo Hameenniemi  Finland	51.59	Alain Droguet  France	51.67
High Jump	Steve Smith  United Kingdom	2.25	Hendrik Beyer  Germany	2.25	Javier López-Barajas  Spain	2.15
Pole Vault	Tim Lobinger  Germany	5.50	Petri Peltoniemi  Finland	5.40	Gérald Baudouin  France	5.30
Long Jump	Georg Ackermann  Germany	7.94	Jean-Luc Poussin  France	7.62	Luca Passera  Italy	7.47
Triple Jump	Julian Golley  United Kingdom	16.21	Hrvoje Verzi  Germany	16.03	Julio López  Spain	16.02
Shot Put	Markus Koistinen  Finland	18.65	Thorsten Herbrand  Germany	18.50	Matthew Simson  United Kingdom	18.22
Discus Throw	Glen Smith  United Kingdom	57.58	Cristian Ponton  Italy	55.08	Sven Schwarz  Germany	55.02
Hammer Throw	Jason Byrne  United Kingdom	71.86	Karsten Kobs  Germany	70.16	David Chaussinand  France	69.18
Javelin Throw	Mika Parviainen  Finland	77.26	Myles Cottrell  United Kingdom	71.36	Christian Benninger  Germany	71.36
4 x 100 metres relay^‡	Germany	39.67	Italy	39.96	Spain	40.03
4 x 400 metres relay	United Kingdom	3:01.03	Germany	3:07.93	France	3:08.16

^†: The 100m event was initially won by Jason Livingston from the United Kingdom (10.72s), but he was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
^‡: The 4 × 100 m relay event was initially won by the United Kingdom (39.11s), but the team was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules by team member Jason Livingston.

Women

Event	First		Second		Third
100 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Aileen McGillivary  United Kingdom	11.65	Melanie Paschke  Germany	11.75	Laura Galligani  Italy	11.95
200 metres (wind: -3.1 m/s)	Paula Cohen  United Kingdom	24.10	Giada Gallina  Italy	24.15	Jana Schönenberger  Germany	24.30
400 metres^†	Julia Merino  Spain	52.91	Ionela Târlea  Romania	53.69
800 metres	Fabia Trabaldo  Italy	2:03.91	Birte Bruhns  Germany	2:04.44	Liliana Sălăgean  Romania	2:04.94
1500 metres	Lisa York  United Kingdom	4:09.34	Gabriela Szabo  Romania	4:13.11	Katje Hoffmann  Germany	4:17.04
3000 metres	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	9:07.69	Gabriela Szabo  Romania	9:12.27	Andrea Sollárová  Czechoslovakia	9:12.53
100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.3 m/s)	Keri Maddox  United Kingdom	13.63	Giuliana Spada  Italy	13.88	Mona Steigauf  Germany	13.91
400 metres hurdles	Louise Fraser  United Kingdom	56.73	Gesine Schmidt  Germany	56.87	Elisa Manni  Italy	57.05
High Jump	Antonella Bevilacqua  Italy	1.92	Šárka Nováková  Czechoslovakia	1.92	Oana Musunoiu  Romania	1.88
Long Jump	Monica Toth  Romania	6.36 w	Yinka Idowu  United Kingdom	6.20	Elisa Andretti  Italy	6.15
Triple Jump	Šárka Kašpárková  Czechoslovakia	14.00	Concepción Paredes  Spain	13.78	Ashia Hansen  United Kingdom	13.31
Shot Put	Heike Hopfer  Germany	17.04	Anna Luongo  Italy	15.89	Monika Stefanovic  Hungary	15.80
Discus Throw	Nicoleta Gradinaru  Romania	62.58	Anja Gündler  Germany	58.54	Petra Jurásková  Czechoslovakia	53.40
Javelin Throw	Susanne Riewe  Germany	57.78	Mandy Liverton  United Kingdom	56.74	Claudia Isaila  Romania	55.98
4 x 100 metres relay	Germany	44.08	United Kingdom	44.15	Italy	45.50
4 x 400 metres relay^‡	Czechoslovakia	3:33.87	United Kingdom	3:34.46

^†: The 400m event was initially won by Manuela Derr from Germany (52.86s), but she was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
^‡: The 4 × 400 m relay event was initially won by Germany (3:32.69), but the team was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules by team member Manuela Derr.

Division B

The competition for division B took place in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

Team scores

Men   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points 1  Czechoslovakia 109 2  Sweden 108 3  Hungary 93 4  Greece 73 5  Romania 71 6  Portugal 71 7  Bulgaria 69   Switzerland

Women   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points 1  France 101 2  Finland 87 3  Bulgaria 79 4  Sweden 72.5 5  Portugal 70 6  Netherlands 69 7  Norway 59.5 8  Belgium 36

Results

Winners and results were published.^[1]

Men

Event	First		Second		Third
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Georgios Theodoridis  Greece	10.61
200 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s)	László Kiss  Hungary	21.29
400 metres	A Sachov  Bulgaria	46.58
800 metres	Pavel Soukup  Czechoslovakia	1:49.05
1500 metres	Patrik Johansson  Sweden	3:42.77
5000 metres	Claes Nyberg  Sweden	13:59.16
3000 metres steeplechase	Florin Ionescu  Romania	8:53.72
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Claes Albihn  Sweden	13.78
400 metres hurdles	Pedro Rodrigues  Portugal	50.17
High Jump	Tomáš Janků  Czechoslovakia	2.19
Pole Vault	Martin Eriksson  Sweden	5.40
Long Jump	Konstadinos Koukodimos  Greece	8.15 (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Triple Jump	Tibor Ordina  Hungary	16.38 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
Shot Put	Miroslav Menc  Czechoslovakia	18.04
Discus Throw	Ionel Oprea  Romania	57.22
Hammer Throw	Savas Saritzoglou  Greece	71.88
Javelin Throw	Joakim Nilsson  Sweden	73.96
4 x 100 metres relay	Hungary György Dobos László Kiss I Sami Csaba Asztalos	40.47
4 x 400 metres relay	Hungary Miklós Arpasi Miklós Gyulai Tibor Szél Dusán Kovács	3:10.55

Women

Event	First		Second		Third
100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Lucrécia Jardim  Portugal	11.44	Petya Pendareva  Bulgaria	11.51	Odiah Sidibé  France	11.52
200 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s)	Lucrécia Jardim  Portugal	23.28	Petya Pendareva  Bulgaria	23.31	Anita Mormand  France	23.32
400 metres	Francine Landre  France	52.43	Ester Goossens  Netherlands	53.43	Anna-Karin Svantesson  Sweden	54.15
800 metres	Patricia Djaté  France	2:08.08	Susana Cabral  Portugal	2:08.92	Marjo Piipponen  Finland	2:09.15
1500 metres	Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden	4:22.42	Céline Martin  France	4:23.09	Olga Jeleva  Bulgaria	4:23.42
3000 metres	Marina Bastos  Portugal	9:14.71	Gunhild Halle  Norway	9:18.04	H Nikkanen  Finland	9:26.13
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Annette Simon  France	13.60	Marika Salminen  Finland	13.75	Sandra Barreiro  Portugal	13.89
400 metres hurdles	Frida Johansson  Sweden	56.08	Carole Nelson  France	56.61	Mari Bjone  Norway	58.50
High Jump	Desislava Aleksandrova  Bulgaria	1.87	Heidi Paesen  Belgium	1.85	Katja Kilpi  Finland	1.82
Long Jump	Iva Prandzheva  Bulgaria	6.62 (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Erica Johansson  Sweden	6.58 (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Cristina Morujão  Portugal	6.28 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
Triple Jump	Caroline Honoré  France	13.37 w (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Marika Salminen  Finland	13.18 (wind: +0.2 m/s)	Lene Espegren  Norway	12.80 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
Shot Put	Corrie de Bruin  Netherlands	16.38	Marika Tuliniemi  Finland	16.12	Linda-Marie Mårtensson  Sweden	15.96
Discus Throw	Jacqueline Goormachtigh  Netherlands	58.36	Annika Larsson  Sweden	53.14	Atanaska Angelova  Bulgaria	50.50
Javelin Throw	Heli Rantanen  Finland	60.76	Nathalie Teppe  France	54.26	Helena Gouveia  Portugal	50.92
4 x 100 metres relay	France Anita Mormand Odiah Sidibé Florence Ropars Christine Arron	44.54	Bulgaria Petya Pendareva D Petkova Desislava Dimitrova Ekaterina Tocheva	44.89	Netherlands Petra Huybrechtse Jacqueline Poelman Anoek van Diessen Elja den Os	45.26
4 x 400 metres relay	France Marie-Louise Bévis Nicole Hylaire F Borelys Francine Landre	3:36.12	Sweden Anna-Karin Svantesson Monica Lundgren Asa Carlsson Marie Westerlund	3:36.70	Netherlands Ester Goossens Jorien Kranendijk Marianne de Vries Anoek van Diessen	3:40.47

References

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2. Athletics Weekly, EUROPEAN UNDER 23 CUP, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 14, 2014
3. Sport in Short: Athletics - EUROPEAN UNDER-23 CUP (Gateshead), The Independent, 20 July 1992, retrieved October 14, 2014