1983 European Cup (athletics)

1983 European Cup
Dates	20–21 August
Host city	London, United Kingdom
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	33
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The 1983 European Cup was the 9th edition of the European Cup of athletics. From this edition on, the multiple stages of competition were replaced by the promotion/relegation league system.

The "A" Finals were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Great Britain.

"A" Final

Held on 20 and 21 August in London, United Kingdom

Team standings

Men

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	117
2	Soviet Union	106
3	West Germany	102
4	Great Britain	94.5
5	Poland	86.5
6	Italy	80.5
7	France	70
8	Hungary	60.5

Women

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	East Germany	107
2	Soviet Union	85
3	Czechoslovakia	77
4	Great Britain	77
5	West Germany	58
6	Bulgaria	58
7	Poland	43
8	Hungary	34

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -1.5 m/s)	Frank Emmelmann East Germany	10.58	Allan Wells Great Britain	10.59	Antoine Richard France	10.65
200 m (Wind: -0.7 m/s)	Allan Wells Great Britain	20.72	Pietro Mennea Italy	20.74	Erwin Skamrahl West Germany	20.99
400 m	Hartmut Weber West Germany	45.39	Thomas Schönlebe East Germany	45.70	Sergey Lovachov Soviet Union	45.83
800 m	Willi Wülbeck West Germany	1:45.74 CR	Detlef Wagenknecht East Germany	1:45.83	Peter Elliott Great Britain	1:45.84
1500 m	Steve Cram Great Britain	3:42.27	Andreas Busse East Germany	3:43.12	Piotr Kurek Poland	3:43.65
5000 m	Thomas Wessinghage West Germany	13:48.72	Dmitriy Dmitriyev Soviet Union	13:49.27	Alberto Cova Italy	13:55.59
10,000 m	Werner Schildhauer East Germany	28:02.11 CR	Alberto Cova Italy	28:02.13	Valeriy Abramov Soviet Union	28:02.87
3000 m steeplechase	Bogusław Mamiński Poland	8:24.80	Colin Reitz Great Britain	8:25.72	Joseph Mahmoud France	8:28.04
110 m hurdles (Wind: -1.5 m/s)	Thomas Munkelt East Germany	13.72	György Bakos Hungary	13.74	Romuald Giegiel Poland	13.88
400 m hurdles	Harald Schmid West Germany	48.56	Aleksandr Kharlov Soviet Union	49.53	Ryszard Szparak Poland	49.65
4 × 100 m	Italy Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Giovanni Bongiorni Pietro Mennea	38.86	Great Britain Lincoln Asquith Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Cameron Sharp	38.88	Poland Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czesław Prądzyński Marian Woronin	38.97
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown	3:02.28	East Germany Udo Bauer Jens Carlowitz Andreas Knebel Thomas Schönlebe	3:02.62	Soviet Union Sergey Lovachov Viktor Markin Yevgeniy Lomtev Aliaksandr Trashchyla	3:02.77
High jump	Franck Verzy France	2.32	Valeriy Sereda Soviet Union	2.26	Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany	2.23
Pole vault	Patrick Abada France	5.55	Aleksandr Krupskiy Soviet Union	5.50	Jürgen Winkler West Germany	5.50
Long jump	László Szalma Hungary	8.10w	Oganes Stepanyan Soviet Union	8.09	Mathias Koch East Germany	7.88w
Triple jump	Peter Bouschen West Germany	17.12	Zdzisław Hoffmann Poland	16.94	Béla Bakosi Hungary	16.86
Shot put	Edward Sarul Poland	20.54	Ulf Timmermann East Germany	20.39	Jânis Bojârs Soviet Union	20.16
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult East Germany	64.96	Alwin Wagner West Germany	64.14	Georgiy Kolnootchenko Soviet Union	64.04
Hammer throw	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union	81.52 CR	Zdzisław Kwaśny Poland	80.18	Günther Rodehau East Germany	77.58
Javelin throw	Detlef Michel East Germany	85.72	Heino Puuste Soviet Union	85.54	Klaus Tafelmeier West Germany	84.20
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	11.28	Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria	11.33	Kathy Cook Great Britain	11.39
200 m (Wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia	22.40	Marita Koch East Germany	22.40	Kathy Cook Great Britain	22.57
400 m	Tatána Kocembová Czechoslovakia	49.33 CR	Mariya Pinigina Soviet Union	49.63	Gaby Bussmann West Germany	51.09
800 m	Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia	1:58.79	Antje Schröder East Germany	1:59.53	Margrit Klinger West Germany	1:59.64
1500 m	Nadezhda Ralldugina Soviet Union	4:07.61	Christiane Wartenberg East Germany	4:07.86	Totka Petrova Bulgaria	4:08.02
3000 m	Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union	8:49.27 CR	Ulrike Bruns East Germany	8:49.71	Jane Furniss Great Britain	8:51.58
100 m hurdles (Wind: -2.1 m/s)	Bettine Jahn East Germany	12.89	Lucyna Kałek Poland	12.97	Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria	13.10
400 m hurdles	Ellen Fiedler East Germany	54.20	Ana Ambrazienė Soviet Union	54.74	Sue Morley Great Britain	56.36
4 × 100 m	East Germany Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.63	Great Britain Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Bev Callender Shirley Thomas	43.18	Soviet Union Lyudmila Kondratyeva Yelena Vinogradova Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Antonova	43.67
4 × 400 m	Czechoslovakia Zuzana Moravčíková Milena Strnadová Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:20.79	Soviet Union Yelena Didilenko Marina Kharlamova Irina Baskakova Mariya Pinigina	3:21.71	East Germany Kerstin Walther Sabine Busch Undine Bremer Dagmar Neubauer	3:22.70
High jump	Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany	2.03 WR, CR	Tamara Bykova Soviet Union	2.03 WR, CR	Kerstin Brandt East Germany	1.99
Long jump	Heike Daute East Germany	6.99 CR	Eva Murková Czechoslovakia	6.81w	Bev Kinch Great Britain	6.63
Shot put	Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia	20.76	Helma Knorscheidt East Germany	19.49	Nunu Abashidze Soviet Union	18.88
Discus throw	Martina Opitz East Germany	69.00	Galina Murašova Soviet Union	68.86	Mariya Petkova Bulgaria	64.88
Javelin throw	Fatima Whitbread Great Britain	69.04	Antje Kempe East Germany	63.22	Genowefa Olejarz Poland	63.12
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

Both "B" finals held on 20 and 21 August

Men
Held in Prague, Czechoslovakia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	108
2	Spain	107
3	Finland	103.5
4	Sweden	100.5
5	Yugoslavia	92
6	Switzerland	73
7	Sweden	69
8	Belgium	65

Women
Held in Sittard, Netherlands

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Italy	90
2	Romania	82
3	France	82
4	Finland	70
5	Sweden	70
6	Netherlands	55
7	Norway	50
8	Belgium	39

"C" Finals

Men

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August

"C1" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Norway	83
2	Netherlands	63
3	Ireland	57
4	Denmark	49
5	Iceland	46

"C2" Final
Held in Lisbon, Portugal

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Greece	68
2	Austria	58
3	Portugal	49
4	Luxembourg	23
–	Turkey	DNS

Women

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August

"C1" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Yugoslavia	63
2	Austria	44
3	Spain	42
4	Portugal	41
5	Greece	34

"C2" Final
Held in Lisbon, Portugal

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Denmark	47
2	Switzerland	46
3	Ireland	33
4	Iceland	23

References

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