The 1989 European Cup was the 12th edition of the European Cup of athletics. ^[1]

The "A" Finals were held in Gateshead, Great Britain. The first two teams qualified for the 1989 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

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.

Results summary

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)

"B" Final

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.

"C" 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

References

External links

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