2002 European Winter Throwing Challenge

2002 European Throwing Cup 8 2001 2003 The 2002 European Winter Throwing Challenge was held on 9 and 10 March at Stadion Veruda in Pula, Croatia. It was the second edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 175 athletes from 26 countries entered the competition, an increase on the inaugural edition the previous year.European Cup Winter Throwing https://web.archive.org/web/20130609073031/http://www.rfea.es/competi/2013_ECPWT_Castellon/eng_history.htm 2013-06-09 . RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in several events due to the number of entries. Rutger Smith of the Netherlands defied his seeding in both the shot put and discus, managing to reach the overall podium in the events despite being in the weaker "B" group. Medal summary Men Shot putManuel Martínez Gutiérrez ESP 20.92 mRutger Smith NED 19.85 mLeszek Śliwa POL 19.78 mDiscus throwDavid Martínez ESP 63.09 mAleksandr Borichevskiy RUS 61.72 mRutger Smith NED 61.68 mJavelin throwAlexandr Ivanov RUS 81.71 mStefan Wenk GER 78.46 mMarián Bokor SVK 76.91 mHammer throwAleksey Zagornyi RUS 82.27 mAlexandros Papadimitriou GRE 79.67 mMiloslav Konopka SVK 78.58 m Women Shot putVita Pavlysh UKR 20.03 mAssunta Legnante ITA 18.15 mIrina Khudoroshkina RUS 17.88 mDiscus throwValentina Ivanova RUS 60.28 mViktoriya Boyko UKR 60.07 mNatalya Ampleyeva RUS 59.29 mJavelin throwClaudia Coslovich ITA 63.27 mValeriya Zabruskova RUS 62.69 mDörthe Friedrich GER 59.02 mHammer throwSusanne Keil GER 66.54 mVânia Silva POR 65.46 mLorraine Shaw GBR 64.81 m Medal and points table CRO 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 yes 0 0 0 Participation Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia entered several athletes, but none attended the competition. San Marino entered one athlete (Gabriele Mazza), but he did not compete. 22em References Results 2nd European Winter Throwing Challenge Results https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090942/http://www.rfea.es/competi/2013_ECPWT_Castellon/resultados/CpELanzamientos_2002.pdf 2015-09-24 . RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Euro Chall Pula CRO 9 - 10 March. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Category:European Throwing Cup European Cup Winter Throwing Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Croatia Category:2002 in European sport European Cup Winter Throwing Category:Sport in Pula