2004 European Winter Throwing Challenge

2004 European Throwing Cup 8 2003 2005 The 2004 European Winter Throwing Challenge was held on 13 and 14 March at St. John Athletic Stadium in Marsa, Malta. It was the fourth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. The 2004 event was the last to use the challenge name, as subsequent editions were known as European Cup Winter Throwing events. A total of 147 athletes from 28 countries entered the competition.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 each competition. Russia topped the points table in the women's and men's division of the team competition. With four medals, it shared the greatest medal haul alongside Germany, which was runner-up in the points table but was the only nation to have two winners from the eight events on offer. The host nation, Malta, had only one athlete at the event – men's javelin thrower Jean Paul Callus. Callus broke the Maltese record with his opening throw, recording a new best mark of 59.93 for his country.Grech, Paul (2004-03-14). 4th European Winter Throwing Challenge 2004 Marsa / MLT, 13-14 March 2004. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. The weather was not conducive to high standard performances and Callus gave the sole record performance of the challenge.European Winter Throwing Challenge. IAAF (2004-03-15). Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Five athletes went on to take medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics: Eşref Apak was a bronze medallist, Vadims Vasiļevskis, Nadine Kleinert and Steffi Nerius took Olympic silver, and Natalya Sadova became the Olympic champion in women's discus. Despite going on to this success, among these only Vasiļevskis was a winner in the European Winter Throwing Challenge. Medal summary Men Shot putRutger Smith NED 20.23 mMiran Vodovnik SLO 19.65 mGrigoriy Panfilov RUS 19.43 mDiscus throwGerd Kanter EST 63.21 mMario Pestano ESP 62.00 mRutger Smith NED 59.84 mJavelin throwVadims Vasiļevskis LAT 82.44 mAinārs Kovals LAT 82.13 mTeemu Wirkkala FIN 80.87 mHammer throwKrisztián Pars HUN 79.69 mEşref Apak TUR 77.76 mAlexandros Papadimitriou GRE 77.13 m Women Shot putVita Pavlysh UKR 19.39 mNadine Kleinert GER 18.17 mAssunta Legnante ITA 17.96 mDiscus throwFranka Dietzsch GER 60.32 mNatalya Sadova RUS 60.28 mMélina Robert-Michon FRA 58.69 mJavelin throwValeriya Zabruskova RUS 63.84 mSteffi Nerius GER 62.80 mYekaterina Ivakina RUS 61.34 mHammer throwAndrea Bunjes GER 67.99 mShirley Webb GBR 67.52 mSini Latvala FIN 67.49 m Medal and points table 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team points given for nations with at least three athletes in a gender category Participation 22em References Results 4th European Cup Winter Throwing Results https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090949/http://www.rfea.es/competi/2013_ECPWT_Castellon/resultados/CpELanzamientos_2004.pdf 2015-09-24 . RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Euro Chall Marsa MLT 13 - 14 March. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Category:European Throwing Cup European Cup Winter Throwing Category:Athletics in Malta Category:2004 in European sport European Cup Winter Throwing Category:2004 in Malta