2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup

Sporting event in Moscow, Russia April 2020 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup Moscow2008logo.png Moscow, Russia 16 February 19 CSKA Universal Sports Hall 2006 Liévin The 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 16 February 2008 at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow, Russia. It was the fourth and final edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2007 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain and Northern Ireland did not send either a men's or women's team and they were replaced by Ukraine and Spain, respectively. The men's team from Greece also opted not to participate and they were replaced by Sweden (the third best finisher in the 2007 European A League). The host nation won both the men's and women's competitions.Landells, Steve (17 February 2008). As Russians Sweep, Borisov and Friedrich impress – European Indoor Cup. IAAF. Retrieved on 28 January 2011. The competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score.European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 25 January 2011. Russia came first the men's competition, winning five of the nine events and having eighteen points to spare over second-placed Spain.Russian men make it a double home success at European Athletics Indoor CupSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes . European Athletics (16 February 2008). Retrieved on 28 January 2011. Yevgeniy Borisov was one of the team's best performers as he won the 60 metres hurdles in a Russian record time of 7.44 seconds.European Athletics Indoor Cup, Moscow in review https://web.archive.org/web/20110518152935/http://www.european-athletics.org/4th-european-athletics-indoor-cup/european-athletics-indoor-cup-moscow-in-review.html 18 May 2011 . European Athletics (18 February 2008). Retrieved on 28 January 2011. The Russian women's team was even more dominant than their male counterparts as the team went on to continue their undefeated streak, winning six of the ten women's events and finishing 24 points clear of the runner-up Germany.Russia defend women's title on home turf in MoscowSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes . European Athletics (16 February 2008). Retrieved on 28 January 2011. The French women became the first team to finish the competition without winning a single event, although their points total of 23 was one higher than the record low (Sweden in 2006). Results summary 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup – results Men thumb|The 2004 Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy was one of the meetings most prominent stars. 60 metresŁukasz Chyła POL 6.61Andrey Yepishin RUS 6.62Dmytro Hlushchenko UKR 6.63400 metresJohan Wissman SWE 46.55Claudio Licciardello ITA 46.57Maksim Dyldin RUS 46.60800 metresLuis Alberto Marco ESP 1:49.58Livio Sciandra ITA 1:49.73Yuriy Koldin RUS 1:49.911500 metresDiego Ruiz ESP 3:48.31Christian Obrist ITA 3:48.85 Bartosz Nowicki POL 3:49.023000 metresSergey Ivanov RUS 8:16.02Cosimo Caliandro ITA 8:16.03Sergio Sánchez ESP 8:19.2660 metres hurdlesYevgeniy Borisov RUS 7.44 NRJackson Quiñónez ESP 7.57Thomas Blaschek GER 7.71Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) RUSDmitriy BogdanovYuriy BorzakovskiyVladislav FrolovRoman Smirnov4:10.58 GERRobin SchemberaSteffen CoIngo SchultzStefan Kuhlee4:12.07 ITAChristian NeunhäusererMaurizio BobbatoDomenico RaoMatteo Galvan4:15.91 Pole vaultSergey Kucheryanu RUS 5.65 mRenaud Lavillenie FRA 5.60 mTobias Scherbarth GER 5.50 m Triple jumpYevgeniy Plotnir RUS 16.77 mAndreas Pohle GER 16.43 mViktor Yastrebov UKR 16.34 m Women thumb|Germany's Ariane Friedrich won the high jump. 60 metresSvetlana Nabokina RUS 7.24Verena Sailer GER 7.26Anna Bahdanovich BLR 1995 7.31400 metresOlesya Zykina RUS 51.91Nataliya Pyhyda UKR 52.42Agnieszka Karpiesiuk POL 53.09800 metresEwelina Sętowska-Dryk POL 2:01.50Elisa Cusma Piccione ITA 2:01.73Mayte Martínez ESP 2:02.571500 metresOlesya Chumakova RUS 4:15.28Esther Desviat ESP 4:16.56Natallia Kareiva BLR 1995 4:16.743000 metresYelena Sidorchenkova RUS 8:57.78Silvia Weissteiner ITA 8:58.94Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER 9:00.2660 metres hurdlesJosephine Onyia ESP 7.93 Yauhenia Valadzko BLR 1995 8.07 Tatyana Dektyareva RUS 8.10Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) RUSTatyana PaliyenkoTatyana FirovaYuliya GushchinaAnastasiya Kapachinskaya4:43.22 BLR 1995Sviatlana UsovichIryna KhliustavaAnna KozakAnastasia Shuliak4:48.25 POLAgnieszka SowińskaMałgorzata PskitGrażyna ProkopekMarta Jeschke4:53.23 High jumpAriane Friedrich GER 2.00 mRuth Beitia ESP 1.98 mTatyana Kivimyagi RUS 1.95 m Long jumpLyudmila Kolchanova RUS 6.60 mConcepción Montaner ESP 6.57 mViktoriya Rybalko UKR 6.51 m Shot putDenise Hinrichs GER 17.84 mAssunta Legnante ITA 17.74 mOksana Gaus RUS 17.27 m Medal table Key #ccccff The host country is highlighted in lavender blue solid 1px #AAAAAA +MenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 RUS 67 5 1 2 8 2 ESP 49 2 1 1 4 3 ITA 46 0 4 1 5 4 GER 46 0 2 2 4 5 POL 35 1 0 1 2 6 SWE 30 1 0 0 1 7 UKR 29 0 0 2 2 8 FRA 27 0 1 0 1Total 9 9 9 27 +WomenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 RUS 77 6 0 3 9 2 GER 53 2 1 1 4 3 ESP 50 1 3 1 5 4 POL 45 1 0 2 3 5 ITA 44 0 3 0 3 6 BLR 1995 41 0 2 2 4 7 UKR 37 0 1 1 2 8 FRA 23 0 0 0 0Total 10 10 10 30 References Results 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup - Men's Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-28. 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup - Women's Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-28. 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup - Summary. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-01-28. External links Official EAA competition website Official event technical manual LOC website 2008 European Indoor Cup Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Russia Category:Sports competitions in Moscow Category:February 2008 sports events in Europe Category:2008 in Moscow Category:2008 in Russian sport Category:Athletics in Moscow