2008 European Cup Winter Throwing

2008 European Throwing Cup
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The 2008 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 15 and 16 March 2008 at Stadion Park mladeži in Split, Croatia. It was the eighth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events.

The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.

Medal summary

Senior men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Rutger Smith (NED) 20.77 m  Marco Fortes (POR) 20.13 m NR  Hamza Alić (BIH) 20.13 m
Discus throw  Gerd Kanter (EST) 65.25 m  Robert Harting (GER) 64.34 m  Rutger Smith (NED) 63.80 m
Hammer throw  Marco Lingua (ITA) 77.87 m  Krisztián Pars (HUN) 77.06 m  Dzmitry Shako (BLR) 76.86 m
Javelin throw  Ilya Korotkov (RUS) 81.52 m  Stephan Steding (GER) 79.55 m  Mihkel Kukk (EST) 78.41 m
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)

Senior women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Assunta Legnante (ITA) 18.98 m  Anna Omarova (RUS) 18.38 m  Chiara Rosa (ITA) 18.05 m
Discus throw  Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) 60.25 m  Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) 59.93 m  Dragana Tomašević (SRB) 59.64 m
Hammer throw  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 71.84 m  Betty Heidler (GER) 71.10 m  Kathrin Klaas (GER) 69.04 m
Javelin throw  Goldie Sayers (GBR) 63.65 m  Martina Ratej (SLO) 63.16 m NR  Zahra Bani (ITA) 59.42 m
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)

Under-23 men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Lajos Kürthy (HUN) 19.30 m  Nikola Kišanic (CRO) 18.91 m  Viktor Samolyuk (UKR) 17.76 m
Discus throw  Nikolay Sedyuk (RUS) 63.20 m  Ivan Hryshyn (UKR) 60.00 m  Siarhei Rohanau (BLR) 58.38 m
Hammer throw  Yury Shayunou (BLR) 73.32 m  Kristóf Németh (HUN) 71.37 m  Petri Mättölä (FIN) 69.78 m
Javelin throw  Roman Avramenko (UKR) 78.72 m  Ari Mannio (FIN) 78.01 m  Thomas Smet (BEL) 77.68 m

Under-23 women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Irina Tarasova (RUS) 16.73 m  Alena Kopets (BLR) 16.69 m  Catherine Timmermans (BEL) 16.35 m
Discus throw  Eden Francis (GBR) 55.90 m  Ionela Vartolomei (ROM) 52.53 m  Tatyana Kopytova (RUS) 52.14 m
Hammer throw  Mariya Bespalova (RUS) 66.13 m  Marina Marghiev (MDA) 65.47 m  Lena Solvin (FIN) 63.88 m
Javelin throw  Mariya Abakumova (RUS) 62.07 m  Maria Negoita (ROM) 54.62 m  Ivana Vukovic (CRO) 53.41 m

References

Results