2002 European Winter Throwing Challenge

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.[1]

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez (ESP) 20.92 m  Rutger Smith (NED) 19.85 m  Leszek Śliwa (POL) 19.78 m
Discus throw  David Martínez (ESP) 63.09 m  Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) 61.72 m  Rutger Smith (NED) 61.68 m
Javelin throw  Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) 81.71 m  Stefan Wenk (GER) 78.46 m  Marián Bokor (SVK) 76.91 m
Hammer throw  Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) 82.27 m  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 79.67 m  Miloslav Konopka (SVK) 78.58 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Vita Pavlysh (UKR) 20.03 m  Assunta Legnante (ITA) 18.15 m  Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS) 17.88 m
Discus throw  Valentina Ivanova (RUS) 60.28 m  Viktoriya Boyko (UKR) 60.07 m  Natalya Ampleyeva (RUS) 59.29 m
Javelin throw  Claudia Coslovich (ITA) 63.27 m  Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS) 62.69 m  Dörthe Friedrich (GER) 59.02 m
Hammer throw  Susanne Keil (GER) 66.54 m  Vânia Silva (POR) 65.46 m  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 64.81 m

Medal and points table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 3 2 2 7 8597 8147
2  Spain 2 0 0 2 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
3  Germany 1 1 1 3 8360 7832
4=  Italy 1 1 0 2 8194 7998
4=  Ukraine 1 1 0 2 7966 7996
6  Netherlands 0 1 1 2 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
7=  Greece 0 1 0 1 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
7=  Portugal 0 1 0 1 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
9  Slovakia 0 0 2 2 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
10=  Great Britain 0 0 1 1 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
10=  Poland 0 0 1 1 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
12=  Croatia 0 0 0 0 6550 6665
12=  France 0 0 0 0 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A 7528

Participation

References

  1. ↑ European Cup Winter Throwing. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
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