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]

2002 European Throwing Cup
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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

  *   Host nation (Croatia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)3227
2 Spain (ESP)2002
3 Germany (GER)1113
4 Italy (ITA)1102
 Ukraine (UKR)1102
6 Netherlands (NED)0112
7 Greece (GRE)0101
 Portugal (POR)0101
9 Slovakia (SVK)0022
10 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
12 Croatia (CRO)*0000
 France (FRA)0000
Totals (13 nations)88824

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