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

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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

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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

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  *   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 entries)88824

Participation

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References

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  1. ^ European Cup Winter Throwing Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
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