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 Cup. 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 . 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 Moscow. 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
Men
60 metres 6.61 6.62 6.63400 metres 46.55 46.57 46.60800 metres 1:49.58 1:49.73 1:49.911500 metres 3:48.31 3:48.85 3:49.023000 metres 8:16.02 8:16.03 8:19.2660 metres hurdles 7.44 NR 7.57 7.71Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) Dmitriy BogdanovYuriy BorzakovskiyVladislav FrolovRoman Smirnov4:10.58 Robin SchemberaSteffen CoIngo SchultzStefan Kuhlee4:12.07 Christian NeunhäusererMaurizio BobbatoDomenico RaoMatteo Galvan4:15.91 Pole vault 5.65 m 5.60 m 5.50 m Triple jump 16.77 m 16.43 m 16.34 m
Women
60 metres 7.24 7.26 7.31400 metres 51.91 52.42 53.09800 metres 2:01.50 2:01.73 2:02.571500 metres 4:15.28 4:16.56 4:16.743000 metres 8:57.78 8:58.94 9:00.2660 metres hurdles 7.93 8.07 8.10Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) Tatyana PaliyenkoTatyana FirovaYuliya GushchinaAnastasiya Kapachinskaya4:43.22 Sviatlana UsovichIryna KhliustavaAnna KozakAnastasia Shuliak4:48.25 Agnieszka SowińskaMałgorzata PskitGrażyna ProkopekMarta Jeschke4:53.23 High jump 2.00 m 1.98 m 1.95 m Long jump 6.60 m 6.57 m 6.51 m Shot put 17.84 m 17.74 m 17.27 m
Medal table Key
+MenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 67 5 1 2 8 2 49 2 1 1 4 3 46 0 4 1 5 4 46 0 2 2 4 5 35 1 0 1 2 6 30 1 0 0 1 7 29 0 0 2 2 8 27 0 1 0 1Total 9 9 9 27
+WomenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 77 6 0 3 9 2 53 2 1 1 4 3 50 1 3 1 5 4 45 1 0 2 3 5 44 0 3 0 3 6 41 0 2 2 4 7 37 0 1 1 2 8 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.
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