The 2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 14 February 2004 at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany.Gordon, Ed (2006-06-14). 2nd European Indoor Cup 2004. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25. It was the second edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the eight top performing nations from the 2003 European Cup.European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-25. It was the second consecutive year that the event was held at the venue, following on from a successful hosting of the 2003 European Athletics Indoor Cup.Second edition of European Indoor Cup will take place in Leipzig. European Athletics (2003-02-16). Retrieved on 2011-01-23.
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 standings were determined by the finishing positions of the athletes, with each competitor’s result contributing points toward their nation’s overall total.
The Russia women's national athletics team successfully defended the title they had won the previous year, achieving a dominant victory. Russian athletes won seven of the ten women’s events, and the team finished eighteen points ahead of runner-up Germany.
The men’s competition, however, was far more closely contested, with the championship being decided in the final Swedish medley relay event, with France just managing to maintain its lead and beat the Russian men by two points in the final rankings.
Results summary
Men
60 metres 6.51 6.63 6.65400 metres 46.46 47.05 47.26800 metres 1:48.79 1:49.14 1:49.401500 metres 3:49.82 3:49.91 3:50.313000 metres 7:49.70 7:51.28 7:51.8960 metres hurdles 7.72 7.80 7.81Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) Dmitriy BogdanovAndrey RudnitskiyAleksandr UsovOleg Sergeyev4:12.26 Arnoud OkkenBram SomGuus HoogmoedPatrick van Balkom4:12.52 Andreas FreimannRuwen FallerBastian SwillmsTobias Unger4:14.65 Pole vault 5.70 m 5.65 m 5.55 m Triple jump 17.31 m 16.94 m 16.65 m
Women
60 metres 7.27 7.29 7.31400 metres 51.31 52.01 52.41800 metres 2:00.41 2:00.54 2:01.141500 metres 4:09.82 4:10.24 4:12.873000 metres 8:53.45 8:53.62 9:01.0060 metres hurdles 7.97 7.99 8.00Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) Irina VashentsevaNatalya KhrushchelevaMariya LisnichenkoIrina Khabarova4:46.14 Kathleen FriedrichMaren SchottJana NeubertBirgit Rockmeier4:47.92 Becky LyneJenny MeadowsHelen KaragounisJoice Maduaka4:52.18 High jump 2.00 m 1.96 m 1.93 m Long jump 6.72 m 6.46 m 6.39 m Shot put 18.75 m 18.50 m 18.38 m
Medal table Key
+MenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 50 1 2 0 3 2 48 2 2 0 4 3 46 1 1 1 3 4 45 1 1 2 4 5 43 2 2 0 4 6 35 1 1 2 4 7 35 0 0 2 2 8 29 1 0 2 3Total 9 9 9 27
+WomenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 82 7 2 0 9 2 64 1 4 3 8 3 46.5 1 0 3 4 4 41 0 2 0 2 5 39.5 0 1 2 3 6 35 0 1 1 2 7 33 1 0 1 2 8 28 0 0 1 1Total 10 10 11 31
References
Official site (archived) Results European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-25. 2nd Indoor European Cup. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.