1973 European Cup Final (athletics)

These are the full results of the 1973 European Cup Final in athletics which was held at the Meadowbank Stadium on 8 and 9 September 1973 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.[1][2][3]

Team standings

Men's results

100 metres

8 September
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 3 Siegfried Schenke  East Germany 10.26 CR 6
2 2 Aleksandr Kornelyuk  Soviet Union 10.34 5
3 4 Jobst Hirscht  West Germany 10.47 4
4 5 Raimo Vilén  Finland 10.49 3
5 7 Don Halliday  Great Britain 10.52 2
6 6 Lucien Rechal  France 10.76 1

200 metres

9 September
Wind: -3.3 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 7 Chris Monk  Great Britain 21.00 6
2 3 Hans-Jürgen Bombach  East Germany 21.00 5
3 5 Ossi Karttunen  Finland 21.24 4
4 6 Joseph Arame  France 21.26 3
5 4 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 21.31 2
6 2 Juris Silovs  Soviet Union 21.55 1

400 metres

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Karl Honz  West Germany 45.20 6
2 David Jenkins  Great Britain 46.00 5
3 Ossi Karttunen  Finland 46.26 4
4 Andreas Scheibe  East Germany 46.37 3
5 Francis Demarthon  France 46.75 2
6 Semyon Kocher  Soviet Union 47.32 1

800 metres

9 September

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 3 Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:46.44 CR 6
2 4 Yevhen Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:46.70 5
3 5 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:46.71 4
4 2 Roqui Sanchez  France 1:48.17 3
5 7 Markku Taskinen  Finland 1:48.96 2
6 6 Josef Schmid  West Germany 1:49.07 1

1500 metres

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Frank Clement  Great Britain 3:40.79 6
2 Paul-Heinz Wellmann  West Germany 3:41.85 5
3 Klaus-Peter Justus  East Germany 3:42.61 4
4 Pekka Päivärinta  Finland 3:43.03 3
5 Volodymyr Panteley  Soviet Union 3:43.10 2
6 Jacky Boxberger  France 3:46.16 1

5000 metres

9 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Brendan Foster  Great Britain 13:54.65 6
2 Manfred Kuschmann  East Germany 13:55.31 5
3 Harald Norpoth  West Germany 13:57.66 4
4 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy  Soviet Union 14:08.45 3
5 Lasse Virén  Finland 14:18.23 2
6 Noël Tijou  France 14:19.44 1

10,000 metres

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Nikolay Sviridov  Soviet Union 28:44.08 6
2 Detlef Uhlemann  West Germany 28:44.22 5
3 Karl-Heinz Leiteritz  East Germany 28:44.36 4
4 Pierre Liardet  France 29:15.15 3
5 Tony Simmons  Great Britain 29:23.56 2
6 Risto Ala-Korpi  Finland 30:28.02 1

110 metres hurdles

8 September
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Guy Drut  France 13.70 6
2 Anatoliy Moshiashvili  Soviet Union 13.76 5
3 Thomas Munkelt  East Germany 13.77 4
4 Günther Nickel  West Germany 14.01 3
5 Ari Salin  Finland 14.46 2
6 Berwyn Price  Great Britain 25.20 1

400 metres hurdles

9 September

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 4 Alan Pascoe  Great Britain 50.07 CR 6
2 5 Dmitriy Stukalov  Soviet Union 50.61 5
3 6 Jürgen Läser  East Germany 51.09 4
4 7 Werner Reibert  West Germany 51.13 3
5 2 Ari Salin  Finland 51.73 2
6 3 Jean-Pierre Corval  France 51.94 1

3000 metres steeplechase

9 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Tapio Kantanen  Finland 8:28.45 6
2 Willi Maier  West Germany 8:29.76 5
3 Leonid Savelyev  Soviet Union 8:30.93 4
4 Gérard Buchheit  France 8:33.05 3
5 Steve Hollings  Great Britain 8:36.63 2
6 Waldemar Cierpinski  East Germany 8:38.60 1

4 × 100 metres relay

8 September

Rank Nation Athletes Time Note Points
1  East Germany Manfred Kokot, Michael Droese, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat 39.5 6
2  West Germany Jobst Hirscht, Klaus Ehl, Manfred Ommer, Franz-Peter Hofmeister 39.5 5
3  Great Britain Brian Green, Chris Monk, Ian Matthews, Les Piggott 39.9 4
4  France Bruno Cherrier, Lucien Rechal, Charles Ducasse, Joseph Arame 40.1 3
5  Finland Antti Rajamäki, Raimo Vilén, Juhani Jaakola, Markku Perttula 41.6 2
 Soviet Union Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Atamas, Juris Silovs, Boris Izmestyev DNF 1

4 × 400 metres relay

9 September

Rank Nation Athletes Time Note Points
1  West Germany Hermann Köhler, Horst Rόdiger Schloske, Bernd Herrmann, Karl Honz 3:04.25 CR 6
2  Soviet Union Valeriy Yurchenko, Leonid Korolyev, Valeriy Yudin, Semyon Kocher 3:05.11 5
3  Great Britain John Wilson, Alan Pascoe, Joe Chivers, David Jenkins 3:06.27 4
4  East Germany Jürgen Ludewig, Jürgen Utikal, Benno Stops, Andreas Scheibe 3:06.63 3
5  Finland Stig Lönnqvist, Raimo Nieminen, Juhani Jaakkola, Ossi Karttunen 3:12.54 2
 France Francis Demarthon, Daniel Velasques, Lionel Malingre, Francis Kerbiriou DQ 1

High jump

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Points
1 Valentin Gavrilov  Soviet Union 2.15 6
2 Asko Pesonen  Finland 2.13 5
3 Paul Poaniewa  France 2.09 4
4 Stephan Junge  East Germany 2.07 3
5 Walter Boller  West Germany 2.07 2
6 Mike Campbell  Great Britain 2.02 1

Pole vault

9 September

Rank Name Nationality 4.40 4.70 4.80 4.90 5.00 5.05 5.10 5.20 5.25 5.30 Result Notes Points
1 Yuriy Isakov  Soviet Union 5.30 6
2 Antti Kalliomäki  Finland 5.30 5
3 Reinhard Kuretzky  West Germany 5.20 4
4 Mike Bull  Great Britain 5.20 3
5 François Tracanelli  France 5.10 2
6 Wolfgang Reinhard  East Germany 5.05 1

Long jump

8 September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Valeriy Pidluzhny  Soviet Union 7.96w 8.00w 8.20w x x 7.92 8.20w 6
2 Hans Baumgartner  West Germany 7.93 x 8.12 8.00w 6.09 7.80 8.12 5
3 Max Klauß  East Germany 7.75 7.91w x 7.97 x 8.03 8.03 4
4 Alan Lerwill  Great Britain x x x x x 7.95w 7.95w 3
5 Jacques Rousseau  France 7.70 7.87 x 7.64 7.78w 7.55 7.87 2
6 Tapani Taavitsainen  Finland 7.36 x 7.40w 7.48 7.52w 7.39 7.52w 1

Triple jump

9 September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union 16.78 16.65w x x 16.90w x 16.90w 6
2 Jörg Drehmel  East Germany 16.38w 16.60w x 16.89w x x 16.89w 5
3 Esa Rinne  Finland 16.18w 16.11w 15.80w x x x 16.18w 4
4 Michael Sauer  West Germany 15.59w 15.86w 15.67w x 14.12 x 15.86w 3
5 Bernard Lamitié  France 15.78w 15.83w 15.78w x 15.62w 15.64 15.83w 2
6 Willie Clark  Great Britain 15.64w x 15.08w x x 15.11w 15.64w 1

Shot put

8 September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Hartmut Briesenick  East Germany 20.80 20.90 20.95 20.53 20.88 20.67 20.95 6
2 Reijo Ståhlberg  Finland 20.27 x 20.01 20.15 x 19.75 20.27 5
3 Geoff Capes  Great Britain 19.60 x 19.40 19.80 19.58 x 19.80 4
4 Valeriy Voykin  Soviet Union 19.54 19.77 19.53 x x x 19.77 3
5 Ferdinand Schladen  West Germany 18.40 18.56 18.88 18.43 18.86 18.79 18.88 2
6 Yves Brouzet  France 18.61 18.84 x 18.88 18.55 17.85 18.88 1

Discus throw

9 September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Pentti Kahma  Finland 58.62 61.94 63.10 60.56 56.88 x 63.10 6
2 Siegfried Pachale  East Germany x 55.30 60.02 59.96 60.48 60.06 60.48 5
3 Bill Tancred  Great Britain x 55.80 55.12 56.76 54.72 59.06 59.06 4
4 Viktor Zhurba  Soviet Union 54.40 57.76 x 56.22 x 53.96 57.76 3
5 Hein-Direck Neu  West Germany 54.16 56.08 x 56.16 x 53.92 56.16 2
6 Frédéric Piette  France 53.80 55.14 x 53.04 x x 55.14 1

Hammer throw

8 September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Anatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union 74.08 72.82 70.98 72.34 72.26 70.72 74.08 6
2 Reinhard Theimer  East Germany 62.76 66.90 69.18 72.06 71.18 71.34 72.06 5
3 Jacques Accambray  France 69.70 71.90 68.22 68.86 69.28 68.14 71.90 NR 4
4 Uwe Beyer  West Germany 68.84 66.30 70.20 71.50 70.16 71.10 71.50 3
5 Barry Williams  Great Britain x 69.52 71.26 x x x 71.26 NR 2
6 Heikki Kangas  Finland 67.26 68.58 67.80 x 66.62 67.16 68.58 1

Javelin throw

8 September – Old model

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Klaus Wolfermann  West Germany x 78.86 90.68 x x x 90.68 6
2 Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 81.16 84.48 x x x x 84.48 5
3 Hannu Siitonen  Finland 83.14 x 84.08 81.06 x x 84.08 4
4 Dave Travis  Great Britain 78.78 80.32 77.32 x 70.98 x 80.32 3
5 Lolesio Tuita  France 69.98 70.86 x 75.98 x 75.44 75.98 2
6 Wolfgang Hanisch  East Germany 74.24 x x x 68.90 x 74.24 1

Women's results

100 metres

? September
Wind: +1.3 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 6 Renate Stecher  East Germany 11.25 6
2 4 Annegret Richter  West Germany 11.32 5
3 7 Marina Sidorova  Soviet Union 11.40 4
4 3 Ivanka Valkova Bulgaria 11.49 3
5 5 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 11.57 2
6 2 Mariana Condovici Romania 11.92 1

200 metres

? September
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 22.81 6
2 Marina Sidorova  Soviet Union 22.93 5
3 Helen Golden  Great Britain 23.14 4
4 Annegret Kroniger  West Germany 23.39 3
5 Ivanka Valkova Bulgaria 23.91 2
6 Mariana Condovici Romania 24.34 1

400 metres

? September

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 7 Monika Zehrt  East Germany 51.75 CR 6
2 4 Lilyana Tomova Bulgaria 52.33 5
3 2 Nadezhda Kolesnikova  Soviet Union 52.35 4
4 5 Rita Wilden  West Germany 53.57 3
5 6 Verona Bernard  Great Britain 54.07 2
6 3 Alexandra Badescu Romania 55.86 1

800 metres

? September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 1:58.94 CR, NR 6
2 Svetla Zlateva Bulgaria 1:59.05 5
3 Nijolė Razienė  Soviet Union 2:02.17 4
4 Hildegard Falck  West Germany 2:04.29 3
5 Rosemary Wright  Great Britain 2:04.91 2
6 Natalia Andrei Romania 2:07.51 1

1500 metres

? September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Tonka Petrova Bulgaria 4:09.02 CR 6
2 Karin Krebs  East Germany 4:09.37 5
3 Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union 4:10.11 4
4 Joan Allison  Great Britain 4:12.17 3
5 Ellen Tittel  West Germany 4:19.72 2
6 Ileana Silai Romania 4:21.55 1

100 metres hurdles

? September
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Points
1 Anneliese Ehrhardt  East Germany 12.95 CR 6
2 Judy Vernon  Great Britain 13.34 5
3 Natalya Lebedeva  Soviet Union 13.62 4
4 Sasha Varbanova Bulgaria 13.84 3
5 Uta Nolte  West Germany 13.89 2
6 Marioara Lazar Romania 15.08 1

4 × 100 metres relay

? September

Rank Nation Athletes Time Note Points
1  East Germany Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit 42.95 CR 6
2  West Germany Elfgard Schittenhelm, Inge Helten, Annegret Richter, Annegret Kroniger 43.68 5
3  Great Britain Elizabeth Sutherland, Helen Golden, Judy Vernon, Andrea Lynch 44.78 4
4 Bulgaria Sofka Popova, Ivanka Valkova, Liliana Panayotova, Zdravka Shipoklieva 45.03 3
5  Soviet Union Nadezhda Besfamilnaya, Lyudmila Maslakova, Marina Sidorova, Galina Mitrokhina 45.13 2
6 Romania Carmen Ene, Marioara Lazar, Laura Ratz, Mariana Condovici 46.67 1

4 × 400 metres relay

? September

Rank Nation Athletes Time Note Points
1  East Germany Waltraud Dietsch, Renate Siebach, Monika Zehrt, Rita Kühne 3:28.66 CR 6
2  Soviet Union Nina Zyuskova, Ingrīda Barkāne, Natalya Kulichkova, Nadezhda Kolesnikova 3:30.57 5
3 Bulgaria Zdravka Trifonova, Liliana Tomova, Stefka Yordanova, Svetla Zlateva 3:31.89 4
4  Great Britain Dawn Webster, Janette Roscoe, Rosemary Wright, Verona Bernard 3:34.81 3
5  West Germany Erika Weinstein, Christel Frese, Dagmar Jost, Rita Wilden 3:35.20 2
6 Romania Natalia Andrei, Mariana Suman, Niculina Lungu, Alexandrina Badescu 3:48.03 1

High jump

? September

Rank Name Nationality 1.64 1.67 1.70 1.73 1.76 1.78 1.80 1.82 1.84 1.88 Result Notes Points
1 Yordanka Blagoeva Bulgaria o o o xxo xxx 1.84 6
2 Rita Kirst  Soviet Union xxo o o o xo xxx 1.82 5
3 Virginia Ioan Romania o o o o xxx 1.80 4
4 Barbara Lawton  Great Britain o o o o o o xxx 1.80 3
5 Galina Filatova  Soviet Union o o o o o o o xxx 1.80 2
6 Renate Gärtner  West Germany o o o o xo xxx 1.76 1

Long jump

? September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Angela Schmalfeld  East Germany 6.63w x x x 6.53 x 6.63w 6
2 Viorica Viscopoleanu Romania 6.39 6.15 6.37 6.01 6.37 6.31 6.39 5
3 Ruth Martin-Jones  Great Britain 6.30w 6.00 6.09 x 5.83 x 6.30w 4
4 Margarita Treinite  Soviet Union x 6.10 6.28 x 6.07 6.04 6.28 3
5 Gunhild Hetzel  West Germany 6.03 6.16 5.54 5.95 5.71 5.74 6.16 2
6 Nedyalka Angelova Bulgaria 6.07 4.52 5.63 5.98 6.03 5.93 6.07 1

Shot put

? September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Nadezhda Chizhova  Soviet Union 20.77 x 20.39 20.57 x 20.0 20.77 CR 6
2 Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria 19.23 18.98 18.75 19.06 18.58 19.1 19.23 5
3 Marita Lange  East Germany 18.49 x 18.81 18.78 x x 18.81 4
4 Valentina Cioltan Romania 17.52 x 16.54 x x 16.6 17.52 3
5 Brenda Bedford  Great Britain 14.78 14.65 x 14.06 14.64 14.85 14.85 2
6 Brigitte Berendonk  West Germany x 14.51 14.63 14.68 x 14.6 14.69 1

Discus throw

? September

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 67.06 x x 69.48 x 64.78 69.48 WR 6
2 Argentina Menis Romania 62.66 x 64.16 x 62.52 62.32 64.16 5
3 Gabriele Hinzmann  East Germany 59.54 62.92 62.48 62.04 61.76 63.76 63.76 4
4 Liesel Westermann  West Germany x 54.02 53.02 x 58.74 x 58.74 3
5 Svetla Bozhkova Bulgaria 57.96 58.34 58.66 57.64 57.86 55.86 58.66 2
6 Rosemary Payne  Great Britain 53.00 49.94 54.58 51.48 49.08 53.24 54.58 1

Javelin throw

? September – Old model

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Points
1 Ruth Fuchs  East Germany 66.10 x x 60.68 x x 66.10 WR 6
2 Lyutviyan Mollova Bulgaria 51.70 x 48.94 56.28 60.30 58.04 60.30 5
3 Ameli Koloska  West Germany 54.38 54.46 x 55.46 x x 55.46 4
4 Eva Zorgo Romania x x x x 53.60 x 53.60 3
5 Elvīra Ozoliņa  Soviet Union 49.80 53.20 x x x x 53.20 2
6 Sharon Corbett  Great Britain 45.34 46.30 47.22 52.22 48.72 45.20 52.22 1

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