| 2012 European Throwing Cup | |
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The2012European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at theStadion Topolica inBar, Montenegro. It was the twelfth edition of theathletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by theEuropean Athletic Association and theAthletic Federation of Montenegro.[1] The competition featured men's and women's contests inshot put,discus throw,javelin throw andhammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes. A total of 294 athletes from 39 European countries entered the competition.[2]
On the first day of the competition,Nadzeya Ostapchuk produced a throw of 20.29 m to win the shot put, whileMartina Ratej took the women's javelin title. DutchmanErik Cadée won the men's discus andKirill Ikonnikov took the hammer title for Russia. In the men's under-23 discus event, home athleteDanijel Furtula threw aMontenegrin record to win the gold.[3] The highlights of the second day wereNadine Müller's personal best of 68.89 m to win the women's discus (the best performance in the world in eight years) andMarco Fortes won the men's shot put in aPortuguese record and world-leading throw if 21.02 m. Turkish throwerFatih Avan won the men's javelin andZalina Marghieva broke theMoldovan record to beatTatyana Lysenko to the women's hammer throw title.[4]
Fivenational records were broken at the event. The non-medallists who achieved this feat were:Kateřina Šafránková (fourth in the women's hammer with 71.16 m), Danijel Furtula (17.10 m in the men's under-23 shot put), andTiago Aperta (fourth in the men's under-23 javelin with 75.55 m). In the team rankings, Russia claimed both the senior titles while Ukraine won both the under-23 sections.[5]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | 21.02 mNR | 20.50 m | 20.06 m | |||
| Discus throw | 64.09 m | 63.59 m | 63.30 m | |||
| Hammer throw | 75.95 m | 75.15 m | 74.23 m | |||
| Javelin throw | 81.09 m | 79.94 m | 78.74 m | |||
WR world record |AR area record |CR championship record |GR games record |NR national record |OR Olympic record |PB personal best |SB season best |WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | 20.29 m | 19.12 m | 18.59 m | |||
| Discus throw | 68.89 m | 63.86 m | 63.03 m | |||
| Hammer throw | 73.60 mNR | 72.87 m | 72.60 m | |||
| Javelin throw | 63.59 m | 62.75 m | 60.33 m | |||
WR world record |AR area record |CR championship record |GR games record |NR national record |OR Olympic record |PB personal best |SB season best |WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | 19.49 m | 18.76 m | 18.73 m | |||
| Discus throw | 60.24 mNR | 58.26 m | 57.45 m | |||
| Hammer throw | 73.62 m | 71.37 m | 69.16 m | |||
| Javelin throw | 76.23 m | 75.94 mNJR | 75.58 m | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | 17.42 m | 17.32 m | 16.87 mNJR | |||
| Discus throw | 67.19 m | 54.83 m | 52.03 m | |||
| Hammer throw | 68.74 m | 67.86 m | 66.35 m | |||
| Javelin throw | 57.39 m | 55.77 m | 55.67 m | |||