| 2003 European Throwing Cup | |
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| Events | 8 |
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The2003European Winter Throwing Challenge was held on 1 and 2 March atStadio Polivalente Gioia Tauro inGioia Tauro, Italy. It was the third edition of theathletics competition for throwing events organised by theEuropean Athletics Association. A total of 137 athletes from 24 countries entered the competition.[1]
The competition featured men's and women's contests inshot put,discus throw,javelin throw andhammer throw. Several events were split into two groups due to the number of entries. Russia and Germany were the top performing nations at the competition. Russia won the women's division on points and had the largest medal haul with one gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Germany topped the men's points table and was the only nation to win two gold medals at the challenge. The host nation, Italy, ranked third in both the men's and women's categories.[2]
Three medallists in Gioia Tauro went on to reach the podium at the2003 World Championships in Athletics. Women's hammer throwersManuela Montebrun andOlga Kuzenkova were world bronze and silver medallists, respectively, whileSteffi Nerius (women's javelin winner at this competition) took the bronze on the global stage.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put |  Rutger Smith (NED) | 20.52 m |  Ivan Yushkov (RUS) | 19.54 m |  Peter Sack (GER) | 19.53 m |
| Discus throw |  Gerd Kanter (EST) | 64.17 m |  Mario Pestano (ESP) | 63.71 m |  Ionel Oprea (ROM) | 62.29 m |
| Javelin throw | Christian Nicolay (GER) | 83.80 m | Alexandr Ivanov (RUS) | 79.24 m |  Dominique Pausé (FRA) | 78.60 m |
| Hammer throw |  Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 75.35 m |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 74.74 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 74.73 m |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS) | 18.47 m | Anna Romanova (RUS) | 18.09 m | Cristiana Checchi (ITA) | 17.91 m |
| Discus throw |  Teresa Machado (POR) | 63.65 m |  Viktoriya Boyko (UKR) | 60.63 m | Styliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 59.73 m |
| Javelin throw | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 62.50 m | Oksana Gromova (RUS) | 61.12 m | Yekaterina Ivakina (RUS) | 60.42 m |
| Hammer throw | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 72.18 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 69.24 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 66.25 m |
| 1 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8482 | 7885 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8296 | 8238 |
| 3= | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6177 | 3149 |
| 3= | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8161 | 7882 |
| 5= | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 5= | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 5= | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2842 | 3933 |
| 8= | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3053 | — |
| 8= | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3213 | — |
| 10= | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4104 | 2856 |
| 10= | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3941 | 7705 |
| 12= |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4599 |
| 12= |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3193 | — |
| 12= |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3318 |
| 12= |  Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3853 | — |
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