Lemaitre claims 100m gold in Barcelona
Wednesday, 28 July 2010France's Christophe Lemaitre confirmed his enormous potential with victory in the 100 metres at the European Championships in Barcelona.
The 20-year-old recovered from being the slowest out of the blocks to power to the gold in a time of 10.11 seconds.
In a blanket finish, Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis took second in 10.18secs, with the next three athletes also all given the same time. France's Martial Mbandjock claimed bronze ahead of defending champion Francis Obikwelu of Portugal.
'After a brilliant year my objective was gold,' said Lemaitre, who became the first white sprinter to break 10 seconds earlier this season.
'I didn't have a good start in the final but picked up very well on my speed. It was a brilliant final and I'm very, very happy tonight.'
Elsewhere, Croatia's Sandra Perkovic won gold in the women's discus with her last throw of the competition, 64.67m.
Romania's Nicoleta Grasu had to settle for silver after leading since the first round with a best of 63.48m, with Poland's Joanna Wisniewska third.
'It's unbelievable that I achieved the gold medal with the last attempt,' Perkovic said. 'The great atmosphere gave me an extra push. The competition was fierce until the very end but I had a good feeling before the last throw. I'm really happy.'
The competition was even tighter in the women's long jump final, with Ineta Radevica of Latvia and Portugal's Naide Gomes both jumping 6.92m in the fourth round.
However, Radevica took the gold courtesy of a longer second-best jump than Gomes, 6.87m to 6.68m. Olga Kucherenko of Russia took the bronze with a best of 6.84m.
Former heptathlon world and Olympic champion Carolina Kluft could only finish 11th.
Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey cruised to victory in the women's 10,000m, finishing 12 seconds ahead of Russia's Inga Abitova, with Jessica Augusto of Portugal taking bronze.
Slovakia's Libor Charfreitag won gold in the men's hammer with a throw of 88.02m. Nicola Vizzoni of Italy took silver with Krisztian Pars of Hungary the bronze.
20th European Athletics Championships, Barcelona, Spain
Morning Session
Men's
800m 1st rd: 1 Jakub Holusa (Cze) 1min 47.94secs (Q), 2 Kevin Lopez (Spa) 1:48.13 (Q), 3 Brice Etes (Mon) 1:48.54 (Q), 4 Anis Ananenka (Blr) 1:49.29 (q), 5 David Mccarthy (Irl) 1:49.53 (q), 6 Mario Scapini (Ita) 1:49.67 (q), 7 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) 1:49.78 (Q), 8 Hamid Oualich (Fra) 1:49.92 (Q), 9 Luis Alberto Marco (Spa) 1:49.96 (Q), 10 Michael Rimmer (Gbr) 1:49.99 (Q), 11 Giordano Benedetti (Ita) 1:50.00 (Q), 12 David Bustos (Spa) 1:50.01 (Q), 13 Cristian Vorovenci (Rom) 1:50.05 (q), 14 Adam Kszczot (Pol) 1:50.08 (Q), 15 Arnoud Okken (Ned) 1:50.13 (Q), 16 Tamas Kazi (Hun) 1:50.21, 17 Lukas Rifesser (Ita) 1:50.40 (Q)
400m Hurdles 1st rd:, 1 Rhys Williams (Gbr) 49.35secs (Q), 2 Periklis Iakovakis (Gre) 49.49 (Q), 3 Josef Prorok (Cze) 49.97 (Q), 4 David Greene (Gbr) 50.11 (Q), 5 Aleksandr Derevyagin (Rus) 50.14 (Q), 6 Attila Nagy (Rom) 50.31 (q), 7 Fadil Bellaabouss (Fra) 50.32 (Q), 7 Stanislav Melnykov (Ukr) 50.32 (Q), 9 Nathan Woodward (Gbr) 50.45 (Q), 10 Michal Uhlik (Cze) 50.47 (q), 11 Michael Bultheel (Bel) 50.48 (Q), 12 Heni Kechi (Fra) 50.50 (Q), 13 Stef Vanhaeren (Bel) 50.71 (q), 14 Sebastien Maillard (Fra) 50.73 (Q), 15 Nils Duerinck (Bel) 50.89 (Q), 16 Giacomo Panizza (Ita) 51.11 (q)
Combined Competition Decathlon
100m: 1 Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr) 10.60secs, 2 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 10.71, 3 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 10.71, 4 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 10.82, 5 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 10.84, 6 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 10.95, 7 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 10.98, 7 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 10.98, 9 Andres Raja (Est) 11.00, 10 Romain Barras (Fra) 11.09, 10 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 11.09, 12 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 11.14, 13 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 11.16, 14 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 11.16, 15 Yevhen Nikitin (Ukr) 11.17, 16 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 11.18, 17 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 11.19, 17 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 11.19, 19 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 11.20, 20 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 11.23, 21 Simon Walter (Swi) 11.25, 22 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 11.26, 23 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 11.31, 24 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 11.39, 25 Agustin Felix (Spa) 11.41, 26 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 11.46, 27 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 11.55
Long Jump: 1 Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr) 7.88m, 2 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 7.76, 3 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 7.68, 4 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 7.67, 5 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 7.56, 6 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 7.54, 7 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 7.52, 8 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 7.47, 9 Dudas Mihail (Ser) 7.46, 10 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 7.42, 11 Andres Raja (Est) 7.38, 12 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 7.36, 13 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 7.35, 14 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 7.29, 15 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 7.29, 16 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 7.28, 17 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 7.26, 18 Romain Barras (Fra) 7.24, 19 Agustin Felix (Spa) 7.21, 20 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 7.21, 21 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 7.19, 22 Simon Walter (Swi) 7.05, 23 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 7.03, 24 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 6.90, 25 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 6.88, 26 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 6.85, 27 Yevhen Nikitin (Ukr) 6.75
Shot Put: 1 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 15.89m, 2 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 15.46, 3 Romain Barras (Fra) 15.15, 4 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 15.08, 4 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 15.08, 6 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 14.93, 7 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 14.86, 8 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 14.76, 9 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 14.67, 10 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 14.53
Women's
100m 1st rd: 1 Verena Sailer (Ger) 11.27secs (Q), 2 Veronique Mang (Fra) 11.35 (Q), 2 Ezinne Okparaebo (Nor) 11.35 (Q), 2 Myriam Soumare (Fra) 11.35 (Q), 5 Mariya Ryemyen (Ukr) 11.38 (Q), 6 Anna Gurova (Rus) 11.42 (Q), 7 Christine Arron (Fra) 11.45 (Q), 7 Laura Turner (Gbr) 11.45 (Q), 9 Lina Grincikaite (Lit) 11.48 (Q), 10 Yeoryia Kokloni (Gre) 11.50 (Q), 11 Anne Mollinger (Ger) 11.51 (Q), 12 Ailis Mcsweeney (Irl) 11.52 (Q), 12 Yuna Mekhti-Zade (Rus) 11.52 (Q), 12 Digna Luz Murillo (Spa) 11.52 (Q), 15 Nataliya Pohrebnyak (Ukr) 11.53 (Q), 16 Yuliya Balykina (Blr) 11.55 (Q), 17 Yuliya Katsura (Rus) 11.57, 18 Ivet Lalova (Bul) 11.58, 18 Yulia Nestsiarenka (Blr) 11.58, 18 Olesya Povh (Ukr) 11.58 (Q), 21 Alena Neumiarzhytskaya (Blr) 11.63, 22 Yasmin Kwadwo (Ger) 11.68, 23 Katerina Cechova (Cze) 11.69, 24 Tina Murn (Slo) 11.70, 25 Andreea Ograzeanu (Rom) 11.78, 26 Inna Eftimova (Bul) 11.79, 27 Manuela Levorato (Ita) 11.80, 27 Marika Popowicz (Pol) 11.80, 29 Lena Berntsson (Swe) 11.84, 30 Sara Maroncelli (Smr) 12.64, 31 Ivana Rozman (Mkd) 12.90
DNF: Akinyemi Folake (Nor)
3000m Steeplechase 1st rd: 1 Layes Abdullayeva (Aze) 9mins 40.42secs (Q), 2 Lyubov Kharlamova (Rus) 9:40.81 (Q), 3 Katarzyna Kowalska (Pol) 9:41.14 (Q), 4 Marta Dominguez (Spa) 9:41.93 (Q), 5 Sophie Duarte (Fra) 9:42.33 (q), 6 Fionnuala Britton (Irl) 9:44.84 (q), 7 Wioletta Frankiewicz (Pol) 9:46.38 (Q), 8 Yuliya Zarudneva (Rus) 9:46.40 (Q), 9 Hatti Dean (Gbr) 9:46.43 (Q), 10 Ancuta Bobocel (Rom) 9:48.01 (Q), 11 Zulema Fuentes-Pila (Spa) 9:50.97 (q), 12 Oxana Juravel (Mol) 9:53.43 (q)
Selected Others: 20 Barbara Parker (Gbr) 10:20.99
20km Walk Final: 1 Olga Kaniskina (Rus) 1hr 27mins 44secs, 2 Anisya Kirdyapkina (Rus) 1:28:55, 3 Vera Sokolova (Rus) 1:29:32, 4 Melanie Seeger (Ger) 1:29:43, 5 Beatriz Pascual (Spa) 1:29:52, 6 Vera Santos (Por) 1:30:52, 7 Kristina Saltanovic (Lit) 1:31:40, 8 Ana Cabecinha (Por) 1:31:48, 9 InOs Henriques (Por) 1:32:26, 10 Jo Jackson (Gbr) 1:33:33
DSQ: Paulina Buziak (Pol), Sibilla Di Vincenzo (Ita)
DNF: Zuzana Malikova (Svk), Alina Matveyuk (Blr), Olive Loughnane (Irl), Maria Vasco (Spa)
Hammer Throw Qualification: 1 Tatyana Lysenko (Rus) 72.36m (Q), 2 Betty Heidler (Ger) 71.85 (Q), 3 Anita Wlodarczyk (Pol) 71.17 (Q), 4 Silvia Salis (Ita) 70.33 (Q), 5 Nataliya Zolotuhina (Ukr) 69.31 (Q), 6 Zalina Marghieva (Mol) 69.22 (Q), 7 Bianca Perie (Rom) 68.67 (q), 8 Eva Orban (Hun) 68.59 (q), 9 Marina Marghieva (Mol) 67.84 (q), 10 Merja Korpela (Fin) 67.58 (q), 11 Berta Castells (Spa) 66.61 (q), 12 Tracey Andersson (Swe) 66.48 (q), 13 Mona Holm (Nor) 66.18, 14 Alexandra Papayeoryiou (Gre) 65.88, 15 Kathrin Klaas (Ger) 65.82, 16 Malgorzata Zadura (Pol) 65.45, 17 Stephanie Falzon (Fra) 64.34, 18 Volha Tsander (Blr) 62.69, 19 Katerina Safrankova (Cze) 62.63, 20 Lenka Ledvinova (Cze) 60.74, 21 Paraskevi Theodorou (Cyp) 60.16
NM: Daryia Pchelnik (Blr)
Pole Vault Qualification: 1 Svetlana Feofanova (Rus) 4.40m (Q), 1 Jirina Ptacnikova (Cze) 4.40 (Q), 1 Silke Spiegelburg (Ger) 4.40 (Q), 4 Yuliya Golubchikova (Rus) 4.40 (Q), 4 Carolin Hingst (Ger) 4.40 (Q), 6 Anastasiya Shvedova (Blr) 4.40 (Q), 7 Kate Dennison (Gbr) 4.35 (q), 7 Tina Sutej (Slo) 4.35 (q), 9 Minna Nikkanen (Fin) 4.35 (q), 10 Lisa Ryzih (Ger) 4.35 (q), 11 Cathrine Larsasen (Nor) 4.35 (q), 12 Anna Katharina Schmid (Swi) 4.35 (q)
Afternoon Session
Men's
100m Semi-finals: 1 Christophe Lemaitre (Fra) 10.06secs (Q), 2 Dwain Chambers (Gbr) 10.10 (Q), 3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Nor) 10.16 (Q), 4 Emanuele Di Gregorio (Ita) 10.17 (Q), 5 Martial Mbandjock (Fra) 10.19 (Q), 6 Mark Lewis-Francis (Gbr) 10.21 (Q), 7 Simone Collio (Ita) 10.23 (Q), 8 Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.25 (Q)
100m Final: 1 Christophe Lemaitre (Fra) 10.11secs, 2 Mark Lewis-Francis (Gbr) 10.18, 3 Martial Mbandjock (Fra) 10.18, 4 Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.18, 5 Dwain Chambers (Gbr) 10.18, 6 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Nor) 10.31, 7 Emanuele Di Gregorio (Ita) 10.34
DNF: Simone Collio (Ita)
400m Semi-finals: 1 Jonathan Borlee (Bel) 44.71secs (Q), 2 David Gillick (Irl) 44.79 (Q), 3 Leslie Djhone (Fra) 44.87 (Q), 4 Michael Bingham (Gbr) 44.88 (Q), 5 Martyn Rooney (Gbr) 45.00 (Q), 6 Kacper Kozlowski (Pol) 45.24 (Q), 7 Kevin Borlee (Bel) 45.32 (Q), 8 Marco Vistalli (Ita) 45.38, 9 Teddy Venel (Fra) 45.55, 10 Marcin Marciniszyn (Pol) 45.58, 11 Andrea Barberi (Ita) 45.63, 12 Vladimir Krasnov (Rus) 45.64 (Q)
1500m 1st rd: 1 Reyes Estevez (Spa) 3mins 40.86secs (Q), 2 Arturo Casado (Spa) 3:40.98 (Q), 3 Andy Baddeley (Gbr) 3:41.46 (Q), 4 Manuel Olmedo (Spa) 3:41.47 (Q), 5 Carsten Schlangen (Ger) 3:41.65 (Q), 6 Tom Lancashire (Gbr) 3:41.68 (Q), 7 Colin Mccourt (Gbr) 3:41.77 (Q), 8 Christian Obrist (Ita) 3:42.02 (Q), 9 Yoann Kowal (Fra) 3:42.06 (Q), 10 Mateusz Demczyszak (Pol) 3:42.15 (Q), 11 Andreas Vojta (Aut) 3:42.16 (Q), 12 Goran Nava (Ser) 3:42.40 (Q)
Hammer Final: 1 Libor Charfreitag (Svk) 80.02m, 2 Krisztian Pars (Hun) 79.06, 3 Nicola Vizzoni (Ita) 78.03, 4 Szymon Ziolkowski (Pol) 77.99, 5 Valeri Sviatokha (Blr) 76.74, 6 Oleksiy Sokyrskyy (Ukr) 76.62, 7 Wojciech Kondratowicz (Pol) 75.30, 8 Igor Vinichenko (Rus) 74.71, 9 Kristof Nemeth (Hun) 73.93, 10 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Fin) 73.70, 11 Nicolas Figere (Fra) 72.56
NM: Mattias Jons (Swe)
Decathlon Combined Competition
100m: 1 Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr) 10.60secs, 2 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 10.71, 2 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 10.71, 4 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 10.82, 5 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 10.84, 6 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 10.95, 7 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 10.98, 7 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 10.98, 9 Andres Raja (Est) 11.00, 10 Romain Barras (Fra) 11.09, 10 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 11.09, 12 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 11.14, 13 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 11.16, 13 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 11.16, 15 Yevhen Nikitin (Ukr) 11.17, 16 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 11.18, 17 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 11.19, 17 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 11.19, 19 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 11.20, 20 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 11.23, 21 Simon Walter (Swi) 11.25, 22 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 11.26, 23 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 11.31, 24 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 11.39, 25 Agustin Felix (Spa) 11.41, 26 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 11.46, 27 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 11.55
400m: 1 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 47.92secs, 2 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 48.09, 3 Romain Barras (Fra) 48.33, 4 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 48.34, 5 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 48.43, 6 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 48.74, 7 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 49.01, 8 Andres Raja (Est) 49.12, 9 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 49.15, 10 Simon Walter (Swi) 49.19, 11 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 49.38, 12 Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr) 49.41, 13 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 49.44, 14 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 49.64, 15 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 49.79, 16 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 50.13, 17 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 50.16, 18 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 50.20, 19 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 50.47, 20 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 50.64, 21 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 50.88, 22 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 51.58, 23 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 51.86, 24 Agustin Felix (Spa) 52.29
DQ: Marcin Drozdz (Pol), Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned)
DNS: Yevhen Nikitin (Ukr)
Long Jump: 1 Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr) 7.88m, 2 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 7.76, 3 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 7.68, 4 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 7.67, 5 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 7.56, 6 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 7.54, 7 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 7.52, 8 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 7.47, 9 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 7.46, 10 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 7.42, 11 Andres Raja (Est) 7.38, 12 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 7.36, 13 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 7.35, 14 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 7.29, 14 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 7.29, 16 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 7.28, 17 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 7.26, 18 Romain Barras (Fra) 7.24, 19 Agustin Felix (Spa) 7.21, 19 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 7.21, 21 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 7.19, 22 Simon Walter (Swi) 7.05, 23 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 7.03, 24 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 6.90, 25 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 6.88, 26 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 6.85, 27 Yevhen Nikitin (Ukr) 6.75
High Jump: 1 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 2.10m, 2 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 2.07, 3 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 2.07, 4 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 2.04, 5 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 2.04, 6 Romain Barras (Fra) 2.04, 7 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 2.04, 8 Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr) 2.04, 8 Andres Raja (Est) 2.04, 10 Simon Walter (Swi) 2.01, 11 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 2.01, 12 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 2.01, 13 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 2.01, 14 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 1.98, 15 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 1.95, 16 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 1.95, 17 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 1.92, 18 Agustin Felix (Spa) 1.92, 18 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 1.92, 20 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 1.89, 20 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 1.89, 20 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 1.89, 23 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 1.89, 24 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 1.86, 25 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 1.86, 26 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 1.86
DNS: Yevhen Nikitin (Ukr)
Shot Put: 1 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 15.89m, 2 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 15.46, 3 Romain Barras (Fra) 15.15, 4 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 15.08, 4 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 15.08, 6 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 14.93, 7 Nicklas Wiberg (Swe) 14.86, 8 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 14.76, 9 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 14.67, 10 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 14.53, 11 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 14.32, 12 Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr) 14.27, 13 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 14.18, 14 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 14.16, 15 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 14.06, 16 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 14.02, 17 Yevhen Nikitin (Ukr) 13.98, 18 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 13.96, 19 Andres Raja (Est) 13.9, 20 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 13.79, 20 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 13.79, 22 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 13.53, 23 Agustin Felix (Spa) 13.42, 24 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 13.34, 25 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 13.12, 26 Simon Walter (Swi) 12.99, 27 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 11.26
Women's
400m 1st rd: 1 Kseniya Ustalova (Rus) 50.96secs (Q), 2 Libania Grenot (Ita) 51.03 (Q), 3 Tatyana Firova (Rus) 51.11 (Q), 4 Antonina Krivoshapka (Rus) 51.52 (Q), 5 Antonina Yefremova (Ukr) 51.67 (Q), 6 Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (Fra) 51.97 (Q), 7 Denisa Rosolova (Cze) 52.34 (Q), 8 Marta Milani (Ita) 52.36 (Q)
10000m Final: 1 Elvan Abeylegesse (Tur) 31mins 10.23secs, 2 Inga Abitova (Rus) 31:22.83, 3 Jessica Augusto (Por) 31:25.77, 4 Hilda Kibet (Ned) 31:36.90, 5 Meryem Erdogan (Tur) 31:44.86, 6 Sabrina Mockenhaupt (Ger) 32:06.02, 7 Yelena Sokolova (Rus) 32:36.71, 8 Krisztina Papp (Hun) 32:49.05, 9 Dulce Felix (Por) 33:12.93, 10 Sviatlana Kudzelich (Blr) 33:31.33, 11 Martina Strahl (Sui) 33:37.89, 12 Jacqueline Martin (Spa) 34:11.49
400m Hurdles Semi-finals: 1 Natalya Antyukh (Rus) 54.28 (Q), 2 Zuzana Hejnova (Cze) 54.61 (Q), 3 Angela Morosanu (Rom) 54.67 (Q), 4 Perri Shakes-Drayton (Gbr) 54.73 (Q), 4 Vania Stambolova (Bul) 54.73 (Q), 6 Yevgeniya Isakova (Rus) 54.81 (Q), 7 Eilidh Child (Gbr) 55.27 (Q), 8 Natalya Ivanova (Rus) 55.31 (Q)
Long Jump Final: 1 Ineta Radevica (Lat) 6.92m, 2 Naide Gomes (Por) 6.92, 3 Olga Kucherenko (Rus), 4 Viktoriya Rybalko (Ukr) 6.78, 5 Lyudmila Kolchanova (Rus), 6 Renata Medgyesova (Svk) 6.71, 7 Ivana Spanovic (Ser) 6.60, 8 Nastassia Mironchyk (Blr) 6.56, 9 Jana Veldakova (Svk) 6.54, 10 Anna Jagaciak (Pol) 6.36, 11 Carolina Kluft (Swe) 6.33, 12 Margrethe Renstrom (Nor) 6.18
Discus Final: 1 Sandra Perkovic (Cro) 64.67m, 2 Nicoleta Grasu (Rom) 63.48, 3 Joanna Wisniewska (Pol) 62.37, 4 Natalya Sadova (Rus) 61.20, 5 Zinaida Sendriute (Lit) 60.70, 6 Dragana Tomasevic (Ser) 60.10, 7 Sabine Rumpf (Ger) 58.89, 8 Nadine Muller (Ger) 57.78, 9 Monique Jansen (Ned) 56.29, 10 Svetlana Saykina (Rus) 56.09, 11 Anna Soderberg (Swe) 55.60, 12 Wioletta Potepa (Pol) 55.48
