The European Marathon Cup is a quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries.
Initially a stand-alone championship race inaugurated in 1981, the race has been held in conjunction with the European Athletics Championships since 1994. Individual medallists are included in the European Championships medal table, while until 2026 team medals are awarded separately from the main championships.
In 2026 the Marathon Cup results were included in the overall medal table for the 2026 European Athletics Championships as the 'Marathon team' events for the first time.European Marathon Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
Each national team may enter six runner and the team score is the sum of the times of the team's three fastest finishers. The IAAF World Marathon Cup (first held in 1985) follows a similar format.
The event alternates biennially with the European Half Marathon Cup which is contested under similar rules when the European Athletics Championships are held in Olympic years
Editions
Edition Year Host country Host city Date Notes 1st 1981 Agen 13 September 2nd 1983 Laredo 19 June 3rd 1985 Rome 15 September 4th 1988 Huy 30 April 5th 1994 Helsinki 7, 14 August 6th 1998 Budapest 22–23 August 7th 2002 Munich 10–11 August 8th 2006 Gothenburg 12–13 August 9th 2010 Barcelona 31 July–1 August 10th 2014 Helsinki 17 August 11th 2018 Berlin 12 August 12th 2022 Munich 15 August13th2026Birmingham16 August
Rules Each country can deploy a single team with a maximum of six athletes, the total time is scored on the time of the first three classified, but the other athletes of the team that finished the race will be also awarded with the medal.
Medallists Men
1981 30 pt1. Massimo Magnani8. Giampaolo Messina9. Gianni Poli12. Armando Scozzari 72 pt 80 pt 1983 22 pt1. Waldemar Cierpinski2. Jürgen Eberding 28 pt3. Gianni Poli4. Marco Marchei8. Giampaolo Messina13. Antonio Erotavo 45 pt 1985 32 pt1. Michael Heilmann3. Jörg Peter 36 pt2. Jacques Lefrand 38 pt4. Alessio Faustini7. Gelindo Bordin13. Aldo Fantoni14. Loris Pimazzoni 1988 1. Ravil Kashapov 3. Alain Lazare 1994 1. Martín Fiz2. Diego García3. Alberto Juzdado 6. António Rodrigues7. Manuel Matias9. António Pinto 10. Dominique Chauvelier11. Noureddine Sobhi18. Bruno Le Stum 1998 1. Stefano Baldini2. Danilo Goffi3. Vincenzo Modica7. Giovanni Ruggiero20. Ottaviano Andriani 4. Julio Rey5. Alejandro Gómez6. Antoni Peña 9. João Lopes10. António Salvador15. Paulo Catarino 2002 3. Julio Rey5. Alberto Juzdado6. Alejandro Gómez 4. Daniele Caimmi10. Migidio Bourifa12. Alberico di Cecco13. Danilo Goffi19. Ottaviano Andriani21. Sergio Chiesa 23. José Santos27. Manuel Pita29. António Sousa 2006 1. Stefano Baldini5. Francesco Ingargiola11. Danilo Goffi 8. Alberto Chaíça10. Luís Jesus15. Hélder Ornelas 6. Dmitriy Semyonov13. Dmitriy Burmakin17. Grigoriy Andreyev 2010 2. José Manuel Martínez5. Pablo Villalobos6. Rafael Iglesias 3. Dmitriy Safronov9. Aleksey Sokolov15. Oleg Kulkov 4. Ruggero Pertile7. Migidio Bourifa11. Ottaviano Andriani31. Daniele Caimmi 2014 Aleksey ReunkovStepan Kiselev Sergey RybinAleksey Sokolov 2018 Italy 3. Yassine Rachik5. Eyob Faniel12. Stefano La Rosa 4. Javier Guerra6. Jesus Espana16. Camilo Raul Santiago22. Petro Nimo34. Iraitz Arrospide 8. Lamawork Ketema10. Peter Herzog41. Christian Steinhammer 2022 Marhu TeferiGashau AyaleYimer GetahunGirmaw AmareOmer RamonBukayawe Malede Richard RingerAmanal PetrosJohannes MotschmannHendrik PfeifferKonstantin WedelSimon Boch Ayad LamdassemJorge BlancoDaniel MateoYago RojoAbdelaziz Merzougui 2026 Gashau Ayale (3)Tadesse Getahon (5)Haimro Alame (8)Yitayew Abuhay (12)Maru Teferi (22)Bukayawe Malede (35) Amanal Petros (1)Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu (9)Richard Ringer (10)Simon Boch (21)Erik Hille (28)Tom Thurley (37) Valentin Gondouin (6)Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse (11)Hassan Chahdi (19)Felix Bour (DNF)
Women 1985 1. Katrin Dörre2. Gabriele Martins3. Birgit Weinhold 6. Laura Fogli7. Emma Scaunich9. Rita Marchisio 1988 2. Raisa Smekhnova3. Zoya Ivanova 1. Katrin Dörre 1994 2. Maria Curatolo4. Ornella Ferrara8. Rosanna Munerotto9. Anna Villani21. Bettina SabatiniDNF Laura Fogli 1998 2. Madina Biktagirova7. Lyubov Morgunova8. Yelena Razdrogina9. Lyudmila Petrova18. Irina Timofeyeva 3. Maura Viceconte4. Franca Fiacconi19. Gigliola Borghini24. Francesca Zanusso30. Paola VignatiDNF Patrizia Ritondo 2002 Only two teams entered 2006 5. Bruna Genovese7. Deborah Toniolo8. Giovanna Volpato9. Anna Incerti21. Marcella ManciniDNF Rosaria Console 2010 2. Nailya Yulamanova9. Irina Timofeyeva11. Silviya Skvortsova28. Yevgeniya Danilova29. Margarita PlaksinaDNF Tatyana Pushkareva 3. Anna Incerti8. Rosaria Console10. Deborah Toniolo 14. Michelle Ross-Cope16. Susan Partridge20. Holly Rush21. Helen Decker24. Rebecca Robinson25. Jo Wilkinson 2014 Valeria StraneoAnna IncertiNadia EjjafiniEmma QuagliaDeborah TonioloRosaria Console Jessica AugustoFilomena CostaMarisa Barros Natalya PuchkovaAlbina MayorovaGulnara Vygovskaya 2018 Volha MazuronakMaryna DamantsevichNastassia IvanovaNina SavinaIryna Somava ItalySara DossenaCatherine BertoneFatna MaraouiLaura Gotti Trihas GebreMaria Azucena DiazElena LoyoMarta GalimanyClara Simal 2022 Miriam DattkeDomenika MayerDeborah SchönebornRabea SchönebornKatharina SteinruckKristina Hendel Marta GalimanyIrene PelayoElena LoyoLaura Méndez Esquer Aleksandra LisowskaAngelika MachMonika JackiewiczIzabela PaszkiewiczKatarzyna Jankowska 2026 Abbie DonnellyNatasha WilsonRose HarveyLouise SmallClara Evans-Graham Rebecca LonedoSofiia YaremchukGiovanna EpisAlessia Tuccitto Carolina RoblesFatima OuhaddouEster NavarreteMeritxell Soler
All-time medal table
See also IAAF World Marathon Cup
References
External links Athletics Marathon European Cup - Men Athletics Marathon European Cup - Women