The French Presidency has taken the initiative to celebrate European sport on Sunday 5 October in Paris, by welcoming Europe's greatest athletes to the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, for a major public festival. The Champ de Mars will be transformed into a European sports village for the occasion, with interactive areas and grounds showcasing a whole host of sporting activities. The public will be able to watch demonstrations and try out a wide range of sports, thanks to support from French sporting federations.
The idea behind bringing together Europe's best athletes for a major public event is to celebrate Europe as a 'great sporting nation' and to emphasise the will to place sport, in all its forms, at the heart of the European project. Sport is a powerful way of promoting a general sense of European belonging, among young people in particular.
Vivre l'Europe, vivre le sport', the association hosting the event and chaired by Pierre Durand, equestrian gold medallist at the Seoul Olympic games, is supported by Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, the French Minister for Health, Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector, Bernard Laporte, the French Secretary of State for Sport, Youth and the Voluntary Sector, and the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. Naturally, the City of Paris is also participating in this event to welcome the athletes to the foot of one of the most emblematic monuments of the French capital.
The event is also supported by five French companies, well-known on a European and global scale, namely, Carrefour, EDF, la Française des Jeux, Orange and the RATP, who will be involved in running the sports village alongside the sporting federations.
This event, which is free and open to all, will be an occasion to rally the public around a common passion: sport, a powerful instrument of social, educational, cultural and environmental development.
| Result World Cup European_Championschips_2008,_Marathon - Race 63: LW2x Final A | ||||||
| Rank | Boat | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | Finish | Lane |
| 1 | GRE | 1:40.85 (1) | 3:27.38 (1) | 5:15.27 (1) | 7:02.71 | 3 |
| Chrysi BISKITZI, Alexandra TSIAVOU | ||||||
| 2 | POL | 1:42.13 (2) | 3:29.60 (2) | 5:16.99 (2) | 7:04.98 | 4 |
| Weronika DERESZ, Ilona MOKRONOWSKA | ||||||
| 3 | HUN | 1:43.32 (4) | 3:31.90 (3) | 5:20.49 (3) | 7:08.80 | 6 |
| Zsofia NOVAK, Zsuzsanna HAJDU | ||||||
| 4 | GBR | 1:44.34 (5) | 3:34.48 (5) | 5:24.53 (5) | 7:12.74 | 1 |
| Frances FLETCHER, Andrea DENNIS | ||||||
| 5 | AUT | 1:42.80 (3) | 3:35.86 (6) | 5:24.77 (6) | 7:12.88 | 2 |
| Agnes SPERRER, Michaela TAUPE-TRAER | ||||||
| 6 | GER | 1:44.75 (6) | 3:34.16 (4) | 5:23.09 (4) | 7:13.26 | 5 |
| Laura TIBITANZL, Anja NOSKE | ||||||
Medals
Reports| World Best Time: | |
 CHN XU Dongxiang / YAN Poznan (POL) 2006 6:49.77 | |
| Lane | NOC | Name | Date of Birth | |
| 1 |  Japan | (b) (s) | KUMAKURA Misaki IWAMOTO Akiko | Mar 29 1983 Sep 25 1978 |
| 2 |  United States | (b) (s) | HYKEL Renee GOLDSACK Jen | May 31 1979 Jul 12 1982 |
| 3 |  Australia | (b) (s) | HALLIDAY Amber HOUSTON Marguerite | Nov 13 1979 Jul 11 1981 |
| 4 | China | (b) (s) | XU Dongxiang YU Hua | Jan 15 1983 Jan 19 1981 |
| 5 |  Canada | (b) (s) | KOK Melanie CAMERON Tracy | Nov 04 1983 Feb 01 1975 |
| 6 |  Greece | (b) (s) | BISKITZI Chrysi TSIAVOU Alexandra | Nov 18 1974 Sep 26 1985 |
MedalsReports| World Best Time: | |
 DEN RASMUSSEN Mads Reinholdt / HANSEN Rasmus Nicholai Quist Amsterdam (NED) 2007 6:10.02 | |
| Lane | NOC | Name | Date of Birth | |
| 1 |  Portugal | (b) (s) | FRAGA Pedro MENDES Nuno | Jan 27 1983 May 10 1984 |
| 2 | Greece | (b) (s) | MOUGIOS Dimitrios POLYMEROS Vasileios | Oct 13 1981 Feb 20 1976 |
| 3 |  New Zealand | (b) (s) | URU Storm TAYLOR Peter | Feb 14 1985 Jan 03 1984 |
| 4 | Denmark | (b) (s) | RASMUSSEN Mads Reinholdt HANSEN Rasmus Nicholai Quist | Nov 24 1981 Apr 05 1980 |
| 5 | China | (b) (s) | ZHANG Guolin SUN Jie | Mar 14 1985 Jun 13 1988 |
| 6 | Australia | (b) (s) | BELTZ Samuel GIBSON Tom | Aug 31 1980 May 06 1982 |
| Rank | Boat | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | Finish | Lane |
| 1 | GBR | 1:45.23 (1) | 3:36.32 (1) | 5:29.81 (1) | 7:24.27 | 3 |
| Hester GOODSELL, Helen CASEY | ||||||
| 2 | GRE | 1:45.86 (2) | 3:37.65 (2) | 5:31.17 (2) | 7:24.55 | 5 |
| Chrysi BISKITZI, Alexandra TSIAVOU | ||||||
| 3 | CUB | 1:48.04 (3) | 3:41.52 (3) | 5:34.92 (3) | 7:32.14 | 2 |
| Yaima VELAZQUEZ, Ismaray MARRERO | ||||||
| 4 | MEX | 1:50.63 (5) | 3:47.60 (4) | 5:47.33 (4) | 7:41.97 | 4 |
| Gabriela HUERTA, Lila PEREZ RUL | ||||||
| 5 | BRA | 1:50.03 (4) | 3:48.62 (5) | 5:47.58 (5) | 7:47.53 | 1 |
| Camila CARVALHO, Luciana GRANATO | ||||||
MedalsReports| World Best Time: | |
| CHN XU Dongxiang / YAN Poznan (POL) 2006 6:49.77 | |
| Lane | NOC | Name | Date of Birth | |
| 1 |  Brazil | (b) (s) | CARVALHO Camila GRANATO Luciana | May 30 1981 Oct 19 1977 |
| 2 |  Cuba | (b) (s) | VELAZQUEZ Yaima MARRERO Ismaray | Apr 07 1987 Aug 13 1982 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | (b) (s) | GOODSELL Hester CASEY Helen | Jun 27 1984 Feb 06 1974 |
| 4 |  Mexico | (b) (s) | HUERTA Gabriela PEREZ RUL Lila | Apr 28 1983 Aug 17 1977 |
| 5 | Greece | (b) (s) | BISKITZI Chrysi TSIAVOU Alexandra | Nov 18 1974 Sep 26 1985 |
MedalsReports| World Best Time: | |
| CHN XU Dongxiang / Poznan (POL) 2006 6:49.77 | |
| Lane | NOC | Name | Date of Birth | |
| 1 | Great Britain | (b) (s) | GOODSELL Hester CASEY Helen | Jun 27 1984 Feb 06 1974 |
| 2 | Greece | (b) (s) | BISKITZI Chrysi TSIAVOU Alexandra | Nov 18 1974 Sep 26 1985 |
| 3 | Canada | (b) (s) | COOK Melanie CAMERON Tracy | Nov 04 1983 Feb 01 1975 |
| 4 |  Germany | (b) (s) | CAROW Berit Annika DRAEGER Marie-Louise | Jan 12 1981 Apr 11 1981 |
| 5 |  South Africa | (b) (s) | WHITE Alex McCANN Kirsten | Oct 07 1983 Aug 25 1988 |
| 6 |  Finland | (b) (s) | STEN Sanna NIEMINEN Minna | May 20 1977 Aug 31 1976 |
MedalsReports| World Best Time: | |
| DEN RASMUSSEN Mads Reinholdt / HANSEN Rasmus Nicholai Quist Amsterdam (NED) 2007 6:10.02 | |
| Lane | NOC | Name | Date of Birth | |
| 1 |  Algeria | (b) (s) | AIT DAOUD Kamel GARIDI Mohamed Ryad | May 18 1985 Dec 20 1977 |
| 2 | Japan | (b) (s) | URA Kazushige TAKEDA Daisaku | Nov 10 1975 Dec 05 1973 |
| 3 | Great Britain | (b) (s) | PURCHASE Zac HUNTER Mark | May 02 1986 Jul 01 1978 |
| 4 | Greece | (b) (s) | MOUGIOS Dimitrios POLYMEROS Vasileios | Oct 13 1981 Feb 20 1976 |
| 5 | Germany | (b) (s) | KOCH Jonathan BREHMER Manuel | Oct 29 1985 Jun 01 1978 |