2006 European Cross Country Championships

2006 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	13th
Date	9 December
Host city	San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy
Events	6
Distances	9.95 km – Men 8.03 km – Women 8.03 km – U23 men 5.975 km – U23 women 5.975 km – Junior men 4.1 km – Junior women
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The 13th European Cross Country Championships were held at San Giorgio su Legnano in Italy on 10 December 2006. Mo Farah took the title in the men's competition, while Tetyana Holovchenko won the women's race.

Results[]

Men individual 9.95 km[]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Mo Farah	27:56
	Juan Carlos de la Ossa	28:06
	Mustafa Mohamed	28:08
4.	Khalid Zoubaa	28:16
5.	Rui Pedro Silva	28:17
6.	Driss El Himer	28:17
7.	Mustapha Essaïd	28:17
8.	Luís Feiteira	28:21
9.	Christian Belz	28:22
10.	Carles Castillejo	28:23
11.	Serhiy Lebid	28:26
12.	Driss Maazouzi	28:27

Fernando Silva (originally second place in 28:03) was disqualified for doping according to IAAF Rule 32.2.a. Total 64 competitors

Men teams[]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	France Khalid Zoubaa Driss El Himer Mustapha Essaïd Driss Maazouzi	29
	Spain Juan Carlos de la Ossa Carles Castillejo Eliseo Martín José Manuel Martínez	40
	Portugal Rui Pedro Silva Luís Feiteira Ricardo Ribas	54
4.	United Kingdom Mo Farah Chris Thompson Gavin Thompson	79
5.	Italy Gabriele de Nard Giovanni Gualdi Umberto Pusterla Ruggero Pertile	89
6.	Ukraine	109
7.	Sweden	119
8.	Ireland	153

Total 10 teams

Women individual 8.03 km[]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Tetyana Holovchenko	25:17
	Mariya Konovalova	25:18
	Olivera Jevtić	25:21
4.	Anikó Kálovics	25:26
5.	Julie Coulaud	25:28
6.	Hayley Yelling	25:28
7.	Nathalie De Vos	25:34
8.	Joanne Pavey	25:38
9.	Jessica Augusto	25:38
10.	Anália Rosa	25:45
11.		25:52
12.	Rosa María Morató	25:53

Total 59 competitors

Women teams[]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Portugal Jessica Augusto Anália Rosa Mónica Rosa	47
	United Kingdom Hayley Yelling Joanne Pavey Liz Yelling Kate Reed	47
	France Julie Coulaud Christelle Daunay	69
4.	Russia Mariya Konovalova Alevtina Ivanova Inga Abitova	88
5.	Spain Rosa María Morató Judith Plá	94
6.	Italy	96
7.	Serbia	128
8.	Ireland	153

Total 9 teams

Men U23 individual 8.03 km[]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Barnabás Bene	23:14
	Dušan Markešević	23:16
	Daniele Meucci	23:16
4.	Yevgeniy Rybakov	23:17
5.		23:22
6.	Stsiapan Rahautsou	23:24
7.		23:25
8.		23:26
9.	Khalid Choukoud	23:29
10.	Stefano la Rosa	23:29

Men U23 teams[]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Russia Yevgeniy Rybakov	28
	Italy Daniele Meucci Stefano La Rosa Martin Dematteis	78
	Poland Łukasz Parszczyński Artur Kozłowski Hubert Prokop	94
4.	Ireland Joseph Sweeney Mark Christie Mick Clohisey	102
5.	United Kingdom Andy Vernon	105

Women U23 individual 5.975km[]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Binnaz Uslu	18:47
	Fionnuala Britton	18:56
	Türkan Erismis	19:09
4.		19:10
5.		19:16
6.		19:19
7.	Adriënne Herzog	19:20
8.	Laura Kenney	19:23
9.	Katarzyna Kowalska	19:24
10.		19:34

Women U23 teams[]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	United Kingdom Laura Kenney	56
	Poland Katarzyna Kowalska Sylwia Ejdys	65
	Italy Sara Dossena	96
4.	Netherlands Adriënne Herzog Andrea Deelstra Susan Kuijken Yvonne Hak	97
5.	Turkey Binnaz Uslu Türkan Erismis Dudu Karakaya	105

Junior men individual 5.975km[]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Andrea Lalli	16:53
		17:03
		17:06
4.		17:12
5.	Simone Gariboldi	17:14

Junior men teams[]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Italy Andrea Lalli Simone Gariboldi Merihun Crespi	68
	Spain Álvaro Lozano	74
	France Noureddine Smaïl Mourad Amdouni	74
4.	Turkey Ercan Muslu	83
5.	United Kingdom	97

Junior women individual 4.1 km[]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Stephanie Twell	12:33
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal	12:36
	Ancuţa Bobocel	12:51
4.	Emily Pidgeon	12:59
5.		13:08

Junior women teams[]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	United Kingdom Stephanie Twell Emily Pidgeon Sian Edwards	21
	Russia Yekaterina Gorbunova	76
	Romania Ancuţa Bobocel	83
4.	Spain	98
5.	Germany	102

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation				Total
1	United Kingdom	4	1	0	5
2	Italy	2	1	2	5
3	Russia	1	2	0	3
4	France	1	0	2	3
5	Portugal	1	0	1	2
	Turkey	1	0	1	2
7	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
9	Spain	0	3	0	3
10	Poland	0	1	1	2
	Serbia	0	1	1	2
12	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
15	Romania	0	0	3	3
16	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

References[]

External links[]

• Database containing all results between 1994–2007

Coordinates: 45°34′04″N 8°54′22″E / 45.56778°N 8.90611°E / 45.56778; 8.90611