2012 European Cross Country Championships

2012 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	19th
Date	9 December
Host city	Szentendre, Hungary
Events	6
Distances	9.880 km – Men 8.050 km – Women 8.050 km – U23 men 6.025 km – U23 women 6.025 km – Junior men 4.000 km – Junior women
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The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December.

Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first ever champion at the competition. The men's team race was won by Spain. Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming the first woman to retain her title. Team Ireland took gold in the senior women's race.

Race results[]

Andrea Lalli became the first Italian to win the competition.

Senior men[]

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Andrea Lalli	Italy	30:01
	Hassan Chahdi	France	30:11
	Daniele Meucci	Italy	30:13
4	Tom Farrell	Great Britain	30:14
5	Carles Castillejo	Spain	30:14
6	Ayad Lamdassem	Spain	30:14
7	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	30:21
8	Javier Guerra	Spain	30:22
9	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	30:26
10		Great Britain	30:28
11		Great Britain	30:30
12		Czech Republic	30:33

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Spain Carles Castillejo Ayad Lamdassem Javier Guerra Juan Carlos Higuero	35
	Great Britain Tom Farrell Andy Vernon	38
	Italy Andrea Lalli Daniele Meucci Gabriele De Nard Patrick Nasti Alex Baldaccini	63

• Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.^[1]

Senior women[]

The Women's podium

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	27:45
	Ana Dulce Félix	Portugal	27:47
	Adrienne Herzog	Netherlands	27:48
4	Almensh Belete	Belgium	27:54
5	Laurane Picoche	France	27:55
6	Sophie Duarte	France	27:55
7	Nadia Ejjafini	Italy	27:59
8	Linda Byrne	Ireland	28:17
9	Lisa Stublić	Croatia	28:18
10	Diana Martín	Spain	28:19
11		Great Britain	28:22
12	Sara Moreira	Portugal	28:26

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ireland Fionnuala Britton Linda Byrne Ava Hutchinson Lizzie Lee	52
	France Laurane Picoche Sophie Duarte Christine Bardelle	52
	Great Britain	60

• Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.^[1]

Under-23 men[]

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	24:30
	Soufiane Bouchikhi	Belgium	24:40
		Great Britain	24:43
4		Netherlands	24:46
5		France	24:50
6	Antonio Abadía	Spain	24:57
7	Abdelaziz Merzougui	Spain	24:57
8	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	24:59
9		Norway	25:00
10	Simon Denissel	France	25:02
11	Abdi Hakin Ulad	Denmark	25:04
12		Norway	25:05

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	France Simon Denissel Michael Gras	50
	Spain Antonio Abadía Abdelaziz Merzougui Roberto Alaiz	59
	Great Britain	80

• Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.^[1]

Under-23 women[]

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Jess Coulson	Great Britain	20:40
	Lyudmila Lebedeva	Russia	20:49
	Clémence Calvin	France	20:52
4	Gulshat Fazlitdinova	Russia	20:52
5		Great Britain	20:56
6	Corinna Harrer	Germany	21:04
7	Carla Salomé Rocha	Portugal	21:05
8		Russia	21:07
9		Ukraine	21:08
10	Catarina Ribeiro	Portugal	21:20
11	Layes Abdullayeva	Azerbaijan	21:23
12		Great Britain	21:27

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Russia Lyudmila Lebedeva Gulshat Fazlitdinova	27
	Great Britain Jess Coulson Lily Partridge Beth Potter	33
	Germany Corinna Harrer Jana Sussmann	86

• Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.^[1]

Junior men[]

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
		Poland	18:43
	Mitko Tsenov	Bulgaria	18:47
		Great Britain	18:57
4		Norway	18:59
5	Djilali Bedrani	France	18:59
6	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	19:00
7		France	19:00
8		Croatia	19:01
9	Charlie Grice	Great Britain	19:02
10		Russia	19:03
11		Russia	19:04
12		Germany	19:10

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Russia	50
	France Djilali Bedrani	51
	Great Britain Charlie Grice Charlie Hulson Luke Traynor	54

• Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.^[1]

Junior women[]

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Amela Terzić	Serbia	13:29
	Emelia Gorecka	Great Britain	13:37
	Maya Rehberg	Germany	13:43
4	Maruša Mišmaš	Slovenia	13:44
5		Great Britain	13:47
6		Turkey	13:54
7		Ukraine	14:00
8		Great Britain	14:01
9	Monica Florea	Romania	14:04
10		Russia	14:05
11		Russia	14:07
12	Liv Westphal	France	14:08

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Emelia Gorecka Jessica Judd Alex Clay	28
	Germany Maya Rehberg Caterina Granz	106
	Russia	111

• Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.^[1]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	5	10
2	Russia (RUS)	2	1	1	4
3	Ireland (IRL)	2	0	0	2
4	France (FRA)	1	3	1	5
5	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
6	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
7	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	0	1
10	Germany (GER)	0	1	2	3
11	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
14	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		12	12	12	36

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