2016 European Cross Country Championships

2016 European Cross Country Championships
2016 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	23rd
Date	11 December
Host city	Chia, Italy
Events	6
Distances	9.94 km – Men; 7.97 km – Women; 7.97 km – U23 men; 6 km – U23 women; 6 km – Junior men; 4.06 km – Junior women
	← 2015 Hyeres 2017 Šamorín → ;

The 2016 European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Chia, Italy.^[1]

Aras Kaya won the men's senior title, making it three straight victories for Turkey in that event, following in the footsteps of fellow Kenyan-Turkish runners Polat Kemboi Arıkan and Ali Kaya. Yasemin Can, became Turkey's first senior women's winner and also led her nation to the team title. Great Britain were the most successful in the team races, claiming the senior men's, under-23 women's and junior women's titles; the country reached the podium in all categories.^[2]

The 2016 edition saw increased Kenyan dominance at the competition, with the top two runners in both senior races being Kenyan-born, as well as the men's under-23 winner.^[3]

Race results[]

Senior men[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Aras Kaya	Turkey	27:39
	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	27:42
	Callum Hawkins	Great Britain	27:49
4	Andrew Butchart	Great Britain	28:01
5	Andy Vernon	Great Britain	28:11
6	Ilias Fifa	Spain	28:19
7	Ayad Lamdassem	Spain	28:22
8	Adel Mechaal	Spain	28:26
9	Marouan Razine	Italy	28:27
10	Kaan Kigen Özbilen	Turkey	28:30
11	Antonio Abadía	Spain	28:33
12	Abdi Hakin Ulad	Denmark	28:37
13	Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway	28:46
14	Soufiane Bouchikhi	Belgium	28:47
15	Marco Najibe Salami	Italy	28:48
16	Ben Connor	Great Britain	28:51
17	Morhad Amdouni	France	28:55
18		Great Britain	29:00
19	Djilali Bedrani	France	29:01
20	Stefano La Rosa	Italy	29:01

Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Callum Hawkins, Andrew Butchart, Andy Vernon, Ben Connor	3+4+5+16=28
	Spain Ilias Fifa, Ayad Lamdassem, Adel Mechaal, Antonio Abadía	6+7+8+11=32
	Turkey Aras Kaya, Polat Kemboi Arıkan, Kaan Kigen Özbilen, Alper Demir	1+2+10+25=38
4	France Morhad Amdouni, Djilali Bedrani, , Abdellatif Meftah	17+19+21+22=79

Senior women[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Yasemin Can	Turkey	24:46
	Meryem Akda	Turkey	24:56
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway	25:26
4	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	25:27
5	Fionnuala McCormack	Ireland	25:28
6	Steph Twell	Great Britain	25:40
7	Trihas Gebre	Spain	25:41
8	Fabienne Schlumpf	Switzerland	25:46
9	Liv Westphal	France	25:47
10		Netherlands	25:57
11	Roxana Bârcă	Romania	26:01
12	Gemma Steel	Great Britain	26:06
13	Özlem Kaya	Turkey	26:12
14	Charlotta Fougberg	Sweden	26:12
15	Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová	Czech Republic	26:13
16		Great Britain	26:16
17		Great Britain	26:20
18	Carla Salomé Rocha	Portugal	26:32
19		Turkey	26:32
20	Fabienne Amrhein	Germany	26:33

Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey Yasemin Can, Meryem Akda, Özlem Kaya,	1+2+13+19=35
	Great Britain Steph Twell, Gemma Steel, ,	6+12+16+17=51
	Romania Ancuța Bobocel, Roxana Bârcă, Cristina Negru, Paula Todoran	4+11+27+37=79
4	France Liv Westphal, , Samira Mezeghrane, Sophie Duarte	9+26+32+34=101

Under-23 men[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	22:48
	Carlos Mayo	Spain	22:53
	Yemaneberhan Crippa	Italy	22:54
4	Amanal Petros	Germany	23:01
5	Jonny Davies	Great Britain	23:01
6	Napoleon Solomon	Sweden	23:03
7		Spain	23:08
8		Belgium	23:14
9		Italy	23:15
10	Dieter Kersten	Belgium	23:16
11	Said Ettaqy	Italy	23:16
12	Lorenzo Dini	Italy	23:18
13		Great Britain	23:19
14		France	23:22
15		Great Britain	23:32

Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Italy Yemaneberhan Crippa, , Said Ettaqy, Lorenzo Dini, Yassin Bouih,	3+9+11+12=35
	Belgium Isaac Kimeli, , Dieter Kersten,	1+8+10+34=53
	Great Britain Jonny Davies, , ,	5+13+15+25=58
4	Spain Carlos Mayo, , ,	2+7+16+39=64

Under-23 women[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	19:21
		Germany	19:24
	Alice Wright	Great Britain	19:42
4	Charlotte Taylor	Great Britain	19:44
5	Katarzyna Rutkowska	Poland	19:49
6	Caterina Granz	Germany	19:50
7		Great Britain	19:52
8	Viktoriya Kalyuzhna	Ukraine	19:54
9		Germany	19:54
10		Italy	19:59
11	Tuğba Güvenç	Turkey	20:01
12	Jessica Judd	Great Britain	20:06
13		Ukraine	20:10
14		Italy	20:12
15		France	20:15

Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Alice Wright, Charlotte Taylor, , Jessica Judd	3+4+7+12=26
	Germany , Caterina Granz, , Maya Rehberg	2+6+9+16=33
	Italy , , , , ,	10+14+19+24=67
4	Ukraine Viktoriya Kalyuzhna, , Nataliya Strebkova,	8+13+17+31=69

Junior men[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	17:06
	Yohanes Chiappinelli	Italy	17:14
		Great Britain	17:16
4	Jimmy Gressier	France	17:19
5		France	17:20
6	Jack O'Leary	Ireland	17:21
7	Hugo Hay	France	17:30
8	Adrian Ben	Spain	17:30
9		Spain	17:34
10	Abderrazak Charik	France	17:34
11	Alexander Yee	Great Britain	17:35
12		Spain	17:37
13		Spain	17:38
14	Josh Kerr	Great Britain	17:38
15		Great Britain	17:42

Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	France Jimmy Gressier, , Hugo Hay, Abderrazak Charik	4+5+7+10=26
	Spain Adrian Ben, , ,	8+9+12+13=42
	Great Britain , Alexander Yee, Josh Kerr,	3+11+14+15=43
4	Italy Yohanes Chiappinelli, , , Ademe Cuneo	2+22+33+34=91

Junior women[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	12:26
	Anna Emilie Møller	Denmark	12:43
		Great Britain	12:52
4	Alina Reh	Germany	12:53
5		Netherlands	12:57
6	Delia Sclabas	Switzerland	12:58
7		Spain	13:06
8		France	13:12
9	Amelia Quirk	Great Britain	13:12
10		Great Britain	13:16
11		Great Britain	13:32
12		Norway	13:24
13		Netherlands	13:25
14		Italy	13:25
15		Switzerland	13:26

Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain , Amelia Quirk, ,	3+9+10+11=33
	Germany Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Alina Reh, ,	1+4+18+34=57
	Netherlands , , ,	5+13+23+30=71
4	France , , Mathilde Senechal,	8+16+29+36=89

Medal table[]

Key

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey (TUR)	3	2	1	6
2	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	6	10
3	Germany (GER)	1	3	0	4
4	Italy (ITA)*	1	1	2	4
5	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	0	2
6	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
7	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
7	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
9	Spain (ESP)	0	3	0	3
10	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
11	Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		12	12	12	36

References[]

^ Media Guide. 2016 European Cross Country Championships. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ Mulkeen, Jon (11 December 2016). Kaya and Can lead Turkish 1–2 finishes at European Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ European Cross Country Championships: Callum Hawkins bronze helps GB secure team gold. BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

Results [1]

Senior Men. European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
Senior Women. European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
Under-20 Men. European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
Under-20 Women. European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
Under-23 Men. European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
Under-23 Women. European Athletics. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

External links[]

Official website

[1] Media Guide. 2016 European Cross Country Championships. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[2] Mulkeen, Jon (11 December 2016). Kaya and Can lead Turkish 1–2 finishes at European Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[3] European Cross Country Championships: Callum Hawkins bronze helps GB secure team gold. BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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