European Cross Country Championships
| European Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
 Action from the men's race in 2010 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | December |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | various |
| Inaugurated | 1994 |
| Organised by | EAA |
The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 in Alnwick and the venue for the championships changes each year.
Unlike the World Championships for the sport, the European Cross Country Championships consists of six races in age categories, with separate senior, under-23, and junior races for both men and women. There are individual and national team medals awarded in each race. In the team competition, the top three from a team of up to six are scored.[1]
History[]
The first edition of the competition featured only senior races and 180 athletes took part. Men's and women's junior (under-20) races were introduced at the third edition in 1996 and under-23 races were added to the programme in 2006.[2]
Editions[]
| # | Year | City | Country | Dates | Venue | Races/Events | Countries | Athletes[nb] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1994 | Alnwick |  United Kingdom |
10 December | 2/4 | 23 | 180 | |
| 2 | 1995 | Alnwick | United Kingdom |
2 December | 2/4 | 23 | 186 | |
| 3 | 1996 | Charleroi |  Belgium |
15 December | 2/4 | 25 | 175 | |
| 4 | 1997 | Oeiras |  Portugal |
14 December | 4/8 | 26 | 138 | |
| 5 | 1998 | Ferrara |  Italy |
13 December | 4/8 | 26 | 139 | |
| 6 | 1999 | Velenje |  Slovenia |
12 December | 4/8 | 27 | 141 | |
| 7 | 2000 | Malmö |  Sweden |
10 December | 4/8 | 31 | 150 | |
| 8 | 2001 | Thun |  Switzerland |
9 December | 4/8 | 27 | 155 | |
| 9 | 2002 | Medulin |  Croatia |
8 December | 4/8 | 27 | 157 | |
| 10 | 2003 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
14 December | 4/8 | 27 | 135 | |
| 11 | 2004 | Heringsdorf |  Germany |
12 December | 4/8 | 27 | 165 | |
| 12 | 2005 | Tilburg |  Netherlands |
11 December | 4/8 | 27 | 164 | |
| 13 | 2006 | San Giorgio su Legnano | Italy |
10 December | 6/12 | 21 | 125 | |
| 14 | 2007 | Toro |  Spain |
9 December | 6/12 | 26 | 103 | |
| 15 | 2008 | Brussels | Belgium |
14 December | 6/12 | 33 | 142 | |
| 16 | 2009 | Dublin |  Ireland |
13 December | Santry Demesne | 6/12 | 30 | 116 |
| 17 | 2010 | Albufeira | Portugal |
12 December | 6/12 | 34 | 123 | |
| 18 | 2011 | Velenje | Slovenia |
11 December | 6/12 | 33 | 130 | |
| 19 | 2012 | Szentendre |  Hungary |
9 December | 6/12 | 35 | 146 | |
| 20 | 2013 | Belgrade |  Serbia |
8 December | 6/12 | 36 | 155 | |
| 21 | 2014 | Samokov |  Bulgaria |
14 December | Borovets | 6/12 | 35 | 137 |
| 22 | 2015 | Hyères-Toulon |  France |
13 December | 6/12 | 32 | 147 | |
| 23 | 2016 | Chia | Italy |
11 December | 6/12 | 153 | ||
| 24 | 2017 | Šamorín |  Slovakia |
10 December | Šamorín x-bionic® sphere | 7/13 | 37 | 157 |
| 25 | 2018 | Tilburg | Netherlands |
9 December | 7/13 | 38 | 555 | |
| 26 | 2019 | Lisbon | Portugal |
8 December | 7/13 | |||
| 2020 | Dublin | Ireland |
13 December | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] | ||||
| 27 | Dublin | Ireland |
12 December | |||||
| 28 | Turin | Italy |
11 December | |||||
- nb Country and athlete figures for senior races only
Senior[]
Individual[]
Multiple champion Serhiy Lebid winning in 2008
Hayley Yelling winning the 2009 women's race
| Year | Men's senior race | Women's senior race |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Paulo Guerra (POR)
|
Catherina McKiernan (IRL)
|
| 1995 | Paulo Guerra (POR)
|
 Annemari Sandell (FIN)
|
| 1996 | Jon Brown (GBR)
|
Sara Wedlund (SWE)
|
| 1997 |  Carsten Jørgensen (DEN)
|
Joalsiae Llado (FRA)
|
| 1998 |  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
|
| 1999 | Paulo Guerra (POR)
|
Anita Weyermann (SUI)
|
| 2000 | Paulo Guerra (POR)
|
Katalin Szentgyörgyi (HUN)
|
| 2001 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Yamna Belkacem (FRA)
|
| 2002 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Helena Javornik (SLO)
|
| 2003 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
|
| 2004 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Hayley Yelling (GBR)
|
| 2005 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
|
| 2006 | Mo Farah (GBR)
|
Tetyana Holovchenko (UKR)
|
| 2007 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Marta Domínguez (ESP)
|
| 2008 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Hilda Kibet (NED)
|
| 2009 | Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)
|
Hayley Yelling (GBR)
|
| 2010 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
|
Jessica Augusto (POR)
|
| 2011 | Atelaw Yeshetela (BEL)
|
Fionnuala Britton (IRL)
|
| 2012 | Andrea Lalli (ITA)
|
Fionnuala Britton (IRL)
|
| 2013 | Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)
|
Sophie Duarte (FRA)
|
| 2014 |  Polat Kemboi Arikan (TUR)
|
Gemma Steel (GBR)
|
| 2015 | Ali Kaya (TUR)
|
Sifan Hassan (NED)
|
| 2016 | Aras Kaya (TUR)
|
Yasemin Can (TUR)
|
| 2017 | Kaan Kigen Özbilen (TUR)
|
Yasemin Can (TUR)
|
| 2018 |  Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
|
Yasemin Can (TUR)
|
| 2019 | Robel Fsiha (SWE)
|
Yasemin Can (TUR)
|
Medal table[]
Updated after 2019, including the team rankings for each category and the mixed relay.
| # | Country | 
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom |
19 | 21 | 15 | 55 |
| 2 | Portugal |
16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Spain |
14 | 19 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 | France |
13 | 15 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Turkey |
12 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Ukraine |
10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Ireland |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Netherlands |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 |  Russia |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Sweden |
2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Italy |
2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 |  Romania |
1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Belgium |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Norway |
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Finland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Switzerland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Hungary |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Germany |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 |  Belarus |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Poland |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 |  Czech Republic |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Serbia |
0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Total (24 nations) | 107 | 107 | 107 | 321 | |
Under 23[]
Medal table[]
Only individual gold medals (men and women). Update at 2019 edition.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey (TUR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 nations) | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
Under 20[]
Men[]
| Edition | Individual | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| 1997 | Gert-Jan Liefers |
 Günther Weidlinger |
Mustafa Mohamed
|
Spain |
Portugal |
Romania
|
| 1998 | Yousef El Nasri |
|
Gareth Turnbull
|
Spain |
United Kingdom |
Romania
|
| 1999 | |
|
|
United Kingdom |
France |
Ireland
|
| 2000 | Wolfram Müller |
Christopher Thompson |
Martin Pröll
|
Portugal |
United Kingdom |
France
|
| 2001 | Vasyl Matviychuk |
Mo Farah |
Stefano Scaini
|
United Kingdom |
Portugal |
France
|
| 2002 | Yevgeniy Rybakov |
|
Halil Akkaş
|
Russia |
France |
Italy
|
| 2003 | Yevgeniy Rybakov |
|
Aleksey Reunkov
|
Russia |
Romania |
Spain
|
| 2004 | Barnabás Bene |
Yevgeniy Rybakov |
|
Russia |
Ireland |
United Kingdom
|
| 2005 | Barnabás Bene |
Andrew Vernon |
 Dušan Markešević
|
Poland |
United Kingdom |
Romania
|
| 2006 | Andrea Lalli |
|
|
Italy |
Spain |
France
|
| 2007 | Mourad Amdouni |
Florian Carvalho |
|
France |
United Kingdom |
Germany
|
| 2008 | Florian Carvalho |
Sondre Nordstad Moen |
Hassan Chahdi
|
France |
Norway |
United Kingdom
|
| 2009 | Jeroen D'Hoedt |
Nick Goolab |
|
United Kingdom |
France |
Norway
|
| 2010 | Abdelaziz Merzougui |
Nemanja Cerovac |
Rui Pinto
|
United Kingdom |
Portugal |
Russia
|
| 2011 | Ilgizar Safiullin |
|
Vladimir Nikitin
|
United Kingdom |
Russia |
France
|
| 2012 | |
Mitko Tsenov |
|
Russia |
France |
United Kingdom
|
| 2013 | Ali Kaya |
Isaac Kimeli |
|
France |
Russia |
Italy
|
| 2014 | Yemaneberhan Crippa |
Carlos Mayo |
Said Ettaqy
|
Italy |
Spain |
Turkey
|
| 2015 | Yemaneberhan Crippa |
|
|
France |
Italy |
United Kingdom
|
| 2016 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen |
Yohanes Chiappinelli |
|
France |
Spain |
United Kingdom
|
| 2017 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen |
|
Louis Gilavert
|
Spain |
France |
Turkey
|
| 2018 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen |
|
Elzan Bibić
|
Norway |
United Kingdom |
Germany
|
| 2019 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Norway |
Portugal
|
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
Women[]
| Edition | Individual | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| 1997 | Sonja Stolić |
Monica Rosa |
|
Germany |
Serbia and Montenegro |
United Kingdom
|
| 1998 | Katalin Szentgyörgyi |
Inês Monteiro |
Sonja Stolić
|
Turkey |
Belgium |
Romania
|
| 1999 | Inês Monteiro |
Nicola Spirig |
|
Turkey |
Portugal |
Belgium
|
| 2000 | Jessica Augusto |
Nicola Spirig |
Elvan Can
|
United Kingdom |
Turkey |
Sweden
|
| 2001 | Elvan Abeylegesse |
|
|
Russia |
United Kingdom |
Turkey
|
| 2002 | |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Russia |
Belgium
|
| 2003 |  Inna Poluškina |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Russia |
Germany
|
| 2004 | Binnaz Uslu |
Ancuţa Bobocel |
|
Romania |
United Kingdom |
Russia
|
| 2005 | Ancuţa Bobocel |
Emily Pidgeon |
Susan Kuijken
|
United Kingdom |
Romania |
Russia
|
| 2006 | Stephanie Twell |
Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal |
Ancuţa Bobocel
|
United Kingdom |
Russia |
Romania
|
| 2007 | Stephanie Twell |
Danuta Urbanik |
Charlotte Purdue
|
United Kingdom |
Russia |
Ukraine
|
| 2008 | Stephanie Twell |
Charlotte Purdue |
|
United Kingdom |
Ukraine |
Russia
|
| 2009 | Karoline Grøvdal |
Gulshat Fazlitdinova |
Kate Avery
|
Russia |
United Kingdom |
Germany
|
| 2010 | Charlotte Purdue |
Amela Terzić |
Emelia Gorecka
|
United Kingdom |
Germany |
Romania
|
| 2011 | Emelia Gorecka |
|
Amela Terzić
|
United Kingdom |
Russia |
Germany
|
| 2012 | Amela Terzić |
Emelia Gorecka |
Maya Rehberg
|
United Kingdom |
Germany |
Russia
|
| 2013 | Emelia Gorecka |
Sofia Ennaoui |
Maruša Mišmaš
|
United Kingdom |
Sweden |
Germany
|
| 2014 | |
Jessica Judd |
|
United Kingdom |
France |
Germany
|
| 2015 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen |
|
Alina Reh
|
Germany |
United Kingdom |
Denmark
|
| 2016 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen |
Anna Emilie Møller |
|
United Kingdom |
Germany |
Netherlands
|
| 2017 | |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Italy |
Spain
|
| 2018 | Nadia Battocletti |
Delia Sclabas |
|
United Kingdom |
Netherlands |
Turkey
|
| 2019 | Nadia Battocletti |
Klara Lukan |
Mariana Machado
|
United Kingdom |
Italy |
France
|
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
Medal table[]
The Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, four gold medal in the Under-20 male race (this is 2018 finish).
The Italian Nadia Battocletti, two gold medal in the Under-20 female race (this is 2019 finish).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 30 | 18 | 16 | 64 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 9 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 12 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (25 nations) | 92 | 92 | 92 | 276 | |
References[]
- ^ Event - SPAR European Cross Country Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-12-10.
- ^ Cross country vital for athlete development, says President Wirz Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-12-10). Retrieved on 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Coronavirus causes cancellation of Dublin's hosting of European Cross-Country Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
External links[]
- European Athletics official website
- Historical results from GBR Athletics
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Categories:
- European Cross Country Championships
- Cross country running competitions
- European Athletic Association competitions
- Athletics team events
- Under-23 athletics competitions
- Continental athletics championships