1996 European Cross Country Championships

The 3rd European Cross Country Championships were held at Charleroi in Belgium on 15 December 1996. Jon Brown took the title in the men's competition and Sara Wedlund won the women's race.

Results[1]

Men individual 9.65km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)United Kingdom Jon Brown32:37
2nd, silver medalist(s)Portugal Paulo Guerra33:12
3rd, bronze medalist(s)France Mustapha Essaïd33:19
4.Denmark Carsten Jørgensen33:20
5.Portugal Eduardo Henriques33:28
6.Italy Umberto Pusterla33:36
7.Belgium Vincent Rousseau33:42
8.France Yann Millon33:42
9.Portugal Vítor Almeida33:43
10.Italy Andrea Arlati33:44
11.Portugal José Regalo33:54
12.Spain Alejandro Gómez27:17

100 runners finished.

Men teams

Pos. Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s) Portugal
Paulo Guerra
Eduardo Henriques
Vítor Almeida
José Regalo		27
2
5
9
11
2nd, silver medalist(s) France
Mustapha Essaïd
Yann Millon
Cédric Dehouck
Mohamed Ezzher		47
3
8
17
19
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Belgium
Vincent Rousseau
Marc Vanderstraeten
Koen Van Rie
Eric Bouffioux		59
7
14
15
23
4. Italy
Umberto Pusterla
Andrea Arlati
Michele Gamba
Gabriele de Nard		62
6
10
22
24
5. United Kingdom
Jonathan Brown
Andrew Pearson
Spencer Barden
Darrius Burrows		76
1
16
27
32
6. Spain
Alejandro Gomez
Carlos Adan
Antonio Serrano
José Manuel Martinez		86
12
18
21
35
7. Russia124
8. Ireland138

Total 24 teams

Women individual 4.55km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)Sweden Sara Wedlund17:04
2nd, silver medalist(s)Spain Julia Vaquero17:14
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Finland Annemari Sandell17:19
4.Romania Elene Fidatov17:24
5.Portugal Albertina Dias17:29
6.Germany Claudia Lokar17:35
7.France Yanna Oubouhou17:36
8.United Kingdom Hayley Haining17:37
9.France Laurence Vivier17:39
10.Belgium Anja Smolders17:41
11.France Chryssie Girard17:42
12.France Laurence Duquenoy17:46

Iulia Negura from Romania finished first (16:58), but was disqualified because of doping violation.[2] 73 runners finished.

Women teams

Pos. Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s) France
Yanna Oubouhou
Laurence Viver
Chryssie Girard		27
7
9
11
2nd, silver medalist(s) United Kingdom
Hayley Haining
Andrea Whitcombe
Suzanne Rigg		39
8
14
17
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Belgium
Anja Smolders
Veronique Collard
Lieve Slegers		43
10
15
18
4. Sweden
Sara Wedlund
Magdalena Thorsell
Maria Lundgren		45
1
16
28
5. Germany
Claudia Lokar
Petra Wassiluk
Sonja Krolik		64
6
23
35
6. Romania
Elena Fidatov
Nuta Olaru
Luminita Gogirlea		66
4
26
36
7. Ireland71
8. Spain71

Total 19 teams

References

  1. ↑ Yleisurheilu 1998. 1998. ISSN 0512-8005.
  2. ↑ "Musse får EM-brons i efterhand" (in Swedish). Marathon. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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