2008 European Cross Country Championships

2008 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers EAA
Edition 15th
Date 14 December
Host city Brussels, Belgium Belgium
Races 6
Distances 10 km – Men
8 km – Women
8 km – U23 men
6 km – U23 women
6 km – Junior men
4 km – Junior women

The 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race.

Results[1][2]

Men individual 10.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)Ukraine Serhiy Lebid30:49
2nd, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Mo Farah30:57
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Sweden Mustafa Mohamed31:13
4.Spain Ayad Lamdassem31:17
5.Belgium Pieter Desmet31:19
6.France Bouabdellah Tahri31:21
7.Spain Alemayehu Bezabeh31:23
8.Portugal Rui Pedro Silva31:26
9.Netherlands Michel Butter31:30
10.United Kingdom Frank Tickner31:39
11.France Mokhtar Benhari31:40
12.Italy Daniele Meucci31:41

Total 77 competitors

Men teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st, gold medalist(s) Spain
Ayad Lamdassem
Alemayehu Bezabeh
Sergio Sánchez
Javier Guerra		39
2nd, silver medalist(s) France
Bouabdellah Tahri
Mokhtar Benhari
Driss El Himer
James Theury		49
3rd, bronze medalist(s) United Kingdom
Mo Farah
Frank Tickner
Michael Skinner
Lee Merrien		54
4. Italy79
5. Belgium93
6. Ukraine116
7. Ireland129
8. Portugal153

Total 12 teams

Women individual 8.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)Netherlands Hilda Kibet27:45
2nd, silver medalist(s)Portugal Jessica Augusto27:54
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Portugal Inês Monteiro28:02
4.Republic of Ireland Mary Cullen28:04
5.Spain Rosa María Morató28:17
6.Netherlands Adriënne Herzog28:19
7.Portugal Anália Rosa28:25
8.United Kingdom Hatti Dean28:30
9.United Kingdom Louise Damen28:33
10.Italy Elena Romagnolo28:39
11.Russia Viktoriya Trushenko28:40
12.Russia Gulnara Galkina28:40

Total 64 competitors

Women teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st, gold medalist(s) Portugal
Jessica Augusto
Inês Monteiro
Anália Rosa
Ana Dulce Félix		29
2nd, silver medalist(s) United Kingdom
Hatti Dean
Louise Damen
Laura Kenney
Hayley Yelling		49
3rd, bronze medalist(s) France
Sophie Duarte
Christelle Daunay
Christine Bardelle
Maria Martins		78
4. Netherlands97
5. Russia111
6. Italy119
7. Spain127
8. Belgium131

Total 11 teams

Men U23 individual 8.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)Italy Andrea Lalli24:56
2nd, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Andy Vernon25:04
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Turkey Selim Bayrak25:17
4.United Kingdom Ben Lindsay25:18
5.France Benjamin Malaty25:18
6.United Kingdom John Beattie25:18
7.United Kingdom Keith Gerrard25:21
8.France Mourad Amdouni25:22

Total 85 competitors

Men U23 teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom
Andy Vernon
Ben Lindsay
John Beattie
Keith Gerrard		19
2nd, silver medalist(s) Italy
Andrea Lalli
Martin Dematteis
Bernard Dematteis
Simone Gariboldi		42
3rd, bronze medalist(s) France
Benjamin Malaty
Mourad Amdouni
Denis Mayaud
Pierrot Pantel		62
4. Poland93
5. Turkey112
6. Spain119
7. Belgium142
8. Ireland151

Total 16 teams

Women U23 individual 6.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)Netherlands Susan Kuijken21:02
2nd, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Sarah Tunstall21:10
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Russia Yuliya Zarudneva21:24
4.United Kingdom Morag MacLarty21:24
5.Romania Ancuţa Bobocel21:43
6.Germany Heike Bienstein21:43
7.United Kingdom Katherine Sparke21:47
8.Russia Tatyana Shutova21:49

Tota 66 competitors

Women U23 teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom
Sarah Tunstall
Morag MacLarty
Katherine Sparke
Stacey Johnson		24
2nd, silver medalist(s) Russia
Yuliya Zarudneva
Tatyana Shutova
Natalya Puchkova
Natalya Vlasova		44
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Germany
Heike Bienstein
Ingalena Heuck
Julia Hiller
Katharina Becker		57
4. Ireland80
5. Spain135
6. France137
7. Portugal138
8. Italy152

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 6.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)France Florian Carvalho18:42
2nd, silver medalist(s)Norway Sondre Nordstad Moen18.47
3rd, bronze medalist(s)France Hassan Chahdi18:49
4.Germany Alexander Hahn18:55
5.United Kingdom David Forrester18:58
6.Turkey Hasan Pak18:58
7.Portugal Bruno Albuquerque19:08
8.Spain Antonio Abadía19:11

Total 94 competitors

Junior men teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st, gold medalist(s) France
Florian Carvalho
Hassan Chahdi
Simon Denissel
Colin Guillard		50
2nd, silver medalist(s) Norway
Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sindre Buraas
Lars Erik Malde
Henrik Ingebrigtsen		51
3rd, bronze medalist(s) United Kingdom
David Forrester
Ross Murray
Mitch Goose
Phillip Berntsen		52
4. Turkey79
5. Spain89
6. Germany93
7. Belgium102
8. Ireland169

Total 16 teams

Junior women individual 4.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st, gold medalist(s)United Kingdom Stephanie Twell13:28
2nd, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Charlotte Purdue13:39
3rd, bronze medalist(s)United Kingdom Lauren Howarth13:55
4.United Kingdom Emily Pidgeon14:00
5.United Kingdom Emma Pallant14:05
6.United Kingdom Laura Park14:08
7.Russia Yekaterina Gorbunova14:12
8.Russia Marina Gordeyeva14:12

Total 81 competitors

Junior women teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom
Stephanie Twell
Charlotte Purdue
Lauren Howarth
Emily Pidgeon		10
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ukraine
Viktoriya Pohorelska
Myroslava Polishchuk
Olha Skrypak
Lyudmyla Kovalenko		50
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Russia
Yekaterina Gorbunova
Marina Gordeyeva
Yelena Korobkina
Yelnara Latypova		62
4. Ireland77
5. Germany89
6. Poland150
7. France173
8. Turkey174

Total 11 teams

References

  1. ↑ "Bruxelles BEL 14 December". European Athletics Association. Dec 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved Jul 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ "XV MAASTOJUOKSUN EM-KILPAILUT BRYSSELI (BEL) 14.12.2008, 14.12.2008, Päivitetty 15.12.2008 19:55". Suomen Urheiluliitto. Dec 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved Jul 23, 2009.

Coordinates: 50°53′35″N 4°20′49″E / 50.89306°N 4.34694°E / 50.89306; 4.34694

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