2012 European Cross Country Championships

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.

2012 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition19th
Date9 December
Host citySzentendre, Hungary
Events6
Distances9.880 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

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 Steve Vernon  Great Britain 30:28
11 Jonathan Taylor  Great Britain 30:30
12 Milan Kocourek  Czech Republic 30:33
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Spain
Carles Castillejo
Ayad Lamdassem
Javier Guerra
Juan Carlos Higuero
Antonio Dávid Jiménez
35
 Great Britain
Tom Farrell
Steve Vernon
Jonathan Taylor
Andy Vernon
Tom Humphries
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 Louise Damen  Great Britain 28:22
12 Sara Moreira  Portugal 28:26
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Ireland
Fionnuala Britton
Linda Byrne
Ava Hutchinson
Lizzie Lee
Sarah McCormack
52
 France
Laurane Picoche
Sophie Duarte
Christine Bardelle
Magali Bernard
Maryline Pellen
52
 Great Britain
Louise Damen
Caryl Jones
Rosie Smith
Elle Baker
Katrina Wootton
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
James Wilkinson  Great Britain 24:43
4 Jesper van der Wielen  Netherlands 24:46
5 Romain Collenot-Spiret  France 24:50
6 Antonio Abadía  Spain 24:57
7 Abdelaziz Merzougui  Spain 24:57
8 Hayle Ibrahimov  Azerbaijan 24:59
9 Ørjan Grønnevig  Norway 25:00
10 Simon Denissel  France 25:02
11 Abdi Hakin Ulad  Denmark 25:04
12 Lars Erik Malde  Norway 25:05
Teams
Rank Team Points
 France
Romain Collenot-Spiret
Simon Denissel
Michael Gras
Matthieu Lonjou
Tanguy Pepiot
50
 Spain
Antonio Abadía
Abdelaziz Merzougui
Roberto Alaiz
Aitor Fernández
Gabriel Navarro
59
 Great Britain
James Wilkinson
Andrew Heyes
Simon Horsfield
Dewi Griffiths
Scott McDonald
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 Lauren Howarth  Great Britain 20:56
6 Corinna Harrer  Germany 21:04
7 Carla Salomé Rocha  Portugal 21:05
8 Yekaterina Matyunina  Russia 21:07
9 Viktoriya Pohoryelska  Ukraine 21:08
10 Catarina Ribeiro  Portugal 21:20
11 Layes Abdullayeva  Azerbaijan 21:23
12 Hannah Walker  Great Britain 21:27
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Russia
Lyudmila Lebedeva
Gulshat Fazlitdinova
Yekaterina Matyunina
Yelena Sedova
27
 Great Britain
Jess Coulson
Lauren Howarth
Hannah Walker
Lily Partridge
Beth Potter
Hannah Alderson
33
 Germany
Corinna Harrer
Jana Sussmann
Melanie Stemper
Domenika Weiss
Jannika John
86
  • Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.[1]

Junior men

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Szymon Kulka  Poland 18:43
Mitko Tsenov  Bulgaria 18:47
Kieran Clements  Great Britain 18:57
4 Ferdinand Kvan Edman  Norway 18:59
5 Djilali Bedrani  France 18:59
6 Isaac Kimeli  Belgium 19:00
7 Alexandre Saddedine  France 19:00
8 Dino Bošnjak  Croatia 19:01
9 Charlie Grice  Great Britain 19:02
10 Viktor Bakharev  Russia 19:03
11 Mikhail Strelkov  Russia 19:04
12 Johannes Motschmann  Germany 19:10
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Russia
Viktor Bakharev
Mikhail Strelkov
Nikita Vysotskiy
Rudolf Petrukhin
Ivan Panferov
Aleksandr Novikov
50
 France
Djilali Bedrani
Alexandre Saddedine
Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse
Hamza Habjaoui
Félix Bour
51
 Great Britain
Kieran Clements
Charlie Grice
Ian Bailey
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 Annabel Mason  Great Britain 13:47
6 Ummuhani Karacadir  Turkey 13:54
7 Mariya Hodakyvska  Ukraine 14:00
8 Jenny Walsh  Great Britain 14:01
9 Monica Florea  Romania 14:04
10 Yevdokiya Bukina  Russia 14:05
11 Luiza Litvinova  Russia 14:07
12 Liv Westphal  France 14:08
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Great Britain
Emelia Gorecka
Annabel Mason
Jenny Walsh
Jessica Judd
Alex Clay
Rhona Auckland
28
 Germany
Maya Rehberg
Anna Gehring
Caterina Granz
Johanna Schulz
Lisa Ziegler
Laura Clart
106
 Russia
Yevdokiya Bukina
Luiza Litvinova
Zulfira Fazlitdinova
Alena Shukhtuyeva
111
  • Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.[1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)23510
2 Russia (RUS)2114
3 Ireland (IRL)2002
4 France (FRA)1315
5 Spain (ESP)1102
6 Italy (ITA)1023
7 Norway (NOR)1001
 Poland (POL)1001
 Serbia (SRB)1001
10 Germany (GER)0123
11 Belgium (BEL)0101
 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Portugal (POR)0101
14 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (14 nations)12121236

References

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