European Crosscountry Championships

Dates/Venues (14 runnings)

Date	Men (km)	Women (km)	Venue
09 Dec 2007	10.7	8.2	Toro ESP
10 Dec 2006	10.0	8.0	San Giorgio su Legnano ITA
11 Dec 2005	9.84	6.5	Tilburg NED
12 Dec 2004	9.64	5.64	Seebad Heringsdorf GER
14 Dec 2003	10.0	6.6	Edinburgh SCO
08 Dec 2002	9.83	6.17	Medulin CRO
09 Dec 2001	9.15	4.65	Thun SUI
10 Dec 2000	9.75	4.95	Malmö SWE
12 Dec 1999	9.75	4.95	Velenje SLO
13 Dec 1998	9.7	5.6	Ferrara ITA
14 Dec 1997	9.3	5.45	Oeiras POR
15 Dec 1996	9.65	4.55	Charleroi BEL (Monceau-sur-Sambre)
02 Dec 1995	9.1	4.5	Alnwick ENG
10 Dec 1994	9.5	4.5	Alnwick ENG

Medalists

2007

G	31:47	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	26:58	Marta Dominguez (ESP)
S	31:56	Mustafa Mohamed (SWE)	27:01	Julie Coulaud (FRA)
B	31:58	Rui Manuel Silva (POR)	27:04	Rosa Maria Morato (ESP)

2006

G	27:56	Mohammed Farah (ENG)	25:17	Tatyana Holovchenko (UKR)
S	28:03	Fernando Silva (POR)	25:18	Marina Konovalova (RUS)
B	28:06	Juan Carlos delaOssa (ESP)	25:21	Olivera Jevtic (SER)

2005

G	27:09	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	19:55	Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
S	27:21	Alberto Garcia (ESP)	20:00	Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)
B	27:26	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	20:01	Johanna Nilsson (SWE)

2004

G	27:31	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	18:06	Hayley Yelling (ENG)
S	27:54	Juan Carlos delaOssa (ESP)	18:07	Justyna Bak (POL)
B	28:05	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	18:08	Joanne Pavey (ENG)

2003

G	30:47	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	22:04	Paula Radcliffe (ENG)
S	31:08	Juan Carlos delaOssa (ESP)	22:13	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)
B	31:15	Eduardo Henriques (POR)	22:26	Anikó Kalovics (HUN)

2002

G	28:58	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	20:16	Helena Javornik (SLO)
S	29:03	Mustapha Essaid (FRA)	20:18	Galina Bogomolova (RUS)
B	29:03	Fabián Roncero (ESP)	20:19	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)

2001

G	27:52	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	15:48	Yamna Belkacem-Oubouhou (FRA)
S	28:05	Kamiel Maase (NED)	15:49	Olga Romanova (RUS)
B	28:10	Antonio David Jiménez (ESP)	15:51	Justyna Bak (POL)

2000

G	29:29	Paulo Guerra (POR)	16:34	Katalin Szentgyörgyi (HUN)
S	29:39	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	16:35	Analidia Torre (POR)
B	29:45	Driss El Himer (FRA)	16:39	Olivera Jevtic (SER)

1999

G	32:45	Paulo Guerra (POR)	18:53	Anita Weyermann (SUI)
S	32:50	Eduardo Henriques (POR)	19:01	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)
B	33:32	Jonathan Brown (WAL)	19:03	Olivera Jevtic (SER)

1998

G	28:07	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	18:07	Paula Radcliffe (ENG)
S	28:08	Mohamed Mourhit (BEL)	18:10	Annemari Sandell (FIN)
B	28:16	Driss El Himer (FRA)	18:11	Olivera Jevtic (SER)

1997

G	27:19	Carsten Jørgensen (DEN)	17:20	Josianne Llado (FRA)
S	27:20	Claes Nyberg (SWE)	17:33	Elena Fidatov (ROM)
B	27:23	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	17:37	Olivera Jevtic (SER)

1996

G	32:37	Jonathan Brown (WAL)	17:04	Sara Wedlund (SWE)
S	33:12	Paulo Guerra (POR)	17:14	Julia Vaquero (ESP)
B	33:19	Mustapha Essaid (FRA)	17:19	Annemari Sandell (FIN)

Note: Iulia Negura-Olteanu (ROM) finished 1st but was later disqualifed for drug use.

1995

G	26:40	Paulo Guerra (POR)	13:52	Annemari Sandell (FIN)
S	26:46	Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	14:07	Sara Wedlund (SWE)
B	26:47	Andrew Pearson (ENG)	14:09	Nina Belikova (RUS)

1994

G	27:43	Paulo Guerra (POR)	14:29	Catherina McKiernan (IRL)
S	27:59	Domingos Castro (POR)	14:30	Julia Vaquero (ESP)
B	28:03	Antonio Serrano (ESP)	14:36	Elena Fidatov (ROM)

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
UKR    7   1   1     39
POR    5   3   2     36
ESP    0   4   4     16
GBR    2   0   2     12
FRA    0   1   5      8
SWE    0   2   0      6
DEN    5   0   0      5
BEL    0   1   0      3
NED    0   1   0      3

Women
       G   S   B   Score
GBR    3   0   1     16
FRA    2   1   0     13
ESP    1   2   1     12
RUS    0   3   1     10
FIN    1   1   1      9
SWE    1   1   1      9
ROM    0   2   1      7
HUN    1   0   1      6
IRL    1   0   0      5
NED    1   0   0      5
SER    0   0   5      5
SLO    1   0   0      5
SUI    1   0   0      5
UKR    1   0   0      5
POL    0   1   1      4
TUR    0   1   1      4
GER    0   1   0      3
POR    0   1   0      3

scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
39  Sergey Lebed (UKR)          B (1997) G (1998) S (2000) G (2001) G (2002) G (2003) G (2004) G (2005) G (2007)
23  Paulo Guerra (POR)          G (1994) G (1995) S (1996) G (1999) G (2000)
 7  Juan Carlos delaOssa (ESP)  S (2003) S (2004) B (2006)
 6  Jonathan Brown (WAL)        G (1996) B (1999)
 4  Mustapha Essaid (FRA)       B (1996) S (2002)
 4  Eduardo Henriques (POR)     S (1999) B (2003)
 2  Driss El Himer (FRA)        B (1998) B (2000)
 2  Driss Maazouzi (FRA)        B (2004) B (2005)

Women 
10  Paula Radcliffe (ENG)       G (1998) G (2003)
 9  Annemari Sandell (FIN)      G (1995) B (1996) S (1998)
 8  Sara Wedlund (SWE)          S (1995) G (1906)
 6  Julia Vaquero (ESP)         S (1994) S (1996)
 5  Olivera Jevtic (SCG)        B (1997) B (1998) B (1999) B (2000) B (2006)
 4  Elena Fidatov (ROM)         B (1994) S (1997)
 4  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)     B (2002) S (2003)
 4  Justyna Bak (POL)           B (2001) S (2004)

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners)
No prize money has been awarded in these championships according to available information.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year     Men   Women
2007    +3.3    +4.7
2006    -5.2    -2.7
....    
2004    +1.2    +3.9
2003   +13.8   +16.8 
2002    +5.5    +9.2
2001   +12.6   +20.1
2000   +11.5   +15.4
1999   +36.9   +46.4
1998    +3.7   +11.2
1997    +9.7   +11.8
1996   +40.5   +46.7
1996    +8.0    +3.9
1994    +7.3   +11.0

Note: Large positive values usually indicate a difficult course and/or weather conditions; negative values generally indicate that the reported distance was longer than actually run.

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2007     588     673
2006     605     771
2005     599     711
2004     586     780
2003     672     895
2002     744     733
2001     617     776
2000     647     695
1999     758     765
1998     681     910
1997     717     776
1996     636     868
1995     706     813
1994     776     902

Last Updated on 10 Dec 2007

Contributors: Paul Michiels (30), Juraj Gasparovic (1)