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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Organisers | EAA |
| Edition | 19th |
| Date | 9 December |
| Host city | Szentendre, Hungary |
| Events | 6 |
| Distances | 9.880 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 edit
Senior men edit
| 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 |
- Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.[1]
Senior women edit
| 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 |
- Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.[1]
Under-23 men edit
| 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 |
- Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.[1]
Under-23 women edit
| 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 |
- Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.[1]
Junior men edit
| 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 |
- Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.[1]
Junior women edit
| 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 |
- Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.[1]
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "NameBright - Coming Soon". Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.