2014 European Cross Country Championships

The 2014 European Cross Country Championships was the 21st edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Samokov, Bulgaria, on 14 December 2014. The events were hosted at Borovets – a winter sports and ski resort in the Rila mountains.[1]

2014 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition21st
Date14 December
Host citySamokov, Bulgaria
VenueBorovets
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
Official websitehttp://www.samokov2014.eu/

Race results edit

Senior men edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Polat Kemboi Arikan   Turkey 32:19
  Ali Kaya   Turkey 32:19
  Alemayehu Bezabeh   Spain 32:30
4 Florian Carvalho   France 32:59
5 Ross Millington   Great Britain 33:00
6 Mohamed Marhum   Spain 33:04
7 Khalid Choukoud   Netherlands 33:04
8 Stefano La Rosa   Italy 33:17
9 Adam Hickey   Great Britain 33:19
10 Timothée Bommier   France 33:21
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Turkey
Arikan
Kaya
Cihat Ulus
Ramazan Özdemir
33
    Spain
Bezabeh
Marhum
Antonio Abadía
Roberto Alaiz
36
    Italy
Stefano La Rosa
Marouan Razine
Patrick Nasti
Ahmed El Mazoury
59
  • Totals: 75 entrants, 75 starters, 70 finishers, 9 finishing teams.[2]

Senior women edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Gemma Steel   Great Britain 28:27
  Kate Avery   Great Britain 28:27
  Meraf Bahta   Sweden 28:52
4 Almensch Belete   Belgium 28:52
5 Sophie Duarte   France 28:58
6 Fionnuala Britton   Ireland 28:59
7 Steph Twell   Great Britain 29:07
8 Iwona Lewandowska   Poland 29:09
9 Iris María Fuentes-Pila   Spain 29:19
10 Carla Salomé Rocha   Portugal 29:20
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Great Britain
Steel
Avery
Twell
Lily Partridge
21
    Spain
Fuentes-Pila
Trihas Gebre
Diana Martín
Lidia Rodríguez
70
    Ireland
Britton
Sara Treacy
Michelle Finn
Annmarie McGlynn
87
  • Totals: 62 entrants, 62 starters, 58 finishers, 7 finishing teams.[3]

Under-23 men edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Ilgizar Safiulin   Russia 25:31
  Igor Maksimov   Russia 25:33
  Vladimir Nikitin   Russia 25:37
4 Jonathan Hay   Great Britain 25:46
5 Callum Hawkins   Great Britain 25:49
6 Elmar Engholm   Sweden 25:52
7 Marc Scott   Great Britain 25:54
8 Francois Barrer   France 25:56
9 Alexander Palm   Sweden 26:00
10 Mikhail Strelkov   Russia 26:03
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Russia
Safiulin
Maksimov
Nikitin
Strelkov
16
    Great Britain
Hay
Hawkins
Scott
Charlie Hulson
31
    Sweden
Engholm
Palm
Napoleon Solomon
John Kingstedt
62
  • Totals: 75 entrants, 74 starters, 66 finishers, 10 finishing teams.[4]

Under-23 women edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Rhona Auckland   Great Britain 22:23
  Militsa Mircheva   Bulgaria 22:25
  Gulshat Fazlitdinova   Russia 22:28
4 Yekaterina Sokolenko   Russia 22:32
5 Maureen Koster   Netherlands 22:37
6 Sevilay Eytemis   Turkey 22:44
7 Louise Carton   Belgium 22:49
8 Svetlana Aplachkina   Russia 22:56
9 Alice Wright   Great Britain 22:59
10 Amela Terzić   Serbia 23:04
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Russia
Fazlitdinova
Sokolenko
Aplachkina
Luiza Litvinova
    Great Britain
Auckland
Wright
Emelia Gorecka
Maryse Haines
    Turkey
Eytemis
Seyran Adanir
Sabahat Akpinar
Esma Aydemir
  • Totals: 60 entrants, 60 starters, 59 finishers, 9 finishing teams.[5]

Junior men edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Yemaneberhan Crippa   Italy 20:07
  Carlos Mayo   Spain 20:22
  Said Ettaqy   Italy 20:28
4 Ayoub Mokhtar   Spain 20:30
5 Yohanes Chiappinelli   Italy 20:33
6 Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse   France 20:37
7 Jordi Torrents   Spain 20:40
8 William Levay   Sweden 20:40
9 Alessandro Giacobazzi   Italy 20:41
10 Emil Danielsson   Sweden 20:42
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Italy
Yemaneberhan Crippa
Said Ettaqy
Yohanes Chiappinelli
Alessandro Giacobazzi
18
    Spain
Mayo
Mokhtar
Torrents
Raul Celada
41
    Turkey
Saffet Elkatmis
Ferhat Bozkurt
Suleyman Bekmezci
Ramazan Barbaros
70
  • Totals: 105 entrants, 104 starters, 94 finishers, 17 finishing teams.[6]

Junior women edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Emine Hatun Tuna   Turkey 14:13
  Jessica Judd   Great Britain 14:18
  Lydia Turner   Great Britain 14:25
4 Alina Reh   Germany 14:34
5 Amy Griffiths   Great Britain 14:38
6 Anna Emilie Møller   Denmark 14:42
7 Cassandre Beaugrand   France 14:44
8 Rebecca Straw   Great Britain 14:48
9 Célia Antón   Spain 14:49
10 Weronika Pyzik   Poland 14:55
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Great Britain
Judd
Turner
Griffiths
Straw
18
    France
Beaugrand
Célia Bremond
Charlotte Mouchet
Cecile Lejeune
64
    Germany
Reh
Sarah Kistner
Anna Gehring
Konstanze Klosterhalfen
74
  • Totals: 76 entrants, 76 starters, 74 finishers, 10 finishing teams.[7]

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)4419
2  Russia (RUS)3126
  Turkey (TUR)3126
4  Italy (ITA)2024
5  Spain (ESP)0415
6  Bulgaria (BUL)0101
  France (FRA)0101
8  Sweden (SWE)0022
9  Germany (GER)0011
  Ireland (IRL)0011
Totals (10 entries)12121236

References edit

  1. ^ Media Guide 2014 European Cross Country Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ Senior Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 11:58. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ^ Senior Women Final – Sun, Dec 14 11:06. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. ^ U23 Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 10:16. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. ^ U23 Women Final – Sun, Dec 14 9:32. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ^ Junior Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 8:48. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ^ Junior Women Results Final – Sun, Dec 14 8:30. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

External links edit