European Cross Country Championships

The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 in Alnwick and the venue for the championships changes each year.

European Cross Country Championships
Action from the men's race in 2010
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)December
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1994 (1994)
Organised byEAA

Unlike the World Championships for the sport, the European Cross Country Championships consists of six races in age categories, with separate senior, under-23, and junior races for both men and women. There are individual and national team medals awarded in each race. In the team competition, the top three from a team of up to six are scored.[1]

History

The first edition of the competition featured only senior races and 180 athletes took part. Men's and women's junior (under-20) races were introduced at the third edition in 1996 and under-23 races were added to the programme in 2006.[2]

Editions
#YearCityCountryDatesVenueRacesCountriesAthletes[nb]
1 1994 Alnwick  United Kingdom10 December223180
2 1995 Alnwick  United Kingdom2 December223186
3 1996 Charleroi  Belgium15 December225175
4 1997 Oeiras  Portugal14 December426138
5 1998 Ferrara  Italy13 December426139
6 1999 Velenje  Slovenia12 December427141
7 2000 Malmö  Sweden10 December431150
8 2001 Thun   Switzerland9 December427155
9 2002 Medulin  Croatia8 December427157
10 2003 Edinburgh  United Kingdom14 December427135
11 2004 Heringsdorf  Germany12 December427165
12 2005 Tilburg  Netherlands11 December427164
13 2006 San Giorgio su Legnano  Italy10 December621125
14 2007 Toro  Spain9 December626103
15 2008 Brussels  Belgium14 December633142
16 2009 Dublin  Ireland13 DecemberSantry Demesne630116
17 2010 Albufeira  Portugal12 DecemberAçoteias Cross Country Course634123
18 2011 Velenje  Slovenia11 December633130
19 2012 Szentendre  Hungary9 December635146
20 2013 Belgrade  Serbia8 December636155
21 2014 Samokov  Bulgaria14 DecemberBorovets635137
22 2015 Hyères-Toulon  France13 DecemberHippodrome de Hyères632147
23 2016 Chia  Italy11 December6153
24 2017 Šamorín  Slovakia10 DecemberŠamorín x-bionic® sphere737157
25 2018 Tilburg  Netherlands9 December738555
26 2019 Lisbon  Portugal8 December
2020 Dublin  Ireland13 December Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
27 2021 Dublin  Ireland12 December
28 2022 Turin  Italy11 December La Mandria Park
  • nb Country and athlete figures for senior races only

Champions
Multiple champion Serhiy Lebid winning in 2008
Hayley Yelling winning the 2009 women's race
Year Men's senior race Women's senior race
1994  Paulo Guerra (POR)  Catherina McKiernan (IRL)
1995  Paulo Guerra (POR)  Annemari Sandell (FIN)
1996  Jon Brown (GBR)  Sara Wedlund (SWE)
1997  Carsten Jørgensen (DEN)  Joalsiae Llado (FRA)
1998  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
1999  Paulo Guerra (POR)  Anita Weyermann (SUI)
2000  Paulo Guerra (POR)  Katalin Szentgyörgyi (HUN)
2001  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Yamna Belkacem (FRA)
2002  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Helena Javornik (SLO)
2003  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2004  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Hayley Yelling (GBR)
2005  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
2006  Mo Farah (GBR)  Tetyana Holovchenko (UKR)
2007  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Marta Domínguez (ESP)
2008  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Hilda Kibet (NED)
2009  Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)  Hayley Yelling (GBR)
2010  Serhiy Lebid (UKR)  Jessica Augusto (POR)
2011  Atelaw Yeshetela (BEL)  Fionnuala Britton (IRL)
2012  Andrea Lalli (ITA)  Fionnuala Britton (IRL)
2013  Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)  Sophie Duarte (FRA)
2014  Polat Kemboi Arikan (TUR)  Gemma Steel (GBR)
2015  Ali Kaya (TUR)  Sifan Hassan (NED)
2016  Aras Kaya (TUR)  Yasemin Can (TUR)
2017  Kaan Kigen Özbilen (TUR)  Yasemin Can (TUR)
2018  Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR)  Yasemin Can (TUR)
2019  Robel Fsiha (SWE)  Yasemin Can (TUR)

References
  1. Event - SPAR European Cross Country Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-12-10.
  2. Cross country vital for athlete development, says President Wirz Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-12-10). Retrieved on 2011-12-10.
  3. "Coronavirus causes cancellation of Dublin's hosting of European Cross-Country Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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