1997 European Cross Country Championships

The 4th European Cross Country Championships were held at Oeiras in Portugal on 14 December 1997. Danish orienteer Carsten Jørgensen took the title in the men's competition and Joalsiae Llado won the women's race.

Results[1]

Men individual 10km

Pos. Runners Time
1st Denmark Carsten Jørgensen 27:19
2nd Sweden Claes Nyberg 27:20
3rd Ukraine Serhiy Lebid 27:23
4. France Mustapha Essaïd 27:30
5. Portugal Alfredo Bras 27:32
6. Spain José Manuel García 27:33
7. Spain Julio Rey 27:33
8. Portugal Domingos Castro 27:37
9. Portugal José Regalo 27:38
10. Italy Umberto Pusterla 27:42
11. France Bertrand Frechand 27:42
12. Portugal Alberto Maraviha 27:44

83 runners finished.

Men teams

Pos. Team Points
1st  Portugal
Alfredo Brás
Domingos Castro
José Regalo
Alberto Maravilha
34
2nd  France
Mustapha Essaïd
Bertrand Frechand
Yann Millon
Abdellah Béhar
46
3rd  Spain
José Manuel García
Julio Rey
Isaac Viciosa
Víctor López
56
4.  Italy 74
5.  Denmark 114
6.  United Kingdom 117
7.  Netherlands 150
8.  Ireland 151

Total 15 teams

Women individual 5km

Pos. Runners Time
1st France Joalsiae Llado 17:20
2nd Romania Elena Fidatov 17:33
3rd Serbia and Montenegro Olivera Jevtić 17:37
4. Finland Annemari Sandell 17:39
5. Romania Mariana Chirila 18:10
6. Portugal Helena Sampaio 18:14
7. France Yanna Belkacem 18:15
8. Spain Ana Isabel Alonso 18:15
9. Italy Sabrina Varrone 18:19
10. Germany Melanie Kraus 18:20
11. United Kingdom Vicko MacPherson 18:27
12. France Gabrielle Vijverberg 18:29

55 runners finished.

Women teams

Pos. Team Points
1st  France
Joalsiae Llado
Yanna Belkacem
Fatima Yvelain
21
2nd  Romania
Elena Fidatov
Mariana Chirila
Stela Olteanu
22
3rd  Spain
Ana Isabel Alonso
Julia Vaquero
Jacqueline Martín
46
4.  Portugal 48
5.  United Kingdom 57
6.  Italy 57
7.  Belgium 78
8.  Russia 84

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 5km

Pos. Runners Time
1st Netherlands Gert-Jan Liefers 15:45
2nd Austria Günther Weidlinger 15:50
3rd Sweden Mustafa Mohamed 16:00
4. Spain Juan Carlos Higuero 16:02
5. United Kingdom Sam Haughian 16:10
6. Spain Juan Jose Lozano 16:19

58 runners finished.

Juniors men teams

Pos. Team Points
1st  Spain 19
2nd  Portugal 43
3rd  Romania 48
4.  Italy 55
5.  Finland 66
6.  United Kingdom 77

Total 12 teams

Junior women individual 3km

Pos. Runners Time
1st Serbia and Montenegro Sonja Stolić 9:09
2nd Portugal Monica Rosa 9:15
3rd Germany Judith Heise 9:16
4. Germany Larissa Kleinmann 9:19
5. Belgium Catherine Lallemand 9:21
6. Slovenia Sonja Roman 9:20

58 runners finished.

Junior women teams

Pos. Team Points
1st  Germany 15
2nd  Serbia and Montenegro 33
3rd  United Kingdom 43
4.  Spain 49
5.  Portugal 53
6.  Finland 59

References

  1. Yleisurheilu 1998. 1998. ISSN 0512-8005.

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