2008 European Cross Country Championships

2008 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers EAA
Edition 15th
Date 14 December
Host city Brussels, Belgium Belgium
Races 6
Distances 10 km – Men
8 km – Women
8 km – U23 men
6 km – U23 women
6 km – Junior men
4 km – Junior women

The 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race.

Results[1][2]

Men individual 10.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st Ukraine Serhiy Lebid 30:49
2nd United Kingdom Mo Farah 30:57
3rd Sweden Mustafa Mohamed 31:13
4. Spain Ayad Lamdassem 31:17
5. Belgium Pieter Desmet 31:19
6. France Bouabdellah Tahri 31:21
7. Spain Alemayehu Bezabeh 31:23
8. Portugal Rui Pedro Silva 31:26
9. Netherlands Michel Butter 31:30
10. United Kingdom Frank Tickner 31:39
11. France Mokhtar Benhari 31:40
12. Italy Daniele Meucci 31:41

Total 77 competitors

Men teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st  Spain
Ayad Lamdassem
Alemayehu Bezabeh
Sergio Sánchez
Javier Guerra 		39
2nd  France
Bouabdellah Tahri
Mokhtar Benhari
Driss El Himer
James Theury 		49
3rd  United Kingdom
Mo Farah
Frank Tickner
Michael Skinner
Lee Merrien 		54
4.  Italy 79
5.  Belgium 93
6.  Ukraine 116
7.  Ireland 129
8.  Portugal 153

Total 12 teams

Women individual 8.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st Netherlands Hilda Kibet 27:45
2nd Portugal Jessica Augusto 27:54
3rd Portugal Inês Monteiro 28:02
4. Republic of Ireland Mary Cullen 28:04
5. Spain Rosa María Morató 28:17
6. Netherlands Adriënne Herzog 28:19
7. Portugal Anália Rosa 28:25
8. United Kingdom Hatti Dean 28:30
9. United Kingdom Louise Damen 28:33
10. Italy Elena Romagnolo 28:39
11. Russia Viktoriya Trushenko 28:40
12. Russia Gulnara Galkina 28:40

Total 64 competitors

Women teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st  Portugal
Jessica Augusto
Inês Monteiro
Anália Rosa
Ana Dulce Félix 		29
2nd  United Kingdom
Hatti Dean
Louise Damen
Laura Kenney
Hayley Yelling 		49
3rd  France
Sophie Duarte
Christelle Daunay
Christine Bardelle
Maria Martins 		78
4.  Netherlands 97
5.  Russia 111
6.  Italy 119
7.  Spain 127
8.  Belgium 131

Total 11 teams

Men U23 individual 8.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st Italy Andrea Lalli 24:56
2nd United Kingdom Andy Vernon 25:04
3rd Turkey Selim Bayrak 25:17
4. United Kingdom Ben Lindsay 25:18
5. France Benjamin Malaty 25:18
6. United Kingdom John Beattie 25:18
7. United Kingdom Keith Gerrard 25:21
8. France Mourad Amdouni 25:22

Total 85 competitors

Men U23 teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st  United Kingdom
Andy Vernon
Ben Lindsay
John Beattie
Keith Gerrard 		19
2nd  Italy
Andrea Lalli
Martin Dematteis
Bernard Dematteis
Simone Gariboldi 		42
3rd  France
Benjamin Malaty
Mourad Amdouni
Denis Mayaud
Pierrot Pantel 		62
4.  Poland 93
5.  Turkey 112
6.  Spain 119
7.  Belgium 142
8.  Ireland 151

Total 16 teams

Women U23 individual 6.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st Netherlands Susan Kuijken 21:02
2nd United Kingdom Sarah Tunstall 21:10
3rd Russia Yuliya Zarudneva 21:24
4. United Kingdom Morag MacLarty 21:24
5. Romania Ancuţa Bobocel 21:43
6. Germany Heike Bienstein 21:43
7. United Kingdom Katherine Sparke 21:47
8. Russia Tatyana Shutova 21:49

Tota 66 competitors

Women U23 teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st  United Kingdom
Sarah Tunstall
Morag MacLarty
Katherine Sparke
Stacey Johnson 		24
2nd  Russia
Yuliya Zarudneva
Tatyana Shutova
Natalya Puchkova
Natalya Vlasova 		44
3rd  Germany
Heike Bienstein
Ingalena Heuck
Julia Hiller
Katharina Becker 		57
4.  Ireland 80
5.  Spain 135
6.  France 137
7.  Portugal 138
8.  Italy 152

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 6.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st France Florian Carvalho 18:42
2nd Norway Sondre Nordstad Moen 18.47
3rd France Hassan Chahdi 18:49
4. Germany Alexander Hahn 18:55
5. United Kingdom David Forrester 18:58
6. Turkey Hasan Pak 18:58
7. Portugal Bruno Albuquerque 19:08
8. Spain Antonio Abadía 19:11

Total 94 competitors

Junior men teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st  France
Florian Carvalho
Hassan Chahdi
Simon Denissel
Colin Guillard 		50
2nd  Norway
Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sindre Buraas
Lars Erik Malde
Henrik Ingebrigtsen 		51
3rd  United Kingdom
David Forrester
Ross Murray
Mitch Goose
Phillip Berntsen 		52
4.  Turkey 79
5.  Spain 89
6.  Germany 93
7.  Belgium 102
8.  Ireland 169

Total 16 teams

Junior women individual 4.0km

Pos. Runners Time
1st United Kingdom Stephanie Twell 13:28
2nd United Kingdom Charlotte Purdue 13:39
3rd United Kingdom Lauren Howarth 13:55
4. United Kingdom Emily Pidgeon 14:00
5. United Kingdom Emma Pallant 14:05
6. United Kingdom Laura Park 14:08
7. Russia Yekaterina Gorbunova 14:12
8. Russia Marina Gordeyeva 14:12

Total 81 competitors

Junior women teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st  United Kingdom
Stephanie Twell
Charlotte Purdue
Lauren Howarth
Emily Pidgeon 		10
2nd  Ukraine
Viktoriya Pohorelska
Myroslava Polishchuk
Olha Skrypak
Lyudmyla Kovalenko 		50
3rd  Russia
Yekaterina Gorbunova
Marina Gordeyeva
Yelena Korobkina
Yelnara Latypova 		62
4.  Ireland 77
5.  Germany 89
6.  Poland 150
7.  France 173
8.  Turkey 174

Total 11 teams

References

  1. ↑ "Bruxelles BEL 14 December". European Athletics Association. Dec 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved Jul 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ "XV MAASTOJUOKSUN EM-KILPAILUT BRYSSELI (BEL) 14.12.2008, 14.12.2008, Päivitetty 15.12.2008 19:55". Suomen Urheiluliitto. Dec 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved Jul 23, 2009.

Coordinates: 50°53′35″N 4°20′49″E / 50.89306°N 4.34694°E