2012 European Cross Country Championships Explained

2012 European Cross Country Championships
Size:	220px
Organisers:	EAA
Edition:	19th
Date:	9 December
Host City:	Szentendre, Hungary
Races:	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
Previous:	2011 Velenje
Next:	2013 Belgrade

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.

Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first 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

Senior men

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Andrea Lalli		30:01
	Hassan Chahdi		30:11
	Daniele Meucci		30:13
4	Tom Farrell		30:14
5	Carles Castillejo		30:14
6	Ayad Lamdassem		30:14
7	Polat Kemboi Arıkan		30:21
8	Javier Guerra		30:22
9	Bashir Abdi		30:26
10	Steve Vernon		30:28
11	Jonathan Taylor		30:30
12	Milan Kocourek		30:33

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Carles Castillejo Ayad Lamdassem Javier Guerra Juan Carlos Higuero Antonio Dávid Jiménez	35
	Tom Farrell Steve Vernon Jonathan Taylor Andy Vernon Tom Humphries	38
	Andrea Lalli Daniele Meucci Gabriele De Nard Patrick Nasti Alex Baldaccini	63

Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.^[1]

Senior women

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Fionnuala Britton		27:45
	Ana Dulce Félix		27:47
	Adrienne Herzog		27:48
4	Almensh Belete		27:54
5	Laurane Picoche		27:55
6	Sophie Duarte		27:55
7	Nadia Ejjafini		27:59
8	Linda Byrne		28:17
9	Lisa Stublić		28:18
10	Diana Martín		28:19
11	Louise Damen		28:22
12	Sara Moreira		28:26

+Teams
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	Fionnuala Britton Linda Byrne Ava Hutchinson Lizzie Lee Sarah McCormack	52
	Laurane Picoche Sophie Duarte Christine Bardelle Magali Bernard Maryline Pellen	52
	Louise Damen Caryl Jones Rosie Smith Elle Baker Katrina Wootton	60

Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.

Under-23 men

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Henrik Ingebrigtsen		24:30
	Soufiane Bouchikhi		24:40
	James Wilkinson		24:43
4	Jesper van der Wielen		24:46
5	Romain Collenot-Spiret		24:50
6	Antonio Abadía		24:57
7	Abdelaziz Merzougui		24:57
8	Hayle Ibrahimov		24:59
9	Ørjan Grønnevig		25:00
10	Simon Denissel		25:02
11	Abdi Hakin Ulad		25:04
12	Lars Erik Malde		25:05

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Romain Collenot-Spiret Simon Denissel Michael Gras Matthieu Lonjou Tanguy Pepiot	50
	Antonio Abadía Abdelaziz Merzougui Roberto Alaiz Aitor Fernández Gabriel Navarro	59
	James Wilkinson Andrew Heyes Simon Horsfield Dewi Griffiths Scott McDonald	80

Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.

Under-23 women

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Jess Coulson		20:40
	Lyudmila Lebedeva		20:49
	Clémence Calvin		20:52
4	Gulshat Fazlitdinova		20:52
5	Lauren Howarth		20:56
6	Corinna Harrer		21:04
7	Carla Salomé Rocha		21:05
8	Yekaterina Matyunina		21:07
9	Viktoriya Pohoryelska		21:08
10	Catarina Ribeiro		21:20
11	Layes Abdullayeva		21:23
12	Hannah Walker		21:27

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Lyudmila Lebedeva Gulshat Fazlitdinova Yekaterina Matyunina Yelena Sedova	27
	Jess Coulson Lauren Howarth Hannah Walker Lily Partridge Beth Potter Hannah Alderson	33
	Corinna Harrer Jana Sussmann Melanie Stemper Domenika Weiss Jannika John	86

Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.

Junior men

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Szymon Kulka		18:43
	Mitko Tsenov		18:47
	Kieran Clements		18:57
4	Ferdinand Kvan Edman		18:59
5	Djilali Bedrani		18:59
6	Isaac Kimeli		19:00
7	Alexandre Saddedine		19:00
8	Dino Bošnjak		19:01
9	Charlie Grice		19:02
10	Viktor Bakharev		19:03
11	Mikhail Strelkov		19:04
12	Johannes Motschmann		19:10

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Viktor Bakharev Mikhail Strelkov Nikita Vysotskiy Rudolf Petrukhin Ivan Panferov Aleksandr Novikov	50
	Djilali Bedrani Alexandre Saddedine Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse Hamza Habjaoui Félix Bour	51
	Kieran Clements Charlie Grice Ian Bailey Charlie Hulson Luke Traynor	54

Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.^[1]

Junior women

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Amela Terzić		13:29
	Emelia Gorecka		13:37
	Maya Rehberg		13:43
4	Maruša Mišmaš		13:44
5	Annabel Mason		13:47
6	Ummuhani Karacadir		13:54
7	Mariya Hodakyvska		14:00
8	Jenny Walsh		14:01
9	Monica Florea		14:04
10	Yevdokiya Bukina		14:05
11	Luiza Litvinova		14:07
12	Liv Westphal		14:08

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Emelia Gorecka Annabel Mason Jenny Walsh Jessica Judd Alex Clay Rhona Auckland	28
	Maya Rehberg Anna Gehring Caterina Granz Johanna Schulz Lisa Ziegler Laura Clart	106
	Yevdokiya Bukina Luiza Litvinova Zulfira Fazlitdinova Alena Shukhtuyeva	111

Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.

Notes and References

Web site: NameBright - Coming Soon. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103113803/http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/earesults.php?CID=12826928. 3 January 2014.