Romanian Cross Country Championships Explained

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Date:Varies
Location:Various, Romania
Type:Cross country
Distance:10 km for men
8 km for women
Est:1916

The Romanian Cross Country Championships (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Campionatul Național de Cros) is an annual cross country running organised by the Romanian Athletics Federation that serves as the national championship for the sport in Romania. The scheduling of the event varies – sometimes it is held in late Autumn from October to November, other times in spring from February to April.

After an initial hosting in 1916, it was formally established as an annual event from 1920 onwards. Initially a men's competition only, a women's championship race was introduced in 1947. Bar one interruption in 1961, the races has been contested every year since. Additional short course races over four kilometres were occasionally held at the championships, appearing in 1958 and during the distance's presence at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1998 to 2006 (bar 2001).

The most successful athlete in the men's race, and overall, is Cristea Dinu, who won ten titles in the period from 1935 to 1951. In the women's section, Edith Treybal has the most titles with six, starting with a win in 1948 then having five consecutive wins from 1950–54

Editions

Long race

YearDateLocationMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTime
1916 22 April 36:20
1917–19 Not held
1920 25 April 27:10
1921 ? ?
1922 ? ?
1923 ? ?
1924 25 April 48:16.2
1925 22 November
1926 21 November 43:15
1927 27 November 42:07
1928 25 November 39:00
1929 26 November 39:20
1930 16 November 35:38.2
1931 22 November 26:10
1932 20 November 29:25
1933 26 November 38:48
1934 18 November 35:42
1935 25 November 34:55
1936 20 December
1937 5 December 45:22
1938 4 December 44:08
1939 6 December 32:59
1940 1 December 45:30
1941 7 December
1942 6 December 33:03
1943 28 November 32:47
1944 19 November 41:12
1945 2 December 41:23
1946 1 December 32:18
1947 30 November
1948 28 November 33:20.7 4:56.2
1949 10 April 31:47.4
1950 30 April
1951 30 April 29:09.2 5:31.8
1952 27 April 27:51 6:25.4
1953 26 April 31:44 5:23
1954 25 April 32:53 8:54
1955 13 March 34:26 8:49
1956 18 March 32:18 8:39
1957 7 April 30:40 5:07
1958 13 April 30:50 8:41
1959 12 April 29:35 5:40
1960 17 April
1961 Not held
1962 11 March 24:18.6 5:28.3
1963 10 March 26:33.0 6:33.0
1964 15 March 24:40.6 6:01.0
1965 14 March 26:14.0 6:43.6
1966 30 October 23:51.8 5:45.8
1966 13 March
1967 19 November 29:51.6 6:15.8
1968 3 March 34:31.2 7:08.0
1969 9 November
1970 8 November 6:32.2
1971 31 October 29:45.0 5:53.0
1972 5 November 31:46.5 6:18.6
1973 4 November
1974 20 October 29:54.3 6:21.8
1975 19 October
1976 24 October 28:40.0 7:39.9
1977 10 April 34:43 14:33
1978 2 April 34:57.5 12:23
1979 8 April 33:56 15:36
1980 6 April 35:38 13:26
1981 5 April 36:21.4 15:04.8
1982 4 April 36:54 14:45
1983 3 April 35:05 13:47
1984 26 February 36:07.3 14:23.2
1985 14 February 35:57.4 14:31.3
1986 16 February 36:26 14:01
1987 22 February
1988 10 April 36:00 14:30
1989 9 April 36:27 14:25
1990 1 April 36:32 14:21
1991 31 March 37:31 15:04
1992 28 March 37:40.3 15:08.0
1993 4 April 38:00.8 14:46.9
1994 20 February 37:21.7 20:21
1995 11 November
1996 4 February 37:42.1 20:43.9
1997 8 November 36:35.2 19:40.1
1998 7 November 37:43 27:36
1999 7 November 31:49 28:36
2000 4 November 31:14 19:42
2001 4 November 29:55.4 19:18.6
2002 9 November 31:01 20:21
2003 8 November 30:47 23:07
2004 6 November
2005 5 November 29:57.9 19:51.9
2006 4 November 30:19.3 20:08.0
2007 3 November 37:20.7 29:46.6
2008 1 November 36:49.6 27:37.3
2009 31 October
2010 30 October
2011 3 March
2012 17 March
2013 2 March 34:11.1 29:35.5

Short race winners

YearMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTime
1958 12:17 3:04
1959 11:40 Not held
1998 11:52 18:56
1999 12:10 17:16
2000 11:28 12:53
2002 11:57 13:14
2003 11:47 13:07
2004 ? ?
2005 11:24.5 13:07.6
2006 11:33.7 12:52.6

References

List of winners

External links