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.

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.Event - SPAR European Cross Country Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 2011-12-10.

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.Cross country vital for athlete development, says President Wirz . European Athletics (2011-12-10). Retrieved 2011-12-10.

Editions

Source:

# Year Host Host Country Dates Venue RacesEvents Countries Athletes EventsSenior 11994Alnwick 10 December 2/4 23 180 4 21995Alnwick 2 December 2/4 23 186 4 31996Charleroi 15 December 2/4 25 175 4 Senior + U20 41997Oeiras 14 December 4/8 26 138 8 51998Ferrara 13 December 4/8 26 139 8 61999Velenje 12 December 4/8 27 141 8 72000Malmö 10 December 4/8 31 150 8 82001Thun 9 December 4/8 27 155 8 92002Medulin 8 December 4/8 27 157 8 102003Edinburgh 14 December 4/8 27 135 8 112004Heringsdorf 12 December 4/8 27 165 8 122005Tilburg 11 December 4/8 27 164 8Senior + U23 + U20 132006San Giorgio su Legnano 10 December 6/12 21 125 12 142007Toro 9 December 6/12 26 103 12 152008Brussels 14 December Laeken Park 6/12 33 142 12 162009Dublin 13 December Santry Demesne 6/12 30 116 12 172010Albufeira 12 December Açoteias Cross Country Course 6/12 34 123 12 182011Velenje 11 December 6/12 33 130 12 192012Szentendre 9 December 6/12 35 146 12 202013Belgrade 8 December 6/12 36 155 12 212014Samokov 14 December Borovets 6/12 35 137 12 222015Hyères-Toulon 13 December Hippodrome de Hyères 6/12 32 147 12 232016Chia 11 December 6/12 153 12Senior + U23 + U20 + Mixed Relay 242017Šamorín 10 December Šamorín x-bionic® sphere 7/13 37 157 13 252018Tilburg 9 December 7/13 38 555 13 262019 Lisbon 8 December 7/13 40 606 13 2020Dublin 13 DecemberCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 272021Dublin 12 December National Sports Campus 7/13 37 606 13 282022Turin 11 December La Mandria Park 7/13 40 623 13 292023Brussels 10 December Laeken Park 7/13 13 302024Antalya 8 December 7/13 13 312025Lagoa 14 December 7/13 13 322026Belgrade 13 December 7/13 332027Glasgow 12 December Bellahouston Park 7/13 Country and athlete figures for senior races only

Medals (1994-2024) Source:

Consist of all individual and team events in senior, U23 and U20.

Senior Individual

YearMen's senior raceWomen's senior race1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025

Medal table Updated after 2019, including the team rankings for each category and the mixed relay.

#CountryTotal1 19 21 15 552 16 16 16 483 14 19 18 514 13 15 14 425 13 7 4 246 10 1 3 147 4 2 3 98 4 1 2 79 3 3 1 710 2 2 7 1111 1 4 4 912 1 6 3 1013 1 4 2 714 1 1 4 615 1 1 1 316 1 1 0 217 1 0 1 218 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 120 0 1 3 421 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 223 0 1 0 124 0 0 5 5Total (24 nations) 107 107 107 321

Under 23 Medal table

Under 20 Men Edition Individual Team 1997 Gert-Jan Liefers Günther Weidlinger Mustafa Mohamed 1998 Yousef El Nasri Ovidiu Tat Gareth Turnbull 1999 Hans Janssens Guillaume Eraud Turo Inkiläinen 2000 Wolfram Müller Christopher Thompson Martin Pröll 2001 Vasyl Matviychuk Mo Farah Stefano Scaini 2002 Yevgeniy Rybakov Anatoliy Rybakov Halil Akkaş 2003 Yevgeniy Rybakov Anatoliy Rybakov Aleksey Reunkov 2004 Barnabás Bene Yevgeniy Rybakov Anatoliy Rybakov 2005 Barnabás Bene Andrew Vernon Dušan Markešević 2006 Andrea Lalli Siarhei Chebiarak Ciprian Suhanea 2007 Mourad Amdouni Florian Carvalho Dmytro Lashyn 2008 Florian Carvalho Sondre Nordstad Moen Hassan Chahdi2009 Jeroen D'Hoedt Nick Goolab James Wilkinson2010 Abdelaziz Merzougui Nemanja Cerovac Rui Pinto2011 Ilgizar Safiullin Richard Goodman Vladimir Nikitin2012 Szymon Kulka Mitko Tsenov Kieran Clements2013 Ali Kaya Isaac Kimeli Mikhail Strelkov2014 Yemaneberhan Crippa Carlos Mayo Said Ettaqy2015 Yemaneberhan Crippa Fabien Palcau El Madhi Lahoufi2016 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Yohanes Chiappinelli Mahamed Mahamed2017 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Ramazan Barbaros Louis Gilavert2018 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Ouassim Oumaiz Elzan Bibić2019 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Ayetullah Aslanhan Efrem Gidey2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 Axel Vang Christensen Abdullahi Dahir Rabi Joel Ibler Lillesø2022 Will Barnicoat Nick Griggs Dean Casey2023 Axel Vang Christensen Niels Laros Nick Griggs2024 Niels Laros George Couttie Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen2025 Willem Renders Oscar Gaitan Alois Abraham Women Edition Individual Team 1997 Sonja Stolić Monica Rosa Judith Heise 1998 Katalin Szentgyörgyi Inês Monteiro Sonja Stolić 1999 Inês Monteiro Nicola Spirig 2000 Jessica Augusto Nicola Spirig Elvan Can 2001 Elvan Abeylegesse Tatyana Chulakh Snezana Kostić 2002 Charlotte Dale Elina Lindgren Galina Yegorova 2003 Inna Poluškina Snežana Kostić Charlotte Dale 2004 Binnaz Uslu Ancuţa Bobocel Marta Romo 2005 Ancuţa Bobocel Emily Pidgeon Susan Kuijken 2006 Stephanie Twell Ancuţa Bobocel 2007 Stephanie Twell Danuta Urbanik Charlotte Purdue2008 Stephanie Twell Charlotte Purdue Lauren Howarth2009 Karoline Grøvdal Gulshat Fazlitdinova Kate Avery2010 Charlotte Purdue Amela Terzić Emelia Gorecka2011 Emelia Gorecka Ioana Doaga Amela Terzić2012 Amela Terzić Emelia Gorecka Maya Rehberg2013 Emelia Gorecka Sofia Ennaoui Maruša Mišmaš2014 Emine Hatun Tuna Jessica Judd Lydia Turner2015 Harriet Knowles-Jones Alina Reh2016 Konstanze Klosterhalfen Anna Emilie Møller 2017 Harriet Knowles-Jones Lili Tóth Miriam Dattke2018 Nadia Battocletti Delia Sclabas İnci Kalkan2019 Nadia Battocletti Klara Lukan Mariana Machado2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 Megan Keith Ingeborg Østgård Emma Heckel2022 María Forero Ingeborg Østgård Ilona Mononen2023 Innes FitzGerald Sofia Thøgersen Jade Le Corre2024 Innes FitzGerald Jess Bailey Sofia Thøgersen2025 Innes FitzGerald Lucie Paturel Emma Hickey

Medal table

References

External links

Historical results from GBR Athletics