The 3rd European Cross Country Championships were held at Charleroi in Belgium on 15 December 1996. Jon Brown took the title in the men's competition and Sara Wedlund won the women's race.
Results Men individual 9.65 km Pos.RunnersTime Jon Brown 32:37 Paulo Guerra 33:12 Mustapha Essaïd 33:194. Carsten Jørgensen 33:205. Eduardo Henriques 33:286. Umberto Pusterla 33:367. Vincent Rousseau 33:428. Yann Millon 33:429. Vítor Almeida 33:4310. Andrea Arlati 33:4411. José Regalo 33:5412. Alejandro Gómez ? 100 runners finished.
Men teams Pos.TeamPoints Paulo Guerra Eduardo Henriques Vítor Almeida José Regalo 27 2 5 9 11 Mustapha Essaïd Yann Millon Cédric Dehouck Mohamed Ezzher 47 3 8 17 19 Vincent Rousseau Marc Vanderstraeten Koen Van Rie Eric Bouffioux 59 7 14 15 234. Umberto Pusterla Andrea Arlati Michele Gamba Gabriele de Nard 62 6 10 22 245. Jonathan Brown Andrew Pearson Spencer Barden Darrius Burrows 76 1 16 27 326. Alejandro Gomez Carlos Adan Antonio Serrano José Manuel Martinez 86 12 18 21 357. 1248. 138 Total 24 teams
Women individual 4.55 km Pos.RunnersTime Sara Wedlund 17:04 Julia Vaquero 17:14 Annemari Sandell 17:194. Elene Fidatov 17:245. Albertina Dias 17:296. Claudia Lokar 17:357. Yanna Oubouhou 17:368. Hayley Haining 17:379. Laurence Vivier 17:3910. Anja Smolders 17:4111. Chryssie Girard 17:4212. Laurence Duquenoy 17:46 Iulia Negura from Romania finished first (16:58), but was disqualified because of doping violation. 73 runners finished.
Women teams Pos.TeamPoints Yanna Oubouhou Laurence Viver Chryssie Girard 27 7 9 11 Hayley Haining Andrea Whitcombe Suzanne Rigg 39 8 14 17 Anja Smolders Veronique Collard Lieve Slegers 43 10 15 184. Sara Wedlund Magdalena Thorsell Maria Lundgren 45 1 16 285. Claudia Lokar Petra Wassiluk Sonja Krolik 64 6 23 356. Elena Fidatov Nuta Olaru Luminita Gogirlea 66 4 26 367. 718. 71 Total 19 teams
References
External links Database containing all results between 1994–2007