The 4th European Cross Country Championships were held at Oeiras in Portugal on 14 December 1997. Danish orienteer Carsten Jørgensen took the title in the men's competition and Joalsiae Llado won the women's race.
Results
Men individual 10km Pos.RunnersTime Carsten Jørgensen 27:19 Claes Nyberg 27:20 Serhiy Lebid 27:234. Mustapha Essaïd 27:305. Alfredo Bras 27:326. José Manuel García 27:337. Julio Rey 27:338. Domingos Castro 27:379. José Regalo 27:3810. Umberto Pusterla 27:4211. Bertrand Frechand 27:4212. Alberto Maraviha 27:44 83 runners finished.
Men teams Pos.TeamPoints Alfredo Brás Domingos Castro José Regalo Alberto Maravilha 34 5 8 9 12 Mustapha Essaïd Bertrand Frechand Yann Millon Abdellah Béhar 46 4 11 13 18 José Manuel García Julio Rey Isaac Viciosa Víctor López 56 6 7 20 234. Umberto Pusterla Gabriele de Nard Giuliano Battocletti Vincenzo Modica 74 10 14 19 315. Carsten Jørgensen Klaus Peter Hansen Kaare Sörensen Dennis Jensen 114 1 24 41 486. Dominic Bannister Christopher Robinson Dermot Donnelly Christian Stephenson 117 17 25 36 397. 1508. 151 Total 15 teams
Women individual 5km Pos.RunnersTime Joalsiae Llado 17:20 Elena Fidatov 17:33 Olivera Jevtić 17:374. Annemari Sandell 17:395. Mariana Chirila 18:106. Helena Sampaio 18:147. Yanna Belkacem 18:158. Ana Isabel Alonso 18:159. Sabrina Varrone 18:1910. Melanie Kraus 18:2011. Vicko MacPherson 18:2712. Gabrielle Vijverberg 18:29 55 runners finished.
Women teams Pos.TeamPoints Joalsiae Llado Yanna Belkacem Fatima Yvelain 21 1 7 13 Elena Fidatov Mariana Chirila Stela Olteanu 22 2 5 15 Ana Isabel Alonso Julia Vaquero Jacqueline Martín 46 8 17 214. Helena Sampaio Ana Correia Teresa Nunes 48 6 19 235. Sabrina Varrone Flavia Gaviglio Patriza Ragno 57 9 20 286. Vicky Macpherson Lucy Wright Elizabeth Talbot 57 11 16 307. 788. 84 Total 11 teams
Junior men individual 5km Pos.RunnersTime Gert-Jan Liefers 15:45 Günther Weidlinger 15:50 Mustafa Mohamed 16:004. Juan Carlos Higuero 16:025. Sam Haughian 16:106. Juan Jose Lozano 16:19 58 runners finished.
Juniors men teams Pos.TeamPoints 19 43 484. 555. 666. 77 Total 12 teams
Junior women individual 3km Pos.RunnersTime Sonja Stolić 9:09 Monica Rosa 9:15 Judith Heise 9:164. Larissa Kleinmann 9:195. Catherine Lallemand 9:216. Sonja Roman 9:20 58 runners finished.
Junior women teams Pos.TeamPoints 15 33 434. 495. 536. 59
References
External links Database containing all results between 1994–2007