The 5th European Cross Country Championships were held at Ferrara in Italy on 13 December 1998. Serhiy Lebid took the title in the men's competition and Paula Radcliffe won the women's race.
Results Men individual 9.7 km Pos.RunnersTime Serhiy Lebid 28:07 Mohammed Mourhit 28:08 Driss El Himer 28:164. Günther Weidlinger 28:175. Carsten Jørgensen 28:186. Eduardo Henriques 28:257. Giuliano Battocletti 28:368. Manuel Pancorbo 28:40 79 runners finished
Men teams Pos.TeamPoints Giuliano Battocletti Gabriele De Nard Umberto Pusterla Gennaro Di Napoli 53 Eduardo Henriques Paulo Guerra João Junqueira José Ramos 55 Manuel Pancorbo Julio Rey Martín Fiz Fabián Roncero 684. 915. 926. 1087. 1228. 126 Total 13 teams
Women individual 5.6 km Pos.RunnersTime Paula Radcliffe 18:07 Annemari Sandell 18:10 Olivera Jevtić 18:114. Fernanda Ribeiro 18:195. Helena Sampaio 18:266. Yanna Belkacem 18:427. Albertina Dias 18:468. María Luisa Larraga 18:49 60 runners finished
Women teams Pos.TeamPoints Fernanda Ribeiro Helena Sampaio Albertina Dias 16 Yanna Belkacem Zahia Dahmani Fatima Yvelain 25 Cristina Iloc Constantina Diţă Luminiţa Gogârlea 414. 545. 556. 717. 778. 89 Total 12 teams
Junior men individual 5.6 km Pos.RunnersTime Yousef El Nasri 16:50 Ovidiu Tat 16:51 Gareth Turnbull 16:554. Sam Haughian 16:575. Ivan Heshko 17:026. Mustafa Mohamed 17:027. Miguel Angel Pinto 17:078. Filipe Pedro 17:11
Junior men teams Pos.TeamPoints 28 30 364. 455. 526. 547. 738. 73
Junior women individual 3.6 km Pos.RunnersTime Katalin Szentgyörgyi 11:51 Inês Monteiro 11:58 Sonja Stolić 12:034. Sebile Sibel Özyurt 12:045. Tezeta Nuray Surekli 12:096. Tinneke Boonen 12:197. Sonja Roman 12:208. Helena Volná 12:22
Junior women teams Pos.TeamPoints 20 46 494. 565. 586. 587. 608. 83
References
External links Database containing all results between 1994–2007