The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December.
Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first champion at the competition. The men's team race was won by Spain. Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming the first woman to retain her title. Team Ireland took gold in the senior women's race.
Race results
Senior men +Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Andrea Lalli30:01 Hassan Chahdi30:11 Daniele Meucci30:13 4Tom Farrell30:14 5Carles Castillejo30:14 6Ayad Lamdassem30:14 7Polat Kemboi Arıkan30:21 8Javier Guerra30:22 9Bashir Abdi30:26 10Steve Vernon30:28 11Jonathan Taylor30:30 12Milan Kocourek30:33
+Teams Rank Team Points Carles CastillejoAyad LamdassemJavier GuerraJuan Carlos HigueroAntonio Dávid Jiménez35 Tom FarrellSteve VernonJonathan TaylorAndy VernonTom Humphries38 Andrea LalliDaniele MeucciGabriele De NardPatrick NastiAlex Baldaccini 63 Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.
Senior women
+Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Fionnuala Britton27:45 Ana Dulce Félix27:47 Adrienne Herzog27:48 4Almensh Belete27:54 5Laurane Picoche27:55 6Sophie Duarte27:55 7Nadia Ejjafini27:59 8Linda Byrne28:17 9Lisa Stublić28:18 10Diana Martín28:19 11Louise Damen28:22 12Sara Moreira28:26
+Teams Rank Team Points Fionnuala BrittonLinda ByrneAva HutchinsonLizzie LeeSarah McCormack52 Laurane PicocheSophie DuarteChristine BardelleMagali BernardMaryline Pellen52 Louise DamenCaryl JonesRosie SmithElle BakerKatrina Wootton60 Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.
Under-23 men +Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Henrik Ingebrigtsen24:30 Soufiane Bouchikhi24:40 James Wilkinson24:43 4Jesper van der Wielen24:46 5Romain Collenot-Spiret24:50 6Antonio Abadía24:57 7Abdelaziz Merzougui24:57 8Hayle Ibrahimov24:59 9Ørjan Grønnevig25:00 10Simon Denissel25:02 11Abdi Hakin Ulad25:04 12Lars Erik Malde25:05
+Teams Rank Team Points Romain Collenot-SpiretSimon DenisselMichael GrasMatthieu LonjouTanguy Pepiot50 Antonio AbadíaAbdelaziz MerzouguiRoberto AlaizAitor FernándezGabriel Navarro59 James WilkinsonAndrew HeyesSimon HorsfieldDewi GriffithsScott McDonald80 Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.
Under-23 women +Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Jess Coulson20:40 Lyudmila Lebedeva20:49 Clémence Calvin20:52 4Gulshat Fazlitdinova20:52 5Lauren Howarth20:56 6Corinna Harrer21:04 7Carla Salomé Rocha21:05 8Yekaterina Matyunina21:07 9Viktoriya Pohoryelska21:08 10Catarina Ribeiro21:20 11Layes Abdullayeva21:23 12Hannah Walker21:27
+Teams Rank Team Points Lyudmila LebedevaGulshat FazlitdinovaYekaterina MatyuninaYelena Sedova27 Jess CoulsonLauren HowarthHannah WalkerLily PartridgeBeth PotterHannah Alderson33 Corinna HarrerJana SussmannMelanie StemperDomenika WeissJannika John86 Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.
Junior men +Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Szymon Kulka18:43 Mitko Tsenov18:47 Kieran Clements18:57 4Ferdinand Kvan Edman18:59 5Djilali Bedrani18:59 6Isaac Kimeli19:00 7Alexandre Saddedine19:00 8Dino Bošnjak19:01 9Charlie Grice19:02 10Viktor Bakharev19:03 11Mikhail Strelkov19:04 12Johannes Motschmann19:10
+Teams Rank Team Points Viktor BakharevMikhail StrelkovNikita VysotskiyRudolf PetrukhinIvan PanferovAleksandr Novikov50 Djilali BedraniAlexandre SaddedineEmmanuel Roudolff LevisseHamza HabjaouiFélix Bour51 Kieran ClementsCharlie GriceIan BaileyCharlie HulsonLuke Traynor54 Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.
Junior women +Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Amela Terzić13:29 Emelia Gorecka13:37 Maya Rehberg13:43 4Maruša Mišmaš13:44 5Annabel Mason13:47 6Ummuhani Karacadir13:54 7Mariya Hodakyvska14:00 8Jenny Walsh14:01 9Monica Florea14:04 10Yevdokiya Bukina14:05 11Luiza Litvinova14:07 12Liv Westphal14:08
+Teams Rank Team Points Emelia GoreckaAnnabel MasonJenny WalshJessica JuddAlex ClayRhona Auckland28 Maya RehbergAnna GehringCaterina GranzJohanna SchulzLisa ZieglerLaura Clart106 Yevdokiya BukinaLuiza LitvinovaZulfira FazlitdinovaAlena Shukhtuyeva111 Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.
Medal table
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