2012 European Cross Country Championships

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.

2012 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	19th
Date	9 December
Host city	Szentendre, Hungary
Events	6
Distances	9.880 km – Men 8.050 km – Women 8.050 km – U23 men 6.025 km – U23 women 6.025 km – Junior men 4.000 km – Junior women
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Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first ever 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

Andrea Lalli became the first Italian to win the competition.

Senior men

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Andrea Lalli	Italy	30:01
	Hassan Chahdi	France	30:11
	Daniele Meucci	Italy	30:13
4	Tom Farrell	Great Britain	30:14
5	Carles Castillejo	Spain	30:14
6	Ayad Lamdassem	Spain	30:14
7	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	30:21
8	Javier Guerra	Spain	30:22
9	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	30:26
10	Steve Vernon	Great Britain	30:28
11	Jonathan Taylor	Great Britain	30:30
12	Milan Kocourek	Czech Republic	30:33

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Spain Carles Castillejo Ayad Lamdassem Javier Guerra Juan Carlos Higuero Antonio Dávid Jiménez	35
	Great Britain Tom Farrell Steve Vernon Jonathan Taylor Andy Vernon Tom Humphries	38
	Italy Andrea Lalli Daniele Meucci Gabriele De Nard Patrick Nasti Alex Baldaccini	63

• Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.[1]

Senior women

The Women's podium

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	27:45
	Ana Dulce Félix	Portugal	27:47
	Adrienne Herzog	Netherlands	27:48
4	Almensh Belete	Belgium	27:54
5	Laurane Picoche	France	27:55
6	Sophie Duarte	France	27:55
7	Nadia Ejjafini	Italy	27:59
8	Linda Byrne	Ireland	28:17
9	Lisa Stublić	Croatia	28:18
10	Diana Martín	Spain	28:19
11	Louise Damen	Great Britain	28:22
12	Sara Moreira	Portugal	28:26

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ireland Fionnuala Britton Linda Byrne Ava Hutchinson Lizzie Lee Sarah McCormack	52
	France Laurane Picoche Sophie Duarte Christine Bardelle Magali Bernard Maryline Pellen	52
	Great Britain Louise Damen Caryl Jones Rosie Smith Elle Baker Katrina Wootton	60

• Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.[1]

Under-23 men

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	24:30
	Soufiane Bouchikhi	Belgium	24:40
	James Wilkinson	Great Britain	24:43
4	Jesper van der Wielen	Netherlands	24:46
5	Romain Collenot-Spiret	France	24:50
6	Antonio Abadía	Spain	24:57
7	Abdelaziz Merzougui	Spain	24:57
8	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	24:59
9	Ørjan Grønnevig	Norway	25:00
10	Simon Denissel	France	25:02
11	Abdi Hakin Ulad	Denmark	25:04
12	Lars Erik Malde	Norway	25:05

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	France Romain Collenot-Spiret Simon Denissel Michael Gras Matthieu Lonjou Tanguy Pepiot	50
	Spain Antonio Abadía Abdelaziz Merzougui Roberto Alaiz Aitor Fernández Gabriel Navarro	59
	Great Britain James Wilkinson Andrew Heyes Simon Horsfield Dewi Griffiths Scott McDonald	80

• Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.[1]

Under-23 women

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Jess Coulson	Great Britain	20:40
	Lyudmila Lebedeva	Russia	20:49
	Clémence Calvin	France	20:52
4	Gulshat Fazlitdinova	Russia	20:52
5	Lauren Howarth	Great Britain	20:56
6	Corinna Harrer	Germany	21:04
7	Carla Salomé Rocha	Portugal	21:05
8	Yekaterina Matyunina	Russia	21:07
9	Viktoriya Pohoryelska	Ukraine	21:08
10	Catarina Ribeiro	Portugal	21:20
11	Layes Abdullayeva	Azerbaijan	21:23
12	Hannah Walker	Great Britain	21:27

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Russia Lyudmila Lebedeva Gulshat Fazlitdinova Yekaterina Matyunina Yelena Sedova	27
	Great Britain Jess Coulson Lauren Howarth Hannah Walker Lily Partridge Beth Potter Hannah Alderson	33
	Germany Corinna Harrer Jana Sussmann Melanie Stemper Domenika Weiss Jannika John	86

• Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.[1]

Junior men

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Szymon Kulka	Poland	18:43
	Mitko Tsenov	Bulgaria	18:47
	Kieran Clements	Great Britain	18:57
4	Ferdinand Kvan Edman	Norway	18:59
5	Djilali Bedrani	France	18:59
6	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	19:00
7	Alexandre Saddedine	France	19:00
8	Dino Bošnjak	Croatia	19:01
9	Charlie Grice	Great Britain	19:02
10	Viktor Bakharev	Russia	19:03
11	Mikhail Strelkov	Russia	19:04
12	Johannes Motschmann	Germany	19:10

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Russia Viktor Bakharev Mikhail Strelkov Nikita Vysotskiy Rudolf Petrukhin Ivan Panferov Aleksandr Novikov	50
	France Djilali Bedrani Alexandre Saddedine Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse Hamza Habjaoui Félix Bour	51
	Great Britain Kieran Clements Charlie Grice Ian Bailey Charlie Hulson Luke Traynor	54

• Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.[1]

Junior women

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Amela Terzić	Serbia	13:29
	Emelia Gorecka	Great Britain	13:37
	Maya Rehberg	Germany	13:43
4	Maruša Mišmaš	Slovenia	13:44
5	Annabel Mason	Great Britain	13:47
6	Ummuhani Karacadir	Turkey	13:54
7	Mariya Hodakyvska	Ukraine	14:00
8	Jenny Walsh	Great Britain	14:01
9	Monica Florea	Romania	14:04
10	Yevdokiya Bukina	Russia	14:05
11	Luiza Litvinova	Russia	14:07
12	Liv Westphal	France	14:08

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Emelia Gorecka Annabel Mason Jenny Walsh Jessica Judd Alex Clay Rhona Auckland	28
	Germany Maya Rehberg Anna Gehring Caterina Granz Johanna Schulz Lisa Ziegler Laura Clart	106
	Russia Yevdokiya Bukina Luiza Litvinova Zulfira Fazlitdinova Alena Shukhtuyeva	111

• Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	5	10
2	Russia (RUS)	2	1	1	4
3	Ireland (IRL)	2	0	0	2
4	France (FRA)	1	3	1	5
5	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
6	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
7	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	0	1
10	Germany (GER)	0	1	2	3
11	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
14	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		12	12	12	36

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