1997 European Cross Country Championships

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. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Denmark Carsten Jørgensen27:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Sweden Claes Nyberg27:20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ukraine Serhiy Lebid27:23
4.France Mustapha Essaïd27:30
5.Portugal Alfredo Bras27:32
6.Spain José Manuel García27:33
7.Spain Julio Rey27:33
8.Portugal Domingos Castro27:37
9.Portugal José Regalo27:38
10.Italy Umberto Pusterla27:42
11.France Bertrand Frechand27:42
12.Portugal Alberto Maraviha27:44

83 runners finished.

Men teams
Pos. Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Portugal
Alfredo Brás
Domingos Castro
José Regalo
Alberto Maravilha		34
5
8
9
12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) France
Mustapha Essaïd
Bertrand Frechand
Yann Millon
Abdellah Béhar		46
4
11
13
18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spain
José Manuel García
Julio Rey
Isaac Viciosa
Víctor López		56
6
7
20
23
4. Italy
Umberto Pusterla
Gabriele de Nard
Giuliano Battocletti
Vincenzo Modica		74
10
14
19
31
5. Denmark
Carsten Jörgensen
Klaus Peter Hansen
Kaare Sörensen
Dennis Jensen		114
1
24
41
48
6. United Kingdom
Dominic Bannister
Christopher Robinson
Dermot Donnelly
Christian Stephenson		117
17
25
36
39
7. Netherlands150
8. Ireland151

Total 15 teams

Women individual 5km
Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)France Joalsiae Llado17:20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Romania Elena Fidatov17:33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Serbia and Montenegro Olivera Jevtić17:37
4.Finland Annemari Sandell17:39
5.Romania Mariana Chirila18:10
6.Portugal Helena Sampaio18:14
7.France Yanna Belkacem18:15
8.Spain Ana Isabel Alonso18:15
9.Italy Sabrina Varrone18:19
10.Germany Melanie Kraus18:20
11.United Kingdom Vicko MacPherson18:27
12.France Gabrielle Vijverberg18:29

55 runners finished.

Women teams
Pos. Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) France
Joalsiae Llado
Yanna Belkacem
Fatima Yvelain		21
1
7
13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Romania
Elena Fidatov
Mariana Chirila
Stela Olteanu		22
2
5
15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spain
Ana Isabel Alonso
Julia Vaquero
Jacqueline Martín		46
8
17
21
4. Portugal
Helena Sampaio
Ana Correia
Teresa Nunes		48
6
19
23
5. Italy
Sabrina Varrone
Flavia Gaviglio
Patriza Ragno		57
9
20
28
6. United Kingdom
Vicky Macpherson
Lucy Wright
Elizabeth Talbot		57
11
16
30
7. Belgium78
8. Russia84

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 5km
Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Netherlands Gert-Jan Liefers15:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Austria Günther Weidlinger15:50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sweden Mustafa Mohamed16:00
4.Spain Juan Carlos Higuero16:02
5.United Kingdom Sam Haughian16:10
6.Spain Juan Jose Lozano16:19

58 runners finished.

Juniors men teams
Pos. Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Spain19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Portugal43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Romania48
4. Italy55
5. Finland66
6. United Kingdom77

Total 12 teams

Junior women individual 3km
Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Serbia and Montenegro Sonja Stolić9:09
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Portugal Monica Rosa9:15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Germany Judith Heise9:16
4.Germany Larissa Kleinmann9:19
5.Belgium Catherine Lallemand9:21
6.Slovenia Sonja Roman9:20

58 runners finished.

Junior women teams
Pos. Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Serbia and Montenegro33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United Kingdom43
4. Spain49
5. Portugal53
6. Finland59

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