2008 European Cross Country Championships

The 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race.

2008 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition15th
Date14 December
Host cityBrussels, Belgium
Events6
Distances10 km – Men
8 km – Women
8 km – U23 men
6 km – U23 women
6 km – Junior men
4 km – Junior women

Results

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Men individual 10.0 km

Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ukraine Serhiy Lebid30:49
2nd place, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Mo Farah30:57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sweden Mustafa Mohamed31:13
4.Spain Ayad Lamdassem31:17
5.Belgium Pieter Desmet31:19
6.France Bouabdellah Tahri31:21
7.Spain Alemayehu Bezabeh31:23
8.Portugal Rui Pedro Silva31:26
9.Netherlands Michel Butter31:30
10.United Kingdom Frank Tickner31:39
11.France Mokhtar Benhari31:40
12.Italy Daniele Meucci31:41

Total 77 competitors

Men teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Spain
Ayad Lamdassem
Alemayehu Bezabeh
Sergio Sánchez
Javier Guerra
39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) France
Bouabdellah Tahri
Mokhtar Benhari
Driss El Himer
James Theury
49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United Kingdom
Mo Farah
Frank Tickner
Michael Skinner
Lee Merrien
54
4. Italy79
5. Belgium93
6. Ukraine116
7. Ireland129
8. Portugal153

Total 12 teams

Women individual 8.0 km

Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Netherlands Hilda Kibet27:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Portugal Jessica Augusto27:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Portugal Inês Monteiro28:02
4.Republic of Ireland Mary Cullen28:04
5.Spain Rosa María Morató28:17
6.Netherlands Adriënne Herzog28:19
7.Portugal Anália Rosa28:25
8.United Kingdom Hatti Dean28:30
9.United Kingdom Louise Damen28:33
10.Italy Elena Romagnolo28:39
11.Russia Viktoriya Trushenko28:40
12.Russia Gulnara Galkina28:40

Total 64 competitors

Women teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Portugal
Jessica Augusto
Inês Monteiro
Anália Rosa
Ana Dulce Félix
29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United Kingdom
Hatti Dean
Louise Damen
Laura Kenney
Hayley Yelling
49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) France
Sophie Duarte
Christelle Daunay
Christine Bardelle
Maria Martins
78
4. Netherlands97
5. Russia111
6. Italy119
7. Spain127
8. Belgium131

Total 11 teams

Men U23 individual 8.0 km

Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Italy Andrea Lalli24:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Andy Vernon25:04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Turkey Selim Bayrak25:17
4.United Kingdom Ben Lindsay25:18
5.France Benjamin Malaty25:18
6.United Kingdom John Beattie25:18
7.United Kingdom Keith Gerrard25:21
8.France Mourad Amdouni25:22

Total 85 competitors

Men U23 teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom
Andy Vernon
Ben Lindsay
John Beattie
Keith Gerrard
19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Italy
Andrea Lalli
Martin Dematteis
Bernard Dematteis
Simone Gariboldi
42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) France
Benjamin Malaty
Mourad Amdouni
Denis Mayaud
Pierrot Pantel
62
4. Poland93
5. Turkey112
6. Spain119
7. Belgium142
8. Ireland151

Total 16 teams

Women U23 individual 6.0 km

Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Netherlands Susan Kuijken21:02
2nd place, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Sarah Tunstall21:10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Russia Yuliya Zarudneva21:24
4.United Kingdom Morag MacLarty21:24
5.Romania Ancuţa Bobocel21:43
6.Germany Heike Bienstein21:43
7.United Kingdom Katherine Sparke21:47
8.Russia Tatyana Shutova21:49

Tota 66 competitors

Women U23 teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom
Sarah Tunstall
Morag MacLarty
Katherine Sparke
Stacey Johnson
24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia
Yuliya Zarudneva
Tatyana Shutova
Natalya Puchkova
Natalya Vlasova
44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Germany
Heike Bienstein
Ingalena Heuck
Julia Hiller
Katharina Becker
57
4. Ireland80
5. Spain135
6. France137
7. Portugal138
8. Italy152

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 6.0 km

Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)France Florian Carvalho18:42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Norway Sondre Nordstad Moen18.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)France Hassan Chahdi18:49
4.Germany Alexander Hahn18:55
5.United Kingdom David Forrester18:58
6.Turkey Hasan Pak18:58
7.Portugal Bruno Albuquerque19:08
8.Spain Antonio Abadía19:11

Total 94 competitors

Junior men teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) France
Florian Carvalho
Hassan Chahdi
Simon Denissel
Colin Guillard
50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Norway
Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sindre Buraas
Lars Erik Malde
Henrik Ingebrigtsen
51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United Kingdom
David Forrester
Ross Murray
Mitch Goose
Phillip Berntsen
52
4. Turkey79
5. Spain89
6. Germany93
7. Belgium102
8. Ireland169

Total 16 teams

Junior women individual 4.0 km

Pos. Runners Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)United Kingdom Stephanie Twell13:28
2nd place, silver medalist(s)United Kingdom Charlotte Purdue13:39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)United Kingdom Lauren Howarth13:55
4.United Kingdom Emily Pidgeon14:00
5.United Kingdom Emma Pallant14:05
6.United Kingdom Laura Park14:08
7.Russia Yekaterina Gorbunova14:12
8.Russia Marina Gordeyeva14:12

Total 81 competitors

Junior women teams

Pos. Runners Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom
Stephanie Twell
Charlotte Purdue
Lauren Howarth
Emily Pidgeon
10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ukraine
Viktoriya Pohorelska
Myroslava Polishchuk
Olha Skrypak
Lyudmyla Kovalenko
50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia
Yekaterina Gorbunova
Marina Gordeyeva
Yelena Korobkina
Yelnara Latypova
62
4. Ireland77
5. Germany89
6. Poland150
7. France173
8. Turkey174

Total 11 teams

References

  1. "Bruxelles BEL 14 December". European Athletics Association. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  2. "XV MAASTOJUOKSUN EM-KILPAILUT BRYSSELI (BEL) 14.12.2008, 14.12.2008, Päivitetty 15.12.2008 19:55". Suomen Urheiluliitto. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2009.

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