European Cross Country Championships 1996

The 3rd European Cross Country Championships of the EAA took place on December 15, 1996 in Charleroi ( Belgium ).

The men started over 9.65 km, the women over 4.55 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jon Brown	GBR	32:37
2	Paulo Guerra	POR	33:12
3	Mustapha Essaïd	FRA	33:19
4th	Carsten Jørgensen	THE	33:20
5	Eduardo Henriques	POR	33:28
6th	Umberto Pusterla	ITA	33:36
7th	Vincent Rousseau	BEL	33:42
8th	Yann Millon	FRA	33:42

All 100 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 33: Heinz-Bernd Bürger ( GER ), 35:02
• 47: André Bucher ( SUI ), 35:37
• 56: Carsten Arndt ( GER ), 35:52
• 64: Thorsten Naumann ( GER ), 36:12
• 85: Rainer Wachenbrunner ( GER ), 37:01
• 90: Arnold Mächler ( SUI ), 37:31

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Portugal Paulo Guerra Eduardo Henriques Vítor Almeida José Regalo	27 0 2 05 09 11
2	France Mustapha Essaïd Yann Millon Cédric Dehouck Mohamed Ezzher	47 0 3 08 17 19
3	Belgium Vincent Rousseau Marc Vanderstraeten Koen Van Rie Eric Bouffioux	59 0 7 14 15 23

A total of 24 nations took part. The German team came 14th with 238 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sara Wedlund	SWE	17:04
2	Julia Vaquero	ESP	17:14
3	Annemari Sandell	FIN	17:19
4th	Elena Fidatov	ROU	17:24
5	Albertina slides	POR	17:29
6th	Claudia Lokar	GER	17:35
7th	Yamna Oubouhou	FRA	17:36
8th	Hayley Haining	GBR	17:37

All 75 athletes who started reached the finish. The first place Romanian Iulia Negură was disqualified for doping with stanozolol .

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 23: Petra Wassiluk ( GER ), 18:02
• 35: Sonja Krolik ( GER ), 18:14
• 38: Luminita Zaituc ( GER ), 18:18
• 61: Kathrin Wolf ( GER ), 19:26

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Yamna Oubouhou Laurence Vivier Chryssie Girard	27 0 7 09 11
2	United Kingdom Hayley Haining Andrea Whitcombe Suzanne Rigg	39 0 8 14 17
3	Belgium Anja Smolders Véronique Collard Lieve Slegers	43 10 15 18

A total of 19 nations took part. The German team came in fifth with 64 points.

literature

• European Athletic Association (Ed.): Statistical Handbook. 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships. mediasprint, Zofingen 2006, p. 23ff. ( PDF; 681 kB )

Web links

• 3rd SPAR European Cross Country Championships 1996 on the EAA website
• Event Result Database - European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website