European Cross Country Championships 1998

The 5th European Cross Country Championships of the EAA took place on December 13, 1998 in Ferrara ( Italy ).

The men started over 9.7 km, the women and juniors over 5.6 km and the juniors over 3.6 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	28:07
2	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	28:08
3	Driss El Himer	FRA	28:16
4th	Günther Weidlinger	AUT	28:17
5	Carsten Jørgensen	THE	28:18
6th	Eduardo Henriques	POR	28:25
7th	Giuliano Battocletti	ITA	28:36
8th	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	28:40

79 athletes reached the goal.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 34: Michael Buchleitner ( AUT ), 29:16
• 55: Bernhard Richter ( AUT ), 29:56
• 58: Damian Kallabis ( GER ), 30:01
• 63: Robert Platzer ( AUT ), 30:20
• 66: Harald Steindorfer ( AUT ), 30:24
• 72: Peter Wundsam ( AUT ), 31:04

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Italy Giuliano Battocletti Gabriele De Nard Umberto Pusterla Gennaro Di Napoli	53 0 7 12 15 19
2	Portugal Eduardo Henriques Paulo Guerra João Junqueira José Ramos	55 0 6 11 14 24
3	Spain Manuel Pancorbo Julio Rey Martín Fiz Fabián Roncero	68 0 8 09 13 38

A total of 13 teams were rated. The Austrian team came ninth with 156 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	18:07
2	Annemari Sandell	FIN	18:10
3	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	18:11
4th	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	18:19
5	Helena Sampaio	POR	18:26
6th	Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem	FRA	18:42
7th	Albertina slides	POR	18:46
8th	María Luisa Larraga	ESP	18:49

60 athletes reached the goal.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 17: Michaela Möller ( GER ), 19:00
• 24: Irina Mikitenko ( GER ), 19:11
• 30: Sylvia Nussbeck ( GER ), 19:24
• 40: Susanne Pumper ( AUT ), 19:48
• 41: Susanne Ritter ( GER ), 19:50

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro Helena Sampaio Albertina Dias	16 0 4 05 07
2	France Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem Zahia Dahmani Fatima Yvelain	25 0 6 09 10
3	Romania Cristina Iloc Constantina Diță Luminița Gogârlea	41 12 13 16

A total of twelve teams were rated. The German team came in sixth with 71 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yousef El Nasri	ESP	16:50
2	Ovidiu did	ROU	16:51
3	Gareth Turnbull	IRL	16:55

78 athletes reached the goal.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 12: Volker Fritzsch ( GER ), 17:23
• 23: Sebastian Nübling ( GER ), 17:32
• 29: Michael Leiggener ( SUI ), 17:38
• 33: Georg Mlynek ( AUT ), 17:43
• 38: Lars Haferkamp ( GER ), 17:44
• 47: Raphael Schäfer ( GER ), 17:51
• 49: Thomas Benz ( SUI ), 17:55
• 58: Jens Spanberger ( GER ), 18:03
• 65: Patrick Nispel ( SUI ), 18:17
• 72: Olivier Gloor ( SUI ), 18:52

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Spain Yousef El Nasri Miguel Angel Pinto Raúl Moya	28 0 1 07 20
2	United Kingdom Sam Haughian Peter Riley Christopher Thompson	30 0 4 09 17
3	Romania Ovidiu Tat Radu Stroia Vasile Ardelean	36 0 2 16 18

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team came in seventh with 73 points, the Swiss team in 13th place with 143 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	HUN	11:51
2	Inês Monteiro	POR	11:58
3	Sonja Stolić	YUG	12:03

70 athletes reached the goal.

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 13: Melanie Schulz ( GER ), 12:27
• 16: Maja Neuenschwander ( SUI ), 12:33
• 17: Sabrina Mockenhaupt ( GER ), 12:35
• 18: Silvia Weissteiner ( ITA ), 12:36
• 28: Judith Heinze ( GER ), 12:45
• 29: Christina Carruzzo ( SUI ), 12:46
• 38: Renate Rungger ( ITA ), 12:55
• 53: Ulrike Leitheim ( GER ), 13:13
• 56: Gabi Berger ( SUI ), 13:15
• 58: Sabine Wolf ( GER ), 13:20
• 59: Monika Vogel ( SUI ), 13:22

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Turkey Sebile Bekele Özyurt Nuray Sürekli Türkan Erişmiş	20 0 4 05 11
2	Belgium Tinneke Boonen Mélissa Benoumeur Catherine Lallemand	46 6 19 21
3	Romania Ionela Bungărdean Mihaela Bălăucă Biana Cojocar	49 0 9 15 25

A total of 14 teams were rated. The German team came fifth with 58 points and the Swiss team came eleventh with 101 points.

literature

• European Athletic Association (Ed.): Statistical Handbook. 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships. mediasprint, Zofingen 2006, p. 27ff. ( PDF; 681 kB )

Web links

• 5th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 1998 on the EAA website
• Event Result Database - European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website