European Cross Country Championships 1999

The 6th European Cross Country Championships the EAA took place on 12. December 1999 in Velenje ( Slovenia instead).

The men started over 9.75 km, the juniors over 6.55 km, the women over 4.95 km and the juniors over 3.35 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paulo Guerra	POR	32:45
2	Eduardo Henriques	POR	32:50
3	Jon Brown	GBR	33:32
4th	Mustapha El Ahmadi	FRA	33:41
5	Domingos Castro	POR	33:44
6th	Claes Nyberg	SWE	33:46
7th	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	33:50
8th	Umberto Pusterla	ITA	33:53

Of 84 registered athletes, 83 started and 80 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 41: Christian Pflügl ( AUT ), 35:40
• 49: Peter Wundsam ( AUT ), 36:06
• 50: Bernhard Richter ( AUT ), 36:08
• 62: Harald Steindorfer ( AUT ), 37:02
• DNF: Günther Weidlinger ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Jon Brown Karl Keska Dominic Bannister Keith Cullen	35 0 3 09 11 12
2	Portugal Paulo Guerra Eduardo Henrique's Domingos Castro Vítor Almeida	41 0 1 02 05 33
3	France Mustapha El Ahmadi Lahbib Hanini Augusto Gomes Laurent Vapaille	58 0 4 15 16 23

A total of 15 teams were rated. The Austrian team took tenth place with 202 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Anita Weyermann	SUI	18:53
2	Constantina Diță	ROU	19:01
3	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	19:03
4th	Liz Yelling	GBR	19:06
5	Tatiana Tomaschowa	RUS	19:09
6th	Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier	FRA	19:09
7th	Margarita Marusova	RUS	19:10
8th	Fatima Yvelain	FRA	19:14

Of the 62 athletes who started, 58 made it to the finish line.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 23: Marie-Luce Romanens ( SUI ), 19:52
• 37: Sandra Baumann ( AUT ), 20:35
• 41: Andrea Mayr ( AUT ), 20:54
• 53: Martina Winter ( AUT ), 21:51

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Rakiya Maraoui-Quetier Fatima Yvelain Fatima Hajjami	34 0 6 08 20
2	Romania Constantina Diță Iulia Olteanu Lelia Papură	35 0 2 12 21
3	Portugal Helena Sampaio Marina Bastos Analídia Torre	39 11 13 15

A total of twelve teams were rated. The Austrian team came in tenth place with 131 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hans Janssens	BEL	23:00
2	Guillaume Eraud	FRA	23:12
3	Turo Inkiläinen	FIN	23:12

Of 104 athletes who started, 100 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 4: Martin Pröll ( AUT ), 11:15 pm
• 6: Carlo Schuff ( GER ), 23:19
• 18: Thomas Benz ( SUI ), 23:43
• 22: Sebastian Friedrich ( GER ), 23:50
• 26: Raphael Schäfer ( GER ), 23:59
• 29: Christian Obrist ( ITA ), 24:03
• 37: Georg Mlynek ( AUT ), 24:18
• 39: Florian Heinzle ( AUT ), 24:19
• 41: Florian Dürr ( AUT ), 24:25
• 54: Patrick Nispel ( SUI ), 24:40
• 60: Philipp Imoberdorf ( SUI ), 24:48
• 67: Torben Everszumrode ( GER ), 25:00
• 71: Michel Brügger ( SUI ), 25:05
• 76: Mario Weiss ( AUT ), 25:11
• 95: Christian Köhler ( GER ), 26:34

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Mohammed Farah Steven Vernon Christopher Thompson	26 0 5 10 11
2	France Guillaume Eraud Malik Bahloul Kevin Paulsen	38 0 2 12 24
3	Ireland Gary Murray Brian Keane Mark Smyth	43 0 8 15 20

A total of 23 teams were rated. The German team finished fifth with 54 points, the Austrian team sixth with 80 points and the Swiss team twelfth with 132 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Inês Monteiro	POR	12:48
2	Nicola Spirig	SUI	12:55
3	Ane Marie Moutsinga	ROU	13:02

Of 87 athletes who started, 82 made it to the finish line.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 9: Christina Carruzzo ( SUI ), 13:13
• 29: Lea Vetsch ( SUI ), 13:39
• 30: Maja Neuenschwander ( SUI ), 13:40
• 36: Tina Tremmel ( GER ), 13:50
• 44: Andrea Kupper ( GER ), 13:55
• 46: Susanne Bauch ( GER ), 13:56
• 47: Alexandra Kumpf ( AUT ), 13:56
• 52: Cornelia Heinzle ( AUT ), 14:04
• 56: Kerstin Werner ( GER ), 14:10
• 61: Marina Hilschenz ( GER ), 14:14
• 71: Monika Vogel ( SUI ), 14:35
• 78: Astrid Moser ( AUT ), 3:22 pm

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Turkey Türkan Erişmiş Sebile Bekele Özyurt Elvan Can	27 0 4 06 17
2	Portugal Inês Monteiro Jéssica Augusto Sandra Dias	32 0 1 08 23
3	Belgium Kim Offergeld Sigrid Vanden Bempt Mélissa Benoumeur	34 0 5 13 16

A total of 18 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished fourth with 40 points, the German team eleventh with 126 points and the Austrian team 16th with 177 points.

literature

• European Athletic Association (Ed.): Statistical Handbook. 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships. mediasprint, Zofingen 2006, p. 30ff. ( PDF; 681 kB )

Web links

• 6th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 1999 on the EAA website
• Event Result Database - European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website
• Website of the local organizing committee ( Memento of August 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive )