European Cross Country Championships 2001

The 8th European Cross Country Championships the EAA took place on 9. December 2001 in Thun ( Switzerland instead).

The course in the Thun military area consisted of a 1500 m long loop with a 150 m distance between start and finish. The men completed six laps (9.15 km), the juniors four laps (6.15 km), the women three laps (4.65 km) and the juniors two laps (3.15 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	27:52
2	Kamiel Maase	NED	28:05
3	Antonio David Jimenez	ESP	28:10
4th	Gabriele De Nard	ITA	28:11
5	Christian Belz	SUI	28:12
6th	Sam Haughian	GBR	28:12
7th	José Carlos Adán	ESP	28:13
8th	Mustapha El Ahmadi	FRA	28:13

77 of 78 registered athletes started and 75 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 36: Michael Wolf ( GER ), 28:57
• 50: Heinz Lehmann ( SUI ), 29:26
• 53: Philipp Bandi ( SUI ), 29:35
• 55: Oliver Mintzlaff ( GER ), 29:37
• 58: Mario Kröckert ( GER ), 29:43
• 62: Carsten Schütz ( GER ), 29:57
• 63: Thomas Suter ( SUI ), 29:58
• 68: Philip Rist ( SUI ), 30:08
• 70: Bruno Heuberger ( SUI ), 30:12
• 74: Harald Steindorfer ( AUT ), 30:44
• 75: Christian Knoblich ( GER ), 30:53
• DNF: Peter Wundsam ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Spain Antonio David Jiménez José Carlos Adán José Manuel García Alejandro Gómez	40 0 3 07 12 18
2	France Mustapha El Ahmadi Augusto Gomes Laurent Vapaille El Hassan Lahssini	50 0 8 11 15 16
3	Portugal Paulo Guerra José Ramos Hélder Ornelas Alberto Maravilha	72 10 19 21 22

A total of twelve teams were rated. The Swiss team came ninth with 171 points and the German team came eleventh with 211 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem	FRA	15:48
2	Olga Romanova	RUS	15:49
3	Justyna Bąk	POLE	15:51
4th	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	15:54
5	Liz Yelling	GBR	15:55
6th	Helena Sampaio	POR	15:55
7th	Inês Monteiro	POR	15:56
8th	Hayley Yelling	GBR	15:58

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

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 36: Sandra Baumann ( AUT ), 4:30 p.m.
• 38: Sabrina Mockenhaupt ( GER ), 16:31
• 40: Anita Weyermann ( SUI ), 16:32
• 61: Christina Carruzzo ( SUI ), 17:03
• 62: Claudia Stalder ( SUI ), 17:03
• 69: Maja Neuenschwander ( SUI ), 17:18
• 71: Vera Notz-Umberg ( SUI ), 17:27
• 74: Cornelia Heinzle ( AUT ), 5:30 p.m.
• 75: Linda Feuz ( SUI ), 17:31
• 79: Martina Winter ( AUT ), 18:03
• 80: Andrea Mayr ( AUT ), 18:19

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Portugal Helena Sampaio Inês Monteiro Analídia Torre Ana Dias	41 0 6 07 10 18
2	United Kingdom Liz Yelling Hayley Yelling Kathy Butler Sharon Morris	49 0 5 08 12 24
3	France Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem Fatima Yvelain Rodica Daniela Moroianu Élodie Olivarès	66 0 1 16 20 29

A total of 13 teams were rated. The Swiss team came in twelfth with 232 points, the Austrian team in 13th place with 269.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wassyl Matwijtschuk	UKR	19:29
2	Mohammed Farah	GBR	19:38
3	Stefano Scaini	ITA	19:39

Of the 90 registered and started athletes, 86 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 23: Florian Heinzle ( AUT ), 8:06 pm
• 28: Jan Förster ( GER ), 20:08
• 45: Steffen Preuk ( GER ), 20:26
• 47: Christian Ritosek ( GER ), 20:29
• 52: Christian Seiler ( GER ), 20:33
• 63: Sascha Bierbaumer ( AUT ), 20:47
• 65: Stefan Kreuzer ( SUI ), 20:53
• 66: Jan Krauspe ( GER ), 20:53
• 67: Bastian Rodowski ( GER ), 20:54
• 68: Daniel Spitzl ( AUT ), 20:55
• 72: Valentin Wullschleger ( SUI ), 21:04
• 73: Olivier Zihlmann ( SUI ), 21:06
• 78: Mario Weiss ( AUT ), 21:24
• 79: Stefan Scherrer ( SUI ), 21:31
• 82: Ueli Vetsch ( SUI ), 21:39
• 83: Lukas Ebneter ( SUI ), 21:41

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Mohammed Farah Adam Bowden Matthew Bowser Andrew Lemoncello	54 0 2 06 13 33
2	Portugal Bruno Saramago Bruno Jesus Hermano Ferreira Bruno Morais	67 0 7 11 20 29
3	France Jérémy Pierrat Benoît Charpentier Keving Tingaud Abdelkader Mahmoudi	68 0 8 10 16 34

A total of 13 teams were rated. The German team finished ninth with 172 points, the Austrian team eleventh with 232 points and the Swiss team 13th with 289 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Elvan Abeylegesse	DOOR	10:35
2	Tatjana Tschulach	RUS	10:53
3	Snežana Kostić	YUG	10:54

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

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 17: Johanna Braun ( GER ), 11:22
• 22: Kerstin Werner ( GER ), 11:29
• 25: Agnes Tschurtschenthaler ( ITA ), 11:32
• 46: Deborah Büttel ( SUI ), 11:48
• 52: Michaela Schedler ( GER ), 11:53
• 54: Nicola Spirig ( SUI ), 11:56
• 56: Claudia Kahl ( GER ), 11:58
• 57: Linda Oberholzer ( SUI ), 11:59
• 59: Antje Hoffmann ( GER ), 12:00
• 61: Nicole Dillinger ( AUT ), 12:02 pm
• 64: Franziska Ammann ( SUI ), 12:04
• 67: Samira Gadient ( SUI ), 12:10
• 71: Katharina Splinter ( GER ), 12:17
• 75: Stefanie Murer ( SUI ), 12:25
• 76: Nicole Wagner ( AUT ), 12:27
• 81: Elisabeth Niedereder ( AUT ), 13:02

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Tatjana Tschulach Inga Abitowa Marina Iwanowa Tatjana Petrowa	35 0 2 04 10 19
2	United Kingdom Charlotte Dale Louise Ladies Kate Reed Freya Murray	54 0 5 15 16 18
3	Turkey Elvan Abeylegesse Türkan Erişmiş Nilgün Yılmaz Meryem Kılınç	79 0 1 07 11 60

A total of 15 teams were rated. The German team came in seventh with 147 points, the Swiss team in 14th place with 221 points.

literature

• European Athletic Association (Ed.): Statistical Handbook. 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships. mediasprint, Zofingen 2006, p. 36ff. ( PDF; 681 kB )

Web links

• 8th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2001 on the EAA website
• Event Result Database - European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website
• 8th European Cross Country Championships ( Memento from April 2, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) on the EAA website
• Cross EM in Thun (SUI) , report by Wilfried Raatz on scc-events.com, December 11, 2001

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