European Cross Country Championships 2002

The ninth European Cross Country Championships the EAA took place on 8. December 2002 in Medulin ( Croatia instead).

The course consisted of a 1220 m long loop; the distance between start and finish was 70 m. The men completed eight laps (9.83 km), the women and juniors five laps (6.17 km) and the juniors three laps (3.73 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	28:58
2	Mustapha Essaïd	FRA	29:03
3	Fabián Roncero	ESP	29:03
4th	Eduardo Henriques	POR	29:05
5	Hélder Ornelas	POR	29:08
6th	Juan Carlos de la Ossa	ESP	29:10
7th	Enrique Molina	ESP	29:12
8th	Alistair Ian Cragg	IRL	29:13

Of 87 registered athletes, 86 started and 83 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 10: Günther Weidlinger ( AUT ), 29:21
• 27: Philipp Bandi ( SUI ), 29:50
• 45: Jens Borrmann ( GER ), 30:33
• 51: Oliver Mintzlaff ( GER ), 30:40
• 52: Stefan Gerber ( SUI ), 30:41
• 57: Peter Wundsam ( AUT ), 30:54
• 60: Carsten Schütz ( GER ), 31:00
• 61: Dominik Burkhardt ( GER ), 31:06
• 68: Ulf Wendler ( GER ), 31:32
• 72: Harald Steindorfer ( AUT ), 31:44
• 73: Christian Pflügl ( AUT ), 31:46

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Spain Fabián Roncero Juan Carlos de la Ossa Enrique Molina José Manuel Martínez	31 0 3 06 07 15
2	France Mustapha Essaïd Loïc Letellier Mickaël Thomas El Hassan Lahssini	43 0 2 12 13 16
3	Portugal Eduardo Henriques Hélder Ornelas Paulo Guerra José Ramos	57 0 4 05 20 28

A total of 13 teams were rated. The Austrian team came in tenth with 212 points, the German team in eleventh place with 217 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Helena Javornik	SLO	20:16
2	Galina Bogomolova	RUS	20:18
3	Elvan Abeylegesse	DOOR	20:19
4th	Anikó Kálovics	HUN	20:21
5	Hayley Tullett	GBR	20:25
6th	Sonja Stolić	YUG	20:27
7th	Hafida Gadi	FRA	20:28
8th	Simona Staicu	HUN	20:28

77 of the 78 registered athletes started and 74 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 9: Anita Weyermann ( SUI ), 8:30 p.m.
• 42: Silvia Weissteiner ( ITA ), 21:35
• 60: Claudia Oberlin ( SUI ), 10:13 pm
• DNF: Susanne Ritter ( GER )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Galina Bogomolowa Anastassija Subowa Lilija Wolkowa Olga Romanowa	48 0 2 10 17 19
2	Portugal Inês Monteiro Analídia Torre Analía Rosa Jéssica Augusto	54 11 12 15 16
3	United Kingdom Hayley Tullett Hayley Yelling Liz Yelling Sharon Morris	80 0 5 14 20 41

A total of twelve teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yevgeny Rybakov	RUS	18:16
2	Anatoly Rybakov	RUS	18:17
3	Halil Akkaş	DOOR	18:23

Of 95 registered athletes, 94 started and 92 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 29: Sascha Bierbaumer ( AUT ), 19:23
• 44: Christoph Lohse ( GER ), 19:40
• 48: Robert Patzschke ( GER ), 19:43
• 52: Reto Dietiker ( SUI ), 19:48
• 57: André Pollmächer ( GER ), 19:56
• 59: Erkan Kara ( GER ), 19:57
• 63: Stephan Eberhardt ( GER ), 20:04
• 67: Andreas Felix ( SUI ), 20:16
• 69: Christian Seiler ( GER ), 20:19
• 71: Stéphane Joly ( SUI ), 20:23
• 82: Peter Rabensteiner ( AUT ), 20:54
• 85: Lukas Pallitsch ( AUT ), 21:06
• 87: Daniel Schüpbach ( SUI ), 21:11
• 92: Daniel Spitzl ( AUT ), 24:35
• DNS: Reinhard Schuh ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Yevgeny Rybakov Anatoly Rybakov Vladimir Ponomarjow Akmal Ishov	37 0 1 02 07 27
2	France Abdelkader Mahmoudi Ian De-Bondt Mounir Yemmouni Abdelaali Elbadaoui	57 0 6 08 11 32
3	Italy Stefano Scaini Stefano Cugusi Dereje Discountoni Francesco Bona	92 0 5 23 28 36

A total of 18 teams were rated. The German team came in twelfth place with 208 points, the Swiss team in 15th place with 277 points and the Austrian team in 16th place with 288 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Charlotte Dale	GBR	12:26
2	Elina Lindgren	FIN	12:27
3	Galina Egorova	RUS	12:28

Of 93 registered athletes, 92 started and 91 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 23: Regina Schnurrenberger ( GER ), 12:56
• 31: Claudia Witte ( GER ), 13:07
• 42: Katharina Splinter ( GER ), 13:14
• 48: Eva-Maria Stöwer ( GER ), 13:20
• 63: Nadja Hamdouchi ( GER ), 13:31
• 77: Johanna Braun ( GER ), 13:54

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Charlotte Dale Freya Murray Danielle Barnes Rachael Nathan	027 1 7 8 11 00 00 00 0
2	Russia Galina Yegorowa Tatiana Petrowa Marina Iwanowa Galina Ignatjewa	035 3 4 9 19 00 00 00 0
3	Belgium Kirsten Braem Marieken Verhaeghe Miek Vyncke Liesbeth Van de Velde	105 0 21 022 030 032

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team came eighth with 144 points.

literature

• European Athletic Association (Ed.): Statistical Handbook. 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships. mediasprint, Zofingen 2006, p. 39ff. ( PDF; 681 kB )

Web links

• Event Result Database - European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website
• SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2002 ( memo of December 29, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) on the EAA website
• Website of the local organizing committee ( Memento of October 14, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
• 9th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2002 , report by Nicolas Russi on the EAA website
• Gales sweep Lebid to third European Cross Country crown ( Memento from December 25, 2002 in the Internet Archive ), report by Mark Butler on the IAAF website, December 8, 2002
• Sergej Lebed manages to defend his title in Medulin , report by Christian Fuchs on Leichtathletik.de, December 8, 2002
• Sergiy Lebid crowns the Cross-EM in Medulin , report by Wilfried Raatz on scc-events.com, December 12, 2002

Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′ 27 ″  N , 13 ° 57 ′ 19 ″  E