European Cross Country Championships 2003

The 10th European Cross Country Championships the EAA took place on 14. December 2003 in Edinburgh ( United Kingdom instead).

In Holyrood Park , a 1425 m long loop had been set up, which could be extended to 1750 m by climbing the Haggis Knowe (when turning onto the home straight it became 1670 m). The men completed one small and five large laps (10.095 km), the women and juniors one small and three large laps (6.595 km) and the juniors two small and one large lap (4.52 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	30:47
2	Juan Carlos de la Ossa	ESP	31:08
3	Eduardo Henriques	POR	31:15
4th	Tom Van Hooste	BEL	31:18
5	Jewhen Boschko	UKR	31:19
6th	Fabián Roncero	ESP	31:23
7th	Mustapha Essaïd	FRA	31:26
8th	El Hassan Lahssini	FRA	31:29

Of 73 registered and started athletes, 67 made it to the finish line.

• 11: Günther Weidlinger ( AUT ), 31:35
• 26: Sebastian Hallmann ( GER ), 31:52
• 37: Oliver Dietz ( GER ), 32:14
• 39: Oliver Mintzlaff ( GER ), 32:15
• 41: André Green ( GER ), 32:21
• 45: Thorsten Gombert ( GER ), 32:27
• 59: Michael May ( GER ), 33:15
• 60: Martin Steinbauer ( AUT ), 33:17
• 65: Florian Heinzle ( AUT ), 33:34
• DNF: Harald Steindorfer ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Mustapha Essaïd El Hassan Lahssini Driss El Himer Khalid Zoubaa	47 0 7 08 10 22
2	Spain Juan Carlos de la Ossa Fabián Roncero Iván Hierro Kamal Ziani	47 0 2 06 12 27
3	Portugal Eduardo Henriques Fernando Silva Ricardo Ribas José Ramos	65 0 3 14 23 25

A total of ten teams were rated. The German team came ninth with 143 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	22:04
2	Elvan Abeylegesse	DOOR	22:13
3	Anikó Kálovics	HUN	22:26
4th	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	22:36
5	Hayley Yelling	GBR	22:44
6th	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	22:45
7th	Justyna Bąk	POLE	22:47
8th	Liz Yelling	GBR	22:49

All 62 registered athletes reached the finish. Jolene Byrne , who finished 57th, was subsequently disqualified because she was not an Irish citizen at the time of the event.

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 15: Sabrina Mockenhaupt ( GER ), 23:02
• 22: Susanne Ritter ( GER ), 23:29
• 33: Silvia Weissteiner ( ITA ), 11:45 pm
• 48: Birte Bultmann ( GER ), 24:18
• 55: Juliane Becker ( GER ), 24:59
• 58: Michaela Schedler ( GER ), 25:38

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe Hayley Yelling Liz Yelling Hayley Tullett	25 0 1 05 08 11
2	Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan Rosemary Ryan Ann Keenan-Buckley Catherina McKiernan	78 0 4 13 27 34
3	Portugal Analía Rosa Helena Sampaio Analídia Torre Inês Monteiro	84 14 17 23 30

A total of ten teams were rated. The German team came ninth with 140 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yevgeny Rybakov	RUS	20:52
2	Anatoly Rybakov	RUS	20:52
3	Alexei Reunkow	RUS	20:53

Out of 94 registered and started athletes, 91 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 16: Steffen Uliczka ( GER ), 21:35
• 32: Zelalem Martel ( GER ), 21:52
• 34: Ricardo Giehl ( GER ), 21:53
• 47: Norbert Löwa ( GER ), 22:01
• 57: Johannes Raabe ( GER ), 22:18
• 59: Andreas Felix ( SUI ), 22:21
• 68: Daniel Fässler ( SUI ), 22:31
• 80: Andreas Kloeble ( GER ), 22:53
• DNF: Sascha Bierbaumer ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Yevgeny Rybakov Anatoly Rybakov Alexei Reunkow Sergei Ryazantsev	20 0 1 02 03 14
2	Romania Cosmin Şuteu Marius Ionescu Ştefan Pătru Cristinel Irimia	31 0 4 05 10 12
3	Spain Francisco Bachiller Alejandro Fernández Marc Roig Francisco España	44 0 7 09 11 17

A total of 16 teams were rated. The German team came in sixth with 129 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Inna Poluškina	LAT	15:32
2	Snežana Kostić	SCG	15:57
3	Charlotte Dale	GBR	16:04

Of the 76 registered athletes, 75 started and 72 reached the finish.

• 13: Verena Dreier ( GER ), 16:35
• 14: Antje Möldner ( GER ), 16:35
• 16: Saskia Janssen ( GER ), 16:40
• 20: Regina Schnurrenberger ( GER ), 16:44
• 42: Felicitas Mensing ( GER ), 17:11
• DNS: Nadja Hamdouchi ( GER )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Charlotte Dale Faye Fullerton Danielle Barnes Aine Hoban	32 0 3 05 09 15
2	Russia Viktorija Truschenko Regina Khamsina Viktorija Kharitonova Yekaterina Bespalowa	53 0 6 08 17 22
3	Germany Verena Dreier Antje Möldner Saskia Janssen Regina Schnurrenberger	63 13 14 16 20

A total of 13 teams were rated.

literature

• European Athletic Association (Ed.): Statistical Handbook. 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships. mediasprint, Zofingen 2006, p. 42ff. ( PDF; 681 kB )

Web links

• Event Result Database - European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website
• SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2003 ( Memento from June 27, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on the EAA website
• Website of the local organizing committee ( Memento dated December 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• 10th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2003 , report by Nicolas Russi on the EAA website

Footnotes

1. ^ IAAF: IAAF Council Athens - Day 1 . March 27, 2004

Coordinates: 55 ° 57 ′ 7 "  N , 3 ° 10 ′ 7"  W.