European Cross Country Championships 2005

The 12th European Cross Country Championships the EAA took place on 11. December 2005 in Tilburg ( Netherlands instead).

In Leijpark a 1,670 m long loop had been set up, with 1490 meters distance between start and finish. The men completed six laps (9.84 km), the women and juniors four laps (6.5 km) and the juniors three laps (4.83 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	27:09
2	Alberto García	ESP	27:21
3	Driss Maazouzi	FRA	27:26
4th	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	27:27
5	Günther Weidlinger	AUT	27:28
6th	Mokhtar Benhari	FRA	27:35
7th	Tom Van Hooste	BEL	27:36
8th	Khalid Zoubaa	FRA	27:36

Of the 90 registered and started athletes, 88 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 38: Martin Pröll ( AUT ), 28:23
• 47: Sebastian Hallmann ( GER ), 28:33
• 48: Arne Gabius ( GER ), 28:33
• 50: Stéphane Joly ( SUI ), 28:35
• 52: Raphael Schäfer ( GER ), 28:40
• 53: Oliver Mintzlaff ( GER ), 28:42
• 61: Christian Pflügl ( AUT ), 28:57
• 70: Steffen Uliczka ( GER ), 29:14
• 74: Martin Steinbauer ( AUT ), 29:24
• 85: Jens Borrmann ( GER ), 30:26
• 86: Thomas Aichbauer ( AUT ), 31:01

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Driss Maazouzi Bouabdellah Tahri Mokhtar Benhari Khalid Zoubaa	21 0 3 04 06 08
2	Spain Alberto García Juan Carlos de la Ossa José Ríos Iván Galán	64 0 2 09 10 43
3	Ukraine Serhiy Lebid Leonid Rybak Yevhen Boschko Jurij Hychun	71 0 1 19 24 27

A total of 15 teams were rated. The Austrian team came in tenth with 178 points, the German team in 13th place with 200 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lornah Kiplagat	NED	19:55
2	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	GER	20:00
3	Johanna Nilsson	SWE	20:01
4th	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	8:04 p.m.
5	Anikó Kálovics	HUN	20:15
6th	Hayley Yelling	GBR	20:16
7th	Inga Abitowa	RUS	20:16
8th	Liz Yelling	GBR	20:17

Of 75 registered athletes, 74 started and 71 reached the finish.

Further participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 23: Susanne Ritter ( GER ), 20:38
• 32: Silvia Weissteiner ( ITA ), 8:45 pm
• 50: Birte Bultmann ( GER ), 21:20
• 51: Ulrike Maisch ( GER ), 21:22
• 57: Stephanie Maier ( GER ), 21:29
• 61: Christina Mohr ( GER ), 21:35
• DNF: Renate Rungger ( ITA )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Inga Abitowa Marija Konowalowa Lidija Grigorjewa Lilija Schobuchowa	52 0 7 10 14 21
2	United Kingdom Hayley Yelling Liz Yelling Kate Reed Natalie Harvey	54 0 6 08 16 24
3	France Latifa Essarokh Yamna Oubouhou Maria Martins Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel	73 13 17 18 25

A total of eleven teams were rated. The German team came seventh with 126 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Barnabás Bene	HUN	18:41
2	Andrew Vernon	GBR	18:42
3	Dušan Markešević	SCG	18:42

From 104 registered and started athletes, 101 reached the finish.

• 15: Christian Glatting ( GER ), 19:01
• 39: Johannes Raabe ( GER ), 19:23
• 40: Patrick Haltermann ( GER ), 19:23
• 47: Rico Loy ( GER ), 19:30
• 61: Stefan Breit ( SUI ), 19:38
• 63: Christian Stanger ( GER ), 19:39
• 78: Falko Zauber ( GER ), 19:54
• 81: Loris Hutterli ( SUI ), 19:55
• 88: Maxime Zermatten ( SUI ), 20:05
• 94: Stephan Lowiner ( SUI ), 20:18
• 96: Alexandre Roch ( SUI ), 20:22
• DNF: Adrian Karrer ( SUI )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Poland Marcin Chabowski Arkadiusz Gardzielewski Kamil Murzyn Łukasz Skoczyński	60 0 8 10 19 23
2	United Kingdom Andrew Vernon Adam Hickey Kelvin Hardy Thomas Minshull	68 0 2 13 24 29
3	Romania Ciprian Şuhanea Ştefan Pătru Mihăiţă Voicu Marius Sava	71 0 5 06 28 32

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team came in eighth with 141 points, the Swiss team in 17th place with 324 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ancuța Bobocel	ROU	15:23
2	Emily Pidgeon	GBR	15:25
3	Susan Kuijken	NED	15:33

Out of 82 registered and started athletes, 80 reached the finish.

• 16: Ingalena Heuck ( GER ), 15:56
• 24: Astrid Leutert ( SUI ), 16:11
• 31: Julia Hiller ( GER ), 16:18
• 32: Daniela Oemus ( GER ), 16:18
• 45: Rhea Richter ( GER ), 16:29
• 54: Estelle Oberson ( SUI ), 16:40
• 58: Livia Burri ( SUI ), 16:43
• 59: Friederike Behrendt ( GER ), 16:44
• 60: Angela Schoenenberger ( SUI ), 16:47
• 66: Mireille Salathé ( SUI ), 16:54
• 67: Sandra Thormann ( GER ), 16:56
• 71: Lemi Leisibach ( SUI ), 16:58

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Emily Pidgeon Morag MacLarty Stephanie Twell Sian Edwards	30 0 2 06 07 15
2	Romania Ancuța Bobocel Larisa Arcip Roxana Bârcă Andreea David	49 0 1 10 18 20
3	Russia Galina Maximowa Julija Iwanowa Wiktorija Iwanowa Natalja Starkowa	60 0 5 08 11 36

A total of 13 teams were rated. The German team came in sixth place with 124 points, the Swiss team in eleventh place with 196 points.

literature

• European Athletic Association (Ed.): Statistical Handbook. 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships. mediasprint, Zofingen 2006, p. 48ff. ( PDF; 681 kB )

Web links

• Event Result Database - European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website
• 12th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2005 ( Memento from February 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on the EAA ( Internet Archive )website
• Local Organizing Committee website ( Memento of February 23, 2007 on Internet Archive ) ( Internet Archive )
• 12th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2005 , report by Phil Minshull on the EAA website
• Kiplagat's tactical masterpiece - Lebid kicks to six , reports by Bob Ramsak on the IAAF website, December 11, 2005
• Silver for Sabrina Mockenhaupt at the European Cross- Country Championships in Tilburg , report by Wilfried Raatz on scc-events.com, December 12, 2005

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 56 ″  N , 5 ° 6 ′ 25 ″  E