European Cross Country Championships 2006

The 13th European Cross Country Championships the EAA found in the December 10, 2006 San Giorgio su Legnano ( Italy instead). For the first time, U23 competitions were part of the program.

The competition coincided with the 50th edition of the Campaccio cross-country run . At the sports field of the Unione Sportiva Sangiorgese a 1920 m long loop had been set up, which could be shortened to 1875 m. There was also 350 m between start and finish. The men completed five large laps (9.95 km), the women and U23 men four large laps (8.03 km), the U23 women and juniors three small laps (5.975 km) and the juniors two small laps (4th , 1 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mo Farah	GBR	27:56
2	Juan Carlos de la Ossa	ESP	28:06
3	Mustafa Mohamed	SWE	28:08
4th	Khalid Zoubaa	FRA	28:16
5	Rui Pedro Silva	POR	28:17
6th	Driss El Himer	FRA	28:17
7th	Mustapha Essaïd	FRA	28:17
8th	Luís Feiteira	POR	28:21

Of 66 registered athletes, 65 started and 61 crossed the finish line. The runner-up Fernando Silva from Portugal was subsequently disqualified for doping with erythropoietin (EPO).

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 9: Christian Belz ( SUI ), 28:22
• 42: Michael Schering ( GER ), 29:35
• 57: Ueli Koch ( SUI ), 30:43
• DNF: Stéphane Joly ( SUI )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Khalid Zoubaa Driss El Himer Mustapha Essaïd Driss Maazouzi	29 0 4 06 07 12
2	Spain Juan Carlos de la Ossa Carles Castillejo Eliseo Martín José Manuel Martínez	40 0 2 10 13 15
3	Portugal Rui Pedro Silva Luís Feiteira Ricardo Ribas Licínio Pimentel	54 0 5 08 16 25

A total of ten teams were rated.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tetiana Holovchenko	UKR	25:17
2	Maria Konovalova	RUS	25:18
3	Olivera Jevtić	SRB	25:21
4th	Anikó Kálovics	HUN	25:26
5	Julie Coulaud	FRA	25:28
6th	Hayley Yelling	GBR	25:28
7th	Nathalie De Vos	BEL	25:34
8th	Joanne Pavey	GBR	25:38

Of 60 registered athletes, 59 started and 58 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 13: Silvia Weissteiner ( ITA ), 25:53
• 26: Susanne Hahn ( GER ), 26:32
• 40: Julia Vielfalthner ( GER ), 27:04
• 41: Renate Rungger ( ITA ), 27:04
• 44: Stephanie Beckmann ( GER ), 27:10
• 50: Birte Bultmann ( GER ), 27:41
• 58: Kerstin Mennenga ( LIE ), 31:48
• DNF: Sandra Baumann ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Portugal Jéssica Augusto Anália Rosa Leonor Carneiro Mónica Rosa	47 0 9 10 11 17
2	United Kingdom Hayley Yelling Joanne Pavey Liz Yelling Kate Reed	47 0 6 08 15 18
3	France Julie Coulaud Samira Chellah Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel Christelle Daunay	69 0 5 19 20 25

A total of nine teams were rated. The German team came ninth with 160 points.

U23 men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Barnabás Bene	HUN	23:14
2	Dušan Markešević	SRB	23:16
3	Daniele Meucci	ITA	23:16

Of 82 registered and started athletes, 78 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 44: Ricardo Giehl ( GER ), 24:11
• 55: Rolf Rüfenacht ( SUI ), 24:27
• 61: Benjamin Lindner ( GER ), 24:35
• 67: Paul Schmidt ( GER ), 24:49
• 71: Christoph Menzi ( SUI ), 25:04
• 73: Alexandre Roch ( SUI ), 25:24
• 77: Christian Stanger ( GER ), 25:43
• DNF: Christian Glatting ( GER )
• DNF: Steffen Uliczka ( GER )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Yevgeny Rybakov Anatoly Rybakov Alexei Alexandrov Dmitri Niselsky	28 0 4 05 08 11
2	Italy Daniele Meucci Stefano La Rosa Martin Dematteis Luca Tocco	78 0 3 10 29 36
3	Poland Kamil Murzyn Łukasz Parszczyński Artur Kozłowski Hubert Pokrop	94 20 21 23 30

A total of twelve teams were rated. The German team came twelfth with 249 points.

U23 women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Binnaz Uslu	DOOR	18:47
2	Fionnuala Britton	IRL	18:56
3	Türkan Erişmiş	DOOR	19:09

All 64 registered athletes reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 39: Ingalena Heuck ( GER ), 20:33
• 41: Deborah Büttel ( SUI ), 20:39
• 43: Kerstin Marxen ( GER ), 20:40
• 47: Verena Dreier ( GER ), 20:44
• 59: Heike Bienstein ( GER ), 21:20
• 60: Saskia Janssen ( GER ), 21:24
• 61: Sinja Trotter ( GER ), 21:37

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Aine Hoban Laura Kenney Claire Holme Faye Fullerton	56 0 4 08 19 25
2	Poland Katarzyna Kowalska Sylwia Ejdys Marta Wojtkuńska Justyna Mudy	65 0 9 15 18 23
3	Italy Adelina De Soccio Sara Dossena Giorgia Robaudo Giulia Francario	96 0 5 12 34 45

A total of ten teams were rated. The German team finished tenth with 188 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Andrea Lalli	ITA	16:53
2	Syarhej Chabjarak	BLR	17:03
3	Ciprian Şuhanea	ROU	17:06

Out of 107 registered and started athletes, 103 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 7: Alexander Hahn ( GER ), 17:15
• 34: Matti Markowski ( GER ), 17:45
• 39: Manuel Stöckert ( GER ), 17:48
• 44: Thorsten Baumeister ( GER ), 17:50
• 50: Johannes Raabe ( GER ), 17:56
• 58: Marco Kern ( SUI ), 18:00
• 61: Christopher Gmür ( SUI ), 18:03
• 63: Stefan Breit ( SUI ), 18:06
• 65: Fynn Schwiegelshohn ( GER ), 18:06
• 72: Adrian Karrer ( SUI ), 18:13
• 75: Maxime Zermatten ( SUI ), 18:14
• 83: Christian Steinhammer ( AUT ), 18:26
• 91: Christian Molitor ( LUX ), 18:51
• 92: Mathias Steindl ( AUT ), 18:52
• 96: Steve Pauritsch ( AUT ), 19:11
• 101: Andreas Polednak ( AUT ), 19:36
• DNF: Felix Kernbichler ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Italy Andrea Lalli Simone Gariboldi Antonio Garavello Merihun Crespi	68 0 1 05 27 35
2	Spain Mohamed Elbendir Javier García Juan Antonio Pousa Álvaro Lozano	74 0 9 15 21 29
3	France Noureddine Smaïl Morhad Amdouni David Vuste Anthony Gauthier	74 11 12 20 31

A total of 19 teams were rated. The German team came in seventh with 124 points, the Swiss team in 14th place with 254 points and the Austrian team in 18th place with 372 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Stephanie Twell	GBR	12:33
2	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	NOR	12:36
3	Ancuța Bobocel	ROU	12:51 pm

From 91 registered and started athletes, 90 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 9: Julia Hiller ( GER ), 13:17
• 29: Carolin Aehling ( GER ), 13:47
• 31: Mira Glocker ( GER ), 13:47
• 33: Cornelia Schwennen ( GER ), 13:49
• 35: Katharina Heinig ( GER ), 13:49
• 53: Angela Schönenberger ( SUI ), 14:06
• 59: Anke Gäbler ( GER ), 14:08
• 63: Astrid Leutert ( SUI ), 14:11
• 83: Lisa-Maria Leutner ( AUT ), 14:47

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Stephanie Twell Emily Pidgeon Sian Edwards Abby Westley	21 0 1 04 06 10
2	Russia Viktorija Iwanowa Tatiana Schutowa Jekaterina Gorbunowa Alfija Chassanowa	76 0 5 07 11 53
3	Romania Ancuța Bobocel Andreea David Cristiana Frumuz Daniela Donisa	83 0 3 13 27 40

A total of 15 teams were rated. The German team came in fifth with 102 points.

Web links

• 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website
• Results on tilastopaja.org
• Website of the local organizing committee ( Memento dated January 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 45 ° 34 ′ 4 "  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 22"  E