European Cross Country Championships 2008

The 15th European Cross Country Championships of the EAA took place on December 14, 2008 in Brussels ( Belgium ).

The venue was the Laken Park , in which a 1000 m long and a 1500 m long loop had been set up. The men completed one small and six large laps (10 km), the women and U23 men two small and four large laps (8 km), the U23 women and juniors four small laps (6 km) and the juniors one small lap and two big laps (4 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	30:49
2	Mohammed Farah	GBR	30:57
3	Mustafa Mohamed	SWE	31:13
4th	Ayad Lamdassem	ESP	31:17
5	Pieter Desmet	BEL	31:19
6th	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	31:21
7th	Alemayehu Bezabeh	ESP	31:23
8th	Rui Pedro Silva	POR	31:26

Of the 77 registered and started athletes, 75 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 17: Stéphane Joly ( SUI ), 31:46
• 33: Sebastian Hallmann ( GER ), 32:14
• 40: Florian Prüller ( AUT ), 32:21
• 43: Martin Pröll ( AUT ), 32:29
• 46: Steffen Uliczka ( GER ), 32:36
• 52: Ueli Koch ( SUI ), 32:46
• 54: Stephan Hohl ( GER ), 32:56
• 59: Jan Förster ( GER ), 33:11
• 60: Michael Schmid ( AUT ), 33:12
• 62: Martin Steinbauer ( AUT ), 33:17
• 67: Christoph Lohse ( GER ), 33:37
• 69: Pascal Groben ( LUX ), 33:39

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Spain Ayad Lamdassem Alemayehu Bezabeh Sergio Sánchez Javier Guerra	39 0 4 07 13 15
2	France Bouabdellah Tahri Mokhtar Benhari Driss El Himer James Theury	49 0 6 11 14 18
3	United Kingdom Mohammed Farah Frank Tickner Michael Skinner Lee Merrien	54 0 2 10 20 22

A total of twelve teams were rated. The German team came in tenth with 192 points and the Austrian team in eleventh place with 205 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hilda Kibet	NED	27:45
2	Jéssica Augusto	POR	27:54
3	Inês Monteiro	POR	28:02
4th	Mary Cullen	IRL	28:04
5	Rosa Morató	ESP	28:17
6th	Adrienne Herzog	NED	28:19
7th	Anália Rosa	POR	28:25
8th	Hatti Dean	GBR	28:30

Of the 65 registered athletes, 64 started and 61 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 27: Silvia Weissteiner ( ITA ), 29:10
• 28: Susanne Hahn ( GER ), 29:14
• 40: Julia viellehner ( GER ), 29:43
• 43: Birte Bultmann ( GER ), 29:57
• 54: Simret Restle ( GER ), 30:48

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Portugal Jéssica Augusto Inês Monteiro Anália Rosa Ana Dulce Félix	29 0 2 03 07 17
2	United Kingdom Hatti Dean Louise Ladies Laura Kenney Hayley Yelling	49 0 8 09 13 19
3	France Sophie Duarte Christelle Daunay Christine Bardelle Maria Martins	78 15 18 20 25

A total of eleven teams were rated. The German team finished tenth with 165 points.

U23 men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Andrea Lalli	ITA	24:56
2	Andrew Vernon	GBR	25:04
3	Selim Bayrak	DOOR	25:17

Of the 85 registered and started athletes, 80 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 36: Fynn Schwiegelshohn ( GER ), 26:10
• 38: Alexandre Roch ( SUI ), 26:19
• 48: Christian Steinhammer ( AUT ), 26:30
• 54: Valentin Pfeil ( AUT ), 26:43
• 58: Arthur Lenz ( GER ), 26:47
• 62: Thorsten Baumeister ( GER ), 26:59
• 66: Marcus Schöfisch ( GER ), 27:16
• 73: Dominik Zierler ( AUT ), 28:03
• DNF: Felix Kernbichler ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Andrew Vernon Ben Lindsay John Beattie Keith Gerrard	19 0 2 04 06 07
2	Italy Andrea Lalli Martin Dematteis Bernard Dematteis Simone Gariboldi	42 0 1 09 15 17
3	France Benjamin Malaty Mourad Amdouni Denis Mayaud Pierrot Pantel	62 0 5 08 18 31

A total of 13 teams were rated. The German team came eleventh with 222 points.

U23 women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Susan Kuijken	NED	21:02
2	Sarah Tunstall	GBR	21:10
3	Yulia Sarudneva	RUS	21:24

Of 66 registered and started athletes, 65 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 6: Heike Bienstein ( GER ), 21:43
• 14: Ingalena Heuck ( GER ), 22:10
• 17: Julia Hiller ( GER ), 22:12
• 20: Katharina Becker ( GER ), 22:18
• 24: Astrid Leutert ( SUI ), 22:20
• 31: Carolin Lang ( GER ), 10:39 pm

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Sarah Tunstall Morag MacLarty Katherine Sparke Stacey Johnson	24 0 2 04 07 11
2	Russia Julija Sarudnewa Tatjana Schutowa Natalja Putschkowa Natalja Vlassowa	44 0 3 08 15 18
3	Germany Heike Bienstein Ingalena Heuck Julia Hiller Katharina Becker	57 0 6 14 17 20

A total of eleven teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Florian Carvalho	FRA	18:42
2	Sondre Nordstad Moen	NOR	18:47
3	Hassan Chahdi	FRA	18:49

Of 94 registered and started athletes, 92 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 4: Alexander Hahn ( GER ), 18:55
• 9: Florian Orth ( GER ), 19:11
• 22: Maxime Zermatten ( SUI ), 19:26
• 31: Christoph Ryffel ( SUI ), 19:36
• 36: Stefan Hendtke ( GER ), 19:38
• 44: Timo Göhler ( GER ), 19:49
• 57: Kenneth Gerschler ( GER ), 20:00

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Florian Carvalho Hassan Chahdi Simon Denissel Colin Guillard	50 0 1 03 21 25
2	Norway Sondre Nordstad Moen Sindre Buraas Lars Erik Malde Henrik Ingebrigtsen	51 0 2 10 16 23
3	United Kingdom David Forrester Ross Murray Mitch Goose Phillip Berntsen	52 0 5 14 15 18

A total of 16 teams were rated. The German team came in sixth with 93 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Stephanie Twell	GBR	13:28
2	Charlotte Purdue	GBR	13:39
3	Lauren Howarth	GBR	13:55

Of 81 registered and started athletes, 78 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 19: Mira Glocker ( GER ), 14:21
• 20: Carolin Aehling ( GER ), 14:23
• 23: Corinna Harrer ( GER ), 14:27
• 27: Mareike Schrulle ( GER ), 14:34
• 28: Anna Hahner ( GER ), 14:35
• 30: Jana Sussmann ( GER ), 14:38
• 42: Jennifer Wenth ( AUT ), 14:53
• 49: Priska Auf Der Maur ( SUI ), 14:58
• 57: Tiffany Langel ( SUI ), 3:11 pm
• 63: Celine Hauert ( SUI ), 3:16 pm
• 73: Lisa-Maria Leutner ( AUT ), 3:35 pm
• 74: Martina Tresch ( SUI ), 3:40 pm

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Stephanie Twell Charlotte Purdue Lauren Howarth Emily Pidgeon	10 0 1 02 03 04
2	Ukraine Viktorija Pohorelska Myroslawa Polishchuk Olha Skrypak Lyudmyla Kovalenko	58 10 14 16 18
3	Russia Jekaterina Gorbunowa Marina Gordejewa Jelena Korobkina Jelnara Latypowa	62 0 7 08 21 26

A total of twelve teams were rated. The German team finished fifth with 89 points, the Swiss team twelfth with 243 points.

Web links

• 15th SPAR European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website

Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 35 ″  N , 4 ° 20 ′ 49 ″  E