European Cross Country Championships 2012

The 19th European Cross Country Championships of the EAA took place on December 9, 2012 in Szentendre ( Hungary ).

The course in the small town 20 km northwest of Budapest was on the premises of the Skanzen Farm Museum and consisted of a small loop of 550 m (which was shortened to 505 m for the initial loop) and a large loop of 1,470 m. The men completed six large and two small laps (9.88 km), the women and U23 men four large and four small laps (8.05 km), the U23 women and the juniors three large and three small laps (6.025 km) and the juniors two large and two small laps (4 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Andrea Lalli	ITA	30:01
2	Sidi-Hassan Chahdi	FRA	30:11
3	Daniele Meucci	ITA	30:13
4th	Tom Farrell	GBR	30:14
5	Carles Castillejo	ESP	30:14
6th	Ayad Lamdassem	ESP	30:14
7th	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	DOOR	30:21
8th	Javier Guerra	ESP	30:22

Of 92 athletes who started, 84 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 24: Christoph Ryffel ( SUI ), 30:56
• 46: Adrian Lehmann ( SUI ), 31:31
• 56: Christian Steinhammer ( AUT ), 31:38
• 69: Simon Lechleitner ( AUT ), 32:34
• 71: Marcel Berni ( SUI ), 33:02
• 75: Markus Sostaric ( AUT ), 33:21
• 77: Christoph Sander ( AUT ), 34:06

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Spain Carles Castillejo Ayad Lamdassem Javier Guerra Juan Carlos Higuero	35 0 5 06 08 16
2	United Kingdom Tom Farrell Steven Vernon Jonathan Taylor Andrew Vernon	38 0 4 10 11 13
3	Italy Andrea Lalli Daniele Meucci Gabriele De Nard Patrick Nasti	63 0 1 03 18 41

A total of 13 teams were rated. The Austrian team came in 13th with 262 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Fionnuala Britton	IRL	27:45
2	Ana Dulce Félix	POR	27:47
3	Adrienne Herzog	NED	27:48
4th	Almensh Belete	BEL	27:54
5	Laurane Picoche	FRA	27:55
6th	Sophie Duarte	FRA	27:55
7th	Nadia Ejjafini	ITA	27:59
8th	Linda Byrne	IRL	28:17

All 54 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries and regions:

• 29: Silvia Weissteiner ( ITA ), 29:05
• 35: Christiane Danner ( GER ), 29:18

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ireland Fionnuala Britton Linda Byrne Ava Hutchinson Lizzie Lee	52 0 1 08 20 23
2	France Laurane Picoche Sophie Duarte Christine Bardelle Magali Bernard	52 0 5 06 13 28
3	United Kingdom Louise Ladies Caryl Jones Rosie Smith Eleanor Baker	60 11 15 16 18

A total of seven teams were rated.

U23 men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	NOR	24:30
2	Soufiane Bouchikhi	BEL	24:40
3	James Wilkinson	GBR	24:43

Of 99 athletes who started, 94 made it to the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 18: Fabian Clarkson ( GER ), 25:13
• 36: Karsten Meier ( GER ), 25:38
• 37: Michael Schramm ( GER ), 25:38
• 42: Tom Gröschel ( GER ), 25:49
• 48: Nico Sonnenberg ( GER ), 25:56
• 50: Timo Göhler ( GER ), 26:02
• 56: Janik Niederhäuser ( SUI ), 26:12
• 71: Severin Sagar ( SUI ), 26:39

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Romain Collenot-Spriet Simon Denissel Michael Gras Matthieu Lonjou	50 0 5 10 15 20
2	Spain Antonio Abadía Abdelaziz Merzougui Roberto Alaiz Aitor Fernández	59 0 6 07 17 29
3	United Kingdom James Wilkinson Andrew Heyes Simon Horsfield Dewi Griffiths	80 0 3 16 23

A total of 15 teams were rated. The German team came eighth with 133 points.

U23 women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jessica Coulson	GBR	20:40
2	Lyudmila Lebedeva	RUS	20:49
3	Clémence Calvin	FRA	20:52

All 63 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 6: Corinna Harrer ( GER ), 21:04
• 14: Fabienne Schlumpf ( SUI ), 21:32
• 16: Jana Sussmann ( GER ), 21:42
• 29: Priska Auf der Maur ( SUI ), 22:10
• 30: Melanie Stemper ( GER ), 22:12
• 32: Lisa Jäsert ( GER ), 22:19
• 34: Domenika Weiß ( GER ), 22:22
• 43: Jannika John ( GER ), 22:46
• 50: Lisa-Maria Leutner ( AUT ), 23:05

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Lyudmila Lebedewa Gulschat Faslitdinowa Jekaterina Matjunina Jelena Sedowa	27 0 2 04 08
2	United Kingdom Jessica Coulson Lauren Howarth Hannah Walker Lillian Partridge	33 0 1 5 12 15
3	Germany Corinna Harrer Jana Sussmann Melanie Stemper Lisa Jäsert	84 0 6 16 30 32

A total of nine teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Szymon Kulka	POLE	18:43
2	Mitko Zenow	BUL	18:47
3	Kieran Clements	GBR	18:57

Of 116 athletes who started, 114 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 12: Johannes Motschmann ( GER ), 19:10
• 47: Pascal Ungersboeck ( SUI ), 19:47
• 48: Nico Matysik ( GER ), 19:47
• 49: Florian Lussy ( SUI ), 19:47
• 50: Moritz Steininger ( GER ), 19:49
• 55: Philipp Reinhardt ( GER ), 19:52
• 57: Tilmann Petersen ( GER ), 19:54
• 59: Kilian Schreiner ( GER ), 19:54
• 66: Andriu Deplazes ( SUI ), 19:59
• 69: Jonas Raess ( SUI ), 20:02
• 77: Stephan Listabarth ( AUT ), 8:18 pm

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Russia Viktor Bacharew Mikhail Strelkow Nikita Vysotsky Rudolf Petruchin	50 10 11 14 15
2	France Djilali Bedrani Alexandre Saddedine Emmanuel Roudolff-Lévisse Hamza Habjaoui	51 0 5 07 19 20
3	United Kingdom Kieran Clements Charlie Grice Ian Bailey Charlie Hulson	54 0 3 09 18 24

A total of 21 teams were rated. The German team came in seventh with 165 points and the Swiss team in twelfth place with 231 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Amela Terzić	SRB	13:29
2	Emelia Gorecka	GBR	13:37
3	Maya Rehberg	GER	13:43

Of 94 athletes who started, 93 reached the finish.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 17: Anna Gehring ( GER ), 14:14
• 42: Caterina Granz ( GER ), 14:52
• 44: Johanna Schulz ( GER ), 14:54
• 50: Lea Laib ( SUI ), 15:01
• 58: Lisa Ziegler ( GER ), 15:12
• 61: Laura Clart ( GER ), 15:17

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Emelia Gorecka Annabel Mason Jennifer Walsh Jessica Judd	028 2 5 8 13 00 00 00
2	Germany Maya Rehberg Anna Gehring Caterina Granz Johanna Schulz	106 3 17 42 44 00 0 0 0
3	Russia Evdokija Bukina Luisa Litwinowa Sulfira Faslitdinowa Aljona Shuchtujewa	111 0 10 011 021 069

A total of 15 teams were rated.

Web links

• 19th SPAR European Cross Country Championships - 2012 on the EAA website
• Budapest HUN 9 December Cross country at the European Athletics Results Service
• Website of the local organizing committee ( Memento of March 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Results lists on Leichtathletik.de

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 35 ″  N , 19 ° 2 ′ 47 ″  E