European Cross Country Championships 2013

The 20th European Cross Country Championships of the EAA took place on December 8, 2013 in the Serbian capital Belgrade .

The venue was the Friendship Park, where a course with a large lap of 1500 m and a small lap of 500 m had been set up. The men completed six large and two small laps (10 km), the women and the U23 men five large and one small laps (8 km), the U23 women and the juniors four large laps (6 km) and the juniors two large and two small laps (4 km).

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alemayehu Bezabeh	ESP	29:11
2	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	DOOR	29:32
3	Andrew Vernon	GBR	29:35
4th	Jeroen D'Hoedt	BEL	29:35
5	Sidi-Hassan Chahdi	FRA	29:40
6th	Mohamed Marhum	ESP	29:46
7th	Richard Ringer	GER	29:49
8th	Bashir Abdi	BEL	29:53

Of the 81 athletes who started, 80 reached the finish line.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 14: Philipp Pflieger ( GER ), 30:03
• 16: Steffen Uliczka ( GER ), 30:07
• 32: Jannis Töpfer ( GER ), 30:30
• 33: Christian Steinhammer ( AUT ), 30:32
• 44: Julian Flügel ( GER ), 30:50
• 53: Fabian Clarkson ( GER ), 31:14
• 59: Andreas Vojta ( AUT ), 31:33
• 61: Valentin Pfeil ( AUT ), 31:37
• 75: Christoph Sander ( AUT ), 32:44

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Spain Alemayehu Bezabeh Mohamed Marhum Iván Fernández Antonio David Jiménez	31 0 1 06 11 13
2	Belgium Jeroen D'Hoedt Bashir Abdi Koen Naert Soufiane Bouchikhi	49 0 4 08 09 28
3	United Kingdom Andrew Vernon Tom Farrell Keith Gerrard Adam Hickey	60 0 3 12 20 25

A total of eleven teams were rated. The German team came in fifth with 69 points, the Austrian team in tenth place with 228 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sophie Duarte	FRA	26:34
2	Gemma Steel	GBR	26:39
3	Ana Dulce Félix	POR	26:41
4th	Fionnuala Britton	IRL	26:45
5	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	NOR	26:52
6th	Almensh Belete	BEL	27:00
7th	Julia Bleasdale	GBR	27:02
8th	Veronica Inglese	ITA	27:12

Of the 74 athletes who started, 73 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 23: Maren Kock ( GER ), 27:50
• 38: Fabienne Schlumpf ( SUI ), 28:15
• 52: Ursula Gatzweiler ( GER ), 28:59

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Gemma Steel Julia Bleasdale Lauren Howarth Stephanie Twell	35 0 2 07 11 15
2	France Sophie Duarte Clémence Calvin Christine Bardelle Laila Hmatou Traby	54 0 1 12 19 22
3	Spain Iris Fuentes-Pila Diana Martín Lidia Rodríguez Marta Silvestre	61 10 14 16 21

A total of ten teams were rated.

U-23 men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Pieter-Jan Hannes	BEL	24:02
2	Mitko Zenow	BUL	24:07
3	Nemanja Cerovac	SRB	24:08

Of 87 athletes who started, 84 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 20: Tom Gröschel ( GER ), 24:39
• 27: Nico Sonnenberg ( GER ), 24:45
• 31: Adriano Engelhardt ( SUI ), 24:50
• 49: Jonas Koller ( GER ), 25:14
• 52: Hendrik Pfeiffer ( GER ), 25:17
• 62: Fabian Jucker ( SUI ), 25:40
• 70: Janik Niederhauser ( SUI ), 25:54
• 72: Moritz Steininger ( GER ), 25:59
• 77: Stephan Listabarth ( AUT ), 26:14
• 78: Jannik Arbogast ( GER ), 26:29

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Luke Caldwell Callum Hawkins Jonathan Hay Dewi Griffiths	40 0 5 07 12 16
2	Ukraine Ivan Strebkow Dmytro Siruk Oleksandr Kuzmichev Ihor Porosow	72 0 4 11 18 39
3	France Romain Collenot-Spriet François Barrer Djilali Bedrani Youssef Mekdafou	78 14 15 24 25

A total of twelve teams were rated. The German team came seventh with 148 points.

U-23 women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sifan Hassan	NED	19:40
2	Amela Terzić	SRB	19:46
3	Charlotte Purdue	GBR	19:49

Of the 62 athletes who started, 61 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 9: Corinna Harrer ( GER ), 20:32
• 15: Gesa Felicitas Krause ( GER ), 20:53
• 27: Anne Reischmann ( GER ), 21:10
• 36: Melina Tränkle ( GER ), 21:31
• 41: Fabienne Amrhein ( GER ), 21:48
• 54: Annika Frank ( GER ), 22:22
• 59: Priska Auf der Maur ( SUI ), 23:09

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Charlotte Purdue Kate Avery Lillian Partridge Rhona Auckland	19 0 3 04 05 07
2	Russia Gulschat Faslitdinowa Jekaterina Sokolenko Swetlana Ryazanzewa Luisa Litvinowa	54 10 11 12 21
3	Netherlands Sifan Hassan Maureen Koster Irene van Lieshout Marlin van Hal	70 0 1 14 23 32

A total of nine teams were rated. The German team came in fifth with 87 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ali Kaya	DOOR	17:49
2	Isaac Kipruto Kimeli	BEL	17:51
3	Mikhail Strelkov	RUS	18:05

Of 115 registered athletes, 114 started and 112 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 17: Nikolaus Franzmair ( AUT ), 18:30
• 32: Pascal Ungersböck ( SUI ), 18:47
• 33: Philipp Reinhardt ( GER ), 18:48
• 37: Kidane Tewolde ( GER ), 18:52
• 39: Lukas Motschmann ( GER ), 18:55
• 44: Jost-Lennart Heese ( GER ), 18:59
• 51: Tim Ramdane Cherif ( GER ), 19:04
• 54: Julien Wanders ( SUI ), 19:11
• 57: Olivier Widmer ( SUI ), 19:13
• 87: Johannes Motschmann ( GER ), 19:48
• 92: Florian Lussy ( SUI ), 19:54
• DNS: Manuel Innerhofer ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Alexandre Saddedine Mehdi Belhadj Alexis Miellet Maxime Hueber Moosbrugger	48 0 6 12 14 16
2	Russia Mikhail Strelkow Viktor Bacharew Alexandr Novikow Wildan Gadelschin	51 0 3 10 11 27
3	Italy Lorenzo Dini Yemaneberhan Crippa Samuele Dini Nekagenet Crippa	55 0 5 07 18 25

A total of 21 teams were rated. The German team came eighth with 153 points and the Swiss team came eleventh with 235 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emelia Gorecka	GBR	13:06
2	Sofia Ennaoui	POLE	13:16
3	Maruša Mišmaš	SLO	13:27

All 107 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 05: Alina Reh ( GER ), 13:34
• 10: Maya Rehberg ( GER ), 13:41
• 36: Caterina Granz ( GER ), 14:07
• 44: Vera Coutellier ( GER ), 14:13
• 55: Lea Meyer ( GER ), 14:23
• 64: Miriam Schneuwly ( SUI ), 14:37
• 79: Fiammetta Troxler ( SUI ), 14:49
• 80: Barblin Remund ( SUI ), 14:49
• 81: Rea Iseli ( SUI ), 14:50
• 86: Julia Millonig ( AUT ), 14:52
• 87: Evelyne Dietschi ( SUI ), 14:53
• 90: Tatjana Schulte ( GER ), 14:55

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Emelia Gorecka Georgia Taylor-Brown Bobby Clay Jessica Gibbon	24 0 1 04 08 11
2	Sweden Maria Larsson Ebba Andersson Isabelle Brauer Tova Eurén-Magnusson	75 0 7 12 23 33
3	Germany Alina Reh Maya Rehberg Caterina Granz Vera Coutellier	95 0 5 10 36 44

A total of 17 teams were rated. The Swiss team came 16th with 304 points.

Web links

Commons : European Cross Country Championships 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• SPAR European Cross Country Championships on the EAA website
• Local organizing committee website
• Results lists on Leichtathletik.de

Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′ 11 ″  N , 20 ° 26 ′ 4 ″  E