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Pos. | Runners | Time |
---|---|---|
Jon Brown | 32:37 | |
Paulo Guerra | 33:12 | |
Mustapha Essaïd | 33:19 | |
4. | Carsten Jørgensen | 33:20 |
5. | Eduardo Henriques | 33:28 |
6. | Umberto Pusterla | 33:36 |
7. | Vincent Rousseau | 33:42 |
8. | Yann Millon | 33:42 |
9. | Vítor Almeida | 33:43 |
10. | Andrea Arlati | 33:44 |
11. | José Regalo | 33:54 |
12. | Alejandro Gómez | 27:17 |
100 runners finished.
Pos. | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
Portugal Paulo Guerra Eduardo Henriques Vítor Almeida José Regalo | 27 2 5 9 11 | |
France Mustapha Essaïd Yann Millon Cédric Dehouck Mohamed Ezzher | 47 3 8 17 19 | |
Belgium Vincent Rousseau Marc Vanderstraeten Koen Van Rie Eric Bouffioux | 59 7 14 15 23 | |
4. | Italy Umberto Pusterla Andrea Arlati Michele Gamba Gabriele de Nard | 62 6 10 22 24 |
5. | United Kingdom Jonathan Brown Andrew Pearson Spencer Barden Darrius Burrows | 76 1 16 27 32 |
6. | Spain Alejandro Gomez Carlos Adan Antonio Serrano José Manuel Martinez | 86 12 18 21 35 |
7. | Russia | 124 |
8. | Ireland | 138 |
Total 24 teams
Pos. | Runners | Time |
---|---|---|
Sara Wedlund | 17:04 | |
Julia Vaquero | 17:14 | |
Annemari Sandell | 17:19 | |
4. | Elene Fidatov | 17:24 |
5. | Albertina Dias | 17:29 |
6. | Claudia Lokar | 17:35 |
7. | Yanna Oubouhou | 17:36 |
8. | Hayley Haining | 17:37 |
9. | Laurence Vivier | 17:39 |
10. | Anja Smolders | 17:41 |
11. | Chryssie Girard | 17:42 |
12. | Laurence Duquenoy | 17:46 |
Iulia Negura from Romania finished first (16:58), but was disqualified because of doping violation. [1] 73 runners finished.
Pos. | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
France Yanna Oubouhou Laurence Viver Chryssie Girard | 27 7 9 11 | |
United Kingdom Hayley Haining Andrea Whitcombe Suzanne Rigg | 39 8 14 17 | |
Belgium Anja Smolders Veronique Collard Lieve Slegers | 43 10 15 18 | |
4. | Sweden Sara Wedlund Magdalena Thorsell Maria Lundgren | 45 1 16 28 |
5. | Germany Claudia Lokar Petra Wassiluk Sonja Krolik | 64 6 23 35 |
6. | Romania Elena Fidatov Nuta Olaru Luminita Gogirlea | 66 4 26 36 |
7. | Ireland | 71 |
8. | Spain | 71 |
Total 19 teams
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