1996 European Cross Country Championships

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The 3rd European Cross Country Championships were held at Charleroi in Belgium on 15 December 1996. Jon Brown took the title in the men's competition and Sara Wedlund won the women's race.

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Results

Men individual 9.65 km

Pos.RunnersTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jon Brown 32:37
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal (official).svg Paulo Guerra 33:12
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg Mustapha Essaïd 33:19
4. Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Jørgensen 33:20
5. Flag of Portugal (official).svg Eduardo Henriques 33:28
6. Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Pusterla 33:36
7. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vincent Rousseau 33:42
8. Flag of France.svg Yann Millon 33:42
9. Flag of Portugal (official).svg Vítor Almeida 33:43
10. Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Arlati 33:44
11. Flag of Portugal (official).svg José Regalo 33:54
12. Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Gómez 27:17

100 runners finished.

Men teams

Pos.TeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Paulo Guerra
Eduardo Henriques
Vítor Almeida
José Regalo
27
2
5
9
11
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France
Mustapha Essaïd
Yann Millon
Cédric Dehouck
Mohamed Ezzher
47
3
8
17
19
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Vincent Rousseau
Marc Vanderstraeten
Koen Van Rie
Eric Bouffioux
59
7
14
15
23
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Umberto Pusterla
Andrea Arlati
Michele Gamba
Gabriele de Nard
62
6
10
22
24
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Jonathan Brown
Andrew Pearson
Spencer Barden
Darrius Burrows
76
1
16
27
32
6.Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Alejandro Gomez
Carlos Adan
Antonio Serrano
José Manuel Martinez
86
12
18
21
35
7.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 124
8.Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 138

Total 24 teams

Women individual 4.55 km

Pos.RunnersTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Sara Wedlund 17:04
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg Julia Vaquero 17:14
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Finland.svg Annemari Sandell 17:19
4. Flag of Romania.svg Elene Fidatov 17:24
5. Flag of Portugal (official).svg Albertina Dias 17:29
6. Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Lokar 17:35
7. Flag of France.svg Yanna Oubouhou 17:36
8. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hayley Haining 17:37
9. Flag of France.svg Laurence Vivier 17:39
10. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anja Smolders 17:41
11. Flag of France.svg Chryssie Girard 17:42
12. Flag of France.svg Laurence Duquenoy 17:46

Iulia Negura from Romania finished first (16:58), but was disqualified because of doping violation. [1] 73 runners finished.

Women teams

Pos.TeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France
Yanna Oubouhou
Laurence Viver
Chryssie Girard
27
7
9
11
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Hayley Haining
Andrea Whitcombe
Suzanne Rigg
39
8
14
17
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Anja Smolders
Veronique Collard
Lieve Slegers
43
10
15
18
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Sara Wedlund
Magdalena Thorsell
Maria Lundgren
45
1
16
28
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Claudia Lokar
Petra Wassiluk
Sonja Krolik
64
6
23
35
6.Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Elena Fidatov
Nuta Olaru
Luminita Gogirlea
66
4
26
36
7.Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 71
8.Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 71

Total 19 teams

References

  1. "Musse får EM-brons i efterhand" (in Swedish). Marathon. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2017.