2016 European Cross Country Championships

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2016 European Cross Country Championships
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Organisers EAA
Edition23rd
Date11 December
Host city Chia, Italy
Events6
Distances9.94 km – Men
7.97 km – Women
7.97 km – U23 men
6 km – U23 women
6 km – Junior men
4.06 km – Junior women

The 2016 European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Chia, Italy. [1]

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Aras Kaya won the men's senior title, making it three straight victories for Turkey in that event, following in the footsteps of fellow Kenyan-Turkish runners Polat Kemboi Arıkan and Ali Kaya. Yasemin Can, became Turkey's first senior women's winner and also led her nation to the team title. Great Britain were the most successful in the team races, claiming the senior men's, under-23 women's and junior women's titles; the country reached the podium in all categories. [2]

The 2016 edition saw increased Kenyan dominance at the competition, with the top two runners in both senior races being Kenyan-born, as well as the men's under-23 winner. [3]

Race results

Senior men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Aras Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27:39
Silver medal icon.svg Polat Kemboi Arıkan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27:42
Bronze medal icon.svg Callum Hawkins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27:49
4 Andrew Butchart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28:01
5 Andy Vernon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28:11
6 Ilias Fifa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:19
7 Ayad Lamdassem Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:22
8 Adel Mechaal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:26
9 Marouan Razine Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 28:27
10 Kaan Kigen Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 28:30
11 Antonio Abadía Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:33
12 Abdi Hakin Ulad Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 28:37
13 Sondre Nordstad Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 28:46
14 Soufiane Bouchikhi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 28:47
15 Marco Najibe Salami Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 28:48
16 Ben Connor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28:51
17 Morhad Amdouni Flag of France.svg  France 28:55
18 Dewi Griffiths Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 29:00
19 Djilali Bedrani Flag of France.svg  France 29:01
20 Stefano La Rosa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 29:01
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Callum Hawkins, Andrew Butchart, Andy Vernon, Ben Connor
3+4+5+16=28
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Ilias Fifa, Ayad Lamdassem, Adel Mechaal, Antonio Abadía
6+7+8+11=32
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Aras Kaya, Polat Kemboi Arıkan, Kaan Kigen Özbilen, Alper Demir
1+2+10+25=38
4Flag of France.svg  France
Morhad Amdouni, Djilali Bedrani, Timothée Bommier, Abdellatif Meftah
17+19+21+22=79

Senior women

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Yasemin Can Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24:46
Silver medal icon.svg Meryem Akda Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24:56
Bronze medal icon.svg Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25:26
4 Ancuța Bobocel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 25:27
5 Fionnuala McCormack Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25:28
6 Steph Twell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25:40
7 Trihas Gebre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:41
8 Fabienne Schlumpf Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25:46
9 Liv Westphal Flag of France.svg  France 25:47
10 Elizeba Cherono Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25:57
11 Roxana Bârcă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26:01
12 Gemma Steel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26:06
13 Özlem Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26:12
14 Charlotta Fougberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26:12
15 Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 26:13
16 Katrina Wootton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26:16
17 Pippa Woolven Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26:20
18 Carla Salomé Rocha Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 26:32
19 Sevilay Eytemis Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26:32
20 Fabienne Amrhein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26:33
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Yasemin Can, Meryem Akda, Özlem Kaya, Sevilay Eytemis
1+2+13+19=35
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Steph Twell, Gemma Steel, Katrina Wootton, Pippa Woolven
6+12+16+17=51
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Ancuța Bobocel, Roxana Bârcă, Cristina Negru, Paula Todoran
4+11+27+37=79
4Flag of France.svg  France
Liv Westphal, Aurore Guerin, Samira Mezeghrane, Sophie Duarte
9+26+32+34=101

Under-23 men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Isaac Kimeli Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22:48
Silver medal icon.svg Carlos Mayo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22:53
Bronze medal icon.svg Yemaneberhan Crippa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22:54
4 Amanal Petros Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23:01
5 Jonny Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23:01
6 Napoleon Solomon Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23:03
7 Jesus Ramon Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 23:08
8 Simon Debognies Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23:14
9 Samuele Dini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23:15
10 Dieter Kersten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23:16
11 Said Ettaqy Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23:16
12 Lorenzo Dini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23:18
13 Alex George Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23:19
14 Emmenuel Roudolff Levisse Flag of France.svg  France 23:22
15 Ellis Cross Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23:32
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Yemaneberhan Crippa, Samuele Dini, Said Ettaqy, Lorenzo Dini, Yassin Bouih, Italo Quazzola
3+9+11+12=35
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Isaac Kimeli, Simon Debognies, Dieter Kersten, Steven Casteele
1+8+10+34=53
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Jonny Davies, Alex George, Ellis Cross, Alex Short
5+13+15+25=58
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Carlos Mayo, Jesus Ramos, Mohamed Jelloul, El Madhi Lahoufi
2+7+16+39=64

Under-23 women

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Sofia Ennaoui Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19:21
Silver medal icon.svg Anna Gehring Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19:24
Bronze medal icon.svg Alice Wright Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19:42
4 Charlotte Taylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19:44
5 Katarzyna Rutkowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19:49
6 Caterina Granz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19:50
7 Rebecca Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19:52
8 Viktoriya Kalyuzhna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 19:54
9 Carolin Kirtzel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19:54
10 Christine Santi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19:59
11 Tuğba Güvenç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 20:01
12 Jessica Judd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20:06
13 Valeriya Zinenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20:10
14 Silvia Oggioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20:12
15 Johanna Geyer-Carles Flag of France.svg  France 20:15
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Alice Wright, Charlotte Taylor, Rebecca Murray, Jessica Judd
3+4+7+12=26
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Anna Gehring, Caterina Granz, Carolin Kirtzel, Maya Rehberg
2+6+9+16=33
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Christine Santi, Silvia Oggioni, Roberta Ciappini, Costanza Martinetti, Giulia Mattioli, Alice Rita Cocco
10+14+19+24=67
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Viktoriya Kalyuzhna, Valeriya Zinenko, Nataliya Strebkova, Maryna Nemchenko
8+13+17+31=69

Junior men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 17:06
Silver medal icon.svg Yohanes Chiappinelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17:14
Bronze medal icon.svg Mahamed Mahamed Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17:16
4 Jimmy Gressier Flag of France.svg  France 17:19
5 Mohammed-Amine El Bouajaji Flag of France.svg  France 17:20
6Jack O'LearyFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 17:21
7 Hugo Hay Flag of France.svg  France 17:30
8 Adrian Ben Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17:30
9 Miguel González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17:34
10 Abderrazak Charik Flag of France.svg  France 17:34
11 Alexander Yee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17:35
12 Jordi Torrents Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17:37
13 Annasse Mahboub El Hamdouini Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17:38
14 Josh Kerr Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17:38
15 Paulos Surafel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17:42
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France
Jimmy Gressier, Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji, Hugo Hay, Abderrazak Charik
4+5+7+10=26
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Adrian Ben, Miguel González, Jordi Terrents, Annasse Mahboub El Hamdouini
8+9+12+13=42
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Mahamed Mahamed, Alexander Yee, Josh Kerr, Paulos Surafel
3+11+14+15=43
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Yohanes Chiappinelli, Sergiy Polikarpenko, Ahmed Ouhda, Ademe Cuneo
2+22+33+34=91

Junior women

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Konstanze Klosterhalfen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12:26
Silver medal icon.svg Anna Emilie Møller Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 12:43
Bronze medal icon.svg Harriet Knowles-Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 12:52
4 Alina Reh Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12:53
5 Jasmijn Lau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 12:57
6 Delia Sclabas Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 12:58
7 Lucia Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:06
8 Cécile Lejeune Flag of France.svg  France 13:12
9 Amelia Quirk Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:12
10 Victoria Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:16
11 Gemma Holloway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:32
12 Stine Wangberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:24
13 Veerle Bakker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:25
14 Francesca Tommasi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13:25
15 Lara Alemanni Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 13:26
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Harriet Knowles-Jones, Amelia Quirk, Victoria Weir, Gemma Holloway
3+9+10+11=33
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Alina Reh, Lisa Oed, Miriam Dattke
1+4+18+34=57
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Jasmijn Lau, Veerle Bakker, Merel van der Marel, Jasmijn Bakker
5+13+23+30=71
4Flag of France.svg  France
Cécile Lejeune, Leila Hadji, Mathilde Senechal, Perle Maunoury
8+16+29+36=89

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)3216
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)31610
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1304
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)*1124
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1102
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1012
7Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1001
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1001
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0303
10Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0101
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)0011
Totals (12 entries)12121236

References

  1. Media Guide. 2016 European Cross Country Championships. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. Mulkeen, Jon (11 December 2016). Kaya and Can lead Turkish 1–2 finishes at European Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. European Cross Country Championships: Callum Hawkins bronze helps GB secure team gold. BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
Results