2022 European Cross Country Championships

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2022 European Cross Country Championships
Turin2022logo.png
Organisers EAA
Edition28th
Date11 December
Host city Venaria Reale, Turin, Italy Flag of Italy.svg
Venue La Mandria Park
Events7
Distances9,572 m – Men
7,662 m – Women
7,662 m – U23 men
5,722 m – U23 women
5,722 m – U20 men
3,812 m – U20 women
5,722 m – Mixed relay
Participation623 athletes from
40 nations
Official website EAA
FIDAL
External, official videos
via YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Senior Men’s Race
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Senior Women’s Race
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg U23 Men’s Race
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg U23 Women’s Race
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg U20 Men’s Race
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg U20 Women’s Race
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Mixed relay

The 2022 European Cross Country Championships was the 28th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was held on 11 December 2022 in La Mandria Park near Turin, Italy. [1]

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Italy became the first country to have staged the European Cross Country Championships on four occasions after previous editions in Ferrara in 1998, San Giorgio su Legnano in 2006 and Chia in 2016. Initially Turin received the right to host the event in 2021. [2] However, due to the coronavirus pandemic and cancellation of the 2020 championship, which was supposed to be staged by Dublin, the organizers of the Turin championship agreed to hold them in Italy in 2022, so that the 2021 event could be hosted by the Irish city. [3]

The looped course featured a steep 300 metre uphill and downhill section and a 50 metre-long indoor section through the carriage pavilion of La Mandria Castle (it:Castello della Mandria), part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, on each long lap. [4]

Norwegians Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal successfully defended their men's and women's senior titles from Fingal-Dublin 2021 respectively. It was Ingebrigtsen's sixth consecutive European cross country title after four victories at under-20 level. [5] Grøvdal earned her ninth individual medal, an unsurpassed record by a female athlete in the meet history; it was her third gold after U20 success in 2009. [6]

Great Britain's Charles Hicks and Italy's Nadia Battocletti successfully defended their men's and women's U23 titles respectively. For Battocletti it was a fourth consecutive continental cross country victory. [7]

Great Britain and Northern Ireland topped the medal table with 10 medals, including five golds.

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual
Senior menFlag of Norway.svg  Jakob Ingebrigtsen  (NOR)29:33Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emile Cairess  (GBR)29:42Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Isaac Kimeli  (BEL)29:45
Senior womenFlag of Norway.svg  Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  (NOR)26:25Flag of Germany.svg  Konstanze Klosterhalfen  (GER)26:29Flag of Germany.svg  Alina Reh  (GER)27:19
U23 menFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Charles Hicks  (GBR)23:40Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Zak Mahamed  (GBR)23:48Flag of France.svg  Valentin Bresc  (FRA)23:58
U23 womenFlag of Italy.svg  Nadia Battocletti  (ITA)19:55Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Megan Keith  (GBR)20:08Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alexandra Millard  (GBR)20:27
U20 menFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Will Barnicoat  (GBR)17:40Flag of Ireland.svg  Nick Griggs  (IRL)17:41Flag of Ireland.svg  Dean Casey  (IRL)17:46
U20 womenFlag of Spain.svg  María Forero  (ESP)13:04Flag of Norway.svg  Ingeborg Østgård  (NOR)13:07Flag of Finland.svg  Ilona Mononen  (FIN)13:08
Team
Senior men's teamFlag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Bastien Augusto
Yann Schrub
Morhad Amdouni
Valentin Gondouin
Youssef Mekdafou
Donovan Christien
24 pts
(6+7+11)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Yemaneberhan Crippa
Yohanes Chiappinelli
Osama Zoghlami
Nekagenet Crippa
Pasquale Selvarolo
25 pts
(4+8+13)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Mohamed Katir
Abdessamad Oukhelfen
Carlos Mayo
Roberto Aláiz
Nassim Hassaous
Sergio Paniagua
36 pts
(9+10+17)
Senior women's teamFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Konstanze Klosterhalfen
Alina Reh
Hanna Klein
Miriam Dattke
Caterina Granz
9 pts
(2+3+4)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Jessica Warner-Judd
Abbie Donnelly
Poppy Tank
Jessica Gibbon
Cari Hughes
Amy-Eloise Markovc
30 pts
(8+9+13)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)
Eilish Flanagan
Roisin Flanagan
Mary Mulhare
Ann-Marie McGlynn
Aoibhe Richardson
Michelle Finn
50 pts
(11+12+27)
U23 men's teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Charles Hicks
Zak Mahamed
Matthew Stonier
Rory Leonard
Joseph Wigfield
Tomer Tarragano
11 pts
(1+2+8)
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Valentin Bresc
Étienne Daguinos
Antoine Senard
Luc Le Baron
Pierre Bordeau
Téo Rubens Banini
14 pts
(3+4+7)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)
Efrem Gidey
Keelan Kilrehill
Shay McEvoy
Darragh McElhinney
Jamie Battle
Thomas McStay
29 pts
(5+9+15)
U23 women's teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Megan Keith
Alexandra Millard
Grace Carson
Eloise Walker
Alice Goodall
Yasmin Marghini
10 pts
(2+3+5)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Nadia Battocletti
Aurora Bado
Giovanna Selva
Anna Arnaudo
Sara Nestola
Ludovica Cavalli
31 pts
(1+14+16)
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Manon Trapp
Floriane Quesada
Flavie Renouard
Eugénie Lorain
Anaëlle Guillonnet
Léatitia Croissant
38 pts
(6+15+17)
U20 men's teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Will Barnicoat
Sam Mills
Luke Birdseye
Edward Bird
Johnny Livingstone
Jacob Deacon
10 pts
(1+4+5)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)
Nick Griggs
Dean Casey
Sean McGinley
Callum Morgan
Jonas Stafford
Mark Hanrahan
17 pts
(2+3+12)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Jaime Migallon
Mario Monreal
David Cantero
Aleix Vives
Eric Lore
30 pts
(6+8+16)
U20 women's teamFlag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
María Forero
Iraia Mendia
Antía Castro
María Viciosa
Marta Serrano
Ines Docampo
21 pts
(1+9+11)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
Ayça Fidanoğlu
Edibe Yağız
Pelinsu Şahin
Sıla Ata
25 pts
(7+8+10)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Kira Weis
Lisa Merkel
Sofia Benfares
Carolina Schafer
Johanna Pulte
33 pts
(6+13+14)
Relay
Mixed relayFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Pietro Arese
Federica Del Buono
Yassin Bouih
Gaia Sabbatini
17:23Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Jesús Gómez
Solange Andreia Pereira
Adrián Ben
Rosalía Tarraga
17:24Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Romain Mornet
Charlotte Mouchet
Azeddine Habz
Anaïs Bourgoin
17:31

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)54110
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)*2204
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2125
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)2103
5Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1135
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1124
7Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)0235
8Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0101
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0011
Totals (10 entries)13131339

Results

Senior men

Senior women

U23 men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Charles Hicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 23:40
Silver medal icon.svg Zakariya Mahamed Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 23:48
Bronze medal icon.svg Valentin Bresc Flag of France.svg  France 23:58
4 Etienne Daguinos Flag of France.svg  France 24:04
5 Efrem Gidey Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24:05
6 Adisu Guadia Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24:06
7 Antoine Senard Flag of France.svg  France 24:10
8 Matthew Stonier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24:11
9 Keelan Kirlehill Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24:13
10 Magnus Tuv Myhre Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24:14
11 Rory Leonard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24:15
12 Derebe Ayele Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24:18
13 Joseph Wigfield Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24:19
14 Marco Fontana Granotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:22
15 Shay McEvoy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24:22
16 Miguel Moreira Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 24:33
17 Luc Le Baron Flag of France.svg  France 24:43
18 Adam Maijo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24:44
19 Andrii Atamaniuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24:45
20 Tim Verbaandert Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24:45
21 Job Ijtsma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24:45
22 Ramazan Baştuğ Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24:47
23 Yorick van de Kerkhove Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24:48
24 Eemil Helander Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24:49
25 Luca Alfieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:50
26 Darragh McElhinney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24:51
27 Pierre Bordeau Flag of France.svg  France 24:52
28 Arnaud Collard Flag of France.svg  France 24:54
29 Rayan Vanderpoorten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24:54
30 Enrico Vecchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:56
31 Aarón Las Heras Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24:59
32 Marco Vanderpoorten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24:59
33 Pol Oriach Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:00
34 Jonathan Carmin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25:01
35 Mikołaj Czeronek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25:01
36 Miguel Ángel Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:02
37 Tomer Tarragano Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:04
38 Francesco Guerra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25:05
39 Adria Ceballos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:07
40 Vid Botolin Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25:07
41 Tim Aßmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25:08
42 Téo Rubens Banini Flag of France.svg  France 25:09
43 Jesse Fokkenrood Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25:10
44 Rúben Amaral Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 25:11
45 Marcel Tobler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25:12
46 Giedrius Valinčius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25:17
47 Etson Barros Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 25:24
48 Miguel Baidal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:25
49 Zemenu Muchie Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25:27
50 Mika Kotiranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25:34
51 Paul Specht Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25:34
52 Assaf Harari Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25:34
53 Dereje Chekole Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25:35
54 Pedro Amaro Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 25:37
55 Jamie Battle Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:37
56 Markus Kirk Kjeldsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 25:46
57 Léo Lädermann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25:46
58 Sebastian Frey Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25:48
59 Mateusz Gos Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25:50
60 Riccardo Martellato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25:54
61 Alain Cavagna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25:54
62 Andreas Bock Bjørnsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26:02
63 Thomas McStay Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 26:06
64 Florian Bremm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26:08
65 Julian Großkopf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26:08
66 Nikolaos Stamoulis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 26:11
67 Michal Staník Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26:12
68 Aleksander Wiącek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26:20
69 Kalev Hõlpus Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26:20
70 Panagiotis Petroulakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 26:39
71 Benedikt Brem Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26:43
72 Vasyl Sabunyak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26:44
73 Gil Weicherding Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 26:47
74 Andriy Krakovetskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26:54
75 Jonathan Hedemann Makwarth Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 27:02
76 Athanasios Ligonis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 27:10
77 Leonid Vandevski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 27:26
78 David Borg Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 28:32

References

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