2023 European Cross Country Championships

2023 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	29th
Date	10 December
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	Laeken Park
Events	7
Distances	~10 km – Men ~8 km – Women ~8 km – U23 men ~6 km – U23 women ~6 km – U20 men ~4 km – U20 women ~6 km – Mixed relay
Official website	EAA Golazo Sports
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The 2023 European Cross Country Championships was the 29th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was held on 10 December 2023 in Laeken Park in Brussels, Belgium. ^[1]

Belgium staged the European Cross Country Championships for the third time after previous editions in Charleroi in 1996 and Brussels in 2008. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Belgium)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain  (GBR)	7	1	3	11
2	France  (FRA)	2	3	1	6
3	Norway  (NOR)	1	1	2	4
4	Denmark  (DEN)	1	1	0	2
5	Belgium  (BEL)*	1	0	2	3
6	Ireland  (IRL)	1	0	1	2
7	Germany  (GER)	0	2	0	2
	Netherlands  (NED)	0	2	0	2
9	Spain  (ESP)	0	1	2	3
10	Finland  (FIN)	0	1	1	2
11	Italy  (ITA)	0	1	0	1
12	Sweden  (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		13	13	13	39

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Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men	Yann Schrub   France	30:17	Magnus Tuv Myhre   Norway	30:20	Robin Hendrix   Belgium	30:22
Senior women	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway	33:40	Nadia Battocletti   Italy	34:25	Abbie Donnelly   Great Britain	34:42
U23 men	Will Barnicoat   Great Britain	23:42	Valentin Bresc   France	23:42	Matthew Stonier   Great Britain	23:51
U23 women	Megan Keith   Great Britain	25:32	Ilona Mononen   Finland	26:55	Nathalie Blomqvist   Finland	27:06
U20 men	Axel Vang Christensen   Denmark	16:09	Niels Laros   Netherlands	16:10	Nick Griggs   Ireland	16:24
U20 women	Innes FitzGerald   Great Britain	18:19	Sofia Thøgersen   Denmark	18:38	Jade Le Corre   France	18:49
Team
Senior men's team	Belgium  (BEL) Robin Hendrix John Heymans Isaac Kimeli Marco Vanderpoorten Pieter-Jan Hannes Guillaume Grimard	20 pts (3+6+11)	France  (FRA) Yann Schrub Fabien Palcau Hugo Hay Donovan Christien Bastien Augusto	26 pts (1+10+15)	Norway  (NOR) Magnus Tuv Myhre Henrik Ingebrigtsen Jacob Boutera Eivind Øygard Even Brøndbo Dahl Fredrik Sandvik	32 pts (2+12+18)
Senior women's team	Great Britain  (GBR) Abbie Donnelly Jessica Warner-Judd Izzy Fry Poppy Tank Amelia Quirk Niamh Bridson-Hubbard	18 pts (3+5+10)	Spain  (ESP) Irene Sánchez-Escribano Cristina Ruiz Carolina Robles Cristina Espejo Marta García Marta Pérez	37 pts (8+13+16)	Belgium  (BEL) Lisa Rooms Chloé Herbiet Juliette Thomas Victoria Warpy Imana Truyers Sofie van Accom	38 pts (6+9+23)
U23 men's team	Great Britain  (GBR) Will Barnicoat Matthew Stonier James Kingston Tomer Tarragano Henry McLuckie Rory Leonard	25 pts (1+3+21)	France  (FRA) Valentin Bresc Téo Rubens Banini Flavien Szot Luc Le Baron Titouan Le Grix	34 pts (2+15+17)	Norway  (NOR) Moa Abounnachat Bollerød Vebjørn Hovdejord Ibrahim Buras Kristoffer Sagli	42 pts (4+13+25)
U23 women's team	Great Britain  (GBR) Megan Keith Alexandra Millard Eloise Walker Tia Wilson Lynn McKenna Olivia Mason	27 pts (1+11+15)	Germany  (GER) Lisa Merkel Anneke Vortmeier Mia Jurenka Jessica Keller	50 pts (14+16+20)	Spain  (ESP) Angela Viciosa Maria Forero María González Laura Domene Mireya Arnedillo Marta Serrano	50 pts (4+6+40)
U20 men's team	Ireland  (IRL) Nick Griggs Niall Murphy Jonas Stafford Seamus Robinson Shane Brosnan Harry Colbert	22 pts (3+9+10)	Great Britain  (GBR) Sam Mills Henry Dover Rowan Miell-Ingram Andrew McGill Sam Hodgson Louis Small	24 pts (5+6+13)	Spain  (ESP) Rubén Leonardo Unai Naranjo Aleix Vives Mesfin Escamilla Sergio Del Barrio Ronaldo Olivo	43 pts (8+15+20)
U20 women's team	Great Britain  (GBR) Innes FitzGerald Jess Bailey Lizzie Wellsted Katie Pye Moli Lyons Zoe Hunter	22 pts (1+8+13)	Germany  (GER) Kira Weis Franziska Drexler Emily Junginger Carolina Schäfer Carolin Hinrichs	34 pts (4+9+21)	Sweden  (SWE) Elsa Sundqvist Ebba Broms Tilda Månsson Towa Nilsson Hannah Kinane Majken Söderlund Larsson	37 pts (5+14+18)
Relay
Mixed relay	France  (FRA) Bérénice Cleyet-Merle Antoine Senard Sarah Madeleine Alexis Miellet	19:44	Netherlands  (NED) Kevin Viezee Jetske van Kampen Maureen Koster Bram Anderiessen	19:46	Great Britain  (GBR) Joshua Lay Bethan Morley Adam Fogg Khahisa Mhlanga	19:48

• Note: Athletes in italics did not score for the team result.

Results

Senior men

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Yann Schrub   France 30:17 Magnus Tuv Myhre   Norway 30:20 Robin Hendrix   Belgium 30:22 4 Hugo Milner   Great Britain 30:27 5 Tadesse Getahon   Israel 30:33 6 John Heymans   Belgium 30:34 7 Abdessamad Oukhelfen   Spain 30:40 8 Cormac Dalton   Ireland 30:40 9 Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed   ART 30:43 10 Fabien Palcau   France 30:46 11 Isaac Kimeli   Belgium 30:46 12 Henrik Ingebrigtsen   Norway 30:46 13 Yemaneberhan Crippa   Italy 30:47 14 Davor Aaron Bienenfeld   Germany 30:48 15 Hugo Hay   France 30:48 16 Baldvin Magnússon   Iceland 30:48 17 Keelan Kilrehill   Ireland 30:52 18 Jacob Boutera   Norway 30:54 19 Oliver Löfqvist   Sweden 30:56 20 Hugh Armstrong   Ireland 30:56 21 Eivind Øygard   Norway 30:58 22 Brian Fay   Ireland 30:58 23 Calum Johnson   Great Britain 30:59 24 Ouassim Oumaiz   Spain 31:00 25 Marco Vanderpoorten   Belgium 31:01 26 Fernando Carro   Spain 31:04 27 Zakariya Mahamed   Great Britain 31:06 28 André Pereira   Portugal 31:15 29 Luca Alfieri   Italy 31:15 30 Jáchym Kovář   Czech Republic 31:20 31 Pieter-Jan Hannes   Belgium 31:23 32 Even Brøndbo Dahl   Norway 31:23 33 Fredrik Sandvik   Norway 31:25 34 Miguel Moreira   Portugal 31:30 35 Guillaume Grimard   Belgium 31:30 [6]

Team race Rank Team Points   Belgium Robin Hendrix John Heymans Isaac Kimeli Marco Vanderpoorten Pieter-Jan Hannes Guillaume Grimard 20 pts (3+6+11)   France Yann Schrub Fabien Palcau Hugo Hay Donovan Christien Bastien Augusto 26 pts (1+10+15)   Norway Magnus Tuv Myhre Henrik Ingebrigtsen Jacob Boutera Eivind Øygard Even Brøndbo Dahl Fredrik Sandvik 32 pts (2+12+18) 4   Ireland Cormac Dalton Keelan Kilrehill Hugh Armstrong Brian Fay Kevin Mulcaire Fearghal Curtin 45 pts (8+17+20)

Senior women

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway 33:40 Nadia Battocletti   Italy 34:25 Abbie Donnelly   Great Britain 34:42 4 Fionnuala McCormack   Ireland 35:00 5 Jessica Warner-Judd   Great Britain 35:20 6 Lisa Rooms   Belgium 35:29 7 Cecile Jarousseau   France 35:31 8 Irene Sánchez-Escribano   Spain 35:32 9 Chloé Herbiet   Belgium 35:34 10 Izzy Fry   Great Britain 35:37 11 Poppy Tank   Great Britain 35:42 12 Marie Bouchard   France 35:42 13 Cristina Ruiz   Spain 36:00 14 Amelia Quirk   Great Britain 36:03 15 Elena Burkard   Germany 36:12 16 Carolina Robles   Spain 36:15 17 Juliane Hvid   Denmark 36:18 18 Maria Sagnes Wågan   Norway 36:22 19 Niamh Bridson-Hubbard   Great Britain 36:27 20 Margaux Sieracki   France 36:31 21 Lisa Tertsch   Germany 36:33 22 Tereza Hrochová   Czech Republic 36:37 23 Juliette Thomas   Belgium 36:41 24 Eva Dieterich   Germany 36:44 25 Valentina Gemetto   Italy 36:48 26 Merel van der Marel   Netherlands 36:49 27 Sibylle Häring   Switzerland 36:51 28 Anna Arnaudo   Italy 36:52 29 Célia Tabet   France 36:55 30 Fionnuala Ross   Ireland 36:56 31 Bahar Atalay   Turkey 36:56 32 Victoria Warpy   Belgium 36:58 33 Rebecca Lonedo   Italy 37:05 34 Fiona Everard   Ireland 37:06 35 Cristina Espejo   Spain 37:08 [7]

Team race Rank Team Points   Great Britain Abbie Donnelly Jessica Warner-Judd Izzy Fry Poppy Tank Amelia Quirk Niamh Bridson-Hubbard 18 pts (3+5+10)   Spain Irene Sánchez-Escribano Cristina Ruiz Carolina Robles Cristina Espejo Marta García Marta Pérez 37 pts (8+13+16)   Belgium Lisa Rooms Chloé Herbiet Juliette Thomas Victoria Warpy Imana Truyers Sofie van Accom 38 pts (6+9+23) 4   France Cecile Jarousseau Marie Bouchard Margaux Sieracki Célia Tabet Mélanie Allier 39 pts (7+12+20)

U23 men

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Will Barnicoat   Great Britain 23:42 Valentin Bresc   France 23:42 Matthew Stonier   Great Britain 23:51 4 Moa Abounnachat Bollerød   Norway 23:56 5 Miguel Baidal   Spain 23:56 6 Joel Ibler Lillesø   Denmark 23:57 7 Adisu Guadia   Israel 24:05 8 Jonathan Hofer   Switzerland 24:05 9 Mustafe Muuse   Finland 24:15 10 Yorick van de Kerkhove   Belgium 24:17 11 Santtu Heikkinen   Finland 24:18 12 Jesse Fokkenrood   Netherlands 24:20 13 Vebjørn Hovdejord   Norway 24:21 14 Rúben Amaral   Portugal 24:23 15 Téo Rubens Banini   France 24:23 16 Felix Friedrich   Germany 24:25 17 Flavien Szot   France 24:26 18 Luc Le Baron   France 24:26 19 Mario Priego   Spain 24:27 20 Robbe Theeuwes   Belgium 24:27 21 James Kingston   Great Britain 24:28 22 Alejandro Quijada   Spain 24:30 23 Alain Cavagna   Italy 24:33 24 Roman Freitag   Germany 24:34 25 Ibrahim Buras   Norway 24:35 26 Nicolò Bedini   Italy 24:41 27 Tomer Tarragano   Great Britain 24:46 28 Oisin Spillane   Ireland 24:46 29 Dean Casey   Ireland 24:46 30 Jaime Migallon   Spain 24:49 31 Etson Barros   Portugal 24:49 32 João Pais   Portugal 24:50 33 Antoine Reul   Belgium 24:53 34 Aaron Decloedt   Belgium 24:55 35 Benjamin Dern   Germany 24:59 [8]

Team race Rank Team Points   Great Britain Will Barnicoat Matthew Stonier James Kingston Tomer Tarragano Henry McLuckie Rory Leonard pts (25)   France Valentin Bresc Téo Rubens Banini Flavien Szot Luc Le Baron Titouan Le Grix pts (34)   Norway Moa Abounnachat Bollerød Vebjørn Hovdejord Ibrahim Buras Kristoffer Sagli pts (42) 4   Spain Miguel Baidal Mario Priego Alejandro Quijada Jaime Migallon Adam Maijo Miguel Ángel Martínez pts (46)

U23 women

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Megan Keith   Great Britain 25:32 Ilona Mononen   Finland 26:55 Nathalie Blomqvist   Finland 27:06 4 Angela Viciosa   Spain 27:08 5 Greta Karinauskaitė   Lithuania 27:13 6 Maria Forero   Spain 27:21 7 Jana van Lent   Belgium 27:21 8 Danielle Donegan   Ireland 27:24 9 Emmy van den Berg   Netherlands 27:29 10 Yasna Petrova   Bulgaria 27:34 11 Alexandra Millard   Great Britain 27:37 12 Ina Halle Haugen   Norway 27:38 13 Amina Maatoug   Netherlands 27:40 14 Lisa Merkel   Germany 27:57 15 Eloise Walker   Great Britain 28:03 16 Anneke Vortmeier   Germany 28:06 17 Manon Cumy   France 28:10 18 Olimpia Breza   Poland 28:15 19 Shirley Lang   Switzerland 28:17 20 Mia Jurenka   Germany 28:19 21 Camille Laurent   France 28:20 22 Agnese Carcano   Italy 28:24 23 Heloise Laigle   France 28:27 24 Pelinsu Şahin   Turkey 28:31 25 Karoline Husted   Denmark 28:32 26 Mari Ruud   Norway 28:38 27 Uliana Rachynska   Ukraine 28:42 28 Sara Nestola   Italy 28:42 29 Thaïs Paris   France 28:43 30 Aurora Bado   Italy 28:44 31 Dafni-Eftychia-Tereza Lavasa   Greece 28:47 32 Julie Voet   Belgium 28:48 33 Beata Niemyjska   Poland 28:53 34 Tia Wilson   Great Britain 28:58 35 Lynn McKenna   Great Britain 28:59 [9]

Team race Rank Team Points   Great Britain Megan Keith Alexandra Millard Eloise Walker Tia Wilson Lynn McKenna Olivia Mason pts (27)   Germany Lisa Merkel Anneke Vortmeier Mia Jurenka Jessica Keller pts (50)   Spain Angela Viciosa Maria Forero María González Laura Domene Mireya Arnedillo Marta Serrano pts (50) 4   France Manon Cumy Camille Laurent Heloise Langle Thaïs Paris Inès Hamoudi pts (61)

U20 men

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Axel Vang Christensen   Denmark 16:09 Niels Laros   Netherlands 16:10 Nicholas Griggs   Ireland 16:24 4 Karl Ottfalk   Sweden 16:39 5 [[]] {{}} 6 [[]] {{}} 7 [[]] {{}} 8 [[]] {{}} 9 Niall Murphy   Ireland 16.49 10 Jonas Stafford   Ireland 16.50 11 [[]] {{}} 12 [[]] {{}} 13 [[]] {{}} 14 [[]] {{}} 15 [[]] {{}} 16 [[]] {{}} 17 [[]] {{}} 18 [[]] {{}} 19 [[]] {{}} 20 [[]] {{}} 21 [[]] {{}} 22 [[]] {{}} 23 [[]] {{}} 24 [[]] {{}} 25 [[]] {{}} 26 Seamus Robinson   Ireland 17.11 27 [[]] {{}} 28 Shane Brosnan   Ireland 17.17 29 [[]] {{}} 30 [[]] {{}} 31 [[]] {{}} 32 [[]] {{}} 33 [[]] {{}} 34 [[]] {{}} 35 [[]] {{}} [10]

Team race Rank Team Points   Ireland Nicholas Griggs Niall Murphy Jonas Stafford Seamus Robinson Shane Brosnan Harry Colbert pts (22)   Great Britain Sam Mills Henry Dover Rowan Miell-Ingram Andrew McGill Sam Hodgson Louis Small pts (24)   Spain Rubén Leonardo Unai Naranjo Aleix Vives Mesfin Escamilla Sergio Del Barrio Ronaldo Olivo pts (43) 4   Belgium Simon Jeukenne Mathis Lievens Tristan Gevaert Casper Lievens Régis Thibert Daan Lievens pts (51)

U20 women

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Innes FitzGerald   Great Britain 18:19 Sofia Thögersen   Denmark 18:38 Jade Le Corre   France 18:49 4 Kira Weis   Germany 18:54 5 Elsa Sundqvist   Sweden 19:10 6 Shirin Kerber   Switzerland 19:30 7 Anna Gardiner   Ireland 19:31 8 Jess Bailey   Great Britain 19:31 9 Franziska Drexler   Germany 19:34 10 Thea Charlotte Knutsen   Norway 19:38 11 Katarzyna Napiorkowska   Poland 19:41 12 Kirsty Maher   Ireland 19:43 13 Lizzie Wellsted   Great Britain 19:47 14 Ebba Broms   Sweden 19:51 15 Lara Costa   Portugal 19:52 16 Dilek Koçak   Turkey 19:53 17 Anna Marie Nordengren Sirevåg   Norway 19:54 18 Tilda Månsson   Sweden 19:54 19 Charlotte Penneman   Belgium 19:56 20 Adèle Gay   France 19:57 21 Emily Junginger   Germany 19:58 22 Hannah Enkels   Belgium 20:01 23 Laly Porentru   France 20:05 24 Clara Entresangle   France 20:05 25 Adele Roatta   Italy 20:06 26 Edibe Yağız   Turkey 20:07 27 Fien Paulussen   Belgium 20:10 28 Katie Pye   Great Britain 20:12 29 Amy Greene   Ireland 20:12 30 Fabienne Müller   Switzerland 20:13 31 Moli Lyons   Great Britain 20:13 32 Zoe Hunter   Great Britain 20:18 33 Carolina Schäfer   Germany 20:19 34 Elena Ribigini   Italy 20:20 35 María Viciosa   Spain 20:21 36 Maria Mihaela Blaga   Romania 20:21 [11]

Team race Rank Team Points   Great Britain Innes FitzGerald Jess Bailey Lizzie Wellsted Katie Pye Moli Lyons Zoe Hunter pts (22)   Germany Kira Weis Franziska Drexler Emily Junginger Carolina Schäfer Carolin Hinrichs pts (34)   Sweden Elsa Sundqvist Ebba Broms Tilda Månsson Towa Nilsson Hannah Kinane pts (37) 4   France Adèle Gay Laly Porentru Clara Entresangle Margot Dajoux pts (46)

Mixed Relay

Team race

Rank	Team	Time (m:s)
	France Bérénice Cleyet-Merle Antoine Senard Sarah Madeleine Alexis Miellet	19:44
	Netherlands Kevin Viezee Jetske van Kampen Maureen Koster Bram Anderiessen	19:46
	Great Britain Joshua Lay Bethan Morley Adam Fogg Khahisa Mhlanga	19:48
4	Italy [[]]	20:06
5	Belgium [[]]	20:15
6	Hungary [[]]	20:24
7	Poland [[]]	20:27
8	Spain [[]]	20:44
9	Czech Republic [[]]	21:00
10	Ukraine [[]]	21:44
12	Andorra [[]]	22:59

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