| Italy at the European Cross Country Championships | |
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| WA code | ITA |
| National federation | FIDAL |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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Italy at the European Cross Country Championships participated at all editions of the European Cross Country Championships from Alnwick 1994. [1]
| Edition | Men | Women | Mixed | Total | ||||||||
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 |  |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 Alnwick 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alnwick 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Charleroi 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Oeiras 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Ferrara 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Valenje 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Malmö 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Thun 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Medulin 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edinburgh 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Heringsdorf 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
 Tilburg 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| San Giorgio su Legnano 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Toro 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Brussels 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Dublin 2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Albufeira 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Velenje 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Szentendre 2012 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Belgrade 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Samokov 2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Hyères-Toulon 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chia 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Šamorín 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tilburg 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lisbon 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dublin 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turin 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brussels 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Andrea Lalli won the competition in all three categories: senior, under 23 and under 20 (previously named junior).
| Edition | Event | Runner | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Szentendre 2012 | Men's senior race | Andrea Lalli | |
| Daniele Meucci | | ||
| Lisbon 2019 | Men's senior race | Yemaneberhan Crippa | |
| Brussels 2023 | Women's senior race | Nadia Battocletti | |
| Edition | Team | Medal |
|---|---|---|
| Turin 2022 | Pietro Arese, Federica Del Buono, Yassin Bouih, Gaia Sabbatini | |
 | This section needs to be updated.(June 2024) |
Italy at under 23 level won 2 gold medals, 3 silver and 6 bronze.
| Edition | Event | Runner | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Giorgio su Legnano 2006 | Men's individual | Daniele Meucci | |
| Men's team | Daniele Meucci, Stefano La Rosa, Martin Dematteis, Luca Tocco | | |
| Women's team | Adelina De Soccio, Sara Dossena, Giorgia Robaudo, Giulia Francario | | |
| Brussels 2008 | Men's individual | Andrea Lalli | |
| Men's team | Andrea Lalli, Martin Dematteis, Bernard Dematteis, Simone Gariboldi | | |
| Hyères-Toulon 2015 | Women's team | Federica Del Buono, Christine Santi, Costanza Martinetti, Francesca Bertoni, Isabella Papa, Silvia Oggioni | |
| Chia 2016 | Men's individual | Yemaneberhan Crippa | |
| Men's team | Yemaneberhan Crippa, Samuele Dini, Said Ettaqy, Lorenzo Dini, Yassin Bouih, Italo Quazzola | | |
| Women's team | Christine Santi, Silvia Oggioni, Roberta Ciappini, Costanza Martinetti, Giulia Mattioli, Alice Rita Cocco | | |
| Šamorín 2017 | Men's individual | Yemaneberhan Crippa | |
| Lisbon 2019 | Men's team | Yohanes Chiappinelli, Jacopo De Marchi, Sebastiano Parolini, Riccardo Mugnosso, Pasquale Selvarolo, Sergiy Polikarpenko | |
| This section needs to be updated.(June 2024) |
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