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 will be the 29th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It will be held on 10 December 2023 in Laeken Park in Brussels, Belgium.^[1]

Belgium will stage 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 (FRA)	30:17	Magnus Tuv Myhre (NOR)	30:20	Robin Hendrix (BEL)	30:22
Senior women	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR)	33:40	Nadia Battocletti (ITA)	34:25	Abbie Donnelly (GBR)	34:42
U23 men	Will Barnicoat (GBR)	23:42	Valentin Bresc (FRA)	23:42	Matthew Stonier (GBR)	23:51
U23 women	Megan Keith (GBR)	25:32	Ilona Mononen (FIN)	26:55	Nathalie Blomqvist (FIN)	27:06
U20 men	Axel Vang Christensen (DEN)	16:09	Niels Laros (NED)	16:10	Nick Griggs (IRL)	16:24
U20 women	Innes FitzGerald (GBR)	18:19	Sofia Thøgersen (DEN)	18:38	Jade Le Corre (FRA)	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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 30:59 24 Ouassim Oumaiz  Spain 31:00 25 Marco Vanderpoorten  Belgium 31:01 26 Fernando Carro  Spain 31:04 27 Zakariya Mahamed  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 34:42 4 Fionnuala McCormack  Ireland 35:00 5 Jessica Warner-Judd  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 35:37 11 Poppy Tank  United Kingdom 35:42 12 Marie Bouchard  France 35:42 13 Cristina Ruiz  Spain 36:00 14 Amelia Quirk  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 23:42 Valentin Bresc  France 23:42 Matthew Stonier  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 27:37 12 Ina Halle Haugen  Norway 27:38 13 Amina Maatoug  Netherlands 27:40 14 Lisa Merkel  Germany 27:57 15 Eloise Walker  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 28:58 35 Lynn McKenna  United Kingdom 28:59 [9]

Team race Rank Team Points  United Kingdom 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 [[]] {{}} 10 [[]] {{}} 11 [[]] {{}} 12 [[]] {{}} 13 [[]] {{}} 14 [[]] {{}} 15 [[]] {{}} 16 [[]] {{}} 17 [[]] {{}} 18 [[]] {{}} 19 [[]] {{}} 20 [[]] {{}} 21 [[]] {{}} 22 [[]] {{}} 23 [[]] {{}} 24 [[]] {{}} 25 [[]] {{}} 26 [[]] {{}} 27 [[]] {{}} 28 [[]] {{}} 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)  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 19:47 14 Ebba Broms  Sweden 19:51 15 Lara Costa  Portugal 19:52 16 Dilek Kocak  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  United Kingdom 20:12 29 Amy Greene  Ireland 20:12 30 Fabienne Müller  Switzerland 20:13 31 Moli Lyons  United Kingdom 20:13 32 Zoe Hunter  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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 [[]]	19:44
	Netherlands [[]]	19:46
	Great Britain [[]]	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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