European Cross Country Championships
International cross country running competition
| European Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
 Action from the men's race in 2010 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | December |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | various |
| Inaugurated | 1994 (1994) |
| Organised by | EAA |
The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 in Alnwick and the venue for the championships changes each year.
Unlike the World Championships for the sport, the European Cross Country Championships consists of six races in age categories, with separate senior, under-23, and junior races for both men and women. There are individual and national team medals awarded in each race. In the team competition, the top three from a team of up to six are scored.[1]
History
The first edition of the competition featured only senior races and 180 athletes took part. Men's and women's junior (under-20) races were introduced at the third edition in 1996 and under-23 races were added to the programme in 2006.[2]
Editions
Source:[3]
| # | Year | Host | Dates | Venue | Races Events | Countries | Athletes[nb] | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | ||||||||
| 1 | 1994 | Alnwick,  United Kingdom | 10 December | 2/4 | 23 | 180 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1995 | Alnwick, United Kingdom | 2 December | 2/4 | 23 | 186 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1996 | Charleroi,  Belgium | 15 December | 2/4 | 25 | 175 | 4 | |
| Senior + U20 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1997 | Oeiras,  Portugal | 14 December | 4/8 | 26 | 138 | 8 | |
| 5 | 1998 | Ferrara,  Italy | 13 December | 4/8 | 26 | 139 | 8 | |
| 6 | 1999 | Velenje,  Slovenia | 12 December | 4/8 | 27 | 141 | 8 | |
| 7 | 2000 | Malmö,  Sweden | 10 December | 4/8 | 31 | 150 | 8 | |
| 8 | 2001 | Thun,  Switzerland | 9 December | 4/8 | 27 | 155 | 8 | |
| 9 | 2002 | Medulin,  Croatia | 8 December | 4/8 | 27 | 157 | 8 | |
| 10 | 2003 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 14 December | 4/8 | 27 | 135 | 8 | |
| 11 | 2004 | Heringsdorf,  Germany | 12 December | 4/8 | 27 | 165 | 8 | |
| 12 | 2005 | Tilburg,  Netherlands | 11 December | 4/8 | 27 | 164 | 8 | |
| Senior + U23 + U20 | ||||||||
| 13 | 2006 | San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy | 10 December | 6/12 | 21 | 125 | 12 | |
| 14 | 2007 | Toro,  Spain | 9 December | 6/12 | 26 | 103 | 12 | |
| 15 | 2008 | Brussels, Belgium | 14 December | Laeken Park | 6/12 | 33 | 142 | 12 |
| 16 | 2009 | Dublin,  Ireland | 13 December | Santry Demesne | 6/12 | 30 | 116 | 12 |
| 17 | 2010 | Albufeira, Portugal | 12 December | Açoteias Cross Country Course | 6/12 | 34 | 123 | 12 |
| 18 | 2011 | Velenje, Slovenia | 11 December | 6/12 | 33 | 130 | 12 | |
| 19 | 2012 | Szentendre,  Hungary | 9 December | 6/12 | 35 | 146 | 12 | |
| 20 | 2013 | Belgrade,  Serbia | 8 December | 6/12 | 36 | 155 | 12 | |
| 21 | 2014 | Samokov,  Bulgaria | 14 December | Borovets | 6/12 | 35 | 137 | 12 |
| 22 | 2015 | Hyères-Toulon,  France | 13 December | Hippodrome de Hyères | 6/12 | 32 | 147 | 12 |
| 23 | 2016 | Chia, Italy | 11 December | 6/12 | 153 | 12 | ||
| Senior + U23 + U20 + Mixed Relay | ||||||||
| 24 | 2017 | Šamorín,  Slovakia | 10 December | Šamorín x-bionic® sphere | 7/13 | 37 | 157 | 13 |
| 25 | 2018 | Tilburg, Netherlands | 9 December | 7/13 | 38 | 555 | 13 | |
| 26 | 2019 | Lisbon, Portugal | 8 December | 7/13 | 40 | 606 | 13 | |
| Dublin, Ireland | 13 December | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] | ||||||
| 27 | 2021 | Dublin, Ireland | 12 December | National Sports Campus | 7/13 | 37 | 606 | 13 |
| 28 | 2022 | Turin, Italy | 11 December | La Mandria Park | 7/13 | 40 | 623 | 13 |
| 29 | 2023 | Brussels, Belgium | 10 December | Laeken Park | 7/13 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 2024 | Antalya,  Turkey | 8 December | 7/13 | ||||
| 31 | 2025 | Lagoa, Portugal | 14 December | 7/13 | ||||
| 32 | 2026 | TBA | 13 December | 7/13 | ||||
| 33 | 2027 | TBA | 12 December | 7/13 | ||||
- nb Country and athlete figures for senior races only
Medals (1994-2023)
Source:[5]
Consist of all individual and team events in senior, U23 and U20.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 83 | 58 | 48 | 189 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 35 | 35 | 36 | 106 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 23 | 34 | 27 | 84 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 22 | 11 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Portugal (POR) | 19 | 20 | 20 | 59 |
| 6 |  Russia (RUS) | 17 | 24 | 16 | 57 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 15 | 12 | 15 | 42 |
| 8 |  Norway (NOR) | 14 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 11 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 9 | 15 | 23 | 47 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |
| 14 |  Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 |  Romania (ROU) | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 17 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 18 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 |
| 19 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 20 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 |  Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 |  Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (30 entries) | 294 | 294 | 294 | 882 | |
Senior
Individual
Medal table
Updated after 2019, including the team rankings for each category and the mixed relay.
| # | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 19 | 21 | 15 | 55 |
| 2 | Portugal | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Spain | 14 | 19 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 | France | 13 | 15 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Turkey | 13 | 07 | 04 | 24 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 10 | 01 | 03 | 14 |
| 7 | Ireland | 04 | 02 | 03 | 09 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 04 | 01 | 02 | 07 |
| 9 | Russia | 03 | 03 | 01 | 07 |
| 10 | Sweden | 01 | 04 | 04 | 9 |
| 11 | Italy | 02 | 01 | 06 | 09 |
| 12 | Romania | 01 | 06 | 03 | 10 |
| 13 | Belgium | 01 | 04 | 02 | 07 |
| 14 | Norway | 01 | 01 | 04 | 06 |
| 15 | Finland | 01 | 01 | 01 | 03 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 01 | 01 | 00 | 02 |
| 17 | Hungary | 01 | 00 | 01 | 02 |
| 18 | Denmark | 01 | 00 | 00 | 01 |
| Slovenia | 01 | 00 | 00 | 01 | |
| 20 | Germany | 00 | 01 | 03 | 04 |
| 21 | Belarus | 00 | 01 | 01 | 02 |
| Poland | 00 | 01 | 01 | 02 | |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 00 | 01 | 00 | 01 |
| 24 | Serbia | 00 | 00 | 05 | 05 |
| Total (24 nations) | 107 | 107 | 107 | 321 | |
Under 23
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 17 | 11 | 12 | 40 |
| 2 | France | 11 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Germany | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | Ireland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Serbia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 56 | 56 | 56 | 168 | |
Source: it:Campionati europei di corsa campestre#Under 23
Under 20
Men
Women
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 30 | 18 | 16 | 64 |
| 2 | Russia | 9 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | France | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Italy | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Norway | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Turkey | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 9 | Portugal | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Romania | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 12 | Serbia | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | 92 | 92 | 92 | 276 | |
References
- ^ Event - SPAR European Cross Country Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ Cross country vital for athlete development, says President Wirz Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-12-10). Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/spar-european-cross-country-championships/overview
- ^ "Coronavirus causes cancellation of Dublin's hosting of European Cross-Country Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ https://www.athleticspodium.com/champs/european-xc
External links
- European Athletics official website
- Historical results from GBR Athletics
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International cross country running championships
See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)
