2012 European Cross Country Championships


The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December.
Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first champion at the competition. The men's team race was won by Spain. Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming the first woman to retain her title. Team Ireland took gold in the senior women's race.

Race results

Senior men

RankTeamPoints
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Carles Castillejo
Ayad Lamdassem
Javier Guerra
Juan Carlos Higuero
Antonio Dávid Jiménez
35
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Tom Farrell
Steve Vernon
Jonathan Taylor
Andy Vernon
Tom Humphries
38
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Andrea Lalli
Daniele Meucci
Gabriele De Nard
Patrick Nasti
Alex Baldaccini
63

  • Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.

Senior women

RankAthleteCountryTime
Image:Gold medal icon.svgFionnuala Britton27:45
Image:Silver medal icon.svgAna Dulce Félix27:47
Image:Bronze medal icon.svgAdrienne Herzog27:48
4Almensh Belete27:54
5Laurane Picoche27:55
6Sophie Duarte27:55
7Nadia Ejjafini27:59
8Linda Byrne28:17
9Lisa Stublić28:18
10Diana Martín28:19
11Louise Damen28:22
12Sara Moreira28:26

RankTeamPoints
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Fionnuala Britton
Linda Byrne
Ava Hutchinson
Lizzie Lee
Sarah McCormack
52
Image:Silver medal icon.svg
Laurane Picoche
Sophie Duarte
Christine Bardelle
Magali Bernard
Maryline Pellen
52
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Louise Damen
Caryl Jones
Rosie Smith
Elle Baker
Katrina Wootton
60

  • Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.

Under-23 men

RankTeamPoints
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Romain Collenot-Spiret
Simon Denissel
Michael Gras
Matthieu Lonjou
Tanguy Pepiot
50
Image:Silver medal icon.svg
Antonio Abadía
Abdelaziz Merzougui
Roberto Alaiz
Aitor Fernández
Gabriel Navarro
59
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James Wilkinson
Andrew Heyes
Simon Horsfield
Dewi Griffiths
Scott McDonald
80

  • Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.

Under-23 women

RankTeamPoints
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Lyudmila Lebedeva
Gulshat Fazlitdinova
Yekaterina Matyunina
Yelena Sedova
27
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Jess Coulson
Lauren Howarth
Hannah Walker
Lily Partridge
Beth Potter
Hannah Alderson
33
Image:Bronze medal icon.svg
Corinna Harrer
Jana Sussmann
Melanie Stemper
Domenika Weiss
Jannika John
86

  • Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.

Junior men

RankTeamPoints
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Viktor Bakharev
Mikhail Strelkov
Nikita Vysotskiy
Rudolf Petrukhin
Ivan Panferov
Aleksandr Novikov
50
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Djilali Bedrani
Alexandre Saddedine
Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse
Hamza Habjaoui
Félix Bour
51
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Kieran Clements
Charlie Grice
Ian Bailey
Charlie Hulson
Luke Traynor
54

  • Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.

Junior women

RankTeamPoints
Image:Gold medal icon.svg
Emelia Gorecka
Annabel Mason
Jenny Walsh
Jessica Judd
Alex Clay
Rhona Auckland
28
Image:Silver medal icon.svg
Maya Rehberg
Anna Gehring
Caterina Granz
Johanna Schulz
Lisa Ziegler
Laura Clart
106
Image:Bronze medal icon.svg
Yevdokiya Bukina
Luiza Litvinova
Zulfira Fazlitdinova
Alena Shukhtuyeva
111

  • Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.