2016 European Cross Country Championships
International athletics championship event
2016 European Cross Country Championships Organisers EAA Edition 23rd Date 11 December Host city Chia , ItalyEvents 6 Distances 9.94 km – Men 7.97 km – Women 7.97 km – U23 men 6 km – U23 women 6 km – Junior men 4.06 km – Junior women
The 2016 European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Chia , Italy.[1]
Aras Kaya won the men's senior title, making it three straight victories for Turkey in that event, following in the footsteps of fellow Kenyan-Turkish runners Polat Kemboi Arıkan and Ali Kaya . Yasemin Can , became Turkey's first senior women's winner and also led her nation to the team title. Great Britain were the most successful in the team races, claiming the senior men's, under-23 women's and junior women's titles; the country reached the podium in all categories.[2]
The 2016 edition saw increased Kenyan dominance at the competition, with the top two runners in both senior races being Kenyan-born, as well as the men's under-23 winner.[3]
Race results
Senior men
Team race
Rank
Team
Points
Great Britain Callum Hawkins , Andrew Butchart , Andy Vernon , Ben Connor
3+4+5+16=28
Spain Ilias Fifa , Ayad Lamdassem , Adel Mechaal , Antonio Abadía
6+7+8+11=32
Turkey Aras Kaya , Polat Kemboi Arıkan , Kaan Kigen Özbilen , Alper Demir
1+2+10+25=38
4
France Morhad Amdouni , Djilali Bedrani , Timothée Bommier , Abdellatif Meftah
17+19+21+22=79
Senior women
Team race
Rank
Team
Points
Turkey Yasemin Can , Meryem Akda , Özlem Kaya , Sevilay Eytemis
1+2+13+19=35
Great Britain Steph Twell , Gemma Steel , Katrina Wootton , Pippa Woolven
6+12+16+17=51
Romania Ancuța Bobocel , Roxana Bârcă , Cristina Negru , Paula Todoran
4+11+27+37=79
4
France Liv Westphal , Aurore Guerin , Samira Mezeghrane , Sophie Duarte
9+26+32+34=101
Under-23 men
Team race
Rank
Team
Points
Italy Yemaneberhan Crippa , Samuele Dini , Said Ettaqy , Lorenzo Dini , Yassin Bouih , Italo Quazzola
3+9+11+12=35
Belgium Isaac Kimeli , Simon Debognies , Dieter Kersten , Steven Casteele
1+8+10+34=53
Great Britain Jonny Davies , Alex George , Ellis Cross , Alex Short
5+13+15+25=58
4
Spain Carlos Mayo , Jesus Ramos , Mohamed Jelloul , El Madhi Lahoufi
2+7+16+39=64
Under-23 women
Team race
Rank
Team
Points
Great Britain Alice Wright , Charlotte Taylor , Rebecca Murray , Jessica Judd
3+4+7+12=26
Germany Anna Gehring , Caterina Granz , Carolin Kirtzel , Maya Rehberg
2+6+9+16=33
Italy Christine Santi , Silvia Oggioni , Roberta Ciappini , Costanza Martinetti , Giulia Mattioli , Alice Rita Cocco
10+14+19+24=67
4
Ukraine Viktoriya Kalyuzhna , Valeriya Zinenko , Nataliya Strebkova , Maryna Nemchenko
8+13+17+31=69
Junior men
Team race
Rank
Team
Points
France Jimmy Gressier , Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji , Hugo Hay , Abderrazak Charik
4+5+7+10=26
Spain Adrian Ben , Miguel González , Jordi Terrents , Annasse Mahboub El Hamdouini
8+9+12+13=42
Great Britain Mahamed Mahamed , Alexander Yee , Josh Kerr , Paulos Surafel
3+11+14+15=43
4
Italy Yohanes Chiappinelli , Sergiy Polikarpenko , Ahmed Ouhda , Ademe Cuneo
2+22+33+34=91
Junior women
Team race
Rank
Team
Points
Great Britain Harriet Knowles-Jones , Amelia Quirk , Victoria Weir , Gemma Holloway
3+9+10+11=33
Germany Konstanze Klosterhalfen , Alina Reh , Lisa Oed , Miriam Dattke
1+4+18+34=57
Netherlands Jasmijn Lau , Veerle Bakker , Merel van der Marel , Jasmijn Bakker
5+13+23+30=71
4
France Cécile Lejeune , Leila Hadji , Mathilde Senechal , Perle Maunoury
8+16+29+36=89
Medal table
Key
The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
References
Results [1]
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