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
Countries
Athletes[nb]
Events
Senior
1
1994
Alnwick , 10 December
2/4
23
180
4
2
1995
Alnwick , 2 December
2/4
23
186
4
3
1996
Charleroi , 15 December
2/4
25
175
4
Senior + U20
4
1997
Oeiras , 14 December
4/8
26
138
8
5
1998
Ferrara , 13 December
4/8
26
139
8
6
1999
Velenje , 12 December
4/8
27
141
8
7
2000
Malmö , 10 December
4/8
31
150
8
8
2001
Thun , 9 December
4/8
27
155
8
9
2002
Medulin , 8 December
4/8
27
157
8
10
2003
Edinburgh , 14 December
4/8
27
135
8
11
2004
Heringsdorf , 12 December
4/8
27
165
8
12
2005
Tilburg , 11 December
4/8
27
164
8
Senior + U23 + U20
13
2006
San Giorgio su Legnano , 10 December
6/12
21
125
12
14
2007
Toro , 9 December
6/12
26
103
12
15
2008
Brussels , 14 December
Laeken Park 6/12
33
142
12
16
2009
Dublin , 13 December
Santry Demesne 6/12
30
116
12
17
2010
Albufeira , 12 December
Açoteias Cross Country Course 6/12
34
123
12
18
2011
Velenje , 11 December
6/12
33
130
12
19
2012
Szentendre , 9 December
6/12
35
146
12
20
2013
Belgrade , 8 December
6/12
36
155
12
21
2014
Samokov , 14 December
Borovets 6/12
35
137
12
22
2015
Hyères -Toulon , 13 December
Hippodrome de Hyères 6/12
32
147
12
23
2016
Chia , 11 December
6/12
153
12
Senior + U23 + U20 + Mixed Relay
24
2017
Šamorín , 10 December
Šamorín x-bionic® sphere
7/13
37
157
13
25
2018
Tilburg , 9 December
7/13
38
555
13
26
2019
Lisbon , 8 December
7/13
40
606
13
2020
Dublin , 13 December
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 4]
27
2021
Dublin , 12 December
National Sports Campus 7/13
37
606
13
28
2022
Turin , 11 December
La Mandria Park 7/13
40
623
13
29
2023
Brussels , 10 December
Laeken Park 7/13
13
30
2024 Antalya , 8 December
7/13
31
2025 Lagoa , 14 December
7/13
32
2026 TBA
13 December
7/13
33
2027 TBA
12 December
7/13
nb
Source:[ 5]
Consist of all individual and team events in senior, U23 and U20.
Senior
Individual
Multiple champion Serhiy Lebid winning in 2008 Hayley Yelling winning the 2009 women's race
Medal table
Updated after 2019, including the team rankings for each category and the mixed relay.
Under 23
Medal table
Under 20
Men
Women
Medal table
Nadia Battocletti (Italy, pictured in 2019) won the Under-20 female race twice.
References
External links
World Continental
Regional Seasonal Defunct
