| 2016 European Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Organisers | EAA |
| Edition | 23rd |
| Date | 11 December |
| Host city | Chia, Italy |
| Events | 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 |
The2016European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of thecross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted inChia, 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 runnersPolat Kemboi Arıkan andAli 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]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Aras Kaya |  Turkey | 27:39 |
 | Polat Kemboi Arıkan | Turkey | 27:42 |
 | Callum Hawkins |  Great Britain | 27:49 |
| 4 | Andrew Butchart | Great Britain | 28:01 |
| 5 | Andy Vernon | Great Britain | 28:11 |
| 6 | Ilias Fifa |  Spain | 28:19 |
| 7 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain | 28:22 |
| 8 | Adel Mechaal | Spain | 28:26 |
| 9 | Marouan Razine |  Italy | 28:27 |
| 10 | Kaan Kigen Özbilen | Turkey | 28:30 |
| 11 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | 28:33 |
| 12 | Abdi Hakin Ulad |  Denmark | 28:37 |
| 13 | Sondre Nordstad Moen |  Norway | 28:46 |
| 14 | Soufiane Bouchikhi |  Belgium | 28:47 |
| 15 | Marco Najibe Salami | Italy | 28:48 |
| 16 | Ben Connor | Great Britain | 28:51 |
| 17 | Morhad Amdouni |  France | 28:55 |
| 18 | Dewi Griffiths | Great Britain | 29:00 |
| 19 | Djilali Bedrani | France | 29:01 |
| 20 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy | 29:01 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasemin Can | Turkey | 24:46 |
| Meryem Akda | Turkey | 24:56 |
| Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway | 25:26 |
| 4 | Ancuța Bobocel |  Romania | 25:27 |
| 5 | Fionnuala McCormack |  Ireland | 25:28 |
| 6 | Steph Twell | Great Britain | 25:40 |
| 7 | Trihas Gebre | Spain | 25:41 |
| 8 | Fabienne Schlumpf |  Switzerland | 25:46 |
| 9 | Liv Westphal | France | 25:47 |
| 10 | Elizeba Cherono |  Netherlands | 25:57 |
| 11 | Roxana Bârcă | Romania | 26:01 |
| 12 | Gemma Steel | Great Britain | 26:06 |
| 13 | Özlem Kaya | Turkey | 26:12 |
| 14 | Charlotta Fougberg |  Sweden | 26:12 |
| 15 | Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová |  Czech Republic | 26:13 |
| 16 | Katrina Wootton | Great Britain | 26:16 |
| 17 | Pippa Woolven | Great Britain | 26:20 |
| 18 | Carla Salomé Rocha |  Portugal | 26:32 |
| 19 | Sevilay Eytemis | Turkey | 26:32 |
| 20 | Fabienne Amrhein |  Germany | 26:33 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Kimeli | Belgium | 22:48 |
| Carlos Mayo | Spain | 22:53 |
| Yemaneberhan Crippa | Italy | 22:54 |
| 4 | Amanal Petros | Germany | 23:01 |
| 5 | Jonny Davies | Great Britain | 23:01 |
| 6 | Napoleon Solomon | Sweden | 23:03 |
| 7 | Jesus Ramon | Spain | 23:08 |
| 8 | Simon Debognies | Belgium | 23:14 |
| 9 | Samuele Dini | Italy | 23:15 |
| 10 | Dieter Kersten | Belgium | 23:16 |
| 11 | Said Ettaqy | Italy | 23:16 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Dini | Italy | 23:18 |
| 13 | Alex George | Great Britain | 23:19 |
| 14 | Emmenuel Roudolff Levisse | France | 23:22 |
| 15 | Ellis Cross | Great Britain | 23:32 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofia Ennaoui |  Poland | 19:21 |
| Anna Gehring | Germany | 19:24 |
| Alice Wright | Great Britain | 19:42 |
| 4 | Charlotte Taylor | Great Britain | 19:44 |
| 5 | Katarzyna Rutkowska | Poland | 19:49 |
| 6 | Caterina Granz | Germany | 19:50 |
| 7 | Rebecca Murray | Great Britain | 19:52 |
| 8 | Viktoriya Kalyuzhna |  Ukraine | 19:54 |
| 9 | Carolin Kirtzel | Germany | 19:54 |
| 10 | Christine Santi | Italy | 19:59 |
| 11 | Tuğba Güvenç | Turkey | 20:01 |
| 12 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 20:06 |
| 13 | Valeriya Zinenko | Ukraine | 20:10 |
| 14 | Silvia Oggioni | Italy | 20:12 |
| 15 | Johanna Geyer-Carles | France | 20:15 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 17:06 |
| Yohanes Chiappinelli | Italy | 17:14 |
| Mahamed Mahamed | Great Britain | 17:16 |
| 4 | Jimmy Gressier | France | 17:19 |
| 5 | Mohammed-Amine El Bouajaji | France | 17:20 |
| 6 | Jack O'Leary | Ireland | 17:21 |
| 7 | Hugo Hay | France | 17:30 |
| 8 | Adrian Ben | Spain | 17:30 |
| 9 | Miguel González | Spain | 17:34 |
| 10 | Abderrazak Charik | France | 17:34 |
| 11 | Alexander Yee | Great Britain | 17:35 |
| 12 | Jordi Torrents | Spain | 17:37 |
| 13 | Annasse Mahboub El Hamdouini | Spain | 17:38 |
| 14 | Josh Kerr | Great Britain | 17:38 |
| 15 | Paulos Surafel | Great Britain | 17:42 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany | 12:26 |
| Anna Emilie Møller | Denmark | 12:43 |
| Harriet Knowles-Jones | Great Britain | 12:52 |
| 4 | Alina Reh | Germany | 12:53 |
| 5 | Jasmijn Lau | Netherlands | 12:57 |
| 6 | Delia Sclabas | Switzerland | 12:58 |
| 7 | Lucia Rodríguez | Spain | 13:06 |
| 8 | Cécile Lejeune | France | 13:12 |
| 9 | Amelia Quirk | Great Britain | 13:12 |
| 10 | Victoria Weir | Great Britain | 13:16 |
| 11 | Gemma Holloway | Great Britain | 13:32 |
| 12 | Stine Wangberg | Norway | 13:24 |
| 13 | Veerle Bakker | Netherlands | 13:25 |
| 14 | Francesca Tommasi | Italy | 13:25 |
| 15 | Lara Alemanni | Switzerland | 13:26 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA)* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |