| European Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
 Action from the men's race in 2010 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date | December |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location | various |
| Inaugurated | 1994 (1994) |
| Organised by | EAA |
TheEuropean Cross Country Championships is an annual internationalcross country running competition. Organised by theEuropean Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 inAlnwick and the venue for the championships changes each year.
Unlike theWorld 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]
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]
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 theCOVID-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 | Belgrade, Serbia | 13 December | 7/13 | ||||
| 33 | 2027 | TBA | 12 December | 7/13 | ||||
Source:[5]
Consist of all individual and team events in senior, U23 and U20.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 89 | 61 | 51 | 201 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 35 | 38 | 37 | 110 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 24 | 35 | 28 | 87 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 22 | 12 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Portugal (POR) | 19 | 20 | 20 | 59 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 18 | 13 | 16 | 47 |
| 7 |  Russia (RUS) | 17 | 24 | 16 | 57 |
| 8 |  Norway (NOR) | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 11 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 9 | 16 | 24 | 49 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 13 | Ireland (IRL) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 14 |  Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 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 | 5 | 9 |
| 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) | 307 | 307 | 307 | 921 | |
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 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Ireland | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | Sweden | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Romania | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Belgium | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Total (24 nations) | 107 | 107 | 107 | 321 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
Internationalcross country running championships | ||
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| World |  | |
| Continental | ||
| Regional | ||
See also:Modern pentathlon •International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972) | ||
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