2014 European Cross Country Championships

2014 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition21st
Date14 December
Host citySamokov, Bulgaria
VenueBorovets
Events6
Distances9.880 km – Men
8.050 km – Women
8.050 km – U23 men
6.025 km – U23 women
6.025 km – Junior men
4.000 km – Junior women
Official websitehttp://www.samokov2014.eu/

The 2014 European Cross Country Championships was the 21st edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Samokov, Bulgaria, on 14 December 2014. The events were hosted at Borovets – a winter sports and ski resort in the Rila mountains.[1]

Race results

Senior men

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Polat Kemboi Arikan Turkey 32:19
Ali Kaya Turkey 32:19
Alemayehu Bezabeh Spain 32:30
4 Florian Carvalho France 32:59
5 Ross Millington Great Britain 33:00
6 Mohamed Marhum Spain 33:04
7 Khalid Choukoud Netherlands 33:04
8 Stefano La Rosa Italy 33:17
9 Adam Hickey Great Britain 33:19
10 Timothée Bommier France 33:21
Teams
Rank Team Points
Turkey
Arikan
Kaya
Cihat Ulus
Ramazan Özdemir
33
Spain
Bezabeh
Marhum
Antonio Abadía
Roberto Alaiz
36
Italy
Stefano La Rosa
Marouan Razine
Patrick Nasti
Ahmed El Mazoury
59
  • Totals: 75 entrants, 75 starters, 70 finishers, 9 finishing teams.[2]

Senior women

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Gemma Steel Great Britain 28:27
Kate Avery Great Britain 28:27
Meraf Bahta Sweden 28:52
4 Almensch Belete Belgium 28:52
5 Sophie Duarte France 28:58
6 Fionnuala Britton Ireland 28:59
7 Steph Twell Great Britain 29:07
8 Iwona Lewandowska Poland 29:09
9 Iris María Fuentes-Pila Spain 29:19
10 Carla Salomé Rocha Portugal 29:20
Teams
Rank Team Points
Great Britain
Steel
Avery
Twell
Lily Partridge
21
Spain
Fuentes-Pila
Trihas Gebre
Diana Martín
Lidia Rodríguez
70
Ireland
Britton
Sara Treacy
Michelle Finn
Annmarie McGlynn
87
  • Totals: 62 entrants, 62 starters, 58 finishers, 7 finishing teams.[3]

Under-23 men

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Ilgizar Safiulin Russia 25:31
Igor Maksimov Russia 25:33
Vladimir Nikitin Russia 25:37
4 Jonathan Hay Great Britain 25:46
5 Callum Hawkins Great Britain 25:49
6 Elmar Engholm Sweden 25:52
7 Marc Scott Great Britain 25:54
8 Francois Barrer France 25:56
9 Alexander Palm Sweden 26:00
10 Mikhail Strelkov Russia 26:03
Teams
Rank Team Points
Russia
Safiulin
Maksimov
Nikitin
Strelkov
16
Great Britain
Hay
Hawkins
Scott
Charlie Hulson
31
Sweden
Engholm
Palm
Napoleon Solomon
John Kingstedt
62
  • Totals: 75 entrants, 74 starters, 66 finishers, 10 finishing teams.[4]

Under-23 women

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Rhona Auckland Great Britain 22:23
Militsa Mircheva Bulgaria 22:25
Gulshat Fazlitdinova Russia 22:28
4 Yekaterina Sokolenko Russia 22:32
5 Maureen Koster Netherlands 22:37
6 Sevilay Eytemis Turkey 22:44
7 Louise Carton Belgium 22:49
8 Svetlana Aplachkina Russia 22:56
9 Alice Wright Great Britain 22:59
10 Amela Terzić Serbia 23:04
Teams
Rank Team Points
Russia
Fazlitdinova
Sokolenko
Aplachkina
Luiza Litvinova
Great Britain
Auckland
Wright
Emelia Gorecka
Maryse Haines
Turkey
Eytemis
Seyran Adanir
Sabahat Akpinar
Esma Aydemir
  • Totals: 60 entrants, 60 starters, 59 finishers, 9 finishing teams.[5]

Junior men

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Yemaneberhan Crippa Italy 20:07
Carlos Mayo Spain 20:22
Said Ettaqy Italy 20:28
4 Ayoub Mokhtar Spain 20:30
5 Yohanes Chiappinelli Italy 20:33
6 Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse France 20:37
7 Jordi Torrents Spain 20:40
8 William Levay Sweden 20:40
9 Alessandro Giacobazzi Italy 20:41
10 Emil Danielsson Sweden 20:42
Teams
Rank Team Points
Italy
Yemaneberhan Crippa
Said Ettaqy
Yohanes Chiappinelli
Alessandro Giacobazzi
18
Spain
Mayo
Mokhtar
Torrents
Raul Celada
41
Turkey
Saffet Elkatmis
Ferhat Bozkurt
Suleyman Bekmezci
Ramazan Barbaros
70
  • Totals: 105 entrants, 104 starters, 94 finishers, 17 finishing teams.[6]

Junior women

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Emine Hatun Tuna Turkey 14:13
Jessica Judd Great Britain 14:18
Lydia Turner Great Britain 14:25
4 Alina Reh Germany 14:34
5 Amy Griffiths Great Britain 14:38
6 Anna Emilie Møller Denmark 14:42
7 Cassandre Beaugrand France 14:44
8 Rebecca Straw Great Britain 14:48
9 Célia Antón Spain 14:49
10 Weronika Pyzik Poland 14:55
Teams
Rank Team Points
Great Britain
Judd
Turner
Griffiths
Straw
18
France
Beaugrand
Célia Bremond
Charlotte Mouchet
Cecile Lejeune
64
Germany
Reh
Sarah Kistner
Anna Gehring
Konstanze Klosterhalfen
74
  • Totals: 76 entrants, 76 starters, 74 finishers, 10 finishing teams.[7]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)4419
2 Russia (RUS)3126
Turkey (TUR)3126
4 Italy (ITA)2024
5 Spain (ESP)0415
6 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
France (FRA)0101
8 Sweden (SWE)0022
9 Germany (GER)0011
Ireland (IRL)0011
Totals (10 entries)12121236

References

  1. ^ Media Guide 2014 European Cross Country Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ Senior Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 11:58. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ^ Senior Women Final – Sun, Dec 14 11:06. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. ^ U23 Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 10:16. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. ^ U23 Women Final – Sun, Dec 14 9:32. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ^ Junior Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 8:48. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ^ Junior Women Results Final – Sun, Dec 14 8:30. European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.