2017 European Cross Country Championships

2017 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition24th
Date10 December
Host cityŠamorín, Slovakia
VenueŠamorín x-bionic sphere
Events7
Distances10.18 km – Men
8.23 km – Women
6.28 km – Mixed relay
8.23 km – U23 men
6.28 km – U23 women
6.28 km – Junior men
4.18 km – Junior women
Participation624 athletes from
37 nations

The 2017 European Cross Country Championships was the 24th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Šamorín, Slovakia.[1] As of the 2017 edition, the first three athletes from each nation counted towards the team standings, rather than the top four of previous years.[2]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Senior men  Kaan Kigen Özbilen (TUR) 29:45  Adel Mechaal (ESP) 29:54  Andrew Butchart (GBR) 30:00
U23 men  Jimmy Gressier (FRA) 24:35  Hugo Hay (FRA) 24:37  Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) 24:42
Junior men  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 18:39  Ramazan Barbaros (TUR) 18:41  Louis Gilavert (FRA) 18:45
Senior women  Yasemin Can (TUR) 26:48  Meraf Bahta (SWE) 27:03  Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) 27:04
U23 women  Alina Reh (GER) 20:22  Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) 20:25  Jessica Judd (GBR) 20:45
Junior women  Harriet Knowles-Jones (GBR) 13:48  Lili Anna Tóth (HUN) 13:59  Miriam Dattke (GER) 14:03
Senior men team  Turkey (TUR)
Kaan Kigen Özbilen
Aras Kaya
Polat Kemboi Arıkan
17 pts  Spain (ESP)
Adel Mechaal
Daniel Mateo
Ayad Lamdassem
20 pts  Great Britain (GBR)
Andrew Butchart
Ben Connor
Tom Lancashire
35 pts
U23 men team  France (FRA)
Jimmy Gressier
Hugo Hay
Emmanuel Roudolff Lévisse
7 pts  Belgium (BEL)
Simon Debognies
Robin Hendrix
Michael Somers
26 pts  Great Britain (GBR)
Mahamed Mahamed
Chris Olley
Patrick Dever
41 pts
Junior men team  Spain (ESP)
Miguel González
Annasse Mahboub
Ignacio Fontes
20 pts  France (FRA)
Louis Gilavert
Yani Khelaf
Ilyes Boum
27 pts  Turkey (TUR)
Ramazan Barbaros
Abdurrahman Gediklioglu
Ömer Amaçtan
49 pts
Senior women team  Great Britain (GBR)
Charlotte Taylor
Emelia Gorecka
Gemma Steel
23 pts  Romania (ROU)
Roxana Bârcă
Ancuța Bobocel
Cristina Simion
31 pts  Turkey (TUR)
Yasemin Can
Özlem Kaya
Esma Aydemir
54 pts
U23 women team  Great Britain (GBR)
Jessica Judd
Amy-Eloise Neale
Amy Griffiths
12 pts  Germany (GER)
Alina Reh
Konstanze Klosterhalfen
Anna Gehring
15 pts  Turkey (TUR)
Emine Hatun Tuna
Büsra Nur Koku
Yayla Kiliç
46 pts
Junior women team  Great Britain (GBR)
Harriet Knowles-Jones
Cari Hughes
Khahisa Mhlanga
21 pts  Italy (ITA)
Nadia Battocletti
Francesca Tommasi
Elisa Cherubini
33 pts  Spain (ESP)
Marta García
Lucía Rodríguez
Carla Gallardo
47 pts
Mixed relay  Great Britain (GBR)
Melissa Courtney
Cameron Boyek
Sarah McDonald
Tom Marshall
18:24  Czech Republic (CZE)
Simona Vrzalová
Filip Sasínek
Kristiina Mäki
Jakub Holuša
18:25  Spain (ESP)
Solange Pereira
Víctor Ruiz
Esther Guerrero
Jesús Gómez
18:26

Race results

Senior men

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Kaan Kigen Özbilen Turkey 29:45
Adel Mechaal Spain 29:54
Andrew Butchart Great Britain 30:00
4 Hassan Chahdi France 30:01
5 Soufiane Bouchikhi Belgium 30:04
6 Ben Connor Great Britain 30:08
7 Aras Kaya Turkey 30:14
8 Daniel Mateo Spain 30:16
9 Polat Kemboi Arıkan Turkey 30:17
10 Ayad Lamdassem Spain 30:18
11 Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway 30:19
12 Richard Ringer Germany 30:24
13 Lander Tijtgat Belgium 30:25
14 Javier Guerra Spain 30:29
15 Sean Tobin Ireland 30:43
16 Rui Pinto Portugal 30:44
17 Lorenzo Dini Italy 30:44
18 Djilali Bedrani France 30:44
19 Hugh Armstrong Ireland 30:46
20 Samuel Barata Portugal 30:46
Team race
Rank Team Points
Turkey
Kaan Kigen Özbilen, Aras Kaya, Polat Kemboi Arıkan
1+7+9=17
Spain
Adel Mechaal, Daniel Mateo, Ayad Lamdassem
2+8+10=20
Great Britain
Andrew Butchart, Ben Connor, Tom Lancashire
3+6+26=35
4 France
Hassan Chahdi, Djilali Bedrani, Benjamin Choquert
4+18+34=56

Senior women

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Yasemin Can Turkey 26:48
Meraf Bahta Sweden 27:03
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway 27:04
4 Roxana Bârcă Romania 27:21
5 Elena Burkard Germany 27:21
6 Charlotte Taylor Great Britain 27:23
7 Fabienne Schlumpf Switzerland 27:24
8 Emelia Gorecka Great Britain 27:34
9 Gemma Steel Great Britain 27:41
10 Steph Twell Great Britain 27:43
11 Ancuța Bobocel Romania 27:46
12 Fionnuala McCormack Ireland 27:48
13 Trihas Gebre Spain 27:53
14 Viktoriya Kalyuzhna Ukraine 27:54
15 Lily Partridge Great Britain 27:55
16 Cristina Simion Romania 27:58
17 Nuria Lugueros Spain 27:59
18 Sara Catarina Ribeiro Portugal 28:00
19 Maria Larsson Sweden 28:05
20 Marta Pen Portugal 28:12
Team race
Rank Team Points
Great Britain
Charlotte Taylor, Emelia Gorecka, Gemma Steel
6+8+9=23
Romania
Roxana Bârcă, Ancuța Bobocel, Cristina Simion
4+11+16=31
Turkey
Yasemin Can, Özlem Kaya, Esma Aydemir
1+26+27=54
4 Portugal
Sara Catarina Ribeiro, Marta Pen, Inês Monteiro
18+20+22=60

Senior mixed relay

Rank Team Time (m:s)
Great Britain
Melissa Courtney, Cameron Boyek, Sarah McDonald, Tom Marshall
18:24
Czech Republic
Simona Vrzalová, Filip Sasínek, Kristiina Mäki, Jakub Holuša
18:25
Spain
Solange Pereira, Víctor Ruiz, Esther Guerrero, Jesús Gómez
18:26
4 Sweden
Linn Nilsson, Emil Blomberg, Hanna Hermansson, Daniel Lundgren
19:02
5 France
Élodie Normand, Martin Casse, Maëva Danois, Samir Dahmani
19:04
6 Italy
Elena Bellò, Mohad Abdikadar Sheik Ali, Chiara Casolari, Lorenzo Pilati
19:10
7 Germany
Diana Sujew, Maximilian Thorwirth, Denise Krebs, Marius Probst
19:10
8 Turkey
Sebahat Akpinar, Ramazan Özdemir, Emina Tuna, Levent Ateş
19:14
9 Ukraine
Nataliya Batrak, Yuriy Kyshchenko, Lyubov Sukhovirska, Volodymyr Kyts
19:26
10 Denmark
Line Kalstrup Schulz, Nick Jensen, Laura Møller, Jacob Ilbjerg Stengaard
19:36
11 Slovakia
Kristína Hegedüsová, Jozef Pelikán, Katarina Belová, Jozef Repčík
20:31

Under-23 men

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Jimmy Gressier France 24:35
Hugo Hay France 24:37
Yemaneberhan Crippa Italy 24:42
4 Emmanuel Roudolff Lévisse France 24:43
5 Carlos Mayo Spain 24:46
6 Simon Debognies Belgium 24:47
7 Alexis Miellet France 24:47
8 Topi Raitanen Finland 24:47
9 Robin Hendrix Belgium 24:48
10 Süleyman Bekmezci Turkey 24:49
11 Michael Somers Belgium 24:49
12 Mahamed Mahamed Great Britain 24:50
13 Chris Olley Great Britain 24:52
14 Dorian Boulvin Belgium 24:58
15 Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji France 25:02
Team race
Rank Team Points
France
Jimmy Gressier, Hugo Hay, Emmanuel Roudolff Lévisse
1+2+4=7
Belgium
Simon Debognies, Robin Hendrix, Michael Somers
6+9+11=26
Great Britain
Mahamed Mahamed, Chris Olley, Patrick Dever
12+13+16=41
4 Spain
Carlos Mayo, Sergio Paniagua, Yago Rojo
5+17+23=45

Under-23 women

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Alina Reh Germany 20:22
Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany 20:25
Jessica Judd Great Britain 20:45
4 Amy-Eloise Neale Great Britain 20:59
5 Amy Griffiths Great Britain 21:02
6 Isabelle Brauer Sweden 21:09
7 Anna Emilie Møller Denmark 21:14
8 Weronika Pyzik Poland 21:18
9 Mhairi Maclennan Great Britain 21:26
10 Phoebe Law Great Britain 21:26
11 Emine Tuna Turkey 21:27
12 Anna Gehring Germany 21:28
13 Philippa Bowden Great Britain 21:29
14 Valeriya Zinenko Ukraine 21:32
15 Emma Oudiou France 21:34
Team race
Rank Team Points
Great Britain
Jessica Judd, Amy-Eloise Neale, Amy Griffiths
3+4+5=12
Germany
Alina Reh, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Anna Gehring
1+2+12=15
Turkey
Emine Tuna, Büsra Koku, Yayla Kiliç
11+16+19=46
4 Sweden
Isabelle Brauer, Sara Christiansson, Isabella Andersson
6+21+25=52

Junior men

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway 18:39
Ramazan Barbaros Turkey 18:41
Louis Gilavert France 18:45
4 Yani Khelaf France 18:47
5 Miguel González Spain 18:48
6 Adrian Garcea Romania 18:48
7 Annasse Mahboub Spain 18:49
8 Ignacio Fontes Spain 18:50
9 Mario García Spain 18:50
10 Markus Görger Germany 18:50
11 Tim van de Velde Belgium 18:51
12 Dorin Andrei Rusu Romania 18:52
13 Tariku Novales Spain 18:54
14 Matthew Willis Great Britain 18:57
15 Andreas Holst Lindgreen Denmark 19:01
Team race
Rank Team Points
Spain
Miguel González, Annasse Mahboub, Ignacio Fontes
5+7+8=20
France
Louis Gilavert, Yani Khelaf, Ilyes Boum
3+4+20=27
Turkey
Ramazan Barbaros, Abdurrahman Gediklioglu, Ömer Amaçtan
2+21+26=49
4 Belgium
Tim van de Velde, Dries De Smet, John Heymans
11+16+24=51

Junior women

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Harriet Knowles-Jones Great Britain 13:48
Lili Tóth Hungary 13:59
Miriam Dattke Germany 14:03
4 Jasmijn Lau Netherlands 14:05
5 Nadia Battocletti Italy 14:07
6 Francesca Tommasi Italy 14:07
7 Mathilde Sénéchal France 14:08
8 Alberte Kjær Pedersen Denmark 14:09
9 Cari Hughes Great Britain 14:15
10 Sophie Murphy Ireland 14:15
11 Khahisa Mhlanga Great Britain 14:16
12 Niamh Brown Great Britain 14:17
13 Marta García Spain 14:17
14 Tatsiana Shabanava Belarus 14:17
15 Lucía Rodríguez Spain 14:18
Team race
Rank Team Points
Great Britain
Harriet Knowles-Jones, Cari Hughes, Khahisa Mhlanga
1+9+11=21
Italy
Nadia Battocletti, Francesca Tommasi, Elisa Cherubini, Micol Majori, Laura De Marco
5+6+22=33
Spain
Marta García, Lucía Rodríguez, Carla Gallardo
13+15+19=47
4 France
Mathilde Sénéchal, Alexa Lemitre, Julie Lejarraga
7+23+30=60

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)5049
2 Turkey (TUR)3137
3 France (FRA)2215
4 Spain (ESP)1225
5 Germany (GER)1214
6 Norway (NOR)1012
7 Italy (ITA)0112
8 Belgium (BEL)0101
Czech Republic (CZE)0101
Hungary (HUN)0101
Romania (ROU)0101
Sweden (SWE)0101
Totals (12 entries)13131339

References

  1. ^ Team Manual. 2017 European Cross Country Championships. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Britain land five golds to come out on top at the European Cross Country Championships". Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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