2006 European Cross Country Championships

The 13th European Cross Country Championships were held at San Giorgio su Legnano in Italy on 10 December 2006. Mo Farah took the title in the men's competition, while Tetyana Holovchenko won the women's race.

2006 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition13th
Date9 December
Host citySan Giorgio su Legnano, Italy
Events6
Distances9.95 km – Men
8.03 km – Women
8.03 km – U23 men
5.975 km – U23 women
5.975 km – Junior men
4.1 km – Junior women

Results

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Men individual 9.95 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Mo Farah 27:56
    Juan Carlos de la Ossa 28:06
    Mustafa Mohamed 28:08
4.   Khalid Zoubaa 28:16
5.   Rui Pedro Silva 28:17
6.   Driss El Himer 28:17
7.   Mustapha Essaïd 28:17
8.   Luís Feiteira 28:21
9.   Christian Belz 28:22
10.   Carles Castillejo 28:23
11.   Serhiy Lebid 28:26
12.   Driss Maazouzi 28:27

  Fernando Silva (originally second place in 28:03) was disqualified for doping according to IAAF Rule 32.2.a. Total 64 competitors

Men teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    France
Khalid Zoubaa
Driss El Himer
Mustapha Essaïd
Driss Maazouzi
29
    Spain
Juan Carlos de la Ossa
Carles Castillejo
Eliseo Martín
José Manuel Martínez
40
    Portugal
Rui Pedro Silva
Luís Feiteira
Ricardo Ribas
Licínio Pimentel
54
4.   United Kingdom
Mo Farah
Chris Thompson
Gavin Thompson
Michael Skinner
79
5.   Italy
Gabriele de Nard
Giovanni Gualdi
Umberto Pusterla
Ruggero Pertile
89
6.   Ukraine 109
7.   Sweden 119
8.   Ireland 153

Total 10 teams

Women individual 8.03 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Tetyana Holovchenko 25:17
    Mariya Konovalova 25:18
    Olivera Jevtić 25:21
4.   Anikó Kálovics 25:26
5.   Julie Coulaud 25:28
6.   Hayley Yelling 25:28
7.   Nathalie De Vos 25:34
8.   Joanne Pavey 25:38
9.   Jessica Augusto 25:38
10.   Anália Rosa 25:45
11.   Leonor Carneiro 25:52
12.   Rosa María Morató 25:53

Total 59 competitors

Women teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    Portugal
Jessica Augusto
Anália Rosa
Leonor Carneiro
Mónica Rosa
47
    United Kingdom
Hayley Yelling
Joanne Pavey
Liz Yelling
Kate Reed
47
    France
Julie Coulaud
Samira Chellah
Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel
Christelle Daunay
69
4.   Russia
Mariya Konovalova
Alevtina Ivanova
Inga Abitova
Marina Ivanova
88
5.   Spain
Rosa María Morató
Maria Azucena Diaz
Judith Plá
Irene Pelayo
94
6.   Italy 96
7.   Serbia 128
8.   Ireland 153

Total 9 teams

Men U23 individual 8.03 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Barnabás Bene 23:14
    Dušan Markešević 23:16
    Daniele Meucci 23:16
4.   Yevgeniy Rybakov 23:17
5.   Anatoliy Rybakov 23:22
6.   Stsiapan Rahautsou 23:24
7.   Mario Van Waeyenberghe 23:25
8.   Aleksey Aleksandrov 23:26
9.   Khalid Choukoud 23:29
10.   Stefano la Rosa 23:29

Men U23 teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    Russia
Yevgeniy Rybakov
Anatoliy Rybakov
Aleksey Aleksandrov
Dmitriy Nizelskiy
28
    Italy
Daniele Meucci
Stefano La Rosa
Martin Dematteis
Luca Tocco
78
    Poland
Kamil Murzyn
Łukasz Parszczyński
Artur Kozłowski
Hubert Prokop
94
4.   Ireland
Joseph Sweeney
Mark Christie
Andrew Ledwith
Mick Clohisey
102
5.   United Kingdom
Andy Vernon
Tom Humphries
Andrew Baker
Tom Russell
105

Women U23 individual 5.975km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Binnaz Uslu 18:47
    Fionnuala Britton 18:56
    Türkan Erismis 19:09
4.   Aine Hoban 19:10
5.   Adelina De Soccio 19:16
6.   Viktoriya Trushenko 19:19
7.   Adriënne Herzog 19:20
8.   Laura Kenney 19:23
9.   Katarzyna Kowalska 19:24
10.   Anke Van Campen 19:34

Women U23 teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    United Kingdom
Aine Hoban
Laura Kenney
Claire Holme
Faye Fullerton
56
    Poland
Katarzyna Kowalska
Sylwia Ejdys
Marta Wojtkunska
Justyna Mudy
65
    Italy
Adelina De Soccio
Sara Dossena
Giorgia Robaudo
Giulia Francario
96
4.   Netherlands
Adriënne Herzog
Andrea Deelstra
Susan Kuijken
Yvonne Hak
97
5.   Turkey
Binnaz Uslu
Türkan Erismis
Dudu Karakaya
Mulkiye Yilmaz
105

Junior men individual 5.975km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Andrea Lalli 16:53
    Siarhei Chebiarak 17:03
    Ciprian Suhanea 17:06
4.   Aleksey Popov 17:12
5.   Simone Gariboldi 17:14

Junior men teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    Italy
Andrea Lalli
Simone Gariboldi
Antonio Garavello
Merihun Crespi
68
    Spain
Mohamed Elbendir
Javier García
Juan Antonio Pousa
Álvaro Lozano
74
    France
Noureddine Smaïl
Mourad Amdouni
David Vuste
Anthony Gauthier
74
4.   Turkey
Osman Baş
Adem Belir
Muğdat Öztürk
Ercan Muslu
83
5.   United Kingdom
Kevin Deighton
Jonathon Pepper
Lewis Timmins
Rory Fraser
97

Junior women individual 4.1 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Stephanie Twell 12:33
    Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal 12:36
    Ancuţa Bobocel 12:51
4.   Emily Pidgeon 12:59
5.   Viktoriya Ivanova 13:08

Junior women teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    United Kingdom
Stephanie Twell
Emily Pidgeon
Sian Edwards
Abby Westley
21
    Russia
Viktoriya Ivanova
Tatyana Shutova
Yekaterina Gorbunova
Alfiya Khasanova
76
    Romania
Ancuţa Bobocel
Andreea David
Cristiana Frumuz
Daniela Donisa
83
4.   Spain
Marta Romo
Maria Sánchez
Cristina Jordan
Ainhoa Sanz
98
5.   Germany
Julia Hiller
Carolin Ähling
Mira Glocker
Cornelia Schwennen
102

Medal table

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Rank Nation       Total
1   United Kingdom 4 1 0 5
2   Italy 2 1 2 5
3   Russia 1 2 0 3
4   France 1 0 2 3
5   Portugal 1 0 1 2
  Turkey 1 0 1 2
7   Ukraine 1 0 0 1
  Hungary 1 0 0 1
9   Spain 0 3 0 3
10   Poland 0 1 1 2
  Serbia 0 1 1 2
12   Belarus 0 1 0 1
  Ireland 0 1 0 1
  Norway 0 1 0 1
15   Romania 0 0 3 3
16   Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 12 12 12 36

References

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45°34′04″N 8°54′22″E / 45.56778°N 8.90611°E / 45.56778; 8.90611