2008 European Cross Country Championships

The 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race.

2008 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition15th
Date14 December
Host cityBrussels, Belgium
Events6
Distances10 km – Men
8 km – Women
8 km – U23 men
6 km – U23 women
6 km – Junior men
4 km – Junior women

Results

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Men individual 10.0 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Serhiy Lebid 30:49
    Mo Farah 30:57
    Mustafa Mohamed 31:13
4.   Ayad Lamdassem 31:17
5.   Pieter Desmet 31:19
6.   Bouabdellah Tahri 31:21
7.   Alemayehu Bezabeh 31:23
8.   Rui Pedro Silva 31:26
9.   Michel Butter 31:30
10.   Frank Tickner 31:39
11.   Mokhtar Benhari 31:40
12.   Daniele Meucci 31:41

Total 77 competitors

Men teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    Spain
Ayad Lamdassem
Alemayehu Bezabeh
Sergio Sánchez
Javier Guerra
39
    France
Bouabdellah Tahri
Mokhtar Benhari
Driss El Himer
James Theury
49
    United Kingdom
Mo Farah
Frank Tickner
Michael Skinner
Lee Merrien
54
4.   Italy 79
5.   Belgium 93
6.   Ukraine 116
7.   Ireland 129
8.   Portugal 153

Total 12 teams

Women individual 8.0 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Hilda Kibet 27:45
    Jessica Augusto 27:54
    Inês Monteiro 28:02
4.   Mary Cullen 28:04
5.   Rosa María Morató 28:17
6.   Adriënne Herzog 28:19
7.   Anália Rosa 28:25
8.   Hatti Dean 28:30
9.   Louise Damen 28:33
10.   Elena Romagnolo 28:39
11.   Viktoriya Trushenko 28:40
12.   Gulnara Galkina 28:40

Total 64 competitors

Women teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    Portugal
Jessica Augusto
Inês Monteiro
Anália Rosa
Ana Dulce Félix
29
    United Kingdom
Hatti Dean
Louise Damen
Laura Kenney
Hayley Yelling
49
    France
Sophie Duarte
Christelle Daunay
Christine Bardelle
Maria Martins
78
4.   Netherlands 97
5.   Russia 111
6.   Italy 119
7.   Spain 127
8.   Belgium 131

Total 11 teams

Men U23 individual 8.0 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Andrea Lalli 24:56
    Andy Vernon 25:04
    Selim Bayrak 25:17
4.   Ben Lindsay 25:18
5.   Benjamin Malaty 25:18
6.   John Beattie 25:18
7.   Keith Gerrard 25:21
8.   Mourad Amdouni 25:22

Total 85 competitors

Men U23 teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    United Kingdom
Andy Vernon
Ben Lindsay
John Beattie
Keith Gerrard
19
    Italy
Andrea Lalli
Martin Dematteis
Bernard Dematteis
Simone Gariboldi
42
    France
Benjamin Malaty
Mourad Amdouni
Denis Mayaud
Pierrot Pantel
62
4.   Poland 93
5.   Turkey 112
6.   Spain 119
7.   Belgium 142
8.   Ireland 151

Total 16 teams

Women U23 individual 6.0 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Susan Kuijken 21:02
    Sarah Tunstall 21:10
    Yuliya Zarudneva 21:24
4.   Morag MacLarty 21:24
5.   Ancuţa Bobocel 21:43
6.   Heike Bienstein 21:43
7.   Katherine Sparke 21:47
8.   Tatyana Shutova 21:49

Tota 66 competitors

Women U23 teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    United Kingdom
Sarah Tunstall
Morag MacLarty
Katherine Sparke
Stacey Johnson
24
    Russia
Yuliya Zarudneva
Tatyana Shutova
Natalya Puchkova
Natalya Vlasova
44
    Germany
Heike Bienstein
Ingalena Heuck
Julia Hiller
Katharina Becker
57
4.   Ireland 80
5.   Spain 135
6.   France 137
7.   Portugal 138
8.   Italy 152

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 6.0 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Florian Carvalho 18:42
    Sondre Nordstad Moen 18.47
    Hassan Chahdi 18:49
4.   Alexander Hahn 18:55
5.   David Forrester 18:58
6.   Hasan Pak 18:58
7.   Bruno Albuquerque 19:08
8.   Antonio Abadía 19:11

Total 94 competitors

Junior men teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    France
Florian Carvalho
Hassan Chahdi
Simon Denissel
Colin Guillard
50
    Norway
Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sindre Buraas
Lars Erik Malde
Henrik Ingebrigtsen
51
    United Kingdom
David Forrester
Ross Murray
Mitch Goose
Phillip Berntsen
52
4.   Turkey 79
5.   Spain 89
6.   Germany 93
7.   Belgium 102
8.   Ireland 169

Total 16 teams

Junior women individual 4.0 km

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Pos. Runners Time
    Stephanie Twell 13:28
    Charlotte Purdue 13:39
    Lauren Howarth 13:55
4.   Emily Pidgeon 14:00
5.   Emma Pallant 14:05
6.   Laura Park 14:08
7.   Yekaterina Gorbunova 14:12
8.   Marina Gordeyeva 14:12

Total 81 competitors

Junior women teams

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Pos. Runners Points
    United Kingdom
Stephanie Twell
Charlotte Purdue
Lauren Howarth
Emily Pidgeon
10
    Ukraine
Viktoriya Pohorelska
Myroslava Polishchuk
Olha Skrypak
Lyudmyla Kovalenko
50
    Russia
Yekaterina Gorbunova
Marina Gordeyeva
Yelena Korobkina
Yelnara Latypova
62
4.   Ireland 77
5.   Germany 89
6.   Poland 150
7.   France 173
8.   Turkey 174

Total 11 teams

References

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  1. ^ "Bruxelles BEL 14 December". European Athletics Association. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  2. ^ "XV MAASTOJUOKSUN EM-KILPAILUT BRYSSELI (BEL) 14.12.2008, 14.12.2008, Päivitetty 15.12.2008 19:55". Suomen Urheiluliitto. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2009.

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