| 2015 European Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Organisers | EAA |
| Edition | 22nd |
| Date | 13 December |
| Host city | Hyères, France |
| Venue | Hippodrome de Hyères |
| Events | 6 |
| Distances | 10.117 km – Men 8.087 km – Women 8.087 km – U23 men 5.947 km – U23 women 5.947 km – Junior men 4.157 km – Junior women |
The 2015 European Cross Country Championships was the 22nd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Hyères, France. [1]
The 2014 runner-up Ali Kaya took the men's senior title, retaining the crown for Turkey. Spain, led by 2013 champion Alemayehu Bezabeh, returned to the top of the team rankings in that category. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was the women's senior winner, building upon her under-23 title win of 2013. Great Britain defended the women's team title, led by Kate Avery, who was runner-up for a second time running. [2] Both senior individual runners were non-European born (Kenya for Kaya and Ethiopia for Hassan). All of the top five finishers in the men's race were born outside Europe. [3]
Race results
Senior men
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time ( m: s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ali Kaya | 
Turkey
|
29:20 |
|
Alemayehu Bezabeh | 
Spain
|
29:31 |
|
Adel Mechaal |
Spain
|
29:51 |
| 4 | Ayad Lamdassem |
Spain
|
29:57 |
| 5 | Ilias Fifa |
Spain
|
30:02 |
| 6 | Florian Carvalho | 
France
|
30:06 |
| 7 | Roberto Aláiz |
Spain
|
30:20 |
| 8 | Yohan Durand |
France
|
30:20 |
| 9 | Morhad Amdouni |
France
|
30:24 |
| 10 | David Nilsson | 
Sweden
|
30:25 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Spain Bezabeh Mechaal Lamdassem Fifa |
14 |
|
|
France Carvalho Durand Amdouni Timothée Bommier |
35 |
|
|
Great BritainTom Lancashire Ross Millington Dewi Griffiths Jonathan Taylor |
78 |
Senior women
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time ( m: s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Sifan Hassan | 
Netherlands
|
25:47 |
|
|
Kate Avery |
Great Britain
|
25:55 |
|
|
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 
Norway
|
25:57 |
| 4 | Fionnuala McCormack | 
Ireland
|
26:00 |
| 5 | Ancuta Bobocel | 
Romania
|
26:07 |
| 6 | Steph Twell |
Great Britain
|
26:08 |
| 7 | Clémence Calvin |
France
|
26:17 |
| 8 | Gemma Steel |
Great Britain
|
26:25 |
| 9 | Maureen Koster |
Netherlands
|
26:28 |
| 10 | Johana Peiponen | 
Finland
|
26:34 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Great Britain Avery Twell Steel Lauren Howarth |
33 |
|
|
France Calvin Christelle Daunay Liv Westphal Christine Bardelle |
78 |
|
|
Ireland McCormack Lizzie Lee Caroline Crowley Ciara Durkan |
83 |
Under-23 men
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time ( m: s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Jonathan Davies |
Great Britain
|
23:32 |
|
|
Carlos Mayo |
Spain
|
23:35 |
|
|
Amanal Petros | 
Germany
|
23:29 |
| 4 | Marc Scott |
Great Britain
|
23:29 |
| 5 | Djilali Bedrani |
France
|
23:41 |
| 6 | Lorenzo Dini | 
Italy
|
23:41 |
| 7 | Nassim Hassaous |
Spain
|
23:47 |
| 8 | Napoleon Soloman |
Sweden
|
23:49 |
| 9 | Jaime Escriche |
Spain
|
23:50 |
| 10 | Peter Glans | 
Denmark
|
23:52 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Spain Mayo Hassaous Escriche Houssane Benabbou |
39 |
|
|
Great Britain Davies Scott Richard Goodman Henry Pearce |
41 |
|
|
France Bedrani Alexandre Saddedine Francois Barrer Félix Bour |
59 |
Under-23 women
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time ( m: s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Louise Carton | 
Belgium
|
19:46 |
|
|
Jip Vastenburg |
Netherlands
|
19:46 |
|
|
Amela Terzić | 
Serbia
|
19:49 |
| 4 | Laura Muir |
Great Britain
|
19:53 |
| 5 | Viktoria Kushnir | 
Belarus
|
20:05 |
| 6 | Sarah Lahti |
Sweden
|
20:06 |
| 7 | Federica Del Buono |
Italy
|
20:12 |
| 8 | Emma Oudiou |
France
|
20:14 |
| 9 | Molly Renfer | 
Switzerland
|
20:14 |
| 10 | Madeleine Murray |
Great Britain
|
20:15 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Great Britain Muir M. Murray Nesbitt R. Murray |
41 |
|
|
France Oudiou Danois Bouchard Jarousseau |
71 |
|
|
Italy Federica Del Buono Christine Santi Costanza Martinetti Francesca Bertoni Isabella Papa Silvia Oggioni |
82 |
Junior men
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time ( m: s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Yemaneberhan Crippa |
Italy
|
17:39 |
|
|
Fabien Palcau |
France
|
17:45 |
|
|
El Madhi Lahoufi |
Spain
|
17:46 |
| 4 | Jimmy Gressier |
France
|
17:48 |
| 5 | Said Ettaqy |
Italy
|
17:49 |
| 6 | Stan Niesten |
Netherlands
|
17:51 |
| 7 | Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji |
France
|
17:52 |
| 8 | Dieter Kersten |
Belgium
|
17:53 |
| 9 | Alexander Yee |
United Kingdom
|
17:53 |
| 10 | Pietro Riva |
Italy
|
17:55 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
France Fabien Palcau Jimmy Gressier Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji Maxime Hueber Moosbrugger |
27 |
|
|
Italy Yemaneberhan Crippa Said Ettaqy Pietro Riva Alessandro Giacobazzi |
29 |
|
|
United Kingdom Alexander Yee Christopher Olley Ben Dijkstra Mahamed Mahamed |
67 |
Junior women
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time ( m: s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Konstanze Klosterhalfen |
Germany
|
13:12 |
|
|
Harriet Knowles-Jones |
Great Britain
|
13:16 |
|
|
Alina Reh |
Germany
|
13:20 |
| 4 | Célia Antón |
Spain
|
13:27 |
| 5 | Bobby Clay |
Great Britain
|
13:29 |
| 6 | Sarah Kistner |
Germany
|
13:35 |
| 7 | Carolina Johnson |
Sweden
|
13:36 |
| 8 | Anna Emilie Møller |
Denmark
|
13:37 |
| 9 | Yuliya Moroz | 
Ukraine
|
13:40 |
| 10 | Franziska Reng |
Germany
|
13:40 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Germany Klosterhalfen Reh Kistner Reng |
20 |
|
|
Great Britain Knowles-Jones Clay Sinha Smith |
40 |
|
|
Denmark Møller Larsen Pedersen Schulz |
62 |
References
- ^ Media Guide 2015 European Cross Country Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ Hassan and Kaya victorious at European Cross Country Championships. IAAF (13 December 2015). Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ SPAR European Cross Country Championships – Hyères 2015 Senior Men Final Archived 23 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Results at European Athletics