# European Cross Country Championships

The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 in Alnwick and the venue for the championships changes each year.
Unlike the World Championships for the sport, the European Cross Country Championships consists of six races in age categories, with separate senior, under-23, and junior races for both men and women. There are individual and national team medals awarded in each race. In the team competition, the top three from a team of up to six are scored.

## History

The first edition of the competition featured only senior races and 180 athletes took part. Men's and women's junior (under-20) races were introduced at the third edition in 1996 and under-23 races were added to the programme in 2006.

## Editions

Source:
| # | Year | Host | Dates | Venue | Races Events | Countries | Athletes | Events |
| Senior |||||||||
| 1 | 1994 | Alnwick, United Kingdom | 10 December | | 2/4 | 23 | 180 | 4 |
| 2 | 1995 | Alnwick, United Kingdom | 2 December | | 2/4 | 23 | 186 | 4 |
| 3 | 1996 | Charleroi, Belgium | 15 December | | 2/4 | 25 | 175 | 4 |
| Senior + U20 |||||||||
| 4 | 1997 | Oeiras, Portugal | 14 December | | 4/8 | 26 | 138 | 8 |
| 5 | 1998 | Ferrara, Italy | 13 December | | 4/8 | 26 | 139 | 8 |
| 6 | 1999 | Velenje, Slovenia | 12 December | | 4/8 | 27 | 141 | 8 |
| 7 | 2000 | Malmö, Sweden | 10 December | | 4/8 | 31 | 150 | 8 |
| 8 | 2001 | Thun, Switzerland | 9 December | | 4/8 | 27 | 155 | 8 |
| 9 | 2002 | Medulin, Croatia | 8 December | | 4/8 | 27 | 157 | 8 |
| 10 | 2003 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 14 December | | 4/8 | 27 | 135 | 8 |
| 11 | 2004 | Heringsdorf, Germany | 12 December | | 4/8 | 27 | 165 | 8 |
| 12 | 2005 | Tilburg, Netherlands | 11 December | | 4/8 | 27 | 164 | 8 |
| Senior + U23 + U20 |||||||||
| 13 | 2006 | San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy | 10 December | | 6/12 | 21 | 125 | 12 |
| 14 | 2007 | Toro, Spain | 9 December | | 6/12 | 26 | 103 | 12 |
| 15 | 2008 | Brussels, Belgium | 14 December | Laeken Park | 6/12 | 33 | 142 | 12 |
| 16 | 2009 | Dublin, Ireland | 13 December | Santry Demesne | 6/12 | 30 | 116 | 12 |
| 17 | 2010 | Albufeira, Portugal | 12 December | Açoteias Cross Country Course | 6/12 | 34 | 123 | 12 |
| 18 | 2011 | Velenje, Slovenia | 11 December | | 6/12 | 33 | 130 | 12 |
| 19 | 2012 | Szentendre, Hungary | 9 December | | 6/12 | 35 | 146 | 12 |
| 20 | 2013 | Belgrade, Serbia | 8 December | | 6/12 | 36 | 155 | 12 |
| 21 | 2014 | Samokov, Bulgaria | 14 December | Borovets | 6/12 | 35 | 137 | 12 |
| 22 | 2015 | Hyères-Toulon, France | 13 December | Hippodrome de Hyères | 6/12 | 32 | 147 | 12 |
| 23 | 2016 | Chia, Italy | 11 December | | 6/12 | | 153 | 12 |
| Senior + U23 + U20 + Mixed Relay |||||||||
| 24 | 2017 | Šamorín, Slovakia | 10 December | Šamorín x-bionic® sphere | 7/13 | 37 | 157 | 13 |
| 25 | 2018 | Tilburg, Netherlands | 9 December | | 7/13 | 38 | 555 | 13 |
| 26 | 2019 | Lisbon, Portugal | 8 December | | 7/13 | 40 | 606 | 13 |
| | 2020 | Dublin, Ireland | 13 December | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 27 | 2021 | Dublin, Ireland | 12 December | National Sports Campus | 7/13 | 37 | 606 | 13 |
| 28 | 2022 | Turin, Italy | 11 December | La Mandria Park | 7/13 | 40 | 623 | 13 |
| 29 | 2023 | Brussels, Belgium | 10 December | Laeken Park | 7/13 | | | 13 |
| 30 | 2024 | Antalya, Turkey | 8 December | | 7/13 | | |
| 31 | 2025 | Lagoa, Portugal | 14 December | | 7/13 | | |
| 32 | 2026 | TBA | 13 December | | 7/13 | | |
| 33 | 2027 | TBA | 12 December | | 7/13 | | |
* $^{nb}$ Country and athlete figures for senior races only

## Medals (1994-2024)

Source:
Consist of all individual and team events in senior, U23 and U20.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 89 | 61 | 51 | 201 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 35 | 38 | 37 | 110 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 24 | 35 | 28 | 87 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 22 | 12 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Portugal (POR) | 19 | 20 | 20 | 59 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 18 | 13 | 16 | 47 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 17 | 24 | 16 | 57 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 11 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 9 | 16 | 24 | 49 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 13 | Ireland (IRL) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Romania (ROU) | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 18 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 |
| 19 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 20 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 22 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (30 entries) | Totals (30 entries) | 307 | 307 | 307 | 921 |

## Senior
### Individual

| Year | Men's senior race | Women's senior race |
| 1994 | Paulo Guerra (POR) | Catherina McKiernan (IRL) |
| 1995 | Paulo Guerra (POR) | Annemari Sandell (FIN) |
| 1996 | Jon Brown (GBR) | Sara Wedlund (SWE) |
| 1997 | Carsten Jørgensen (DEN) | Joalsiae Llado (FRA) |
| 1998 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) |
| 1999 | Paulo Guerra (POR) | Anita Weyermann (SUI) |
| 2000 | Paulo Guerra (POR) | Katalin Szentgyörgyi (HUN) |
| 2001 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Yamna Belkacem (FRA) |
| 2002 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Helena Javornik (SLO) |
| 2003 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) |
| 2004 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Hayley Yelling (GBR) |
| 2005 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) |
| 2006 | Mo Farah (GBR) | Tetyana Holovchenko (UKR) |
| 2007 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Marta Domínguez (ESP) |
| 2008 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Hilda Kibet (NED) |
| 2009 | Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP) | Hayley Yelling (GBR) |
| 2010 | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | Jessica Augusto (POR) |
| 2011 | Atelaw Yeshetela (BEL) | Fionnuala Britton (IRL) |
| 2012 | Andrea Lalli (ITA) | Fionnuala Britton (IRL) |
| 2013 | Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP) | Sophie Duarte (FRA) |
| 2014 | Polat Kemboi Arikan (TUR) | Gemma Steel (GBR) |
| 2015 | Ali Kaya (TUR) | Sifan Hassan (NED) |
| 2016 | Aras Kaya (TUR) | Yasemin Can (TUR) |
| 2017 | Kaan Kigen Özbilen (TUR) | Yasemin Can (TUR) |
| 2018 | Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Yasemin Can (TUR) |
| 2019 | Robel Fsiha (SWE) | Yasemin Can (TUR) |
| 2021 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Karoline Grøvdal (NOR) |
| 2022 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Karoline Grøvdal (NOR) |
| 2023 | Yann Schrub (FRA) | Karoline Grøvdal (NOR) |
| 2024 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Nadia Battocletti (ITA) |

### Medal table

Updated after 2019, including the team rankings for each category and the mixed relay.
| # | Country | | | | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 19 | 21 | 15 | 55 |
| 2 | Portugal | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Spain | 14 | 19 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 | France | 13 | 15 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Turkey | 13 | 07 | 04 | 24 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 10 | 01 | 03 | 14 |
| 7 | Ireland | 04 | 02 | 03 | 09 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 04 | 01 | 02 | 07 |
| 9 | Russia | 03 | 03 | 01 | 07 |
| 10 | Italy | 02 | 02 | 07 | 011 |
| 11 | Sweden | 01 | 04 | 04 | 9 |
| 12 | Romania | 01 | 06 | 03 | 10 |
| 13 | Belgium | 01 | 04 | 02 | 07 |
| 14 | Norway | 01 | 01 | 04 | 06 |
| 15 | Finland | 01 | 01 | 01 | 03 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 01 | 01 | 00 | 02 |
| 17 | Hungary | 01 | 00 | 01 | 02 |
| 18 | Denmark | 01 | 00 | 00 | 01 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 01 | 00 | 00 | 01 |
| 20 | Germany | 00 | 01 | 03 | 04 |
| 21 | Belarus | 00 | 01 | 01 | 02 |
| 21 | Poland | 00 | 01 | 01 | 02 |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 00 | 01 | 00 | 01 |
| 24 | Serbia | 00 | 00 | 05 | 05 |
| Total (24 nations) | Total (24 nations) | 107 | 107 | 107 | 321 |

## Under 23
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 17 | 11 | 12 | 40 |
| 2 | France | 11 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Germany | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | Ireland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Serbia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 56 | 56 | 56 | 168 |

## Under 20
### Men

| Edition | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | Team |
| 1997 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Günther Weidlinger | Mustafa Mohamed | Spain | Portugal | Romania |
| 1998 | Yousef El Nasri | Ovidiu Tat | Gareth Turnbull | Spain | United Kingdom | Romania |
| 1999 | Hans Janssens | Guillaume Eraud | Turo Inkiläinen | United Kingdom | France | Ireland |
| 2000 | Wolfram Müller | Christopher Thompson | Martin Pröll | Portugal | United Kingdom | France |
| 2001 | Vasyl Matviychuk | Mo Farah | Stefano Scaini | United Kingdom | Portugal | France |
| 2002 | Yevgeniy Rybakov | Anatoliy Rybakov | Halil Akkaş | Russia | France | Italy |
| 2003 | Yevgeniy Rybakov | Anatoliy Rybakov | Aleksey Reunkov | Russia | Romania | Spain |
| 2004 | Barnabás Bene | Yevgeniy Rybakov | Anatoliy Rybakov | Russia | Ireland | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Barnabás Bene | Andrew Vernon | Dušan Markešević | Poland | United Kingdom | Romania |
| 2006 | Andrea Lalli | Siarhei Chebiarak | Ciprian Suhanea | Italy | Spain | France |
| 2007 | Mourad Amdouni | Florian Carvalho | Dmytro Lashyn | France | United Kingdom | Germany |
| 2008 | Florian Carvalho | Sondre Nordstad Moen | Hassan Chahdi | France | Norway | United Kingdom |
| 2009 | Jeroen D'Hoedt | Nick Goolab | James Wilkinson | United Kingdom | France | Norway |
| 2010 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Nemanja Cerovac | Rui Pinto | United Kingdom | Portugal | Russia |
| 2011 | Ilgizar Safiullin | Richard Goodman | Vladimir Nikitin | United Kingdom | Russia | France |
| 2012 | Szymon Kulka | Mitko Tsenov | Kieran Clements | Russia | France | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Ali Kaya | Isaac Kimeli | Mikhail Strelkov | France | Russia | Italy |
| 2014 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | Carlos Mayo | Said Ettaqy | Italy | Spain | Turkey |
| 2015 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | Fabien Palcau | El Madhi Lahoufi | France | Italy | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Yohanes Chiappinelli | Mahamed Mahamed | France | Spain | United Kingdom |
| 2017 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Ramazan Barbaros | Louis Gilavert | Spain | France | Turkey |
| 2018 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Ouassim Oumaiz | Elzan Bibić | Norway | United Kingdom | Germany |
| 2019 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Ayetullah Aslanhan | Efrem Gidey | United Kingdom | Norway | Portugal |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |

### Women

| Edition | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | Team |
| 1997 | Sonja Stolić | Monica Rosa | Judith Heise | Germany | Serbia and Montenegro | United Kingdom |
| 1998 | Katalin Szentgyörgyi | Inês Monteiro | Sonja Stolić | Turkey | Belgium | Romania |
| 1999 | Inês Monteiro | Nicola Spirig | Ane Marie Moutsinga | Turkey | Portugal | Belgium |
| 2000 | Jessica Augusto | Nicola Spirig | Elvan Can | United Kingdom | Turkey | Sweden |
| 2001 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Tatyana Chulakh | Snezana Kostić | Russia | United Kingdom | Turkey |
| 2002 | Charlotte Dale | Elina Lindgren | Galina Yegorova | United Kingdom | Russia | Belgium |
| 2003 | Inna Poluškina | Snežana Kostić | Charlotte Dale | United Kingdom | Russia | Germany |
| 2004 | Binnaz Uslu | Ancuţa Bobocel | Marta Romo | Romania | United Kingdom | Russia |
| 2005 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Emily Pidgeon | Susan Kuijken | United Kingdom | Romania | Russia |
| 2006 | Stephanie Twell | Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal | Ancuţa Bobocel | United Kingdom | Russia | Romania |
| 2007 | Stephanie Twell | Danuta Urbanik | Charlotte Purdue | United Kingdom | Russia | Ukraine |
| 2008 | Stephanie Twell | Charlotte Purdue | Lauren Howarth | United Kingdom | Ukraine | Russia |
| 2009 | Karoline Grøvdal | Gulshat Fazlitdinova | Kate Avery | Russia | United Kingdom | Germany |
| 2010 | Charlotte Purdue | Amela Terzić | Emelia Gorecka | United Kingdom | Germany | Romania |
| 2011 | Emelia Gorecka | Ioana Doaga | Amela Terzić | United Kingdom | Russia | Germany |
| 2012 | Amela Terzić | Emelia Gorecka | Maya Rehberg | United Kingdom | Germany | Russia |
| 2013 | Emelia Gorecka | Sofia Ennaoui | Maruša Mišmaš | United Kingdom | Sweden | Germany |
| 2014 | Emine Hatun Tuna | Jessica Judd | Lydia Turner | United Kingdom | France | Germany |
| 2015 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Harriet Knowles-Jones | Alina Reh | Germany | United Kingdom | Denmark |
| 2016 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Anna Emilie Møller | Harriet Knowles-Jones | United Kingdom | Germany | Netherlands |
| 2017 | Harriet Knowles-Jones | Lili Tóth | Miriam Dattke | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain |
| 2018 | Nadia Battocletti | Delia Sclabas | İnci Kalkan | United Kingdom | Netherlands | Turkey |
| 2019 | Nadia Battocletti | Klara Lukan | Mariana Machado | United Kingdom | Italy | France |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 30 | 18 | 16 | 64 |
| 2 | Russia | 9 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | France | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Italy | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Norway | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Turkey | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 9 | Portugal | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Romania | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 12 | Serbia | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 92 | 92 | 92 | 276 |