# 2021 European Cross Country Championships

The 2021 European Cross Country Championships was the 27th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was held on 12 December 2021 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Senior men (10 km) | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 30:15 | Aras Kaya (TUR) | 30:29 | Jimmy Gressier (FRA) | 30:34 |
| Senior women (8 km) | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) | 26:34 | Meraf Bahta (SWE) | 26:44 | Alina Reh (GER) | 26:53 |
| U23 men (8 km) | Charles Hicks (GBR) | 24:29 | Darragh McElhinney (IRL) | 24:33 | Ruben Querinjean (LUX) | 24:36 |
| U23 women (6 km) | Nadia Battocletti (ITA) | 20:32 | Klara Lukan (SLO) | 20:36 | Mariana Machado (POR) | 20:36 |
| U20 men (6 km) | Axel Vang Christensen (DEN) | 17:53 | Abdullahi Dahir Rabi (NOR) | 18:18 | Joel Ibler Lillesø (DEN) | 18:21 |
| U20 women (4 km) | Megan Keith (GBR) | 13:41 | Ingeborg Østgård (NOR) | 13:44 | Emma Heckel (GER) | 13:46 |
| Senior men's team | France (FRA) Jimmy Gressier Hugo Hay Yann Schrub Felix Bour Duncan Perrillat Mehdi Frère | 13 pts | Spain (ESP) Nassim Hassaous Carlos Mayo Abdessamad Oukhelfen Raúl Celada Adel Mechaal Ayad Lamdassem | 30 pts | Norway (NOR) Jakob Ingebrigtsen Bjørnar Sandnes Lillefosse Narve Gilje Nordås Zerei Kbrom Mezngi Tom Erling Kårbø Filip Ingebrigtsen | 47 pts |
| Senior women's team | Great Britain (GBR) Jessica Judd Jennifer Nesbitt Jessica Gibbon Abbie Donnelly Kate Avery Lauren Heyes | 25 pts | Germany (GER) Alina Reh Konstanze Klosterhalfen Domenika Mayer Vera Coutellier Céline Kaiser | 29 pts | Sweden (SWE) Meraf Bahta Samrawit Mengsteab Sara Christiansson Charlotte Andersson | 38 pts |
| U23 men's team | Ireland (IRL) Darragh McElhinney Keelan Kilrehill Micheal Power Donal Devane Jamie Battle Thomas Devaney | 21 pts | Great Britain (GBR) Charles Hicks Zakariya Mahamed Thomas Mortimer Rory Leonard Matthew Stonier Samuel Charlton | 24 pts | France (FRA) Antoine Senard Valentin Gondouin Florian Le Pallec Baptiste Fourmont Baptiste Guyon Bastien Augusto | 36 pts |
| U23 women's team | Italy (ITA) Nadia Battocletti Anna Arnaudo Giovanna Selva Sara Nestola Ludovica Cavalli Michela Moretton | 18 pkt. | France (FRA) Manon Trapp Margaux Sieracki Aude Clavier Flavie Renouard Mélody Julien Eugénie Lorain | 25 pts | Great Britain (GBR) Izzy Fry Amelia Quirk Cari Hughes Eloise Walker Eleanor Bolton Jemima Elgood | 37 pts |
| U20 men's team | Great Britain (GBR) Will Barnicoat Hamish Armitt Henry McLuckie Osian Perrin Liam Rawlings Lewis Hannigan | 34 pts | Ireland (IRL) Abdel Laadjel Dean Casey Nick Griggs Scott Fagan Sean Kay Cathal O'Reilly | 35 pts | Israel (ISR) Matan Ivri Adisu Guadia Derba Ayale Dego Abebe Ataka Damsia Harel Shain | 37 pts |
| U20 women's team | Germany (GER) Emma Heckel Anneke Vortmeier Mia Jurenka Johanna Pulte Jasmina Nanette Stahl | 15 pts | Spain (ESP) Mireya Arnedillo Ángela Viciosa María Forero Marta Serrano Claudia Gómez Carla Domínguez | 27 pts | Great Britain (GBR) Megan Keith Ellen Weir Phoebe Anderson Beatrice Wood Alice Garner Ella Greenway | 32 pts |
| Mixed relay | Great Britain (GBR) Hannah Nuttall Luke Duffy Alexandra Bell Benjamin West | 18:01 | France (FRA) Aurore Fleury Azeddine Habz Alexa Lemitre Alexis Miellet | 18:05 | Belgium (BEL) Elise Vanderelst Ruben Verheyden Vanessa Scaunet Stijn Baeten | 18:06 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 12 | 13 | 12 | 37 |