# 2017 European Cross Country Championships

The 2017 European Cross Country Championships was the 24th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Šamorín, Slovakia. As of the 2017 edition, the first three athletes from each nation counted towards the team standings, rather than the top four of previous years.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Senior men | Kaan Kigen Özbilen (TUR) | 29:45 | Adel Mechaal (ESP) | 29:54 | Andrew Butchart (GBR) | 30:00 |
| U23 men | Jimmy Gressier (FRA) | 24:35 | Hugo Hay (FRA) | 24:37 | Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) | 24:42 |
| Junior men | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 18:39 | Ramazan Barbaros (TUR) | 18:41 | Louis Gilavert (FRA) | 18:45 |
| Senior women | Yasemin Can (TUR) | 26:48 | Meraf Bahta (SWE) | 27:03 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) | 27:04 |
| U23 women | Alina Reh (GER) | 20:22 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) | 20:25 | Jessica Judd (GBR) | 20:45 |
| Junior women | Harriet Knowles-Jones (GBR) | 13:48 | Lili Anna Tóth (HUN) | 13:59 | Miriam Dattke (GER) | 14:03 |
| Senior men team | Turkey (TUR) Kaan Kigen Özbilen Aras Kaya Polat Kemboi Arıkan | 17 pts | Spain (ESP) Adel Mechaal Daniel Mateo Ayad Lamdassem | 20 pts | Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Butchart Ben Connor Tom Lancashire | 35 pts |
| U23 men team | France (FRA) Jimmy Gressier Hugo Hay Emmanuel Roudolff Lévisse | 7 pts | Belgium (BEL) Simon Debognies Robin Hendrix Michael Somers | 26 pts | Great Britain (GBR) Mahamed Mahamed Chris Olley Patrick Dever | 41 pts |
| Junior men team | Spain (ESP) Miguel González Annasse Mahboub Ignacio Fontes | 20 pts | France (FRA) Louis Gilavert Yani Khelaf Ilyes Boum | 27 pts | Turkey (TUR) Ramazan Barbaros Abdurrahman Gediklioglu Ömer Amaçtan | 49 pts |
| Senior women team | Great Britain (GBR) Charlotte Taylor Emelia Gorecka Gemma Steel | 23 pts | Romania (ROU) Roxana Bârcă Ancuța Bobocel Cristina Simion | 31 pts | Turkey (TUR) Yasemin Can Özlem Kaya Esma Aydemir | 54 pts |
| U23 women team | Great Britain (GBR) Jessica Judd Amy-Eloise Neale Amy Griffiths | 12 pts | Germany (GER) Alina Reh Konstanze Klosterhalfen Anna Gehring | 15 pts | Turkey (TUR) Emine Hatun Tuna Büsra Nur Koku Yayla Kiliç | 46 pts |
| Junior women team | Great Britain (GBR) Harriet Knowles-Jones Cari Hughes Khahisa Mhlanga | 21 pts | Italy (ITA) Nadia Battocletti Francesca Tommasi Elisa Cherubini | 33 pts | Spain (ESP) Marta García Lucía Rodríguez Carla Gallardo | 47 pts |
| Mixed relay | Great Britain (GBR) Melissa Courtney Cameron Boyek Sarah McDonald Tom Marshall | 18:24 | Czech Republic (CZE) Simona Vrzalová Filip Sasínek Kristiina Mäki Jakub Holuša | 18:25 | Spain (ESP) Solange Pereira Víctor Ruiz Esther Guerrero Jesús Gómez | 18:26 |

## Race results
### Senior mixed relay

| Rank | Team | Time (m:s) |
| | Great Britain Melissa Courtney, Cameron Boyek, Sarah McDonald, Tom Marshall | 18:24 |
| | Czech Republic Simona Vrzalová, Filip Sasínek, Kristiina Mäki, Jakub Holuša | 18:25 |
| | Spain Solange Pereira, Víctor Ruiz, Esther Guerrero, Jesús Gómez | 18:26 |
| 4 | Sweden Linn Nilsson, Emil Blomberg, Hanna Hermansson, Daniel Lundgren | 19:02 |
| 5 | France Élodie Normand, Martin Casse, Maëva Danois, Samir Dahmani | 19:04 |
| 6 | Italy Elena Bellò, Mohad Abdikadar Sheik Ali, Chiara Casolari, Lorenzo Pilati | 19:10 |
| 7 | Germany Diana Sujew, Maximilian Thorwirth, Denise Krebs, Marius Probst | 19:10 |
| 8 | Turkey Sebahat Akpinar, Ramazan Özdemir, Emina Tuna, Levent Ateş | 19:14 |
| 9 | Ukraine Nataliya Batrak, Yuriy Kyshchenko, Lyubov Sukhovirska, Volodymyr Kyts | 19:26 |
| 10 | Denmark Line Kalstrup Schulz, Nick Jensen, Laura Møller, Jacob Ilbjerg Stengaard | 19:36 |
| 11 | Slovakia Kristína Hegedüsová, Jozef Pelikán, Katarina Belová, Jozef Repčík | 20:31 |

### Junior women
## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |