2023 European Cross Country Championships

2023 European Cross Country Championships
2023 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	29th
Date	10 December
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	Laeken Park
Events	7
Distances	~10 km – Men; ~8 km – Women; ~8 km – U23 men; ~6 km – U23 women; ~6 km – U20 men; ~4 km – U20 women; ~6 km – Mixed relay
Official website	EAA; Golazo Sports
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The 2023 European Cross Country Championships was the 29th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was held on 10 December 2023 in Laeken Park in Brussels, Belgium.^[1]

Belgium staged the European Cross Country Championships for the third time after previous editions in Charleroi in 1996 and Brussels in 2008.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Medal table

* Host nation (Belgium)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	7	1	3	11
2	France (FRA)	2	3	1	6
3	Norway (NOR)	1	1	2	4
4	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	0	2
5	Belgium (BEL)*	1	0	2	3
6	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	1	2
7	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
7	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
9	Spain (ESP)	0	1	2	3
10	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
11	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
12	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		13	13	13	39

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Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men	Yann Schrub (FRA)	30:17	Magnus Tuv Myhre (NOR)	30:20	Robin Hendrix (BEL)	30:22
Senior women	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR)	33:40	Nadia Battocletti (ITA)	34:25	Abbie Donnelly (GBR)	34:42
U23 men	Will Barnicoat (GBR)	23:42	Valentin Bresc (FRA)	23:42	Matthew Stonier (GBR)	23:51
U23 women	Megan Keith (GBR)	25:32	Ilona Mononen (FIN)	26:55	Nathalie Blomqvist (FIN)	27:06
U20 men	Axel Vang Christensen (DEN)	16:09	Niels Laros (NED)	16:10	Nick Griggs (IRL)	16:24
U20 women	Innes FitzGerald (GBR)	18:19	Sofia Thøgersen (DEN)	18:38	Jade Le Corre (FRA)	18:49
Team
Senior men's team	Belgium (BEL) Robin Hendrix John Heymans Isaac Kimeli Marco Vanderpoorten Pieter-Jan Hannes Guillaume Grimard	20 pts (3+6+11)	France (FRA) Yann Schrub Fabien Palcau Hugo Hay Donovan Christien Bastien Augusto	26 pts (1+10+15)	Norway (NOR) Magnus Tuv Myhre Henrik Ingebrigtsen Jacob Boutera Eivind Øygard Even Brøndbo Dahl Fredrik Sandvik	32 pts (2+12+18)
Senior women's team	Great Britain (GBR) Abbie Donnelly Jessica Warner-Judd Izzy Fry Poppy Tank Amelia Quirk Niamh Bridson-Hubbard	18 pts (3+5+10)	Spain (ESP) Irene Sánchez-Escribano Cristina Ruiz Carolina Robles Cristina Espejo Marta García Marta Pérez	37 pts (8+13+16)	Belgium (BEL) Lisa Rooms Chloé Herbiet Juliette Thomas Victoria Warpy Imana Truyers Sofie van Accom	38 pts (6+9+23)
U23 men's team	Great Britain (GBR) Will Barnicoat Matthew Stonier James Kingston Tomer Tarragano Henry McLuckie Rory Leonard	25 pts (1+3+21)	France (FRA) Valentin Bresc Téo Rubens Banini Flavien Szot Luc Le Baron Titouan Le Grix	34 pts (2+15+17)	Norway (NOR) Moa Abounnachat Bollerød Vebjørn Hovdejord Ibrahim Buras Kristoffer Sagli	42 pts (4+13+25)
U23 women's team	Great Britain (GBR) Megan Keith Alexandra Millard Eloise Walker Tia Wilson Lynn McKenna Olivia Mason	27 pts (1+11+15)	Germany (GER) Lisa Merkel Anneke Vortmeier Mia Jurenka Jessica Keller	50 pts (14+16+20)	Spain (ESP) Angela Viciosa Maria Forero María González Laura Domene Mireya Arnedillo Marta Serrano	50 pts (4+6+40)
U20 men's team	Ireland (IRL) Nick Griggs Niall Murphy Jonas Stafford Seamus Robinson Shane Brosnan Harry Colbert	22 pts (3+9+10)	Great Britain (GBR) Sam Mills Henry Dover Rowan Miell-Ingram Andrew McGill Sam Hodgson Louis Small	24 pts (5+6+13)	Spain (ESP) Rubén Leonardo Unai Naranjo Aleix Vives Mesfin Escamilla Sergio Del Barrio Ronaldo Olivo	43 pts (8+15+20)
U20 women's team	Great Britain (GBR) Innes FitzGerald Jess Bailey Lizzie Wellsted Katie Pye Moli Lyons Zoe Hunter	22 pts (1+8+13)	Germany (GER) Kira Weis Franziska Drexler Emily Junginger Carolina Schäfer Carolin Hinrichs	34 pts (4+9+21)	Sweden (SWE) Elsa Sundqvist Ebba Broms Tilda Månsson Towa Nilsson Hannah Kinane Majken Söderlund Larsson	37 pts (5+14+18)
Relay
Mixed relay	France (FRA) Bérénice Cleyet-Merle Antoine Senard Sarah Madeleine Alexis Miellet	19:44	Netherlands (NED) Kevin Viezee Jetske van Kampen Maureen Koster Bram Anderiessen	19:46	Great Britain (GBR) Joshua Lay Bethan Morley Adam Fogg Khahisa Mhlanga	19:48

Note: Athletes in italics did not score for the team result.

Results

Senior men

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Yann Schrub	France	30:17
	Magnus Tuv Myhre	Norway	30:20
	Robin Hendrix	Belgium	30:22
4	Hugo Milner	Great Britain	30:27
5	Tadesse Getahon	Israel	30:33
6	John Heymans	Belgium	30:34
7	Abdessamad Oukhelfen	Spain	30:40
8	Cormac Dalton	Ireland	30:40
9	Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed	ART	30:43
10	Fabien Palcau	France	30:46
11	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	30:46
12	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	30:46
13	Yemaneberhan Crippa	Italy	30:47
14	Davor Aaron Bienenfeld	Germany	30:48
15	Hugo Hay	France	30:48
16	Baldvin Magnússon	Iceland	30:48
17	Keelan Kilrehill	Ireland	30:52
18	Jacob Boutera	Norway	30:54
19	Oliver Löfqvist	Sweden	30:56
20	Hugh Armstrong	Ireland	30:56
21	Eivind Øygard	Norway	30:58
22	Brian Fay	Ireland	30:58
23	Calum Johnson	Great Britain	30:59
24	Ouassim Oumaiz	Spain	31:00
25	Marco Vanderpoorten	Belgium	31:01
26	Fernando Carro	Spain	31:04
27	Zakariya Mahamed	Great Britain	31:06
28	André Pereira	Portugal	31:15
29	Luca Alfieri	Italy	31:15
30	Jáchym Kovář	Czech Republic	31:20
31	Pieter-Jan Hannes	Belgium	31:23
32	Even Brøndbo Dahl	Norway	31:23
33	Fredrik Sandvik	Norway	31:25
34	Miguel Moreira	Portugal	31:30
35	Guillaume Grimard	Belgium	31:30

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Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Belgium Robin Hendrix John Heymans Isaac Kimeli Marco Vanderpoorten Pieter-Jan Hannes Guillaume Grimard	20 pts (3+6+11)
	France Yann Schrub Fabien Palcau Hugo Hay Donovan Christien Bastien Augusto	26 pts (1+10+15)
	Norway Magnus Tuv Myhre Henrik Ingebrigtsen Jacob Boutera Eivind Øygard Even Brøndbo Dahl Fredrik Sandvik	32 pts (2+12+18)
4	Ireland Cormac Dalton Keelan Kilrehill Hugh Armstrong Brian Fay Kevin Mulcaire Fearghal Curtin	45 pts (8+17+20)

Senior women

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway	33:40
	Nadia Battocletti	Italy	34:25
	Abbie Donnelly	Great Britain	34:42
4	Fionnuala McCormack	Ireland	35:00
5	Jessica Warner-Judd	Great Britain	35:20
6	Lisa Rooms	Belgium	35:29
7	Cecile Jarousseau	France	35:31
8	Irene Sánchez-Escribano	Spain	35:32
9	Chloé Herbiet	Belgium	35:34
10	Izzy Fry	Great Britain	35:37
11	Poppy Tank	Great Britain	35:42
12	Marie Bouchard	France	35:42
13	Cristina Ruiz	Spain	36:00
14	Amelia Quirk	Great Britain	36:03
15	Elena Burkard	Germany	36:12
16	Carolina Robles	Spain	36:15
17	Juliane Hvid	Denmark	36:18
18	Maria Sagnes Wågan	Norway	36:22
19	Niamh Bridson-Hubbard	Great Britain	36:27
20	Margaux Sieracki	France	36:31
21	Lisa Tertsch	Germany	36:33
22	Tereza Hrochová	Czech Republic	36:37
23	Juliette Thomas	Belgium	36:41
24	Eva Dieterich	Germany	36:44
25	Valentina Gemetto	Italy	36:48
26	Merel van der Marel	Netherlands	36:49
27	Sibylle Häring	Switzerland	36:51
28	Anna Arnaudo	Italy	36:52
29	Célia Tabet	France	36:55
30	Fionnuala Ross	Ireland	36:56
31	Bahar Atalay	Turkey	36:56
32	Victoria Warpy	Belgium	36:58
33	Rebecca Lonedo	Italy	37:05
34	Fiona Everard	Ireland	37:06
35	Cristina Espejo	Spain	37:08

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Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Abbie Donnelly Jessica Warner-Judd Izzy Fry Poppy Tank Amelia Quirk Niamh Bridson-Hubbard	18 pts (3+5+10)
	Spain Irene Sánchez-Escribano Cristina Ruiz Carolina Robles Cristina Espejo Marta García Marta Pérez	37 pts (8+13+16)
	Belgium Lisa Rooms Chloé Herbiet Juliette Thomas Victoria Warpy Imana Truyers Sofie van Accom	38 pts (6+9+23)
4	France Cecile Jarousseau Marie Bouchard Margaux Sieracki Célia Tabet Mélanie Allier	39 pts (7+12+20)

U23 men

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Will Barnicoat	Great Britain	23:42
	Valentin Bresc	France	23:42
	Matthew Stonier	Great Britain	23:51
4	Moa Abounnachat Bollerød	Norway	23:56
5	Miguel Baidal	Spain	23:56
6	Joel Ibler Lillesø	Denmark	23:57
7	Adisu Guadia	Israel	24:05
8	Jonathan Hofer	Switzerland	24:05
9	Mustafe Muuse	Finland	24:15
10	Yorick van de Kerkhove	Belgium	24:17
11	Santtu Heikkinen	Finland	24:18
12	Jesse Fokkenrood	Netherlands	24:20
13	Vebjørn Hovdejord	Norway	24:21
14	Rúben Amaral	Portugal	24:23
15	Téo Rubens Banini	France	24:23
16	Felix Friedrich	Germany	24:25
17	Flavien Szot	France	24:26
18	Luc Le Baron	France	24:26
19	Mario Priego	Spain	24:27
20	Robbe Theeuwes	Belgium	24:27
21	James Kingston	Great Britain	24:28
22	Alejandro Quijada	Spain	24:30
23	Alain Cavagna	Italy	24:33
24	Roman Freitag	Germany	24:34
25	Ibrahim Buras	Norway	24:35
26	Nicolò Bedini	Italy	24:41
27	Tomer Tarragano	Great Britain	24:46
28	Oisin Spillane	Ireland	24:46
29	Dean Casey	Ireland	24:46
30	Jaime Migallon	Spain	24:49
31	Etson Barros	Portugal	24:49
32	João Pais	Portugal	24:50
33	Antoine Reul	Belgium	24:53
34	Aaron Decloedt	Belgium	24:55
35	Benjamin Dern	Germany	24:59

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Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Will Barnicoat Matthew Stonier James Kingston Tomer Tarragano Henry McLuckie Rory Leonard	pts (25)
	France Valentin Bresc Téo Rubens Banini Flavien Szot Luc Le Baron Titouan Le Grix	pts (34)
	Norway Moa Abounnachat Bollerød Vebjørn Hovdejord Ibrahim Buras Kristoffer Sagli	pts (42)
4	Spain Miguel Baidal Mario Priego Alejandro Quijada Jaime Migallon Adam Maijo Miguel Ángel Martínez	pts (46)

U23 women

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Megan Keith	Great Britain	25:32
	Ilona Mononen	Finland	26:55
	Nathalie Blomqvist	Finland	27:06
4	Angela Viciosa	Spain	27:08
5	Greta Karinauskaitė	Lithuania	27:13
6	Maria Forero	Spain	27:21
7	Jana van Lent	Belgium	27:21
8	Danielle Donegan	Ireland	27:24
9	Emmy van den Berg	Netherlands	27:29
10	Yasna Petrova	Bulgaria	27:34
11	Alexandra Millard	Great Britain	27:37
12	Ina Halle Haugen	Norway	27:38
13	Amina Maatoug	Netherlands	27:40
14	Lisa Merkel	Germany	27:57
15	Eloise Walker	Great Britain	28:03
16	Anneke Vortmeier	Germany	28:06
17	Manon Cumy	France	28:10
18	Olimpia Breza	Poland	28:15
19	Shirley Lang	Switzerland	28:17
20	Mia Jurenka	Germany	28:19
21	Camille Laurent	France	28:20
22	Agnese Carcano	Italy	28:24
23	Heloise Laigle	France	28:27
24	Pelinsu Şahin	Turkey	28:31
25	Karoline Husted	Denmark	28:32
26	Mari Ruud	Norway	28:38
27	Uliana Rachynska	Ukraine	28:42
28	Sara Nestola	Italy	28:42
29	Thaïs Paris	France	28:43
30	Aurora Bado	Italy	28:44
31	Dafni-Eftychia-Tereza Lavasa	Greece	28:47
32	Julie Voet	Belgium	28:48
33	Beata Niemyjska	Poland	28:53
34	Tia Wilson	Great Britain	28:58
35	Lynn McKenna	Great Britain	28:59

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Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Megan Keith Alexandra Millard Eloise Walker Tia Wilson Lynn McKenna Olivia Mason	pts (27)
	Germany Lisa Merkel Anneke Vortmeier Mia Jurenka Jessica Keller	pts (50)
	Spain Angela Viciosa Maria Forero María González Laura Domene Mireya Arnedillo Marta Serrano	pts (50)
4	France Manon Cumy Camille Laurent Heloise Langle Thaïs Paris Inès Hamoudi	pts (61)

U20 men

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Axel Vang Christensen	Denmark	16:09
	Niels Laros	Netherlands	16:10
	Nicholas Griggs	Ireland	16:24
4	Karl Ottfalk	Sweden	16:39
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Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Ireland Nicholas Griggs Niall Murphy Jonas Stafford Seamus Robinson Shane Brosnan Harry Colbert	pts (22)
	Great Britain Sam Mills Henry Dover Rowan Miell-Ingram Andrew McGill Sam Hodgson Louis Small	pts (24)
	Spain Rubén Leonardo Unai Naranjo Aleix Vives Mesfin Escamilla Sergio Del Barrio Ronaldo Olivo	pts (43)
4	Belgium Simon Jeukenne Mathis Lievens Tristan Gevaert Casper Lievens Régis Thibert Daan Lievens	pts (51)

U20 women

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Innes FitzGerald	Great Britain	18:19
	Sofia Thögersen	Denmark	18:38
	Jade Le Corre	France	18:49
4	Kira Weis	Germany	18:54
5	Elsa Sundqvist	Sweden	19:10
6	Shirin Kerber	Switzerland	19:30
7	Anna Gardiner	Ireland	19:31
8	Jess Bailey	Great Britain	19:31
9	Franziska Drexler	Germany	19:34
10	Thea Charlotte Knutsen	Norway	19:38
11	Katarzyna Napiorkowska	Poland	19:41
12	Kirsty Maher	Ireland	19:43
13	Lizzie Wellsted	Great Britain	19:47
14	Ebba Broms	Sweden	19:51
15	Lara Costa	Portugal	19:52
16	Dilek Kocak	Turkey	19:53
17	Anna Marie Nordengren Sirevåg	Norway	19:54
18	Tilda Månsson	Sweden	19:54
19	Charlotte Penneman	Belgium	19:56
20	Adèle Gay	France	19:57
21	Emily Junginger	Germany	19:58
22	Hannah Enkels	Belgium	20:01
23	Laly Porentru	France	20:05
24	Clara Entresangle	France	20:05
25	Adele Roatta	Italy	20:06
26	Edibe Yağız	Turkey	20:07
27	Fien Paulussen	Belgium	20:10
28	Katie Pye	Great Britain	20:12
29	Amy Greene	Ireland	20:12
30	Fabienne Müller	Switzerland	20:13
31	Moli Lyons	Great Britain	20:13
32	Zoe Hunter	Great Britain	20:18
33	Carolina Schäfer	Germany	20:19
34	Elena Ribigini	Italy	20:20
35	María Viciosa	Spain	20:21
36	Maria Mihaela Blaga	Romania	20:21

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Team race
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Innes FitzGerald Jess Bailey Lizzie Wellsted Katie Pye Moli Lyons Zoe Hunter	pts (22)
	Germany Kira Weis Franziska Drexler Emily Junginger Carolina Schäfer Carolin Hinrichs	pts (34)
	Sweden Elsa Sundqvist Ebba Broms Tilda Månsson Towa Nilsson Hannah Kinane	pts (37)
4	France Adèle Gay Laly Porentru Clara Entresangle Margot Dajoux	pts (46)

Mixed Relay

Team race
Rank	Team	Time (m:s)
	France [[]]	19:44
	Netherlands [[]]	19:46
	Great Britain [[]]	19:48
4	Italy [[]]	20:06
5	Belgium [[]]	20:15
6	Hungary [[]]	20:24
7	Poland [[]]	20:27
8	Spain [[]]	20:44
9	Czech Republic [[]]	21:00
10	Ukraine [[]]	21:44
12	Andorra [[]]	22:59

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References

^ "From Oropesa del Mar to Brussels! A look ahead to an action-packed 2023 season". European Athletics. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ "Bruxelles accueillera le Championnat d'Europe de cross-country en 2023". RTBF (in French). 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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^ "The countdown to Brussels continues! One month to the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships". Brussels 2023. European Athletics. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
^ 2023 European Cross Country Championships Medal Table
^ "2023 European Cross Country Championships Senior Men Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ "2023 European Cross Country Championships Senior Women Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ 2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 Men Results
^ "2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 Women Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ 2023 European Cross Country Championships U20 Men Results
^ "2023 European Cross Country Championships U20 Women Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ 2023 European Cross Country Championships Mixed Relay

[1] "From Oropesa del Mar to Brussels! A look ahead to an action-packed 2023 season". European Athletics. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[2] "Bruxelles accueillera le Championnat d'Europe de cross-country en 2023". RTBF (in French). 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[3] "Belgian Athletics en Golazo halen EK veldlopen naar Brussel". Brussels 2023 (in Dutch). Golazo Sports NV. 6 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[4] "The countdown to Brussels continues! One month to the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships". Brussels 2023. European Athletics. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

[5] 2023 European Cross Country Championships Medal Table

[6] "2023 European Cross Country Championships Senior Men Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[7] "2023 European Cross Country Championships Senior Women Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[8] 2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 Men Results

[9] "2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 Women Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[10] 2023 European Cross Country Championships U20 Men Results

[11] "2023 European Cross Country Championships U20 Women Results". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[12] 2023 European Cross Country Championships Mixed Relay

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