2012 European Cross Country Championships#Senior men

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{{Infobox XC Championships

|Name = 2012 European Cross Country Championships

|Logo = Budapest2012logo.png

|Size = 220px

|Caption =

|Organisers = EAA

|Edition = 19th

|Date = 9 December

|Host city = Szentendre, Hungary

|Nations participating =

|Athletes participating =

|Races = 6

|Distances = 9.880 km – Men
8.050 km – Women
8.050 km – U23 men
6.025 km – U23 women
6.025 km – Junior men
4.000 km – Junior women

|Website =

|Previous = 2011 Velenje

|Next = 2013 Belgrade

}}

The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December.

Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first champion at the competition. The men's team race was won by Spain. Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming the first woman to retain her title. Team Ireland took gold in the senior women's race.

Race results

File:Andrea Lalli Budapest 2012.jpg became the first Italian to win the competition.]]

=Senior men=

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+Individual race
width=5%| Rank

!width=20%| Athlete

!width=15%| Country

!width=10%| Time (m:s)

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Andrea Lalli

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ITA}}

|30:01

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Hassan Chahdi

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|30:11

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Daniele Meucci

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ITA}}

|30:13

style="text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"|Tom Farrell

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|30:14

style="text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"|Carles Castillejo

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}

|30:14

style="text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"|Ayad Lamdassem

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}

|30:14

style="text-align:center;"

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"|Polat Kemboi Arıkan

| style="text-align:left;"|{{TUR}}

|30:21

style="text-align:center;"

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"|Javier Guerra

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}

|30:22

style="text-align:center;"

| 9

| style="text-align:left;"|Bashir Abdi

| style="text-align:left;"|{{BEL}}

|30:26

style="text-align:center;"

| 10

| style="text-align:left;"|Steve Vernon

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|30:28

style="text-align:center;"

| 11

| style="text-align:left;"|Jonathan Taylor

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|30:30

style="text-align:center;"

| 12

| style="text-align:left;"|Milan Kocourek

| style="text-align:left;"|{{CZE}}

|30:33

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Teams
width=10%| Rank

!width=30%| Team

!width=10%| Points

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
Carles Castillejo
Ayad Lamdassem
Javier Guerra
Juan Carlos Higuero
Antonio Dávid Jiménez

|35

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"| {{GBR2}}
Tom Farrell
Steve Vernon
Jonathan Taylor
Andy Vernon
Tom Humphries

|38

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ITA}}
Andrea Lalli
Daniele Meucci
Gabriele De Nard
Patrick Nasti
Alex Baldaccini

| 63

  • Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/earesults.php?CID=12826928|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140103113803/http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/earesults.php?CID=12826928|archive-date = 3 January 2014|title =Budapest HUN 9 December Cross country|url-status=usurped}}

=Senior women=

File:2012 European Cross Country Championships Women's Podium.jpg

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Individual race
width=5%| Rank

!width=20%| Athlete

!width=15%| Country

!width=10%| Time (m:s)

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Fionnuala Britton

| style="text-align:left;"|{{IRL}}

|27:45

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Ana Dulce Félix

| style="text-align:left;"|{{POR}}

|27:47

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Adrienne Herzog

| style="text-align:left;"|{{NED}}

|27:48

style="text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"|Almensh Belete

| style="text-align:left;"|{{BEL}}

|27:54

style="text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"|Laurane Picoche

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|27:55

style="text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"|Sophie Duarte

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|27:55

style="text-align:center;"

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"|Nadia Ejjafini

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ITA}}

|27:59

style="text-align:center;"

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"|Linda Byrne

| style="text-align:left;"|{{IRL}}

|28:17

style="text-align:center;"

| 9

| style="text-align:left;"|Lisa Stublić

| style="text-align:left;"|{{CRO}}

|28:18

style="text-align:center;"

| 10

| style="text-align:left;"|Diana Martín

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}

|28:19

style="text-align:center;"

| 11

| style="text-align:left;"|Louise Damen

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|28:22

style="text-align:center;"

| 12

| style="text-align:left;"|Sara Moreira

| style="text-align:left;"|{{POR}}

|28:26

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Teams
width=10%| Rank

!width=30%| Team

!width=10%| Points

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{IRL}}
Fionnuala Britton
Linda Byrne
Ava Hutchinson
Lizzie Lee
Sarah McCormack

|52

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}
Laurane Picoche
Sophie Duarte
Christine Bardelle
Magali Bernard
Maryline Pellen

|52

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}
Louise Damen
Caryl Jones
Rosie Smith
Elle Baker
Katrina Wootton

|60

  • Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.

=Under-23 men=

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Individual race
width=5%| Rank

!width=20%| Athlete

!width=15%| Country

!width=10%| Time (m:s)

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Henrik Ingebrigtsen

| style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}

|24:30

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Soufiane Bouchikhi

| style="text-align:left;"|{{BEL}}

|24:40

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|James Wilkinson

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|24:43

style="text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"|Jesper van der Wielen

| style="text-align:left;"|{{NED}}

|24:46

style="text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"|Romain Collenot-Spiret

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|24:50

style="text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"|Antonio Abadía

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}

|24:57

style="text-align:center;"

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"|Abdelaziz Merzougui

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}

|24:57

style="text-align:center;"

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"|Hayle Ibrahimov

| style="text-align:left;"|{{AZE}}

|24:59

style="text-align:center;"

| 9

| style="text-align:left;"|Ørjan Grønnevig

| style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}

|25:00

style="text-align:center;"

| 10

| style="text-align:left;"|Simon Denissel

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|25:02

style="text-align:center;"

| 11

| style="text-align:left;"|Abdi Hakin Ulad

| style="text-align:left;"|{{DEN}}

|25:04

style="text-align:center;"

| 12

| style="text-align:left;"|Lars Erik Malde

| style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}

|25:05

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+Teams
width=10%| Rank

!width=30%| Team

!width=10%| Points

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}
Romain Collenot-Spiret
Simon Denissel
Michael Gras
Matthieu Lonjou
Tanguy Pepiot

|50

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
Antonio Abadía
Abdelaziz Merzougui
Roberto Alaiz
Aitor Fernández
Gabriel Navarro

|59

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}
James Wilkinson
Andrew Heyes
Simon Horsfield
Dewi Griffiths
Scott McDonald

|80

  • Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.

=Under-23 women=

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Individual race
width=5%| Rank

!width=20%| Athlete

!width=15%| Country

!width=10%| Time (m:s)

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Jess Coulson

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|20:40

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Lyudmila Lebedeva

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}

|20:49

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Clémence Calvin

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|20:52

style="text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"|Gulshat Fazlitdinova

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}

|20:52

style="text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"|Lauren Howarth

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|20:56

style="text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"|Corinna Harrer

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}

|21:04

style="text-align:center;"

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"|Carla Salomé Rocha

| style="text-align:left;"|{{POR}}

|21:05

style="text-align:center;"

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"|Yekaterina Matyunina

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}

|21:07

style="text-align:center;"

| 9

| style="text-align:left;"|Viktoriya Pohoryelska

| style="text-align:left;"|{{UKR}}

|21:08

style="text-align:center;"

| 10

| style="text-align:left;"|Catarina Ribeiro

| style="text-align:left;"|{{POR}}

|21:20

style="text-align:center;"

| 11

| style="text-align:left;"|Layes Abdullayeva

| style="text-align:left;"|{{AZE}}

|21:23

style="text-align:center;"

| 12

| style="text-align:left;"|Hannah Walker

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|21:27

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Teams
width=10%| Rank

!width=30%| Team

!width=10%| Points

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
Lyudmila Lebedeva
Gulshat Fazlitdinova
Yekaterina Matyunina
Yelena Sedova

|27

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}
Jess Coulson
Lauren Howarth
Hannah Walker
Lily Partridge
Beth Potter
Hannah Alderson

|33

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}
Corinna Harrer
Jana Sussmann
Melanie Stemper
Domenika Weiss
Jannika John

|86

  • Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.

=Junior men=

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Individual race
width=5%| Rank

!width=20%| Athlete

!width=15%| Country

!width=10%| Time (m:s)

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Szymon Kulka

| style="text-align:left;"|{{POL}}

|18:43

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Mitko Tsenov

| style="text-align:left;"|{{BUL}}

|18:47

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Kieran Clements

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|18:57

style="text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"|Ferdinand Kvan Edman

| style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}

|18:59

style="text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"|Djilali Bedrani

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|18:59

style="text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"|Isaac Kimeli

| style="text-align:left;"|{{BEL}}

|19:00

style="text-align:center;"

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"|Alexandre Saddedine

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|19:00

style="text-align:center;"

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"|Dino Bošnjak

| style="text-align:left;"|{{CRO}}

|19:01

style="text-align:center;"

| 9

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlie Grice

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|19:02

style="text-align:center;"

| 10

| style="text-align:left;"|Viktor Bakharev

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}

|19:03

style="text-align:center;"

| 11

| style="text-align:left;"|Mikhail Strelkov

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}

|19:04

style="text-align:center;"

| 12

| style="text-align:left;"|Johannes Motschmann

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}

|19:10

class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
+Teams
width=10%| Rank

!width=30%| Team

!width=10%| Points

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
Viktor Bakharev
Mikhail Strelkov
Nikita Vysotskiy
Rudolf Petrukhin
Ivan Panferov
Aleksandr Novikov

|50

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}
Djilali Bedrani
Alexandre Saddedine
Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse
Hamza Habjaoui
Félix Bour

|51

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}
Kieran Clements
Charlie Grice
Ian Bailey
Charlie Hulson
Luke Traynor

|54

  • Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.

=Junior women=

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+Individual race
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!width=20%| Athlete

!width=15%| Country

!width=10%| Time (m:s)

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| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Amela Terzić

| style="text-align:left;"|{{SRB}}

|13:29

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Emelia Gorecka

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|13:37

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|Maya Rehberg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}

|13:43

style="text-align:center;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;"|Maruša Mišmaš

| style="text-align:left;"|{{SLO}}

|13:44

style="text-align:center;"

| 5

| style="text-align:left;"|Annabel Mason

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|13:47

style="text-align:center;"

| 6

| style="text-align:left;"|Ummuhani Karacadir

| style="text-align:left;"|{{TUR}}

|13:54

style="text-align:center;"

| 7

| style="text-align:left;"|Mariya Hodakyvska

| style="text-align:left;"|{{UKR}}

|14:00

style="text-align:center;"

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"|Jenny Walsh

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}

|14:01

style="text-align:center;"

| 9

| style="text-align:left;"|Monica Florea

| style="text-align:left;"|{{ROU}}

|14:04

style="text-align:center;"

| 10

| style="text-align:left;"|Yevdokiya Bukina

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}

|14:05

style="text-align:center;"

| 11

| style="text-align:left;"|Luiza Litvinova

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}

|14:07

style="text-align:center;"

| 12

| style="text-align:left;"|Liv Westphal

| style="text-align:left;"|{{FRA}}

|14:08

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+Teams
width=10%| Rank

!width=30%| Team

!width=10%| Points

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GBR2}}
Emelia Gorecka
Annabel Mason
Jenny Walsh
Jessica Judd
Alex Clay
Rhona Auckland

|28

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}
Maya Rehberg
Anna Gehring
Caterina Granz
Johanna Schulz
Lisa Ziegler
Laura Clart

|106

style="text-align:center;"

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

| style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
Yevdokiya Bukina
Luiza Litvinova
Zulfira Fazlitdinova
Alena Shukhtuyeva

|111

  • Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 5

| gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 1

| gold_IRL = 2 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 0

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 2

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0

| gold_SRB = 1 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 0

| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 2

| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 1 | bronze_POR = 0

| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 0

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1

}}

References