2018 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	25th
Date	9 December
Host city	Tilburg, Netherlands
Events	7
Distances	10.3 km – Men 8.3 km – Women 5.8 km – Mixed relay 8.3 km – U23 men 6.3 km – U23 women 6.3 km – U20 men 4.30 km – U20 women
Participation	555 athletes from 38 nations
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The 2018 European Cross Country Championships was the 25th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Tilburg, Netherlands.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Senior men	Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR)	28:49	Isaac Kimeli (BEL)	28:52	Aras Kaya (TUR)	28:56
U23 men	Jimmy Gressier (FRA)	23:37	Samuel Fitwi (GER)	23:45	Hugo Hay (FRA)	23:48
Junior men	Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)	18:00	Ouassim Oumaiz (ESP)	18:09	Elzan Bibić (SRB)	18:11
Senior women	Yasemin Can (TUR)	26:05	Fabienne Schlumpf (SUI)	26:06	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR)	26:07
U23 women	Anna Emilie Møller (DEN)	20:34	Anna Gehring (GER)	20:36	Weronika Pyzik (POL)	20:46
Junior women	Nadia Battocletti (ITA)	13:46	Delia Sclabas (SUI)	13:47	İnci Kalkan (TUR)	13:48
Senior men's team	Turkey (TUR) Aras Kaya Kaan Kigen Özbilen Polat Kemboi Arıkan	14 pts	Great Britain (GBR) Marc Scott Kristian Jones Dewi Griffiths	34 pts	Italy (ITA) Yemaneberhan Crippa Daniele Meucci Nekagenet Crippa	37 pts
U23 men's team	France (FRA) Jimmy Gressier Hugo Hay Fabien Palcau	11 pts	Great Britain (GBR) Patrick Dever Emile Cairess Mahamed Mahamed	30 pts	Spain (ESP) Tariku Novales Adrián Ben Amin Houkmi	42 pts
Junior men's team	Norway (NOR) Jakob Ingebrigtsen Simen Halle Haugen Håkon Stavik	28 pts	Great Britain (GBR) Jake Heyward Isaac Akers Mathew Willis	30 pts	Germany (GER) Mohamed Mohumed Nick Jäger Dominik Müller	38 pts
Senior women's team	Netherlands (NED) Susan Krumins Jip Vastenburg Maureen Koster	20 pts	Great Britain (GBR) Charlotte Arter Melissa Courtney Pippa Woolven	24 pts	Germany (GER) Elena Burkard Fabienne Amrhein Caterina Granz	50 pts
U23 women team	Germany (GER) Anna Gehring Miriam Dattke Lisa Tertsch	22 pts	Spain (ESP) Célia Antón Carmela Cardama Marta García	25 pts	Great Britain (GBR) Amy Griffiths Poppy Tank Abbie Donnelly	33 pts
Junior women's team	Great Britain (GBR) Amelia Quirk Khahisa Mhlanga Grace Brock	23 pts	Netherlands (NED) Jasmijn Lau Famke Heinst Roos Blokhuis	28 pts	Turkey (TUR) İnci Kalkan Emine Akbingöl Derya Kunur	39 pts
Mixed relay	Spain (ESP) Saúl Ordóñez Esther Guerrero Víctor Ruiz Solange Pereira	16:10	France (FRA) Alexis Miellet Rénelle Lamote Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Johanna Geyer-Carles	16:12	Belarus (BLR) Artsiom Lohish Ilona Ivanau Siarhei Platonau Volha Nemahai	16:21

Race results

Senior men

Individual race^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	28:49
	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	28:52
	Aras Kaya	Turkey	28:56
4	Kaan Kigen Özbilen	Turkey	29:04
5	Napoleon Solomon	Sweden	29:12
6	Yemaneberhan Crippa	Italy	29:14
7	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	29:14
8	Adel Mechaal	Spain	29:20
9	Marc Scott	Great Britain	29:21
10	Seán Tobin	Ireland	29:22
11	Daniele Meucci	Italy	29:26
12	Kristian Jones	Great Britain	29:28
13	Dewi Griffiths	Great Britain	29:31
14	Antonio Abadía	Spain	29:35
15	Robin Hendrix	Belgium	29:36
16	Daniel Mateo	Spain	29:40
17	Charlie Hulson	Great Britain	29:43
18	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	29:45
19	Ole Hesselbjerg	Denmark	29:46
20	Nekagenet Crippa	Italy	29:47
21	Dame Tasama	Belgium	29:47
22	Michael Somers	Belgium	29:49
23	Florian Orth	Germany	29:49
24	Mitko Tsenov	Bulgaria	29:51
25	Hassan Chahdi	France	29:51
26	Kevin Dooney	Ireland	29:53
27	Abdi Hakin Ulad	Denmark	29:53
28	Michel Butter	Netherlands	29:54
29	Ahmed El Mazoury	Italy	29:54
30	Ross Millington	Great Britain	29:57
31	Javier Guerra	Spain	30:00
32	Félix Bour	France	30:02
33	Adhanom Abraha	Sweden	30:03
34	Kevin Maunsell	Ireland	30:11
35	Rui Pinto	Portugal	30:13
36	Tom Erling Kårbø	Norway	30:16
37	Juan Pérez	Spain	30:17
38	Khalid Choukoud	Netherlands	30:18
39	Vasyl Koval	Ukraine	30:19
40	Robel Fsiha	Sweden	30:21
41	Hlynur Andrésson	Iceland	30:25
42	Simon Boch	Germany	30:25
43	Ørjan Grønnevig	Norway	30:26
44	Thijs Nijhuis	Denmark	30:27
45	Miguel Marques	Portugal	30:28
46	Peter Glans	Denmark	30:30
47	Nick Goolab	Great Britain	30:31
48	Andrea Sanguinetti	Italy	30:31
49	André Pereira	Portugal	30:34
50	Simas Bertašius	Lithuania	30:36
51	Fernando Carro	Spain	30:37
52	Yegor Nikolayev	Russia	30:37
53	Mehdi Belhadj	France	30:39
54	Alexandre Saddedine	France	30:39
55	Kevin Batt	Ireland	30:41
56	Philipp Reinhardt	Germany	30:44
57	Damien Gras	France	30:46
58	Kaur Kivistik	Estonia	30:50
59	Artyom Alekseyev	Russia	30:51
60	Konstantin Wedel	Germany	30:53
61	Jiří Homoláč	Czech Republic	30:54
62	António Silva	Portugal	30:58
63	Ruslan Savchuk	Ukraine	31:03
64	Marhu Teferi	Israel	31:05
65	Ronald Schröer	Netherlands	31:06
66	Andreas Vojta	Austria	31:09
67	Mick Clohisey	Ireland	31:11
68	Olavi Allase	Estonia	31:14
69	Jacob Simonsen	Denmark	31:20
70	Cihat Ulus	Turkey	31:26
71	Roy Hoornweg	Netherlands	31:26
72	Mikkel Dahl-Jessen	Denmark	31:32
73	David Nikolli	Italy	31:42
74	Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy	Ukraine	31:48
75	Timon Theuer	Austria	31:48
76	Marco Kern	Switzerland	31:54
77	Justinas Beržanskis	Lithuania	31:55
78	Damian Landers	Ireland	32:08
79	Tibor Sahajda	Slovakia	32:12
80	Ilias Hernandez	Switzerland	32:17
81	Karel Hussar	Estonia	32:34
82	Florian Lussy	Switzerland	32:38
83	Yehor Zhukov	Ukraine	32:58
84	Ilir Këllëzi	Albania	34:12
85	Sonny Folcheri	Monaco	36:03
—	Jannik Arbogast	Germany	DNS
—	Marouan Razine	Italy	DNF
—	David Nilsson	Sweden	DNF
—	Iolo Nikolov	Bulgaria	DNF

Team race^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey Aras Kaya Kaan Kigen Özbilen Polat Kemboi Arıkan	14 (3+4+7)
	Great Britain Marc Scott Kristian Jones Dewi Griffiths	34 (9+12+13)
	Italy Yemaneberhan Crippa Daniele Meucci Nekagenet Crippa Ahmed El Mazoury Andrea Sanguinetti Marouan Razine	37 (6+11+20)
4	Belgium Isaac Kimeli Robin Hendrix Dame Tasama Michael Somers	38 (2+15+21)
5	Spain Adel Mechaal Antonio Abadía Daniel Mateo	38 (8+14+16)
6	Norway	55
7	Ireland	70
8	Sweden	78
9	Denmark	90
10	France	110
11	Germany	121
12	Portugal	129
13	Netherlands	131
14	Ukraine	176
15	Estonia	207
16	Switzerland	238

Senior women

Individual race^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Yasemin Can	Turkey	26:05
	Fabienne Schlumpf	Switzerland	26:06
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway	26:07
4	Susan Krumins	Netherlands	26:16
5	Jip Vastenburg	Netherlands	26:45
6	Elena Burkard	Germany	26:53
7	Charlotte Arter	Great Britain	26:57
8	Melissa Courtney	Great Britain	26:59
9	Pippa Woolven	Great Britain	27:02
10	Jess Piasecki	Great Britain	27:03
11	Maureen Koster	Netherlands	27:08
12	Trihas Gebre	Spain	27:16
13	Charlotta Fougberg	Sweden	27:17
14	Anna Gosk	Poland	27:20
15	Kate Avery	Great Britain	27:20
16	Liv Westphal	France	27:20
17	Marie Bouchard	France	27:21
18	Maja Alm	Denmark	27:22
19	Fabienne Amrhein	Germany	27:26
20	Verity Ockenden	Great Britain	27:30
21	Julia van Velthoven	Netherlands	27:30
22	Nina Lauwaert	Belgium	27:34
23	Samrawit Mengsteab	Sweden	27:39
24	Özlem Kaya	Turkey	27:41
25	Caterina Granz	Germany	27:43
26	Sara Louise Treacy	Ireland	27:46
27	Deborah Schöneborn	Germany	27:47
28	Carla Salomé Rocha	Portugal	27:48
29	Moira Stewartová	Czech Republic	27:49
30	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	27:50
31	Hanna Klein	Germany	27:53
32	Viktoriya Kalyuzhna	Ukraine	27:54
33	Silje Fjørtoft	Norway	27:54
34	Roxana Bârcă	Romania	27:55
35	Nuria Lugueros	Spain	27:58
36	Imana Truyers	Belgium	27:59
37	Aurore Guerin	France	28:00
38	Tania Carretero	Spain	28:02
39	Valeria Roffino	Italy	28:02
40	Militsa Mircheva	Bulgaria	28:03
41	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	28:05
42	Paula Todoran	Romania	28:07
43	Ciara Mageean	Ireland	28:08
44	Lisa Havell	Sweden	28:10
45	María José Pérez	Spain	28:11
46	Cristina Simion	Romania	28:11
47	Christine Santi	Italy	28:12
48	Sophie Duarte	France	28:13
49	Giovanna Epis	Italy	28:15
50	Claire Perraux	France	28:19
51	Michelle Finn	Ireland	28:23
52	Yevheniya Prokofyeva	Ukraine	28:23
53	Valeriya Zinenko	Ukraine	28:26
54	Hanna Vandenbussche	Belgium	28:26
55	Sigrid Jervell Våg	Norway	28:32
56	Ophélie Claude-Boxberger	France	28:35
57	Ann Marie McGlynn	Ireland	28:40
58	Catarina Ribeiro	Portugal	28:42
59	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	28:45
60	Aleksandra Brzezińska	Poland	28:46
61	Elena Loyo	Spain	28:47
62	Fionnuala Ross	Ireland	28:48
63	Tubay Erdal	Turkey	28:57
64	Kerry O'Flaherty	Ireland	29:00
65	Cátia Santos	Portugal	29:01
66	Claudia Prisecaru	Romania	29:10
67	Oksana Rayta	Ukraine	29:23
68	Jill Holterman	Netherlands	29:39
69	Loreta Kančytė	Lithuania	29:48
—	Jéssica Augusto	Portugal	DNF
—	Simone Christensen Glad	Denmark	DNF
—	Sara Moreira	Portugal	DNF

Team race^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
	Netherlands Susan Krumins Jip Vastenburg Maureen Koster	20 (4+5+11)
	Great Britain Charlotte Arter Melissa Courtney Pippa Woolven	24 (7+8+9)
	Germany Elena Burkard Fabienne Amrhein Caterina Granz	50 (6+19+25)
4	France Liv Westphal Marie Bouchard Aurore Guerin	70 (16+17+37)
5	Sweden	80
6	Spain	85
7	Turkey	88
8	Norway	91
9	Romania	106
10	Belgium	112
11	Ireland	120
12	Portugal	127
13	Italy	135
14	Ukraine	137

Senior mixed relay

Rank	Team	Time (m:s)
	Spain Saúl Ordóñez, Esther Guerrero, Víctor Ruiz, Solange Andreia Pereira	16:10
	France Alexis Miellet, Rénelle Lamote, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, Johanna Geyer-Carles	16:12
	Belarus Artsiom Lohish, Ilona Ivanau, Siarhei Platonau, Volha Nemahai	16:21
4	Great Britain Jamie Williamson, Alexandra Bell, Phil Sesemann, Jessica Judd	16:24
5	Ukraine Oleh Kayafa, Orysya Demyanyuk, Volodymyr Kyts, Iryna Bubnyak	16:30
6	Sweden Emil Blomberg, Hanna Hermansson, Elmar Engholm, Anna Silvander	16:32
7	Belgium Ismael Debjani, Elise Vanderelst, Pieter-Jan Hannes, Sofie Van Accom	16:34
8	Latvia Alberts Blajs, Līga Velvere, Ugis Jocis, Agata Strausa	16:40
9	Ireland Paul Robinson, Síofra Cléirigh Büttner, John Travers, Claire Tarplee	16:40
10	Portugal Emanuel Rolim, Salomé Afonso, Paulo Pinheiro, Susana Francisco	16:44
11	Italy Abdikadar Sheikh Ali, Eleonora Vandi, Ala Zoghlami, Giulia Aprile	16:51
12	Denmark Nick Jensen, Dagmar Olsen, Andreas Holst Lindgreen, Laura Rosing Møller	17:02

U23 men

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Jimmy Gressier	France	23:37
	Samuel Fitwi	Germany	23:45
	Hugo Hay	France	23:48
4	Ryan Forsyth	Ireland	23:49
5	Patrick Dever	Great Britain	24:05
6	Tariku Novales	Spain	24:05
7	Fabien Palcau	France	24:06
8	Emile Cairess	Great Britain	24:07
9	Louis Gilavert	France	24:11
10	Adrian Ben	Spain	24:12
11	Stan Niesten	Netherlands	24:13
12	Simone Colombini	Italy	24:13
13	Markus Görger	Germany	24:17
14	Dorian Boulvin	Belgium	24:19
15	Amanuel Gergis	Sweden	24:20
16	Tadesse Getahon	Israel	24:23
17	Mahamed Mahamed	Great Britain	24:24
18	Yann Schrub	France	24:25
19	Oliver Fox	Great Britain	24:25
20	Mike Foppen	Netherlands	24:29

Team race

Rank	Team	Points
	France Jimmy Gressier, Hugo Hay, Fabien Palcau	1+3+7=11
	Great Britain Patrick Dever, Emile Cairess, Mahamed Mahamed	5+8+17=30
	Spain Tariku Novales, Adrian Ben, Amin Houkmi	6+10+26=42
4	Germany Samuel Fitwi, Markus Görger, Davor Aaron Bienenfeld	2+13+33=48

U23 women

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Anna Emilie Møller	Denmark	20:34
	Anna Gehring	Germany	20:36
	Weronika Pyzik	Poland	20:46
4	Chiara Scherrer	Switzerland	20:48
5	Célia Antón	Spain	20:57
6	Miriam Dattke	Germany	20:58
7	Amy Griffiths	Great Britain	21:04
8	Carmela Cardama	Spain	21:04
9	Poppy Tank	Great Britain	21:05
10	Mathilde Senechal	France	21:06
11	Eglė Morėnaitė	Lithuania	21:07
12	Marta García	Spain	21:13
13	Yayla Kiliç	Turkey	21:13
14	Lisa Tertsch	Germany	21:13
15	Lea Meyer	Germany	21:14
16	Eilish Flanagan	Ireland	21:17
17	Abbie Donnelly	Great Britain	21:19
18	Kristýna Dvořáková	Czech Republic	21:22
19	Rebecca Lonedo	Italy	21:24
20	Flavia Stutz	Switzerland	21:24

Team race

Rank	Team	Points
	Germany Anna Gehring, Miriam Dattke, Lisa Tertsch	2+6+14=22
	Spain Célia Antón, Carmela Cardama, Marta García	5+8+12=25
	Great Britain Amy Griffiths, Poppy Tank, Abbie Donnelly	7+9+17=33
4	France Mathilde Senechal, Leila Hadji, Emeline Delanis	10+22+24=56

U20 men

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	18:00
	Ouassim Oumaiz	Spain	18:09
	Elzan Bibić	Serbia	18:11
4	Jake Heyward	Great Britain	18:16
5	Simen Halle Haugen	Norway	18:18
6	Mohamed Mohumed	Germany	18:27
7	Mohamed-Amine Kodad	France	18:28
8	Ayetullah Aslanhan	Turkey	18:45
9	Nick Jäger	Germany	18:47
10	Valentin Bresc	France	18:47
11	Bram Anderiessen	Netherlands	18:47
12	Isaac Akers	Great Britain	18:48
13	Ramazan Baştuğ	Turkey	18:48
14	Matthew Willis	Great Britain	18:49
15	Tim Van De Velde	Belgium	18:53
16	Darragh McElhinney	Ireland	18:53
17	Marios Anagnostou	Greece	18:54
18	Seán O'Leary	Ireland	19:01
19	Ryan Oosting	Netherlands	19:02
20	Omar Ismail	Sweden	19:02

Team race

Rank	Team	Points
	Norway Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Simen Halle Haugen, Håkon Stavik	1+5+22=28
	Great Britain Jake Heyward, Isaac Akers, Mathew Willis	4+12+14=30
	Germany Mohamed Mohumed, Nick Jäger, Dominik Müller	6+9+23=38
4	France Mohamed-Amine Kodad, Valentin Bresc, Arthur Gervais	7+10+24=41

U20 women

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Nadia Battocletti	Italy	13:46
	Delia Sclabas	Switzerland	13:47
	İnci Kalkan	Turkey	13:48
4	Jasmijn Lau	Netherlands	13:51
5	Amelia Quirk	Great Britain	13:57
6	Carla Gallardo	Spain	13:58
7	Khahisa Mhlanga	Great Britain	14:00
8	Emma O'Brien	Ireland	14:01
9	Sarah Healy	Ireland	14:03
10	Famke Heinst	Netherlands	14:04
11	Grace Brock	Great Britain	14:05
12	Sibylle Häring	Switzerland	14:06
13	Cari Hughes	Great Britain	14:10
14	Roos Blokhuis	Netherlands	14:11
15	Mariana Machado	Portugal	14:12
16	Cristina Ruiz	Spain	14:12
17	Emine Akbingöl	Turkey	14:16
18	Elisa Palmero	Italy	14:19
19	Derya Kunur	Turkey	14:22
20	Anna MacFadyen	Great Britain	14:22

Team race

Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain Amelia Quirk, Khahisa Mhlanga, Grace Brock	5+7+11=23
	Netherlands Jasmijn Lau, Famke Heinst, Roos Blokhuis	4+10+14=28
	Turkey İnci Kalkan, Emine Akbingöl, Derya Kunur	3+17+19=39
4	Switzerland Delia Sclabas, Sibylle Häring, Carolina Hernandez-Pita	2+12+26=40