2006 European Cross Country Championships

The 13th European Cross Country Championships were held at San Giorgio su Legnano in Italy on 10 December 2006. Mo Farah took the title in the men's competition, while Tetyana Holovchenko won the women's race.

2006 European Cross Country Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	13th
Date	9 December
Host city	San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy
Events	6
Distances	9.95 km – Men 8.03 km – Women 8.03 km – U23 men 5.975 km – U23 women 5.975 km – Junior men 4.1 km – Junior women
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Results

Men individual 9.95 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Mo Farah	27:56
	Juan Carlos de la Ossa	28:06
	Mustafa Mohamed	28:08
4.	Khalid Zoubaa	28:16
5.	Rui Pedro Silva	28:17
6.	Driss El Himer	28:17
7.	Mustapha Essaïd	28:17
8.	Luís Feiteira	28:21
9.	Christian Belz	28:22
10.	Carles Castillejo	28:23
11.	Serhiy Lebid	28:26
12.	Driss Maazouzi	28:27

Fernando Silva (originally second place in 28:03) was disqualified for doping according to IAAF Rule 32.2.a. Total 64 competitors

Men teams

Pos.	Runners	Points
	France Khalid Zoubaa Driss El Himer Mustapha Essaïd Driss Maazouzi	29
	Spain Juan Carlos de la Ossa Carles Castillejo Eliseo Martín José Manuel Martínez	40
	Portugal Rui Pedro Silva Luís Feiteira Ricardo Ribas Licínio Pimentel	54
4.	United Kingdom Mo Farah Chris Thompson Gavin Thompson Michael Skinner	79
5.	Italy Gabriele de Nard Giovanni Gualdi Umberto Pusterla Ruggero Pertile	89
6.	Ukraine	109
7.	Sweden	119
8.	Ireland	153

Total 10 teams

Women individual 8.03 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Tetyana Holovchenko	25:17
	Mariya Konovalova	25:18
	Olivera Jevtić	25:21
4.	Anikó Kálovics	25:26
5.	Julie Coulaud	25:28
6.	Hayley Yelling	25:28
7.	Nathalie De Vos	25:34
8.	Joanne Pavey	25:38
9.	Jessica Augusto	25:38
10.	Anália Rosa	25:45
11.	Leonor Carneiro	25:52
12.	Rosa María Morató	25:53

Total 59 competitors

Women teams

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Portugal Jessica Augusto Anália Rosa Leonor Carneiro Mónica Rosa	47
	United Kingdom Hayley Yelling Joanne Pavey Liz Yelling Kate Reed	47
	France Julie Coulaud Samira Chellah Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel Christelle Daunay	69
4.	Russia Mariya Konovalova Alevtina Ivanova Inga Abitova Marina Ivanova	88
5.	Spain Rosa María Morató Maria Azucena Diaz Judith Plá Irene Pelayo	94
6.	Italy	96
7.	Serbia	128
8.	Ireland	153

Total 9 teams

Men U23 individual 8.03 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Barnabás Bene	23:14
	Dušan Markešević	23:16
	Daniele Meucci	23:16
4.	Yevgeniy Rybakov	23:17
5.	Anatoliy Rybakov	23:22
6.	Stsiapan Rahautsou	23:24
7.	Mario Van Waeyenberghe	23:25
8.	Aleksey Aleksandrov	23:26
9.	Khalid Choukoud	23:29
10.	Stefano la Rosa	23:29

Men U23 teams

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Russia Yevgeniy Rybakov Anatoliy Rybakov Aleksey Aleksandrov Dmitriy Nizelskiy	28
	Italy Daniele Meucci Stefano La Rosa Martin Dematteis Luca Tocco	78
	Poland Kamil Murzyn Łukasz Parszczyński Artur Kozłowski Hubert Prokop	94
4.	Ireland Joseph Sweeney Mark Christie Andrew Ledwith Mick Clohisey	102
5.	United Kingdom Andy Vernon Tom Humphries Andrew Baker Tom Russell	105

Women U23 individual 5.975km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Binnaz Uslu	18:47
	Fionnuala Britton	18:56
	Türkan Erismis	19:09
4.	Aine Hoban	19:10
5.	Adelina De Soccio	19:16
6.	Viktoriya Trushenko	19:19
7.	Adriënne Herzog	19:20
8.	Laura Kenney	19:23
9.	Katarzyna Kowalska	19:24
10.	Anke Van Campen	19:34

Women U23 teams

Pos.	Runners	Points
	United Kingdom Aine Hoban Laura Kenney Claire Holme Faye Fullerton	56
	Poland Katarzyna Kowalska Sylwia Ejdys Marta Wojtkunska Justyna Mudy	65
	Italy Adelina De Soccio Sara Dossena Giorgia Robaudo Giulia Francario	96
4.	Netherlands Adriënne Herzog Andrea Deelstra Susan Kuijken Yvonne Hak	97
5.	Turkey Binnaz Uslu Türkan Erismis Dudu Karakaya Mulkiye Yilmaz	105

Junior men individual 5.975km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Andrea Lalli	16:53
	Siarhei Chebiarak	17:03
	Ciprian Suhanea	17:06
4.	Aleksey Popov	17:12
5.	Simone Gariboldi	17:14

Junior men teams

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Italy Andrea Lalli Simone Gariboldi Antonio Garavello Merihun Crespi	68
	Spain Mohamed Elbendir Javier García Juan Antonio Pousa Álvaro Lozano	74
	France Noureddine Smaïl Mourad Amdouni David Vuste Anthony Gauthier	74
4.	Turkey Osman Baş Adem Belir Muğdat Öztürk Ercan Muslu	83
5.	United Kingdom Kevin Deighton Jonathon Pepper Lewis Timmins Rory Fraser	97

Junior women individual 4.1 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Stephanie Twell	12:33
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal	12:36
	Ancuţa Bobocel	12:51
4.	Emily Pidgeon	12:59
5.	Viktoriya Ivanova	13:08

Junior women teams

Pos.	Runners	Points
	United Kingdom Stephanie Twell Emily Pidgeon Sian Edwards Abby Westley	21
	Russia Viktoriya Ivanova Tatyana Shutova Yekaterina Gorbunova Alfiya Khasanova	76
	Romania Ancuţa Bobocel Andreea David Cristiana Frumuz Daniela Donisa	83
4.	Spain Marta Romo Maria Sánchez Cristina Jordan Ainhoa Sanz	98
5.	Germany Julia Hiller Carolin Ähling Mira Glocker Cornelia Schwennen	102

Medal table

Rank	Nation				Total
1	United Kingdom	4	1	0	5
2	Italy	2	1	2	5
3	Russia	1	2	0	3
4	France	1	0	2	3
5	Portugal	1	0	1	2
	Turkey	1	0	1	2
7	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
9	Spain	0	3	0	3
10	Poland	0	1	1	2
	Serbia	0	1	1	2
12	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
15	Romania	0	0	3	3
16	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

External links

• Database containing all results between 1994–2007