Statistical Reference file for European Cross Country Championships (by Ken Nakamura) Men: Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 35 sec 32:37 Jon Brown GBR Charleroi 1996 Min 1 sec 27:19 Carsten Jørgensen DEN Oeiras 1997 28:07 Sergey Lebid UKR Rerrara 1998 Difference between 3rd and 4th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 9sec 33:32 Jon Brown GBR Velenje 1999 31:17 Sergey Lebid UKR Dublin 2009 Min 1sec 26:47 Andrew Pearson GBR Alnwick 1995 33:19 Mustapha Essaid FRA Charleroi 1996 28:16 Driss El Himer FRA Ferrara 1998 28:10 Antonio Jimenez ESP Thun 2001 27:26 Driss Maazouzi FRA Tilburg 2005 Multiple Gold Medalists: Sergey Lebid (UKR): 1998, 2001-2005, 2007, 2008 Paulo Guerra (POR): 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 Multiple Medalists: Sergey Lebid (UKR): 1998, 2001-2005, 2007, 2008 Gold; 2000 Silver; 1997, 2009 Bronze; Paulo Guerra (POR): 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 Gold; 1996 Silver; Jon Brown (GBR): 1996 Gold; 1999 Bronze Driss El Himer (FRA): 1998, 2000 Bronze; Driss Maazouzi (FRA): 2004, 2005 Bronze Juan Carlos de la Ossa (ESP): 2003, 2004, 2006 Silver Mo Farah (GBR): 2006 Gold; 2008, 2009 Silver Mustafa Mohamed (SWE): 2007 Silver; 2006, 2008 Bronze European Cross Country Champion with World Cross Country Championships medal Name Nat Year Best placing in the World XC Champ Year Paulo Guerra POR 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 Bronze (long) 1999 Sergey Lebid UKR 1998, 2001-2005, 2007, 2008 Silver (long) 2001 European World Cross Medalists with European Cross Country Championships medals Name Nat World XC Year Best placing in Euro XC Year Paula Guerra POR Bronze 1999 1st 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 Mohamed Mourhit BEL Gold 2000, 2001 2nd 1998 Sergey Lebid UKR Silver 2001 1st 1998, 2001-2005, 2007, 2008 European Cross Country medalists with European Championships medal on track Name Nat Best Euro XC Year Best Euro Champ Event Year Mohamed Farah GBR Gold 2006 Gold 5000m 2010 Gold 10000m 2010 Rui Silva POR Bronze 2007 Silver 1500m 1998 Juan Carlos de la Ossa ESP Silver 2003, 2004, 2006 Bronze 10000m 2006 Sergey Lebid UKR Gold 2001-2005, 2007, 2008 Bronze 5000m 2002 Number of individual Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze UKR 8 1 2 POR 4 3 2 GBR 2 2 2 DEN 1 ESP 1 5 3 FRA 1 5 SWE 2 2 NED 1 BEL 1 Multiple individual Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze POR 1999 Paulo Guerra Eduardo Henriques POR 1994 Paulo Guerra Domingos Castro Man & Woman from the same nation winning the Euro XC in the same year: None Number of team Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze ESP 6 4 2 FRA 5 6 3 POR 3 4 4 GBR 1 1 3 ITA 1 1 1 IRL 1 UKR 1 BEL 1 Last four Euro XC Championships: Year Gold Nat Silver Nat Bronze Nat 2009 Alemayehu Bezabeh ESP Mohamed Farah GBR Sergey Lebid UKR 2008 Sergey Lebid UKR Mohamed Farah GBR Mustafa Mohamed SWE 2007 Sergey Lebid UKR Mustafa Mohamed SWE Rui Silva POR 2006 Mohamed Farah GBR Juan Carlos de la Ossa ESP Mustafa Mohamed SWE Note: The last time European won a medal in the World Cross Country Championships was 2001, when Mourhit of BEL won gold and Sergey Lebid of UKR won silver. Women: Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 15 sec 13:52 Annemari Sandell FIN Alnwick 1995 Min 1 sec 14:29 Catherina McKiernan IRL Alnwick 1994 16:34 Katalin Szentgyörgyi HUN Malmö 2000 15:48 Yamna Belkacem FRA Thun 2001 18:06 Hayley Yelling GBR Heringsdorf 2004 Difference between 3rd and 4th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 10 sec 16:39 Olivera Jevtic YUG Malmö 2000 22:26 Aniko Kalovics HUN Edinburgh 2003 Min 0 sec 18:08 Jo Pavey GBR Heringsdorf 2004 Multiple Gold Medalists: Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 1998, 2003 Hayley Yelling (GBR): 2004, 2009 Multiple Medalists: Rosa Maria Morato (ESP): 2007 Bronze; 2009 Silver Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR): 2002 Bronze; 2003 Silver Olivera Jevtic (YUG): 1997-2000, 2006 Bronze Julia Vaquero (ESP): 1994, 1996 Silver Sara Wedlund (SWE): 1995 Silver; 1996 Gold Annemari Sandell (FIN): 1995 Gold; 1996 Bronze; 1998 Silver Elena Fidatov (ROU): 1994 Bronze; 1997 Silver European Cross Country Champion with World Cross Country Championships medal Name Nat Year Best placing in the World XC Year Lornah Kiplagat NED 2005 Gold 2007 Yamna Belkacem FRA 2001 Silver (short) 1999 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1998, 2003 Gold (long) 2001, 2002 Annemari Sandell FIN 1995 Bronze (short) 1999 Catherina McKiernan IRL 1994 Silver (long) 1992-1995 European World Cross Medalists with the European Cross Country Championships medal Name Nat World XC Year European XC Year Lornah Kiplagat NED Gold 2007 Gold 2005 Paula Radcliffe GBR Gold 2001, 2002 Gold 1998 Catherina McKiernan IRL Silver 1992-1995 Gold 1994 European Cross Country medalists with European Championships medal on track Name Nat Best Euro XC Year Best Euro Champ Event Year Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Silver 2003 Gold 10000m 2010 Jessica Augusto POR Silver 2008 Bronze 10000m 2010 Marta Dominguez ESP Gold 2007 Gold 5000m 2002, 2006 Paula Radcliffe GBR Gold 1998, 2003 Gold 10000m 2002 Olivera Jevtic SER Bronze 1997-2000 Silver Marathon 2006 Number of individual Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GBR 4 1 FRA 2 1 NED 2 1 ESP 1 3 1 FIN 1 1 1 SWE 1 1 1 HUN 1 1 IRL 1 SUI 1 SLO 1 UKR 1 RUS 3 1 ROU 2 1 POR 2 1 TUR 1 1 POL 1 1 GER 1 YUG (SRB) 5 Multiple individual Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze POR 2008 Jessica Augusto Inês Monteiro ESP 2007 Marta Dominguez Rosa Maria Morato GBR 2004 Hayley Yelling Joanne Pavey Man & Woman from the same nation winning in the same year: None Number of team Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze POR 7 1 4 FRA 3 2 6 RUS 3 GBR 1 9 1 ROU 1 3 1 ESP 1 2 IRL 1 BEL 1 GER 1 Last four Euro XC Championships: Year Gold Nat Silver Nat Bronze Nat 2009 Hayley Yelling GBR Rosa Maria Morato ESP Adrienne Herzog NED 2008 Hilda Kibet NED Jessica Augusto POR Ines Monteiro POR 2007 Marta Dominguez ESP Julie Coulaud FRA Rosa Maria Morato ESP 2006 Tetyana Holovochenko UKR Mariya Konovalova RUS Olivera Jevtic YUG Note: The last time European won a medal in the World Cross Country Championships was in 2007 when Lornah Kiplagat of NED won the race. .