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(Top) 1 Results 1.1 Men individual 10.0 km 1.2 Men teams 1.3 Women individual 8.0 km 1.4 Women teams 1.5 Men U23 individual 8.0 km 1.6 Men U23 teams 1.7 Women U23 individual 6.0 km 1.8 Women U23 teams 1.9 Junior men individual 6.0 km 1.10 Junior men teams 1.11 Junior women individual 4.0 km 1.12 Junior women teams 2 References

2008 European Cross Country Championships

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2008 European Cross Country Championships

Organisers	EAA
Edition	15th
Date	14 December
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Events	6
Distances	10 km – Men 8 km – Women 8 km – U23 men 6 km – U23 women 6 km – Junior men 4 km – Junior women
← 2007 Toro 2009 Dublin →

The 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race.

Results[edit]

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Men individual 10.0 km[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Serhiy Lebid	30:49
	Mo Farah	30:57
	Mustafa Mohamed	31:13
4.	Ayad Lamdassem	31:17
5.	Pieter Desmet	31:19
6.	Bouabdellah Tahri	31:21
7.	Alemayehu Bezabeh	31:23
8.	Rui Pedro Silva	31:26
9.	Michel Butter	31:30
10.	Frank Tickner	31:39
11.	Mokhtar Benhari	31:40
12.	Daniele Meucci	31:41

Total 77 competitors

Men teams[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Spain Ayad Lamdassem Alemayehu Bezabeh Sergio Sánchez Javier Guerra	39
	France Bouabdellah Tahri Mokhtar Benhari Driss El Himer James Theury	49
	United Kingdom Mo Farah Frank Tickner Michael Skinner Lee Merrien	54
4.	Italy	79
5.	Belgium	93
6.	Ukraine	116
7.	Ireland	129
8.	Portugal	153

Total 12 teams

Women individual 8.0 km[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Hilda Kibet	27:45
	Jessica Augusto	27:54
	Inês Monteiro	28:02
4.	Mary Cullen	28:04
5.	Rosa María Morató	28:17
6.	Adriënne Herzog	28:19
7.	Anália Rosa	28:25
8.	Hatti Dean	28:30
9.	Louise Damen	28:33
10.	Elena Romagnolo	28:39
11.	Viktoriya Trushenko	28:40
12.	Gulnara Galkina	28:40

Total 64 competitors

Women teams[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	Portugal Jessica Augusto Inês Monteiro Anália Rosa Ana Dulce Félix	29
	United Kingdom Hatti Dean Louise Damen Laura Kenney Hayley Yelling	49
	France Sophie Duarte Christelle Daunay Christine Bardelle Maria Martins	78
4.	Netherlands	97
5.	Russia	111
6.	Italy	119
7.	Spain	127
8.	Belgium	131

Total 11 teams

Men U23 individual 8.0 km[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Andrea Lalli	24:56
	Andy Vernon	25:04
	Selim Bayrak	25:17
4.	Ben Lindsay	25:18
5.	Benjamin Malaty	25:18
6.	John Beattie	25:18
7.	Keith Gerrard	25:21
8.	Mourad Amdouni	25:22

Total 85 competitors

Men U23 teams[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	United Kingdom Andy Vernon Ben Lindsay John Beattie Keith Gerrard	19
	Italy Andrea Lalli Martin Dematteis Bernard Dematteis Simone Gariboldi	42
	France Benjamin Malaty Mourad Amdouni Denis Mayaud Pierrot Pantel	62
4.	Poland	93
5.	Turkey	112
6.	Spain	119
7.	Belgium	142
8.	Ireland	151

Total 16 teams

Women U23 individual 6.0 km[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Susan Kuijken	21:02
	Sarah Tunstall	21:10
	Yuliya Zarudneva	21:24
4.	Morag MacLarty	21:24
5.	Ancuţa Bobocel	21:43
6.	Heike Bienstein	21:43
7.	Katherine Sparke	21:47
8.	Tatyana Shutova	21:49

Tota 66 competitors

Women U23 teams[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	United Kingdom Sarah Tunstall Morag MacLarty Katherine Sparke Stacey Johnson	24
	Russia Yuliya Zarudneva Tatyana Shutova Natalya Puchkova Natalya Vlasova	44
	Germany Heike Bienstein Ingalena Heuck Julia Hiller Katharina Becker	57
4.	Ireland	80
5.	Spain	135
6.	France	137
7.	Portugal	138
8.	Italy	152

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 6.0 km[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Florian Carvalho	18:42
	Sondre Nordstad Moen	18.47
	Hassan Chahdi	18:49
4.	Alexander Hahn	18:55
5.	David Forrester	18:58
6.	Hasan Pak	18:58
7.	Bruno Albuquerque	19:08
8.	Antonio Abadía	19:11

Total 94 competitors

Junior men teams[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	France Florian Carvalho Hassan Chahdi Simon Denissel Colin Guillard	50
	Norway Sondre Nordstad Moen Sindre Buraas Lars Erik Malde Henrik Ingebrigtsen	51
	United Kingdom David Forrester Ross Murray Mitch Goose Phillip Berntsen	52
4.	Turkey	79
5.	Spain	89
6.	Germany	93
7.	Belgium	102
8.	Ireland	169

Total 16 teams

Junior women individual 4.0 km[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Stephanie Twell	13:28
	Charlotte Purdue	13:39
	Lauren Howarth	13:55
4.	Emily Pidgeon	14:00
5.	Emma Pallant	14:05
6.	Laura Park	14:08
7.	Yekaterina Gorbunova	14:12
8.	Marina Gordeyeva	14:12

Total 81 competitors

Junior women teams[edit]

Pos.	Runners	Points
	United Kingdom Stephanie Twell Charlotte Purdue Lauren Howarth Emily Pidgeon	10
	Ukraine Viktoriya Pohorelska Myroslava Polishchuk Olha Skrypak Lyudmyla Kovalenko	50
	Russia Yekaterina Gorbunova Marina Gordeyeva Yelena Korobkina Yelnara Latypova	62
4.	Ireland	77
5.	Germany	89
6.	Poland	150
7.	France	173
8.	Turkey	174

Total 11 teams

References[edit]

^ "Bruxelles BEL 14 December". European Athletics Association. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2009.

^ "XV MAASTOJUOKSUN EM-KILPAILUT BRYSSELI (BEL) 14.12.2008, 14.12.2008, Päivitetty 15.12.2008 19:55". Suomen Urheiluliitto. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2009.

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