1996 European Cross Country Championships
Introduction The '''3rd European Cross Country Championships''' were held at Charleroi in Belgium on 15 December 1996.Jon Brown took the title in the men's competition and Sara Wedlund won the women's race.
Results ===Men individual 9.65 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Jon Brown  32:37   Paulo Guerra  33:12   Mustapha Essaïd  33:194.Carsten Jørgensen  33:205.Eduardo Henriques  33:286.Umberto Pusterla  33:367.Vincent Rousseau  33:428.Yann Millon  33:429.Vítor Almeida  33:4310.Andrea Arlati  33:4411.José Regalo  33:5412.Alejandro Gómez  27:17100 runners finished.===Men teams===Pos.TeamPoints    Paulo Guerra  Eduardo Henriques  Vítor Almeida  José Regalo  '''27'''  2  5  9  11    Mustapha Essaïd  Yann Millon  Cédric Dehouck  Mohamed Ezzher  '''47'''  3  8  17 19    Vincent Rousseau  Marc Vanderstraeten  Koen Van Rie  Eric Bouffioux  '''59'''  7  14  15  234.Umberto Pusterla  Andrea Arlati  Michele Gamba  Gabriele de Nard  '''62'''  6  10  22  245.Jonathan Brown  Andrew Pearson  Spencer Barden  Darrius Burrows  '''76'''  1  16  27  326.Alejandro Gomez  Carlos Adan  Antonio Serrano  José Manuel Martinez  '''86'''  12  18  21  357.'''124'''8. '''138'''Total 24 teams===Women individual 4.55 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Sara Wedlund  17:04   Julia Vaquero  17:14   Annemari Sandell  17:194.Elene Fidatov  17:245.Albertina Dias  17:296.Claudia Lokar  17:357.Yanna Oubouhou  17:368.Hayley Haining  17:379.Laurence Vivier  17:3910.Anja Smolders  17:4111.Chryssie Girard  17:4212.Laurence Duquenoy  17:46Iulia Negura from Romania finished first (16:58), but was disqualified because of doping violation.73 runners finished.===Women teams===Pos.TeamPoints    Yanna Oubouhou  Laurence Viver  Chryssie Girard  '''27'''  7  9  11    Hayley Haining  Andrea Whitcombe  Suzanne Rigg  '''39'''  8  14  17    Anja Smolders  Veronique Collard  Lieve Slegers  '''43'''  10  15  184.Sara Wedlund  Magdalena Thorsell  Maria Lundgren  '''45'''  1  16  285.Claudia Lokar  Petra Wassiluk  Sonja Krolik  '''64'''  6  23  356.Elena Fidatov  Nuta Olaru  Luminita Gogirlea  '''66'''  4  26  367.'''71'''8. '''71'''Total 19 teams
References
External links *  Database containing all results between 1994–2007