2008 European Cross Country Championships
Introduction 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 ===Men individual 10.0 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Serhiy Lebid  30:49   Mo Farah  30:57   Mustafa Mohamed  31:134.Ayad Lamdassem  31:175.Pieter Desmet  31:196.Bouabdellah Tahri  31:217.Alemayehu Bezabeh  31:238.Rui Pedro Silva  31:269.Michel Butter  31:3010.Frank Tickner  31:3911.Mokhtar Benhari  31:4012.Daniele Meucci  31:41Total 77 competitors===Men teams===Pos.RunnersPoints   Ayad Lamdassem Alemayehu Bezabeh Sergio Sánchez Javier Guerra  39   Bouabdellah Tahri Mokhtar Benhari Driss El Himer James Theury  49   Mo Farah Frank Tickner Michael Skinner Lee Merrien  544.795.936.1167.1298.153Total 12 teams===Women individual 8.0 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Hilda Kibet  27:45   Jessica Augusto  27:54   Inês Monteiro  28:024.Mary Cullen  28:045.Rosa María Morató  28:176.Adriënne Herzog  28:197.Anália Rosa  28:258.Hatti Dean  28:309.Louise Damen  28:3310.Elena Romagnolo  28:3911.Viktoriya Trushenko  28:4012.Gulnara Galkina  28:40Total 64 competitors===Women teams===Pos.RunnersPoints   Jessica Augusto Inês Monteiro Anália Rosa Ana Dulce Félix  29   Hatti Dean Louise Damen Laura Kenney Hayley Yelling  49   Sophie Duarte Christelle Daunay Christine Bardelle Maria Martins  784.975.1116.1197.1278.131Total 11 teams===Men U23 individual 8.0 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Andrea Lalli  24:56   Andy Vernon  25:04   Selim Bayrak  25:174.Ben Lindsay  25:185.Benjamin Malaty  25:186.John Beattie  25:187.Keith Gerrard  25:218.Mourad Amdouni  25:22Total 85 competitors===Men U23 teams===Pos.RunnersPoints   Andy Vernon Ben Lindsay John Beattie Keith Gerrard  19   Andrea Lalli Martin Dematteis Bernard Dematteis Simone Gariboldi  42   Benjamin Malaty Mourad Amdouni Denis Mayaud Pierrot Pantel  624.935.1126.1197.1428.151Total 16 teams===Women U23 individual 6.0 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Susan Kuijken  21:02   Sarah Tunstall  21:10   Yuliya Zarudneva  21:244.Morag MacLarty  21:245.Ancuţa Bobocel  21:436.Heike Bienstein  21:437.Katherine Sparke  21:478.Tatyana Shutova  21:49Tota 66 competitors===Women U23 teams===Pos.RunnersPoints   Sarah Tunstall Morag MacLarty Katherine Sparke Stacey Johnson  24   Yuliya Zarudneva Tatyana Shutova Natalya Puchkova Natalya Vlasova  44   Heike Bienstein Ingalena Heuck Julia Hiller Katharina Becker  574.805.1356.1377.1388.152Total 11 teams===Junior men individual 6.0 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Florian Carvalho  18:42   Sondre Nordstad Moen  18.47   Hassan Chahdi  18:494.Alexander Hahn  18:555.David Forrester  18:586.Hasan Pak  18:587.Bruno Albuquerque  19:088.Antonio Abadía  19:11Total 94 competitors===Junior men teams===Pos.RunnersPoints   Florian Carvalho Hassan Chahdi Simon Denissel Colin Guillard  50   Sondre Nordstad Moen Sindre Buraas Lars Erik Malde Henrik Ingebrigtsen  51   David Forrester Ross Murray Mitch Goose Phillip Berntsen  524.795.896.937.1028.169Total 16 teams===Junior women individual 4.0 km===Pos.RunnersTime   Stephanie Twell  13:28   Charlotte Purdue  13:39   Lauren Howarth  13:554.Emily Pidgeon  14:005.Emma Pallant  14:056.Laura Park  14:087.Yekaterina Gorbunova  14:128.Marina Gordeyeva  14:12Total 81 competitors===Junior women teams===Pos.RunnersPoints   Stephanie Twell Charlotte Purdue Lauren Howarth Emily Pidgeon  10   Viktoriya Pohorelska Myroslava Polishchuk Olha Skrypak Lyudmyla Kovalenko  50   Yekaterina Gorbunova Marina Gordeyeva Yelena Korobkina Yelnara Latypova  624.775.896.1507.1738.174Total 11 teams
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