1996 European Cross Country Championships

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.

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Jon Brown	32:37
	Paulo Guerra	33:12
	Mustapha Essaïd	33:19
4.	Carsten Jørgensen	33:20
5.	Eduardo Henriques	33:28
6.	Umberto Pusterla	33:36
7.	Vincent Rousseau	33:42
8.	Yann Millon	33:42
9.	Vítor Almeida	33:43
10.	Andrea Arlati	33:44
11.	José Regalo	33:54
12.	Alejandro Gómez	27:17

100 runners finished.

Pos.	Team	Points
	Portugal Paulo Guerra Eduardo Henriques Vítor Almeida José Regalo	27 2 5 9 11
	France Mustapha Essaïd Yann Millon Cédric Dehouck Mohamed Ezzher	47 3 8 17 19
	Belgium Vincent Rousseau Marc Vanderstraeten Koen Van Rie Eric Bouffioux	59 7 14 15 23
4.	Italy Umberto Pusterla Andrea Arlati Michele Gamba Gabriele de Nard	62 6 10 22 24
5.	United Kingdom Jonathan Brown Andrew Pearson Spencer Barden Darrius Burrows	76 1 16 27 32
6.	Spain Alejandro Gomez Carlos Adan Antonio Serrano José Manuel Martinez	86 12 18 21 35
7.	Russia	124
8.	Ireland	138

Total 24 teams

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Sara Wedlund	17:04
	Julia Vaquero	17:14
	Annemari Sandell	17:19
4.	Elene Fidatov	17:24
5.	Albertina Dias	17:29
6.	Claudia Lokar	17:35
7.	Yanna Oubouhou	17:36
8.	Hayley Haining	17:37
9.	Laurence Vivier	17:39
10.	Anja Smolders	17:41
11.	Chryssie Girard	17:42
12.	Laurence Duquenoy	17:46

Iulia Negura from Romania finished first (16:58), but was disqualified because of doping violation.^[1] 73 runners finished.

Pos.	Team	Points
	France Yanna Oubouhou Laurence Viver Chryssie Girard	27 7 9 11
	United Kingdom Hayley Haining Andrea Whitcombe Suzanne Rigg	39 8 14 17
	Belgium Anja Smolders Veronique Collard Lieve Slegers	43 10 15 18
4.	Sweden Sara Wedlund Magdalena Thorsell Maria Lundgren	45 1 16 28
5.	Germany Claudia Lokar Petra Wassiluk Sonja Krolik	64 6 23 35
6.	Romania Elena Fidatov Nuta Olaru Luminita Gogirlea	66 4 26 36
7.	Ireland	71
8.	Spain	71

Total 19 teams

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