2025 European Cross Country Championships

2025 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition31st
Date14 December
Host cityLagoa, Portugal
VenueLagoa, Portugal
Events7
Distances~7.5 km – Men
~7.5 km – Women
~6 km – U23 men
~6 km – U23 women
~4.5 km – U20 men
~4.5 km – U20 women
~4 x 1.5 km – Mixed relay
Official websiteLagoa 2025
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The 2025 European Cross Country Championships was the 31st edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was held on 14 December 2025 in Lagoa, Portugal.[1][2] The competition consisted of seven races and thirteen medal events; each of the six individual events (junior, under-23 and senior races for both men and women) also included a team classification based on aggregate finishing positions, while a thirteenth event, a mixed relay, was also held.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Portugal)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain (ESP)3238
2 Belgium (BEL)3003
3 Great Britain (GBR)2316
4 Ireland (IRL)2114
5 Italy (ITA)2002
6 France (FRA)1449
7 Germany (GER)0112
8 Finland (FIN)0101
 Portugal (POR)*0101
10 Sweden (SWE)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (12 entries)13131339

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
Thierry Ndikumwenayo
 Spain
22:05 Jimmy Gressier
 France
22:08 Dominic Lobalu
 Switzerland
22:23
Senior women
Nadia Battocletti
 Italy
24:52 Megan Keith
 Great Britain
25:07 Yasemin Can
 Turkey
25:13
U23 men
Nick Griggs
 Ireland
17:47 Aurélien Radja
 France
17:59 Pierre Boudy
 France
18:03
U23 women
Maria Forero
 Spain
19:59 Ilona Mononen
 Finland
20:04 Pia Schlattmann
 Germany
20:23
U20 men
Willem Renders
 Belgium
13:11 Oscar Gaitan
 Spain
13:12 Alois Abraham
 France
13:19
U20 women
Innes Fitzgerald
 Great Britain
14:35 Lucie Paturel
 France
15:07 Emma Hickey
 Ireland
15:10
Team
Senior men
 Spain
Thierry Ndikumwenayo
Abdessamad Oukhelfen
Aarón las Heras
Ilias Fifa
Said Mechaal
Daniel Arce
16  Ireland
Jack O'Leary
Brian Fay
Cormac Dalton
Darragh McElhinney
Efrem Gidey
26  France
Jimmy Gressier
Fabien Palcau
Simon Bedard
Luc le Baron
Valentin Bresc
Hugo Hay
37
Senior women
 Belgium
Jana Van Lent
Lisa Rooms
Chloé Herbiet
Victoria Warpy
16  Great Britain
Megan Keith
Phoebe Anderson
Verity Ockenden
Poppy Tank
Cari Hughes
Izzy Fry
39  France
Agathe Guillemot
Anaëlle Guillonnet
Alessia Zarbo
Marie Bouchard
Célia Tabet
42
U23 men
 Ireland
Nick Griggs
Callum Morgan
Niall Murphy
Jonas Stafford
Lughaidh Mallon
19  France
Aurélien Radja
Pierre Boudy
Anas Chaoudar
Oscar Thebaud
Ishak Dahmani
33  Spain
Jaime Migallón
Ciro Martín
Martín Segurola
Rubén Leonardo
Mesfin Escamilla
Aleix Vives
42
U23 women
 France
Julia David-Smith
Camille Place
Nélie Clément
Lola Darcy
Jade Le Corre
21  Germany
Pia Schlattmann
Lisa Merkel
Kira Weis
Nele Heymann
21  Spain
Maria Forero
Marta Serrano
Mireya Arnedillo
Jimena Blanco
Rocio Garrido
25
U20 men
 Belgium
Willem Renders
Sem Serrano
Ilyes Druez
Elliot Vermeulen
14  Great Britain
William Sean Rabjohns
Alex Lennon
Michael Clark
Quinn Miell-Ingram
Jonson Hughes
Luke Dunham
45  Spain
Oscar Gaitan
Alejandro Ibañez
Ander Aramendi
Andres Lara
Mario Palencia
Guillermo Sanchez
46
U20 women
 Great Britain
Innes Fitzgerald
Beth Lewis
Isabel Holt
Eliza Nicholson
Zara Redmond
Lizzie Wellsted
33  Spain
María Viciosa
Mara Rolli
Claudia Gutierrez
Sandra Gonzalez
Andrea Buenavida
Ines Herault
38  Sweden
Carmen Cernjul
Fanny Szalkai
Anastasia Nilsson
Freja Bjerström
Hanna Strand
Majken Söderlund Larsson
44
mixed relay
Mixed relay
 Italy
Gaia Sabbatini
Sebastiano Parolini
Marta Zenoni
Pietro Arese
17:12  Portugal
Patricia Silva
Rodrigo Lima
Salomé Afonso
Isaac Nader
17:16  Great Britain
Ava Lloyd
Jack Higgins
Holly Dixon
Callum Elson
17:17
  • Note: Athletes in italics did not score for the team result.

Results

Senior men

Senior women

Men's Cross Country U23 Race

Women's Cross Country U23 Race

Women's Cross Country U20 Race

Men's Cross Country U20 Race

Mixed Cross Country Relay

4 x 1.5 km Team race
Rank NationTeamTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Gaia Sabbatini, Sebastiano Parolini, Marta Zenoni, Pietro Arese 17:12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Portugal Patricia Silva, Rodrigo Lima, Salomé Afonso, Isaac Nader 17:16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain Ava Lloyd, Jack Higgins, Holly Dixon, Callum Elson 17:17
4  France Bérénice Fulchiron, Antoine Senard, Emilie Girard, Maël Gouyette 17:18
5  Belgium Laure Bilo, Ward Leunckens, Marie Bilo, Tibaut Vandelannoote 17:21
6  Ireland Eimear Maher, Cian McPhillips, Laura Nicholson, Andrew Coscoran 17:22
7  Spain Marta Mitjans, Mariano García, Esther Guerreri, Mohamed Attaoui 17:34
8  Netherlands Yasmine Abbes, Rick Van Riel, Sarah Peerik, Robin Van Riel 17:35
9  Germany Verena Meisl, Jens Mergenthaler, Vera Coutellier, Marvin Heinrich 17:37
10  Poland Julia Gruchała, Kacper Lewalski, Martyna Krawczyńska, Bartosz Kitliński 17:42
11  Denmark Juliane Hvid, Nick Rostgaard Jensen, Annemarie Nissen, Markus Kirk Kjeldsen 17:53
12  Switzerland Chiara Scherrer, Navid Kerber, Delia Sclabas, Silas Zurfluh 17:58
13  Ukraine Oksana Dolynchuk, Vadym Lonskyi, Tetiana Chornovol, Dmytrii Nikolaichuk 18:01
14  Turkey Turkey Mevlüt Aras, Damla Çelik, Recep Istek, Tuğba Toptas 18:20
15  Bulgaria Lilyana Georgieva, Martin Balabanov, Silviya Georgieva, Martin Prodanov 18:44

References

  1. ↑ SPAR European Cross Country Championships Lagoa 2025 Schedule 14 December, 2025 Encosta do Arade Lagoa, Portugal European Athletics Championships
  2. ↑ 31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships results World Athletics
  3. ↑ 2025 European Cross Country Championships Senior Men Results European Athletics 14 December 2025
  4. ↑ 2025 European Cross Country Championships Senior Women Results European Athletics 14 December 2025
  5. ↑ 2025 European Cross Country Championships U23 Men Results European Athletics 14 December 2025
  6. ↑ 2025 European Cross Country Championships U23 Women Results European Athletics 14 December 2025
  7. ↑ 2025 European Cross Country Championships U20 Women Results European Athletics 14 December 2025
  8. ↑ 2025 European Cross Country Championships U20 Men Results European Athletics 14 December 2025