2012 European Cross Country Championships
The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December.
Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first ever champion at the competition. The men's team race was won by Spain. Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming the first woman to retain her title. Team Ireland took gold in the senior women's race.
Race results
Senior men
| Rank | Team | Points |
Carles Castillejo Ayad Lamdassem Javier Guerra Juan Carlos Higuero Antonio Dávid Jiménez | 35 | |
Tom Farrell Steve Vernon Jonathan Taylor Andy Vernon Tom Humphries | 38 | |
Andrea Lalli Daniele Meucci Gabriele De Nard Patrick Nasti Alex Baldaccini | 63 |
- Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.
Senior women
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Fionnuala Britton | 27:45 | ||
| Ana Dulce Félix | 27:47 | ||
| Adrienne Herzog | 27:48 | ||
| 4 | Almensh Belete | 27:54 | |
| 5 | Laurane Picoche | 27:55 | |
| 6 | Sophie Duarte | 27:55 | |
| 7 | Nadia Ejjafini | 27:59 | |
| 8 | Linda Byrne | 28:17 | |
| 9 | Lisa Stublić | 28:18 | |
| 10 | Diana Martín | 28:19 | |
| 11 | Louise Damen | 28:22 | |
| 12 | Sara Moreira | 28:26 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
Fionnuala Britton Linda Byrne Ava Hutchinson Lizzie Lee Sarah McCormack | 52 | |
Laurane Picoche Sophie Duarte Christine Bardelle Magali Bernard Maryline Pellen | 52 | |
Louise Damen Caryl Jones Rosie Smith Elle Baker Katrina Wootton | 60 |
- Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.
Under-23 men
| Rank | Team | Points |
Romain Collenot-Spiret Simon Denissel Michael Gras Matthieu Lonjou Tanguy Pepiot | 50 | |
Antonio Abadía Abdelaziz Merzougui Roberto Alaiz Aitor Fernández Gabriel Navarro | 59 | |
James Wilkinson Andrew Heyes Simon Horsfield Dewi Griffiths Scott McDonald | 80 |
- Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.
Under-23 women
| Rank | Team | Points |
Lyudmila Lebedeva Gulshat Fazlitdinova Yekaterina Matyunina Yelena Sedova | 27 | |
Jess Coulson Lauren Howarth Hannah Walker Lily Partridge Beth Potter Hannah Alderson | 33 | |
Corinna Harrer Jana Sussmann Melanie Stemper Domenika Weiss Jannika John | 86 |
- Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.
Junior men
| Rank | Team | Points |
Viktor Bakharev Mikhail Strelkov Nikita Vysotskiy Rudolf Petrukhin Ivan Panferov Aleksandr Novikov | 50 | |
Djilali Bedrani Alexandre Saddedine Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse Hamza Habjaoui Félix Bour | 51 | |
Kieran Clements Charlie Grice Ian Bailey Charlie Hulson Luke Traynor | 54 |
- Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.
Junior women
| Rank | Team | Points |
Emelia Gorecka Annabel Mason Jenny Walsh Jessica Judd Alex Clay Rhona Auckland | 28 | |
Maya Rehberg Anna Gehring Caterina Granz Johanna Schulz Lisa Ziegler Laura Clart | 106 | |
Yevdokiya Bukina Luiza Litvinova Zulfira Fazlitdinova Alena Shukhtuyeva | 111 |
- Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.
Medal table