2016 European Cross Country Championships
The 2016 European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Chia, Italy.
Aras Kaya won the men's senior title, making it three straight victories for Turkey in that event, following in the footsteps of fellow Kenyan-Turkish runners Polat Kemboi Arıkan and Ali Kaya. Yasemin Can, became Turkey's first senior women's winner and also led her nation to the team title. Great Britain were the most successful in the team races, claiming the senior men's, under-23 women's and junior women's titles; the country reached the podium in all categories.
The 2016 edition saw increased Kenyan dominance at the competition, with the top two runners in both senior races being Kenyan-born, as well as the men's under-23 winner.
Race results
Senior men
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Aras Kaya | 27:39 | ||
| Polat Kemboi Arıkan | 27:42 | ||
| Callum Hawkins | 27:49 | ||
| 4 | Andrew Butchart | 28:01 | |
| 5 | Andy Vernon | 28:11 | |
| 6 | Ilias Fifa | 28:19 | |
| 7 | Ayad Lamdassem | 28:22 | |
| 8 | Adel Mechaal | 28:26 | |
| 9 | Marouan Razine | 28:27 | |
| 10 | Kaan Kigen Özbilen | 28:30 | |
| 11 | Antonio Abadía | 28:33 | |
| 12 | Abdi Hakin Ulad | 28:37 | |
| 13 | Sondre Nordstad Moen | 28:46 | |
| 14 | Soufiane Bouchikhi | 28:47 | |
| 15 | Marco Najibe Salami | 28:48 | |
| 16 | Ben Connor | 28:51 | |
| 17 | Morhad Amdouni | 28:55 | |
| 18 | Dewi Griffiths | 29:00 | |
| 19 | Djilali Bedrani | 29:01 | |
| 20 | Stefano La Rosa | 29:01 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
Callum Hawkins, Andrew Butchart, Andy Vernon, Ben Connor | 3+4+5+16=28 | |
Ilias Fifa, Ayad Lamdassem, Adel Mechaal, Antonio Abadía | 6+7+8+11=32 | |
Aras Kaya, Polat Kemboi Arıkan, Kaan Kigen Özbilen, Alper Demir | 1+2+10+25=38 | |
| 4 | Morhad Amdouni, Djilali Bedrani, Timothée Bommier, Abdellatif Meftah | 17+19+21+22=79 |
Senior women
| Rank | Team | Points |
Yasemin Can, Meryem Akda, Özlem Kaya, Sevilay Eytemis | 1+2+13+19=35 | |
Steph Twell, Gemma Steel, Katrina Wootton, Pippa Woolven | 6+12+16+17=51 | |
Ancuța Bobocel, Roxana Bârcă, Cristina Negru, Paula Todoran | 4+11+27+37=79 | |
| 4 | Liv Westphal, Aurore Guerin, Samira Mezeghrane, Sophie Duarte | 9+26+32+34=101 |
Under-23 men
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Isaac Kimeli | 22:48 | ||
| Carlos Mayo | 22:53 | ||
| Yemaneberhan Crippa | 22:54 | ||
| 4 | Amanal Petros | 23:01 | |
| 5 | Jonny Davies | 23:01 | |
| 6 | Napoleon Solomon | 23:03 | |
| 7 | Jesus Ramon | 23:08 | |
| 8 | Simon Debognies | 23:14 | |
| 9 | Samuele Dini | 23:15 | |
| 10 | Dieter Kersten | 23:16 | |
| 11 | Said Ettaqy | 23:16 | |
| 12 | Lorenzo Dini | 23:18 | |
| 13 | Alex George | 23:19 | |
| 14 | Emmenuel Roudolff Levisse | 23:22 | |
| 15 | Ellis Cross | 23:32 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
Yemaneberhan Crippa, Samuele Dini, Said Ettaqy, Lorenzo Dini | 3+9+11+12=35 | |
Isaac Kimeli, Simon Debognies, Dieter Kersten, Steven Casteele | 1+8+10+34=53 | |
Jonny Davies, Alex George, Ellis Cross, Alex Short | 5+13+15+25=58 | |
| 4 | Carlos Mayo, Jesus Ramos, Mohamed Jelloul, El Madhi Lahoufi | 2+7+16+39=64 |
Under-23 women
| Rank | Team | Points |
Alice Wright, Charlotte Taylor, Rebecca Murray, Jessica Judd | 3+4+7+12=26 | |
Anna Gehring, Caterina Granz, Carolin Kirtzel, Maya Rehberg | 2+6+9+16=33 | |
Christine Santi, Silvia Oggioni, Roberta Ciappini, Costanza Martinetti | 10+14+19+24=67 | |
| 4 | Viktoriya Kalyuzhna, Valeriya Zinenko, Nataliya Strebkova, Maryna Nemchenko | 8+13+17+31=69 |
Junior men
| Rank | Team | Points |
Jimmy Gressier, Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji, Hugo Hay, Abderrazak Charik | 4+5+7+10=26 | |
Adrian Ben, Miguel González, Jordi Terrents, Annasse Mahboub El Hamdouini | 8+9+12+13=42 | |
Mahamed Mahamed, Alexander Yee, Josh Kerr, Paulos Surafel | 3+11+14+15=43 | |
| 4 | Yohanes Chiappinelli, Sergiy Polikarpenko, Ahmed Ouhda, Ademe Cuneo | 2+22+33+34=91 |
Junior women
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 12:26 | ||
| Anna Emilie Møller | 12:43 | ||
| Harriet Knowles-Jones | 12:52 | ||
| 4 | Alina Reh | 12:53 | |
| 5 | Jasmijn Lau | 12:57 | |
| 6 | Delia Sclabas | 12:58 | |
| 7 | Lucia Rodríguez | 13:06 | |
| 8 | Cécile Lejeune | 13:12 | |
| 9 | Amelia Quirk | 13:12 | |
| 10 | Victoria Weir | 13:16 | |
| 11 | Gemma Holloway | 13:32 | |
| 12 | Stine Wangberg | 13:24 | |
| 13 | Veerle Bakker | 13:25 | |
| 14 | Francesca Tommasi | 13:25 | |
| 15 | Lara Alemanni | 13:26 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
Harriet Knowles-Jones, Amelia Quirk, Victoria Weir, Gemma Holloway | 3+9+10+11=33 | |
Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Alina Reh, Lisa Oed, Miriam Dattke | 1+4+18+34=57 | |
Jasmijn Lau, Veerle Bakker, Merel van der Marel, Jasmijn Bakker | 5+13+23+30=71 | |
| 4 | Cécile Lejeune, Leila Hadji, Mathilde Senechal, Perle Maunoury | 8+16+29+36=89 |