The 5th

European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships ...

were held at

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

in Italy on 13 December 1998.

Serhiy Lebid Serhiy Lebid or Serhii Lebid ( uk, Сергій Лебідь; born 15 July 1975 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. Career He has won the European Cross Country championships on nine occasions, winning ...

took the title in the men's competition and

Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE (born 17 December 1973) is a former British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and 2002 Chicago Maratho ...

won the women's race.

Results

Men individual 9.7 km

79 runners finished

Men teams

Total 13 teams

Women individual 5.6 km

60 runners finished

Women teams

Total 12 teams

Junior men individual 5.6 km

Junior men teams

Junior women individual 3.6 km

Junior women teams

References

External links

Database containing all results between 1994–2007
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European Cross Country Championships 1998 in Italian sport International athletics competitions hosted by Italy Cross country running in Italy December 1998 sports events in Europe