The 2014

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 ...

was the 21st edition of the

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

competition for European athletes which was held in

Samokov Samokov ( bg, Самоков ) is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a basin between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due to the suitable winter sports conditions, Sam ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

, on 14 December 2014. The events were hosted at

Borovets Borovets ( bg, Боровец ), known as Chamkoria ( ) until the middle of the 20th century, is a popular Bulgarian mountain resort situated in Sofia Province, on the northern slopes of Rila, at an altitude of 1350 m. Borovets is located appr ...

– a

winter sports Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold area ...

and

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North ...

in the

Rila Rila ( bg, Рила, ) is the highest mountain range of Bulgaria, the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula and Southeast Europe. It is situated in southwestern Bulgaria and forms part of the Rila–Rhodope Mountains, Rhodope Massif. The highest summit is Mus ...

mountains.

Race results

Senior men

*Totals: 75 entrants, 75 starters, 70 finishers, 9 finishing teams.

Senior women

*Totals: 62 entrants, 62 starters, 58 finishers, 7 finishing teams.

Under-23 men

*Totals: 75 entrants, 74 starters, 66 finishers, 10 finishing teams.

Under-23 women

*Totals: 60 entrants, 60 starters, 59 finishers, 9 finishing teams.

Junior men

*Totals: 105 entrants, 104 starters, 94 finishers, 17 finishing teams.

Junior women

*Totals: 76 entrants, 76 starters, 74 finishers, 10 finishing teams.Junior Women Results Final – Sun, Dec 14 8:30
European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

Medal table

References

External links

Results
at ''European Athletics'' {{European championships in 2014 European Cross Country Championships

International athletics competitions hosted by Bulgaria Cross country running in Bulgaria December 2014 sports events in Europe