1997 European Cross Country Championships

The 4th European Cross Country Championships were held at Oeiras in Portugal on 14 December 1997. Danish orienteer Carsten Jørgensen took the title in the men's competition and Joalsiae Llado won the women's race.

Results

Men individual 10km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Template:Flagicon Carsten Jørgensen	27:19
	Template:Flagicon Claes Nyberg	27:20
	Template:Flagicon Serhiy Lebid	27:23
4.	Template:Flagicon Mustapha Essaïd	27:30
5.	Template:Flagicon Alfredo Bras	27:32
6.	Template:Flagicon José Manuel García	27:33
7.	Template:Flagicon Julio Rey	27:33
8.	Template:Flagicon Domingos Castro	27:37
9.	Template:Flagicon José Regalo	27:38
10.	Template:Flagicon Umberto Pusterla	27:42
11.	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Frechand	27:42
12.	Template:Flagicon Alberto Maraviha	27:44

83 runners finished.

Men teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Alfredo Brás Domingos Castro José Regalo Alberto Maravilha	34 5 8 9 12
	Mustapha Essaïd Bertrand Frechand Yann Millon Abdellah Béhar	46 4 11 13 18
	José Manuel García Julio Rey Isaac Viciosa Víctor López	56 6 7 20 23
4.	Umberto Pusterla Gabriele de Nard Giuliano Battocletti Vincenzo Modica	74 10 14 19 31
5.	Carsten Jørgensen Klaus Peter Hansen Kaare Sörensen Dennis Jensen	114 1 24 41 48
6.	Dominic Bannister Christopher Robinson Dermot Donnelly Christian Stephenson	117 17 25 36 39
7.		150
8.		151

Total 15 teams

Women individual 5km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Template:Flagicon Joalsiae Llado	17:20
	Template:Flagicon Elena Fidatov	17:33
	Template:Flagicon Olivera Jevtić	17:37
4.	Template:Flagicon Annemari Sandell	17:39
5.	Template:Flagicon Mariana Chirila	18:10
6.	Template:Flagicon Helena Sampaio	18:14
7.	Template:Flagicon Yanna Belkacem	18:15
8.	Template:Flagicon Ana Isabel Alonso	18:15
9.	Template:Flagicon Sabrina Varrone	18:19
10.	Template:Flagicon Melanie Kraus	18:20
11.	Template:Flagicon Vicko MacPherson	18:27
12.	Template:Flagicon Gabrielle Vijverberg	18:29

55 runners finished.

Women teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Joalsiae Llado Yanna Belkacem Fatima Yvelain	21 1 7 13
	Elena Fidatov Mariana Chirila Stela Olteanu	22 2 5 15
	Ana Isabel Alonso Julia Vaquero Jacqueline Martín	46 8 17 21
4.	Helena Sampaio Ana Correia Teresa Nunes	48 6 19 23
5.	Sabrina Varrone Flavia Gaviglio Patriza Ragno	57 9 20 28
6.	Vicky Macpherson Lucy Wright Elizabeth Talbot	57 11 16 30
7.		78
8.		84

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 5km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Template:Flagicon Gert-Jan Liefers	15:45
	Template:Flagicon Günther Weidlinger	15:50
	Template:Flagicon Mustafa Mohamed	16:00
4.	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Higuero	16:02
5.	Template:Flagicon Sam Haughian	16:10
6.	Template:Flagicon Juan Jose Lozano	16:19

58 runners finished.

Juniors men teams

Pos.	Team	Points
		19
		43
		48
4.		55
5.		66
6.		77

Total 12 teams

Junior women individual 3km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Template:Flagicon Sonja Stolić	9:09
	Template:Flagicon Monica Rosa	9:15
	Template:Flagicon Judith Heise	9:16
4.	Template:Flagicon Larissa Kleinmann	9:19
5.	Template:Flagicon Catherine Lallemand	9:21
6.	Template:Flagicon Sonja Roman	9:20

58 runners finished.

Junior women teams

Pos.	Team	Points
		15
		33
		43
4.		49
5.		53
6.		59

External links

• Database containing all results between 1994–2007