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

83 runners finished.

Men teams

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

Total 15 teams

Women individual 5km

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

55 runners finished.

Women teams

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

Total 11 teams

Junior men individual 5km

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

58 runners finished.

Juniors men teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Spain	19
	Portugal	43
	Romania	48
4.	Italy	55
5.	Finland	66
6.	United Kingdom	77

Total 12 teams

Junior women individual 3km

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

58 runners finished.

Junior women teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Germany	15
	Serbia and Montenegro	33
	United Kingdom	43
4.	Spain	49
5.	Portugal	53
6.	Finland	59