1998 European Cross Country Championships

The 5th European Cross Country Championships were held at Ferrara in Italy on 13 December 1998. Serhiy Lebid took the title in the men's competition and Paula Radcliffe won the women's race.

Results

Men individual 9.7 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Serhiy Lebid	28:07
	Mohammed Mourhit	28:08
	Driss El Himer	28:16
4.	Günther Weidlinger	28:17
5.	Carsten Jørgensen	28:18
6.	Eduardo Henriques	28:25
7.	Giuliano Battocletti	28:36
8.	Manuel Pancorbo	28:40

79 runners finished

Men teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Italy Giuliano Battocletti Gabriele De Nard Umberto Pusterla Gennaro Di Napoli	53
	Portugal Eduardo Henriques Paulo Guerra João Junqueira José Ramos	55
	Spain Manuel Pancorbo Julio Rey Martín Fiz Fabián Roncero	68
4.	United Kingdom	91
5.	France	92
6.	Ireland	108
7.	Belgium	122
8.	Netherlands	126

Total 13 teams

Women individual 5.6 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	18:07
	Annemari Sandell	18:10
	Olivera Jevtić	18:11
4.	Fernanda Ribeiro	18:19
5.	Helena Sampaio	18:26
6.	Yanna Belkacem	18:42
7.	Albertina Dias	18:46
8.	María Luisa Larraga	18:49

60 runners finished

Women teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro Helena Sampaio Albertina Dias	16
	France Yanna Belkacem Zahia Dahmani Fatima Yvelain	25
	Romania Cristina Iloc Constantina Diţă Luminiţa Gogârlea	41
4.	Spain	54
5.	United Kingdom	55
6.	Germany	71
7.	Belgium	77
8.	Italy	89

Total 12 teams

Junior men individual 5.6 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Yousef El Nasri	16:50
	Ovidiu Tat	16:51
	Gareth Turnbull	16:55
4.	Sam Haughian	16:57
5.	Ivan Heshko	17:02
6.	Mustafa Mohamed	17:02
7.	Miguel Angel Pinto	17:07
8.	Filipe Pedro	17:11

Junior men teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Spain	28
	United Kingdom	30
	Romania	36
4.	Sweden	45
5.	Ukraine	52
6.	Italy	54
7.	Germany	73
8.	Portugal	73

Junior women individual 3.6 km

Pos.	Runners	Time
	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	11:51
	Inês Monteiro	11:58
	Sonja Stolić	12:03
4.	Sebile Sibel Özyurt	12:04
5.	Tezeta Nuray Surekli	12:09
6.	Tinneke Boonen	12:19
7.	Sonja Roman	12:20
8.	Helena Volná	12:22

Junior women teams

Pos.	Team	Points
	Turkey	20
	Belgium	46
	Romania	49
4.	Spain	56
5.	Portugal	58
6.	Germany	58
7.	United Kingdom	60
8.	Italy	83