Brussels, 27/03/2000
In 1998, during the Luton edition in Great Britain, 42 national university teams lined up at the starting line, two of which would shine in particular: the British for the women, and the Spanish for the men.
The 2000 edition, held this week-end in the sports centre of the University of Jena in Germany.
The circuit included a rather technical demanding 2,000 metres track that the men had to negotiate 6 times and the women 3 times. This magnificent course was in fact already used since November 13, 1999, when the University of Jena welcomed the "Internationalen Deutschen Hochschulmeisterchaften im Crosslauf", a high level cross country competition that offered an occasion for a full-scale test run before the FISU rendezvous.
Last saturday we had windy and cloudy conditions but no rain during both men and women races.
Amalia Rosa from Portugal won the women race, she made a very strong effort just before the finish line and beat Denisa Costescu and Cristina Casandra two Romanian girls for a very undecided podium.
It was a bit easier for Günther Weidlinger from Austria. He took the gold medal in the men’s race with a seven seconds advantage, just before Aziz Driouche from Morocco . Morocco had a very strong team with four athletes placed in the top five.
Date: 25/03/2000
Events: Individual men's and women's, and team ranking.
Participation :Men : 102 athletes ; Women 63 athletes
Results
Women
Place / Start No / Name / Country / Time
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1 43 Amalia Rosa POR 20:03
2 20 Denisa Costescu ROM 20:06
3 24 Cristina Casandra ROM 20:10
4 27 René Kalmer RSA 20:18
5 33 M. Noelle Jacquet FRA 20:22
6 26 Charné Rademeyer RSA 20:26
7 74 Alessandra Aguillera ESP 20:30
8 25 Chantal Breet RSA 20:32
9 41 Amy Waterlow GBR 20:33
10 7 Laura Suffa GER 20:35
11 40 Katharine Skorupska GBR 20:48
12 14 Najat Karzaz MAR 20:56
13 12 Maria McCambridge IRL 20:57
14 22 Cristina Grosu ROM 21:04
15 67 Kim Offergeld BEL 21:06
16 37 Anna Thompson AUS 21:08
17 23 Mihaela Botezan ROM 21:09
18 34 Sandra Levenez FRA 21:19
19 55 Meritxell Calduch ESP 21:20
20 73 Judit Pla ESP 21:21
21 9 Mary Meade IRL 21:26
22 68 Stephanie De Crook BEL 21:30
23 16 Soumia Abkhar MAR 21:31
24 8 Carmen Siewert GER 21:32
25 28 Kirsty Weir RSA 21:34
26 54 Andrea Mayr AUT 21:37
27 60 Silvia Basso ITA 21:38
28 17 Naima Bara MAR 21:39
29 42 Ruth Brown GBR 21:40
30 15 Sanae Afriou MAR 21:43
Results
Men
Place / Start No / Name / Country / Time
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1 237 Günther Weidlinger AUT 35:47
2 177 Aziz Driouche MAR 35:54
3 181 Rachid Boulahid MAR 35:56
4 179 Abdeliah Bay MAR 36:09
5 178 Abderrahim Maarouf MAR 36:24
6 165 Thomas Greger GER 36:25
7 252 Brahim Chetah ALG 36:32
8 227 Mario Teixeira POR 36:35
9 232 Angelo Pacheco POR 36:39
10 188 Emil De Jonge RSA 36:42
11 223 Benjamin Noad GBR 36:46
12 222 Jon Wild GBR 36:50
13 206 Andrzej Ofiara POL 36:54
14 176 Mohamed Afaadas MAR 36:56
15 240 Ivan Galan Bardera ESP 37:02
16 270 Alberto Alvarez Flores ESP 37:06
17 159 Jie Liu CHN 37:07
18 219 Spencer Barden GBR 37:08
19 207 Radoslaw Dudycz POL 37:09
20 166 Carsten Schütz GER 37:10
21 242 Fernando Asenjo Herrero ESP 37:11
22 220 Nathaniel Lane GBR 37:12
23 269 Ernesto Limon Gonzalez ESP 37:14
24 251 Ahmed Naili ALG 37:18
25 257 Emanuele Manzi ITA 37:20
26 229 Manuel Silva POR 37:27
27 221 Alan Buckley GBR 37:28
28 258 Alberto Mosca ITA 37:29
29 180 Mostafa Fennassi MAR 37:30
30 248 Abdelhakim Mazonz ALG 37:31
Team results
Women Team
Place Name Points
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1 South Africa 018 Pts.
2 Romania 019 Pts.
3 Spain 046 Pts.
4 Great Britain 048 Pts.
5 France 058 Pts.
Men Team
Place Name Points
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1 Morocco 014 Pts.
2 Great Britain 063 Pts.
3 Spain 075 Pts.
4 Portugal 087 Pts.
5 Algeria 109 Pts.
Complete results on www.fisu.net