The European 10000 Metres Challenge was introduced in 1997 following the event's removal from the European Cup programme. It was renamed the European 10000 Metres Cup in 2005. The team ranking is calculated by aggregating the times of each teams fastest three athletes.
Venues: 1997 Barakaldo (ESP), 1998 Lisbon (POR), 1999 Barakaldo (ESP), 2000 Lisbon (POR), 2001 Barakaldo (ESP), 2002 Camaiore (ITA), 2003 Athens (GRE), 2004 Maribor (SLO), 2005 Barakaldo (ESP), 2006 Antalya (TUR), 2007 Ferrara (ITA), 2008 İstanbul (TUR), 2009 Ribeira Brava (POR), 2010 Marseille (FRA), 2011 Oslo (NOR), 2012 Bilbao (ESP), 2013 Pravets (BUL), 2014 Skopje (MKD), 2015 Cagliari (ITA), 2016 Mersin (TUR), 2017 Minsk (BLR), 2018, London (GBR), 2019 London (GBR), 2020, cancelled. 2021 Birmingham (GBR), 2022 Pacé (FRA), 2023 Pacé (FRA).
Year | Men | Time | Team | Women | Time | Team |
1997 | Dieter Baumann GER | 27:21.53 | POR | Julia Vaquero ESP | 31:14.51 | POR |
1998 | Fabian Roncero ESP | 27:14.44 | POR | Fernanda Ribeiro POR | 30:48.06 | POR |
1999 | Alberto Garcia ESP | 27:46.12 | ESP | Paula Radcliffe GBR | 30:40.70 | POR |
2000 | Enrique Molina ESP | 27:59.80 | ESP | Fatima Yvelain FRA | 31:43.29 | POR |
2001 | Jose Rios ESP | 27:49.35 | ESP | Paula Radcliffe GBR | 30:55.80 | ESP |
2002 | Dieter Baumann GER | 27:38.51 | ITA | Mihaela Botezan ROM | 31:19.74 | POR |
2003 | Ismail Sghyr FRA | 27:45.14 | POR | Fernanda Ribeiro POR | 31:13.42 | POR |
2004 | Jose Martinez ESP | 28:11.11 | ESP | Margaret Maury FRA | 32:01.01 | FRA |
2005 | Juan De La Ossa ESP | 27:27.80 | ESP | Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER | 31:21.28 | POR |
2006 | Mokhtar Benhari FRA | 28:47.22 | FRA | Elvan Abeylegesse TUR | 30:21.67 | BEL |
2007 | Andre Pollmacher GER | 28:17.17 | ESP | Elvan Abeylegesse TUR | 31:25.15 | ESP |
2008 | Selim Bayrak TUR | 27:47.75 | RUS | Lornah Kiplagat NED | 31:53.72 | BLR |
2009 | Jose Martinez ESP | 27:57.61 | POR | Ines Monteiro POR | 31:34.17 | POR |
2010 | Mohamed Farah GBR | 27:28.86 | FRA | Ines Monteiro POR | 31:13.58 | POR |
2011 | Youssef El Kaliai POR | 28:20.03 | ESP | Sara Moreira POR | 31:39.11 | ITA |
2012 | Polat Arikan TUR | 27:56.28 | ESP | Sara Moreira POR | 31:23.51 | GBR |
2013 | Sergio Sanchez ESP | 28:31.75 | ITA | Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER | 32:13.64 | ESP |
2014 | Polat Arikan TUR | 28:17.14 | TUR | Clemence Calvin FRA | 31:52.86 | POR |
2015 | Polat Arikan TUR | 28:09.47 | ITA | Trihas Gebre ESP | 32:14.94 | GBR |
2016 | Daniele Meucci ITA | 28:24.71 | ITA | Esma Aydemir TUR | 33:33.38 | GBR |
2017 | Antonio Abadia ESP | 28:31.16 | ESP | Sara Moreira POR | 32:03.57 | BLR |
2018 | Richard Ringer GER | 27:36.52 | ESP | Chemtai Salpeter ISR | 31:33.03 | GBR |
2019 | Yemaneberhan Crippa ITA | 27:49.79 | ITA | Chemtai Salpeter ISR | 31:15.78 | GBR |
2021 | Morhad Amdouni FRA | 27:23.39 | FRA | Eilish McColgan GBR | 31:19.35 | GBR |
2022 | Jimmy Gressier FRA | 27:24.51 | FRA | Yasemin Can TUR | 31:20.18 | GER |
2023 | Yemaneberhan Crippa ITA | 28:08.83 | ISR | Alina Reh GER | 32:15.47 | GER |
Individual Medals
Gold - Eilish McColgan 2021
Silver - Eilish McColgan 2019
Team Medals
Gold - Freya Murray 2012, Eilish McColgan 2019, Sarah Inglis 2019, Mhairi MacLennan 2019, Eilish McColgan 2021
Silver - Vikki McPherson 1998, Freya Murray 2010, Luke Traynor 2018
Bronze - Stephanie Twell 2022
Year | Men | Pos | Time | Scots | Pos | Time |
1997 | Vikki McPherson | 15th | 33:46.41 | |||
1998 | Robert Quinn | 35th | 29:20.72 |
Vikki McPherson |
8th |
32:38.48 |
2010 | Freya Murray | 6th | 32:23.44 | |||
2012 | Freya Murray | 19th | 33:16.13 | |||
2014 | Callum Hawkins | DNF | - | Rhona Auckland | 11th | 33:28.74 |
2015 | Andrew Butchart | 12th | 29:32.43 | |||
2016 | Luke Caldwell | 16th | 30:45.96 | |||
2018 | Luke Traynor | 28th | 29:20.32 | |||
2019 |
Eilish McColgan Sarah Inglis Mhairi MacLennan |
2nd 17th 23rd |
31:16.76 32:52.51 32:58.42 |
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2021 | Eilish McColgan | 1st | 31:19.35 | |||
2022 | Stephanie Twell | DNF | - |