The Portuguese Cross Country Championships (Portuguese: Campeonato de Portugal de Corta-Mato) is an annual cross country running competition that serves as Portugal's national championship for the sport. It is usually held in February or March. It was first held in 1911 and featured a men's long course race only. A women's race was added to the programme in 1967. Short course races for both sexes have been held since 2000.^[1]

The event includes separate races for both sexes across four categories: open (senior), under-23, under-20, and under-18 (Portuguese: nacional, sub-23, juniores, juvenis). The introduction of short races came shortly after their introduction as an official distance at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. The under-23 races were established in 2014. The under-20 race is much longer-lived: its debut for men came in 1932 and the women's race appeared for the first time in 1971. The under-18 race for boys was created in 1966 and shortly followed by a girls race in 1972. Each of the races features both an individual and club team component. The short course races are usually held separately from the main long course events.^[1][2] The 2010 and 2012 races were held as part of the annual international Almond Blossom Cross Country race.^[3]

Carlos Lopes is the most successful athlete of the competition, having won ten national titles between 1970 and 1984, while Rosa Mota is the most successful woman, with eight titles between 1975 and 1985. In the short races, Rui Silva has the most titles at nine (between 2000 and 2013) and Anália Rosa has the most among women, earning five titles from 2000 to 2006.^[4]

Past senior race winners

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m:s)	Women's winner	Time (m:s)
1	1911	Francisco Lázaro		Not held
2	1912	Matias Carvalho
3	1913	Germano Garcês
—	1914	Not held
—	1915
—	1916
—	1917
—	1918
—	1919
—	1920
—	1921
4	1922	Mário Conceicào		Not held
5	1923	Albano Martins
—	1924	Not held
—	1925
—	1926
—	1927
6	1928	Manuel Dias		Not held
—	1929	Not held
7	1930	Manuel Dias		Not held
8	1931	Manuel Dias
9	1932	Manuel Dias
10	1933	Manuel Dias
11	1934	Manuel Dias
12	1935	Adelino Tavares
13	1936	Manuel Dias
14	1937	Manuel Dias
15	1938	Manuel Nogueira
16	1939	Manuel Nogueira
17	1940	Manuel Nogueira
18	1941	Manuel Nogueira
19	1942	Anibal Barào
20	1943	Alberto Ferreira
21	1944	Joào Silva
22	1945	Joào Silva
23	1946	Joào Silva
24	1947	Filipe Luis
25	1948	Filipe Luis
26	1949	Alfonso Marquez
27	1950	Alvaro Conde
28	1951	Filipe Luis
29	1952	Filipe Luis
30	1953	António Martins
31	1954	José Araújo
32	1955	Manuel Faria
33	1956	Manuel Faria
34	1957	Manuel Faria
35	1958	Manuel Faria
36	1959	Manuel Faria
37	1960	Joaquim Ferreira
38	1961	Maximiano Pinheiro
39	1962	Manuel Oliveira
40	1963	Manuel Marquez
41	1964	Manuel Oliveira
42	1965	Manuel Oliveira
43	1966	Anacleto Pinto
44	1967	Manuel Oliveira		Manuela Simões
45	1968	Manuel Oliveira		Manuela Simões
46	1969	Maximiano Pinheiro		Manuela Simões
47	1970	Carlos Lopes		Manuela Simões
48	1971	Carlos Lopes		Branca Seabra
49	1972	Carlos Lopes		Céu Lopes
50	1973	Carlos Lopes		Filomena Vieira
51	1974	Carlos Lopes		Branca Seabra
52	1975	Aniceto Simões		Rosa Mota
53	1976	Carlos Lopes		Rosa Mota
54	1977	Carlos Lopes		Rosa Mota
55	1978	Carlos Lopes		Rosa Mota
56	1979	Fernando Mamede		Aurora Cunha
57	1980	Fernando Mamede		Aurora Cunha
58	1981	Fernando Mamede		Rosa Mota
59	1982	Carlos Lopes		Rosa Mota
60	1983	Fernando Mamede		Aurora Cunha
61	1984	Carlos Lopes		Rosa Mota
62	1985	Fernando Mamede		Rosa Mota
63	1986	Fernando Mamede		Aurora Cunha
64	1987	Dionísio Castro		Albertina Machado
65	1988	Ezequiel Canário		Albertina Machado
66	1989	Ezequiel Canário		Maria Conceição Ferreira
67	1990	Domingos Castro		Maria Conceição Ferreira
68	1991	Dionísio Castro		Maria Conceição Ferreira
69	1992	António Pinto		Albertina Dias
70	1993	Domingos Castro		Albertina Dias
71	1994	Domingos Castro		Maria Conceição Ferreira
72	1995	Paulo Guerra		Albertina Dias
73	1996	Paulo Guerra		Fernanda Ribeiro
74	1997	Paulo Guerra		Fernanda Ribeiro
75	1998	Domingos Castro		Fernanda Ribeiro
76	1999	Paulo Guerra		Fernanda Ribeiro
77	2000	Eduardo Henriques		Carla Sacramento
78	2001	Paulo Guerra		Carla Sacramento
79	2002	Eduardo Henriques		Carla Sacramento
80	2003	Domingos Castro		Fernanda Ribeiro
81	2004	Fernando Silva		Anália Rosa
82	2005	Fernando Silva		Anália Rosa
83	2006	Eduardo Henriques		Jéssica Augusto
84	2007	Rui Pedro Silva		Jéssica Augusto
85	2008	Eduardo Henriques		Jéssica Augusto
86	2009	Rui Pedro Silva		Inês Monteiro
87	2010	Yousef el Kalai		Ana Dulce Félix
88	2011	Yousef el Kalai		Ana Dulce Félix
89	2012	Manuel Damião		Ana Dulce Félix
90	2013	Manuel Damião		Ana Dulce Félix
91	2014	Manuel Damião		Ana Dulce Félix
92	2015	Rui Pinto		Ana Dulce Félix
93	2016	Nelson Epifanio Da Cruz (CPV)		Carla Salomé Rocha
94	2017	Nelson Epifanio Da Cruz (CPV)		Carla Salomé Rocha
95	2018	Nelson Epifanio Da Cruz (CPV)		Carla Salomé Rocha
96	2019	Nelson Epifanio Da Cruz (CPV)		Carla Salomé Rocha
2020	Not held
97	2021	Nelson Epifanio Da Cruz (CPV)		Carla Salomé Rocha

The following year's races were won by non-Portuguese runners:

• 2012: Josphat Kiprono Menjo (35:40) and Gorreti Chepkoech (26:05), both of Kenya
• 2010: Mark Bett of Kenya in 35:22

References

List of winners

• National Crosscountry Champions for Portugal. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2016-09-13). Retrieved on 2016-09-14.

External links

• Portuguese Athletics Federation website