International athletics championship event
2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 32nd Date March 20/21 Host city Brussels , Belgium Venue Events 6 Distances 12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women Participation 673 athletes from 72 nations 2005 Saint-Galmier →
The 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20/21, 2004. The races were held at the in Brussels , the capital of Belgium . Reports of the event were given in The New York Times ,[1] and for the IAAF .[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The new team scores introduced in 2002 were reverted to the original form as used in 2001 and earlier.
Complete results for senior men,[8] [9] [10] for senior men's teams,[8] [11] [12] for men's short race,[13] [14] [15] for men's short race teams,[13] [16] [17] for junior men,[18] [19] [20] for junior men's teams,[18] [21] [22] senior women,[23] [24] [25] for senior women's teams,[23] [26] [27] for women's short race,[28] [29] [30] for women's short race teams,[28] [31] [32] for junior women,[33] [34] [35] for junior women's teams,[33] [36] [37] medallists,[38] and the results of British athletes who took part[39] were published.
Medallists [ ]
Race results [ ]
Senior men's race (12 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia
35:52
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
Ethiopia
36:10
Sileshi Sihine
Ethiopia
36:11
4
Eliud Kipchoge
Kenya
36:34
5
Charles Kamathi
Kenya
36:36
6
Zersenay Tadesse
Eritrea
36:37
7
Fabiano Joseph
Tanzania
36:49
8
Yibeltal Admassu
Ethiopia
36:52
9
Yonas Kifle
Eritrea
36:53
10
Wilberforce Talel
Kenya
37:01
11
John Cheruiyot Korir
Kenya
37:03
12
Hicham Chatt
Morocco
37:09
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
14
Kenya
Eliud Kipchoge
4
Charles Kamathi
5
Wilberforce Talel
10
John Cheruiyot Korir
11
()
(27)
(Richard Limo )
(32)
30
Eritrea
66
4
Morocco
68
5
Australia
101
6
Tanzania
118
7
Rwanda
164
8
Spain
166
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Men's short race (4 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia
11:31
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
Ethiopia
11:36
Maregu Zewdie
Ethiopia
11:42
4
Abdullah Ahmed Hassan
Qatar
11:44
5
Saif Saeed Shaheen
Qatar
11:44
6
Eliud Kirui
Kenya
11:45
7
Isaac Songok
Kenya
11:45
8
Sultan Khamis Zaman
Qatar
11:50
9
Craig Mottram
Australia
11:51
10
Adil Kaouch
Morocco
11:56
11
Dejene Berhanu
Ethiopia
11:56
12
Tarek Boukensa
Algeria
11:56
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele
1
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
2
Maregu Zewdie
3
Dejene Berhanu
11
()
(29)
(Mohamed Awol )
(31)
17
Qatar
Abdullah Ahmed Hassan
4
Saif Saeed Shaheen
5
Sultan Khamis Zaman
8
22
()
(23)
(Khamis Abdulla Saifeldin )
(95)
39
Kenya
52
4
Algeria
119
5
Morocco
119
6
Canada
128
7
United States
163
8
Spain
193
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Meba Tadesse
Ethiopia
24:01
Boniface Kiprop
Uganda
24:03
Kenya
24:16
4
Kenya
24:24
5
Mulugeta Wendimu
Ethiopia
24:44
6
Hosea Macharinyang
Kenya
24:51
7
Ronald Rutto
Kenya
25:04
8
Moses Aliwa
Uganda
25:08
9
Tessema Absher
Ethiopia
25:12
10
Ethiopia
25:18
11
Uganda
25:21
12
Uganda
25:22
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
3
4
Hosea Macharinyang
6
Ronald Rutto
7
(Moses Masai )
(16)
()
(21)
20
Ethiopia
25
Uganda
33
4
Morocco
61
5
Japan
105
6
Algeria
157
7
United States
175
8
Russia
179
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (8 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Benita Johnson
Australia
27:17
Ejagayehu Dibaba
Ethiopia
27:29
Worknesh Kidane
Ethiopia
27:34
4
Alice Timbilil
Kenya
27:36
5
Teyiba Erkesso
Ethiopia
27:43
6
Lornah Kiplagat
Netherlands
27:56
7
Eunice Chepkorir
Kenya
27:59
8
Émilie Mondor
Canada
28:01
9
Kenya
28:03
10
Sally Barsosio
Kenya
28:08
11
Kathy Butler
United Kingdom
28:13
12
Olivera Jevtić
Serbia and Montenegro
28:18
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
Ejagayehu Dibaba
2
Worknesh Kidane
3
Teyiba Erkesso
5
Derartu Tulu
16
(Eyerusalem Kuma )
(43)
()
(59)
26
Kenya
Alice Timbilil
4
Eunice Chepkorir
7
9
Sally Barsosio
10
(Jane Ngotho )
(20)
(Irene Kipchumba )
(34)
30
United Kingdom
Kathy Butler
11
Liz Yelling
13
22
Natalie Harvey
28
(Hayley Yelling )
(29)
74
4
France
90
5
United States
98
6
Australia
99
7
Canada
161
8
Portugal
167
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Women's short race (4 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Edith Masai
Kenya
13:07
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia
13:09
Teyiba Erkesso
Ethiopia
13:11
4
Worknesh Kidane
Ethiopia
13:14
5
Isabella Ochichi
Kenya
13:18
6
Olga Romanova
Russia
13:19
7
Peninah Chepchumba
Kenya
13:22
8
Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya
13:23
9
Jane Wanjiku
Kenya
13:23
10
Ejagayehu Dibaba
Ethiopia
13:23
11
Amane Godana
Ethiopia
13:27
12
Zahra Ouaziz
Morocco
13:33
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba
2
Teyiba Erkesso
3
Worknesh Kidane
4
Ejagayehu Dibaba
10
(Amane Godana )
(11)
(Bezunesh Bekele )
(18)
19
Kenya
Edith Masai
1
Isabella Ochichi
5
Peninah Chepchumba
7
Vivian Cheruiyot
8
(Jane Wanjiku )
(9)
(Beatrice Chepchumba )
(21)
21
Canada
87
4
Morocco
101
5
United Kingdom
125
6
Portugal
127
7
United States
141
8
Spain
191
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior women's race (6 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Meselech Melkamu
Ethiopia
20:48
Ethiopia
20:53
Mestawat Tadesse
Ethiopia
20:56
4
Workitu Ayanu
Ethiopia
20:59
5
Kenya
21:04
6
Kenya
21:05
7
Ethiopia
21:05
8
China
21:05
9
Kenya
21:13
10
Japan
21:15
11
Japan
21:19
12
Siham Hilali
Morocco
21:31
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
10
Kenya
5
6
9
Everline Kemunto Kimwei
16
()
(17)
()
(18)
36
Japan
10
11
Hitomi Niiya
19
27
()
(29)
()
(33)
67
4
United States
120
5
Russia
160
6
China
169
7
South Africa
185
8
Morocco
196
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial) [ ]
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation [ ]
According to an unofficial count, 673 athletes from 72 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[39] The announced athletes from Guinea did not show.[19] [20] [29] [30]
See also [ ]
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