International athletics championship event
2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 33rd Date March 19/20 Host city Saint-Galmier , Rhône-Alpes , France Venue Events 6 Distances 12.02 km – Senior men 4.196 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8.108 km – Senior women 4.196 km – Women's short 6.153 km – Junior women Participation 695 athletes from 72 nations
The 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 19/20, 2005. The races were held at the in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne , France . Reports of the event were given in The New York Times ,[1] in the Herald ,[2] [3] and for the IAAF .[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Complete results for senior men,[10] [11] [12] for senior men's teams,[10] [13] [14] for men's short race,[15] [16] [17] for men's short race teams,[15] [18] [19] for junior men,[20] [21] [22] for junior men's teams,[20] [23] [24] senior women,[25] [26] [27] for senior women's teams,[25] [28] [29] for women's short race,[30] [31] [32] for women's short race teams,[30] [33] [34] for junior women,[35] [36] [37] for junior women's teams,[35] [38] [39] medallists,[40] and the results of British athletes who took part[41] were published.
Medallists [ ]
Race results [ ]
Senior men's race (12.02 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia
35:06
Zersenay Tadesse
Eritrea
35:20
Abdullah Ahmed Hassan
Qatar
35:34
4
Abebe Dinkessa
Ethiopia
35:37
5
Eliud Kipchoge
Kenya
35:37
6
Dejene Berhanu
Ethiopia
35:42
7
Boniface Kiprop
Uganda
35:45
8
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
Qatar
35:53
9
John Cheruiyot Korir
Kenya
36:00
10
Charles Kamathi
Kenya
36:03
11
Wilberforce Talel
Kenya
36:07
12
Jamal Bilal Salem
Qatar
36:28
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele
1
Abebe Dinkessa
4
Dejene Berhanu
6
13
(Tessema Absher )
(30)
(Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam )
(DNF)
24
Kenya
35
Qatar
Abdullah Ahmed Hassan
3
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
8
Jamal Bilal Salem
12
19
()
(28)
(Sultan Khamis Zaman )
(DNF)
42
4
Eritrea
54
5
Algeria
166
6
Uganda
182
7
Spain
184
8
Portugal
212
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Men's short race (4.196 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia
11:33
Abraham Chebii
Kenya
11:38
Isaac Songok
Kenya
11:39
4
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
Qatar
11:42
5
Jamal Bilal Salem
Qatar
11:43
6
Maregu Zewdie
Ethiopia
11:43
7
Dejene Berhanu
Ethiopia
11:43
8
Abdullah Ahmed Hassan
Qatar
11:46
9
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
Ethiopia
11:54
10
Shadrack Kosgei
Kenya
11:56
11
Adil Kaouch
Morocco
11:57
12
Ethiopia
11:58
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele
1
Maregu Zewdie
6
Dejene Berhanu
7
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
9
()
(12)
(Mohamed Awol )
(26)
23
Kenya
Abraham Chebii
2
Isaac Songok
3
Shadrack Kosgei
10
16
(Sammy Kipketer )
(17)
(Brimin Kipruto )
(37)
31
Qatar
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
4
Jamal Bilal Salem
5
Abdullah Ahmed Hassan
8
James Kwalia
15
(Sultan Khamis Zaman )
(19)
(Khamis Abdulla Saifeldin )
(35)
32
4
Morocco
65
5
Algeria
112
6
Zimbabwe
163
7
Tanzania
176
8
Spain
191
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
Augustine Choge
Kenya
23:59
Bernard Kiprop Kipyego
Kenya
24:00
Kenya
24:00
4
Hosea Macharinyang
Kenya
24:09
5
Kenya
24:15
6
Tariku Bekele
Ethiopia
24:16
7
Moses Masai
Kenya
24:19
8
Solomon Molla
Ethiopia
24:24
9
Bahrain
24:31
10
Bahrain
24:33
11
Ethiopia
24:34
12
Ethiopia
24:35
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
Augustine Choge
1
Bernard Kiprop Kipyego
2
3
Hosea Macharinyang
4
()
(5)
(Moses Masai )
(7)
10
Ethiopia
37
Qatar
75
4
Bahrain
76
5
Eritrea
82
6
Uganda
117
7
United States
154
8
Morocco
179
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Senior women's race (8.108 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia
26:34
Alice Timbilil
Kenya
26:37
Worknesh Kidane
Ethiopia
26:37
4
Meselech Melkamu
Ethiopia
26:39
5
Isabella Ochichi
Kenya
26:43
6
Catherine Kirui
Kenya
26:49
7
Benita Johnson
Australia
26:55
8
Gete Wami
Ethiopia
27:20
9
Rose Jepchumba
Kenya
27:25
10
Bezunesh Bekele
Ethiopia
27:27
11
Irene Kipchumba
Kenya
27:29
12
Kim Smith
New Zealand
27:37
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba
1
Worknesh Kidane
3
Meselech Melkamu
4
Gete Wami
8
(Bezunesh Bekele )
(10)
(Merima Hashim )
(14)
16
Kenya
22
Portugal
86
4
Japan
122
5
United States
122
6
United Kingdom
129
7
France
129
8
Australia
134
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Women's short race (4.196 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia
13:15
Worknesh Kidane
Ethiopia
13:16
Isabella Ochichi
Kenya
13:21
4
Prisca Ngetich
Kenya
13:25
5
Lucy Wangui
Kenya
13:25
6
Meselech Melkamu
Ethiopia
13:28
7
Beatrice Chepchumba
Kenya
13:31
8
Nancy Jebet Lagat
Kenya
13:31
9
Deriba Alemu
Ethiopia
13:41
10
Alevtina Ivanova
Russia
13:42
11
Lauren Fleshman
United States
13:44
12
Bezunesh Bekele
Ethiopia
13:44
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba
1
Worknesh Kidane
2
Meselech Melkamu
6
Deriba Alemu
9
(Bezunesh Bekele )
(12)
(Ejagayehu Dibaba )
(14)
18
Kenya
Isabella Ochichi
3
Prisca Ngetich
4
Lucy Wangui
5
Beatrice Chepchumba
7
(Nancy Jebet Lagat )
(8)
(Viola Kibiwott )
(23)
19
United States
67
4
Russia
100
5
Morocco
132
6
Portugal
134
7
Australia
143
8
France
182
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Junior women's race (6.153 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Gelete Burka
Ethiopia
20:12
Veronica Wanjiru
Kenya
20:39
Kenya
20:44
4
Mercy Njoroge
Kenya
20:46
5
Ethiopia
20:47
6
Workitu Ayanu
Ethiopia
20:54
7
Pauline Korikwiang
Kenya
20:56
8
Kenya
20:57
9
Aliphine Tuliamuk
Kenya
21:09
10
Ethiopia
21:10
11
Japan
21:16
12
Ethiopia
21:37
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
Veronica Wanjiru
2
3
Mercy Njoroge
4
Pauline Korikwiang
7
()
(8)
(Aliphine Tuliamuk )
(9)
16
Ethiopia
22
Japan
11
Hitomi Niiya
13
Yurika Nakamura
15
17
()
(24)
(Yuri Suzuki )
(25)
56
4
United States
118
5
Morocco
135
6
Tanzania
172
7
Algeria
177
8
United Kingdom
185
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, 695 athletes from 72 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[41]
See also [ ]
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