2014 African Cross Country Championships

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III Africa Cross Country Championships
OrganisersCAA
Edition3rd
Date16 March 2014
Host cityKampala, Uganda
Events4
Participation? athletes from
26 nations

The 2014 African Cross Country Championships was the third edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 16 March at the Kololo Golf Course in Kampala, Uganda – the first time an East African nation had hosted the event since its re-launch in 2011.[1]

For a third successive time, Kenya dominated the event, led by men's winner Leonard Barsoton and women's winner Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon. The country won all of the senior race medals and had perfect scores in the team race, having the fourth-place finishers as well. In the junior races and Agnes Jebet Tirop similarly led the Kenyans to victory. Afewerki Berhane of Eritrea (third in the men's junior race) and Alemitu Heroye of Ethiopia (second in the women's junior race) were the only non-Kenyan individual medallists. The hosts Uganda sent full strength senior teams and came away with the men's team silver medal and the women's team bronze medal.[2]

The event was held in close proximity to the 2014 World University Cross Country Championships, which was set in Entebbe, Uganda, one week later.[3][4]

Medallists[]

Individual[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Senior men's 12 km  Leonard Barsoton (KEN) 34:26.12   (KEN) 34:56.45   (KEN) 35:01.88
Senior women's 8 km  Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) 25:33.02  Janet Kisa (KEN) 25:41.30  Alice Nawowuna (KEN) 25:46.48
Junior men's 8 km   (KEN) 22:36.80   (KEN) 22:50.19  Afewerki Berhane (ERI) 22:56.45
Junior women's 6 km  Agnes Jebet Tirop (KEN) 18:50.74  Alemitu Heroye (ETH) 19:04.73   (KEN) 19:16.18

Team[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Senior men's 12 km  Kenya (KEN)
Barsoton
Kangogo
Cherop
Solomon Kirwa Yego		 10  Uganda (UGA)
Moses Kibet
Thomas Ayeko
Moses Kipsiro
 37  Ethiopia (ETH)



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Senior women's 8 km  Kenya (KEN)
Kipyegon
Kisa
Nawowuna
 10  Ethiopia (ETH)

Ababel Yeshaneh Birhane

 29  Uganda (UGA)
Linet Toroitich Chebet


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Junior men's 8 km  Kenya (KEN)
Letoyie
Lorot

 12  Eritrea (ERI)
Berhane
Abraham Habte
Habtom Welday
Berhane Amanuel		 32  Ethiopia (ETH)
Hayato Yasin Haji
Asfaha Teshome Mekonen
Abraha Mogos Tuemay
Tegegn Hailemariyam Amare		 54
Junior women's 6 km  Kenya (KEN)
Tirop
Nzisa
Rosefline Chepngetich
 13  Ethiopia (ETH)
Heroye
Amara Alemitu Hawi
Haiylu Fotyen Tesfay
Ware Shure Demise		 28  Uganda (UGA)
Stella Chesang
Phanice Chemutai
Patricia Chekwemoi
Karen Chekwemoi		 55

Participation[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Omogbeja, Yomi (2014-03-16). Kenya dominate 2014 Africa Cross Country in Kampala. Athletics Africa. Retrieved on 2014-03-18.
  2. ^ Namayo Mawerere & Daniel Senfuma (2014-03-16). Kenya makes a clean sweep at African Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-18.
  3. ^ Isabirye, David (2014-03-17). Kenya Dominates 3rd Africa Cross Country Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Kawowo. Retrieved on 2014-03-18.
  4. ^ Uganda, a rendezvous of the African and world cross country Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-18.
Individual results
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