Asian Cross Country Championships

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Asian Cross Country Championships
SportCross country running
Founded1991
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The Asian Cross Country Championships is a biennial regional cross country running competition for athletes from Asia. It is organised by the Asian Athletics Association and was first held in 1991 in Fukuoka, Japan. The competition has been held every two years since then, although the 2003 edition was postponed due to political conflicts within the region.[1][2]

The championships comprises four races: separate senior races for men and for women, and two corresponding junior races for the sexes. Furthermore, in each of the four races athletes compete simultaneously for both individual medals and team medals. For the team competitions, the final positions of the best finishing runners from each country are combined and the team with the lowest points total wins.[1]

Athletes and teams of Japan, China and Iran have historically been the most successful of the championships. However, Qatar and Bahrain have become increasingly dominant since 2005, led by a number of East African-born athletes who have transferred allegiance to the small Middle-Eastern states.[3][4][5]

The 2011 edition, set for February in Kathmandu, was postponed after the Nepalese government did not provide the requisite funds needed to host the event.[6] China took over the hosting rights and held the 11th edition the following year in Qingzhen.[7]

The 2020 edition of the race, originally set for March in Hong Kong, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

Editions[]

Edition Year Venue City Country Events
1 1991 Fukuoka  Japan 8
2 1993 Jakarta  Indonesia 8
3 1995 Chiba International Cross Country Chiba  Japan 8
4 1997 Chiba International Cross Country Chiba  Japan 8
5 1999 Enghelab Sport Complex (Men) Tehran  Iran 4
(Women) Hong Kong  Hong Kong 4
6 2001 Kathmandu    Nepal 8
7 2004 Pune  India 8
8 2005 Guiyang  China 8
9 2007 Amman  Jordan 8
10 2009 Manama  Bahrain 8
– 2011 Not held Kathmandu    Nepal 8
11 2012 Qingzhen  China 8
12 2014 Fukuoka International Cross Country Fukuoka  Japan 8
13 2016 Manama  Bahrain 8
14 2018 Guiyang  China 8

Champions[]

http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cxc.htm#AS

Senior[]

Year Men's senior race Women's senior race
Individual Team Individual Team
1991   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)  Mun Gyong-Ae (PRK)  North Korea (PRK)
1993  Hamid Sajjadi (IRI)  India (IND)  Minori Hayakari (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
1995   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)  Atsumi Yashima (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
1997  Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA)  Saudi Arabia (KSA)  Chiemi Takahashi (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
1999   (IRI)  Japan (JPN)  Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
2001   (IRI)  Sri Lanka (SRI)   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
2004  Han Gang (CHN)  China (CHN)   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
2005  Han Gang (CHN)  Qatar (QAT)  Li Helan (CHN)  China (CHN)
2007  Ahmed Hassan Abdullah (QAT)  Qatar (QAT)  Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)
2009  Ahmed Hassan Abdullah (QAT)  Qatar (QAT)  Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)  Japan (JPN)
2012  Alemu Bekele (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)  Shitaye Eshete (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)
2014  Aweke Yimer (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)  Tejitu Chalchissa (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)
2016  Albert Rop (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)  Eunice Chumba (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)
2018  Peng Jianhua (CHN)  Japan (JPN)  Li Dan (CHN)  Japan (JPN)

Junior[]

Year Men's junior race Women's junior race
Individual Team Individual Team
1991   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)  Qu Yunxia (CHN)  China (CHN)
1993   (YEM)  Yemen (YEM)   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
1995   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)  Chiemi Takahashi (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
1997   (KSA)  Japan (JPN)   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
1999   (CHN)  Japan (JPN)  Kaori Yoshida (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
2001   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
2004   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)   (CHN)  Japan (JPN)
2005  Lin Xiangqian (CHN)  China (CHN)  Zhu Yanmei (CHN)  China (CHN)
2007  Thamer Kamal Ali (QAT)  Qatar (QAT)   (IND)  India (IND)
2009  Alemu Bekele (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)  Shitaye Eshete (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)
2012   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)  Miyuki Uehara (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
2014[9]   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)
2016[10]   (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)  Dalila Abdulkadir (BHR)  Bahrain (BHR)
2018   (CHN)  Japan (JPN)   (JPN)  Japan (JPN)

All time medal table[]

As 2018

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)524430126
2 Bahrain (BHR)2314946
3 China (CHN)16231251
4 Qatar (QAT)62513
5 India (IND)3141027
6 Iran (IRI)351523
7 Saudi Arabia (KSA)3126
 Yemen (YEM)3126
9 North Korea (PRK)2125
10 Sri Lanka (SRI)1124
11 South Korea (KOR)0156
12 Jordan (JOR)0123
13 Pakistan (PAK)0112
14 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0101
15 Singapore (SIN)0022
 Vietnam (VIE)0022
17 Hong Kong (HKG)0011
 Indonesia (INA)0011
   Nepal (NEP)0011
Totals (19 nations)112110104326

References[]

General
Specific
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Asian Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-02-23.
  2. ^ Asian Cross Country Championships postponed. IAAF (2003-02-18). Retrieved on 2010-02-23.
  3. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-03-11). Jamal and Hassan dominate at Asian XC champs - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-23.
  4. ^ Negash, Elshadai (2009-02-28). Jamal's home debut and Shaheen’s championship return - Asian XC Champs - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-23.
  5. ^ Negash, Elshadai (2009-03-02). Jamal and Abdullah cruise to title defence - Asian Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-23.
  6. ^ Cross-country Championships. The Himalayan Times (2011-02-11). Retrieved on 2011-02-24.
  7. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-03-25). Bahrain dominates at Asian XC champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
  8. ^ http://www.athleticsasia.org/15th-asian-cross-country-championships-hong-kong-has-been-postponed/
  9. ^ The 12th Asian Cross Country Championships Archived July 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2014-11-24.
  10. ^ The 13th Asian Cross Country Championships

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