World Athletics Cross Country Championships

World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	March
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1973 (1973)
Organised by	World Athletics
2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships. It was an annual competition until 2011, when World Athletics changed it to a biennial event.^[1]

History[]

Traditionally, the World Cross Country Championships consisted of four races: one each for men (12 km) and for women (8 km); and one each for junior men (8 km) and for junior women (6 km). Scoring was done for individuals and for national teams. In the team competition, the finishing positions of the top six scorers from a team of up to nine are summed for the men and women, respectively, and the lowest score wins. For the junior races, the top three from a team of up to four are scored.

The year 1998 saw the introduction of two new events at the World Cross Country Championships, a short race for men and a short race for women. The last time these 4 km races were held was 2006, and there are no public plans to bring them back.

In an incredible show of dominance, the senior men's team race has been won by Ethiopia or Kenya every year since 1981 in both the short and long races. These nations have enjoyed a similar strangle-hold on the junior men's races since 1982. In the senior men's 12 km race, Kenya won the world championships for an astounding 18 years in a row, from 1986 through 2003, a record of unequaled international success. Likewise on the women's side, only one other nation has won the long team race since 1991: Portugal, in 1994. These African nations were not quite so dominant in the short races, but they have won every women's junior race since its introduction in 1989.

Several athletes have won two or more individual titles: Craig Virgin, who is the only American to ever win at World Cross Country Championships, which he did twice; Carlos Lopes, the first man to win three times (although Jack Holden won the International Cross Country Championships four times between 1933 and 1939, Gaston Roelants between 1962 and 1972); John Ngugi, the first man to win five times; Paul Tergat, the first man to win five times in a row; Kenenisa Bekele, the only man to win both the short and long courses in the same year, which he did five years in a row, and whose win in 2008 gave him six long course championships, the most of anyone in history; Sonia O'Sullivan, first athlete ever to win both the long and short course double in the same year; Grete Waitz, the first woman to win five times (although Doris Brown Heritage won the International Cross Country Championships five times between 1967 and 1971); Lynn Jennings, who won three times; Derartu Tulu, who won three times; Tirunesh Dibaba, who won three times in the long course and once in the short course; Gete Wami, who won twice at the long course and once at the short; and Edith Masai, who won the short race three times. Tirunesh Dibaba was also once the junior women's champion.

Many consider the World Cross Country Championships to be the most difficult races to win, even more difficult than the Olympic Games. At most major championships, the world's best distance runners are separated into a few races, i.e. 3000 m Steeplechase, 5000 m, and 10,000 m. However, in the absence of the short course races, the World Cross Country Championships pit all runners against one another in only one race. Thus, the competition is quite fierce. It's no wonder, then, that several Olympic Champions have gotten their start as World Cross Country Champions: Carlos Lopes, marathon, 1984; John Ngugi, 5000 m, 1988; Khalid Skah, 10,000 m, 1992; and Kenenisa Bekele, 10,000 m, 2004 and 2008. Numerous other champions have medalled at the Olympic Games or the World Championships, or have set World Records.

In the 206th IAAF Council Meeting, held after the 2016 Summer Olympics, the council decided to add a mixed-gender relay race to the World Cross Country Championships schedule – a first for the event.^[2]

Editions[]

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Countries	No. of Athletes
1st	1973	Waregem	Belgium	March 17	Hippodroom Waregem	21	286
2nd	1974	Monza	Italy	March 16		23	269
3rd	1975	Rabat	Morocco	March 16		26	316
4th	1976	Chepstow	United Kingdom	February 28	Chepstow Racecourse	21	306
5th	1977	Düsseldorf	West Germany	March 20		22	345
6th	1978	Glasgow	United Kingdom	March 25	Bellahouston Park	27	358
7th	1979	Limerick	Ireland	March 25	Greenpark Racecourse	27	383
8th	1980	Paris	France	March 9	Hippodrome de Longchamp	28	381
9th	1981	Madrid	Spain	March 28	Hipódromo de la Zarzuela	39	460
10th	1982	Rome	Italy	March 21	Ippodromo delle Capannelle	33	382
11th	1983	Gateshead	United Kingdom	March 20		35	431
12th	1984	East Rutherford	United States	March 25	Meadowlands Racetrack	40	443
13th	1985	Lisbon	Portugal	March 24	Sports Complex of Jamor	50	570
14th	1986	Colombier	Switzerland	March 23		57	670
15th	1987	Warsaw	Poland	March 22	Służewiec Racecourse	47	576
16th	1988	Auckland	New Zealand	March 26	Ellerslie Racecourse	41	441
17th	1989	Stavanger	Norway	March 19		41	568
18th	1990	Aix-les-Bains	France	March 25		59	617
19th	1991	Antwerp	Belgium	March 24	Linkeroever Racecourse	51	633
20th	1992	Boston	United States	March 21	Franklin Park	53	580
21st	1993	Amorebieta	Spain	March 28		54	653
22nd	1994	Budapest	Hungary	March 26	Kincsem Park	60	760
23rd	1995	Durham	United Kingdom	March 25	University of Durham	58	619
24th	1996	Stellenbosch	South Africa	March 23	Danie Craven Stadium	65	669
25th	1997	Torino	Italy	March 23	Parco del Valentino	72	725
26th	1998	Marrakech	Morocco	March 21/22	Menara district	66	707
27th	1999	Belfast	United Kingdom	March 27/28	Barnett Demesne	66	759
28th	2000	Vilamoura	Portugal	March 18/19		76	805
29th	2001	Ostend	Belgium	March 24/25	Hippodrome Wellington	67	790
30th	2002	Dublin	Ireland	March 23/24	Leopardstown Racecourse	59	664
31st	2003	Lausanne	Switzerland	March 29/30		65	605
32nd	2004	Brussels	Belgium	March 20/21		72	673
33rd	2005	Saint-Galmier	France	March 19/20		72	695
34th	2006	Fukuoka	Japan	April 1/2		59	574
35th	2007	Mombasa	Kenya	March 24		63	470
36th	2008	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	March 30	Holyrood Park	23	448
37th	2009	Amman	Jordan	March 28		57	459
38th	2010	Bydgoszcz	Poland	March 28		59	437
39th	2011	Punta Umbría	Spain	March 20		51	423
40th	2013	Bydgoszcz	Poland	March 24		41	398
41st	2015	Guiyang	China	March 28		51	410
42nd	2017	Kampala	Uganda	March 26		60	557
43rd	2019	Aarhus	Denmark	March 30	Moesgaard Museum	63	520
44th	2023	Bathurst	Australia	February 18	Mount Panorama Circuit

Doping[]

As in other areas of the sport, athletes at the competition are prohibited from doping and tests are undertaken before and at the championships to ensure athletes obey the regulations. A total of fourteen doping violations have occurred at the World Cross Country Championships, with the first violation coming from Cosmas Ndeti who was the original runner-up at the 1988 junior men's race; he remains the only athlete stripped of a medal for doping. Seven doping violations have come from Moroccan athletes, with Portuguese athletes accounting for a further three. The 2010 and 2011 editions had the highest number of doping violations, with totals of four and five, respectively. The senior men's long race has produced the highest number of violations, with eight in total.^[3]

Year	Athlete	Country	Race	Original placing
1988	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	Junior men	2nd
2002		Morocco	Men's long	44th
2006		Russia	Junior women	24th
2007	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey	Women's	DNF
2008		Algeria	Men's	35th
2010	Chakir Boujattaoui	Morocco	Men's	12th
2010	Ahmed Baday	Morocco	Men's	29th
2010	Hélder Ornelas	Portugal	Men's	75th
2010	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco	Women's	56th
2011		Portugal	Men's	34th
2011	José Rocha	Portugal	Men's	41st
2011		Morocco	Men's	DNF
2011		Morocco	Men's	DNF
2011	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco	Women's	81st

Medals[]

Senior Men's Individual Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1973 (11.98 km)	Pekka Päivärinta  Finland	35:46.4	Mariano Haro  Spain	35:46.5	Rod Dixon  New Zealand	36:00
1974 (12 km)	Eric de Beck  Belgium	35:23.8	Mariano Haro  Spain	35:24.6	Karel Lismont  Belgium	35:26.6
1975 (12 km)	Ian Stewart  Scotland	35:20	Mariano Haro  Spain	35:21	Bill Rodgers  United States	35:27.4
1976 (12 km)	Carlos Lopes  Portugal	34:47.8	Tony Simmons  England	35:04	Bernie Ford  England	35:07
1977 (12.3 km)	Léon Schots  Belgium	37:43	Carlos Lopes  Portugal	37:48.2	Detlef Uhlemann  West Germany	37:52.2
1978 (12.3 km)	John Treacy  Ireland	39:25	Aleksandr Antipov  Soviet Union	39:28	Karel Lismont  Belgium	39:32
1979 (12 km)	John Treacy  Ireland	37:20	Bronisław Malinowski  Poland	37:29	Aleksandr Antipov  Soviet Union	37:30
1980 (12.58 km)	Craig Virgin  United States	37:01	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany	37:02	Nick Rose  England	37:05
1981 (12 km)	Craig Virgin  United States	35:05	Mohammed Kedir  Ethiopia	35:07	Fernando Mamede  Portugal	35:09
1982 (11.978 km)	Mohammed Kedir  Ethiopia	33:40.5	Alberto Salazar  United States	33:44.8	Rod Dixon  New Zealand	34:01.8
1983 (11.994 km)	Bekele Debele  Ethiopia	36:52	Carlos Lopes  Portugal	36:52	Some Muge  Kenya	36:52
1984 (12.086 km)	Carlos Lopes  Portugal	33:25	Tim Hutchings  England	33:30	Steve Jones  Wales	33:32
1985 (12.19 km)	Carlos Lopes  Portugal	33:33	Paul Kipkoech  Kenya	33:37	Wodajo Bulti  Ethiopia	33:38
1986 (12 km)	John Ngugi  Kenya	35:32.9	Abebe Mekonnen  Ethiopia	35:34.8	Joseph Kiptum  Kenya	35:39.8
1987 (11.95 km)	John Ngugi  Kenya	36:07	Paul Kipkoech  Kenya	36:07	Paul Arpin  France	36:51
1988 (12 km)	John Ngugi  Kenya	34:32	Paul Kipkoech  Kenya	34:54	Kipsubai Koskei  Kenya	35:07
1989 (12 km)	John Ngugi  Kenya	39:42	Tim Hutchings  United Kingdom	40:10	Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya	40:21
1990 (12.2 km)	Khalid Skah  Morocco	34:21	Moses Tanui  Kenya	34:21	Julius M. Korir  Kenya	34:22
1991 (11.764 km)	Khalid Skah  Morocco	33:53	Moses Tanui  Kenya	33:54	Simon Karori  Kenya	33:54
1992 (12.53 km)	John Ngugi  Kenya	37:05	William Mutwol  Kenya	37:17	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	37:18
1993 (11.75 km)	William Sigei  Kenya	32:51	Dominic Kirui  Kenya	32:56	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	32:59
1994 (12.06 km)	William Sigei  Kenya	34:29	Simon Chemoiywo  Kenya	34:30	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	34:32
1995 (12.02 km)	Paul Tergat  Kenya	34:05	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	34:13	Salah Hissou  Morocco	34:14
1996 (12.15 km)	Paul Tergat  Kenya	33:44	Salah Hissou  Morocco	33:56	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	33:57
1997 (12.333 km)	Paul Tergat  Kenya	35:11	Salah Hissou  Morocco	35:13	Tom Nyariki  Kenya	35:20
1998 (12 km)	Paul Tergat  Kenya	34:01	Paul Koech  Kenya	34:06	Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia	34:28
1999 (12 km)	Paul Tergat  Kenya	38:28	Patrick Ivuti  Kenya	38:32	Paulo Guerra  Portugal	38:46
2000 (12.3 km)	Mohammed Mourhit  Belgium	35:00	Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia	35:01	Paul Tergat  Kenya	35:02
2001 (12.3 km)	Mohammed Mourhit  Belgium	39:53	Sergiy Lebid  Ukraine	40:03	Charles Kamathi  Kenya	40:05
2002 (11.998 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	34:52	John Yuda  Tanzania	34:58	Wilberforce Talel  Kenya	35:20
2003 (12.355 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	35:56	Patrick Ivuti  Kenya	36:09	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	36:17
2004 (12 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	35:52	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	36:10	Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia	36:11
2005 (12.02 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	35:06	Zersenay Tadesse  Eritrea	35:20	Abdullah Ahmed Hassan  Qatar	35:34
2006 (12 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	35:40	Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia	35:43	Martin Mathathi  Kenya	35:44
2007 (12 km)	Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea	35:50	Moses Mosop  Kenya	36:13	Bernard Kiprop Kipyego  Kenya	36:37
2008 (12 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	34:38	Leonard Patrick Komon  Kenya	34:41	Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea	34:43
2009 (12 km)	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	35:02	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda	35:04	Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea	35:04
2010 (11.611 km)	Joseph Ebuya  Kenya	33:00	Teklemariam Medhin  Eritrea	33:06	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda	33:10
2011 (12 km)	Imane Merga  Ethiopia	33:50	Paul Kipngetich Tanui  Kenya	33:52	Vincent Kiprop Chepkok  Kenya	33:53
2013 (12 km)	Japhet Kipyegon Korir  Kenya	32:45	Imane Merga  Ethiopia	32:51	Teklemariam Medhin  Eritrea	32:54
2015 (12 km)	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor  Kenya	34:52	Bedan Karoki Muchiri  Kenya	35:00	Muktar Edris  Ethiopia	35:06
2017 (9.858 km)	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor  Kenya	28:24	Leonard Barsoton  Kenya	28:36	Abadi Hadis  Ethiopia	28:43
2019 (10 km)	Joshua Cheptegei  Uganda	31:40	Jacob Kiplimo  Uganda	31:44	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor  Kenya	31:55

Senior Men's Team Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1973	Belgium	109	Soviet Union	119	New Zealand	136
1974	Belgium	103	England	109	France	215
1975	New Zealand	127	England	198	Belgium	211
1976	England	90	Belgium	118	France	187
1977	Belgium	126	England	129	Soviet Union	144
1978	France	151	United States	156	England	159
1979	England	119	Ireland	198	Soviet Union	210
1980	England	100	United States	163	Belgium	175
1981	Ethiopia	81	United States	114	Kenya	220
1982	Ethiopia	98	England	114	Soviet Union	257
1983	Ethiopia	104	United States	170	Kenya	191
1984	Ethiopia	134	United States	161	Portugal	223
1985	Ethiopia	129	Kenya	141	United States	153
1986	Kenya	45	Ethiopia	119	United States	204
1987	Kenya	53	England	146	Ethiopia	161
1988	Kenya	23	Ethiopia	103	France	134
1989	Kenya	44	United Kingdom	147	Ethiopia	162
1990	Kenya	42	Ethiopia	96	Spain	176
1991	Kenya	38	Ethiopia	104	Spain	198
1992	Kenya	46	France	145	United Kingdom	147
1993	Kenya	25	Ethiopia	82	Portugal	167
1994	Kenya	34	Morocco	83	Ethiopia	133
1995	Kenya	62	Morocco	111	Spain	120
1996	Kenya	33	Morocco	99	Ethiopia	107
1997	Kenya	51	Morocco	70	Ethiopia	125
1998	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	57	Morocco	60
1999	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	57	Portugal	76
2000	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	68	Portugal	69
2001	Kenya	33	France	72	United States	87
2002	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	43	Morocco	58
2003	Kenya	17	Ethiopia	23	Morocco	51
2004	Ethiopia	14	Kenya	30	Eritrea	66
2005	Ethiopia	24	Kenya	35	Qatar	42
2006	Kenya	24	Eritrea	28	Ethiopia	42
2007	Kenya	29	Morocco	152	Uganda	191
2008	Kenya	39	Ethiopia	104	Qatar	143
2009	Kenya	28	Ethiopia	28	Eritrea	50
2010	Kenya	20	Eritrea	46	Ethiopia	69
2011	Kenya	14	Ethiopia	38	Uganda	49
2013	Ethiopia	38	United States	52	Kenya	54
2015	Ethiopia	20	Kenya	20	Bahrain	54
2017	Ethiopia	21	Kenya	22	Uganda	72
2019	Uganda	20	Kenya	43	Ethiopia	46

Senior Women's Individual Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1973 (3.99 km)	Paola Pigni  Italy	13:45.2	Joyce Smith  England	13:58	Josee van Santberghe  Belgium	14:01
1974 (4 km)	Paola Pigni  Italy	12:42	Nina Holmén  Finland	12:47.6	Rita Ridley  England	12:54
1975 (3.9 km)	Julie Brown  United States	13:42	Bronislawa Ludwichowska  Poland	13:47	Carmen Valero  Spain	13:48
1976 (4.8 km)	Carmen Valero  Spain	16:19.4	Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union	16:39	Gabriella Dorio  Italy	16:56
1977 (5.1 km)	Carmen Valero  Spain	17:26	Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union	17:28	Giana Romanova  Soviet Union	17:35
1978 (4.728 km)	Grete Waitz  Norway	16:19	Natalia Mărăşescu  Romania	16:49	Maricica Puică  Romania	16:59
1979 (5.04 km)	Grete Waitz  Norway	16:48	Raisa Smekhnova  Soviet Union	17:14	Ellison Goodall  United States	17:18
1980 (4.82 km)	Grete Waitz  Norway	15:05	Irina Bondarchuk  Soviet Union	15:49	Yelena Chernysheva  Soviet Union	15:52
1981 (4.41 km)	Grete Waitz  Norway	14:07	Jan Merrill  United States	14:22	Yelena Sipatova  Soviet Union	14:22
1982 (4.663 km)	Maricica Puică  Romania	14:38.9	Fiţa Lovin  Romania	14:40.5	Grete Waitz  Norway	14:43.9
1983 (4.072 km)	Grete Waitz  Norway	13:29	Alison Wiley  Canada	13:37	Tatyana Pozdnyakova  Soviet Union	13:37
1984 (5 km)	Maricica Puică  Romania	15:56	Galina Zakharova  Soviet Union	15:58	Grete Waitz  Norway	15:58
1985 (4.99 km)	Zola Budd  England	15:01	Cathy Branta  United States	15:24	Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway	15:27
1986 (4.65 km)	Zola Budd  England	14:49.6	Lynn Jennings  United States	15:07.8	Annette Sergent  France	15:12.2
1987 (5.05 km)	Annette Sergent  France	16:46	Liz Lynch  Scotland	16:48	Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway	16:51
1988 (5.962 km)	Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway	19:04	Angela Tooby  United Kingdom	19:23	Annette Sergent  France	19:29
1989 (6 km)	Annette Sergent  France	22:27	Nadezhda Stepanova  Soviet Union	22:34	Lynn Williams  Canada	22:41
1990 (6 km)	Lynn Jennings  United States	19:21	Albertina Dias  Portugal	19:33	Yelena Romanova  Soviet Union	19:33
1991 (6.425 km)	Lynn Jennings  United States	20:24	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	20:27	Liz McColgan  United Kingdom	20:28
1992 (6.37 km)	Lynn Jennings  United States	21:16	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	21:18	Albertina Dias  Portugal	21:19
1993 (6.35 km)	Albertina Dias  Portugal	20:00	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	20:09	Lynn Jennings  United States	20:09
1994 (6.22 km)	Hellen Chepngeno  Kenya	20:45	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	20:52	Conceição Ferreira  Portugal	20:52
1995 (6.47 km)	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	20:21	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	20:29	Sally Barsosio  Kenya	20:39
1996 (6.3 km)	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	20:12	Rose Cheruiyot  Kenya	20:18	Naomi Mugo  Kenya	20:21
1997 (6.6 km)	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	20:53	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	20:55	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	21:00
1998 (8 km)	Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland	25:39	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	25:42	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	25:49
1999 (8.012 km)	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	28:00	Merima Denboba  Ethiopia	28:12	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	28:12
2000 (8.08 km)	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	25:42	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	25:48	Susan Chepkemei  Kenya	25:50
2001 (7.7 km)	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	27:49	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	27:52	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	28:07
2002 (7.974 km)	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	26:55	Deena Drossin  United States	27:04	Colleen de Reuck  United States	27:17
2003 (7.92 km)	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	25:53	Deena Drossin  United States	26:02	Merima Denboba  Ethiopia	26:28
2004 (8 km)	Benita Johnson  Australia	27:17	Ejagayehu Dibaba  Ethiopia	27:29	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	27:34
2005 (8.108 km)	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	26:34	Alice Timbilil  Kenya	26:37	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	26:37
2006 (8 km)	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	25:21	Lornah Kiplagat  Netherlands	25:26	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	25:38
2007 (8 km)	Lornah Kiplagat  Netherlands	26:23	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	26:47	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	26:48
2008 (7.905 km)	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	25:10	Mestawet Tufa  Ethiopia	25:15	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai  Kenya	25:18
2009 (8 km)	Florence Jebet Kiplagat  Kenya	26:13	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai  Kenya	26:16	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	26:19
2010 (7.759 km)	Emily Chebet  Kenya	24:19	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai  Kenya	24:20	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	24:26
2011 (8 km)	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot  Kenya	24:58	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai  Kenya	25:07	Shalane Flanagan  United States	25:10
2013 (8 km)	Emily Chebet  Kenya	24:24	Hiwot Ayalew  Ethiopia	24:27	Belaynesh Oljira  Ethiopia	24:33
2015 (8 km)	Agnes Jebet Tirop  Kenya	26:01	Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia	26:06	Netsanet Gudeta  Ethiopia	26:11
2017 (9,858 km)	Irene Cheptai  Kenya	31:57	Alice Aprot Nawowuna  Kenya	32:01	Lilian Rengeruk  Kenya	32:11
2019 (10 km)	Hellen Obiri  Kenya	36:14	Dera Dida  Ethiopia	36:16	Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia	36:24

Senior Women's Team Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1973	England	40	Finland	73	United States	90
1974	England	28	Italy	50	Finland	61
1975	United States	44	New Zealand	50	Poland	61
1976	Soviet Union	33	Italy	59	United States	64
1977	Soviet Union	15	United States	48	New Zealand	76
1978	Romania	30	United States	37	England	55
1979	United States	29	Soviet Union	48	England	68
1980	Soviet Union	15	England	49	United States	49
1981	Soviet Union	24	United States	36	Italy	89
1982	Soviet Union	44	Italy	57	England	67
1983	United States	31	Soviet Union	41	Canada	53
1984	United States	52	England	65	New Zealand	91
1985	United States	42	Soviet Union	77	Romania	96
1986	England	65	New Zealand	67	France	76
1987	United States	46	France	50	Soviet Union	55
1988	Soviet Union	51	United Kingdom	61	France	72
1989	Soviet Union	58	France	60	United States	68
1990	Soviet Union	37	Ethiopia	75	Portugal	80
1991	Kenya	36	Ethiopia	36	Soviet Union	48
1992	Kenya	47	United States	77	Ethiopia	96
1993	Kenya	52	Japan	93	France	100
1994	Portugal	55	Ethiopia	65	Kenya	75
1995	Kenya	26	Ethiopia	38	Romania	84
1996	Kenya	24	Ethiopia	44	Romania	70
1997	Ethiopia	24	Kenya	34	Ireland	64
1998	Kenya	30	Ethiopia	37	United Kingdom	74
1999	Ethiopia	18	Kenya	27	Portugal	94
2000	Ethiopia	20	Kenya	23	United States	98
2001	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	70	France	77
2002	Ethiopia	28	United States	38	Kenya	41
2003	Ethiopia	17	Kenya	30	United States	36
2004	Ethiopia	26	Kenya	30	United Kingdom	74
2005	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	22	Portugal	86
2006	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	39	Japan	80
2007	Ethiopia	19	Kenya	26	Morocco	99
2008	Ethiopia	18	Kenya	22	Australia	84
2009	Kenya	14	Ethiopia	28	Portugal	72
2010	Kenya	14	Ethiopia	22	United States	76
2011	Kenya	15	Ethiopia	29	United States	57
2013	Kenya	19	Ethiopia	48	Bahrain	73
2015	Ethiopia	17	Kenya	19	Uganda	101
2017	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	45	Bahrain	59
2019	Ethiopia	21	Kenya	25	Uganda	36

Men's Short Race Individual Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1998 (4 km)	John Kibowen  Kenya	10:43	Daniel Komen  Kenya	10:46	Paul Kosgei  Kenya	10:50
1999 (4.236 km)	Benjamin Limo  Kenya	12:28	Paul Kosgei  Kenya	12:31	Haylu Mekonnen  Ethiopia	12:35
2000 (4.18 km)	John Kibowen  Kenya	11:11	Sammy Kipketer  Kenya	11:12	Paul Kosgei  Kenya	11:15
2001 (4.1 km)	Enock Koech  Kenya	12:40	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	12:42	Benjamin Limo  Kenya	12:43
2002 (4.208 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	12:11	Luke Kipkosgei  Kenya	12:18	Haylu Mekonnen  Ethiopia	12:20
2003 (4.03 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	11:01	John Kibowen  Kenya	11:04	Benjamin Limo  Kenya	11:06
2004 (4 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	11:31	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	11:36	Maregu Zewdie  Ethiopia	11:42
2005 (4.196 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	11:33	Abraham Chebii  Kenya	11:38	Isaac Songok  Kenya	11:39
2006 (4 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	10:54	Isaac Songok  Kenya	10:55	Adil Kaouch  Morocco	10:57

Men's Short Race Team Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1998	Kenya	10	Morocco	42	Ethiopia	60
1999	Kenya	14	Morocco	45	Ethiopia	55
2000	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	46	Morocco	68
2001	Kenya	13	Morocco	48	Ethiopia	51
2002	Kenya	20	Ethiopia	32	Spain	57
2003	Kenya	14	Ethiopia	31	Morocco	44
2004	Ethiopia	17	Qatar	39	Kenya	52
2005	Ethiopia	23	Kenya	31	Qatar	32
2006	Kenya	21	Ethiopia	48	Morocco	53

Women's Short Race Individual Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1998 (4 km)	Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland	12:20	Zahra Ouaziz  Morocco	12:34	Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia	12:37
1999 (4.236 km)	Jackline Maranga  Kenya	15:09	Yamna Belkacem  France	15:16	Annemari Sandell  Finland	15:17
2000 (4.18 km)	Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia	13:00	Zahra Ouaziz  Morocco	13:00	Margaret Ngotho  Kenya	13:00
2001 (4.1 km)	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	14:46	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	14:47	Edith Masai  Kenya	14:57
2002 (4.208 km)	Edith Masai  Kenya	13:30	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	13:36	Isabella Ochichi  Kenya	13:39
2003 (4.03 km)	Edith Masai  Kenya	12:43	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	12:44	Jane Wanjiku  Kenya	12:46
2004 (4 km)	Edith Masai  Kenya	13:07	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	13:09	Teyiba Erkesso  Ethiopia	13:11
2005 (4.196 km)	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	13:15	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	13:16	Isabella Ochichi  Kenya	13:21
2006 (4 km)	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia	12:51	Prisca Ngetich  Kenya	12:53	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	12:54

Women's Short Race Team Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1998	Morocco	57	Ethiopia	58	United States	68
1999	France	40	Ethiopia	48	Morocco	69
2000	Portugal	46	Ethiopia	55	France	57
2001	Ethiopia	26	Kenya	32	Romania	78
2002	Ethiopia	32	Kenya	34	Ireland	85
2003	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	24	Russia	76
2004	Ethiopia	19	Kenya	21	Canada	87
2005	Ethiopia	18	Kenya	19	United States	67
2006	Ethiopia	25	Kenya	26	Australia	69

Junior Men's Individual Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1973 (7 km)	Scotland	20:52.8	Spain	21:00.6	Léon Schots  Belgium	21:07.2
1974 (7.1 km)	United States	21:30.8	Venanzio Ortis  Italy	21:33	John Treacy  Ireland	21:42.4
1975 (7 km)	United States	20:59.8	José Luis González  Spain	21:18	John Treacy  Ireland	21:23
1976 (7.8 km)	Eric Hulst  United States	23:53.8	Thom Hunt  United States	24:06.8	Nat Muir  Scotland	24:17
1977 (7.5 km)	Thom Hunt  United States	23:15	Spain	23:28	Ari Paunonen  Finland	23:39
1978 (7.036 km)	England	22:57	Canada	23:10	Spain	23:11
1979 (7.36 km)	Belgium	23:02	Steve Binns  England	23:09	Soviet Union	23:20
1980 (7.41 km)	Jordi Garcia  Spain	22:17	Soviet Union	22:23	Ed Eyestone  United States	22:27
1981 (7.25 km)	Tunisia	22:04	Soviet Union	22:06	Keith Brantly  United States	22:07
1982 (7.926 km)	Ethiopia	22:45.3	Ethiopia	22:46.6	Stefano Mei  Italy	22:48.7
1983 (8.033 km)	Ethiopia	24:58	Ethiopia	24:59	England	25:07
1984 (8 km)	Spain	21:32	Ethiopia	21:34	Canada	21:37
1985 (8.19 km)	Kipkemboi Kimeli  Kenya	22:18	Habte Negash  Ethiopia	22:37	Ethiopia	22:37
1986 (7.75 km)	Melese Feissa  Ethiopia	22:47.6	Kenya	22:52.7	Ethiopia	22:56
1987 (7.05 km)	Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya	22:18	Ethiopia	22:18	Debebe Demisse  Ethiopia	22:20
1988 (8.031 km)	Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya	23:25	Kenya	23:39	Ethiopia	23:41
1989 (8 km)	Addis Abebe  Ethiopia	25:07	Kenya	25:31	Stephenson Nyamau  Kenya	25:33
1990 (8 km)	Kenya	22:13	Richard Chelimo  Kenya	22:14	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	22:24
1991 (8.415 km)	Andrew Sambu  Tanzania	23:59	Kenya	24:04	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	24:04
1992 (7.8 km)	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	23:27	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	23:35	Josephat Machuka  Kenya	23:37
1993 (7.15 km)	Philip Mosima  Kenya	20:18	Christopher Koskei  Kenya	20:20	Josephat Machuka  Kenya	20:23
1994 (8.14 km)	Philip Mosima  Kenya	24:15	Daniel Komen  Kenya	24:17	Ethiopia	24:46
1995 (8.47 km)	Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia	24:12	Ethiopia	24:14	David Chelule  Kenya	24:16
1996 (8.35 km)	David Chelule  Kenya	24:06	Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia	24:19	Kenya	24:24
1997 (8.511 km)	Kenya	24:21	Million Wolde  Ethiopia	24:28	Paul Kosgei  Kenya	24:29
1998 (8 km)	Million Wolde  Ethiopia	22:47	Richard Limo  Kenya	22:50	Haylu Mekonnen  Ethiopia	22:51
1999 (8.012 km)	Haylu Mekonnen  Ethiopia	25:38	Richard Limo  Kenya	25:43	Kenya	25:45
2000 (8.08 km)	Robert Kipchumba  Kenya	22:49	Kenya	22:52	John Cheruiyot Korir  Kenya	22:55
2001 (7.7 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	25:04	Kenya	25:37	Dathan Ritzenhein  United States	25:46
2002 (7.974 km)	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	23:18	Kenya	23:19	Boniface Kiprop  Uganda	23:28
2003 (7.92 km)	Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya	22:47	Boniface Kiprop  Uganda	22:49	Solomon Bushendich  Kenya	22:51
2004 (8 km)	Meba Tadesse  Ethiopia	24:01	Boniface Kiprop  Uganda	24:03	Kenya	24:16
2005 (8 km)	Augustine Choge  Kenya	23:59	Bernard Kiprop Kipyego  Kenya	24:00	Kenya	24:00
2006 (8 km)	Kenya	23:53	Leonard Patrick Komon  Kenya	23:54	Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia	23:56
2007 (8 km)	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya	24:07	Vincent Kiprop Chepkok  Kenya	24:12	Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio  Kenya	24:23
2008 (7.905 km)	Ibrahim Jeilan  Ethiopia	22:38	Ayele Abshero  Ethiopia	22:40	Lucas Kimeli Rotich  Kenya	22:42
2009 (8 km)	Ayele Abshero  Ethiopia	23:26	Titus Kipjumba Mbishei  Kenya	23:30	Moses Kibet  Uganda	23:35
2010 (7.759 km)	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya	22:07	Kenya	22:09	Japhet Kipyegon Korir  Kenya	22:12
2011 (8 km)	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor  Kenya	22:21	Thomas Ayeko  Uganda	22:27	Kenya	22:32
2013 (8 km)	Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia	21:04	Leonard Barsoton  Kenya	21:08	Muktar Edris  Ethiopia	21:13
2015 (8 km)	Ethiopia	23:42	Kenya	23:47	Kenya	23:54
2017 (7.858 km)	Jacob Kiplimo  Uganda	22:40	Amdework Walelegn  Ethiopia	22:43	Richard Yator  Kenya	22:52
2019 (8 km)	Milkesa Mengesha  Ethiopia	23:52	Ethiopia	23:54	Uganda	23:55

Junior Men's Team Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1973	Spain	18	Italy	22	England	24
1974	United States	22	Morocco	58	Italy	90
1975	United States	29	Ireland	35	Spain	44
1976	United States	16	Spain	60	England	91
1977	United States	36	Spain	40	Canada	67
1978	England	53	Canada	53	Spain	54
1979	Spain	57	England	74	Soviet Union	75
1980	Soviet Union	50	United States	75	Spain	79
1981	United States	23	England	61	Canada	66
1982	Ethiopia	12	Italy	37	United States	70
1983	Ethiopia	13	Spain	41	England	58
1984	Ethiopia	21	Spain	34	England	68
1985	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	26	Spain	64
1986	Ethiopia	13	Kenya	32	Spain	52
1987	Ethiopia	19	Kenya	20	Japan	73
1988	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	33	Spain	61
1989	Kenya	14	Ethiopia	22	Italy	76
1990	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	27	Italy	85
1991	Kenya	19	Ethiopia	26	Tanzania	54
1992	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	28	Japan	90
1993	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	27	Morocco	76
1994	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	27	Morocco	78
1995	Kenya	23	Ethiopia	25	Morocco	72
1996	Kenya	13	Ethiopia	26	Morocco	94
1997	Kenya	13	Ethiopia	31	Morocco	74
1998	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	20	Morocco	66
1999	Kenya	16	Ethiopia	24	Tanzania	77
2000	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	47	Uganda	68
2001	Kenya	24	Ethiopia	25	Uganda	68
2002	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	24	Uganda	37
2003	Kenya	15	Ethiopia	28	Uganda	48
2004	Kenya	20	Ethiopia	25	Uganda	33
2005	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	37	Qatar	75
2006	Kenya	16	Ethiopia	24	Eritrea	44
2007	Kenya	10	Eritrea	44	Ethiopia	54
2008	Kenya	21	Ethiopia	28	Uganda	37
2009	Kenya	20	Ethiopia	22	Eritrea	72
2010	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	32	Uganda	56
2011	Kenya	20	Ethiopia	24	Uganda	50
2013	Ethiopia	23	Kenya	26	Morocco	65
2015	Kenya	19	Ethiopia	33	Eritrea	52
2017	Ethiopia	17	Kenya	28	Eritrea	57
2019	Ethiopia	18	Uganda	32	Kenya	34

Junior Women's Individual Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1989 (4 km)	Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden	15:23	Soviet Union	15:30	Kenya	15:41
1990 (4.4 km)	Liu Shixiang  China	14:19	China	14:20	Susan Chepkemei  Kenya	14:22
1991 (4.435 km)	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	13:59	Kenya	14:20	Melody Fairchild  United States	14:28
1992 (4.005 km)	Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom	13:30	Wang Junxia  China	13:35	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	13:43
1993 (4.45 km)	Kenya	14:04	Pamela Chepchumba  Kenya	14:09	Sally Barsosio  Kenya	14:11
1994 (4.3 km)	Sally Barsosio  Kenya	14:04	Rose Cheruiyot  Kenya	14:05	Kenya	14:15
1995 (4.47 km)	Annemari Sandell  Finland	14:04	Kenya	14:09	Kenya	14:17
1996 (4.22 km)	Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia	13:27	Annemari Sandell  Finland	13:32	Jepkorir Ayabei  Kenya	13:35
1997 (4.689 km)	Rose Kosgei  Kenya	14:58	Prisca Ngetich  Kenya	14:59	Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia	15:02
1998 (6 km)	Yimenashu Taye  Ethiopia	19:32	Jeruto Kiptum  Kenya	19:34	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	19:34
1999 (6.124 km)	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	21:26	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	21:37	Yoshiko Fujinaga  Japan	21:41
2000 (6.29 km)	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	20:34	Alice Timbilil  Kenya	20:35	Viola Kibiwott  Kenya	20:36
2001 (5.9 km)	Viola Kibiwott  Kenya	22:05	Abebech Nigussie  Ethiopia	22:05	Ethiopia	22:05
2002 (5.962 km)	Viola Kibiwot  Kenya	20:13	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	20:14	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	20:22
2003 (6.215)	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	20:21	Peninah Chepchumba  Kenya	20:22	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia	20:28
2004 (6 km)	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	20:48	Ethiopia	20:53	Mestawat Tadesse  Ethiopia	20:56
2005 (6.153 km)	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia	20:12	Veronica Wanjiru  Kenya	20:39	Kenya	20:44
2006 (6 km)	Pauline Korikwiang  Kenya	19:27	Veronica Wanjiru  Kenya	19:27	Kenya	19:45
2007 (6 km)	Linet Chepkwemoi Barasa  Kenya	20:52	Kenya	20:59	Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru  Kenya	21:10
2008 (6.04 km)	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia	19:59	Irine Chepet Cheptai  Kenya	20:04	Emebt Etea  Ethiopia	20:06
2009 (6 km)	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia	20:14	Mercy Cherono  Kenya	20:17	Jackline Chepngeno  Kenya	20:27
2010 (5.833 km)	Mercy Cherono  Kenya	18:47	Purity Cherotich Rionoripo  Kenya	18:54	Kenya	18:55
2011 (6 km)	Faith Kipyegon  Kenya	18:53	Genet Yalew  Ethiopia	18:54	Ethiopia	18:54
2013 (6 km)	Faith Kipyegon  Kenya	17:51	Agnes Jebet Tirop  Kenya	17:51	Alemitu Heroye  Ethiopia	17:57
2015 (6 km)	Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia	19:48	Dera Dida  Ethiopia	19:49	Ethiopia	19:53
2017 (6,03 km)	Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia	18:34	Hawi Feysa  Ethiopia	18:57	Celliphine Chespol  Kenya	19:02
2019 (6 km)	Beatrice Chebet  Kenya	20:50	Ethiopia	20:50	Tsigie Gebreselama  Ethiopia	20:50

Junior Women's Team Medals[]

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1989	Kenya	40	Soviet Union	68	Portugal	84
1990	Kenya	20	Japan	44	China	68
1991	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	40	Japan	43
1992	Ethiopia	55	Romania	59	Kenya	59
1993	Kenya	10	Japan	41	Ethiopia	61
1994	Kenya	11	Ethiopia	46	Japan	60
1995	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	31	Japan	56
1996	Kenya	21	Ethiopia	26	Japan	70
1997	Kenya	15	Japan	38	Ethiopia	39
1998	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	20	Japan	66
1999	Ethiopia	20	Kenya	31	Japan	46
2000	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	24	Japan	78
2001	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	20	Japan	59
2002	Kenya	13	Ethiopia	24	Japan	63
2003	Ethiopia	14	Kenya	22	Morocco	78
2004	Ethiopia	10	Kenya	36	Japan	67
2005	Kenya	16	Ethiopia	22	Japan	56
2006	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	29	Japan	58
2007	Kenya	13	Eritrea	33	Ethiopia	36
2008	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	20	Japan	57
2009	Ethiopia	18	Kenya	18	Japan	76
2010	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	30	Uganda	81
2011	Ethiopia	17	Kenya	19	Japan	75
2013	Kenya	14	Ethiopia	23	United Kingdom	81
2015	Ethiopia	11	Kenya	33	Bahrain	52
2017	Ethiopia	19	Kenya	20	Uganda	62
2019	Ethiopia	17	Kenya	26	Japan	72

See also[]

• European Cross Country Championships
• African Cross Country Championships

References[]

External links[]

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