World Athletics Cross Country Championships

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World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)March
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1973 (1973)
Organised byWorld 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[]

  1. ^ 47th IAAF Congress – Day 1. IAAF (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2009-08-14.
  2. ^ Competitions Update. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
  3. ^ 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Facts and Figures. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

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