World Cross Country Championships 2002

The 30th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF found in on 23 and 24 March 2002 Dublin ( Ireland instead).

course

The venue was the Leopardstown Racecourse. The distance between start and finish was 700 m. The standard lap was 1.754 km long and could be extended to 1.883 km with an extra loop.

The men completed six long laps (11.998 km) on the long distance, the women on the long distance and the juniors two small and two large laps (7.974 km), the juniors three small laps (5.962 km), and the short distance runners of both sexes two small ones Laps (4.208 km).

Competitions

The junior women's race, the men's short-distance race and the women's long-distance race took place on March 23rd, and the other three races on the following day. A total of $ 560,000 in prize money was available for the adult competitions, of which the winners of each race received $ 30,000 and each winning team received $ 20,000.

In the men's category, last year's junior world champion Kenenisa Bekele made the double on the short and long distances for the first time. In the short-distance competition, the Ethiopian took the lead at the beginning of the second lap and won safely with a seven-second lead over Kenyan Luke Kipkosgei and his compatriot Hailu Mekonnen . The Australian Craig Mottram came in fifth, making him the best non-African runner like last year.

In the endurance race, Kenenisa Bekele sat down in the fourth lap together with the Tanzanian John Yuda Msuri , from the rest of the leading group, which included Richard Limo and Charles Waweru Kamathi, the reigning world champions over 5000 and 10,000 m. As on the day before, the Ethiopian took the lead at the beginning of the last lap and was six seconds ahead of Msuri until the finish. Bronze went to Kenyans Wilberforce Talel , 22 seconds behind, ahead of his compatriots Limo and Kamathi.

In the women's long distance, Paula Radcliffe managed to defend her title. In the absence of the Ethiopians Gete Wami and Derartu Tulu , who had been their toughest rivals in previous years, their most difficult competition surprisingly turned out to be the American Deena Drossin , who followed her until the start of the last round and was nine seconds behind silver won. The battle for the bronze medal was won by her compatriot Colleen De Reuck , completing the first podium without an African since 1993.

Radcliffe had decided not to start in the short distance race as she was preparing for her marathon debut. Halfway through the race, the three athletes who finished in the medals were in the lead: Edith Masai , bronze medal winner of the last event, won ahead of last year's fifth Werknesh Kidane and Isabella Ochichi . Cheered by her compatriots, Sonia O'Sullivan , who had become a mother for the second time just three months earlier, came seventh and led her team to win the bronze medal.

In the junior race, Gebregziabher Gebremariam won , who seven years later became world champion in the adult race, although he had lost a shoe at the start. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot was the first junior to defend her title.

Results

Men

Long haul

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	34:52
2	John Yuda Msuri	TAN	34:58
3	Wilberforce Talel	KEN	35:20
4th	Richard Limo	KEN	35:26
5	Charles Waweru Kamathi	KEN	35:29
6th	Albert Chepkurui	KEN	35:32
7th	Abderrahim Goumri	MAR	35:43
8th	Yonas Kifle	ERI	35:47

Out of 151 registered athletes, 141 started and 133 were included in the ranking. Seven did not finish, the Moroccan Hamid El Mouaziz was subsequently disqualified for doping .

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points (individual placement in brackets)
1	Kenya Wilberforce Talel Richard Limo Charles Waweru Kamathi Albert Chepkurui	18 0 3 04 05 06
2	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele Assefa Mezgebu Habte Jifar Fita Bayisa	43 0 1 11 (12) 15 (16) 16 (17)
3	Morocco Abderrahim Goumri Jaouad Gharib Saïd Bérioui Elarbi Khattabi	58 0 7 09 (10) 19 (21) 23 (27)

A total of 20 teams were rated.

Short haul

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	12:11
2	Luke Kipkosgei	KEN	12:18
3	Hailu Mekonnen	ETH	12:20
4th	Sammy Kipketer	KEN	12:26
5	Craig Mottram	OUT	12:27
6th	Julius Nyamu	KEN	12:30
7th	Antonio Jiménez Pentinel	ESP	12:30
8th	Joseph Kosgei	KEN	12:32

Of 134 registered athletes, 124 started and 123 reached the finish.

As the only participant from a German-speaking country, the Swiss Stefan Gerber came in 91st place (13:24).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points (individual placement in brackets)
1	Kenya Luke Kipkosgei Sammy Kipketer Julius Nyamu Joseph Kosgei	20 0 2 04 06 08
2	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele Hailu Mekonnen Mohammed Awol Abiyote Abate	32 0 1 03 13 15
3	Spain Antonio Jiménez Pentinel Isaac Viciosa Alberto García Roberto García	57 0 7 14 16 (17) 20 (22)

A total of 17 teams were rated.

Women

Long haul

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	26:55
2	Deena Drossin	United States	27:04
3	Colleen De Reuck	United States	27:17
4th	Miwako Yamanaka	JPN	27:19
5	Eyerusalem Kuma	ETH	27:19
6th	Merima Denboba	ETH	27:21
7th	Leila Aman	ETH	27:25
8th	Rose Cheruiyot	KEN	27:28

Of 88 registered athletes, 83 started and 81 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points (individual placement in brackets)
1	Ethiopia Eyerusalem Kuma Merima Denboba Leila Aman Teyba Erkesso	28 0 5 06 07 10
2	United States Deena Drossin Colleen De Reuck Jennifer Rhines Milena Glusac	38 0 2 03 12 21 (23)
3	Kenya Rose Cheruiyot Pamela Chepchumba Leah Malot Jane Omoro	41 0 8 09 11 13 (14)

A total of 13 teams were rated.

Short haul

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Edith Masai	KEN	13:30
2	Werknesh Kidane	ETH	13:36
3	Isabella Ochichi	KEN	13:39
4th	Benita Johnson	OUT	13:42
5	Suzy Favor-Hamilton	United States	13:47
6th	Abebech Negussie	ETH	13:53
7th	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	13:55
8th	Amane Gobena	ETH	14:00

Out of 114 registered athletes, 107 started, all of them reaching the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 46: Sandra Baumann ( AUT ), 14:38
• 71: Christina Carruzzo ( SUI ), 14:58

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points (individual placement in brackets)
1	Ethiopia Werknesh Kidane Abebech Negussie Amane Gobena Genet Gebregiorgis	32 0 2 06 08 16
2	Kenya Edith Masai Isabella Ochichi Nancy Wambui Jane Jepkosgei Kiptoo	34 0 1 03 13 17
3	Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan Anne Keenan-Buckley Rosemary Ryan Maria McCambridge	85 0 7 10 18 (19) 50 (62)

A total of 17 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	23:18
2	Abel Cheruiyot	KEN	23:19
3	Boniface Toroitich Kiprop	UGA	23:28

Of 126 registered athletes, 122 started and 119 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points (individual placement in brackets)
1	Kenya Abel Cheruiyot Thomas Kiplitany Eliud Kipchoge Nicholas Kemboi	18 0 2 04 05 07
2	Ethiopia Gebregziabher Gebremariam Sileshi Sihine Girma Assefa Abebe Dinkesa	24 0 1 06 08 09
3	Uganda Boniface Toroitich Kiprop Martin Toroitich Paul Wakou Francis Musani	37 0 3 10 (11) 11 (15) 13 (17)

A total of 18 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Viola Jelagat Kibiwot	KEN	20:13
2	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	20:14
3	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	20:22

Of 112 registered athletes, 110 started and 108 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points (individual placement in brackets)
1	Kenya Viola Jelagat Kibiwot Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot Fridah Chepkemoi Domongole Peninah Biwott Jepchumba	13 0 1 03 04 05
2	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba Bezunesh Bekele Mestawet Tufa Yemealem Ayano	24 0 2 06 07 09 (11)
3	Japan Emi Ikeda Chiaki Iwamoto Mika Matsumoto Ayumi Hashimoto	63 10 (14) 14 (21) 17 (24) 22 (32)

A total of 18 teams were rated.

Web links

• 30th IAAF / Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin 2002 on the IAAF website
• Information on the Athletics Ireland website
• Senior Men's race (Long course) ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Men's race (Short course) ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race (Long course) ( Memento of 16. October 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race (Short course) ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Women's race ( Memento from November 15 2007 on the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website

Coordinates: 53 ° 15 ′ 58 "  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 37"  W.