World Cross Country Championships
The IAAF World Cross Country Championships (official name IAAF World Cross Country Championships ) are Athletics -Wettkämpfe that of the since 1973 IAAF be aligned. The world champions in cross country are determined every two years (from 1973 to 2011 annually) .
The forerunner of today's Cross Country World Championships was the Cross of Nations (International Cross Country Championships), which has been organized by the International Cross Country Union (ICCU) since 1903 and, apart from two interruptions due to the World Wars, took place annually until 1972.
Initially, the World Championships consisted of three competitions - for men, for women and for juniors. In 1989 a race for juniors was introduced, and from 1998 to 2006 a short distance of approx. 4 kilometers was in the program for men and women.
The distances of the competitions are currently as follows:
- Men: approx. 12 kilometers
- Women: approx. 8 kilometers
- Juniors: approx. 8 kilometers
- Juniors: approx. 6 kilometers
For all competitions there is also a team ranking for the participating nations, in which the placements of the top six runners for men, the top four for women and the top three runners of each nation for juniors are added together (if at least so many participants from a country have achieved the goal) and the one with the lowest number of points wins.
Two German athletes have won a medal so far: Detlef Uhlemann took bronze in 1977 and Hans-Jürgen Orthmann took silver in 1980, both for the FRG.
statistics
Venues
Winners list
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Short haul winners list
| year | Men individual evaluation |
Men team competition |
Women individual ranking |
Women team competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kenenisa Bekele -5- |
 Kenya -7-
|
Gelete Burka ( ETH ) |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia -5-
|
| 2005 | Kenenisa Bekele -4- |
Ethiopia -2-
|
Tirunesh Dibaba ( ETH ) |
Ethiopia -4-
|
| 2004 | Kenenisa Bekele -3- |
Ethiopia
|
Edith Masai -3- |
 Ethiopia -3-
|
| 2003 | Kenenisa Bekele -2- |
Kenya -6-
|
Edith Masai -2- |
Kenya
|
| 2002 | Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) |
Kenya -5-
|
Edith Masai ( KEN ) |
Ethiopia -2-
|
| 2001 | Enock Koech ( KEN ) |
Kenya -4-
|
Gete Wami ( ETH ) |
Ethiopia
|
| 2000 | John Kemboi Kibowen -2- |
Kenya -3-
|
Kutre Dulecha ( ETH ) |
 Portugal
|
| 1999 | Benjamin Limo ( KEN ) |
Kenya -2-
|
Jackline Maranga ( KEN ) |
 France
|
| 1998 | John Kemboi Kibowen ( KEN ) |
Kenya
|
Sonia O'Sullivan ( IRL ) |
 Morocco
|
Web links
- Cross Country World Championship 2010 on the IAAF website
- 33rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships Saint-Galmier 2005 - Country Index ( Memento from December 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 191 kB) - Country statistics
- 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships Mombasa 2007 - Facts & Figures ( Memento from March 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 337 kB) - Historical review
- IAAF World Cross Country Championships on arrs.run
- The World Cross Country Championships 1973–2005 ( Memento from November 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), lists of results on the Athchamps website