World Cross Country Championships 1993

The 21st IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 23. March 1993 in Jauregibarria Park of Amorebieta-Etxano ( Spain instead), where the Cross Internacional Zornotza is discharged.

The men started over a distance of 11.75 km, the women over 6.35 km, the juniors over 7.15 km and the juniors over 4.45 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	William Sigei	KEN	32:51
2	Dominic Kirui	KEN	32:56
3	Ismael Kirui	KEN	32:59
4th	Moses Tanui	KEN	33:14
5	Ezequiel Bitok	KEN	33:21
6th	Khalid Skah	MAR	33:22
7th	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	33:23
8th	Addis Abebe	ETH	33:29

Of the 236 athletes who started, 217 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 76: Arnold Mächler ( SUI ), 34:59
• 105: Andrea Erni ( SUI ), 35:23
• 186: Jens Wilky ( GER ), 37:18

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya William Sigei Dominic Kirui Ismael Kirui Moses Tanui Ezequiel Bitok Paul Tergat	025 1 2 3 4 5 10 00 00 00 00 00 0
2	Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Addis Abebe Worku Bikila Fita Bayisa Abraham Assefa Kidane Gebrmichael	082 7 8 9 16 19 23 00 00 00 0 0 0
3	Portugal Domingos Castro Paulo Guerra Carlos Monteiro Joaquim Pinheiro João Junqueira Carlos Patricio	167 0 12 021 022 025 041 046

A total of 24 teams were rated.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Albertina slides	POR	20:00
2	Catherina McKiernan	IRL	8:09 pm
3	Lynn Jennings	United States	8:09 pm
4th	Zola Pieterse	RSA	20:10
5	Liz McColgan	GBR	20:17
6th	Elana Meyer	RSA	20:18
7th	Pauline Konga	KEN	20:19
8th	Farida Fatès	FRA	20:20

Out of 148 athletes who started, 144 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 24: Daria Nauer ( SUI ), 20:40
• 95: Isabella Moretti ( SUI ), 21:48
• 115: Ursula Jeitziner ( SUI ), 22:20
• 134: Nelly Glauser ( SUI ), 23:25
• 143: Andrea Hayoz ( SUI ), 24:07

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Pauline Konga Hellen Kimaiyo Kipkoskei Esther Kiplagat Jane Ngotho	052 7 12 16 17 00 0 0 0
2	Japan Kazumi Kanbayashi Tsugumi Fukuyama Yumi Osaki Kumi Araki	093 0 10 020 027 036
3	France Farida Fatès Odile Ohier Annette Palluy Annick Clouvel	100 8 14 34 44 00 0 0 0

A total of 26 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished 21st with 368 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Philip Mosima	KEN	20:18
2	Christopher Koskei	KEN	20:20
3	Josephat Machuka	KEN	20:23

All 150 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 20: Viktor Röthlin ( SUI ), 21:37
• 72: Guido Streit ( GER ), 22:15
• 96: Christian Belz ( SUI ), 22:38
• 102: Thomas Fuchs ( SUI ), 22:41
• 106: Johannes Schmid ( GER ), 22:44
• 122: Patrick Heinlein ( GER ), 23:06
• 125: Christoph Melcher ( GER ), 23:10
• 137: Christopher Lenz ( GER ), 23:29
• 146: Alexander Kuhn ( SUI ), 24:19
• 148: Philippe Roggo ( SUI ), 24:35

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Philip Mosima Christopher Koskei Josephat Machuka Lazarus Nyakeraka	10 0 1 02 03 04
2	Ethiopia Tegenu Abebe Habte Jifar Tibebu Reta Geta Tsega	27 0 5 06 07 09
3	Morocco Salah El Ghazi Hicham El Guerrouj Abdelmajid El Boubkary Driss El Himer	76 11 15 18 32

A total of 26 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished 19th with 364 points, the German team 23rd with 425 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gladys Ondeyo	KEN	14:04
2	Pamela Chepchumba	KEN	14:09
3	Sally Barsosio	KEN	14:11

All 119 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 27: Katrin Engelen ( GER ), 15:16
• 31: Maren Östringer ( GER ), 15:21
• 34: Constanze Effler ( GER ), 15:23
• 58: Birte Bultmann ( GER ), 15:46
• 71: Simone Raupp ( GER ), 15:57
• 90: Mirja Moser ( SUI ), 16:20
• 98: Christine Hofmeier ( SUI ), 16:31

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Gladys Ondeyo Pamela Chepchumba Sally Barsosio Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai	10 0 1 02 03 04
2	Japan Akiko Kato Azumi Miyazaki Sachiko Nakahito Yuko Kubota	41 0 8 09 10 14
3	Ethiopia Alemitu Bekele Askale Bereda Yeshi Gebrselassie Getenesh Tamirat	61 12 13 17 19

A total of 19 teams were rated. The German team finished eighth with 150 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website