World Cross Country Championships 1994

The 22nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 26. March 1994 in Kincsem Park of Budapest ( Hungary instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.06 km, the women over 6.22 km, the juniors over 8.14 km and the juniors over 4.3 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	William Sigei	KEN	34:29
2	Simon Chemoiywo	KEN	34:30
3	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	34:32
4th	Paul Tergat	KEN	34:36
5	Khalid Skah	MAR	34:59
6th	James Songok	KEN	35:02
7th	Addis Abebe	ETH	35:11
8th	Ayele Mezgebu	ETH	35:14

Of the 281 athletes who started, 267 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 58: Andrea Erni ( SUI ), 36:27
• 59: Arnold Mächler ( SUI ), 36:28
• 89: Markus Graf ( SUI ), 36:53
• 173: Bruno Heuberger ( SUI ), 37:51
• 197: Marius Hasler ( SUI ), 38:16
• 199: Kasimir Kunz ( SUI ), 38:18
• 216: Thierry Constantin ( SUI ), 38:35
• 220: Jean-Francois Cünnet ( SUI ), 38:39
• 224: Philip Rist ( SUI ), 38:45

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya William Sigei Simon Chemoiywo Paul Tergat James Songok Shem Kororia Dominic Kirui	034 1 2 4 6 9 12 00 00 00 00 00 0
2	Morocco Khalid Skah Salah Hissou Elarbi Khattabi Khaled Boulami Mohamed Issangar Brahim Lahlafi	083 5 11 14 15 16 22 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Addis Abebe Ayele Mezgebu Ibrahim Seid Tegenu Abebe Lemi Erpassa	133 3 7 8 35 37 43 00 00 00 0 0 0

A total of 29 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished 17th with 775 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bright Chepngeno	KEN	8:45 pm
2	Catherina McKiernan	IRL	20:52
3	Conceição Ferreira	POR	20:52
4th	Merima Denboba	ETH	20:57
5	Albertina slides	POR	20:59
6th	Elana Meyer	RSA	21:00
7th	Zola Pieterse	RSA	21:01
8th	Farida Fatès	FRA	21:01

Of the 148 athletes who started, 147 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 12: Daria Nauer ( SUI ), 21:10
• 15: Claudia Stalder ( SUI ), 21:17
• 136: Andrea Hayoz ( SUI ), 23:46

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Portugal Conceição Ferreira Albertina Dias Fernanda Ribeiro Mónica Gama	55 0 3 05 10 37
2	Ethiopia Merima Denboba Getenesh Urge Asha Gigi Berhane Adere	65 0 4 14 19 28
3	Kenya Hellen Chepngeno Joyce Chepchumba Jane Omoro Hellen Kimaiyo Kipkoskei	75 0 1 18 25 31

A total of 25 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Philip Mosima	KEN	24:15
2	Daniel Komen	KEN	24:17
3	Abreham Tsige	ETH	24:46

Of 189 athletes who started, 186 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 96: André Bucher ( SUI ), 26:54
• 127: Bolko von Unruh ( GER ), 27:18
• 137: Torsten Grube ( GER ), 27:32
• 140: Carsten Schütz ( GER ), 27:35
• 161: Marco Kallmeier ( GER ), 28:04
• 181: Frank Brucksch ( GER ), 29:25

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Philip Mosima Daniel Komen Philip Kemei David Kiptum	18 0 1 02 04 11
2	Ethiopia Abreham Tsige Lemma Alemayehu Tibebu Reta Tekalegne Shewaye	27 0 3 05 07 12
3	Morocco Salah El Ghazi Abdelmajid El Boubkary Mohamed El Hattab Abdelilah El Marrafe	78 10 18 20 30

A total of 31 teams were rated. The German team finished 28th with 565 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sally Barsosio	KEN	14:04
2	Rose Cheruiyot	KEN	14:05
3	Elizabeth Cheptanui	KEN	14:15

Of 142 athletes who started, 138 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 37: Verena Karstens ( GER ), 15:38
• 39: Esther Heinold ( GER ), 15:40
• 71: Saskia Jeck ( GER ), 16:03
• 76: Katrin Engelen ( GER ), 16:04
• 77: Karen Bockel ( GER ), 16:05
• 79: Mirja Moser ( SUI ), 16:06

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Sally Barsosio Rose Cheruiyot Elizabeth Cheptanui Ruth Biwott	11 0 1 02 03 05
2	Ethiopia Shura Hotesa Birhan Dagne Abeba Tolla Leila Aman	46 0 9 10 13 14
3	Japan Azumi Miyazaki Miwa Sugawara Kanako Haginaga Sachiko Yokotsuka	60 0 8 15 18 19

A total of 23 teams were rated. The German team took tenth place with 223 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