World Cross Country Championships 1995

The 23 IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 25. March 1995 on the grounds of Durham University in Durham ( United Kingdom instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.02 km, the women over 6.47 km, the juniors over 8.47 km and the juniors over 4.47 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paul Tergat	KEN	34:05
2	Ismael Kirui	KEN	34:13
3	Salah Hissou	MAR	34:14
4th	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	34:26
5	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR	34:34
6th	Paulo Guerra	POR	34:38
7th	James Songok	KEN	34:41
8th	Simon Chemoiywo	KEN	34:46

Of the 227 athletes who started, 212 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 92: Dieter Baumann ( GER ), 36:31
• 98: Arnold Mächler ( SUI ), 36:34
• 114: Markus Graf ( SUI ), 36:56

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Paul Tergat Ismael Kirui James Songok Simon Chemoiywo Julius Ondieki William Kiptum	062 1 2 7 8 15 29 00 00 00 00 0 0
2	Morocco Salah Hissou Brahim Lahlafi Elarbi Khattabi Abdelaziz Sahere Hammou Boutayeb Mustapha Bamouh	111 3 5 11 12 39 41 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	Spain Martín Fiz José Manuel García José Carlos Adán Antonio Serrano Alejandro Gómez Antonio Pérez	120 0 10 013 018 019 028 032

A total of 22 teams were rated.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Derartu Tulu	ETH	20:21
2	Catherina McKiernan	IRL	20:29
3	Sally Barsosio	KEN	20:39
4th	Margaret Ngotho	KEN	20:40
5	Gete Wami	ETH	20:49
6th	Joan Nesbit	United States	20:50
7th	Merima Denboba	ETH	20:53
8th	Rose Cheruiyot	KEN	20:54

All 135 athletes who started reached the finish.

The only participant from a German-speaking country was Daria Nauer from Switzerland (55th place, 21:46).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Sally Barsosio Margaret Ngotho Rose Cheruiyot Catherine Kirui	26 0 3 04 08 11
2	Ethiopia Derartu Tulu Gete Wami Merima Denboba Askale Bereda	38 0 1 05 07 25
3	Romania Gabriela Szabo Tudorita Chidu Elena Fidatof Iulia Negură	84 10 22 23 29

A total of 21 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	24:12
2	Dejene Lidetu	ETH	24:14
3	David Chelule	KEN	24:16

Of 148 athletes who started, 146 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 45: André Bucher ( SUI ), 26:26
• 51: Malte Stern ( GER ), 26:30
• 104: Frank Hoffmeister ( GER ), 27:29
• 105: Michael Mächler ( SUI ), 27:30
• 126: Philipp Nawrocki ( GER ), 28:29
• 127: Matthias Weippert ( GER ), 28:38

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya David Chelule Philip Mosima Hezron Otwori Mark bed	23 0 3 05 07 08
2	Ethiopia Assefa Mezgebu Dejene Lidetu Abreham Tsige Lemma Bonsa	25 0 1 02 06 16
3	Morocco Mohamed El Hattab Mohamed Amyn Abderrahman Chmaiti Abdelilah El Marrafe	72 15 17 19 21

A total of 23 teams were rated. The German team finished 20th with 408 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Annemari Sandell	FIN	14:04
2	Jebiwot Keitany	KEN	14:09
3	Nancy Kipron	KEN	14:17

Out of 109 athletes who started, 107 were included in the ranking. One did not finish, one was disqualified.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 6: Anita Weyermann ( SUI ), 14:25
• 57: Sonja Knöpfli ( SUI ), 3:43 pm
• 75: Mirja Moser ( SUI ), 16:08
• 81: Susanne Wehrli ( SUI ), 16:12
• 94: Nora Reinerth ( GER ), 16:37
• 97: Nathalie Kuhn ( SUI ), 4:45 pm

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Jebiwot Keitany Nancy Kipron Jepkorir Ayabei Elizabeth Cheptanui	18 0 2 03 04 09
2	Ethiopia Birhan Dagne Alemitu Bekele Yimenashu Taye Ayelech Worku	31 0 5 07 08 11
3	Japan Chiemi Takahashi Miwa Sugawara Yoshiko Ichikawa Masako Chiba	56 12 13 15 16

A total of 15 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished eleventh with 368 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