World Cross Country Championships 1996

The 24th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 23. March 1996 in Stellenbosch in Cape Town ( South Africa instead). The venue was the Danie Craven Stadium.

The men started over a distance of 12.15 km, the women over 6.3 km, the juniors over 8.35 km and the juniors over 4.22 km.

Results

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paul Tergat	Kenya KEN	33:44
2	Salah Hissou	Morocco MAR	33:56
3	Ismael Kirui	Kenya KEN	33:57
4th	Paul Koech	Kenya KEN	34:10
5	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia 1996 ETH	34:28
6th	Joseph Kimani	Kenya KEN	34:30
7th	Khalid Skah	Morocco MAR	34:34
8th	Ismaïl Sghyr	Morocco MAR	34:34

Of the 281 athletes who started, 261 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Kenya Paul Tergat Ismael Kirui Paul Koech Joseph Kimani William Kiptum Josephat Machuka	033 1 3 4 6 9 10 00 00 00 00 00 0
2	Morocco Morocco Salah Hissou Khalid Skah Ismaïl Sghyr Abderrahim Zitouna Mustapha Bamouh Khaled Boulami	99 2 7 8 13 29 40 00 00 00 0 0 0
3	Ethiopia 1996 Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Abraham Assefa Habte Jifar Fita Bayisa Ayele Mezgebu Chala Kelele	107 5 11 17 18 21 35 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 29 teams were rated.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gete Wami	Ethiopia 1996 ETH	20:12
2	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya KEN	20:18
3	Naomi Mugo	Kenya KEN	20:21
4th	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia 1996 ETH	20:21
5	Colleen de Reuck	South Africa RSA	20:21
6th	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal POR	20:23
7th	Julia Vaquero	Spain ESP	20:28
8th	Jane Ngotho	Kenya KEN	20:31

Of the 133 athletes who started, 129 made it to the finish line.

The only participant from a German-speaking country was the Swiss Nelly Glauser (82nd place, 10:43 pm).

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Kenya Rose Cheruiyot Naomi Mugo Jane Ngotho Sally Barsosio	24 0 2 03 08 11
2	Ethiopia 1996 Ethiopia Gete Wami Derartu Tulu Berhane Adere Getenesh Urge	44 0 1 04 10 29
3	Romania Romania Gabriela Szabo Iulia Negură Elena Fidatof Mariana Chirila	70 0 9 12 17 32

A total of 23 teams were rated.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	David Chelule	Kenya KEN	24:06
2	Assefa Mezgebu	Ethiopia 1996 ETH	24:19
3	Samuel Chepkok	Kenya KEN	24:24

Of the 140 athletes who started, 128 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Kenya David Chelule Samuel Chepkok Elijah Korir Charles Kwambai	13 0 1 03 04 05
2	Ethiopia 1996 Ethiopia Assefa Mezgebu Mizan Mehari Million Wolde Lemma Alemayehu	26 0 2 06 08 10
3	Morocco Morocco Aziz Driouche Abderrahman Chmaiti Rachid Amroug Rachid Boulahdid	94 14 19 20 41

A total of 20 teams were rated.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia 1996 ETH	13:27
2	Annemari Sandell	Finland FIN	13:32
3	Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei	Kenya KEN	13:35

Of the 115 athletes who started, 110 were included in the ranking. Two failed to finish, three were disqualified.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Kenya Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei Nancy Kiprop Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat Elizabeth Cheptanui	21 0 3 04 05 09
2	Ethiopia 1996 Ethiopia Kutre Dulecha Etaferahu Tarekegn Shura Hotesa Ayelech Worku	26 0 1 06 08 11
3	Japan Japan Emiko Kojima Yuka Hata Tomoko Hashimoto Kaori Yoshimura	70 15 16 17 22

A total of 17 teams were rated.