World Cross Country Championships 2004

The 32nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 20 and 21 March 2004 in Brussels ( Belgium instead).

course

The venue was the Laken Park , where a hilly 2 km circuit had been set up. The men covered 12 km on the long distance, the women on the long distance and the juniors 8 km, the juniors 6 km and the short distance athletes of both sexes 4 km.

Competitions

The junior women's race, the men's short-distance race and the women's long-distance race took place on March 20, and the other three races on the following day.

Results

Men

Long haul

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	35:52
2	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	36:10
3	Sileshi Sihine	ETH	36:11
4th	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	36:34
5	Charles Waweru Kamathi	KEN	36:36
6th	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	36:37
7th	Fabiano Joseph	TAN	36:49
8th	Yibeltal Admassu	ETH	36:52

Of 142 registered athletes, 136 started and 130 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele Gebregziabher Gebremariam Sileshi Sihine Yibeltal Admassu	14 0 1 02 03 08
2	Kenya Eliud Kipchoge Charles Waweru Kamathi Wilberforce Talel John Cheruiyot Korir	30 0 4 05 10 11
3	Eritrea Zersenay Tadese Yonas Kifle Tesfayohannes Mesfin Samson Kiflemariam	66 0 6 09 22 29

A total of 19 teams were rated.

Short haul

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	11:31
2	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	11:36
3	Terefe Maregu	ETH	11:42
4th	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	QAT	11:44
5	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	QAT	11:44
6th	Eliud Kibet Kirui	KEN	11:45
7th	Isaac Kiprono Songok	KEN	11:45
8th	Sultan Khamis Zaman	QAT	11:50

Of 143 registered athletes, 140 started and 139 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 71: Thomas Benz ( SUI ), 12:36
• 73: Daniel Vögeli ( SUI ), 12:37
• 82: Walter Jenni ( SUI ), 12:41
• 89: Philipp Bandi ( SUI ), 12:45 pm
• 109: Michael Mächler ( SUI ), 13:06
• 123: Pius Stucki ( SUI ), 13:26

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele Gebregziabher Gebremariam Terefe Maregu Dejene Berhanu	17 0 1 02 03 11
2	Qatar Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Saif Saaeed Shaheen Sultan Khamis Zaman Abdulaziz Abdelrahman Al-Ameeri	39 0 4 05 08 22
3	Kenya Eliud Kibet Kirui Isaac Kiprono Songok Abraham Chebii Kiplimo Muneria	52 0 6 07 19 20

A total of 18 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished 15th with 315 points.

Long haul

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Benita Johnson	OUT	27:17
2	Ejegayehu Dibaba	ETH	27:29
3	Werknesh Kidane	ETH	27:34
4th	Alice Jemeli Timbilili	KEN	27:36
5	Teyba Erkesso	ETH	27:43
6th	Lornah Kiplagat	NED	27:56
7th	Eunice Jepkorir	KEN	27:59
8th	Émilie Mondor	CAN	28:01

Out of 100 registered athletes, 97 started and 96 reached the finish.

As the only participant from a German-speaking country, the German Susanne Ritter came in 23rd place (28:53).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points
1	Ethiopia Ejegayehu Dibaba Werknesh Kidane Teyba Erkesso Derartu Tulu	26 0 2 03 05 16
2	Kenya Alice Jemeli Timbilili Eunice Jepkorir Fridah Chepkemoi Domongole Sally Barsosio	30 0 4 07 09 10
3	United Kingdom Kathy Butler Liz Yelling Louise Damen Natalie Harvey	74 11 13 22 28

A total of 14 teams were rated.

Short haul

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Edith Masai	KEN	13:07
2	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	13:09
3	Teyba Erkesso	ETH	13:11
4th	Werknesh Kidane	ETH	13:14
5	Isabella Ochichi	KEN	13:18
6th	Olga Romanova	RUS	13:19
7th	Peninah Biwott Jepchumba	KEN	13:22
8th	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	13:23

Out of 97 registered athletes, 91 started and 89 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 42: Mirja Jenni-Moser ( SUI ), 14:19
• 50: Eliane Murer ( SUI ), 14:26
• 67: Christina Carruzzo ( SUI ), 14:40
• 69: Monique Zimmer ( SUI ), 14:45
• 70: Andrea Etter ( SUI ), 14:45

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points
1	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba Teyba Erkesso Werknesh Kidane Ejegayehu Dibaba	19 0 2 03 04 10
2	Kenya Edith Masai Isabella Ochichi Peninah Biwott Jepchumba Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	21 0 1 05 07 08
3	Canada Émilie Mondor Carmen Douma-Hussar Malindi Elmore Tina Connelly	87 13 17 22 35

A total of twelve teams were rated. The Swiss team finished eleventh with 228 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meba Tadesse	ETH	24:01
2	Boniface Toroitich Kiprop	UGA	24:03
3	Ernest Meli Kimeli	KEN	24:16

Of the 123 registered athletes, 120 started and 118 reached the finish.

The Swiss Alain McLaren was the only participant from a German-speaking country to come in 114th place (29:54).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points
1	Kenya Ernest Meli Kimeli Barnabas Kiplagat Kosgei Hosea Mwok Macharinyang Ronald Kipchumba Rutto	20 0 3 04 06 07
2	Ethiopia Meba Tadesse Mulugeta Wendimu Tessema Absher Yerefu Berhanu	25 0 1 05 09 10
3	Uganda Boniface Toroitich Kiprop Moses Aliwa Harbert Okuti Nicholas Kwemoi	33 0 2 08 11 12

A total of 18 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	20:48
2	Aziza Aliyu	ETH	20:53
3	Mestavot Tadesse	ETH	20:56

Of 117 registered athletes, 115 started and 112 reached the finish.

As the only participant from a German-speaking country, the Swiss Estelle Oberson came in 90th place (23:43).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total and individual points
1	Ethiopia Meselech Melkamu Aziza Aliyu Mestawot Tadesse Workitu Ayanu	10 0 1 02 03 04
2	Kenya Chemtai Rionotukei Jebichi Yator Gladys Jepkemoi Chemweno Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei	36 0 5 06 09 16
3	Japan Hitomi Miyai Yuko Nohara Hitomi Niiya Kei Terada	67 10 11 19 27

A total of 17 teams were rated.

Web links

• World Cross Country Championships 2004 ( Memento of May 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the IAAF website
• Website of the local organizing committee ( Memento dated February 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
• Senior Men's race (Long course) ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Men's race (Short course) ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race (Long course) ( Memento of 16. October 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race (Short course) ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Women's race ( Memento from October 16 2007 on the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website

Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 34 "  N , 4 ° 20 ′ 48"  E