Cross Country World Championships 2007

The 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 24. March 2007 in Mombasa ( Kenya instead).

course

The venue was the golf course on Mombasa Island , on which a 2 km long round had been set up, which could be shortened to 1.2 km. Including the 800 m from the start to the beginning of the lap, the men covered 12 km, the women and juniors 8 km and the juniors 6 km.

Competitions

The total prize pool for the adult competitions was $ 280,000, of which $ 30,000 was awarded to the winners of each race and $ 20,000 to each winning team.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	35:50
2	Moses Cheruiyot Mosop	KEN	36:13
3	Bernard Kiprop Kipyego	KEN	36:37
4th	Gedion Lekumok Ngatuny	KEN	36:43
5	Hosea Mwok Macharinyang	KEN	36:46
6th	Michael Kipkorir Kipyego	KEN	37:04
7th	Tadese Tola	ETH	37:04
8th	Mubarak Hassan Shami	QAT	37:09

Of 165 registered athletes, 163 started and 134 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 122: Stéphane Joly ( SUI ), 42:43
• DNF: Günther Weidlinger ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Moses Cheruiyot Mosop Bernard Kiprop Kipyego Gedion Lekumok Ngatuny Hosea Mwok Macharinyang Michael Kipkorir Kipyego Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	029 2 3 4 5 6 9 00 00 00 00 00 00
2	Morocco Anise Selmouni Ahmed Baday Abderrahim Goumri Abdelhadi El Mouaziz Mourad Marofit Brahim Beloua	152 0 14 018 021 031 033 035
3	Uganda Martin Toroitich Moses Aliwa Isaac Kiprop Wilson Kipkemei Busienei James Kibet Francis Musani	191 0 10 020 026 037 039 059

A total of 13 teams were rated.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lornah Kiplagat	NED	26:23
2	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	26:47
3	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	26:48
4th	Wear burqa	ETH	26:55
5	Florence Jebet Kiplagat	KEN	27:26
6th	Pamela Chepchumba	KEN	27:34
7th	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	KEN	27:39
8th	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	28:10

Of 94 registered and started athletes, 82 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba Meselech Melkamu Gelete Burka Wude Ayalew	19 0 2 03 04 10
2	Kenya Florence Jebet Kiplagat Pamela Chepchumba Priscah Jepleting Cherono Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	26 0 5 06 07 08
3	Morocco Zhor El Kamch Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Hanane Ouhaddou Malika Benlafkir	99 11 17 33 38

A total of twelve teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	24:07
2	Vincent Kiprop Chepkok	KEN	24:12
3	Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio	KEN	24:23

Of 128 registered athletes, 126 started and 105 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 57: Thorsten Baumeister ( GER ), 27:15
• 65: Rico Schwarz ( GER ), 27:33
• 67: Jonas Matti Markowski ( GER ), 27:37
• 69: Manuel Stöckert ( GER ), 27:42
• 97: Christian Hengmith ( GER ), 29:19
• 98: Christian Molitor ( LUX ), 29:38

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Asbel Kiprop Vincent Kiprop Chepkok Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio Leonard Patrick Komon	10 0 1 02 03 04
2	Eritrea Issak Sibhatu Samuel Tsegay Teklemariam Medhin Amanuel Mesel	44 0 6 08 14 16
3	Ethiopia Imane Merga Demssew Tsega Abreham Cherkos Tola Bane	54 0 7 12 15 20

A total of 16 teams were rated. The German team finished twelfth with 258 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	KEN	20:52
2	Mercy Jelimo Kosgei	KEN	20:59
3	Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru	KEN	21:10

From 87 registered and started athletes, 67 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Linet Chepkwemoi Masai Mercy Jelimo Kosgei Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru Gladys Jepkemoi Chemweno	13 0 1 02 03 07
2	Eritrea Meraf Bahta Furtuna Zegergish Kokob Mehari Yodit Mehari	33 0 6 08 09 10
3	Ethiopia Sule Utura Genzebe Dibaba Abebu Gelan Bizunesh Urgesa	36 0 4 05 13 14

A total of eleven teams were rated.

Web links

• World Cross Country Championships 2007 ( memo from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the IAAF website
• Website of the local organizing committee ( Memento of February 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• 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

Footnotes

1. ↑ IAAF: One Month to go! A prize purse of US $ 280,000 on offer in Mombasa . February 23, 2007

Coordinates: 4 ° 4 ′ 20 ″  S , 39 ° 40 ′ 42 ″  E