Cross Country World Championships 2008

The 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF (official 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships ) took place on 30th March 2008 in Edinburgh ( Scotland , UK ) instead.

course

The venue was Holyrood Park, in which a two-kilometer loop had been created, with the shortened version of which the ascent to Haggis Knowe (approx. 15 meters in altitude ) was omitted. The men completed two small and four large laps (12 km), the women and juniors two large and two small laps (7.905 km) and the juniors one small and two large laps.

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. Over 17,000 spectators attended the races. The weather was cold, at times rainy and gusty.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	34:38
2	Leonard Patrick Komon	KEN	34:41
3	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	34:43
4th	Joseph Ebuya	KEN	34:47
5	Moses Ndiema Masai	KEN	35:02
6th	Felix Kikwai Kibore	QAT	35:15
7th	Gedion Lekumok Ngatuny	KEN	35:16
8th	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	QAT	35:18

Out of 165 registered athletes, 179 started and 165 were classified. One runner was disqualified on the spot, while Algerian Fathi Meftah was subsequently deprived of 35th place for a doping offense .

As the only participant from a German-speaking country, the Swiss Ueli Koch came in 133rd place (39:12).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Leonard Patrick Komon Joseph Ebuya Moses Ndiema Masai Gedion Lekumok Ngatuny Bernard Kiprop Kipyego Hosea Mwok Macharinyang	039 2 4 5 7 10 11 00 00 00 00 0 0
2	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele Habtamu Fikadu Sileshi Sihine Gebregziabher Gebremariam Dereje Debele Abebe Dinkesa	104 1 9 15 17 21 41 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	Qatar Felix Kikwai Kibore Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Sultan Khamis Zaman Mubarak Hassan Shami Gamal Belal Salem Essa Ismail Rashed	143 6 8 22 25 34 48 00 00 0 0 0 0

A total of 15 teams were rated.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	25:10
2	Mestavet Tufa	ETH	25:15
3	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	KEN	25:18
4th	Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo	KEN	25:34
5	Hilda Kibet	NED	25:35
6th	Wear burqa	ETH	25:35
7th	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	KEN	25:36
8th	Margaret Wangari Muriuki	KEN	25:46

Of 99 registered athletes, 95 started and 90 reached the finish.

As the only participant from a German-speaking country, the German Susanne Hahn came in 33rd place (27:09).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba Mestawet Tufa Gelete Burka Meselech Melkamu	18 0 1 02 06 09
2	Kenya Linet Chepkwemoi Masai Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo Priscah Jepleting Cherono Margaret Wangari Muriuki	22 0 3 04 07 08
3	Australia Benita Johnson Lisa Jane Weightman Melissa Rollison Anna Thompson	84 11 20 26 27

A total of twelve teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ibrahim Jeilan	ETH	22:38
2	Ayele Abshero	ETH	22:40
3	Lucas Kimeli Rotich	KEN	22:42

Of 109 registered and started athletes, 108 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Lucas Kimeli Rotich Titus Kipjumba Mbishei Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio Peter Kimeli Some	21 0 3 05 06 07
2	Ethiopia Ibrahim Jeilan Ayele Abshero Hunegnaw Mesfin Feyisa Lilesa	28 0 1 02 11 14
3	Uganda Benjamin Kiplagat Geofrey Kusuro Stephen Kiprotich Abraham Kiplimo	37 0 4 08 12 13

A total of 15 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	19:59
2	Irine Chepet Cheptai	KEN	8:04 p.m.
3	Embed Etea	ETH	20:06

Of 66 registered athletes, 65 started, all of them reaching the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Genzebe Dibaba Emebt Etea Emebet Bacha Betelhem Moges	16 0 1 03 05 07
2	Kenya Irine Chepet Cheptai Delvine Relin Meringor Jackline Chebii Dorcas Jepchirchir Kiptarus	20 0 2 04 06 08
3	Japan Yukino Ninomiya Atsuko Matsumura Asami Katō Ayaka Mori	57 10 14 15 18

A total of eight teams were rated.

Web links

• 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh 2008 on the IAAF website ( old version ( memento of October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) in the Internet Archive )

Footnotes

1. ^ IAAF: What's financially at stake in Edinburgh? ( Memento of March 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) March 21, 2008

Coordinates: 55 ° 57 ′ 6 "  N , 3 ° 10 ′ 5"  W.