Cross Country World Championships 2013

The 40th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF (official 40th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2013 ) took place on 24. March 2013 in Bydgoszcz instead. The Polish city ​​was the venue for the second time since 2010.

course

The races were held on a 1950 m long circuit in Myślęcinek Park , and there was also a start and a finish straight to be completed. The men ran six laps, the women and juniors four and the juniors three. Compared to 2010, the course had more inclines, curves and natural obstacles.

Competitions

A total of four races took place, one each for men and women as well as juniors (born 1997 or older). A team classification was carried out in each race. For this purpose, the placements of the four best participants in each country were added up; the team with the lowest total won. In the event of a tie, the ranking of the fourth runner decided. Each country was allowed to use a maximum of six runners in each competition.

The IAAF distributed prize money totaling US $ 280,000 in the adult races . Of this, $ 30,000 went to the individual winners and $ 20,000 to the winning teams.

There were no German athletes in the main runs, but in the public fun race. Jost-Lennart Heese was the clear winner on the original six-kilometer World Championship (18:41 min), Tim Stegemann (19:01 min) came second, ahead of his club colleague Sebastian Schenk (19:17 min), and Miriam took the place in the women's competition Dattke (SCB Berlin), her club colleague Kai-Louise Neugebauer came third.

Results

Men (12 km)

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Japhet Kipyegon Korir	KEN	32:45
2	Imane Merga	ETH	32:51
3	Teklemariam Medhin	ERI	32:54
4th	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	UGA	33:08
5	Timothy Toroitich	UGA	33:09
6th	Ben True	United States	33:11
7th	Goitom Kifle	ERI	33:16
8th	Collis Birmingham	OUT	33:18

Of 102 registered and started athletes, 96 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Imane Merga Feyisa Lilesa Abera Chane Tesfaye Abera	38 0 2 09 13 14
2	United States Ben True Chris Derrick Ryan Vail Robert Mack	52 0 6 10 17 19
3	Kenya Japhet Kipyegon Korir Hosea Mwok Macharinyang Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui Timothy Kosgei Kiptoo	54 0 1 12 15 26

A total of 15 teams were rated.

Women (8 km)

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emily Chebet Muge	KEN	24:24
2	Hiwot Ayalew	ETH	24:27
3	Belaynesh Oljira	ETH	24:33
4th	Shitaye Eshete	BRN	24:34
5	Margaret Wangari Muriuki	KEN	24:39
6th	Janet Kisa	KEN	24:46
7th	Viola Jelagat Kibiwot	KEN	24:46
8th	Tejitu Daba	BRN	24:55

Of the 97 registered and started athletes, 96 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Emily Chebet Muge Margaret Wangari Muriuki Janet Kisa Viola Jelagat Kibiwot	19 0 1 05 06 07
2	Ethiopia Hiwot Ayalew Belaynesh Oljira Genet Yalew Sule Utura	48 0 2 03 15 28
3	Bahrain Shitaye Eshete Tejitu Daba Kareema Jasim Genzeb Shumi	73 0 4 08 20 41

A total of 15 teams were rated.

Juniors (8 km)

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hagos Gebrhiwet	ETH	21:04
2	Leonard Barsoton	KEN	21:08
3	Muktar Edris	ETH	21:13

Out of 113 registered and started athletes, 110 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Hagos Gebrhiwet Muktar Edris Birhan Nebebew Yihunilign Adane	23 0 1 03 06 13
2	Kenya Leonard Barsoton Conseslus Kipruto Ronald Kwemoi Michael bed	26 0 2 05 09 10
3	Morocco Mohammed Abid Zouhair Talbi Omar Ait Chitachen Hassan Ghachoui	65 12 14 18 21

A total of 17 teams were rated.

Juniors (6 km)

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	17:51
2	Agnes Jebet Tirop	KEN	17:51
3	Alemitu Heroye	ETH	17:57

Of the 88 registered athletes, 86 started and all of them reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Faith Kipyegon Agnes Jebet Tirop Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui Rosefline Chepngetich	14 0 1 02 04 07
2	Ethiopia Alemitu Heroye Ruti Aga Sofiya Shemsu Buze Diriba	23 0 3 05 06 09
3	United Kingdom Emelia Gorecka Georgia Taylor-Brown Amy Eloise Neale Bobby Clay	81 16 17 21 27

A total of 15 teams were rated.

Web links

• 40th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2013 on the IAAF website
• Website of the local organizing committee ( memento of March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in the Internet Archive

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF: Course and scoring details - Bydgoszcz 2013 . 21st March 2013
2. ^ IAAF: Prize money of US $ 280,000 - Bydgoszcz 2013 . 22th of March 2013
3. ↑ Alexandra Neuhaus: Flash News of the Day - German Winner Podest in Bydgoszcz  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated March 26, 2013, accessed December 12, 2017  

Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 1 ″  N , 18 ° 2 ′ 17 ″  E