2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20/21, 2004. The races were held at the Ossegem Park in Bruxelles, the capital of Belgium. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1] and for the IAAF.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 32nd |
Date | March 20/21 |
Host city | Bruxelles, Belgium |
Venue | Ossegem Park |
Events | 6 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women |
Participation | 673 athletes from 72 nations |
The new team scores introduced in 2002 were reverted to the original form as used in 2001 and earlier.
Complete results for senior men,[8][9][10] for senior men's teams,[8][11][12] for men's short race,[13][14][15] for men's short race teams,[13][16][17] for junior men,[18][19][20] for junior men's teams,[18][21][22] senior women,[23][24][25] for senior women's teams,[23][26][27] for women's short race,[28][29][30] for women's short race teams,[28][31][32] for junior women,[33][34][35] for junior women's teams,[33][36][37] medallists,[38] and the results of British athletes who took part[39] were published.
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12 km) |
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 35:52 | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia | 36:10 | Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia | 36:11 |
Men's short (4 km) |
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 11:31 | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia | 11:36 | Maregu Zewdie Ethiopia | 11:42 |
Junior men (8 km) |
Meba Tadesse Ethiopia | 24:01 | Boniface Kiprop Uganda | 24:03 | Ernest Meli Kimeli Kenya | 24:16 |
Senior women (8 km) |
Benita Johnson Australia | 27:17 | Ejagayehu Dibaba Ethiopia | 27:29 | Worknesh Kidane Ethiopia | 27:34 |
Women's short (4 km) |
Edith Masai Kenya | 13:07 | Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia | 13:09 | Teyiba Erkesso Ethiopia | 13:11 |
Junior women (6 km) |
Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia | 20:48 | Aziza Aliyu Ethiopia | 20:53 | Mestawat Tadesse Ethiopia | 20:56 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Ethiopia | 14 | Kenya | 30 | Eritrea | 66 |
Men's short | Ethiopia | 17 | Qatar | 39 | Kenya | 52 |
Junior men | Kenya | 20 | Ethiopia | 25 | Uganda | 33 |
Senior women | Ethiopia | 26 | Kenya | 30 | United Kingdom | 74 |
Women's short | Ethiopia | 19 | Kenya | 21 | Canada | 87 |
Junior women | Ethiopia | 10 | Kenya | 36 | Japan | 67 |
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
- For full event details see 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 35:52 | |
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 36:10 | |
Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 36:11 | |
4 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 36:34 |
5 | Charles Kamathi | Kenya | 36:36 |
6 | Zersenay Tadesse | Eritrea | 36:37 |
7 | Fabiano Joseph | Tanzania | 36:49 |
8 | Yibeltal Admassu | Ethiopia | 36:52 |
9 | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 36:53 |
10 | Wilberforce Talel | Kenya | 37:01 |
11 | John Cheruiyot Korir | Kenya | 37:03 |
12 | Hicham Chatt | Morocco | 37:09 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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14 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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30 | |||||||||||||
Eritrea
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66 | |||||||||||||
4 | Morocco | 68 | ||||||||||||
5 | Australia | 101 | ||||||||||||
6 | Tanzania | 118 | ||||||||||||
7 | Rwanda | 164 | ||||||||||||
8 | Spain | 166 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Men's short race (4 km)
- For full event details see 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 11:31 | |
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 11:36 | |
Maregu Zewdie | Ethiopia | 11:42 | |
4 | Abdullah Ahmed Hassan | Qatar | 11:44 |
5 | Saif Saeed Shaheen | Qatar | 11:44 |
6 | Eliud Kirui | Kenya | 11:45 |
7 | Isaac Songok | Kenya | 11:45 |
8 | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | 11:50 |
9 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 11:51 |
10 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 11:56 |
11 | Dejene Berhanu | Ethiopia | 11:56 |
12 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 11:56 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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17 | |||||||||||||
Qatar
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39 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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52 | |||||||||||||
4 | Algeria | 119 | ||||||||||||
5 | Morocco | 119 | ||||||||||||
6 | Canada | 128 | ||||||||||||
7 | United States | 163 | ||||||||||||
8 | Spain | 193 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8 km)
- For full event details see 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Meba Tadesse | Ethiopia | 24:01 | |
Boniface Kiprop | Uganda | 24:03 | |
Ernest Meli Kimeli | Kenya | 24:16 | |
4 | Barnabas Kosgei | Kenya | 24:24 |
5 | Mulugeta Wendimu | Ethiopia | 24:44 |
6 | Hosea Macharinyang | Kenya | 24:51 |
7 | Ronald Rutto | Kenya | 25:04 |
8 | Moses Aliwa | Uganda | 25:08 |
9 | Tessema Absher | Ethiopia | 25:12 |
10 | Yirefu Birhanu | Ethiopia | 25:18 |
11 | Harbert Okuti | Uganda | 25:21 |
12 | Nicholas Kwemoi | Uganda | 25:22 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
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20 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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25 | |||||||||||||
Uganda
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33 | |||||||||||||
4 | Morocco | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | Japan | 105 | ||||||||||||
6 | Algeria | 157 | ||||||||||||
7 | United States | 175 | ||||||||||||
8 | Russia | 179 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (8 km)
- For full event details see 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Benita Johnson | Australia | 27:17 | |
Ejagayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia | 27:29 | |
Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 27:34 | |
4 | Alice Timbilil | Kenya | 27:36 |
5 | Teyiba Erkesso | Ethiopia | 27:43 |
6 | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | 27:56 |
7 | Eunice Chepkorir | Kenya | 27:59 |
8 | Émilie Mondor | Canada | 28:01 |
9 | Fridah Domongole | Kenya | 28:03 |
10 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 28:08 |
11 | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | 28:13 |
12 | Olivera Jevtić | Serbia and Montenegro | 28:18 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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26 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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30 | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom
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74 | |||||||||||||
4 | France | 90 | ||||||||||||
5 | United States | 98 | ||||||||||||
6 | Australia | 99 | ||||||||||||
7 | Canada | 161 | ||||||||||||
8 | Portugal | 167 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Women's short race (4 km)
- For full event details see 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Edith Masai | Kenya | 13:07 | |
Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 13:09 | |
Teyiba Erkesso | Ethiopia | 13:11 | |
4 | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 13:14 |
5 | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 13:18 |
6 | Olga Romanova | Russia | 13:19 |
7 | Peninah Chepchumba | Kenya | 13:22 |
8 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 13:23 |
9 | Jane Wanjiku | Kenya | 13:23 |
10 | Ejagayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia | 13:23 |
11 | Amane Godana | Ethiopia | 13:27 |
12 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 13:33 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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19 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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21 | |||||||||||||
Canada
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87 | |||||||||||||
4 | Morocco | 101 | ||||||||||||
5 | United Kingdom | 125 | ||||||||||||
6 | Portugal | 127 | ||||||||||||
7 | United States | 141 | ||||||||||||
8 | Spain | 191 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior women's race (6 km)
- For full event details see 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 20:48 | |
Aziza Aliyu | Ethiopia | 20:53 | |
Mestawat Tadesse | Ethiopia | 20:56 | |
4 | Workitu Ayanu | Ethiopia | 20:59 |
5 | Chemutai Rionotukei | Kenya | 21:04 |
6 | Jebichi Yator | Kenya | 21:05 |
7 | Yenealem Ayano | Ethiopia | 21:05 |
8 | Bao Guiying | China | 21:05 |
9 | Gladys Chemweno | Kenya | 21:13 |
10 | Hitomi Miyai | Japan | 21:15 |
11 | Yuko Nohara | Japan | 21:19 |
12 | Siham Hilali | Morocco | 21:31 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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10 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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36 | |||||||||||||
Japan
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67 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 120 | ||||||||||||
5 | Russia | 160 | ||||||||||||
6 | China | 169 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Africa | 185 | ||||||||||||
8 | Morocco | 196 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ethiopia | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
2 | Kenya | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 673 athletes from 72 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[39] The announced athletes from Guinea did not show.[19][20][29][30]
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See also
- 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
- 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
- 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
- 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
- 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
- 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
- 2004 in athletics (track and field)
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