1985 African Cross Country Championships

1985 African Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CAA
Edition	Trial
Date	16 February 1985 [1]
Host city	Nairobi, Kenya
Events	3
Participation	72 athletes from 8 nations
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The 1985 African Cross Country Championships was the first trial edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 16 February in Nairobi, Kenya and would be the only African cross-country championship until its re-launch in 2011. ^[2]

There were three races on the program: 12 km for senior men, 4 km for senior women, and 8 km for under-20 men. 72 athletes from eight countries participated, consisting of Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Tanzania, Somalia, Egypt, and Djibouti. ^{[3] [4]}

Kenya swept all team and individual gold medals. The competition was said to have attracted mostly Kenyans and other neighbors. ^[5]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Senior men's 12 km	Paul Kipkoech  (KEN)		Andrew Masai  (KEN)		Joshua Kipkemboi  (KEN)
Senior men's team	Kenya	21 pts	Uganda	83 pts	Tanzania	141 pts
Senior women's 4 km	Hellen Kimaiyo  (KEN)		Marcelina Cheboi  (KEN)		Florence Mwangechi  (KEN)
Senior women's team	Kenya	10 pts	Tanzania	40 pts	Uganda	44 pts
U20 men's 8 km	Peter Rono  (KEN)		Jeremiah Chelego  (KEN)		Samuel Okemwa  (KEN)
U20 men's team	Kenya	10 pts	Djibouti	32 pts	Uganda	46 pts

Results

Senior races

Senior men's race Place Athlete Country Time Paul Kipkoech   Kenya Andrew Masai   Kenya Joshua Kipkemboi   Kenya 4th Jackson Ruto   Kenya 5th James Kipngetich   Kenya 6th Alfred Nyasani   Kenya 7th Unknown Unknown 8th Unknown Unknown 9th Unknown Unknown 10th Elly Mirembe   Uganda 11th Unknown Unknown 12th Wilson Achia   Uganda 13th Pius Lonika   Uganda 14th Juma Mnyampanda   Tanzania 15th Vincent Rugua   Uganda 16th Hillmark Lobunei   Uganda 17th Benjamin Longris   Uganda 18th Jackson Hallot   Tanzania 19th Unknown Unknown 20th Japhet Mashishanga   Tanzania 21st Unknown Unknown 22nd Unknown Unknown 23rd Francis John   Tanzania 24th Unknown Unknown 25th Unknown Unknown 26th Unknown Unknown 27th Unknown Unknown 28th Unknown Unknown 29th Unknown Unknown 30th Jacob Lubinza   Tanzania 31st Unknown Unknown 32nd Unknown Unknown 33rd Unknown Unknown 34th Ida Bunda   Tanzania

Senior women's race Place Athlete Country Time Hellen Kimaiyo   Kenya Marcelina Cheboi   Kenya Florence Mwangechi   Kenya 4th Jepkemoi Barmasai   Kenya 5th Unknown Unknown 6th Unknown Unknown 7th Lilian Nyiti   Tanzania 8th Marcelina Emmanuel   Tanzania 9th Beatrice Namatovu   Uganda 10th Grace Kabhweza   Uganda 11th Consolata Makune   Uganda 12th Graciana Bungu   Tanzania 13th Rajawu Mwajuma   Tanzania 14th Mary Lalam   Uganda

U20 race

U20 men's race Place Athlete Country Time Peter Rono   Kenya Jeremiah Chelego   Kenya Samuel Okemwa   Kenya 4th Ngotho Musyoki   Kenya 5th Talal Omar Abdillahi   Djibouti 6th Yaye Aden   Djibouti 7th Patrick Baguma   Uganda 8th Unknown Unknown 9th Unknown Unknown 10th Robleh Hussein   Djibouti 11th Iltireh Djama   Djibouti 12th Vincent Lyoda   Uganda 13th Patrick Shaka   Uganda 14th Gabriel Omuna   Uganda

See also

• 1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
• 1985 NCAA Division I cross country championships

References

1. "The Guardian Sports Diary 1985: Athletics". The Guardian. 3 Jan 1986. p. 19. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. "Kenya makes a clean sweep at African Cross Country Championships". World Athletics .
3. "1985 African Cross Country Championships". Athletics Podium.
4. "AFRICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Weekly.
5. "African Cross Country Championships". Athletics Podium.

Results

• "1985 1st Pan-African Cross Country Championships (Nairobi)". sport-olympic.gr.^{[ dead link ‍]}