2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 37th |
Date | March 28 |
Host city | Amman, Jordan |
Venue | Al Bisharat Golf Course |
Events | 4 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 6 km – Junior women |
Participation | 459 athletes from 59 nations |
The 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 28, 2009. The races were held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan. [1] Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. Amman is also only the second occasion on which Asia has hosted the World Cross Country Championships, which are the oldest IAAF World Athletics Series event, first celebrated under the IAAF banner in 1973. [2]
The senior male team for Kenya won their 22nd team title in 24 years despite the fact that no senior male runner from Kenya has won an individual title since 1999. [3]
Florence Kiplagat was the first Kenyan senior women's winner since Helen Chepngeno in 1994. She was quoted saying, ‘’I would like to thank God,” she said. “Kenya has not won since 1994. We are determined to perform at the same level as Kenyan men.” [4]
Further race reports of the event were given in The New York Times [5] [6] and for the IAAF. [7] [8]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12 km) | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia | 35:02 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Uganda | 35:04 | Zersenay Tadese Eritrea | 35:04 |
Junior men (8 km) | Ayele Abshero Ethiopia | 23:26 | Titus Kipjumba Mbishei Kenya | 23:30 | Moses Kibet Uganda | 23:35 |
Senior women (8 km) | Florence Jebet Kiplagat Kenya | 26:13 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai Kenya | 26:16 | Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia | 26:19 |
Junior women (6 km) | Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia | 20:14 | Mercy Cherono Kenya | 20:17 | Jackline Chepngeno Kenya | 20:27 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Kenya | 28 | Ethiopia | 28 | Eritrea | 50 |
Junior men | Kenya | 20 | Ethiopia | 22 | Eritrea | 72 |
Senior women | Kenya | 14 | Ethiopia | 28 | Portugal | 72 |
Junior women | Ethiopia | 18 | Kenya | 18 | Japan | 76 |
Complete results for senior men [9] [10] [11] and for senior men's teams [12] [13] [14] were published.
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 35:02 | |
Moses Kipsiro | Uganda | 35:04 | |
Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 35:04 | |
4 | Leonard Komon | Kenya | 35:05 |
5 | Habtamu Fikadu | Ethiopia | 35:06 |
6 | Mathew Kisorio | Kenya | 35:08 |
7 | Mark Kiptoo | Kenya | 35:11 |
8 | Chakir Boujattaoui | Morocco | 35:12 |
9 | Teklemariam Medhin | Eritrea | 35:14 |
10 | Hunegnaw Mesfin | Ethiopia | 35:16 |
11 | Moses Mosop | Kenya | 35:17 |
12 | Feyisa Lilesa | Ethiopia | 35:22 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
| 28 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
| 28 | |||||||||||||
Eritrea
| 50 | |||||||||||||
4 | Uganda | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Qatar | 79 | ||||||||||||
6 | Morocco | 107 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spain | 140 | ||||||||||||
8 | United States | 168 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Complete results for junior men [15] [16] [17] and for junior men's teams [18] [19] [20] were published.
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Ayele Abshero | Ethiopia | 23:26 | |
Titus Kipjumba Mbishei | Kenya | 23:30 | |
Moses Kibet | Uganda | 23:35 | |
4 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | Kenya | 23:35 |
5 | Japheth Kipyegon Korir | Kenya | 23:36 |
6 | Atalay Yirsaw | Ethiopia | 23:38 |
7 | Gashaw Biftu | Ethiopia | 23:44 |
8 | Debebe Woldsenbet | Ethiopia | 23:52 |
9 | John Kipkoech | Kenya | 24:00 |
10 | John Kemboi Cheruiyot | Kenya | 24:08 |
11 | German Fernandez | United States | 24:13 |
12 | Dieudonné Nsengiyuma | Burundi | 24:16 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya
| 20 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
| 22 | |||||||||||||
Eritrea
| 72 | |||||||||||||
4 | Uganda | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | United States | 104 | ||||||||||||
6 | Australia | 135 | ||||||||||||
7 | Morocco | 143 | ||||||||||||
8 | Japan | 153 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Complete results for senior women [21] [22] [23] and for senior women's teams [24] [25] [26] were published.
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Florence Kiplagat | Kenya | 26:13 | |
Linet Masai | Kenya | 26:16 | |
Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 26:19 | |
4 | Lineth Chepkurui | Kenya | 26:23 |
5 | Wude Ayalew | Ethiopia | 26:23 |
6 | Hilda Kibet | Netherlands | 26:43 |
7 | Ann Karindi Mwangi | Kenya | 26:49 |
8 | Gelete Burka | Ethiopia | 26:58 |
9 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | Bahrain | 27:00 |
10 | Ines Chenonge | Kenya | 27:00 |
11 | Pauline Korikwiang | Kenya | 27:03 |
12 | Mamitu Daska | Ethiopia | 27:04 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
| 14 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
| 28 | |||||||||||||
Portugal
| 72 | |||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 117 | ||||||||||||
5 | United States | 130 | ||||||||||||
6 | Morocco | 130 | ||||||||||||
7 | Australia | 154 | ||||||||||||
8 | Japan | 165 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Complete results for junior women [27] [28] [29] and for junior women's teams [30] [31] [32] were published.
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 20:14 | |
Mercy Cherono | Kenya | 20:17 | |
Jackline Chepngeno | Kenya | 20:27 | |
4 | Frehiwat Goshu | Ethiopia | 20:34 |
5 | Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo | Kenya | 20:36 |
6 | Sule Utura | Ethiopia | 20:38 |
7 | Emebet Anteneh | Ethiopia | 20:42 |
8 | Hilda Chepkemoi Tanui | Kenya | 20:49 |
9 | Meseret Mengistu | Ethiopia | 20:52 |
10 | Jackline Chebii | Kenya | 21:01 |
11 | Emily Brichacek | Australia | 21:02 |
12 | Tsega Gelaw | Ethiopia | 21:11 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia
| 18 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
| 18 | |||||||||||||
Japan
| 76 | |||||||||||||
4 | United Kingdom | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | United States | 124 | ||||||||||||
6 | Eritrea | 132 | ||||||||||||
7 | Australia | 157 | ||||||||||||
8 | Russia | 182 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Kenya | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Ethiopia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
According to an unofficial count, 459 athletes from 59 countries participated, two athletes less (senior women) than the official number published [1]
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