Participating Nations
Bangladesh (4)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Hong Kong (2)
India (12)
Iran (8)
Japan (2)
Kazakhstan (1)
Maldives (3)
Nepal (20) (Host)
Pakistan (3)
Thailand (3)
The 16th Asian Cross Country Championships took place on 7 March 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal. [1] [2] [3] The venue was Gokarna Forest Resort in Kathmandu. [4]
Bangladesh (4)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Hong Kong (2)
India (12)
Iran (8)
Japan (2)
Kazakhstan (1)
Maldives (3)
Nepal (20) (Host)
Pakistan (3)
Thailand (3)| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Individual | Deepak Adhikari (NEP) | Daichi Kamino (JPN) | Mukesh Bahadur Rai (NEP) |
| Men's Team | Deepak Adhikari Mukesh Bahadur Rai Dipak Suhang Rajan Rokaya (NEP) | Mohammadhossein Tayebi Morteza Beiranvand Mansoor Bayat Seyedamir Zamanpour (IRN) | Hemraj Gurjar Anand Singh Nitesh Kumar Rathwa Balram (IND) |
| Women's Individual | Yua Sarumida (JPN) | Rajpura Pachhai (NEP) | Sonika (IND) |
| Women's Team | Sonika Munni Devi Chhavi Devi Sanjivni Devi Jadhav (IND) | Rajpura Pachhai Pushpa Bhandari Bindra Shreshtha Phulmati Rana Rekha Bishta (NEP) | Linda Janthachit Natthaya Thanaronnawat Suneeka Prichaprong (THA) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' Individual | Samir Eghbalighahyazi (IRN) | Shivaji Madappagoudra (IND) | Pouria Eshaghinezhad (IRN) |
| Boys' Team | Shivaji Madappagoudra Subhashis Ghosh Vijay Savartkar Divyansh Kumar (IND) | Samir Eghbalighahyazi Pouria Eshaghinezhad Martin Shahbazi Amirhossein Shahsavani (IRN) | Ser Bahadur Adhikari Sanjay Damai Bikesh Ghimire Dipendra Bohora (NEP) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' Individual | Srushti Shridhar Redekar (IND) | Ram Maya Budha (NEP) | Beby (IND) |
| Girls' Team | Srushti Shridhar Redekar Beby Priyanka C. Bhumeshwory Devi Huidrom (IND) | Ram Maya Budha Rajyalakshmi Raval Bimala Karki Anju Khadka (NEP) | Not awarded |
* Host nation (Nepal)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India (IND) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Nepal (NEP) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |
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