2023 Asian Cross Country Championships

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. ^[1]

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)

Medallists

Senior

10 km ^{[4] [5] [3] [6]}

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)

Junior

8 km

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)

6 km

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

Medal Table

  *   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

• Bronze medal in 6 km Girls' team was not awarded due to lack of participants

References

1. "Asian Cross Country race on March 7". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
2. "Huidrom Bhumeshwory in Indian team for 16th Asian Cross Country C'ship". www.thesangaiexpress.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
3. "Asian Cross Country Championships: भारत को तीन स्वर्ण और एक कांस्य पदक, दो पदक बेटियों ने दिलाए". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
4. "Adhikari wins historic gold in Asian Cross Country Championship". The Himalayan Times. Himalayan News Service. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
5. 10 km men's result
6. "asian cross country championships 2023 - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.