2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships

Last updated
45th World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Organisers World Athletics
Edition45th
Date30 March
Host city Belgrade, Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg
Events5
Distances~10 km – Senior men and women
~8 km – Junior men
~6 km – Junior women
~4×2 km – Mixed relay
Official website Belgrade 2024

The 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships was held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 30 March 2024. It was held in the Park of Friendship, next to the Danube, which was also the site of the 2013 European Championships. [1]

Contents

Originally it was planned to be held in Medulin and Pula, Croatia, on 10 and 11 February 2024. [2] [3] However, due to lack of preparations, on the 15th of September 2023 it was announced by World Athletics that the event is to be moved to an undisclosed new venue. [4] On 27 September 2023, World Athletics awarded Belgrade, Serbia the hosting duties. Belgrade was picked due to establishing itself as a reliable host of world class competitions, successfully hosting the 1962 European Championships, the 2013 European Cross Country Championships, the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, the 2017 Balkan Championships and the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships. [1]

Schedule

The junior races preceded the senior races, and the senior men's event concluded the program.

DateTime (CET)Events
30 March11:00U20 race women
11:35U20 race men
12:15Mixed Relay
12:45Senior race women
13:30Senior race men

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual
Senior men
details
Jacob Kiplimo
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
28:09 Berihu Aregawi
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
28:12 Benson Kiplangat
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
28:14
Senior women
details
Beatrice Chebet
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
31:05 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
31:08 Margaret Kipkemboi
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
31:09
U20 men
details
Samuel Kibathi
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
22:40 Mezgebu Sime
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
22:41 Matthew Kipkoech Kipruto
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
22:46
U20 women
details
Marta Alemayo
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
19:28 Asayech Ayichew
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
19:32 Robe Dida
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
19:38
Team
Senior men
details
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 19 ptsFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 31 ptsFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 40 pts
Senior women
details
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 10 ptsFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 41 ptsFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 44 pts
U20 men
details
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 15 ptsFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 21 ptsFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 52 pts
U20 women
details
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 12 ptsFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 28 ptsFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 48 pts
Relay
Mixed relay
details
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 22:15Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 22:43Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23:00

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Serbia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 62311
2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 26210
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1135
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0011
Totals (4 entries)99927

Participation

485 athletes from 51 countries are scheduled to participate. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susanna Kallur</span> Swedish hurdler (born 1981)

Susanna Elisabeth "Sanna" Kallur is a Swedish former athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Kallur previously held the world indoor record for the 60 metres hurdles for 16 years (2008-2024).

Franjo Mihalić was a Yugoslav and Croatian long-distance runner best known for his 1958 win at the Boston Marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Mihalić competed mostly in marathons, road races and cross country races, distinguishing himself by winning many top-level international competitions in the 1950s and setting a combined 25 Croatian and later Yugoslavian national records in long-distance track events between 5000 m and 25 km. In 1957, he became the inaugural winner of the Golden Badge, the award for the best sportsperson of Yugoslavia awarded by the daily Sport. He is regarded as the most accomplished male athlete in the history of Croatian, Serbian and Yugoslav track and field.

Sport in Serbia includes football, basketball, handball, tennis, volleyball, and water polo. Professional sports in Serbia are organized by sporting federations and leagues. Serbian professional sports includes multi-sport clubs, biggest and most successful of which are Crvena Zvezda, Partizan, Radnički and Beograd in Belgrade, Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Radnički in Kragujevac, Spartak in Subotica. Serbia had successes in basketball, winning the Olympic silver medal and Nikola Jokic winning 3 NBA MVPs, as well as the 2023 NBA Championship and Finals MVP, Novak Djokovic winning a record setting 24th Grand Slam, and in handball, volleyball and water polo as well.

Sport in Croatia has significant role in Croatian culture, and many local sports clubs as well as the Croatian national squads enjoy strong followings in the country. The most enduring sport by far in Croatia is football, and is played on amateur and professional levels amongst all age groups across the entire country. Several other major team sports are handball, basketball and water polo, with clubs in all parts of Croatia. Ice hockey is another popular team sport, namely in the Croatian interior. The most popular individual sports in Croatia are tennis, alpine skiing, and swimming, and to some extent table tennis and chess. Various amateur sport games are popular in Croatia, notably picigin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivana Španović</span> Serbian long jumper (born 1990)

Ivana Španović is a Serbian long jumper, the 2023 World champion, a two-time World indoor champion, a two-time European champion, a three-time European indoor champion and a five-time Diamond League Trophy Winner. Considering her achievements and longevity, Ivana Španović is regarded as one of the best all-time female long jumpers, with her indoor 7.24m jump ranked 3rd in all-time records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amela Terzić</span> Serbian middle-distance runner

Amela Terzić is a Serbian middle-distance runner. She won two gold medals at 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn and was the junior champion at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships. She has also been a medallist in the 1500 metres at the World Junior and World Youth Championships and a gold medalist at the 2013 European U23 Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sport in Yugoslavia</span>

Sport in Yugoslavia had a significant role in its culture and society. Team sports such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo had the biggest popularity. Of individual sports the most popular were tennis, athletics, alpine skiing, swimming, table tennis, ski jumping and chess. Yugoslavia made its debut at the Summer Olympics in 1920. Until its break up in 1992, it competed in 16 Summer and 14 Winter Olympic games and won a total of 87 medals in various summer and winter sports. Yugoslavia hosted its first and the only Winter Olympic games in 1984 in Sarajevo when Jure Franko won country's first Winter Olympic medal, silver in alpine skiing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greece at the World Athletics Indoor Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

Greece (GRE) has competed at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. As of 2024 Greek athletes have won a total of 15 medals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships</span> International athletics championship event

The 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held between 3 and 5 March 2017 at the Kombank Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. This was the second time this event was held in the city after the 1969 edition then known as the European Indoor Games, and the first time in more than 30 years that the competition was held in Eastern Europe. The three-day competition featured 13 men's and 13 women's athletics events and took place over two morning and three afternoon sessions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yemaneberhan Crippa</span> Italian long-distance runner

Yemaneberhan "Yeman" Crippa is an Ethiopian-born Italian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships in 2022, and bronze in the 10,000 m in 2018. Crippa claimed four medals in the age-group races at the European Cross Country Championships and a bronze in the senior race in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elzan Bibić</span> Serbian runner

Elzan Bibić is a Serbian middle- and long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yaroslava Mahuchikh</span> Ukrainian high jumper (born 2001)

Yaroslava Oleksiyivna Mahuchikh is a Ukrainian high jumper. She was the 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 2019 and 2022 World Championships silver medalist, 2023 World Championships gold medalist, 2022 World Indoor Championships gold medalist, and 2024 World Indoor Championships silver medalist.

Jovan Stojoski is a Serbian sprinter who represents Macedonia since 2019. Stojoski participated in the 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo.

The Balkan Masters Athletics Championships is an annual international athletics competition between masters athletes aged 35 and over from nations in the Balkans. It is typically held over two or three days in September. It features a full programme of track and field events, plus a half marathon. Organised by Balkan Masters Athletics, it was first held in 1991 and has been held every year since. The competition was the organisation's first regular championships, and was followed by a Balkan Masters Cross Country Championships in 2007 and a Balkan Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nadia Battocletti</span> Italian long-distance runner

Nadia Battocletti is an Italian female middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal for the 5000 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships. Battocletti earned four individual gold medals in the U20 and U23 age groups at the European Cross Country Championships. She is the Italian record holder for the indoor 3000 metres and 5 km road race.

The 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships took place on 18 February 2023 in Bathurst, Australia. It was the event's 44th edition and the second time after Auckland in 1988 that the championships were held in Oceania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships</span> International athletics championship event

The 18th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 18 to 20 March 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Rahel Daniel Chebre is an Eritrean long-distance runner. She finished fifth in the 10,000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 World Wrestling Championships</span> 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships combined events

The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. After Frank Chamizo, wrestling for Italy in the men's freestyle 74 kg category, was found to be doping, the bronze medal was given to Soner Demirtaş of Turkey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships</span> International athletics championship event

The 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held from 2 to 5 March 2023 at the Ataköy Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, the first time the event took place in this country although the venue did stage the 2012 World Indoor Championships for which this 7000-seater was specifically built. The four-day competition was held during the centenary year of the Republic of Turkey, and featured 13 men's and 13 women's athletics events over three morning and four afternoon sessions.

References

  1. 1 2 "World Athletics awards 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships to Serbia". World Athletics . 27 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (14 July 2022). "Hosts of 2024 and 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Champs announced". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
  3. Rogulj, Daniela (15 July 2022). "Medulin and Pula to Host 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships". Total Croatia News. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023.
  4. "World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024 to move from Croatia to new European host city". World Athletics . 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023.
  5. "ATHLETES by EVENT and COUNTRY" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.