Asian Cross Country Championships

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Asian Cross Country Championships
StatusActive
Genre Cross country running Event
Date(s)Midyear
FrequencyBiannual
Years active1991-ongoing
Inaugurated 1991 Fukuoka
Next event 2024
Organised by AAA
Website www.athleticsasia.org
Current event clock.svg 2023 Kathmandu

The Asian Cross Country Championships is a biennial regional cross country running competition for athletes from Asia. It is organised by the Asian Athletics Association and was first held in 1991 in Fukuoka, Japan. The competition has been held every two years since then, although the 2003 edition was postponed due to political conflicts within the region. [1] [2]

Contents

The championships comprises four races: separate senior races for men and for women, and two corresponding junior races for the sexes. Furthermore, in each of the four races athletes compete simultaneously for both individual medals and team medals. For the team competitions, the final positions of the best finishing runners from each country are combined and the team with the lowest points total wins. [1]

Athletes and teams of Japan, China and Iran have historically been the most successful of the championships. However, Qatar and Bahrain have become increasingly dominant since 2005, led by a number of East African-born athletes who have transferred allegiance to the small Middle-Eastern states. [3] [4] [5]

The 2011 edition, set for February in Kathmandu, was postponed after the Nepalese government did not provide the requisite funds needed to host the event. [6] China took over the hosting rights and held the 11th edition the following year in Qingzhen. [7]

The 2020 edition of the race, originally set for March in Hong Kong, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. [8]

Editions

EditionYearVenueCityCountryEvents
1 1991 Fukuoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
2 1993 Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 8
3 1995 Chiba International Cross Country Chiba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
4 1997 Chiba International Cross Country Chiba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
5 1999 Enghelab Sport Complex (Men) Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 4
(Women) Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4
6 2001 Kathmandu Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 8
7 2004 Pune Flag of India.svg  India 8
8 2005 Guiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8
9 2007 Al Bisharat Golf Club Amman Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 8
10 2009 Al-Rafah Bahrain Hippodrome Manama Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 8
2011Not held Kathmandu Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 8
11 2012 Qingzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8
12 2014 Fukuoka International Cross Country Fukuoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
13 2016 Manama Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 8
14 2018 Guiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8
152020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
16 [2] [3] 2023 Gokarna Forest Resort Kathmandu Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 8
172024Fanling Golf Park Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
182026Flag of Laos.svg  Laos

Champions

http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cxc.htm#AS

Senior

YearMen's senior raceWomen's senior race
IndividualTeamIndividualTeam
1991 Flag of Japan.svg  Shozo Shimoju  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of North Korea.svg  Mun Gyong-Ae  (PRK)Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)
1993 Flag of Iran.svg  Hamid Sajjadi  (IRI)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)Flag of Japan.svg  Minori Hayakari  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
1995 Flag of Japan.svg  Seiichi Miyajima  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Atsumi Yashima  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
1997 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari  (KSA)Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)Flag of Japan.svg  Chiemi Takahashi  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
1999 Flag of Iran.svg  Ahmad Zarekar  (IRI)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Mizuki Noguchi  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2001 Flag of Iran.svg  Jafar Babakhani  (IRI)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka  (SRI)Flag of Japan.svg  Yasuyo Iwamoto  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2004 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han Gang  (CHN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Flag of Japan.svg  Yumi Sato  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2005 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han Gang  (CHN)Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Helan  (CHN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
2007 Flag of Qatar.svg  Ahmed Hassan Abdullah  (QAT)Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Maryam Yusuf Jamal  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)
2009 Flag of Qatar.svg  Ahmed Hassan Abdullah  (QAT)Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Maryam Yusuf Jamal  (BHR)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2012 Flag of Bahrain.svg  Alemu Bekele  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Shitaye Eshete  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)
2014 Flag of Bahrain.svg  Aweke Yimer  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Tejitu Chalchissa  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)
2016 Flag of Bahrain.svg  Albert Rop  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Eunice Chumba  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Peng Jianhua  (CHN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Dan  (CHN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2023 Flag of Nepal.svg  Deepak Adhikari  (NEP)Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal  (NEP)Flag of Japan.svg  Yua Sarumida  (JPN)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)
2024 Flag of India.svg  Gulveer Singh  (IND)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)Flag of India.svg  Seema  (IND)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)

Junior

YearMen's junior raceWomen's junior race
IndividualTeamIndividualTeam
1991 Flag of Japan.svg  Yasuyuki Watanabe  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qu Yunxia  (CHN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
1993 Flag of Yemen.svg  Awad Saleh Nasser  (YEM)Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen  (YEM)Flag of Japan.svg  Noriko Wada  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
1995 Flag of Japan.svg  Tadayuki Ojima  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Chiemi Takahashi  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
1997 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohamed Al-Shinan  (KSA)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Kumiko Hiyama  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
1999 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Haibo  (CHN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Kaori Yoshida  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2001 Flag of Japan.svg  Tomohiro Uemura  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Mika Okunaga  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2004 Flag of Japan.svg  Satoru Kitamura  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bao Guiying  (CHN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2005 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Xiangqian  (CHN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Yanmei  (CHN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
2007 Flag of Qatar.svg  Thamer Kamal Ali  (QAT)Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)Flag of India.svg  Monica Raut  (IND)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)
2009 Flag of Bahrain.svg  Alemu Bekele  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Shitaye Eshete  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)
2012 Flag of Japan.svg  Shota Baba  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Miyuki Uehara  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2014 [9] Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuto Kawabata  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Yuka Kobayashi  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2016 [10] Flag of Bahrain.svg  Ali Abdi  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Dalila Abdulkadir  (BHR)Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Suolang Cairen  (CHN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Yuna Wada  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2023 Flag of Iran.svg  Samir Eghbalighahyazi  (IRI)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)Flag of India.svg  Srushti Shridhar Redekar  (IND)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)
2024 Flag of India.svg  Vinod Singh  (IND)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Yuan  (CHN)Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)

All time medal table

As 2018

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 534530128
2Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2314946
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16231251
4Flag of India.svg  India 7151335
5Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 62513
6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 471627
7Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 3126
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 3126
9Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 2439
10Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2125
11Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1124
12Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0156
13Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 0123
14Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0112
15Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0101
16Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 0022
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0022
18Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0011
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0011
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0011
Totals (20 entries)120118111349

References

General
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