The 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
The Senior women's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Kampala in Uganda, on March 26, 2017.
Umberto Pusterla is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at 11 editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Italo Tentorini is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (1976), He won one national championships at senior level.
Ranieri Carenza is an Italian male former long-distance runner who competed at five editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. He won one national championships at senior level (1987).
Renato Gotti is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at three editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. He won two national championships at senior level.
Maurizio Leone is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at four editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. He won two national championships at senior level.
Gianni Crepaldi is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at six editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. He won one national championships at senior level.
Simone Zanon is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at five editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. He won two national championships at senior level.
Michele Gamba is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at two editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. and four of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Fabio Cesari is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (2006). He won one national championships at senior level.
Patrizia Di Napoli is a former Italian female long-distance runner who competed at two editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. She won one national championships at senior level.
Patrizia Tisi is a former Italian female long-distance runner who competed at four editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. and two of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Sara Palmas is a former Italian female middle and long-distance runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (2001).
Serenella Sbrissa is a former Italian female middle and long-distance runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (1998).
Giulia Aprile is an Italian female middle-distance runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (2017).
Touria Samiri is a female Moroccan-born Italian middle distance runner and steeplechase runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (2013).
Flavia Gaviglio is a former Italian female mountain runner, silver medal at the 1998 European Mountain Running Championships.
Michela Zanatta is a former Italian female middle-distance runner who competed at two editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level.
Lorenzo Perrone is a former Italian male middle distance runner who won two national titles at senior level and that in 2003 ranking in 24th place at the end of season in the World list of the 3000 metres indoor, thanks to this good performance he participated at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
