Athletics / World Cross Country Championships

Atletismo / Campeonatos del Mundo de Cross

WOMEN / MUJERES

Until 1973 there was not official World Champions in Cross Country. However, the winner of the "International Cross of Nations" was considered as such. This race began in 1967 for women. In 1973, the International Association (IAAF) organized the first officially declared World Championships. Women´s race is about 8 km. A short race (about 4 km) were also held between 1998 and 2005.

Hasta 1973 no existía ningún campeonato del mundo oficial de campo a través (cross country); sin embargo, el ganador del "Cross Internacional de las Naciones" era considerado como el campeón del mundo. Esta carrera comenzó en 1967 para las mujeres. En 1973, la federación internacional (IAAF) organizó oficialmente el primer Campeonato del Mundo de Campo a Través. La carrera femenina se disputa sobre 8 km. Entre 1998 y 2005 también se disputó un cross corto (4 km).

* Warsaw = Varsovia; Antwerp = Amberes; Cape Town = Ciudad el Cabo

Long Race / Cross Largo

Edition Year Site / Lugar Winner / Campeona Second / Segunda Third / Tercera
I 1973 Waregen Paola Cacchi, ITA Joyce Smith, Eng Josée Van Santberghe, BEL
II 1974 Monza Paola Pigni, ITA Nina Holmen, FIN Rita Ridley, Eng
III 1975 Rabat Julie Brown, USA Bronislawa Ludwichovska, POL Carmen Valero, ESP
IV 1976 Chepstow Carmen Valero, ESP Tatyana Kazankina, URS Gabriela Dorio, ITA
V 1977 Düsseldorf Carmen Valero, ESP Lyudmila Bragina, URS Giana Romanova, URS
VI 1978 Glasgow Grete Waitz, NOR Natalia Marasescu, ROM Maricica Puica, ROM
VII 1979 Limerick Grete Waitz, NOR Raisa Smekhnova, URS Ellison Goodall, USA
VIII 1980 Paris Grete Waitz, NOR Irina Bondarchuk, URS Yelena Sipatova, URS
IX 1981 Madrid Grete Waitz, NOR Jan Merrill, USA Yelena Sipatova, URS
X 1982 Roma Maricica Puica, ROM Fita Lovin, ROM Grete Waitz, NOR
XI 1983 Gateshead Grete Waitz, NOR Alison Wiley, CAN Tatyana Pozdnyakova, URS
XII 1984 New York Maricica Puica, ROM Galina Zakharova, URS Grete Waitz, NOR
XIII 1985 Lisboa Zola Budd, Eng Cathy Branta, USA Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR
XIV 1986 Neuchatel Zola Budd, Eng Lynn Jennings, USA Annette Sergent, FRA
XV 1987 Warsaw Annette Sergent, FRA Liz Lynch, Sco Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR
XVI 1988 Auckland Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR Angela Tooby, GBR Annette Sergent, FRA
XVII 1989 Stavanger Annette Sergent, FRA Nadezhda Stepanova, URS Lynn Williams, CAN
XVIII 1990 Aix-les-Bains Lynn Jennings, USA Albertina Dias, POR Yelena Romanova, URS
XIX 1991 Antwerp Lynn Jennings, USA Derartu Tulu, ETH Liz McColgan, GBR
XX 1992 Boston Lynn Jennings, USA Catherina McKiernan, IRL Albertina Dias, POR
XXI 1993 Amorebieta Albertina Dias, POR Catherina McKiernan, IRL Lynn Jennings, USA
XXII 1994 Budapest Hellen Chepngeno, KEN Catherina McKiernan, IRL Conceição Ferreira, POR
XXIII 1995 Durham Derartu Tulu, ETH Catherina McKiernan, IRL Sally Barsosio, KEN
XXIV 1996 Cape Town Gete Wami, ETH Rose Cheruiyot, KEN Naomi Mugo, KEN
XXV 1997 Torino Derartu Tulu, ETH Paula Radcliffe, GBR Gete Wami, ETH
XXVI 1998 Marrakech Sonia O'Sullivan, IRL Paula Radcliffe, GBR Gete Wami, ETH
XXVII 1999 Belfast Gete Wami, ETH Merima Denboba, ETH Paula Radcliffe, GBR
XXVIII 2000 Vilamoura Derartu Tulu, ETH Gete Wami, ETH Susan Chepkemei, KEN
XXIX 2001 Ostende Paula Radcliffe, GBR Gete Wami, ETH Lydia Cheromei, KEN
XXX 2002 Dublin Paula Radcliffe, GBR Deena Drossin, USA Colleen de Reuck, USA
XXXI 2003 Lausanne Werknesh Kidane, ETH Deena Drossin, USA Merima Denboba, ETH
XXXII 2004 Brussels Benita Johnson, AUS Ejegayehu Dibaba, ETH Werknesh Kidane, ETH
XXXIII 2005 St. Etienne Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH Alice Timbilili, KEN Werknesh Kidane, ETH
XXXIV 2006 Fukuoka Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH Lornah Kiplagat, NED Meselech Melkamu, ETH
XXXV 2007 Mombasa Lornah Kiplagat, NED Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH Meselech Melkamu, ETH
XXXVI 2008 Edinburgh Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH Mestawet Tufa, ETH Linet Chepkwemoi, KEN

Women´s Team Long Race / Cross Largo por Equipos Femenino

The team competition is won by the country with less points. Every runner adds to his/her country total the same number of points as his/her place in the finnish line (the winner 1 point, the second 2 points...). Though a country can compete with 9 athletes, only the first four runners of each country count. The record is held by Soviet Union (15 in 1977).

La competición por equipos es por puntos, no por tiempos. Cada país puede llevar hasta nueve corredores, pero sólo los cuatro primeros cuentan a efectos de la clasificación por equipos. Cada corredor añade a la cuenta de su equipo el mismo número que su puesto en la clasificación general (El 1º un punto, el 2º dos puntos...). Gana el país que menos puntos obtenga. La Unión Soviética (1977) tiene el récord con 15 puntos.

Year Site / Lugar 1st / 1ª 2nd / 2ª 3rd / 3ª
1973 Waregen, BEL England Finland United States
1974 Monza, ITA England Italy Finland
1975 Rabat, MAR United States New Zealand Poland
1976 Chepstow, Wal Soviet Union Italy United States
1977 Düsseldorf, FRG Soviet Union United States New Zealand
1978 Glasgow, Sco Romania United States England
1979 Limerick, IRL United States Soviet Union England
1980 Paris, FRA Soviet Union England United States
1981 Madrid, ESP Soviet Union United States Italy
1982 Roma, ITA Soviet Union Italy England
1983 Gateshead, Eng United States Soviet Union Canada
1984 New York, USA United States England New Zealand
1985 Lisboa, POR United States Soviet Union Romania
1986 Neuchatel, SUI England New Zealand France
1987 Warsaw, POL United States France Soviet Union
1988 Auckland, NZL Soviet Union Great Britain France
1989 Stavanger, NOR Soviet Union France United States
1990 Aix-les-Bains, FRA Soviet Union Ethiopia Portugal
1991 Antwerp, BEL Kenya Ethiopia Soviet Union
1992 Boston, USA Kenya United States Ethiopia
1993 Amorebieta, ESP Kenya Japan France
1994 Budapest, HUN Portugal Ethiopia Kenya
1995 Durham, Eng Kenya Ethiopia Kenya
1996 Cape Town, RSA Kenya Ethiopia Romania
1997 Turin, ITA Ethiopia Kenya Ireland
1998 Marrakech, MAR Kenya Ethiopia Great Britain
1999 Belfast, NI Ethiopia Kenya Portugal
2000 Vilamoura, POR Ethiopia Kenya United States
2001 Ostende, BEL Kenya Ethiopia France
2002 Dublin, IRL Ethiopia United States Kenya
2003 Lausanne, SUI Ethiopia Kenya United States
2004 Brussels, BEL Ethiopia Kenya Great Britain
2005 St. Etienne, FRA Ethiopia Kenya Portugal
2006 Fukuoka, JPN Ethiopia Kenya Japan
Tirunesh Dibaba, Meselech Melkamu, Ayalew Yimer Wude, Mestawet Tufa (1+3+5+7 = 16)
2007 Mombasa, KEN Ethiopia Kenya Morocco
Tirunesh Dibaba, Meselech Melkamu, Gelete Burka, Ayalew Yimer Wude (2+3+4+10 = 19)
2008 Edinburgh, GBR Ethiopia Kenya Australia
Tirunesh Dibaba, Mestawet Tufa, Gelete Burka, Meselech Melkamu (1+2+6+9 = 18)
Statistics / Estadísticas
Most titles / Más títulos
Ps NAME, CNT #T Years
1. Grete Waitz, NOR 5 78 79 80 81 83
. Doris Brown, USA 5 67 68 69 70 71
3. Lynn Jennings, USA 3 90 91 92
. Derartu Tulu, ETH 3 95 97 00
. Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH 2 05 06 08
6. Carmen Valero, ESP 2 76 77
. Maricica Puica, ROM 2 82 84
. Zola Budd, Eng 2 85 86
. Annette Sergent, FRA 2 87 89
  Gete Wami, ETH 2 96 99
(11) Paula Radcliffe, GBR 2 01 02

* Those with yellow type won the title when it was called "Cross of Nations". // Los que están en amarillo consiguieron el título en el "Cross de las Naciones".

Medal table (individual competition) / Medallero (competición individual)

Pos Country / País G S B Tot
1. Ethiopia 9 7 7 23
2. Norway 6 - 4 10
3. United States 4 5 3 12
4. Great Britain 2 3 2 7
5. Romania 2 2 1 5
6. England 2 1 1 4
7. France 2 - 2 4
8. Spain 2 - 1 3
. Italy 2 - 1 3
10. Ireland 1 4 - 5
11. Kenya 1 2 5 8
12. Portugal 1 1 2 4
13. Netherlands 1 1 - 2
14. Australia 1 - - 1
15. Soviet Union - 6 5 11
16. Canada - 1 1 2
17. Finland - 1 - 1
. Poland - 1 - 1
. Scotland - 1 - 1
20. Belgium - - 1 1
 
20 TOTAL 36 36 36 108

Medal table (team competition) / Medallero (competición por equipos)

Pos Country / País G S B Tot
1. Ethiopia 10 7 1 18
2. Soviet Union 8 3 2 13
3. Kenya 7 9 3 19
4. United States 6 5 6 17
5. England 3 2 3 8
6. Portugal 1 - 3 4
7. Romania 1 - 2 3
8. Italy - 3 1 4
9. France - 2 4 6
10. New Zealand - 2 2 4
11. Great Britain - 1 2 3
12. Finland - 1 1 2
. Japan - 1 1 2
14. Canada - - 1 1
. Ireland - - 1 1
. Poland - - 1 1
. Morocco - - 1 1
. Australia - - 1 1
 
18 TOTAL 36 36 36 108

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