2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12.3 km) |
Mohammed Mourhit Belgium |
39:53 | Sergiy Lebid Ukraine |
40:03 | Charles Kamathi Kenya |
40:05 |
Men's short (4.1 km) |
Enock Koech Kenya |
12:40 | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia |
12:42 | Benjamin Limo Kenya |
12:43 |
Junior men (7.7 km) |
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia |
25:04 | Duncan Lebo Kenya |
25:37 | Dathan Ritzenhein United States |
25:46 |
Senior women (7.7 km) |
Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom |
27:49 | Gete Wami Ethiopia |
27:52 | Lydia Cheromei Kenya |
28:07 |
Women's short (4.1 km) |
Gete Wami Ethiopia |
14:46 | Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom |
14:47 | Edith Masai Kenya |
14:57 |
Junior women (5.9 km) |
Viola Kibiwott Kenya |
22:05 | Abebech Nigussie Ethiopia |
22:05 | Aster Bacha Ethiopia |
22:05 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Kenya | 33 | France | 72 | United States | 87 |
Men's short | Kenya | 13 | Morocco | 48 | Ethiopia | 51 |
Junior men | Kenya | 24 | Ethiopia | 25 | Uganda | 68 |
Senior women | Kenya | 18 | Ethiopia | 70 | France | 77 |
Women's short | Ethiopia | 26 | Kenya | 32 | Romania | 78 |
Junior women | Ethiopia | 16 | Kenya | 20 | Japan | 59 |
Race results
Senior men's race (12.3 km)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Mohammed Mourhit | Belgium | 39:53 | |
Sergiy Lebid | Ukraine | 40:03 | |
Charles Kamathi | Kenya | 40:05 | |
4 | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | 40:06 |
5 | Paul Kosgei | Kenya | 40:09 |
6 | Driss El Himer | France | 40:13 |
7 | Patrick Ivuti | Kenya | 40:16 |
8 | Hélder Ornelas | Portugal | 40:33 |
9 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 40:37 |
10 | Róbert Štefko | Slovakia | 40:41 |
11 | Mustafa El Ahmadi | France | 40:42 |
12 | Bob Kennedy | United States | 40:43 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya
|
33 | |||||||||||||
France
|
72 | |||||||||||||
United States
|
87 | |||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 100 | ||||||||||||
5 | Portugal | 100 | ||||||||||||
6 | Italy | 103 | ||||||||||||
7 | Belgium | 139 | ||||||||||||
8 | Ireland | 146 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Men's short race (4.1 km)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Enock Koech | Kenya | 12:40 | |
Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 12:42 | |
Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 12:43 | |
4 | Sammy Kipketer | Kenya | 12:44 |
5 | Cyrus Kataron | Kenya | 12:45 |
6 | Albert Chepkurui | Kenya | 12:46 |
7 | John Kibowen | Kenya | 12:49 |
8 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 12:49 |
9 | Brahim Boulami | Morocco | 13:00 |
10 | Haylu Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 13:03 |
11 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 13:06 |
12 | Saïd El Wardi | Morocco | 13:08 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya
|
13 | |||||||||||||
Morocco
|
48 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
|
51 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 91 | ||||||||||||
5 | Spain | 171 | ||||||||||||
6 | Portugal | 183 | ||||||||||||
7 | Canada | 187 | ||||||||||||
8 | Italy | 193 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.7 km)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 25:04 | |
Duncan Lebo | Kenya | 25:37 | |
Dathan Ritzenhein | United States | 25:46 | |
4 | Nicholas Kemboi | Kenya | 25:52 |
5 | Matt Tegenkamp | United States | 25:55 |
6 | Robert Kipchumba | Kenya | 26:00 |
7 | Alemayehu Tedla | Ethiopia | 26:02 |
8 | Maregu Zewdie | Ethiopia | 26:14 |
9 | Beruk Debrework | Ethiopia | 26:15 |
10 | Paul Wakou | Uganda | 26:17 |
11 | Jean Baptiste Simukeka | Rwanda | 26:22 |
12 | Edwin Koech | Kenya | 26:37 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya
|
24 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
|
25 | |||||||||||||
Uganda
|
68 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 71 | ||||||||||||
5 | Morocco | 95 | ||||||||||||
6 | Canada | 171 | ||||||||||||
7 | Eritrea | 190 | ||||||||||||
8 | Algeria | 206 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (7.7 km)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 27:49 | |
Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 27:52 | |
Lydia Cheromei | Kenya | 28:07 | |
4 | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 28:13 |
5 | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 28:20 |
6 | Leah Malot | Kenya | 28:36 |
7 | Yamna Belkacem | France | 28:40 |
8 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 28:52 |
9 | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | 29:03 |
10 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 29:17 |
11 | Rakiya Maraoui | France | 29:24 |
12 | Deena Drossin | United States | 29:28 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya
|
18 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
|
70 | |||||||||||||
France
|
77 | |||||||||||||
4 | United Kingdom | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | Portugal | 95 | ||||||||||||
6 | Italy | 117 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spain | 119 | ||||||||||||
8 | United States | 130 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Women's short race (4.1 km)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 14:46 | |
Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 14:47 | |
Edith Masai | Kenya | 14:57 | |
4 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 15:04 |
5 | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 15:06 |
6 | Benita Willis | Australia | 15:06 |
7 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 15:07 |
8 | Rose Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:07 |
9 | Asmae Leghzaoui | Morocco | 15:08 |
10 | Margaret Ngotho | Kenya | 15:20 |
11 | Naomi Mugo | Kenya | 15:24 |
12 | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | 15:25 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia
|
26 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
|
32 | |||||||||||||
Romania
|
78 | |||||||||||||
4 | United Kingdom | 81 | ||||||||||||
5 | Morocco | 109 | ||||||||||||
6 | Ireland | 152 | ||||||||||||
7 | Portugal | 157 | ||||||||||||
8 | Tanzania | 158 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior women's race (5.9 km)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Viola Kibiwott | Kenya | 22:05 | |
Abebech Nigussie | Ethiopia | 22:05 | |
Aster Bacha | Ethiopia | 22:05 | |
4 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 22:06 |
5 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 22:08 |
6 | Tereza Yohanes | Ethiopia | 22:10 |
7 | Fridah Domongole | Kenya | 22:12 |
8 | Sally Kipyego | Kenya | 22:22 |
9 | Peninah Chepchumba | Kenya | 22:24 |
10 | Mestawat Tufa | Ethiopia | 22:24 |
11 | Naoko Sakata | Japan | 22:36 |
12 | Christine Kalmer | South Africa | 22:45 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia
|
16 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
|
20 | |||||||||||||
Japan
|
59 | |||||||||||||
4 | Australia | 107 | ||||||||||||
5 | South Africa | 136 | ||||||||||||
6 | United Kingdom | 141 | ||||||||||||
7 | Russia | 164 | ||||||||||||
8 | Algeria | 201 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
* Host nation (Belgium)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenya | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
2 | Ethiopia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
3 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Belgium* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 790 athletes from 67 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from Nigeria and Somalia did not show.
- Algeria (18)
- Andorra (2)
- Argentina (10)
- Australia (17)
- Austria (1)
- Belarus (24)
- Belgium (35)
- Bolivia (1)
- Botswana (5)
- Brazil (20)
- Burundi (8)
- Cameroon (2)
- Canada (33)
- Chile (10)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Croatia (2)
- Ecuador (5)
- Egypt (12)
- Eritrea (12)
- Estonia (4)
- Ethiopia (30)
- France (26)
- Georgia (1)
- Gibraltar (8)
- Hong Kong (1)
- India (24)
- Ireland (22)
- Italy (30)
- Japan (24)
- Kenya (36)
- Kyrgyzstan (2)
- Lebanon (8)
- Lesotho (2)
- Malawi (4)
- Mexico (12)
- Morocco (17)
- Netherlands (7)
- New Zealand (6)
- Norway (2)
- Palestine (2)
- Peru (1)
- Portugal (27)
- Puerto Rico (4)
- Romania (7)
- Russia (12)
- Rwanda (3)
- Seychelles (1)
- Slovakia (2)
- South Africa (14)
- Spain (35)
- Eswatini (5)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Tajikistan (12)
- Tanzania (19)
- Tunisia (7)
- Turkey (9)
- Turkmenistan (20)
- Uganda (5)
- Ukraine (3)
- United Kingdom (35)
- United States (36)
- Uzbekistan (24)
- Yemen (4)
- Yugoslavia (4)
- Zambia (8)
- Zimbabwe (4)
See also
- 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
- 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
- 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
- 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
- 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
- 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
- 2001 in athletics (track and field)
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