1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 25th |
Date | 23 March |
Host city | Torino, Piemonte, Italy |
Venue | Parco del Valentino |
Events | 4 |
Distances | 12.333 km – Senior men 8.511 km – Junior men 6.6 km – Senior women 4.689 km – Junior women |
Participation | 725 athletes from 72 nations |
The 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on 23 March 1997. The races were held at the Parco del Valentino in Torino, Italy. A report of the event was given in The New York Times, [1] in the Herald, [2] and for the IAAF. [3] [4]
Complete results for senior men, [5] [6] junior men, [7] [8] senior women, [9] [10] junior women, [11] [12] [13] medallists, [14] and the results of British athletes who took part [15] were published.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12.333 km) |
Paul Tergat Kenya |
35:11 |
Salah Hissou Morocco |
35:13 |
Tom Nyariki Kenya |
35:20 |
Junior men (8.511 km) |
Elijah Korir Kenya |
24:21 |
Million Wolde Ethiopia |
24:28 |
Paul Kosgei Kenya |
24:29 |
Senior women (6.6 km) |
Derartu Tulu Ethiopia |
20:53 |
Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom |
20:55 |
Gete Wami Ethiopia |
21:00 |
Junior women (4.689 km) |
Rose Kosgei Kenya |
14:58 |
Prisca Ngetich Kenya |
14:59 |
Ayelech Worku Ethiopia |
15:02 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Kenya | 51 | Morocco | 70 | Ethiopia | 125 |
Junior men | Kenya | 13 | Ethiopia | 31 | Morocco | 74 |
Senior women | Ethiopia | 24 | Kenya | 34 | Ireland | 64 |
Junior women | Kenya | 15 | Japan | 38 | Ethiopia | 39 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Paul Tergat | Kenya | 35:11 | |
Salah Hissou | Morocco | 35:13 | |
Tom Nyariki | Kenya | 35:20 | |
4 | Paul Koech | Kenya | 35:23 |
5 | Mohammed Mourhit | Belgium | 35:35 |
6 | Bernard Barmasai† | Kenya | 35:35 |
7 | Joseph Kibor | Kenya | 35:37 |
8 | Smail Sghir | Morocco | 35:56 |
9 | Julio Rey | Spain | 35:57 |
10 | Khaled Boulami | Morocco | 35:59 |
11 | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 35:59 |
12 | El Hassan Lahssini | Morocco | 36:01 |
Full results |
†: Athlete marked in the results list [5] as nonscorer.
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya
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51 | |||||||||||||||||||
Morocco
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70 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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125 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Portugal | 263 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Spain | 275 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | United Kingdom | 325 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Italy | 344 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Algeria | 423 | ||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Elijah Korir | Kenya | 24:21 | |
Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 24:28 | |
Paul Kosgei | Kenya | 24:29 | |
4 | John Gwako | Kenya | 24:58 |
5 | Charles Kwambai | Kenya | 25:02 |
6 | Patrick Ivuti | Kenya | 25:06 |
7 | Alene Emere | Ethiopia | 25:10 |
8 | Godfrey Nyombi | Uganda | 25:14 |
9 | Kipchumba Mitei | Kenya | 25:20 |
10 | Yibeltal Admassu | Ethiopia | 25:22 |
11 | Ali Ezzine | Morocco | 25:24 |
12 | Haylu Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 25:25 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
|
13 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
|
31 | |||||||||||||
Morocco
|
74 | |||||||||||||
4 | Japan | 85 | ||||||||||||
5 | Uganda | 135 | ||||||||||||
6 | Spain | 144 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Africa | 147 | ||||||||||||
8 | Algeria | 192 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 20:53 | |
Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 20:55 | |
Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 21:00 | |
4 | Julia Vaquero | Spain | 21:01 |
5 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 21:05 |
6 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 21:18 |
7 | Catherina McKiernan | Ireland | 21:20 |
8 | Naomi Mugo | Kenya | 21:23 |
9 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 21:25 |
10 | Jane Omoro | Kenya | 21:29 |
11 | Lydia Cheromei | Kenya | 21:34 |
12 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 21:35 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia
|
24 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
|
34 | |||||||||||||
Ireland
|
64 | |||||||||||||
4 | United Kingdom | 98 | ||||||||||||
5 | Japan | 100 | ||||||||||||
6 | United States | 128 | ||||||||||||
7 | France | 148 | ||||||||||||
8 | Italy | 160 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Rose Kosgei | Kenya | 14:58 | |
Prisca Ngetich | Kenya | 14:59 | |
Ayelech Worku | Ethiopia | 15:02 | |
4 | Edna Kiplagat | Kenya | 15:10 |
5 | Zenebech Tadese | Ethiopia | 15:11 |
6 | Kei Satomura | Japan | 15:12 |
7 | Emiko Kojima | Japan | 15:12 |
8 | Caroline Tarus | Kenya | 15:14 |
9 | Anita Kiptum | Kenya | 15:15 |
10 | Agnes Kiprop | Kenya | 15:15 |
11 | Risa Tanaka | Japan | 15:20 |
12 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 15:31 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
|
15 | |||||||||||||
Japan
|
38 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
|
39 | |||||||||||||
4 | Morocco | 107 | ||||||||||||
5 | South Africa | 141 | ||||||||||||
6 | Spain | 151 | ||||||||||||
7 | Russia | 165 | ||||||||||||
8 | Germany | 206 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
2 | Ethiopia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
3 | Morocco | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 725 athletes from 72 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. [15] Although announced, athletes from Sierra Leone did not show. [6]