1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.^[1]

1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	19th
Date	March 24
Host city	Antwerp, Province of Antwerp, Belgium
Venue	Linkeroever Racecourse
Events	4
Distances	11.764 km – Senior men 8.415 km – Junior men 6.425 km – Senior women 4.435 km – Junior women
Participation	633 athletes from 51 nations
← 1990 Aix-les-Bains 1992 Boston →

Complete results for senior men,^[2] junior men,^[3] senior women,^[4] junior women,^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (11.764 km)	Khalid Skah  Morocco	33:53	Moses Tanui  Kenya	33:54	Simon Karori  Kenya	33:54
Junior men (8.415 km)	Andrew Sambu  Tanzania	23:59	Mumo Muindi  Kenya	24:04	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	24:04
Senior women (6.425 km)	Lynn Jennings  United States	20:24	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	20:27	Liz McColgan United Kingdom	20:28
Junior women (4.435 km)	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	13:59	Jane Ekimat  Kenya	14:20	Melody Fairchild  United States	14:28
Team
Senior men	Kenya	38	Ethiopia	104	Spain	198
Junior men	Kenya	19	Ethiopia	26	Tanzania	54
Senior women	Kenya	36	Ethiopia	36	Soviet Union	48
Junior women	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	40	Japan	43

Race results

Senior men's race (11.764 km)

Main article: 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Khalid Skah	Morocco	33:53
	Moses Tanui	Kenya	33:54
	Simon Karori	Kenya	33:54
4	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	33:57
5	Ondoro Osoro†	Kenya	33:57
6	Stephenson Nyamau	Kenya	34:01
7	Chala Kelele	Ethiopia	34:06
8	Ezequiel Bitok†	Kenya	34:19
9	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	34:24
10	Hammou Boutayeb	Morocco	34:28
11	Boniface Merande	Kenya	34:31
12	William Mutwol	Kenya	34:32
Full results

^†: Athlete marked in the results list^[2] as nonscorer.

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Moses Tanui 2 Simon Karori 3 Richard Chelimo 4 Stephenson Nyamau 6 Boniface Merande 11 William Mutwol 12 (William Koech) (24) (Andrew Masai) (34) (John Ngugi) (DNF)	38
	Ethiopia Chala Kelele 7 Addis Abebe 9 Melese Feissa 13 Tekeye Gebrselassie 22 Bedile Kibret 23 Habte Negash 30 (Nigousse Urge) (80) (Feyissa Abebe) (91)	104
	Spain Alejandro Gómez 14 Martín Fiz 20 José Carlos Adán 25 José Manuel García 31 Antonio Serrano 37 Abel Antón 71 (Antonio Prieto) (98) (Constantino Esparcia) (119) (Juan Carlos Paul) (163)	198
4	Portugal	233
5	Morocco	265
6	United Kingdom	281
7	Italy	336
8	Soviet Union	409
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.415 km)

Main article: 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Andrew Sambu	Tanzania	23:59
	Mumo Muindi	Kenya	24:04
	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	24:04
4	Joseph Kibor	Kenya	24:09
5	Fekadu Degefu	Ethiopia	24:12
6	Josephat Kiprono	Kenya	24:17
7	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	24:19
8	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	24:23
9	Mark Kipsang Too	Kenya	24:23
10	Desta Asgedom	Ethiopia	24:29
11	Abraham Assefa	Ethiopia	24:29
12	Francis Metta	Tanzania	25:07
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Mumo Muindi 2 Joseph Kibor 4 Josephat Kiprono 6 Ismael Kirui 7 (Mark Kipsang Too) (9)	19
	Ethiopia Fita Bayissa 3 Fekadu Degefu 5 Haile Gebrselassie 8 Desta Asgedom 10 (Abraham Assefa) (11) (Ayele Mezegebu) (13) (Bedaso Turbe) (DNF)	26
	Tanzania Andrew Sambu 1 Francis Metta 12 Onesmo Ludago 18 Juma Ninga 23	54
4	Morocco	76
5	Japan	102
6	Algeria	109
7	United Kingdom	165
8	Spain	175
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (6.425 km)

Main article: 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lynn Jennings	United States	20:24
	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	20:27
	Liz McColgan	United Kingdom	20:28
4	Luchia Yeshak	Ethiopia	20:29
5	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	20:30
6	Albertina Dias	Portugal	20:40
7	Susan Sirma	Kenya	20:46
8	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	20:50
9	Margaret Ngotho	Kenya	20:55
10	Marcianne Mukamurenzi	Rwanda	20:57
11	Natalya Sorokivskaya	Soviet Union	20:57
12	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	21:01
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Jane Ngotho 5 Susan Sirma 7 Margaret Ngotho 9 Pauline Konga 15 (Hellen Chepngeno) (46)	36
	Ethiopia Derartu Tulu 2 Luchia Yeshak 4 Fatuma Roba 12 Merima Denboba 18 (Tigist Moreda) (20) (Berhane Adere) (34)	36
	Soviet Union Yelena Romanova 8 Natalya Sorokivskaya 11 Nadezhda Galyamova 13 Marina Rodchenkova 16 (Olga Nazarkina) (23) (Nadezhda Ilyina) (24)	48
4	United States	77
5	United Kingdom	104
6	Portugal	145
7	Romania	148
8	France	175
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (4.435 km)

Main article: 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	13:59
	Jane Ekimat	Kenya	14:20
	Melody Fairchild	United States	14:28
4	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	14:30
5	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	14:33
6	Catherine Kirui	Kenya	14:34
7	Hayley Haining	United Kingdom	14:36
8	Minori Hayakari	Japan	14:42
9	Lina Chesire	Kenya	14:43
10	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	14:45
11	Egigayehu Worku	Ethiopia	14:46
12	Akiko Kato	Japan	14:47
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Lydia Cheromei 1 Jane Ekimat 2 Catherine Kirui 6 Lina Chesire 9 (Ann Mwangi) (34)	18
	Ethiopia Gete Wami 5 Emebet Shiferaw 10 Egigayehu Worku 11 Muluwork Kassa 14 (Kore Alemu) (16) (Genet Gebregiorgis) (28) (Alemitu Bekele) (DNF)	40
	Japan Azumi Miyazaki 4 Minori Hayakari 8 Akiko Kato 12 Natsue Koikawa 19 (Shiho Okayama) (20) (Hozumi Otani) (41)	43
4	United Kingdom	82
5	United States	88
6	Australia	99
7	Ecuador	114
8	Poland	181
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	5	3	1	9
2	Tanzania	1	0	1	2
	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Morocco	1	0	0	1
5	Ethiopia	0	5	1	6
6	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

• 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 633 athletes from 51 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7]

•  Algeria (6)
•  Angola (1)
•  Argentina (7)
•  Aruba (2)
•  Australia (25)
•  Belgium (27)
•  Botswana (3)
•  Brazil (16)
•  Burundi (1)
•  Canada (26)
•  Chile (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (4)
•  Colombia (5)
•  Czechoslovakia (14)
•  Denmark (3)
•  Ecuador (6)
•  Ethiopia (28)
•  France (27)
•  Germany (14)
•  Gibraltar (6)
•  Guam (4)
•  Hungary (5)
•  India (19)
•  Iran (3)
•  Ireland (18)
•  Italy (27)
•  Jamaica (4)
•  Japan (22)
•  Kenya (27)
•  Madagascar (1)
•  Mauritius (13)
•  Mexico (15)
•  Morocco (19)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands (19)
•  New Zealand (19)
•  Norway (7)
•  Poland (7)
•  Portugal (17)
•  Romania (12)
•  Rwanda (2)
•  Soviet Union (20)
•  Spain (27)
•  Sweden (6)
•   Switzerland (16)
•  Tanzania (6)
• United Kingdom (28)
•  United States (27)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
•  Zambia (11)
•  Zimbabwe (7)

See also

• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1991 in athletics (track and field)