1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Amorebieta, Spain, at the Jaureguibarría Course on March 28, 1993. A report on the event was given in The New York Times^[1] and in the Herald.^[2]

1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	21st
Date	March 28
Host city	Amorebieta, Euskadi, Spain
Venue	Jaureguibarría Course
Events	4
Distances	11.75 km – Senior men 7.15 km – Junior men 6.35 km – Senior women 4.45 km – Junior women
Participation	653 athletes from 54 nations
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Complete results for senior men,^[3] junior men,^[4] senior women,^[5] junior women,^[6] medallists, ^[7] and the results of British athletes^[8] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (11.75 km)	William Sigei  Kenya	32:51	Dominic Kirui  Kenya	32:56	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	32:59
Junior men (7.15 km)	Philip Mosima  Kenya	20:18	Christopher Koskei  Kenya	20:20	Josephat Machuka  Kenya	20:23
Senior women (6.35 km)	Albertina Dias  Portugal	20:00	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	20:09	Lynn Jennings  United States	20:09
Junior women (4.45 km)	Gladys Ondeyo  Kenya	14:04	Pamela Chepchumba  Kenya	14:09	Sally Barsosio  Kenya	14:11
Team
Senior men	Kenya	25	Ethiopia	82	Portugal	167
Junior men	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	27	Morocco	76
Senior women	Kenya	52	Japan	93	France	100
Junior women	Kenya	10	Japan	41	Ethiopia	61

Race results

Senior men's race (11.75 km)

Main article: 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	William Sigei	Kenya	32:51
	Dominic Kirui	Kenya	32:56
	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	32:59
4	Moses Tanui	Kenya	33:14
5	Ezequiel Bitok	Kenya	33:21
6	Khalid Skah	Morocco	33:22
7	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	33:23
8	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	33:29
9	Worku Bikila	Ethiopia	33:31
10	Paul Tergat	Kenya	33:35
11	Brahim Lahlafi	Morocco	33:36
12	Domingos Castro	Portugal	33:43
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya William Sigei 1 Dominic Kirui 2 Ismael Kirui 3 Moses Tanui 4 Ezequiel Bitok 5 Paul Tergat 10 (Ondoro Osoro) (13) (James Kariuki) (15) (Anthony Kiprono) (30)	25
	Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie 7 Addis Abebe 8 Worku Bikila 9 Fita Bayissa 16 Abraham Assefa 19 Kidane Gebrmichael 23 (Fekadu Degefu) (28) (Nigousse Urge) (42) (Ayele Mezegebu) (61)	82
	Portugal Domingos Castro 12 Paulo Guerra 21 Carlos Monteiro 22 Joaquim Pinheiro 25 João Junqueira 41 Carlos Patrício 46 (José Regalo) (57) (Eduardo Henriques) (89)	167
4	Spain	187
5	France	238
6	Morocco	260
7	United Kingdom	353
8	United States	376
Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.15 km)

Main article: 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Philip Mosima	Kenya	20:18
	Christopher Koskei	Kenya	20:20
	Josephat Machuka	Kenya	20:23
4	Lazarus Nyakeraka	Kenya	20:23
5	Tegenu Abebe	Ethiopia	20:28
6	Habte Jifar	Ethiopia	20:50
7	Tibebu Reta	Ethiopia	20:50
8	Stanley Kimutai	Kenya	21:03
9	Geta Tsega	Ethiopia	21:04
10	Tolosa Gebre	Ethiopia	21:05
11	Salah El Ghazi	Morocco	21:08
12	Wener Kashayev	Russia	21:09
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Philip Mosima 1 Christopher Koskei 2 Josephat Machuka 3 Lazarus Nyakeraka 4 (Stanley Kimutai) (8)	10
	Ethiopia Tegenu Abebe 5 Habte Jifar 6 Tibebu Reta 7 Geta Tsega 9 (Tolosa Gebre) (10) (Tekalegne Shewaye) (17)	27
	Morocco Salah El Ghazi 11 Hicham El Guerrouj 15 Abdelmajid El Boubkary 18 Driss El Himer 32 (Mohamed El Hattab) (41) (Irba Lakhal) (51)	76
4	Spain	114
5	Russia	120
6	South Africa	122
7	Yemen	135
8	Japan	155
Full results

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

Senior women's race (6.35 km)

Main article: 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Albertina Dias	Portugal	20:00
	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	20:09
	Lynn Jennings	United States	20:09
4	Zola Pieterse	South Africa	20:10
5	Liz McColgan	United Kingdom	20:17
6	Elana Meyer	South Africa	20:18
7	Pauline Konga	Kenya	20:19
8	Farida Fatès	France	20:20
9	Iulia Negura	Romania	20:20
10	Kazumi Kanbayashi	Japan	20:23
11	Olga Shurbanova	Russia	20:23
12	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenya	20:24
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Pauline Konga 7 Hellen Kimaiyo 12 Esther Kiplagat 16 Jane Ngotho 17 (Lydia Cheromei) (32) (Tegla Loroupe) (80)	52
	Japan Kazumi Kanbayashi 10 Tsugumi Fukuyama 20 Yumi Osaki 27 Kumi Araki 36 (Aki Tasaka) (37) (Harumi Suzuki) (61)	93
	France Farida Fatès 8 Odile Ohier 14 Annette Palluy 34 Annick Clouvel 44 (Maria Rébélo) (46) (Marie-Hélène Reix) (59)	100
4	South Africa	105
5	Russia	106
6	Ethiopia	122
7	United Kingdom	124
8	Portugal	137
Full results

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

Junior women's race (4.45 km)

Main article: 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Gladys Ondeyo	Kenya	14:04
	Pamela Chepchumba	Kenya	14:09
	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	14:11
4	Helen Kimutai	Kenya	14:14
5	Susie Power	Australia	14:18
6	Catherine Kirui	Kenya	14:29
7	Elena Cosoveanu	Romania	14:32
8	Akiko Kato	Japan	14:34
9	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	14:36
10	Sachiko Nakahito	Japan	14:40
11	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	14:45
12	Alemitu Bekele	Ethiopia	14:46
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Gladys Ondeyo 1 Pamela Chepchumba 2 Sally Barsosio 3 Helen Kimutai 4 (Catherine Kirui) (6)	10
	Japan Akiko Kato 8 Azumi Miyazaki 9 Sachiko Nakahito 10 Yuko Kubota 14 (Yoshiko Imura) (16) (Chiemi Takahashi) (25)	41
	Ethiopia Alemitu Bekele 12 Askale Bereda 13 Yeshi Gebreselassie 17 Getenesh Tamirat 19 (Leila Aman) (28)	61
4	Romania	95
5	Spain	123
6	Russia	138
7	South Africa	146
8	Germany	150
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	7	3	3	13
2	Portugal	1	0	1	2
3	Ethiopia	0	2	1	3
4	Japan	0	2	0	2
5	Ireland	0	1	0	1
6	France	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 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 653 athletes from 54 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[8]

•  Angola (1)
•  Argentina (14)
•  Australia (15)
•  Belarus (3)
•  Belgium (22)
•  Botswana (6)
•  Brazil (19)
•  Burundi (2)
•  Canada (27)
•  Chile (1)
•  Colombia (4)
•  Czech Republic (3)
•  Denmark (11)
•  Ecuador (13)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Ethiopia (26)
•  Fiji (6)
•  Finland (10)
•  France (27)
•  Germany (11)
•  Hong Kong (2)
•  Hungary (15)
•  Iceland (1)
•  India (18)
•  Ireland (19)
•  Israel (2)
•  Italy (26)
•  Japan (24)
•  Kazakhstan (10)
•  Kenya (25)
•  Latvia (15)
•  Mauritius (3)
•  Mexico (10)
•  Morocco (17)
•  Netherlands (15)
•  New Zealand (8)
•  Norway (5)
•  Poland (6)
•  Portugal (21)
•  Romania (10)
•  Russia (20)
•  Slovakia (2)
•  South Africa (26)
•  Spain (27)
•  Sweden (5)
•   Switzerland (14)
•  Tunisia (6)
•  Turkmenistan (4)
• United Kingdom (27)
•  United States (27)
•  Yemen (8)
•  Zaire (1)
•  Zambia (4)
•  Zimbabwe (7)

See also

• 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1993 in athletics (track and field)