1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Kincsem Park on March 26, 1994. A preview on the event was given in the Herald,^[1] and a report in The New York Times.^[2]

1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	22nd
Date	March 26
Host city	Budapest, Hungary
Venue	Kincsem Park
Events	4
Distances	12.06 km – Senior men 8.14 km – Junior men 6.22 km – Senior women 4.3 km – Junior women
Participation	760 athletes from 60 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 (12.06 km)	William Sigei  Kenya	34:29	Simon Chemoiywo  Kenya	34:30	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	34:32
Junior men (8.14 km)	Philip Mosima  Kenya	24:15	Daniel Komen  Kenya	24:17	Abreham Tsige  Ethiopia	24:46
Senior women (6.22 km)	Hellen Chepngeno  Kenya	20:45	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	20:52	Conceição Ferreira  Portugal	20:52
Junior women (4.3 km)	Sally Barsosio  Kenya	14:04	Rose Cheruiyot  Kenya	14:05	Elizabeth Cheptanui  Kenya	14:15
Team
Senior men	Kenya	34	Morocco	83	Ethiopia	133
Junior men	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	27	Morocco	78
Senior women	Portugal	55	Ethiopia	65	Kenya	75
Junior women	Kenya	11	Ethiopia	46	Japan	60

Race results

Senior men's race (12.06 km)

Main article: 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	William Sigei	Kenya	34:29
	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	34:30
	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	34:32
4	Paul Tergat	Kenya	34:36
5	Khalid Skah	Morocco	34:56
6	James Songok	Kenya	35:02
7	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	35:11
8	Ayele Mezegebu	Ethiopia	35:14
9	Shem Kororia	Kenya	35:15
10	Mathias Ntawulikura	Rwanda	35:19
11	Salah Hissou	Morocco	35:23
12	Dominic Kirui	Kenya	35:26
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya William Sigei 1 Simon Chemoiywo 2 Paul Tergat 4 James Songok 6 Shem Kororia 9 Dominic Kirui 12 (Wilson Omwoyo) (17) (William Kiptum) (30) (Joseph Kariuki) (48)	34
	Morocco Khalid Skah 5 Salah Hissou 11 Elarbi Khattabi 14 Khaled Boulami 15 Mohamed Issangar 16 Brahim Lahlafi 22 (Brahim Boutayeb) (26) (Hammou Boutayeb) (31) (Azzedine Sediki) (80)	83
	Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie 3 Addis Abebe 7 Ayele Mezegebu 8 Ibrahim Seid 35 Tegenu Abebe 37 Lemi Erpassa 43 (Jillo Dube) (85) (Melese Feissa) (94) (Assefa Debele) (97)	133
4	Spain	175
5	Portugal	212
6	Italy	316
7	France	322
8	United Kingdom	444
Full results

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

Junior men's race (8.14 km)

Main article: 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Philip Mosima	Kenya	24:15
	Daniel Komen	Kenya	24:17
	Abreham Tsige	Ethiopia	24:46
4	Philip Kemei	Kenya	24:49
5	Lemma Alemayehu	Ethiopia	25:00
6	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico	25:04
7	Tibebu Reta	Ethiopia	25:04
8	Reyes Estévez	Spain	25:11
9	Meck Mothuli	South Africa	25:13
10	Salah El Ghazi	Morocco	25:15
11	David Kiptum	Kenya	25:16
12	Tekalegne Shewaye	Ethiopia	25:20
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Philip Mosima 1 Daniel Komen 2 Philip Kemei 4 David Kiptum 11 (John Bungei) (19) (Wilson Musto) (81)	18
	Ethiopia Abreham Tsige 3 Lemma Alemayehu 5 Tibebu Reta 7 Tekalegne Shewaye 12 (Tolosa Gebre) (13) (Fikadu Bekele) (22)	27
	Morocco Salah El Ghazi 10 Abdelmajid El Boubkary 18 Mohamed El Hattab 20 Abdelilah El Marrafe 30 (Mohamed Ahansal) (35) (Mohamed Amyn) (48)	78
4	South Africa	96
5	Japan	118
6	Mexico	152
7	Spain	159
8	Italy	175
Full results

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

Senior women's race (6.22 km)

Main article: 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Hellen Chepngeno	Kenya	20:45
	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	20:52
	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	20:52
4	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	20:57
5	Albertina Dias	Portugal	20:59
6	Elana Meyer	South Africa	21:00
7	Zola Pieterse	South Africa	21:01
8	Farida Fatès	France	21:01
9	Olga Shurbanova	Russia	21:05
10	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	21:05
11	Margareta Keszeg	Romania	21:06
12	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	21:10
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Portugal Conceição Ferreira 3 Albertina Dias 5 Fernanda Ribeiro 10 Mónica Gama 37 (Carla Sacramento) (73) (Ana Oliveira) (85)	55
	Ethiopia Merima Denboba 4 Getenesh Urge 14 Asha Gigi 19 Berhane Adere 28 (Gete Wami) (34) (Mama Amele) (96)	65
	Kenya Hellen Chepngeno 1 Joyce Chepchumba 18 Jane Omoro 25 Hellen Kimaiyo 31 (Pacifica Monda) (36) (Leah Malot) (81)	75
4	Russia	84
5	Spain	111
6	South Africa	124
7	Italy	127
8	Japan	134
Full results

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

Junior women's race (4.3 km)

Main article: 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	14:04
	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	14:05
	Elizabeth Cheptanui	Kenya	14:15
4	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	14:25
5	Ruth Biwott	Kenya	14:27
6	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	14:29
7	Pamela Chepchumba	Kenya	14:36
8	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	14:37
9	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	14:46
10	Birhan Dagne	Ethiopia	14:48
11	Nicola Slater	United Kingdom	14:49
12	Susie Power	Australia	14:49
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Sally Barsosio 1 Rose Cheruiyot 2 Elizabeth Cheptanui 3 Ruth Biwott 5 (Naomi Mugo) (6) (Pamela Chepchumba) (7)	11
	Ethiopia Shura Hotesa 9 Birhan Dagne 10 Abeba Tola 13 Leila Aman 14 (Etaferahu Tarekegn) (16) (Yeshi Gebreselassie) (113)	46
	Japan Azumi Miyazaki 8 Miwa Sugawara 15 Kanako Haginaga 18 Sachiko Yokotsuka 19 (Chiemi Takahashi) (24) (Rie Ueno) (31)	60
4	Romania	83
5	United Kingdom	119
6	Russia	158
7	Spain	200
8	South Africa	212
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	2	12
2	Portugal	1	0	1	2
3	Ethiopia	0	3	3	6
4	Morocco	0	1	1	2
5	Ireland	0	1	0	1
6	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 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 760 athletes from 60 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[8]

•  Algeria (15)
•  Argentina (15)
•  Australia (21)
•  Belarus (18)
•  Belgium (11)
•  Botswana (10)
•  Brazil (21)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Burundi (1)
•  Canada (22)
•  China (4)
•  Colombia (2)
•  Croatia (4)
•  Czech Republic (11)
•  Denmark (7)
•  Ecuador (7)
•  Estonia (3)
•  Ethiopia (27)
•  Finland (7)
•  France (27)
•  Germany (10)
•  Hong Kong (2)
•  Hungary (26)
•  India (18)
•  Ireland (13)
•  Israel (3)
•  Italy (27)
•  Japan (25)
•  Kazakhstan (16)
•  Kenya (27)
•  Kyrgyzstan (6)
•  Mauritius (7)
•  Mexico (19)
•  Moldova (3)
•  Morocco (21)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands (14)
•  Palestine (7)
•  Poland (16)
•  Portugal (21)
•  Romania (20)
•  Russia (26)
•  Rwanda (4)
•  Senegal (1)
•  Sierra Leone (1)
•  Slovakia (7)
•  Slovenia (10)
•  South Africa (27)
•  Spain (27)
•   Switzerland (14)
•  Tajikistan (2)
•  Turkey (4)
•  Turkmenistan (7)
•  Ukraine (19)
• United Kingdom (27)
•  United States (27)
•  Yemen (7)
•  Yugoslavia (3)
•  Zaire (1)
•  Zimbabwe (10)

See also

• 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1994 in athletics (track and field)