1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Durham, United Kingdom, at the University of Durham on 25 March 1995. A report on the event was given in The New York Times^[1] and in the Herald.^[2]

1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	23rd
Date	25 March
Host city	Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Venue	Maiden Castle sports centre, University of Durham
Events	4
Distances	12.02 km – Senior men 8.47 km – Junior men 6.47 km – Senior women 4.47 km – Junior women
Participation	619 athletes from 58 nations
← 1994 Budapest 1996 Stellenbosch →

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 (12.02 km)	Paul Tergat  Kenya	34:05	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	34:13	Salah Hissou  Morocco	34:14
Junior men (8.47 km)	Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia	24:12	Dejene Lidetu  Ethiopia	24:14	David Chelule  Kenya	24:16
Senior women (6.47 km)	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	20:21	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	20:29	Sally Barsosio  Kenya	20:39
Junior women (4.47 km)	Annemari Sandell  Finland	14:04	Jebiwot Keitany  Kenya	14:09	Nancy Kipron  Kenya	14:17
Team
Senior men	Kenya	62	Morocco	111	Spain	120
Junior men	Kenya	23	Ethiopia	25	Morocco	72
Senior women	Kenya	26	Ethiopia	38	Romania	84
Junior women	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	31	Japan	56

Race results

Senior men's race (12.02 km)

Main article: 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Paul Tergat	Kenya	34:05
	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	34:13
	Salah Hissou	Morocco	34:14
4	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	34:26
5	Brahim Lahlafi	Morocco	34:34
6	Paulo Guerra	Portugal	34:38
7	James Songok	Kenya	34:41
8	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	34:46
9	Todd Williams	United States	34:47
10	Martín Fiz	Spain	34:50
11	Elarbi Khattabi	Morocco	34:55
12	Abdelaziz Sahere	Morocco	35:00
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Paul Tergat 1 Ismael Kirui 2 James Songok 7 Simon Chemoiywo 8 Julius Ondieki 15 William Kiptum 29 (Simeon Rono) (30) (Gideon Chirchir) (67) (Dominic Kirui) (142)	62
	Morocco Salah Hissou 3 Brahim Lahlafi 5 Elarbi Khattabi 11 Abdelaziz Sahere 12 Hammou Boutayeb 39 Mustapha Bamouh 41 (Abderrahim Zitouna) (76) (Larbi Zéroual) (DNF)	111
	Spain Martín Fiz 10 José Manuel García 13 José Carlos Adán 18 Antonio Serrano 19 Alejandro Gómez 28 Antonio Pérez 32 (Julio Rey) (36) (Bartolomé Serrano) (48) (Abel Antón) (78)	120
4	Portugal	139
5	Ethiopia	169
6	United States	310
7	Italy	325
8	South Africa	326
Full results

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

Junior men's race (8.47 km)

Main article: 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Assefa Mezegebu	Ethiopia	24:12
	Dejene Lidetu	Ethiopia	24:14
	David Chelule	Kenya	24:16
4	Andrew Panga	Tanzania	24:19
5	Philip Mosima	Kenya	24:23
6	Abreham Tsige	Ethiopia	24:40
7	Hezron Otwori	Kenya	24:43
8	Mark Bett	Kenya	24:48
9	Sammy Kipruto	Kenya	24:58
10	Christopher Kelong	Kenya	25:02
11	John Morapedi	South Africa	25:04
12	Marko Hwahu	Tanzania	25:04
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya David Chelule 3 Philip Mosima 5 Hezron Otwori 7 Mark Bett 8 (Sammy Kipruto) (9) (Christopher Kelong) (10)	23
	Ethiopia Assefa Mezegebu 1 Dejene Lidetu 2 Abreham Tsige 6 Lemma Bonsa 16 (Mizan Mehari) (23) (Mohamed Awol) (30)	25
	Morocco Mohamed El Hattab 15 Mohamed Amyn 17 Abderrahman Chmaiti 19 Abdelilah El Marrafe 21 (Abderrahim Goumri) (25) (Ahmed Ezzobayry) (38)	72
4	Japan	84
5	Algeria	150
6	South Africa	156
7	Spain	164
8	France	182
Full results

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

Senior women's race (6.47 km)

Main article: 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	20:21
	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	20:29
	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	20:39
4	Margaret Ngotho	Kenya	20:40
5	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	20:49
6	Joan Nesbit	United States	20:50
7	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	20:53
8	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	20:54
9	Albertina Dias	Portugal	20:56
10	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	20:57
11	Catherine Kirui	Kenya	20:58
12	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	21:06
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Sally Barsosio 3 Margaret Ngotho 4 Rose Cheruiyot 8 Catherine Kirui 11 (Hellen Kimaiyo) (17) (Hellen Chepngeno) (27)	26
	Ethiopia Derartu Tulu 1 Gete Wami 5 Merima Denboba 7 Askale Bereda 25 (Genet Gebregiorgis) (26) (Getenesh Urge) (77)	38
	Romania Gabriela Szabo 10 Tudorita Chidu 22 Elena Fidatof 23 Iulia Negura 29 (Cristina Misaros) (30) (Daniela Bran) (85)	84
4	Japan	102
5	United States	111
6	Russia	116
7	Spain	133
8	France	151
Full results

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

Junior women's race (4.47 km)

Main article: 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Annemari Sandell	Finland	14:04
	Jebiwot Keitany	Kenya	14:09
	Nancy Kipron	Kenya	14:17
4	Jepkorir Ayabei	Kenya	14:21
5	Birhan Dagne	Ethiopia	14:25
6	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	14:25
7	Alemitu Bekele	Ethiopia	14:26
8	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	14:27
9	Elizabeth Cheptanui	Kenya	14:28
10	Pamela Chepchumba	Kenya	14:31
11	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	14:33
12	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	14:39
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Jebiwot Keitany 2 Nancy Kipron 3 Jepkorir Ayabei 4 Elizabeth Cheptanui 9 (Pamela Chepchumba) (10) (Helen Kimutai) (14)	18
	Ethiopia Birhan Dagne 5 Alemitu Bekele 7 Yimenashu Taye 8 Ayelech Worku 11 (Getenesh Tamirat) (18)	31
	Japan Chiemi Takahashi 12 Miwa Sugawara 13 Yoshiko Ichikawa 15 Masako Chiba 16 (Ari Ichihashi) (21) (Taeko Igarashi) (23)	56
4	United States	113
5	Romania	120
6	United Kingdom	133
7	Spain	183
8	Belgium	208
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	2	3	10
2	Ethiopia	2	4	0	6
3	Finland	1	0	0	1
4	Morocco	0	1	2	3
5	Ireland	0	1	0	1
6	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Spain	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 619 athletes from 58 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[8]

•  Algeria (6)
•  Australia (13)
•  Belarus (6)
•  Belgium (15)
•  Botswana (7)
•  Brazil (20)
•  Canada (22)
•  China (7)
•  Chinese Taipei (4)
•  Colombia (18)
•  Croatia (8)
•  Czech Republic (5)
•  Denmark (7)
•  Egypt (2)
•  Ethiopia (27)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (27)
•  Germany (6)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Hungary (6)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Ireland (13)
•  Israel (3)
•  Italy (27)
•  Jamaica (6)
•  Japan (20)
•  Kazakhstan (8)
•  Kenya (27)
•  Kyrgyzstan (4)
•  Lithuania (2)
•  Malta (8)
•  Mauritius (9)
•  Moldova (2)
•  Morocco (15)
•  Namibia (3)
•  Netherlands (12)
•  New Zealand (5)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Portugal (18)
•  Puerto Rico (6)
•  Romania (14)
•  Russia (13)
•  Seychelles (7)
•  Sierra Leone (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Africa (27)
•  Spain (27)
•   Switzerland (10)
•  Tanzania (10)
•  Turkmenistan (4)
•  Ukraine (18)
• United Kingdom (27)
•  United States (27)
•  Uzbekistan (7)
•  Yemen (11)
•  Yugoslavia (3)
•  Zaire (1)
•  Zimbabwe (9)

See also

• 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1995 in athletics (track and field)