2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 18/19, 2000. The races were held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3] and for the IAAF.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	28th
Date	March 18/19
Host city	Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Venue	Sporting Complex of Vilamoura
Events	6
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men 4.18 km – Men's short 8.08 km – Junior men 8.08 km – Senior women 4.18 km – Women's short 6.29 km – Junior women
Participation	805 athletes from 76 nations
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Complete results^[10] for senior men,^[11][12] for senior men's teams,^[11][13] for men's short race,^[14][15] for men's short race teams,^[14][16] for junior men,^[17][18] for junior men's teams,^[17][19] senior women,^[20][21] for senior women's teams,^[20][22] for women's short race,^[23][24] for women's short race teams,^[23][25] for junior women,^[26][27] for junior women's teams,^[26][28] medallists,^[29] and the results of British athletes who took part^[30] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.3 km)	Mohammed Mourhit  Belgium	35:00	Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia	35:01	Paul Tergat  Kenya	35:02
Men's short (4.18 km)	John Kibowen  Kenya	11:11	Sammy Kipketer  Kenya	11:12	Paul Kosgei  Kenya	11:15
Junior men (8.08 km)	Robert Kipchumba  Kenya	22:49	Duncan Lebo  Kenya	22:52	John Cheruiyot Korir  Kenya	22:55
Senior women (8.08 km)	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	25:42	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	25:48	Susan Chepkemei  Kenya	25:50
Women's short (4.18 km)	Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia	13:00	Zahra Ouaziz  Morocco	13:00	Margaret Ngotho  Kenya	13:00
Junior women (6.29 km)	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	20:34	Alice Timbilil  Kenya	20:35	Viola Kibiwott  Kenya	20:36
Team
Senior men	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	68	Portugal	69
Men's short	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	46	Morocco	68
Junior men	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	47	Uganda	68
Senior women	Ethiopia	20	Kenya	23	United States	98
Women's short	Portugal	46	Ethiopia	55	France	57
Junior women	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	24	Japan	78

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

Further information: 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	35:00
	Assefa Mezegebu	Ethiopia	35:01
	Paul Tergat	Kenya	35:02
4	Patrick Ivuti	Kenya	35:03
5	Wilberforce Talel	Kenya	35:06
6	Paul Koech	Kenya	35:22
7	Charles Kamathi	Kenya	35:51
8	Sergiy Lebid	Ukraine	35:52
9	Abdellah Béhar	France	35:55
10	Eduardo Henriques	Portugal	35:56
11	Abraham Cherono	Kenya	36:00
12	Domingos Castro	Portugal	36:01
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Paul Tergat 3 Patrick Ivuti 4 Wilberforce Talel 5 Paul Koech 6 (Charles Kamathi) (7) (Abraham Cherono) (11)	18
	Ethiopia Assefa Mezegebu 2 Lemma Alemayehu 16 Tesfaye Tola 23 Amebesse Tolossa 27 (Dereje Tadesse) (44) (Debebe Demisse) (74)	68
	Portugal Eduardo Henriques 10 Domingos Castro 12 António Pinto 22 Paulo Guerra 25 (Alfredo Bráz) (56) (Alberto Maravilha) (65)	69
4	Spain	86
5	Tanzania	94
6	United Kingdom	156
7	Italy	163
8	Algeria	167
Full results

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

Men's short race (4.18 km)

Further information: 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Kibowen	Kenya	11:11
	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	11:12
	Paul Kosgei	Kenya	11:15
4	Leonard Mucheru	Kenya	11:21
5	Abraham Chebii	Kenya	11:25
6	Haylu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	11:27
7	Philip Mosima	Kenya	11:29
8	Saïd El Wardi	Morocco	11:33
9	Laïd Bessou	Algeria	11:34
10	Sergiy Lebid	Ukraine	11:36
11	Abiyote Abate	Ethiopia	11:36
12	Martin Sulle	Tanzania	11:37
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya John Kibowen 1 Sammy Kipketer 2 Paul Kosgei 3 Leonard Mucheru 4 (Abraham Chebii) (5) (Philip Mosima) (7)	10
	Ethiopia Haylu Mekonnen 6 Abiyote Abate 11 Dagne Alemu 14 Million Wolde 15 (Daniel Zegeye) (32) (Mohamed Awol) (43)	46
	Morocco Saïd El Wardi 8 Ali Ezzine 13 Aziz Driouche 18 Youssef Baba 29 (Salah El Ghazi) (40) (Abdelhak El Gorch) (108)	68
4	Algeria	88
5	Portugal	100
6	Spain	130
7	Tanzania	136
8	Germany	166
Full results

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

Junior men's race (8.08 km)

Further information: 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Robert Kipchumba	Kenya	22:49
	Duncan Lebo	Kenya	22:52
	John Cheruiyot Korir	Kenya	22:55
4	Philemon Kemei	Kenya	23:04
5	Martin Sulle	Tanzania	23:14
6	Faustin Baha	Tanzania	23:27
7	Edwin Koech	Kenya	23:33
8	Beruk Debrework	Ethiopia	23:40
9	Teref Dessalege	Ethiopia	23:51
10	Kiplimo Muneria	Kenya	24:03
11	Martin Toroitich	Uganda	24:08
12	Alemayehu Lema	Ethiopia	24:14
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Robert Kipchumba 1 Duncan Lebo 2 John Cheruiyot Korir 3 Philemon Kemei 4 (Edwin Koech) (7) (Kiplimo Muneria) (10)	10
	Ethiopia Beruk Debrework 8 Teref Dessalege 9 Alemayehu Lema 12 Midekssa Diriba 18 (Demissie Girma) (31) (Tadesse Feyissa) (65)	47
	Uganda Martin Toroitich 11 Paul Wakou 15 Job Sikoria 20 Johnny Okello 22 (Boniface Kiprop) (27)	68
4	Tanzania	84
5	Qatar	98
6	Morocco	105
7	Japan	125
8	South Africa	151
Full results

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

Senior women's race (8.08 km)

Further information: 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	25:42
	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	25:48
	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	25:50
4	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	26:02
5	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	26:03
6	Leah Malot	Kenya	26:09
7	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	26:20
8	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	26:23
9	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	26:36
10	Ruth Kutol	Kenya	26:38
11	Irene Kipchumba	Kenya	26:45
12	Deena Drossin	United States	26:59
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Derartu Tulu 1 Gete Wami 2 Merima Denboba 8 Ayelech Worku 9 (Berhane Adere) (14) (Asha Gigi) (28)	20
	Kenya Susan Chepkemei 3 Lydia Cheromei 4 Leah Malot 6 Ruth Kutol 10 (Irene Kipchumba) (11) (Magdeline Chemjor) (25)	23
	United States Deena Drossin 12 Jen Rhines 13 Rachel Sauder 36 Kimberly Fitchen 37 (Donna Garcia) (55) (Elva Dryer) (DNF)	98
4	Ireland	101
5	Spain	137
6	United Kingdom	137
7	Japan	148
8	Italy	164
Full results

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

Women's short race (4.18 km)

Further information: 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	13:00
	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	13:00
	Margaret Ngotho	Kenya	13:00
4	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	13:01
5	Fatima Yvelain	France	13:06
6	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	13:07
7	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	13:12
8	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	13:16
9	Zhor El Kamch	Morocco	13:17
10	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	13:17
11	Yamna Belkacem	France	13:21
12	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	13:22
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Portugal Carla Sacramento 7 Fernanda Ribeiro 10 Helena Sampaio 13 Marina Bastos 16 (Inês Monteiro) (29) (Anália Rosa) (45)	46
	Ethiopia Kutre Dulecha 1 Yimenashu Taye 6 Getenesh Urge 17 Genet Gebregiorgis 31 (Zenebech Tadese) (37) (Lulit Legesse) (38)	55
	France Fatima Yvelain 5 Yamna Belkacem 11 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 18 Rakiya Maraoui 23 (Laurence Duquénoy) (30) (Fatima Hajjami) (54)	57
4	Kenya	59
5	Morocco	81
6	Romania	122
7	United Kingdom	138
8	Germany	149
Full results

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

Junior women's race (6.29 km)

Further information: 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	20:34
	Alice Timbilil	Kenya	20:35
	Viola Kibiwott	Kenya	20:36
4	Hareg Sidelil	Ethiopia	20:38
5	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	20:41
6	Fridah Domongole	Kenya	20:43
7	Eyerusalem Kuma	Ethiopia	20:45
8	Abebech Nigussie	Ethiopia	20:48
9	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	20:52
10	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	21:02
11	Rina Fujioka	Japan	21:12
12	Pamela Kipchoge	Kenya	21:19
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Vivian Cheruiyot 1 Alice Timbilil 2 Viola Kibiwott 3 Fridah Domongole 6 (Pamela Kipchoge) (12) (Gladys Ruto) (34)	12
	Ethiopia Hareg Sidelil 4 Merima Hashim 5 Eyerusalem Kuma 7 Abebech Nigussie 8 (Worknesh Kidane) (9) (Bezunesh Bekele) (13)	24
	Japan Rina Fujioka 11 Kaori Yoshida 14 Tomomi Tagao 20 Ikuko Nagao 33 (Mami Ikeda) (50) (Naoko Sakata) (DNF)	78
4	South Africa	105
5	Uganda	131
6	United States	146
7	Algeria	155
8	Canada	184
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	7	4	6	17
2	Ethiopia	3	7	0	10
3	Portugal*	1	0	1	2
4	Belgium	1	0	0	1
5	Morocco	0	1	1	2
6	France	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		12	12	12	36

• 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 805 athletes from 76 countries, one athlete less than the official number published.^[30] The announced athletes from  Cameroon,  Equatorial Guinea,  Guatemala,  Iran, and  Trinidad and Tobago did not show.^{[10][12][15][24][27]}

•  Algeria (24)
•  Andorra (3)
•  Argentina (2)
•  Australia (4)
•  Austria (1)
•  Azerbaijan (2)
•  Belarus (24)
•  Belgium (17)
•  Bolivia (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Botswana (5)
•  Brazil (20)
•  Burundi (2)
•  Canada (34)
•  Cape Verde (3)
•  Chile (2)
•  Colombia (10)
•  Croatia (2)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Ecuador (8)
•  Egypt (7)
•  Eritrea (9)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Ethiopia (36)
•  Finland (10)
•  France (20)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (11)
•  Gibraltar (12)
•  India (20)
•  Ireland (17)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (25)
•  Japan (22)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  Kenya (36)
•  Kiribati (4)
•  Kyrgyzstan (3)
•  Lebanon (10)
•  Lesotho (2)
•  Mexico (6)
•  Morocco (29)
•    Nepal (2)
•  Netherlands (11)
•  New Zealand (7)
•  Norway (8)
•  Palestine (5)
•  Poland (3)
•  Portugal (34)
•  Qatar (12)
•  Romania (7)
•  Russia (17)
•  Rwanda (5)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  Slovakia (2)
•  Slovenia (4)
•  South Africa (14)
•  Spain (36)
•  Eswatini (1)
•  Sweden (4)
•   Switzerland (2)
•  Tajikistan (7)
•  Tanzania (19)
•  Tunisia (8)
•  Turkey (6)
•  Turkmenistan (15)
•  Uganda (10)
•  Ukraine (1)
• United Kingdom (35)
•  United States (35)
•  Uzbekistan (20)
•  Venezuela (6)
•  Yemen (4)
•  Yugoslavia (4)
•  Zambia (4)
•  Zimbabwe (5)

See also

• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2000 in athletics (track and field)