2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. 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]}

2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	29th
Date	March 24/25
Host city	Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium
Venue	Hippodrome Wellington
Events	6
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men 4.1 km – Men's short 7.7 km – Junior men 7.7 km – Senior women 4.1 km – Women's short 5.9 km – Junior women
Participation	790 athletes from 67 nations
← 2000 Vilamoura 2002 Dublin →

Complete results for senior men,^[10][11][12] for senior men's teams,^[10][13][14] for men's short race,^[15][16][17] for men's short race teams,^[15][18][19] for junior men,^[20][21][22] for junior men's teams,^[20][23][24] senior women,^[25][26][27] for senior women's teams,^[25][28][29] for women's short race,^[30][31][32] for women's short race teams,^[30][33][34] for junior women,^[35][36][37] for junior women's teams,^[35][38][39] medallists,^[40] and the results of British athletes who took part^[41] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.3 km)	Mohammed Mourhit  Belgium	39:53	Sergiy Lebid  Ukraine	40:03	Charles Kamathi  Kenya	40:05
Men's short (4.1 km)	Enock Koech  Kenya	12:40	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	12:42	Benjamin Limo  Kenya	12:43
Junior men (7.7 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	25:04	Duncan Lebo  Kenya	25:37	Dathan Ritzenhein  United States	25:46
Senior women (7.7 km)	Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom	27:49	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	27:52	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	28:07
Women's short (4.1 km)	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	14:46	Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom	14:47	Edith Masai  Kenya	14:57
Junior women (5.9 km)	Viola Kibiwott  Kenya	22:05	Abebech Nigussie  Ethiopia	22:05	Aster Bacha  Ethiopia	22:05
Team
Senior men	Kenya	33	France	72	United States	87
Men's short	Kenya	13	Morocco	48	Ethiopia	51
Junior men	Kenya	24	Ethiopia	25	Uganda	68
Senior women	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	70	France	77
Women's short	Ethiopia	26	Kenya	32	Romania	78
Junior women	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	20	Japan	59

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

Main article: 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	39:53
	Sergiy Lebid	Ukraine	40:03
	Charles Kamathi	Kenya	40:05
4	Paulo Guerra	Portugal	40:06
5	Paul Kosgei	Kenya	40:09
6	Driss El Himer	France	40:13
7	Patrick Ivuti	Kenya	40:16
8	Hélder Ornelas	Portugal	40:33
9	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	40:37
10	Róbert Štefko	Slovakia	40:41
11	Mustafa El Ahmadi	France	40:42
12	Bob Kennedy	United States	40:43
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Charles Kamathi 3 Paul Kosgei 5 Patrick Ivuti 7 Enock Mitei 18 (John Cheruiyot Korir) (28) (Richard Limo) (32)	33
	France Driss El Himer 6 Mustafa El Ahmadi 11 Lyes Ramoul 26 Mikaël Thomas 29 (Mohamed Serbouti) (72) (Larbi Zéroual) (88)	72
	United States Bob Kennedy 12 Meb Keflezighi 13 Abdi Abdirahman 15 Nick Rogers 47 (Greg Jimmerson) (52) (Matt Downin) (80)	87
4	Spain	100
5	Portugal	100
6	Italy	103
7	Belgium	139
8	Ireland	146
Full results

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

Men's short race (4.1 km)

Main article: 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Enock Koech	Kenya	12:40
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	12:42
	Benjamin Limo	Kenya	12:43
4	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	12:44
5	Cyrus Kataron	Kenya	12:45
6	Albert Chepkurui	Kenya	12:46
7	John Kibowen	Kenya	12:49
8	Craig Mottram	Australia	12:49
9	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	13:00
10	Haylu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	13:03
11	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	13:06
12	Saïd El Wardi	Morocco	13:08
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Enock Koech 1 Benjamin Limo 3 Sammy Kipketer 4 Cyrus Kataron 5 (Albert Chepkurui) (6) (John Kibowen) (7)	13
	Morocco Brahim Boulami 9 Adil Kaouch 11 Saïd El Wardi 12 Mohamed Amyn 16 (Youssef Baba) (22) (Brahim Jabbour) (89)	48
	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele 2 Haylu Mekonnen 10 Dagne Alemu 13 Alemayehu Girma 26 (Beruk Debrework) (30) (Mesfin Hailu) (81)	51
4	United States	91
5	Spain	171
6	Portugal	183
7	Canada	187
8	Italy	193
Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.7 km)

Main article: 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	25:04
	Duncan Lebo	Kenya	25:37
	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	25:46
4	Nicholas Kemboi	Kenya	25:52
5	Matt Tegenkamp	United States	25:55
6	Robert Kipchumba	Kenya	26:00
7	Alemayehu Tedla	Ethiopia	26:02
8	Maregu Zewdie	Ethiopia	26:14
9	Beruk Debrework	Ethiopia	26:15
10	Paul Wakou	Uganda	26:17
11	Jean Baptiste Simukeka	Rwanda	26:22
12	Edwin Koech	Kenya	26:37
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Duncan Lebo 2 Nicholas Kemboi 4 Robert Kipchumba 6 Edwin Koech 12 (Wilson Chelal) (13) (Kiplimo Muneria) (21)	24
	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele 1 Alemayehu Tedla 7 Maregu Zewdie 8 Beruk Debrework 9 (Tibebu Yenew) (20) (Fekadu Gemeda) (33)	25
	Uganda Paul Wakou 10 Johnny Okello 16 Francis Musani 19 Moses Mpanga 23 (Francis Yiga) (25)	68
4	United States	71
5	Morocco	95
6	Canada	171
7	Eritrea	190
8	Algeria	206
Full results

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

Senior women's race (7.7 km)

Main article: 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	27:49
	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	27:52
	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	28:07
4	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	28:13
5	Pamela Chepchumba	Kenya	28:20
6	Leah Malot	Kenya	28:36
7	Yamna Belkacem	France	28:40
8	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	28:52
9	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	29:03
10	Anja Smolders	Belgium	29:17
11	Rakiya Maraoui	France	29:24
12	Deena Drossin	United States	29:28
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Lydia Cheromei 3 Susan Chepkemei 4 Pamela Chepchumba 5 Leah Malot 6 (Hellen Kimaiyo) (14) (Sally Barsosio) (18)	18
	Ethiopia Gete Wami 2 Merima Denboba 8 Eyerusalem Kuma 23 Leila Aman 37 (Merima Hashim) (41) (Atalelech Ketema) (46)	70
	France Yamna Belkacem 7 Rakiya Maraoui 11 Rodica Moroianu 24 Zahia Dahmani 35 (Fatima Yvelain) (43) (Chantal Dällenbach) (73)	77
4	United Kingdom	83
5	Portugal	95
6	Italy	117
7	Spain	119
8	United States	130
Full results

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

Women's short race (4.1 km)

Main article: 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	14:46
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	14:47
	Edith Masai	Kenya	14:57
4	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	15:04
5	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	15:06
6	Benita Willis	Australia	15:06
7	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	15:07
8	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:07
9	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	15:08
10	Margaret Ngotho	Kenya	15:20
11	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	15:24
12	Kathy Butler	United Kingdom	15:25
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Gete Wami 1 Merima Denboba 4 Worknesh Kidane 5 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Ayelech Worku) (18) (Hareg Sidelil) (61)	26
	Kenya Edith Masai 3 Rose Cheruiyot 8 Margaret Ngotho 10 Naomi Mugo 11 (Salome Chepchumba) (34) (Pamela Anisumuk) (44)	32
	Romania Elena Fidatof 13 Iulia Olteanu 15 Cristina Grosu 23 Mihaela Botezan 27 (Constantina Diţă) (33) (Cristina Casandra) (37)	78
4	United Kingdom	81
5	Morocco	109
6	Ireland	152
7	Portugal	157
8	Tanzania	158
Full results

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

Junior women's race (5.9 km)

Main article: 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Viola Kibiwott	Kenya	22:05
	Abebech Nigussie	Ethiopia	22:05
	Aster Bacha	Ethiopia	22:05
4	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	22:06
5	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	22:08
6	Tereza Yohanes	Ethiopia	22:10
7	Fridah Domongole	Kenya	22:12
8	Sally Kipyego	Kenya	22:22
9	Peninah Chepchumba	Kenya	22:24
10	Mestawat Tufa	Ethiopia	22:24
11	Naoko Sakata	Japan	22:36
12	Christine Kalmer	South Africa	22:45
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Abebech Nigussie 2 Aster Bacha 3 Tirunesh Dibaba 5 Tereza Yohanes 6 (Mestawat Tufa) (10)	16
	Kenya Viola Kibiwott 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 4 Fridah Domongole 7 Sally Kipyego 8 (Peninah Chepchumba) (9) (Alice Timbilil) (16)	20
	Japan Naoko Sakata 11 Tomomi Tagao 13 Emi Ikeda 17 Mika Matsumoto 18 (Mikayo Udo) (25) (Hiromi Koga) (35)	59
4	Australia	107
5	South Africa	136
6	United Kingdom	141
7	Russia	164
8	Algeria	201
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Belgium)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	6	3	4	13
2	Ethiopia	4	5	2	11
3	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
4	Belgium*	1	0	0	1
5	France	0	1	1	2
6	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
8	United States	0	0	2	2
9	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 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 790 athletes from 67 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[41] The announced athletes from  Nigeria and  Somalia did not show.^[11][12]

•  Algeria (18)
•  Andorra (2)
•  Argentina (10)
•  Australia (17)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belarus (24)
•  Belgium (35)
•  Bolivia (1)
•  Botswana (5)
•  Brazil (20)
•  Burundi (8)
•  Cameroon (2)
•  Canada (33)
•  Chile (10)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Croatia (2)
•  Ecuador (5)
•  Egypt (12)
•  Eritrea (12)
•  Estonia (4)
•  Ethiopia (30)
•  France (26)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Gibraltar (8)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  India (24)
•  Ireland (22)
•  Italy (30)
•  Japan (24)
•  Kenya (36)
•  Kyrgyzstan (2)
•  Lebanon (8)
•  Lesotho (2)
•  Malawi (4)
•  Mexico (12)
•  Morocco (17)
•  Netherlands (7)
•  New Zealand (6)
•  Norway (2)
•  Palestine (2)
•  Peru (1)
•  Portugal (27)
•  Puerto Rico (4)
•  Romania (7)
•  Russia (12)
•  Rwanda (3)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  Slovakia (2)
•  South Africa (14)
•  Spain (35)
•  Eswatini (5)
•  Sweden (2)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Tajikistan (12)
•  Tanzania (19)
•  Tunisia (7)
•  Turkey (9)
•  Turkmenistan (20)
•  Uganda (5)
•  Ukraine (3)
• United Kingdom (35)
•  United States (36)
•  Uzbekistan (24)
•  Yemen (4)
•  Yugoslavia (4)
•  Zambia (8)
•  Zimbabwe (4)

See also

• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2001 in athletics (track and field)