2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3][4] and for the IAAF.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	30th
Date	March 23/24
Host city	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Venue	Leopardstown Racecourse
Events	6
Distances	11.998 km – Senior men 4.208 km – Men's short 7.974 km – Junior men 7.974 km – Senior women 4.208 km – Women's short 5.962 km – Junior women
Participation	664 athletes from 59 nations
← 2001 Oostende 2003 Lausanne →

New scores for team results were introduced.

Complete results for senior men,^[11][12][13] for senior men's teams,^[11][14][15] for men's short race,^[16][17][18] for men's short race teams,^[16][19][20] for junior men,^[21][22][23] for junior men's teams,^[21][24][25] senior women,^[26][27][28] for senior women's teams,^[26][29][30] for women's short race,^[31][32][33] for women's short race teams,^[31][34][35] for junior women,^[36][37][38] for junior women's teams,^[36][39][40] medallists,^[41] and the results of British athletes who took part^[42] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (11.998 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	34:52	John Yuda  Tanzania	34:58	Wilberforce Talel  Kenya	35:20
Men's short (4.208 km)	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	12:11	Luke Kipkosgei  Kenya	12:18	Haylu Mekonnen  Ethiopia	12:20
Junior men (7.974 km)	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	23:18	Abel Cheruiyot  Kenya	23:19	Boniface Kiprop  Uganda	23:28
Senior women (7.974 km)	Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom	26:55	Deena Drossin  United States	27:04	Colleen de Reuck  United States	27:17
Women's short (4.208 km)	Edith Masai  Kenya	13:30	Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia	13:36	Isabella Ochichi  Kenya	13:39
Junior women (5.962 km)	Viola Kibiwott  Kenya	20:13	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	20:14	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	20:22
Team
Senior men	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	43	Morocco	58
Men's short	Kenya	20	Ethiopia	32	Spain	57
Junior men	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	24	Uganda	37
Senior women	Ethiopia	28	United States	38	Kenya	41
Women's short	Ethiopia	32	Kenya	34	Ireland	85
Junior women	Kenya	13	Ethiopia	24	Japan	63

Race results

Senior men's race (11.998 km)

Main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	34:52
	John Yuda	Tanzania	34:58
	Wilberforce Talel	Kenya	35:20
4	Richard Limo	Kenya	35:26
5	Charles Kamathi	Kenya	35:29
6	Albert Chepkurui	Kenya	35:32
7	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	35:43
8	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea	35:47
9	Enock Mitei	Kenya	35:49
10	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	35:57
11	Abdi Abdirahman	United States	36:03
12	Assefa Mezegebu	Ethiopia	36:06
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Wilberforce Talel 3 Richard Limo 4 Charles Kamathi 5 Albert Chepkurui 6 (Enock Mitei) (n/s) (Hosea Kogo) (n/s)	18
	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele 1 Assefa Mezegebu 11 Habte Jifar 15 Fita Bayissa 16 (Lemma Alemayehu) (n/s) (Mesfin Hailu) (n/s)	43
	Morocco Abderrahim Goumri 7 Jaouad Gharib 9 Saïd Berrioui 19 Elarbi Khattabi 23 (Hakim Radouan) (DNF)	58
4	France	71
5	United States	107
6	Spain	121
7	Eritrea	141
8	Tanzania	146
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Men's short race (4.208 km)

Main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	12:11
	Luke Kipkosgei	Kenya	12:18
	Haylu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	12:20
4	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	12:26
5	Craig Mottram	Australia	12:27
6	Julius Nyamu	Kenya	12:30
7	Antonio Jiménez	Spain	12:30
8	Joseph Kosgei	Kenya	12:32
9	Khalid El Amri	Morocco	12:33
10	Driss Maazouzi	France	12:34
11	Jorge Torres	United States	12:35
12	Saïd El Wardi	Morocco	12:35
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Luke Kipkosgei 2 Sammy Kipketer 4 Julius Nyamu 6 Joseph Kosgei 8 (Abraham Chebii) (n/s) (Sammy Kiplagat) (n/s)	20
	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele 1 Haylu Mekonnen 3 Mohamed Awol 13 Abiyote Abate 15 (Million Wolde) (n/s) (Berhanu Addane) (n/s)	32
	Spain Antonio Jiménez 7 Isaac Viciosa 14 Alberto García 16 Roberto García 20 (José Luis Blanco) (n/s) (Iván Hierro) (n/s)	57
4	Morocco	78
5	United States	113
6	France	117
7	United Kingdom	120
8	Australia	120
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior men's race (7.974 km)

Main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	23:18
	Abel Cheruiyot	Kenya	23:19
	Boniface Kiprop	Uganda	23:28
4	Thomas Kiplitan	Kenya	23:33
5	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	23:39
6	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	23:42
7	Nicholas Kemboi	Kenya	23:48
8	Girma Assefa	Ethiopia	23:49
9	Abebe Dinkessa	Ethiopia	23:50
10	Moses Mosop	Kenya	23:58
11	Martin Toroitich	Uganda	24:05
12	Mike Kipyego	Kenya	24:10
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Abel Cheruiyot 2 Thomas Kiplitan 4 Eliud Kipchoge 5 Nicholas Kemboi 7 (Moses Mosop) (n/s) (Mike Kipyego) (n/s)	18
	Ethiopia Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 1 Sileshi Sihen 6 Girma Assefa 8 Abebe Dinkessa 9 (Tessema Absher) (n/s) (Nasdr Abdesa) (n/s)	24
	Uganda Boniface Kiprop 3 Martin Toroitich 10 Paul Wakou 11 Francis Musani 13	37
4	Japan	77
5	Morocco	89
6	Zambia	94
7	United States	113
8	Algeria	131
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (7.974 km)

Main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	26:55
	Deena Drossin	United States	27:04
	Colleen de Reuck	United States	27:17
4	Miwako Yamanaka	Japan	27:19
5	Eyerusalem Kuma	Ethiopia	27:19
6	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	27:21
7	Leila Aman	Ethiopia	27:25
8	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	27:28
9	Pamela Chepchumba	Kenya	27:30
10	Teyiba Erkesso	Ethiopia	27:32
11	Leah Malot	Kenya	27:35
12	Jen Rhines	United States	27:43
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Eyerusalem Kuma 5 Merima Denboba 6 Leila Aman 7 Teyiba Erkesso 10 (Ayelech Worku) (n/s) (Atalelech Ketema) (n/s)	28
	United States Deena Drossin 2 Colleen de Reuck 3 Jen Rhines 12 Milena Glusac 21 (Elva Dryer) (n/s) (Amy Rudolph) (n/s)	38
	Kenya Rose Cheruiyot 8 Pamela Chepchumba 9 Leah Malot 11 Jane Omoro 13 (Jepkorir Ayabei) (n/s) (Monica Wangari) (n/s)	41
4	Japan	67
5	United Kingdom	69
6	Portugal	84
7	Spain	104
8	France	121
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Women's short race (4.208 km)

Main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Edith Masai	Kenya	13:30
	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	13:36
	Isabella Ochichi	Kenya	13:39
4	Benita Johnson	Australia	13:42
5	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	13:47
6	Abebech Nigussie	Ethiopia	13:53
7	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	13:55
8	Amane Godana	Ethiopia	14:00
9	Rosanna Martin	Italy	14:01
10	Anne Keenan-Buckley	Ireland	14:03
11	Carrie Tollefson	United States	14:05
12	Bouchra Chaâbi	Morocco	14:06
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Worknesh Kidane 2 Abebech Nigussie 6 Amane Godana 8 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Merima Hashim) (n/s) (Sinkinesh Gudeta) (n/s)	32
	Kenya Edith Masai 1 Isabella Ochichi 3 Nancy Wambui 13 Jane Kiptoo 17 (Prisca Ngetich) (n/s)	34
	Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan 7 Anne Keenan-Buckley 10 Rosemary Ryan 18 Maria McCambridge 50 (Valerie Vaughan) (n/s) (Maureen Harrington) (n/s)	85
4	Russia	86
5	Australia	86
6	United States	90
7	Portugal	108
8	Morocco	133
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior women's race (5.962 km)

Main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Viola Kibiwott	Kenya	20:13
	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	20:14
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	20:22
4	Fridah Domongole	Kenya	20:23
5	Peninah Chepchumba	Kenya	20:24
6	Bezunesh Bekele	Ethiopia	20:34
7	Mestawat Tufa	Ethiopia	20:40
8	Snezana Kostic	Yugoslavia	20:43
9	Melissa Rollison	Australia	20:50
10	Sharon Cherop	Kenya	20:53
11	Yenealem Ayano	Ethiopia	20:59
12	Valentine Koech	Kenya	21:03
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Viola Kibiwott 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 3 Fridah Domongole 4 Peninah Chepchumba 5 (Sharon Cherop) (n/s) (Valentine Koech) (n/s)	13
	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba 2 Bezunesh Bekele 6 Mestawat Tufa 7 Yenealem Ayano 9 (Meseret Defar) (n/s) (Derbe Ayele) (n/s)	24
	Japan Emi Ikeda 10 Chiaki Iwamoto 14 Mika Matsumoto 17 Ayumi Hashimoto 22 (Misaki Katsumata) (n/s)	63
4	Australia	77
5	United States	87
6	Russia	106
7	France	128
8	United Kingdom	130
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Ireland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	6	3	4	13
2	Ethiopia	5	6	1	12
3	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
4	United States	0	2	1	3
5	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
6	Uganda	0	0	2	2
7	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		12	12	11	35

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 664 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[42] The announced athletes from  Angola,  Nigeria,  Palestine, and  Sierra Leone did not show.^{[12][13][17][18]}

•  Algeria (30)
•  Andorra (3)
•  Argentina (5)
•  Australia (19)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belarus (4)
•  Belgium (27)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Burundi (4)
•  Canada (34)
•  Cayman Islands (2)
•  Chile (5)
•  DR Congo (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Egypt (3)
•  Eritrea (15)
•  Ethiopia (35)
•  France (26)
•  Gibraltar (4)
•  Ireland (36)
•  Italy (31)
•  Japan (27)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  Kenya (35)
•  Kyrgyzstan (4)
•  Lesotho (2)
•  Mexico (11)
•  Morocco (23)
•  Netherlands (6)
•  New Zealand (8)
•  Peru (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (22)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (15)
•  Rwanda (4)
•  Seychelles (2)
•  Slovakia (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (14)
•  Spain (36)
•  Sri Lanka (6)
•  Sudan (5)
•  Eswatini (2)
•  Sweden (2)
•   Switzerland (2)
•  Tajikistan (2)
•  Tanzania (13)
•  Tunisia (6)
•  Turkey (3)
•  Turkmenistan (2)
•  Uganda (4)
•  Ukraine (8)
• United Kingdom (36)
•  United States (36)
•  Uzbekistan (16)
•  Yugoslavia (3)
•  Zambia (6)
•  Zimbabwe (3)

See also

• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2002 in athletics (track and field)