2023 Cross Zornotza

The 2023 Cross Zornotza, officially the 69º Cross Internacional Zornotza, was the 69th edition of the international cross country running competition held in Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain on 22 October 2023. It was the first leg of the 2023–24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold, the highest-level global series of cross country competitions.

2023 Cross Zornotza
Dates	22 October 2023
An overhead view of Zornotza
Level	2023–24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold
← 2022 2024 → Cross Zornotza

Recap

Likina Amebaw of Ethiopia and Celestin Ndikumana of Burundi won the two races.^[1][2]

Results

In combination with two other eligible cross country races, points from the 2023 Cross Zornotza could be used to qualify for the 10,000 metres track race at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The top eight athletes ordered by total score (summed from their top three cross country performances) were granted automatic qualification, respecting the maximum three athletes per country.^[3]

XC 8.7km

Men's Cross Country Place Athlete Country Time Points Célestin Ndikumana  Burundi 25:34 1240 Merhawi Mebrahtu  Eritrea 25:47 1220 Leonard Chemutai  Uganda 25:57 1200 4 Filmon Kibrom  Eritrea 26:03 1180 5 Sergio Paniagua  Spain 26:20 1160 6 Nassim Hassaous  Spain 26:32 1145 7 Fernando Carro  Spain 26:44 1130 8 David Bascuñana  Spain 26:48 1120 9 Eduardo Menacho [es; no]  Spain 26:54 1110 10 Ghirmay Ghebreslassie  Eritrea 27:08 1100 11 Raul Celada  Spain 27:15 1090 12 João Pereira  Portugal 27:21 1080 13 Andreu Blanes  Spain 27:28 1070 14 Brahim el Ourzadi  Spain 27:41 1060 15 Nahuel Carabaña  Andorra 28:06 1055 16 Daniel Alonso  Spain 28:52 1050 17 Carlos García  Spain 29:10 1045 18 Brahim Elaasri  Morocco 29:16 1040 19 Sergio Jiménez  Spain 29:28 1035 20 Ekain Larrea  Spain 29:29 1030 21 Javier Pérez  Spain 29:33 1025 22 Diego Alcalde  Spain 29:34 1020 23 Pablo Maldonado  Spain 29:56 1015 24 David Rua  Spain 30:03 1010 25 David Alfonso  Spain 30:15 1005 26 Julen Teran  Spain 30:19 1000 27 Wogen Hoyos  Spain 30:22 995 28 Jon Baz  Spain 30:23 990 29 Ruben Torres  Spain 30:30 985 30 Iker Ortiz  Spain 30:43 980 31 Igor Garcia  Spain 30:50 975 32 Anastasio Gomez  Spain 30:51 970 33 Jon Pascual  Spain 31:07 965 34 Xabier Sanchez  Spain 31:15 960 35 Aimar Sukunza  Spain 31:19 955 36 Jon Ander Etura  Spain 31:22 950 37 Aitor Madrazo  Spain 31:35 945 38 Julen Azpiazu  Spain 31:43 940 39 Paul Iturraspe  Spain 31:49 935 40 Txomin Osoro  Spain 31:57 930 41 Julen Basterretxea  Spain 32:04 927 42 Igor Ruiz  Spain 32:05 924 43 Ander Uriarte  Spain 32:08 921 44 Francisco Javier Fontaneda  Spain 32:10 918 45 Iker Rueda  Spain 32:11 915 46 David Lopez  Spain 32:14 912 47 Eneko Zabala  Spain 32:19 909 48 Aitor Elola  Spain 32:20 906 49 Markel Elesgaray  Spain 32:30 903 50 Jon Etxeberria  Spain 32:32 900 51 Mikael Gurrutxaga  Spain 32:35 898 52 Sergio Mijancos  Spain 32:37 896 53 Jon Napal  Spain 32:40 894 54 Igor Torres  Spain 32:45 892 55 Tomas Laso  Spain 32:46 890 56 Martin Miguez  Spain 32:49 888 57 Unai Lobato  Spain 32:57 886 58 Mikel Baz  Spain 33:01 884 59 Antxon Casal  Spain 33:07 882 60 Ińaki Elola  Spain 33:17 880 61 Younes Ouadou  Spain 33:21 879 62 Javier Solana  Spain 33:25 878 63 Ander Roscales  Spain 33:29 877 64 Sergio Markina  Spain 33:38 876 65 Eduardo Manzanos  Spain 33:38 875 66 Mikel Fernandez  Spain 33:53 874 67 Jose Lagardera  Spain 33:59 873 68 Pedro Sellares  Spain 34:23 872 69 Zohiartze Moral  Spain 34:45 871

Women's Cross Country Place Athlete Country Time Points Likina Amebaw  Ethiopia 29:36 1240 Lemlem Nibret  Ethiopia 29:38 1220 Lucy Mawia  Kenya 30:03 1200 4 Alessia Zarbo  France 31:07 1180 5 Cristina Ruiz [de]  Spain 31:21 1160 6 Irene Pelayo [pl]  Spain 31:24 1145 7 Rosalía Tárraga [de]  Spain 31:27 1130 8 Paula González Blanco [d]  Spain 31:35 1120 9 Laura Domene  Spain 31:36 1110 10 Idaira Prieto  Spain 31:45 1100 11 Katerine Tisalema  Ecuador 31:56 1090 12 June Arbeo Sarriugarte [eu]  Spain 32:02 1080 13 Claudia Estevez  Spain 32:14 1070 14 Ana Marinho  Portugal 32:35 1060 15 Isabel Barreiro  Spain 32:51 1055 16 Antía Castro  Spain 33:02 1050 17 Queralt Criado  Spain 33:12 1045 18 Oihane Irusta  Spain 35:07 1040 19 Laura Cebollada Martinez  Spain 35:51 1035 20 Eider Muńoz  Spain 36:54 1030 21 Garazi Sampedro  Spain 37:08 1025 22 Lara Estebanez  Spain 37:27 1020 23 Laura Garcia  Spain 37:49 1015 24 Nuria Etxegarai  Spain 37:59 1010 25 Ane Ochoa  Spain 38:27 1005 26 Paula Echarri  Spain 38:31 1000 27 Ainhoa Unanue  Spain 39:04 995 28 Ane Lopez  Spain 39:55 990