1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Appearance
1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 19th |
Date | March 24 |
Host city | Antwerp, Province of Antwerp, Belgium |
Venue | Linkeroever Racecourse |
Events | 4 |
Distances | 11.764 km – Senior men 8.415 km – Junior men 6.425 km – Senior women 4.435 km – Junior women |
Participation | 633 athletes from 51 nations |
The 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.[1]
Complete results for senior men,[2] junior men,[3] senior women,[4] junior women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.
Medallists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (11.764 km) |
Khalid Skah Morocco |
33:53 | Moses Tanui Kenya |
33:54 | Simon Karori Kenya |
33:54 |
Junior men (8.415 km) |
Andrew Sambu Tanzania |
23:59 | Mumo Muindi Kenya |
24:04 | Fita Bayissa Ethiopia |
24:04 |
Senior women (6.425 km) |
Lynn Jennings United States |
20:24 | Derartu Tulu Ethiopia |
20:27 | Liz McColgan United Kingdom |
20:28 |
Junior women (4.435 km) |
Lydia Cheromei Kenya |
13:59 | Jane Ekimat Kenya |
14:20 | Melody Fairchild United States |
14:28 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Kenya | 38 | Ethiopia | 104 | Spain | 198 |
Junior men | Kenya | 19 | Ethiopia | 26 | Tanzania | 54 |
Senior women | Kenya | 36 | Ethiopia | 36 | Soviet Union | 48 |
Junior women | Kenya | 18 | Ethiopia | 40 | Japan | 43 |
Race results
[edit]Senior men's race (11.764 km)
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Khalid Skah | Morocco | 33:53 | |
Moses Tanui | Kenya | 33:54 | |
Simon Karori | Kenya | 33:54 | |
4 | Richard Chelimo | Kenya | 33:57 |
5 | Ondoro Osoro† | Kenya | 33:57 |
6 | Stephenson Nyamau | Kenya | 34:01 |
7 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 34:06 |
8 | Ezequiel Bitok† | Kenya | 34:19 |
9 | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 34:24 |
10 | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 34:28 |
11 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 34:31 |
12 | William Mutwol | Kenya | 34:32 |
Full results |
†: Athlete marked in the results list[2] as nonscorer.
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya
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38 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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104 | |||||||||||||||||||
Spain
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198 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Portugal | 233 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Morocco | 265 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | United Kingdom | 281 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Italy | 336 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Soviet Union | 409 | ||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8.415 km)
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Sambu | Tanzania | 23:59 | |
Mumo Muindi | Kenya | 24:04 | |
Fita Bayissa | Ethiopia | 24:04 | |
4 | Joseph Kibor | Kenya | 24:09 |
5 | Fekadu Degefu | Ethiopia | 24:12 |
6 | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya | 24:17 |
7 | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 24:19 |
8 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 24:23 |
9 | Mark Kipsang Too | Kenya | 24:23 |
10 | Desta Asgedom | Ethiopia | 24:29 |
11 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia | 24:29 |
12 | Francis Metta | Tanzania | 25:07 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||
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Kenya
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19 | |||||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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26 | |||||||||||||||
Tanzania
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54 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Morocco | 76 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Japan | 102 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Algeria | 109 | ||||||||||||||
7 | United Kingdom | 165 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Spain | 175 | ||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (6.425 km)
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Lynn Jennings | United States | 20:24 | |
Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 20:27 | |
Liz McColgan | United Kingdom | 20:28 | |
4 | Luchia Yeshak | Ethiopia | 20:29 |
5 | Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 20:30 |
6 | Albertina Dias | Portugal | 20:40 |
7 | Susan Sirma | Kenya | 20:46 |
8 | Yelena Romanova | Soviet Union | 20:50 |
9 | Margaret Ngotho | Kenya | 20:55 |
10 | Marcianne Mukamurenzi | Rwanda | 20:57 |
11 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | Soviet Union | 20:57 |
12 | Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia | 21:01 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya
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36 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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36 | |||||||||||||
Soviet Union
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48 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 77 | ||||||||||||
5 | United Kingdom | 104 | ||||||||||||
6 | Portugal | 145 | ||||||||||||
7 | Romania | 148 | ||||||||||||
8 | France | 175 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior women's race (4.435 km)
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Lydia Cheromei | Kenya | 13:59 | |
Jane Ekimat | Kenya | 14:20 | |
Melody Fairchild | United States | 14:28 | |
4 | Azumi Miyazaki | Japan | 14:30 |
5 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 14:33 |
6 | Catherine Kirui | Kenya | 14:34 |
7 | Hayley Haining | United Kingdom | 14:36 |
8 | Minori Hayakari | Japan | 14:42 |
9 | Lina Chesire | Kenya | 14:43 |
10 | Emebet Shiferaw | Ethiopia | 14:45 |
11 | Egigayehu Worku | Ethiopia | 14:46 |
12 | Akiko Kato | Japan | 14:47 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||
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Kenya
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18 | |||||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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40 | |||||||||||||||
Japan
|
43 | |||||||||||||||
4 | United Kingdom | 82 | ||||||||||||||
5 | United States | 88 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Australia | 99 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Ecuador | 114 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Poland | 181 | ||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenya | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Ethiopia | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
[edit]An unofficial count yields the participation of 633 athletes from 51 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]
- Algeria (6)
- Angola (1)
- Argentina (7)
- Aruba (2)
- Australia (25)
- Belgium (27)
- Botswana (3)
- Brazil (16)
- Burundi (1)
- Canada (26)
- Chile (1)
- Chinese Taipei (4)
- Colombia (5)
- Czechoslovakia (14)
- Denmark (3)
- Ecuador (6)
- Ethiopia (28)
- France (27)
- Germany (14)
- Gibraltar (6)
- Guam (4)
- Hungary (5)
- India (19)
- Iran (3)
- Ireland (18)
- Italy (27)
- Jamaica (4)
- Japan (22)
- Kenya (27)
- Madagascar (1)
- Mauritius (13)
- Mexico (15)
- Morocco (19)
- Namibia (1)
- Netherlands (19)
- New Zealand (19)
- Norway (7)
- Poland (7)
- Portugal (17)
- Romania (12)
- Rwanda (2)
- Soviet Union (20)
- Spain (27)
- Sweden (6)
- Switzerland (16)
- Tanzania (6)
- United Kingdom (28)
- United States (27)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
- Zambia (11)
- Zimbabwe (7)
See also
[edit]- 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
- 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
- 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
- 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
- 1991 in athletics (track and field)
References
[edit]- ^ Bloom, Marc (March 25, 1991), "CROSS COUNTRY; Jennings Retains World Title", The New York Times, retrieved October 16, 2013
- ^ a b
Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 11.8km CC Men - Antwerpen Linkerover Date: Sunday, March 24, 1991, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.4km CC Men - Antwerpen Linkerover Date: Sunday, March 24, 1991, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.4km CC Women - Antwerpen Linkerover Date: Sunday, March 24, 1991, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.4km CC Women - Antwerpen Linkerover Date: Sunday, March 24, 1991, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
- World Athletics Cross Country Championships
- 1991 in athletics (track and field)
- International athletics competitions hosted by Belgium
- Sports competitions in Antwerp
- 1991 in Belgian sport
- Cross country running in Belgium
- March 1991 sports events in Europe
- 1990s in Antwerp