The 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20/21, 2004. The races were held at the Ossegem Park in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.
The new team scores introduced in 2002 were reverted to the original form as used in 2001 and earlier.
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.
Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)Kenenisa Bekele 35:52Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 36:10Sileshi Sihine 36:11Men's short(4 km)Kenenisa Bekele 11:31Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 11:36Maregu Zewdie 11:42Junior men(8 km)Meba Tadesse 24:01Boniface Kiprop 24:03Ernest Meli Kimeli 24:16Senior women(8 km)Benita Johnson 27:17Ejagayehu Dibaba 27:29Worknesh Kidane 27:34Women's short(4 km)Edith Masai 13:07Tirunesh Dibaba 13:09Teyiba Erkesso 13:11Junior women(6 km)Meselech Melkamu 20:48Aziza Aliyu 20:53Mestawat Tadesse 20:56 TeamSenior men 14 30 66Men's short 17 39 52Junior men 20 25 33Senior women 26 30 74Women's short 19 21 87Junior women 10 36 67
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 35:52 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 36:10 Sileshi Sihine 36:11 4 Eliud Kipchoge 36:34 5 Charles Kamathi 36:36 6 Zersenay Tadesse 36:37 7 Fabiano Joseph 36:49 8 Yibeltal Admassu 36:52 9 Yonas Kifle 36:53 10 Wilberforce Talel 37:01 11 John Cheruiyot Korir 37:03 12 Hicham Chatt 37:09 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Kenenisa Bekele 1 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 2 Sileshi Sihine 3 Yibeltal Admassu 8 (Tibebu Yenew) (15) (Ketema Nigusse) (36) 14 Eliud Kipchoge 4 Charles Kamathi 5 Wilberforce Talel 10 John Cheruiyot Korir 11 (Simion Tuitoek) (27) (Richard Limo) (32) 30 Zersenay Tadesse 6 Yonas Kifle 9 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 22 Samson Kiflemariam 29 (Tekle Menghisteab) (74) 66 4 68 5 101 6 118 7 164 8 166 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Men's short race (4 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 11:31 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 11:36 Maregu Zewdie 11:42 4 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 11:44 5 Saif Saeed Shaheen 11:44 6 Eliud Kirui 11:45 7 Isaac Songok 11:45 8 Sultan Khamis Zaman 11:50 9 Craig Mottram 11:51 10 Adil Kaouch 11:56 11 Dejene Berhanu 11:56 12 Tarek Boukensa 11:56 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Kenenisa Bekele 1 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 2 Maregu Zewdie 3 Dejene Berhanu 11 (Hussen Adilo) (29) (Mohamed Awol) (31) 17 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 4 Saif Saeed Shaheen 5 Sultan Khamis Zaman 8 Abdulaziz Al-Ameri 22 (Ali Al-Dawoodi) (23) (Khamis Abdulla Saifeldin) (95) 39 Eliud Kirui 6 Isaac Songok 7 Abraham Chebii 19 Kiplimo Muneria 20 (Boniface Kiprotich Songok) (21) (John Kibowen) (32) 52 4 119 5 119 6 128 7 163 8 193 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Meba Tadesse 24:01 Boniface Kiprop 24:03 Ernest Meli Kimeli 24:16 4 Barnabas Kosgei 24:24 5 Mulugeta Wendimu 24:44 6 Hosea Macharinyang 24:51 7 Ronald Rutto 25:04 8 Moses Aliwa 25:08 9 Tessema Absher 25:12 10 Yirefu Birhanu 25:18 11 Harbert Okuti 25:21 12 Nicholas Kwemoi 25:22 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Ernest Meli Kimeli 3 Barnabas Kosgei 4 Hosea Macharinyang 6 Ronald Rutto 7 (Moses Masai) (16) (Stanley Kipkosgei Salil) (21) 20 Meba Tadesse 1 Mulugeta Wendimu 5 Tessema Absher 9 Yirefu Birhanu 10 (Kabtamu Reta) (20) 25 Boniface Kiprop 2 Moses Aliwa 8 Harbert Okuti 11 Nicholas Kwemoi 12 33 4 61 5 105 6 157 7 175 8 179 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (8 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Benita Johnson 27:17 Ejagayehu Dibaba 27:29 Worknesh Kidane 27:34 4 Alice Timbilil 27:36 5 Teyiba Erkesso 27:43 6 Lornah Kiplagat 27:56 7 Eunice Chepkorir 27:59 8 Émilie Mondor 28:01 9 Fridah Domongole 28:03 10 Sally Barsosio 28:08 11 Kathy Butler 28:13 12 Olivera Jevtić 28:18 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Ejagayehu Dibaba 2 Worknesh Kidane 3 Teyiba Erkesso 5 Derartu Tulu 16 (Eyerusalem Kuma) (43) (Alemtsehay Hailu) (59) 26 Alice Timbilil 4 Eunice Chepkorir 7 Fridah Domongole 9 Sally Barsosio 10 (Jane Ngotho) (20) (Irene Kipchumba) (34) 30 Kathy Butler 11 Liz Yelling 13 Louise Damen 22 Natalie Harvey 28 (Hayley Yelling) (29) 74 4 90 5 98 6 99 7 161 8 167 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Women's short race (4 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Edith Masai 13:07 Tirunesh Dibaba 13:09 Teyiba Erkesso 13:11 4 Worknesh Kidane 13:14 5 Isabella Ochichi 13:18 6 Olga Romanova 13:19 7 Peninah Chepchumba 13:22 8 Vivian Cheruiyot 13:23 9 Jane Wanjiku 13:23 10 Ejagayehu Dibaba 13:23 11 Amane Godana 13:27 12 Zahra Ouaziz 13:33 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 2 Teyiba Erkesso 3 Worknesh Kidane 4 Ejagayehu Dibaba 10 (Amane Godana) (11) (Bezunesh Bekele) (18) 19 Edith Masai 1 Isabella Ochichi 5 Peninah Chepchumba 7 Vivian Cheruiyot 8 (Jane Wanjiku) (9) (Beatrice Chepchumba) (21) 21 Émilie Mondor 13 Carmen Douma-Hussar 17 Malindi Elmore 22 Tina Connelly 35 (Courtney Inman) (37) (Leah Pells) (57) 87 4 101 5 125 6 127 7 141 8 191 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior women's race (6 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Meselech Melkamu 20:48 Aziza Aliyu 20:53 Mestawat Tadesse 20:56 4 Workitu Ayanu 20:59 5 Chemutai Rionotukei 21:04 6 Jebichi Yator 21:05 7 Yenealem Ayano 21:05 8 Bao Guiying 21:05 9 Gladys Chemweno 21:13 10 Hitomi Miyai 21:15 11 Yuko Nohara 21:19 12 Siham Hilali 21:31 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Meselech Melkamu 1 Aziza Aliyu 2 Mestawat Tadesse 3 Workitu Ayanu 4 (Yenealem Ayano) (7) (Hirut Mengestu) (15) 10 Chemutai Rionotukei 5 Jebichi Yator 6 Gladys Chemweno 9 Everline Kemunto Kimwei 16 (Emmy Chepkirui) (17) (Nelly Chepkurui) (18) 36 Hitomi Miyai 10 Yuko Nohara 11 Hitomi Niiya 19 Kei Terada 27 (Tomoka Inadomi) (29) (Misaki Katsumata) (33) 67 4 120 5 160 6 169 7 185 8 196 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation According to an unofficial count, 673 athletes from 72 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from did not show.
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See also 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race 2004 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links Official site