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, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

New scores for team results were introduced.

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

Race results

Senior men's race (11.998 km)

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

+TeamsRank Team Points Wilberforce Talel 3 Richard Limo 4 Charles Kamathi 5 Albert Chepkurui 6 (Enock Mitei) (n/s) (Hosea Kogo) (n/s) 18 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Assefa Mezegebu 11 Habte Jifar 15 Fita Bayissa 16 (Lemma Alemayehu) (n/s) (Mesfin Hailu) (n/s) 43 Abderrahim Goumri 7 Jaouad Gharib 9 Saïd Berrioui 19 Elarbi Khattabi 23 (Hakim Radouan) (DNF) 58 4 71 5 107 6 121 7 141 8 146 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Men's short race (4.208 km)

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

+TeamsRank Team Points Luke Kipkosgei 2 Sammy Kipketer 4 Julius Nyamu 6 Joseph Kosgei 8 (Abraham Chebii) (n/s) (Sammy Kiplagat) (n/s) 20 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Haylu Mekonnen 3 Mohamed Awol 13 Abiyote Abate 15 (Million Wolde) (n/s) (Berhanu Addane) (n/s) 32 Antonio Jiménez 7 Isaac Viciosa 14 Alberto García 16 Roberto García 20 (José Luis Blanco) (n/s) (Iván Hierro) (n/s) 57 4 78 5 113 6 117 7 120 8 120 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior men's race (7.974 km)

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

+TeamsRank Team Points Abel Cheruiyot 2 Thomas Kiplitan 4 Eliud Kipchoge 5 Nicholas Kemboi 7 (Moses Mosop) (n/s) (Mike Kipyego) (n/s) 18 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 1 Sileshi Sihen 6 Girma Assefa 8 Abebe Dinkessa 9 (Tessema Absher) (n/s) (Nasdr Abdesa) (n/s) 24 Boniface Kiprop 3 Martin Toroitich 10 Paul Wakou 11 Francis Musani 13 37 4 77 5 89 6 94 7 113 8 131 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (7.974 km)

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

+TeamsRank Team Points Eyerusalem Kuma 5 Merima Denboba 6 Leila Aman 7 Teyiba Erkesso 10 (Ayelech Worku) (n/s) (Atalelech Ketema) (n/s) 28 Deena Drossin 2 Colleen de Reuck 3 Jen Rhines 12 Milena Glusac 21 (Elva Dryer) (n/s) (Amy Rudolph) (n/s) 38 Rose Cheruiyot 8 Pamela Chepchumba 9 Leah Malot 11 Jane Omoro 13 (Jepkorir Ayabei) (n/s) (Monica Wangari) (n/s) 41 4 67 5 69 6 84 7 104 8 121 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Women's short race (4.208 km)

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

+TeamsRank Team Points Worknesh Kidane 2 Abebech Nigussie 6 Amane Godana 8 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Merima Hashim) (n/s) (Sinkinesh Gudeta) (n/s) 32 Edith Masai 1 Isabella Ochichi 3 Nancy Wambui 13 Jane Kiptoo 17 (Prisca Ngetich) (n/s) 34 Sonia O'Sullivan 7 Anne Keenan-Buckley 10 Rosemary Ryan 18 Maria McCambridge 50 (Valerie Vaughan) (n/s) (Maureen Harrington) (n/s) 85 4 86 5 86 6 90 7 108 8 133 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior women's race (5.962 km)

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

+TeamsRank Team Points Viola Kibiwott 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 3 Fridah Domongole 4 Peninah Chepchumba 5 (Sharon Cherop) (n/s) (Valentine Koech) (n/s) 13 Tirunesh Dibaba 2 Bezunesh Bekele 6 Mestawat Tufa 7 Yenealem Ayano 9 (Meseret Defar) (n/s) (Derbe Ayele) (n/s) 24 Emi Ikeda 10 Chiaki Iwamoto 14 Mika Matsumoto 17 Ayumi Hashimoto 22 (Misaki Katsumata) (n/s) 63 4 77 5 87 6 106 7 128 8 130 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

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, 664 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from , , , and did not show.

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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)

References

External links Official site