The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

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(12.3 km)Mohammed Mourhit 39:53Sergiy Lebid 40:03Charles Kamathi 40:05Men's short(4.1 km)Enock Koech 12:40Kenenisa Bekele 12:42Benjamin Limo 12:43Junior men(7.7 km)Kenenisa Bekele 25:04Duncan Lebo 25:37Dathan Ritzenhein 25:46Senior women(7.7 km)Paula Radcliffe 27:49Gete Wami 27:52Lydia Cheromei 28:07Women's short(4.1 km)Gete Wami 14:46Paula Radcliffe 14:47Edith Masai 14:57Junior women(5.9 km)Viola Kibiwott 22:05Abebech Nigussie 22:05Aster Bacha 22:05 TeamSenior men 33 72 87Men's short 13 48 51Junior men 24 25 68Senior women 18 70 77Women's short 26 32 78Junior women 16 20 59

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Mohammed Mourhit 39:53 Sergiy Lebid 40:03 Charles Kamathi 40:05 4 Paulo Guerra 40:06 5 Paul Kosgei 40:09 6 Driss El Himer 40:13 7 Patrick Ivuti 40:16 8 Hélder Ornelas 40:33 9 Alejandro Gómez 40:37 10 Róbert Štefko 40:41 11 Mustafa El Ahmadi 40:42 12 Bob Kennedy 40:43 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Charles Kamathi 3 Paul Kosgei 5 Patrick Ivuti 7 Enock Mitei 18 (John Cheruiyot Korir) (28) (Richard Limo) (32) 33 Driss El Himer 6 Mustafa El Ahmadi 11 Lyes Ramoul 26 Mikaël Thomas 29 (Mohamed Serbouti) (72) (Larbi Zéroual) (88) 72 Bob Kennedy 12 Meb Keflezighi 13 Abdi Abdirahman 15 Nick Rogers 47 (Greg Jimmerson) (52) (Matt Downin) (80) 87 4 100 5 100 6 103 7 139 8 146 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Men's short race (4.1 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Enock Koech 12:40 Kenenisa Bekele 12:42 Benjamin Limo 12:43 4 Sammy Kipketer 12:44 5 Cyrus Kataron 12:45 6 Albert Chepkurui 12:46 7 John Kibowen 12:49 8 Craig Mottram 12:49 9 Brahim Boulami 13:00 10 Haylu Mekonnen 13:03 11 Adil Kaouch 13:06 12 Saïd El Wardi 13:08 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Enock Koech 1 Benjamin Limo 3 Sammy Kipketer 4 Cyrus Kataron 5 (Albert Chepkurui) (6) (John Kibowen) (7) 13 Brahim Boulami 9 Adil Kaouch 11 Saïd El Wardi 12 Mohamed Amyn 16 (Youssef Baba) (22) (Brahim Jabbour) (89) 48 Kenenisa Bekele 2 Haylu Mekonnen 10 Dagne Alemu 13 Alemayehu Girma 26 (Beruk Debrework) (30) (Mesfin Hailu) (81) 51 4 91 5 171 6 183 7 187 8 193 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.7 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 25:04 Duncan Lebo 25:37 Dathan Ritzenhein 25:46 4 Nicholas Kemboi 25:52 5 Matt Tegenkamp 25:55 6 Robert Kipchumba 26:00 7 Alemayehu Tedla 26:02 8 Maregu Zewdie 26:14 9 Beruk Debrework 26:15 10 Paul Wakou 26:17 11 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 26:22 12 Edwin Koech 26:37 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Duncan Lebo 2 Nicholas Kemboi 4 Robert Kipchumba 6 Edwin Koech 12 (Wilson Chelal) (13) (Kiplimo Muneria) (21) 24 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Alemayehu Tedla 7 Maregu Zewdie 8 Beruk Debrework 9 (Tibebu Yenew) (20) (Fekadu Gemeda) (33) 25 Paul Wakou 10 Johnny Okello 16 Francis Musani 19 Moses Mpanga 23 (Francis Yiga) (25) 68 4 71 5 95 6 171 7 190 8 206 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (7.7 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Paula Radcliffe 27:49 Gete Wami 27:52 Lydia Cheromei 28:07 4 Susan Chepkemei 28:13 5 Pamela Chepchumba 28:20 6 Leah Malot 28:36 7 Yamna Belkacem 28:40 8 Merima Denboba 28:52 9 Olivera Jevtić 29:03 10 Anja Smolders 29:17 11 Rakiya Maraoui 29:24 12 Deena Drossin 29:28 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Lydia Cheromei 3 Susan Chepkemei 4 Pamela Chepchumba 5 Leah Malot 6 (Hellen Kimaiyo) (14) (Sally Barsosio) (18) 18 Gete Wami 2 Merima Denboba 8 Eyerusalem Kuma 23 Leila Aman 37 (Merima Hashim) (41) (Atalelech Ketema) (46) 70 Yamna Belkacem 7 Rakiya Maraoui 11 Rodica Moroianu 24 Zahia Dahmani 35 (Fatima Yvelain) (43) (Chantal Dällenbach) (73) 77 4 83 5 95 6 117 7 119 8 130 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Women's short race (4.1 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Gete Wami 14:46 Paula Radcliffe 14:47 Edith Masai 14:57 4 Merima Denboba 15:04 5 Worknesh Kidane 15:06 6 Benita Willis 15:06 7 Carla Sacramento 15:07 8 Rose Cheruiyot 15:07 9 Asmae Leghzaoui 15:08 10 Margaret Ngotho 15:20 11 Naomi Mugo 15:24 12 Kathy Butler 15:25 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Gete Wami 1 Merima Denboba 4 Worknesh Kidane 5 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Ayelech Worku) (18) (Hareg Sidelil) (61) 26 Edith Masai 3 Rose Cheruiyot 8 Margaret Ngotho 10 Naomi Mugo 11 (Salome Chepchumba) (34) (Pamela Anisumuk) (44) 32 Elena Fidatof 13 Iulia Olteanu 15 Cristina Grosu 23 Mihaela Botezan 27 (Constantina Diţă) (33) (Cristina Casandra) (37) 78 4 81 5 109 6 152 7 157 8 158 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (5.9 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Viola Kibiwott 22:05 Abebech Nigussie 22:05 Aster Bacha 22:05 4 Vivian Cheruiyot 22:06 5 Tirunesh Dibaba 22:08 6 Tereza Yohanes 22:10 7 Fridah Domongole 22:12 8 Sally Kipyego 22:22 9 Peninah Chepchumba 22:24 10 Mestawat Tufa 22:24 11 Naoko Sakata 22:36 12 Christine Kalmer 22:45 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Abebech Nigussie 2 Aster Bacha 3 Tirunesh Dibaba 5 Tereza Yohanes 6 (Mestawat Tufa) (10) 16 Viola Kibiwott 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 4 Fridah Domongole 7 Sally Kipyego 8 (Peninah Chepchumba) (9) (Alice Timbilil) (16) 20 Naoko Sakata 11 Tomomi Tagao 13 Emi Ikeda 17 Mika Matsumoto 18 (Mikayo Udo) (25) (Hiromi Koga) (35) 59 4 107 5 136 6 141 7 164 8 201 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 An unofficial count yields the participation of 790 athletes from 67 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from and did not show.

(18) (2) (10) (17) (1) (24) (35) (1) (5) (20) (8) (2) (33) (10) (1) (2) (5) (12) (12) (4) (30) (26) (1) (8) (1) (24) (22) (30) (24) (36) (2) (8) (2) (4) (12) (17) (7) (6) (2) (2) (1) (27) (4) (7) (12) (3) (1) (2) (14) (35) (5) (2) (1) (12) (19) (7) (9) (20) (5) (3) (35) (36) (24) (4) (4) (8) (4)

See also 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race 2001 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links Official site