The 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on 27 and 28 March 1999. The races were held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen's University Playing Fields in Belfast, United Kingdom. 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 km)Paul Tergat 38:28Patrick Ivuti 38:32Paulo Guerra 38:46Men's short(4.236 km)Benjamin Limo 12:28Paul Kosgei 12:31Haylu Mekonnen 12:35Junior men(8.012 km)Haylu Mekonnen 25:38Richard Limo 25:43Kipchumba Mitei 25:45Senior women(8.012 km)Gete Wami 28:00Merima Denboba 28:12Paula Radcliffe 28:12Women's short(4.236 km)Jackline Maranga 15:09Yamna Belkacem 15:16Annemari Sandell 15:17Junior women(6.124 km)Worknesh Kidane 21:26Vivian Cheruiyot 21:37Yoshiko Fujinaga 21:41 TeamSenior men 12 57 76Men's short 14 45 55Junior men 16 24 77Senior women 18 27 94Women's short 40 48 69Junior women 20 31 46

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Paul Tergat 38:28 Patrick Ivuti 38:32 Paulo Guerra 38:46 4 Joshua Chelanga 39:05 5 Evans Rutto 39:12 6 Paul Koech 39:51 7 Mohammed Mourhit 40:09 8 Jon Brown 40:09 9 Habte Jifar 40:21 10 Domingos Castro 40:25 11 Assefa Mezegebu 40:33 12 Róbert Štefko 40:39 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Paul Tergat 1 Patrick Ivuti 2 Joshua Chelanga 4 Evans Rutto 5 (Paul Koech) (6) (Tom Nyariki) (39) 12 Habte Jifar 9 Assefa Mezegebu 11 Girma Tolla 17 Tesfaye Tola 20 (Ayele Mezegebu) (26) (Tegenu Abebe) (37) 57 Paulo Guerra 3 Domingos Castro 10 Eduardo Henriques 14 Alberto Maravilha 49 (Alberto Chaíça) (68) (João Junqueira) (71) 76 4 103 5 108 6 125 7 133 8 159 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Men's short race (4.236 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Benjamin Limo 12:28 Paul Kosgei 12:31 Haylu Mekonnen 12:35 4 Million Wolde 12:36 5 James Koskei 12:38 6 Daniel Gachara 12:41 7 Abdellah Béhar 12:44 8 John Kosgei 12:45 9 El Hassan Lahssini 12:47 10 Mohamed Amyn 12:50 11 Adil Kaouch 12:52 12 Adam Goucher 12:53 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Benjamin Limo 1 Paul Kosgei 2 James Koskei 5 Daniel Gachara 6 (John Kosgei) (8) (Stephen Rerimoi) (14) 14 El Hassan Lahssini 9 Mohamed Amyn 10 Adil Kaouch 11 Ahmed Baday 15 (Hicham Bouaouiche) (22) (Abdelhak El Gorch) (73) 45 Haylu Mekonnen 3 Million Wolde 4 Alene Emere 18 Berhanu Addane 30 (Debebe Lobegach) (72) 55 4 77 5 100 6 122 7 125 8 145 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.012 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Haylu Mekonnen 25:38 Richard Limo 25:43 Kipchumba Mitei 25:45 4 Abiyote Abate 25:46 5 Albert Chepkurui 26:01 6 Sammy Kipketer 26:06 7 Duncan Lebo 26:14 8 Faustin Baha 26:15 9 Kenenisa Bekele 26:27 10 Yibeltal Admassu 26:28 11 Hailemariam Tegafaw 26:59 12 Alene Emere 27:00 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Richard Limo 2 Kipchumba Mitei 3 Albert Chepkurui 5 Sammy Kipketer 6 (Duncan Lebo) (7) (Christopher Soget) (14) 16 Haylu Mekonnen 1 Abiyote Abate 4 Kenenisa Bekele 9 Yibeltal Admassu 10 (Hailemariam Tegafaw) (11) (Alene Emere) (12) 24 Faustin Baha 8 Michael Hiiti 13 Martin Sulle 15 Jumanne Tuluway 41 77 4 79 5 116 6 126 7 160 8 178 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (8.012 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Gete Wami 28:00 Merima Denboba 28:12 Paula Radcliffe 28:12 4 Ayelech Worku 28:15 5 Susan Chepkemei 28:21 6 Jane Ngotho 28:29 7 Jane Omoro 28:40 8 Helena Sampaio 28:42 9 Leah Malot 28:49 10 Deena Drossin 28:53 11 Leila Aman 28:55 12 Restituta Joseph 29:07 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Gete Wami 1 Merima Denboba 2 Ayelech Worku 4 Leila Aman 11 (Asha Gigi) (32) (Meseret Kotu) (64) 18 Susan Chepkemei 5 Jane Ngotho 6 Jane Omoro 7 Leah Malot 9 (Agnes Kiprop) (16) 27 Helena Sampaio 8 Ana Dias 13 Conceição Ferreira 30 Mónica Rosa 43 (Marina Bastos) (DNF) (Teresa Nunes) (DNF) 94 4 111 5 121 6 132 7 134 8 136 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Women's short race (4.236 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Jackline Maranga 15:09 Yamna Belkacem 15:16 Annemari Sandell 15:17 4 Kathy Butler 15:30 5 Restituta Joseph 15:31 6 Alemitu Bekele 15:37 7 Asmae Leghzaoui 15:40 8 Teresa Wanjiku 15:41 9 Fatima Yvelain 15:44 10 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 15:47 11 Constantina Diţă 15:49 12 Kutre Dulecha 15:50 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Yamna Belkacem 2 Fatima Yvelain 9 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 10 Celine Rajot 19 (Rodica Nagel) (46) (Joalsiae Llado) (69) 40 Alemitu Bekele 6 Kutre Dulecha 12 Lulit Legesse 14 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Yimenashu Taye) (17) (Getenesh Urge) (33) 48 Asmae Leghzaoui 7 Seloua Ouaziz 13 Zhor El Kamch 24 Saliha Khaldoun 25 (Bouchra Benthami) (38) 69 4 72 5 93 6 125 7 159 8 165 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (6.124 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Worknesh Kidane 21:26 Vivian Cheruiyot 21:37 Yoshiko Fujinaga 21:41 4 Hareg Sidelil 21:44 5 Naoko Sakata 21:46 6 Merima Hashim 21:50 7 Helena Volná 21:53 8 Pamela Kiyara 21:59 9 Elvan Abeye 22:03 10 Flomena Cheyech 22:07 11 Jackline Chemwok 22:14 12 Elizabeth Rumokol 22:15 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Worknesh Kidane 1 Hareg Sidelil 4 Merima Hashim 6 Elvan Abeye 9 (Hirut Abera) (14) (Bezunesh Bekele) (34) 20 Vivian Cheruiyot 2 Pamela Kiyara 8 Flomena Cheyech 10 Jackline Chemwok 11 (Elizabeth Rumokol) (12) (Deborah Chepkorir) (16) 31 Yoshiko Fujinaga 3 Naoko Sakata 5 Yoshiko Watanabe 18 Rina Fujioka 20 (Kazuko Kanno) (24) (Hiromi Fujii) (27) 46 4 92 5 143 6 170† 7 173† 8 174† Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result †: Nadia Ejjafini of was the original 21st-place finisher in 22:37 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.

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 759 athletes from 66 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from did not show.

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See also 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race 1999 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links Official site