The World Military Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition organised by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The competition is typically held in late February or early March.World Military Cross Country Championship. CISM. Retrieved on 2010-12-19. First held in 1947, it was typically held on an annually basis, but since 2004 it has been held roughly every two years.World Military Cross Country Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.

The championships has three races: the men's long race (roughly ), the men's short race (roughly ), and the women's race (roughly ). The competition attracts elite level long-distance runners who are members of their national military, with past winners including two-time world champion Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the 2008 Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Langat, and New York Marathon winner Jeļena Prokopčuka.Previous CISM Results . CISM. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.

Past winners Men EditionYearMen's long raceMen's short raceIndividualTeamIndividualTeam1st1947???2nd1949???3rd1950???4th1951???5th1953???6th1955???7th1956???8th1958???9th1959???10th1960???11th1961???12th1962???13th1963???14th1964???15th1965???16th1966???17th1967??18th1968???19th1969???20th1970MoroccoFrance21st1971MoroccoBelgium22nd1972MoroccoTunisia23rd1973MoroccoTurkey24th1974MoroccoGermany25th1975MoroccoGermany26th1976MoroccoBelgium27th1978TunisiaBelgium28th1979AlgeriaBelgium29th1980MoroccoBelgium30th1981AlgeriaBelgium31st1982AlgeriaPortugal32nd1983AlgeriaAlgeria33rd1984AlgeriaAlgeria34th1985BelgiumItaly35th1986MoroccoAlgeria36th1987MoroccoItaly37th1988MoroccoFrance38th1989MoroccoItaly39th1990MoroccoMorocco40th1992TanzaniaPortugal41st1993BurundiPortugal42nd1994TunisiaPortugal43rd1995BurundiItaly44th1996MoroccoItaly45th1997ItalyMorocco46th1998MoroccoPortugal47th1999MoroccoPortugal48th2000MoroccoItaly49th2002MoroccoMorocco50th2003ItalyMorocco51st2004QatarQatar52nd2006QatarQatar53rd2008QatarQatar54th2010KeniaAlgeria55th2013BahrainPoland56th201457th2017AlgeriaAlgeria

Women

EditionYearIndividualTeam30th1980?31st1981?32nd1982?33rd1983?34th1984?35th1985?36th1986?37th1987?38th1988?39th1989?40th1990?41st1992?42nd1993?43rd1994?44th1995?45th1996?46th1997?47th1998?th1999?48th2000?49th200250th200351st200452nd200653rd200854th201055th201356th201457th2017

See also

World Military Track & Field Championships

References