The Arab Cross Country Championships () is an international competition in cross country running between Arabic countries. Organised by the Arab Athletics Federation, it was first contested in 1978 and held its twentieth edition in 2013.2013أنشطة الاتحاد العربي لألعاب القوى للعام. Arab Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.La sélection marocaine brille à Alger . Aujourd'hui. Retrieved on 2013-09-28. Originally hosted on an annual basis, then a biennial schedule from 1990 to 2002, the competition has not been held at regular intervals in recent years.
It features four races, which all combine an individual and team element. There is a men's long race, a women's long race, and two shorter races for both sexes in an under-20 (junior) category.Pan Arab Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-28. The first three editions of the championships had senior races only and a men's junior race was introduced in 1982. The women's junior race followed in 1986. Short races for the senior athletes were also previously held (starting in 2000) but these were dropped after the discipline stopped being held at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships after 2006.
It is the third most prominent athletics tournament for Arab athletes, after the Arab Athletics Championships and the Athletics at the Pan Arab Games.
Past winners
EditionYearMen's winnerWomen's winnerJunior men's winnerJunior women's winner1st1978Not heldNot held2nd19803rd19814th1982Not held5th19836th19847th19868th19879th198810th198911th199012th199213th199414th199615th199816th2000Not heldNot held17th200218th200619th201020th2013Arab cross-country championships, Sharm Al Shaikh (Egypt) 3/03/2013. AfricaAthle (2013-03-03). Retrieved on 2013-09-28.21st201421st Arab Cross-Country Championships, Sanaa (Yemen) 6/02/2014. AfricaAthle. Retrieved on 2016-02-01.22nd201622e Championnats Arabes de Cross Hammamet, 14.02.2016, terrain de golf. TunisAthle (2016). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.23rd201924th202225th202326th202427th202528th2026
Short course YearMen's short course winnerWomen's short course winner2000Not held20022006
Statistics Men's winner RankNationNumber of first place wins17253443335111 Women's winner RankNationNumber of first place wins1926354222
Junior Men's winner RankNationNumber of first place wins1725333342511
Junior Women's winner RankNationNumber of first place wins11025334251
References
List of winners Pan Arab Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
External links Official website for Arab Athletics