The 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships was an athletics meeting organized by World Athletics, held on January 10, 2026 at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, United States.World Athletics Cross Country Championships World Athletics
Jakob Kiplimo and Agnes Ngetich won the senior races, while Ethiopia won both team titles. Australia won the mixed relay.
Tallahassee was revealed as the location of the event, in July 2022. The date was announced by World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, in Nanjing on 25 March 2025. The logo, including oranges, palm trees and a bright sun, was revealed in July 2025.
Schedule The junior races preceded the senior races, and the senior men's event concluded the program.
The 46th edition of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships was held on 10 January 2026. The schedule consisted of five events– 10 km men and women, 8 km under-20 men, 6 km under-20 women, and 4 x 2 km mixed relay. In each of the races, each nation was allowed to field a maximum of up to six athletes.
The mixed relay team consisted of teams of two women and two men each running one loop of the course in a specified order, starting with a male and alternating between genders. Athletes were to carry a wristband that was to be transferred to the next athlete within the takeover zone. Date Time (EST) Events10 January 09:45 Mixed Relay 10:20 U20 race women 10:55 U20 race men 11:35 Senior race women 12:20 Senior race men 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships timetable World Athletics2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships medal design announcement World AthleticsWORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TALLAHASSEE 26 USATFthe medal design for the event was created by Florida State Athletics Hall of Famer and 2008 U.S. Olympian Rafeeq Curry. Tallahassee Democrat
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Course Map 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships Course Map
Senior Races Prize Money RankChampionshipIndividualTeamMixed relay(per team)GoldUS$30,000US$20,000US$12,000 SilverUS$15,000US$16,000US$8000BronzeUS$10,000US$12,000US$6000FourthUS$7000US$10,000US$4000FifthUS$5000US$8000—SixthUS$3000US$4000
Participation A total of 485 athletes are entered for the championships, with 52 federations being represented.
Medalists IndividualSenior men 28:18 28:36 28:45Senior women 31:28 32:10 32:13U20 men 23:18 23:20 23:28U20 women 18:52 19:18 19:19 TeamSenior 4x2km Mixed Relay 22:23 22:26 22:34Senior men 30 pts 34 pts 39 ptsSenior women 19 pts 36 pts 37 ptsU20 men 10 pts 31 pts 75 ptsU20 women 29 pts 29 pts 87 pts
Medal table
Results
Senior 4x2km Mixed Relay +Team raceRankTeamPoints Australia Olli Hoare5:14Linden Hall5:57Jack Anstey5:22Jessica Hull5:5022:23 Alexis Miellet5:14Sarah Madeleine6:03Antoine Senard5:14Agathe Guillemot5:5522:26 Wegene Adisu5:16Gela Hambese6:04Milkesa Fikadu5:21Hirut Meshesha5:5322:344 Kenya Reynold Cheruiyot5:13Winfred Mbithe6:08Daniel Munguti5:21Purity Chepkirui6:0022:425 United States Ethan Strand5:12Sage Hurta-Klecker6:10Wes Porter5:18Gracie Morris6:0322:436 Luan Munnik5:17Karabo More6:02Christopher Swart5:26Carina Viljoen6:1923:047 George Couttie5:18India Weir6:11Adam Fogg5:29Alexandra Millard6:1323:118Silas Chemutai5:21Sylvia Chelangat6:27Daniel Comboni5:32Brenda Chekwemoi6:2323:439 Foster Malleck5:19Kate Current6:24Jean-Simon Desgagnés5:37Regan Yee6:2323:4310 Takumi Shiobara5:32Yuzu Nishide6:26Kiyoto Ono5:45Momoa Yamada6:2524:0811Daniel Sinda5:21Elizabeth Boniphance Ilanda6:35Ambrosi Amma5:39Regina Deogratius Mpigachai6:36 24:1112Ajay Kumar Saroj5:45Pooja Olla6:37Yoonus Shah5:29Ankita Dhyani6:2224:1313 Sun Ningkai5:47Xu Hui6:46Yu Shuiqing5:42Liu Huiru6:23 24:3814Christian De Vaal5:32Tillie Hollyer6:45David Lee5:40Boh Ritchie6:5124:4815Israel Tinajero Álvarez5:33Maria Fernanda Medina6:58Roberto Márquez5:51Veronica Angel6:4925:11MIXED RELAY MIXED RESULT 10 JAN 2026 09:45 World Athletics
Senior Men
+IndividualRankAthleteCountryTimeJacob Kiplimo28:18Berihu Aregawi28:36Daniel Ebenyo28:454Tadese Worku28:495Ishmael Kipkurui28:536Biniam Mehary29:037Dolphine Chelimo29:078Thierry Ndikumwenayo29:169Denis Kipkoech Kemboi Kipkemoi29:1810Keneth Kiprop29:2011Yann Schrub29:2212Parker Wolfe29:2813Adriaan Wildschutt29:3214Wesley Kiptoo29:3415Jimmy Gressier29:3616Brian Fay29:3717Kevin Chesang29:3918Nibret Kinde29:4019Graham Blanks29:4120Gabriel Geay29:452129:4622Abdessamad Oukhelfen29:4923Emanuel Dinday29:5424Ky Robinson29:5625Edward Marks29:5826David Mullarkey30:0027Shadrack Koech30:0128Simon Sundström30:0129Benjamin Ratsim30:0730Aarón Las Heras30:1231Morgan McDonald30:1232Etienne Daguinos30:1333Sanele Masondo30:1334Valentin Gondouin30:1435Bereket Nega30:1936Nico Young30:1937Fabien Palcau30:2538Evan Burke30:3139Isaac Heyne30:3840Gulveer Singh30:3941Deogracius Musobo30:4142Musawenkosi Mnisi30:4543Robert Koech30:4944Inyasi Nicodemus Sulley30:5045Seth O'Donnell30:5346Ahmed Muhumed30:534730:5448Xavier Perras-Phaneuf31:0549Godwin Katakura31:0950Bennett Seloyi31:1251Ryuto Igawa31:1352Yuma Shimoo31:1453Matthew Ramsden31:1554Haftu Strintzos31:1955Assaf Harari31:3056Jaime Migallon31:3457Matt Talbot31:3458MacCallum Rowe31:3659Jayde Rosslee31:3760Sawan Barwal31:3761Philippe Morneau-Cartier31:3862Hiroto Yoshioka31:3963Tomas Vega31:3964Oliver Diaz31:3665César Daniel Gomez Ponce31:4766German Vega31:5767Arturo Israel Reyna31:5868Derebe Ayele31:5969Adisu Guadia32:0270Ma Wenliang32:0571Jacob Cann32:0772Paul Ramirez32:1873William Little32:2874Omar Ramos32:3675John Nahhay Wele32:3776Yacine Guermali32:3977Daiki Ozawa32:4478Tang Haoran32:4979Rory Leonard32:5080Luis Alberto Orta32:5181Divan Du Plooy32:5282Karel Hussar32:5483Yeshnil Karan32:5584Mario López32:5885Abhishek Pal33:0186Jhon Atachagua33:0387Bradley Makuvire33:0588Zayed Al Sayd33:0989Chen Zhongping33:1190Kristers Kudlis33:2291Manuel Rojas33:2492Santiago Gaitan33:3793Liu Xing33:4694Chris Mhlanga33:4995Munir Kabbara33:5096Taonga Mbambo33:5397Sadio Fenner33:5598Diego Adolfo Garcia33:5599Zade Kayyali34:06100Nelson Ito Ccuro34:09101Wang Wenjie34:15102Victor Aguilar Mamani34:30103Dilu Bob34:31104Tian Weizheng34:56105Gabriel Guzman35:51106Gaylord Silly35:57107Felice Covillon36:18108Ethan Yan36:19109Seng Tou IP36:48110Iván Zarco36:51111Benjamin Ashkettle37:07112Charbel Sejaan37:16113Michel Simon Darazi37:43114Hugh Kent38:23—Uriel MuñozDNF—Mohammed AhmedDNF—Mezgebu SimeDNF—DNF—Connor MeltonDNF—Omer ElfadiDNF—Dan KibetDNF—Wayne KabondoDNF—Rocky HansenDNS
+TeamRankTeamScore Berihu Aregawi2Tadese Worku4Biniam Mehary6Nibret Kinde18(Bereket Nega)(35)(Mezgebu Sime)(DNF)30 Kenya Daniel Ebenyo3Ishmael Kipkurui5Denis Kipkoech9Kevin Chesang17(Shadrack Kipngetich Koech)(27)(Robert Kiprop)(43)34Jacob Kiplimo1Dolphine Chelimo7Keneth Kiprop1021(Deogracius Musobo)(41)(Dan Kibet)(DNF)394 United States Parker Wolfe12Wesley Kiptoo14Graham Blanks19Nico Young36(Ahmed Muhumed)(46)(Rocky Hansen)(DNS)815 Yann Schrub11Jimmy Gressier15Etienne Daguinos32Valentin Gondouin34(Fabien Palcau)(37)926Gabriel Geay20Emanuel Dinday23Benjamin Ratsim29Inyasi Nicodemus Sulley44(John Nahhay Wele)(75)1167 Thierry Ndikumwenayo8Abdessamad Oukhelfen22Aarón Las Heras30Jaime Migallón561168 Australia Ky Robinson24Edward Marks25Morgan McDonald31Isaac Heyne39(Seth O'Donnell)(45)()(54)1199 Adriaan Wildschutt13Sanele Masondo33Musawenkosi Mnisi42Bennett Seloyi50(Jayde Rosslee)(59)(Chris Mhlanga)(94)13810 Evan Burke38Xavier Perras-Phaneuf48Matt Talbot57Philippe Morneau-Cartier61(Santiago Gaitan)(92)(Mohammed Ahmed)-20411 David Mullarkey26Matthew Ramsden53Jacob Cann71Rory Leonard7922912 Ryuto Igawa51Yuma Shimoo52Hiroto Yoshioka62Daiki Ozawa772421347MacCallum Rowe58William Little73Taonga Mbambo96()(DNF)(Connor Melton)(DNF)27414César Daniel Gomez Ponce65Arturo Israel Reyna67Mario López84Diego Adolfo Garcia9831415 Ma Wenliang70Tang Haoran78Chen Zhongping89Liu Xing93(Wang Wenjie)(101)(Tian Weizheng)(104)33016Paul Ramirez72Omar Ramos74Jhon Atachagua86Nelson Ito Ccuro10033217Zayed Al Sayd88Munir Kabbara95Charbel Sejaan112Michel Simon Darazi113408
2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships Senior Men Results World Athletics
Senior women
+Individual raceRankAthleteTime31:2832:1032:13432:44532:49632:52733:00833:06933:201033:2811 33:31 1233:33 13 33:47 14 33:53 15 33:53 1633:55 17 33:58 18 34:00 1934:01 2034:06 21 34:19 2234:20 2334:22 24 34:25 25 34:25 2634:27 2734:30 28 34:32 29 34:39 30 34:42 31 34:46 32 34:47 33 34:48 34 34:51 3534:52 36 34:54 3735:04 38 35:17 39 35:24 40 35:25 41 35:29 42 35:32 43 35:36 44 35:38 45 35:40 46 35:44 47 35:47 48 35:57 4936:09 50 36:14 51 36:20 52 36:21 53 36:21 54 36:24 55 36:25 56 36:28 5736:31 58 36:50 59 37:04 60 37:10 61 37:13 62 37:19 63 37:29 6437:33 65 37:36 6637:37 67 37:43 68 37:44 69 37:53 70 38:11 71 38:38 72 38:55 73 38:57 74 39:08 75 39:14 76 39:32 7741:22 78 41:27 79 41:33 80 41:48 81 41:57 82 42:25 83 44:24 84 44:31 85 44:39 86 44:57 87 46:44 88 46:56 89 48:09 90 DNF
+Team raceRankTeamPoints Senayet Getachew3Asayech Ayichew4Aleshign Baweke5Alem Tsadik7(Shure Demise)(12)(Lemlem Nibret)(26) 19 Kenya Agnes Jebet Ngetich1Maurine Chebor8Caren Chebet11Rebecca Mwangi16(Joyline Chepkemoi)(22)(Brenda Kenei)(37)36 Joy Cheptoyek26Sarah Chelangat9Rebecca Chelangat20(Martha Chemutai)(27)(Kereen Chemusto)(49)37 4 United States Ednah Kurgat 10Karissa Schweizer17Katie Izzo 24 Grace Hartman32(Emily Venters) (33) (Weini Kelati Frezghi)(40)83 5 Australia Lauren Ryan 13 Leanne Pompeani15 Maudie Skyring 36Bronte Oates 39(Holly Campbell) (44)(Caitlin Adams)(54)103 6 Maria Forero14 Idaira Prieto 28Carolina Robles 30Angela Viciosa51123 7 Megan Keith25Poppy Tank 29Phoebe Anderson 35Verity Ockenden 41130 8 Chloe Thomas 31Makenna Fitzgerald 38Grace Fetherstonhaugh 42Ceili McCabe 47(Florence Caron)(57)(Glynis Sim)(59)158 9 Glenrose Xaba34Kyla Jacobs43Cacisile Sosibo 45Karabo Mailula50(Cian Oldknow) (55)(Zanele Maisa) (67)172 10Sheyla Eulogio Paucar 46Zarita Suárez 66Maribel Ayquipa73Liz Anani Durand 75260 11 Li Qingqing 61Li Yuan69Wang Panpan 70Pan Shuanglu74(Chen Yuxuan)(76)274 12Vanessa Ying Zhuang Lee 77 Nicole Low78Xuan Jie Ng 81Faith Zhen Ford8632213Nada El Kurdi 84Nour AL Ghoussaini85Karine Shraim87Jennifer Tomazou89345
U20 men
+Individual raceRankAthleteTime23:1823:2023:28423:42 523:47 623:49723:51824:00924:011024:021124:131224:141324:231424:241524:311624:461724:561825:001925:022025:132125:172225:202325:242425:262525:282625:292725:292825:322925:353025:393125:523225:533325:573425:583526:003626:023726:033826:033926:124026:134126:184226:194326:204426:224526:254626:264726:274826:394926:425026:475126:495227:025327:035427:285527:295627:295727:315827:415927:436027:486127:556227:596328:016428:216528:306629:106730:226830:226933:2870DNF71DNF72DNF73DNF 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships U20 RACE MEN 10 JAN 2026 10:55 Individual Standings World Athletics
+Team raceRankTeamPoints Kenya Frankline Kibet1Emmanuel Kiprono2Andrew Alamisi3Andrew Kiptoo4(Brian Kiptarus)(6)(Edwin Elkana)(8)10Abraham Cherotich5Daniel Kiprotich Chelogoi7Solomon Andiema9Dan Kipyeko10(Jeremiah Kwemoi)(14)31 United States Tyler Daillak16Jackson Spencer18Daniel Skandera19Aidan Torres22(Salvador Wirth)(30)(Dylan Maloney)(53)754 Australia Harrison Boyn23Kayden Elliott25Campbell Brooks27Lachlan Moore28(Kieran Shepherd)(36)(Brayden Noonan)(70)1035 Michael Clark20Luke Dunham24Alex Lennon32Jonson Hughes351116 Haruki Niizuma15Junsei Murakami21Ojiro Honda31Kota Tamura46(Rikuto Ikeya)(71)(Kain Inagaki)(73)1137