1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships explained

1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	24th
Date:	March 23
Host City:	Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Location:	Danie Craven Stadium
Nations Participating:	65
Athletes Participating:	669
Races:	4
Distances:	12.15 km – Senior men 8.35 km – Junior men 6.3 km – Senior women 4.22 km – Junior women
Previous:	1995 Durham
Next:	1997 Torino

The 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald, and a report in The New York Times.

Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Medallists

Individual
Senior men (12.15 km)	Paul Tergat	33:44	Salah Hissou	33:56	Ismael Kirui	33:57
Junior men (8.35 km)	David Chelule	24:06	Assefa Mezegebu	24:19	Samuel Chepkok	24:24
Senior women (6.3 km)	Gete Wami	20:12	Rose Cheruiyot	20:18	Naomi Mugo	20:21
Junior women (4.22 km)	Kutre Dulecha	13:27	Annemari Sandell	13:32	Jepkorir Ayabei	13:35
Team
Senior men		33		99		107
Junior men		13		26		94
Senior women		24		44		70
Junior women		21		26		70

Race results

Senior men's race (12.15 km)

See main article: 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		33:44
	align=left		align=left		33:56
	align=left		align=left		33:57
4	align=left		align=left		34:10
5	align=left		align=left		34:28
6	align=left		align=left		34:30
7	align=left		align=left		34:34
8	align=left		align=left		34:34
9	align=left		align=left		34:35
10	align=left		align=left		34:37
11	align=left		align=left		34:55
12	align=left		align=left		34:55
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" (Stephen Arusei) align=right style="border:0" (14) align=left style="border:0" (James Songok) align=right style="border:0" (23) align=left style="border:0" (James Kariuki) align=right style="border:0" (61)	33
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 40 align=left style="border:0" (Mohamed Issangar) align=right style="border:0" (52) align=left style="border:0" (Abdelaziz Sahere) align=right style="border:0" (54) align=left style="border:0" (Brahim Boulami) align=right style="border:0" (78)	99
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 21 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 35 align=left style="border:0" (Girma Tolla) align=right style="border:0" (39) align=left style="border:0" (Nigousse Urge) align=right style="border:0" (71) align=left style="border:0" (Tesfaye Tafa) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	107
4	align=left		205
5	align=left		252
6	align=left		352
7	align=left		379
8	align=left		397
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.35 km)

See main article: 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		24:06
	align=left		align=left		24:19
	align=left		align=left		24:24
4	align=left		align=left		24:26
5	align=left		align=left		24:28
6	align=left		align=left		24:51
7	align=left		align=left		24:55
8	align=left		align=left		24:56
9	align=left		align=left		25:00
10	align=left		align=left		25:34
11	align=left		align=left		25:42
12	align=left		align=left		25:43
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" (Kipchumba Mitei) align=right style="border:0" (7) align=left style="border:0" (Patrick Ivuti) align=right style="border:0" (9)	13
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" (Sisay Bezabeh) align=right style="border:0" (13) align=left style="border:0" (Geremew Haile) align=right style="border:0" (28)	26
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 41 align=left style="border:0" (Ahmed Ezzobayry) align=right style="border:0" (47) align=left style="border:0" (Abdelghani Lahlali) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	94
4	align=left		100
5	align=left		140
6	align=left		158
7	align=left		158
8	align=left		197
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (6.3 km)

See main article: 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		20:12
	align=left		align=left		20:18
	align=left		align=left		20:21
4	align=left		align=left		20:21
5	align=left		align=left		20:21
6	align=left		align=left		20:23
7	align=left		align=left		20:28
8	align=left		align=left		20:31
9	align=left		align=left		20:37
10	align=left		align=left		20:37
11	align=left		align=left		20:43
12	align=left		align=left		20:55
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" (Florence Barsosio) align=right style="border:0" (15) align=left style="border:0" (Lornah Kiplagat) align=right style="border:0" (80)	24
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" (Asha Gigi) align=right style="border:0" (43) align=left style="border:0" (Kore Alemu) align=right style="border:0" (57)	44
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 32 align=left style="border:0" (Viorica Ghican) align=right style="border:0" (38) align=left style="border:0" (Lelia Deselnicu) align=right style="border:0" (41)	70
4	align=left		92
5	align=left		104
6	align=left		111
7	align=left		116
8	align=left		124
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (4.22 km)

See main article: 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		13:27
	align=left		align=left		13:32
	align=left		align=left		13:35
4	align=left		align=left		13:49
5	align=left		align=left		13:50
6	align=left		align=left		13:53
7	align=left		align=left		13:56
8	align=left		align=left		13:59
9	align=left		align=left		14:00
10	align=left		align=left		14:04
11	align=left		align=left		14:09
12	align=left		align=left		14:12
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Caroline Tarus) align=right style="border:0" (10)	21
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" (Sintayahu Fikre) align=right style="border:0" (12) align=left style="border:0" (Zenebech Tadese) align=right style="border:0" (14)	26
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" (Emi Kato) align=right style="border:0" (63) align=left style="border:0" (Ayumi Iwashita) align=right style="border:0" (64)	70
4	align=left		78
5	align=left		123
6	align=left		146
7	align=left		174
8	align=left		214
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 669 athletes from 65 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• (6)
• (3)
• (8)
• (15)
• (7)
• (16)
• (10)
• (20)
• (4)
• (18)
• (7)
• (2)
• (10)
• (1)
• (3)
• (4)
• (2)
• (1)
• (27)
• (6)
• (16)
• (27)
• (2)
• (1)
• (2)
• (18)
• (14)
• (1)
• (27)
• (10)
• (22)
• (2)
• (26)
• (9)
• (1)
• (7)
• (12)
• (12)
• (17)
• (5)
• (11)
• (16)
• (12)
• (8)
• (1)
• (17)
• (13)
• (10)
• (1)
• (4)
• (2)
• (27)
• (27)
• (6)
• (1)
• (8)
• (2)
• (10)
• (7)
• (6)
• United Kingdom (26)
• (26)
• (5)
• (3)
• (19)

See also

• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1996 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Results, website of the IAAF (Internet Archive)
• The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 (Internet Archive)
• GBRathletics