2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships explained

2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Size:	212px
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	30th
Date:	March 23/24
Host City:	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Location:	Leopardstown Racecourse
Nations Participating:	59
Athletes Participating:	664
Races:	6
Distances:	11.998 km – Senior men 4.208 km – Men's short 7.974 km – Junior men 7.974 km – Senior women 4.208 km – Women's short 5.962 km – Junior women
Previous:	2001 Oostende
Next:	2003 Lausanne

The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

New scores for team results were introduced.

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

Individual
Senior men (11.998 km)	Kenenisa Bekele	34:52	John Yuda	34:58	Wilberforce Talel	35:20
Men's short (4.208 km)	Kenenisa Bekele	12:11	Luke Kipkosgei	12:18	Haylu Mekonnen	12:20
Junior men (7.974 km)	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam	23:18	Abel Cheruiyot	23:19	Boniface Kiprop	23:28
Senior women (7.974 km)		26:55	Deena Drossin	27:04	Colleen de Reuck	27:17
Women's short (4.208 km)	Edith Masai	13:30	Worknesh Kidane	13:36	Isabella Ochichi	13:39
Junior women (5.962 km)	Viola Kibiwott	20:13	Tirunesh Dibaba	20:14	Vivian Cheruiyot	20:22
Team
Senior men		18		43		58
Men's short		20		32		57
Junior men		18		24		37
Senior women		28		38		41
Women's short		32		34		85
Junior women		13		24		63

Race results

Senior men's race (11.998 km)

See main article: 2002 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		34:52
	align=left		align=left		34:58
	align=left		align=left		35:20
4	align=left		align=left		35:26
5	align=left		align=left		35:29
6	align=left		align=left		35:32
7	align=left		align=left		35:43
8	align=left		align=left		35:47
9	align=left		align=left		35:49
10	align=left		align=left		35:57
11	align=left		align=left		36:03
12	align=left		align=left		36:06
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" 6 align=left style="border:0" (Enock Mitei) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Hosea Kogo) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	18
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 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" (Lemma Alemayehu) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Mesfin Hailu) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	43
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" (Hakim Radouan) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	58
4	align=left		71
5	align=left		107
6	align=left		121
7	align=left		141
8	align=left		146
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Men's short race (4.208 km)

See main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		12:11
	align=left		align=left		12:18
	align=left		align=left		12:20
4	align=left		align=left		12:26
5	align=left		align=left		12:27
6	align=left		align=left		12:30
7	align=left		align=left		12:30
8	align=left		align=left		12:32
9	align=left		align=left		12:33
10	align=left		align=left		12:34
11	align=left		align=left		12:35
12	align=left		align=left		12:35
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" 4 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" (Abraham Chebii) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Sammy Kiplagat) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	20
	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" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" (Million Wolde) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Berhanu Addane) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	32
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" (José Luis Blanco) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Iván Hierro) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	57
4	align=left		78
5	align=left		113
6	align=left		117
7	align=left		120
8	align=left		120
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior men's race (7.974 km)

See main article: 2002 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		23:18
	align=left		align=left		23:19
	align=left		align=left		23:28
4	align=left		align=left		23:33
5	align=left		align=left		23:39
6	align=left		align=left		23:42
7	align=left		align=left		23:48
8	align=left		align=left		23:49
9	align=left		align=left		23:50
10	align=left		align=left		23:58
11	align=left		align=left		24:05
12	align=left		align=left		24:10
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" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" (Moses Mosop) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Mike Kipyego) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	18
	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" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Tessema Absher) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Nasdr Abdesa) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	24
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13	37
4	align=left		77
5	align=left		89
6	align=left		94
7	align=left		113
8	align=left		131
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (7.974 km)

See main article: 2002 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		26:55
	align=left		align=left		27:04
	align=left		align=left		27:17
4	align=left		align=left		27:19
5	align=left		align=left		27:19
6	align=left		align=left		27:21
7	align=left		align=left		27:25
8	align=left		align=left		27:28
9	align=left		align=left		27:30
10	align=left		align=left		27:32
11	align=left		align=left		27:35
12	align=left		align=left		27:43
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" (Ayelech Worku) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Atalelech Ketema) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	28
	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" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 21 align=left style="border:0" (Elva Dryer) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Amy Rudolph) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	38
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" (Jepkorir Ayabei) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Monica Wangari) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	41
4	align=left		67
5	align=left		69
6	align=left		84
7	align=left		104
8	align=left		121
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Women's short race (4.208 km)

See main article: 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		13:30
	align=left		align=left		13:36
	align=left		align=left		13:39
4	align=left		align=left		13:42
5	align=left		align=left		13:47
6	align=left		align=left		13:53
7	align=left		align=left		13:55
8	align=left		align=left		14:00
9	align=left		align=left		14:01
10	align=left		align=left		14:03
11	align=left		align=left		14:05
12	align=left		align=left		14:06
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" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" (Merima Hashim) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Sinkinesh Gudeta) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	32
	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" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" (Prisca Ngetich) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	34
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 50 align=left style="border:0" (Valerie Vaughan) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Maureen Harrington) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	85
4	align=left		86
5	align=left		86
6	align=left		90
7	align=left		108
8	align=left		133
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior women's race (5.962 km)

See main article: 2002 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		20:13
	align=left		align=left		20:14
	align=left		align=left		20:22
4	align=left		align=left		20:23
5	align=left		align=left		20:24
6	align=left		align=left		20:34
7	align=left		align=left		20:40
8	align=left		align=left		20:43
9	align=left		align=left		20:50
10	align=left		align=left		20:53
11	align=left		align=left		20:59
12	align=left		align=left		21:03
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" (Sharon Cherop) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Valentine Koech) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	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" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Meseret Defar) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Derbe Ayele) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	24
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 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" (Misaki Katsumata) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	63
4	align=left		77
5	align=left		87
6	align=left		106
7	align=left		128
8	align=left		130
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Medal table (unofficial)

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 664 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from,,, and did not show.

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• United Kingdom (36)
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See also

• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2002 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Official site

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