IAAF World Cross Challenge explained

Sport:	Cross country running
Founded:	1990
Folded:	2000
Continent:	Global

The IAAF World Cross Challenge was an annual global series of cross country running competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Athletes accumulated points in the series' cross country meets during the season, which typically began in December and finished in March prior to the annual IAAF World Cross Country Championships. The series was based upon the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit and the IAAF hoped to similarly boost the sport of cross country running.^[1] The last series was held in 1999–2000,^[2] after which point it was replaced by the IAAF Cross Country Permit Meetings series which featured similar races but did not have a point scoring format.^[3]

Editions

IAAF World Cross Challenge editions

	Year	Start date	End date	Meets
1
2
3
4
5
6
7				12	^[4]
8				12	^[5]
9				7	^[6]
10				7	^[7]

Meetings

IAAF World Cross Challenge meetings

	Meeting	City	Country	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
1	Lotto Cross Cup Brussels	Brussels	Belgium							X	X	X	X
2	Great North Cross Country	Durham	United Kingdom							X	X	X	X
3	Cross Internacional de Itálica	Seville	Spain							X	X	X	X
4	Almond Blossom Cross Country	Vilamoura	Portugal							X	X	X	X
5	Nairobi International Cross Country	Nairobi	Kenya							X		X	X
6	Chiba International Cross Country	Chiba	Japan							X	X	X	X
7	IAAF World Cross Country Championships	Various	Various							X	X	X	X
8	Belfast International Cross Country	Belfast	Northern Ireland							X	X
9	Cross Zornotza	Amorebieta-Etxano	Spain							X	X
10	Cross Auchan	Tourcoing	France							X	X
11	Eurocross	Diekirch	Luxembourg							X	X
12	Cinque Mulini	San Vittore Olona	Italy							X	X
13	Mombasa International Cross Country	Mombasa	Kenya								X

Results

Men

1990-91	Ondoro Osoro Kenya	115	Addis Abebe Ethiopia	113	Richard Chelimo Kenya	107
1991-92	Fita Bayissa Ethiopia	138	Ondoro Osoro Kenya	97	Dominic Kirui Kenya	88
1992-93	Ismael Kirui Kenya	116	Fita Bayissa Ethiopia	110	Dominic Kirui Kenya	103
1993-94	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	107	William Sigei Kenya	97	Ismael Kirui Kenya	91
1994-95	Ismael Kirui Kenya	135	Paulo Guerra Portugal	130	Salah Hissou Morocco	117
1995-96	Paul Tergat Kenya	125	James Kariuki Kenya	97	Joseph Kimani Kenya	64
1996-97	Paul Tergat Kenya	113	Bernard Barmasai Kenya	102	Jon Brown	83
1997-98	Paul Tergat Kenya	139	Tom Nyariki Kenya	119	Paul Koech Kenya	113
1998-99	Paul Koech Kenya	118	Paul Tergat Kenya	97	Mohammed Mourhit Belgium	85
1999-00	Paul Tergat Kenya	107	Patrick Ivuti Kenya	104	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	102

Women

1990-91	Susan Sirma Kenya	125	Jane Ngotho Kenya	123	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	88
1991-92	Catherina McKiernan	141	Albertina Dias Portugal	123	Luchia Yishak Ethiopia	122
1992-93	Catherina McKiernan	141	Albertina Dias Portugal	138	Esther Kiplagat Kenya	98
1993-94	Catherina McKiernan	141	Albertina Dias Portugal	123	Margareta Keszeg Romania	97
1994-95	Catherina McKiernan	135	Rose Cheruiyot Kenya	126	Catherine Kirui Kenya	100
1995-96	Rose Cheruiyot Kenya	138	Gabriela Szabo Romania	109	Gete Wami Ethiopia	104
1996-97	Gete Wami Ethiopia	132	Elena Fidatov Romania	118	Paula Radcliffe	99
1997-98	Merima Denboba Ethiopia	120	Paula Radcliffe	104	Jackline Maranga Kenya	98
1998-99	Gete Wami Ethiopia	144	Merima Denboba Ethiopia	79	Paula Radcliffe	72
1999-00	Lydia Cheromei Kenya	122	Gete Wami Ethiopia	119	Ayelech Worku Ethiopia	94

See also

• IAAF Combined Events Challenge
• IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
• IAAF Race Walking Challenge

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/19970223020239/http://www.iaaf.org/competition/wcc.html World Cross Challenge
2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm IAAF World Cross Challenge
3. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-cross-country-permit/calendar/1999 IAAF Cross Country Permit 1999
4. https://web.archive.org/web/19970223025654/http://www.iaaf.org/rdb/xcc97/index.html 1996–97 IAAF Cross Country Challenge
5. https://web.archive.org/web/19981202103215/http://www.iaaf.org/rdb/xcc98/index.html 1997–98 IAAF Cross Country Challenge
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20000525120822/http://www.iaaf.org/Results/xcc99/index.html 1998–99 IAAF Cross Country Challenge
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20000616123124/http://www.iaaf.org/Results/xcc2000/index.html 1999–2000 IAAF Cross Country Challenge