2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships

The 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships was held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 30 March 2024. It was held in the Park of Friendship, next to the Danube, which was also the site of the 2013 European Championships.[1]

45th World Athletics Cross Country Championships
OrganisersWorld Athletics
Edition45th
Date30 March
Host cityBelgrade, Serbia Serbia
Events5
Distances~10 km – Senior men and women
~8 km – Junior men
~6 km – Junior women
~4×2 km – Mixed relay
Official websiteBelgrade 2024

Originally it was planned to be held in Medulin and Pula, Croatia, on 10 and 11 February 2024.[2] [3] However, due to lack of preparations, on the 15th of September 2023 it was announced by World Athletics that the event is to be moved to an undisclosed new venue.[4] On 27 September 2023, World Athletics awarded Belgrade, Serbia the hosting duties. Belgrade was picked due to establishing itself as a reliable host of world class competitions, successfully hosting the 1962 European Championships, the 2013 European Cross Country Championships, the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, the 2017 Balkan Championships and the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Schedule

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The junior races preceded the senior races, and the senior men's event concluded the program.

Date Time (CET) Events
30 March 11:00 U20 race women
11:35 U20 race men
12:15 Mixed Relay
12:45 Senior race women
13:30 Senior race men

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
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Jacob Kiplimo
  Uganda
28:09 Berihu Aregawi
  Ethiopia
28:12 Benson Kiplangat
  Kenya
28:14
Senior women
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Beatrice Chebet
  Kenya
31:05 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk
  Kenya
31:08 Margaret Kipkemboi
  Kenya
31:09
U20 men
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Samuel Kibathi
  Kenya
22:40 Mezgebu Sime
  Ethiopia
22:41 Matthew Kipkoech Kipruto
  Kenya
22:46
U20 women
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Marta Alemayo
  Ethiopia
19:28 Asayech Ayichew
  Ethiopia
19:32 Robe Dida
  Ethiopia
19:38
Team
Senior men
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  Kenya 19 pts   Uganda 31 pts   Ethiopia 40 pts
Senior women
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  Kenya 10 pts   Ethiopia 41 pts   Uganda 44 pts
U20 men
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  Kenya 15 pts   Ethiopia 21 pts   Uganda 52 pts
U20 women
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  Ethiopia 12 pts   Kenya 28 pts   Uganda 48 pts
Relay
Mixed relay
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  Kenya 22:15   Ethiopia 22:43   Great Britain 23:00

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Serbia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Kenya62311
2  Ethiopia26210
3  Uganda1135
4  Great Britain0011
Totals (4 entries)99927
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

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485 athletes from 51 countries are scheduled to participate.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "World Athletics awards 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships to Serbia". World Athletics. 27 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (14 July 2022). "Hosts of 2024 and 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Champs announced". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
  3. ^ Rogulj, Daniela (15 July 2022). "Medulin and Pula to Host 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships". Total Croatia News. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024 to move from Croatia to new European host city". World Athletics. 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023.
  5. ^ "ATHLETES by EVENT and COUNTRY" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.