2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 4600151 196257672 2008-03-06T10:49:54Z MIjy 6569852 The '''34th [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]''' were held 1-2 April 2006 in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], [[Japan]]. The event was once again dominated by [[Ethiopia]]n and [[Kenya]]n runners. [[Kenenisa Bekele]] won both men's individual races, proving himself the most successful [[Cross country running|Cross country runner]]. == Results == === Long race men === Kenenisa Bekele took his fifth consecutive long race title. At the team competition Eritrea surprisingly beat Ethiopia and lost to Kenya only by four points. ==== Individual ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Time''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Kenenisa Bekele]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 35:40 min |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Sileshi Sihine]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 35:43 min |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Martin Mathathi]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 35:44 min |- |} ==== Team ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Mark''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Kenya]]<br>[[Martin Mathathi]] (3rd)<br>[[Mike Kipruto Kigen]] (5th)<br>[[Hosea Mwok Macharinyang]] (6th)<br>[[Simon Koros Arusei]] (10th) | 24 |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg|25px]] [[Eritrea]]<br>[[Zersenay Tadesse]] (4th)<br>[[Yonas Kifle]] (7th)<br>[[Ali Abdallah]] (8th)<br>[[Tesfayohannes Mesfen]] (9th) | 28 |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Ethiopia]]<br>[[Kenenisa Bekele]] (1st)<br>[[Sileshi Sihine]] (2nd)<br>[[Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam]] (13th)<br>[[Ketema Nigusse]] (26th) | 42 |- |} === Short race men === Kenenisa Bekele took his fifth consecutive short race title. The 1999 winner, [[Benjamin Limo]] of Kenya finished fourth. ==== Individual ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Time''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Kenenisa Bekele]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 10:54 min |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Isaac Kiprono Songok]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 10:55 min |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Morocco.svg|25px]] [[Adil Kaouch]] ([[Morocco|MAR]]) | 10:57 min |- |} ==== Team ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Mark''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Kenya]]<br>[[Isaac Kiprono Songok]] (2nd)<br>[[Benjamin Limo]] (4th)<br>[[Augustine Kiprono Choge]] (7th)<br>[[Edwin Cheruiyot Soi]] (8th) | 21 |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Ethiopia]]<br>[[Kenenisa Bekele]] (1st)<br>[[Mohamed Ali Aboosh]] (5th)<br>[[Sileshi Sihine]] (12th)<br>[[Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam]] (30th) | 48 |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Morocco.svg|25px]] [[Morocco]]<br>[[Adil Kaouch]] (3rd)<br>[[Hicham Bellani]] (14th)<br>[[Khalid El Amri]] (15th)<br>[[Hamid Ezzine]] (21st) | 53 |- |} === Junior Race Men === ==== Individual ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Time''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Mangata Ndiwa]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 23:53 min |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Leonard Komon]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 23:54 min |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Tariku Bekele]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 23:56 min |- |} ==== Team ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Mark''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Kenya]] | 16 |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Ethiopia]] | 24 |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg|25px]] [[Eritrea]] | 45 |- |} === Long Race Women === Tirunesh Dibaba took her second consecutive long race title. ==== Individual ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Time''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Tirunesh Dibaba]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 25:21 min |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px]] [[Lornah Kiplagat]] ([[Netherlands|NED]]) | 25:26 min |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Meselech Melkamu]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 25:38 min |- |} ==== Team ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Mark''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Ethiopia]]<br>[[Tirunesh Dibaba]] (1st)<br>[[Meselech Melkamu]] (3rd)<br>[[Wude Ayalew Yimer]] (5th)<br>[[Mestawet Tufa]] (7th) | 16 |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Kenya]]<br>[[Evelyne Wambui]] (8th)<br>[[Faith Chemutai]] (9th)<br>[[Alice Chelangat]] (10th)<br>[[Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge]] (12th) | 39 |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|25px]] [[Japan]]<br>[[Kayoko Fukushi]] (6th)<br>[[Yoshimi Ozaki]] (19th)<br>[[Megumi Oshima]] (25th)<br>[[Yumi Sato]] (30th) | 80 |- |} === Short Race Women === Ethiopia won the team competition beating Kenya only by a single point. ==== Individual ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Time''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Gelete Burika]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 12:51 min |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Prisca Jepleting Ngetich]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 12:53 min |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Meselech Melkamu]] ([[Ethiopia|ETH]]) | 12:54 min |- |} ==== Team ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Mark''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Ethiopia]]<br>[[Gelete Burika]] (1st)<br>[[Meselech Melkamu]] (3rd)<br>[[Bezunesh Bekele]] (9th)<br>[[Teyba Erkesso]] (12th) | 25 |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Kenya]]<br>[[Prisca Jepleting Ngetich]] (2nd)<br>[[Beatrice Jepchumba]] (6th)<br>[[Vivian Cheruiyot]] (8th)<br>[[Isabella Ochichi]] (10th) | 26 |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|25px]] [[Australia]]<br>[[Benita Johnson]] (4th)<br>[[Melissa Rollison]] (11th)<br>[[Anna Thompson]] (25th)<br>[[Donna Tyberek-MacFarlane]] (29th) | 69 |- |} === Junior Race Women === ==== Individual ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Time''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Pauline Korikwiang]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 19:27 min |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Veronica Wanjiru]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 19:27 min |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Mercy Kosgei]] ([[Kenya|KEN]]) | 19:45 min |- |} ==== Team ==== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | '''Medal''' | '''Athlete''' | '''Mark''' |- | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|25px]] [[Kenya]] | 10 |- | bgcolor="silver" | Silver | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|25px]] [[Ethiopia]] | 29 |- | bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze | [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|25px]] [[Japan]] | 58 |- |} ==External links== *[http://www.iaaf.org/WXC06/index.html Official site] [[Category:IAAF World Cross Country Championships|2006]] [[Category:2006 in athletics (track and field)|Cross Country Championships]] [[Category:2006 in Japan|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] [[Category:Sports festivals hosted in Japan|C]] [[fr:Championnats du monde de cross-country IAAF 2006]] [[nl:Wereldkampioenschappen veldlopen 2006]] [[ja:2006年世界クロスカントリー選手権]] [[fi:Maastojuoksun maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2006]] 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