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2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 28, 2009. The races were held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan.[1] Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. Amman is also only the second occasion on which Asia has hosted the World Cross Country Championships, which are the oldest IAAF World Athletics Series event, first celebrated under the IAAF banner in 1973.[2]

2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition37th
DateMarch 28
Host cityAmman, Jordan Jordan
VenueAl Bisharat Golf Course
Events4
Distances12 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men
8 km – Senior women
6 km – Junior women
Participation459 athletes from
59 nations
An overview of Amman in Jordan, the host city

Competition notes edit

The senior male team for Kenya won their 22nd team title in 24 years despite the fact that no senior male runner from Kenya has won an individual title since 1999.[3]

Florence Kiplagat was the first Kenyan senior women's winner since Helen Chepngeno in 1994. She was quoted saying, ‘’I would like to thank God,” she said. “Kenya has not won since 1994. We are determined to perform at the same level as Kenyan men.”[4]

Further race reports of the event were given in The New York Times[5][6] and for the IAAF.[7][8]

Medallists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km) 		Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
  Ethiopia		 35:02 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro
  Uganda		 35:04 Zersenay Tadese
  Eritrea		 35:04
Junior men
(8 km) 		Ayele Abshero
  Ethiopia		 23:26 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei
  Kenya		 23:30 Moses Kibet
  Uganda		 23:35
Senior women
(8 km) 		Florence Jebet Kiplagat
  Kenya		 26:13 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
  Kenya		 26:16 Meselech Melkamu
  Ethiopia		 26:19
Junior women
(6 km) 		Genzebe Dibaba
  Ethiopia		 20:14 Mercy Cherono
  Kenya		 20:17 Jackline Chepngeno
  Kenya		 20:27
Team
Senior men   Kenya 28   Ethiopia 28   Eritrea 50
Junior men   Kenya 20   Ethiopia 22   Eritrea 72
Senior women   Kenya 14   Ethiopia 28   Portugal 72
Junior women   Ethiopia 18   Kenya 18   Japan 76

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12 km) edit

 
Moses Kipsiro was the runner-up in the men's race.

Complete results for senior men[9][10][11] and for senior men's teams[12][13][14] were published.

Main article: 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam   Ethiopia 35:02
  Moses Kipsiro   Uganda 35:04
  Zersenay Tadese   Eritrea 35:04
4 Leonard Komon   Kenya 35:05
5 Habtamu Fikadu   Ethiopia 35:06
6 Mathew Kisorio   Kenya 35:08
7 Mark Kiptoo   Kenya 35:11
8 Chakir Boujattaoui   Morocco 35:12
9 Teklemariam Medhin   Eritrea 35:14
10 Hunegnaw Mesfin   Ethiopia 35:16
11 Moses Mosop   Kenya 35:17
12 Feyisa Lilesa   Ethiopia 35:22
Full results
 
Zersenay Tadese took individual and team bronze medals for Eritrea.
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Leonard Patrick Komon 4
Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio 6
Mark Kosgey Kiptoo 7
Moses Cheruiyot Mosop 11
(Mangata Kimai Ndiwa) (14)
(Linus Kipwambok Chumba) (25)
28
    Ethiopia
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 1
Habtamu Fikadu 5
Hunegnaw Mesfin 10
Feyisa Lilesa 12
(Dino Sefir) (15)
(Tadese Tola) (17)
28
    Eritrea
Zersenay Tadese 3
Teklemariam Medhin 9
Samuel Tsegay 16
Samson Kiflemariam 22
(Issak Sibhatu) (24)
(Kidane Tadasse) (56)
50
4   Uganda 65
5   Qatar 79
6   Morocco 107
7   Spain 140
8   United States 168
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior men's race (8 km) edit

Complete results for junior men[15][16][17] and for junior men's teams[18][19][20] were published.

Main article: 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Ayele Abshero   Ethiopia 23:26
  Titus Kipjumba Mbishei   Kenya 23:30
  Moses Kibet   Uganda 23:35
4 Paul Kipngetich Tanui   Kenya 23:35
5 Japheth Kipyegon Korir   Kenya 23:36
6 Atalay Yirsaw   Ethiopia 23:38
7 Gashaw Biftu   Ethiopia 23:44
8 Debebe Woldsenbet   Ethiopia 23:52
9 John Kipkoech   Kenya 24:00
10 John Kemboi Cheruiyot   Kenya 24:08
11 German Fernandez   United States 24:13
12 Dieudonné Nsengiyuma   Burundi 24:16
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Titus Kipjumba Mbishei 2
Paul Kipngetich Tanui 4
Japheth Kipyegon Korir 5
John Kipkoech 9
(John Kemboi Cheruiyot) (10)
(Charles Kibet Chepkurui) (13)
20
    Ethiopia
Ayele Abshero 1
Atalay Yirsaw 6
Gashaw Biftu 7
Debebe Woldsenbet 8
(Legese Lamiso) (16)
(Yetwale Kende) (32)
22
    Eritrea
Goitom Kifle 14
Mulue Andom 18
Nassir Dawud 19
Merhawi Tadesse 21
(Gebrebrhan Tesfamariam) (33)
(Abraham Tewelde) (34)
72
4   Uganda 82
5   United States 104
6   Australia 135
7   Morocco 143
8   Japan 153
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Senior women's race (8 km) edit

 
Linet Masai took the silver medal for Kenya.

Complete results for senior women[21][22][23] and for senior women's teams[24][25][26] were published.

Main article: 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Florence Kiplagat   Kenya 26:13
  Linet Masai   Kenya 26:16
  Meselech Melkamu   Ethiopia 26:19
4 Lineth Chepkurui   Kenya 26:23
5 Wude Ayalew   Ethiopia 26:23
6 Hilda Kibet   Netherlands 26:43
7 Ann Karindi Mwangi   Kenya 26:49
8 Gelete Burka   Ethiopia 26:58
9 Maryam Yusuf Jamal   Bahrain 27:00
10 Ines Chenonge   Kenya 27:00
11 Pauline Korikwiang   Kenya 27:03
12 Mamitu Daska   Ethiopia 27:04
Full results
 
Bronze medallist Meselech Melkamu led Ethiopia to the team silver medal.
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Florence Jebet Kiplagat 1
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 2
Lineth Chepkurui 4
Ann Karindi Mwangi 7
(Iness Chepkesis Chenonge) (10)
(Pauline Chemning Korikwiang) (11)
14
    Ethiopia
Meselech Melkamu 3
Wude Ayalew 5
Gelete Burka 8
Mamitu Daska 12
(Sentayehu Ejigu) (14)
(Koren Jelela) (30)
28
    Portugal
Ana Dulce Félix 15
Sara Moreira 16
Ana Dias 19
Anália Rosa 22
(Elisabete Lopes) (64)
(Inês Monteiro) (DNF)
72
4   Spain 117
5   United States 130
6   Morocco 130
7   Australia 154
8   Japan 165
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior women's race (6 km) edit

Complete results for junior women[27][28][29] and for junior women's teams[30][31][32] were published.

Main article: 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 20:14
  Mercy Cherono   Kenya 20:17
  Jackline Chepngeno   Kenya 20:27
4 Frehiwat Goshu   Ethiopia 20:34
5 Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo   Kenya 20:36
6 Sule Utura   Ethiopia 20:38
7 Emebet Anteneh   Ethiopia 20:42
8 Hilda Chepkemoi Tanui   Kenya 20:49
9 Meseret Mengistu   Ethiopia 20:52
10 Jackline Chebii   Kenya 21:01
11 Emily Brichacek   Australia 21:02
12 Tsega Gelaw   Ethiopia 21:11
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Ethiopia
Genzebe Dibaba 1
Frehiwat Goshu 4
Sule Utura 6
Emebet Anteneh 7
(Meseret Mengistu) (9)
(Tsega Gelaw) (12)
18
    Kenya
Mercy Cherono 2
Jackline Chepngeno 3
Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo 5
Hilda Chepkemoi Tanui 8
(Jackline Chebii) (10)
(Delvine Relin Meringor) (16)
18
    Japan
Nanaka Izawa 17
Erika Ikeda 18
Asami Kato 20
Aki Otagiri 21
(Chitose Shibata) (22)
(Emi Kameyama) (37)
76
4   United Kingdom 83
5   United States 124
6   Eritrea 132
7   Australia 157
8   Russia 182
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Medal table (unofficial) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Kenya4419
2  Ethiopia4318
3  Uganda0112
4  Eritrea0033
5  Japan0011
  Portugal0011
Totals (6 entries)88824
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 459 athletes from 59 countries participated, two athletes less (senior women) than the official number published[1]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ Turner, Chris (March 28, 2009), Destination Amman, IAAF, retrieved November 4, 2013
  3. ^ Powell, David (March 28, 2009), Gebremariam's final burst secures men's senior prize for Ethiopia - Amman 2009, IAAF, retrieved November 4, 2013
  4. ^ Johnson, Len (March 28, 2009), Florence Kiplagat ends Kenya's long wait for another senior women's title - Amman 2009, IAAF, retrieved November 4, 2013
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External links edit

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