The 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 19/20, 2005. The races were held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

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 IndividualSenior men(12.02 km)Kenenisa Bekele 35:06Zersenay Tadesse 35:20Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 35:34Men's short(4.196 km)Kenenisa Bekele 11:33Abraham Chebii 11:38Isaac Songok 11:39Junior men(8 km)Augustine Choge 23:59Bernard Kiprop Kipyego 24:00Barnabas Kosgei 24:00Senior women(8.108 km)Tirunesh Dibaba 26:34Alice Timbilil 26:37Worknesh Kidane 26:37Women's short(4.196 km)Tirunesh Dibaba 13:15Worknesh Kidane 13:16Isabella Ochichi 13:21Junior women(6.153 km)Gelete Burka 20:12Veronica Wanjiru 20:39Beatrice Chebusit 20:44 TeamSenior men 24 35 42Men's short 23 31 32Junior men 10 37 75Senior women 16 22 86Women's short 18 19 67Junior women 16 22 56

Race results

Senior men's race (12.02 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 35:06 Zersenay Tadesse 35:20 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 35:34 4 Abebe Dinkessa 35:37 5 Eliud Kipchoge 35:37 6 Dejene Berhanu 35:42 7 Boniface Kiprop 35:45 8 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 35:53 9 John Cheruiyot Korir 36:00 10 Charles Kamathi 36:03 11 Wilberforce Talel 36:07 12 Jamal Bilal Salem 36:28 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Kenenisa Bekele 1 Abebe Dinkessa 4 Dejene Berhanu 6 Eshetu Gezhagne 13 (Tessema Absher) (30) (Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam) (DNF) 24 Eliud Kipchoge 5 John Cheruiyot Korir 9 Charles Kamathi 10 Wilberforce Talel 11 (Moses Mosop) (18) (Abraham Cherono) (23) 35 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 3 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 8 Jamal Bilal Salem 12 Ali Al-Dawoodi 19 (Majid Aman Awadh) (28) (Sultan Khamis Zaman) (DNF) 42 4 54 5 166 6 182 7 184 8 212 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Men's short race (4.196 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 11:33 Abraham Chebii 11:38 Isaac Songok 11:39 4 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 11:42 5 Jamal Bilal Salem 11:43 6 Maregu Zewdie 11:43 7 Dejene Berhanu 11:43 8 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 11:46 9 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 11:54 10 Shadrack Kosgei 11:56 11 Adil Kaouch 11:57 12 Abera Chane 11:58 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Kenenisa Bekele 1 Maregu Zewdie 6 Dejene Berhanu 7 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 9 (Abera Chane) (12) (Mohamed Awol) (26) 23 Abraham Chebii 2 Isaac Songok 3 Shadrack Kosgei 10 Henry Kipchirchir 16 (Sammy Kipketer) (17) (Brimin Kipruto) (37) 31 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 4 Jamal Bilal Salem 5 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 8 James Kwalia 15 (Sultan Khamis Zaman) (19) (Khamis Abdulla Saifeldin) (35) 32 4 65 5 112 6 163 7 176 8 191 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior men's race (8 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Augustine Choge 23:59 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego 24:00 Barnabas Kosgei 24:00 4 Hosea Macharinyang 24:09 5 Mang'ata Ndiwa 24:15 6 Tariku Bekele 24:16 7 Moses Masai 24:19 8 Solomon Molla 24:24 9 Tariq Taher 24:31 10 Belal Ali 24:33 11 Chala Lemi 24:34 12 Mekuria Tadesse 24:35 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Augustine Choge 1 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego 2 Barnabas Kosgei 3 Hosea Macharinyang 4 (Mang'ata Ndiwa) (5) (Moses Masai) (7) 10 Tariku Bekele 6 Solomon Molla 8 Chala Lemi 11 Mekuria Tadesse 12 (Kabtamu Reta) (13) (Abidisa Desisa) (41) 37 Nasser Shams Kareem 14 Essa Ismail Rashed 15 Kamal Ali Thamer 22 Moustafa Ahmed Shebto 24 (Mohammed Abduh Bakhet) (26) (Saad Salem Malek) (27) 75 4 76 5 82 6 117 7 154 8 179 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Senior women's race (8.108 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 26:34 Alice Timbilil 26:37 Worknesh Kidane 26:37 4 Meselech Melkamu 26:39 5 Isabella Ochichi 26:43 6 Catherine Kirui 26:49 7 Benita Johnson 26:55 8 Gete Wami 27:20 9 Rose Jepchumba 27:25 10 Bezunesh Bekele 27:27 11 Irene Kipchumba 27:29 12 Kim Smith 27:37 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Worknesh Kidane 3 Meselech Melkamu 4 Gete Wami 8 (Bezunesh Bekele) (10) (Merima Hashim) (14) 16 Alice Timbilil 2 Isabella Ochichi 5 Catherine Kirui 6 Rose Jepchumba 9 (Irene Kipchumba) (11) (Irene Limika) (18) 22 Anália Rosa 15 Ana Dias 21 Mónica Rosa 24 Inês Monteiro 26 (Adélia Elias) (61) (Fernanda Miranda) (74) 86 4 122 5 122 6 129 7 129 8 134 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Women's short race (4.196 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 13:15 Worknesh Kidane 13:16 Isabella Ochichi 13:21 4 Prisca Ngetich 13:25 5 Lucy Wangui 13:25 6 Meselech Melkamu 13:28 7 Beatrice Chepchumba 13:31 8 Nancy Jebet Lagat 13:31 9 Deriba Alemu 13:41 10 Alevtina Ivanova 13:42 11 Lauren Fleshman 13:44 12 Bezunesh Bekele 13:44 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Worknesh Kidane 2 Meselech Melkamu 6 Deriba Alemu 9 (Bezunesh Bekele) (12) (Ejagayehu Dibaba) (14) 18 Isabella Ochichi 3 Prisca Ngetich 4 Lucy Wangui 5 Beatrice Chepchumba 7 (Nancy Jebet Lagat) (8) (Viola Kibiwott) (23) 19 Lauren Fleshman 11 Blake Russell 15 Shalane Flanagan 20 Shayne Culpepper 21 (Amy Mortimer) (52) (Melissa Buttry) (90) 67 4 100 5 132 6 134 7 143 8 182 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior women's race (6.153 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Gelete Burka 20:12 Veronica Wanjiru 20:39 Beatrice Chebusit 20:44 4 Mercy Njoroge 20:46 5 Belainesh Zemedkun 20:47 6 Workitu Ayanu 20:54 7 Pauline Korikwiang 20:56 8 Gladys Chemweno 20:57 9 Aliphine Tuliamuk 21:09 10 Alemitu Abera 21:10 11 Akane Wakita 21:16 12 Azalech Masresha 21:37 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Veronica Wanjiru 2 Beatrice Chebusit 3 Mercy Njoroge 4 Pauline Korikwiang 7 (Gladys Chemweno) (8) (Aliphine Tuliamuk) (9) 16 Gelete Burka 1 Belainesh Zemedkun 5 Workitu Ayanu 6 Alemitu Abera 10 (Azalech Masresha) (12) 22 Akane Wakita 11 Hitomi Niiya 13 Yurika Nakamura 15 Kazue Kojima 17 (Maya Iino) (24) (Yuri Suzuki) (25) 56 4 118 5 135 6 172 7 177 8 185 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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, 695 athletes from 72 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

(23) (1) (5) (16) (11) (7) (15) (1) (4) (12) (6) (34) (2) (2) (6) (2) (1) (1) (1) (4) (5) (19) (4) (28) (36) (2) (2) (3) (14) (1) (30) (29) (2) (3) (35) (2) (2) (7) (1) (30) (3) (2) (13) (4) (2) (4) (25) (1) (14) (5) (18) (5) (1) (2) (2) (1) (21) (36) (6) (3) (13) (4) (1) (11) (1) (33) (36) (1) (6) (1) (3) (8)

See also 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race 2005 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links

Website of the Local Organising Committee