The 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Amorebieta, Spain, at the Jaureguibarría Course on March 28, 1993. A report on the event was given in The New York Times and in the Herald.

Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Medallists IndividualSenior men(11.75 km)William Sigei 32:51Dominic Kirui 32:56Ismael Kirui 32:59Junior men(7.15 km)Philip Mosima 20:18Christopher Koskei 20:20Josephat Machuka 20:23Senior women(6.35 km)Albertina Dias 20:00Catherina McKiernan 20:09Lynn Jennings 20:09Junior women(4.45 km)Gladys Ondeyo 14:04Pamela Chepchumba 14:09Sally Barsosio 14:11 TeamSenior men 25 82 167Junior men 10 27 76Senior women 52 93 100Junior women 10 41 61

Race results

Senior men's race (11.75 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time William Sigei 32:51 Dominic Kirui 32:56 Ismael Kirui 32:59 4 Moses Tanui 33:14 5 Ezequiel Bitok 33:21 6 Khalid Skah 33:22 7 Haile Gebrselassie 33:23 8 Addis Abebe 33:29 9 Worku Bikila 33:31 10 Paul Tergat 33:35 11 Brahim Lahlafi 33:36 12 Domingos Castro 33:43 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points William Sigei 1 Dominic Kirui 2 Ismael Kirui 3 Moses Tanui 4 Ezequiel Bitok 5 Paul Tergat 10 (Ondoro Osoro) (13) (James Kariuki) (15) (Anthony Kiprono) (30) 25 Haile Gebrselassie 7 Addis Abebe 8 Worku Bikila 9 Fita Bayissa 16 Abraham Assefa 19 Kidane Gebrmichael 23 (Fekadu Degefu) (28) (Nigousse Urge) (42) (Ayele Mezegebu) (61) 82 Domingos Castro 12 Paulo Guerra 21 Carlos Monteiro 22 Joaquim Pinheiro 25 João Junqueira 41 Carlos Patrício 46 (José Regalo) (57) (Eduardo Henriques) (89) 167 4 187 5 238 6 260 7 353 8 376 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.15 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Philip Mosima 20:18 Christopher Koskei 20:20 Josephat Machuka 20:23 4 Lazarus Nyakeraka 20:23 5 Tegenu Abebe 20:28 6 Habte Jifar 20:50 7 Tibebu Reta 20:50 8 Stanley Kimutai 21:03 9 Geta Tsega 21:04 10 Tolosa Gebre 21:05 11 Salah El Ghazi 21:08 12 Wener Kashayev 21:09 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Philip Mosima 1 Christopher Koskei 2 Josephat Machuka 3 Lazarus Nyakeraka 4 (Stanley Kimutai) (8) 10 Tegenu Abebe 5 Habte Jifar 6 Tibebu Reta 7 Geta Tsega 9 (Tolosa Gebre) (10) (Tekalegne Shewaye) (17) 27 Salah El Ghazi 11 Hicham El Guerrouj 15 Abdelmajid El Boubkary 18 Driss El Himer 32 (Mohamed El Hattab) (41) (Irba Lakhal) (51) 76 4 114 5 120 6 122 7 135 8 155 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (6.35 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Albertina Dias 20:00 Catherina McKiernan 20:09 Lynn Jennings 20:09 4 Zola Pieterse 20:10 5 Liz McColgan 20:17 6 Elana Meyer 20:18 7 Pauline Konga 20:19 8 Farida Fatès 20:20 9 Iulia Negura 20:20 10 Kazumi Kanbayashi 20:23 11 Olga Shurbanova 20:23 12 Hellen Kimaiyo 20:24 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Pauline Konga 7 Hellen Kimaiyo 12 Esther Kiplagat 16 Jane Ngotho 17 (Lydia Cheromei) (32) (Tegla Loroupe) (80) 52 Kazumi Kanbayashi 10 Tsugumi Fukuyama 20 Yumi Osaki 27 Kumi Araki 36 (Aki Tasaka) (37) (Harumi Suzuki) (61) 93 Farida Fatès 8 Odile Ohier 14 Annette Palluy 34 Annick Clouvel 44 (Maria Rébélo) (46) (Marie-Hélène Reix) (59) 100 4 105 5 106 6 122 7 124 8 137 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (4.45 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Gladys Ondeyo 14:04 Pamela Chepchumba 14:09 Sally Barsosio 14:11 4 Helen Kimutai 14:14 5 Susie Power 14:18 6 Catherine Kirui 14:29 7 Elena Cosoveanu 14:32 8 Akiko Kato 14:34 9 Azumi Miyazaki 14:36 10 Sachiko Nakahito 14:40 11 Gabriela Szabo 14:45 12 Alemitu Bekele 14:46 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Gladys Ondeyo 1 Pamela Chepchumba 2 Sally Barsosio 3 Helen Kimutai 4 (Catherine Kirui) (6) 10 Akiko Kato 8 Azumi Miyazaki 9 Sachiko Nakahito 10 Yuko Kubota 14 (Yoshiko Imura) (16) (Chiemi Takahashi) (25) 41 Alemitu Bekele 12 Askale Bereda 13 Yeshi Gebreselassie 17 Getenesh Tamirat 19 (Leila Aman) (28) 61 4 95 5 123 6 138 7 146 8 150 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 An unofficial count yields the participation of 653 athletes from 54 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

(1) (14) (15) (3) (22) (6) (19) (2) (27) (1) (4) (3) (11) (13) (2) (26) (6) (10) (27) (11) (2) (15) (1) (18) (19) (2) (26) (24) (10) (25) (15) (3) (10) (17) (15) (8) (5) (6) (21) (10) (20) (2) (26) (27) (5) (14) (6) (4) (27) (27) (8) (1) (4) (7)

See also 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race 1993 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics