The 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was hosted in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This 42nd edition was held on 26 March 2017. The venue was Kampala Airport, commonly known as Kololo airstrip, or officially, the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. A few modifications were made to make the track challenging.Uganda on Right Track to Host World Event - IAAF. Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved on 25 September 2021.
Schedule In keeping with past events, all five races, including the newly introduced mixed relay, were held in the afternoon. The first event was the inaugural mixed relay race, which was won by Kenya. The junior races preceded the senior races, and the senior men's event concluded the programme.Timetable by day. IAAF. Retrieved on 28 November 2016. Date Time (UTC) Events26 March 14:00 Mixed Relay 14:30 Junior race women 15:10 Junior race men 15:55 Senior race women 16:55 Senior race men
Medallists IndividualSenior men(10 km) 28:24 28:36 28:43Senior women(10 km) 31:57 32:01 32:11Junior men(8 km) 22:40 22:43 22:52Junior women(6 km) 18:34 18:57 19:02 TeamMixed RelayAsbel KipropWinfred MbitheBernard KorosBeatrice Chepkoech 22:22Welde TufaBone ChelukeYomif KejelchaGenzebe Dibaba 22:30Aras KayaMeryem AkdaAli KayaYasemin Can 22:37Senior menAbadi HadisJemal YimerMuktar EdrisIbrahim JeilanBonsa DidaGetaneh Molla 21Geoffrey Kipsang KamwororLeonard Kiplimo BarsotonVincent Kipsang RonoLeonard Patrick KomonNicholas Mboroto KobimbeiLeonard Langat 22Timothy ToroitichAbdallah Kibet MandeStephen KiprotichJoshua Kiprui CheptegeiPhillip KipyekoStephen Kissa 72Senior womenIrene Chepet CheptaiAlice Aprot NawowunaLilian Kasait RengerukHyvin Kiyeng JepkemoiAgnes Jebet TiropFaith Chepngetich Kipyegon 10Belaynesh OljiraSenbere TeferiGebeyanesh AyeleSentayehu LewetegnZerfie LimenehDera Dida 45Ruth JebetRose ChelimoEunice Chebichii ChumbaDesi MokoninBontu Rebitu 58Junior menAmdework WalelegnBetesfa GetahunSelemon BaregaTefera MosisaBayelign TeshagerSolomon Berihu 17Richard Yator KimunyanAmos KiruiEdwin Kiplangat BettWesley LedamaRonald Kiprotich KiruiMeshack Munguti Nzula 28Yemane HaileselassieFilmon AndeAbraha KokobMehari TsegayRobel Sibhatu 55Junior womenLetesenbet GideyHawi FeysaFotyen TesfayZeineba YimerBiri AberaWede Kefale 19Celliphine Chepteek ChespolSheila ChelangatHellen Ekalale LobunJoyline CherotichEmmaculate ChepkiruiSandrafelis Chebet Tuei 20Peruth ChemutaiSarah ChelangatAdha MunguleyaJanat ChemustoEsther Yeko ChekwemoiScarlet Chemos 63
Medal table
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation A total of 553 athletes from 59 countries were scheduled to participate.Countries IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2015. IAAF. Retrieved on 27 March 2017. A Refugee Athletics Team was scheduled to participate in the mixed relay, but did not take part.
References
External links Official website IAAF competition website 2017 World Cross Country Championships Results