2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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,^[1] in the Herald,^[2][3] and for the IAAF.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	33rd
Date	March 19/20
Host city	Saint-Galmier, Rhône-Alpes, France
Venue	Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux
Events	6
Distances	12.02 km – Senior men 4.196 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8.108 km – Senior women 4.196 km – Women's short 6.153 km – Junior women
Participation	695 athletes from 72 nations
← 2004 Bruxelles 2006 Fukuoka →

Complete results for senior men,^[10][11][12] for senior men's teams,^[10][13][14] for men's short race,^[15][16][17] for men's short race teams,^[15][18][19] for junior men,^[20][21][22] for junior men's teams,^[20][23][24] senior women,^[25][26][27] for senior women's teams,^[25][28][29] for women's short race,^[30][31][32] for women's short race teams,^[30][33][34] for junior women,^[35][36][37] for junior women's teams,^[35][38][39] medallists,^[40] and the results of British athletes who took part^[41] were published.

Medallists

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

Race results

Senior men's race (12.02 km)

Further information: 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

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

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele 1 Abebe Dinkessa 4 Dejene Berhanu 6 Eshetu Gezhagne 13 (Tessema Absher) (30) (Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam) (DNF)	24
	Kenya Eliud Kipchoge 5 John Cheruiyot Korir 9 Charles Kamathi 10 Wilberforce Talel 11 (Moses Mosop) (18) (Abraham Cherono) (23)	35
	Qatar 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	Eritrea	54
5	Algeria	166
6	Uganda	182
7	Spain	184
8	Portugal	212
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Men's short race (4.196 km)

Further information: 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

Individual race

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

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele 1 Maregu Zewdie 6 Dejene Berhanu 7 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 9 (Abera Chane) (12) (Mohamed Awol) (26)	23
	Kenya Abraham Chebii 2 Isaac Songok 3 Shadrack Kosgei 10 Henry Kipchirchir 16 (Sammy Kipketer) (17) (Brimin Kipruto) (37)	31
	Qatar 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	Morocco	65
5	Algeria	112
6	Zimbabwe	163
7	Tanzania	176
8	Spain	191
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior men's race (8 km)

Further information: 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

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

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Augustine Choge 1 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego 2 Barnabas Kosgei 3 Hosea Macharinyang 4 (Mang'ata Ndiwa) (5) (Moses Masai) (7)	10
	Ethiopia Tariku Bekele 6 Solomon Molla 8 Chala Lemi 11 Mekuria Tadesse 12 (Kabtamu Reta) (13) (Abidisa Desisa) (41)	37
	Qatar 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	Bahrain	76
5	Eritrea	82
6	Uganda	117
7	United States	154
8	Morocco	179
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Senior women's race (8.108 km)

Further information: 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

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

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Worknesh Kidane 3 Meselech Melkamu 4 Gete Wami 8 (Bezunesh Bekele) (10) (Merima Hashim) (14)	16
	Kenya Alice Timbilil 2 Isabella Ochichi 5 Catherine Kirui 6 Rose Jepchumba 9 (Irene Kipchumba) (11) (Irene Limika) (18)	22
	Portugal Anália Rosa 15 Ana Dias 21 Mónica Rosa 24 Inês Monteiro 26 (Adélia Elias) (61) (Fernanda Miranda) (74)	86
4	Japan	122
5	United States	122
6	United Kingdom	129
7	France	129
8	Australia	134
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Women's short race (4.196 km)

Further information: 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

Individual race

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

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Worknesh Kidane 2 Meselech Melkamu 6 Deriba Alemu 9 (Bezunesh Bekele) (12) (Ejagayehu Dibaba) (14)	18
	Kenya Isabella Ochichi 3 Prisca Ngetich 4 Lucy Wangui 5 Beatrice Chepchumba 7 (Nancy Jebet Lagat) (8) (Viola Kibiwott) (23)	19
	United States Lauren Fleshman 11 Blake Russell 15 Shalane Flanagan 20 Shayne Culpepper 21 (Amy Mortimer) (52) (Melissa Buttry) (90)	67
4	Russia	100
5	Morocco	132
6	Portugal	134
7	Australia	143
8	France	182
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior women's race (6.153 km)

Further information: 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

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

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Veronica Wanjiru 2 Beatrice Chebusit 3 Mercy Njoroge 4 Pauline Korikwiang 7 (Gladys Chemweno) (8) (Aliphine Tuliamuk) (9)	16
	Ethiopia Gelete Burka 1 Belainesh Zemedkun 5 Workitu Ayanu 6 Alemitu Abera 10 (Azalech Masresha) (12)	22
	Japan Akane Wakita 11 Hitomi Niiya 13 Yurika Nakamura 15 Kazue Kojima 17 (Maya Iino) (24) (Yuri Suzuki) (25)	56
4	United States	118
5	Morocco	135
6	Tanzania	172
7	Algeria	177
8	United Kingdom	185
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia	9	3	1	13
2	Kenya	3	8	4	15
3	Eritrea	0	1	0	1
4	Qatar	0	0	4	4
5	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		12	12	12	36

• 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.^[41]

•  Algeria (23)
•  Andorra (1)
•  Argentina (5)
•  Australia (16)
•  Bahrain (11)
•  Belarus (7)
•  Belgium (15)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Botswana (4)
•  Brazil (12)
•  Burundi (6)
•  Canada (34)
•  Central African Republic (2)
•  Chile (2)
•  China (6)
•  Colombia (2)
•  Côte d'Ivoire (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Ecuador (4)
•  Egypt (5)
•  Eritrea (19)
•  Estonia (4)
•  Ethiopia (28)
•  France (36)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (2)
•  Guatemala (3)
•  Ireland (14)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (30)
•  Japan (29)
•  Jordan (2)
•  Kazakhstan (3)
•  Kenya (35)
•  Kyrgyzstan (2)
•  Lesotho (2)
•  Mexico (7)
•  Mongolia (1)
•  Morocco (30)
•  Namibia (3)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  New Zealand (13)
•  Peru (4)
•  Philippines (2)
•  Poland (4)
•  Portugal (25)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Qatar (14)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (18)
•  Rwanda (5)
•  Senegal (1)
•  Serbia and Montenegro (2)
•  Seychelles (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (21)
•  Spain (36)
•   Switzerland (6)
•  Tajikistan (3)
•  Tanzania (13)
•  Tunisia (4)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Uganda (11)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (33)
•  United States (36)
•  Uruguay (1)
•  Uzbekistan (6)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  Yemen (3)
•  Zimbabwe (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)