1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald,^[1] and a report in The New York Times.^[2]

Complete results for senior men,^[3][4][5] junior men,^[6][7][8] senior women,^[9][10][11] junior women,^[12][13][14] medallists, ^[15] and the results of British athletes^[16] were published.

Medallists

Race results

Senior men's race (12.15 km)

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

Junior men's race (8.35 km)

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

Senior women's race (6.3 km)

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

Junior women's race (4.22 km)

• 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 669 athletes from 65 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[16]

• Algeria (6)
• Angola (3)
• Argentina (8)
• Australia (15)
• Belarus (7)
• Belgium (16)
• BOT (10)
• Brazil (20)
• Cameroon (4)
• Canada (18)
• China (7)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Colombia (10)
• Congo (1)
• Croatia (3)
• Czech Republic (4)
• Egypt (2)
• Estonia (1)
• Ethiopia (27)
• Fiji (6)
• Finland (16)
• France (27)
• Germany (2)
• Hong Kong (1)
• Hungary (2)
• India (18)
• Ireland (14)
• Israel (1)
• Italy (27)
• Jamaica (10)
• Japan (22)
• Kazakhstan (2)
• Kenya (26)
• LES (9)
• Lithuania (1)
• MAW (7)
• MRI (12)
• Mexico (12)
• Morocco (17)
• Mozambique (5)
• NAM (11)
• Netherlands (16)
• New Zealand (12)
• Papua New Guinea (8)
• Poland (1)
• Portugal (17)
• Romania (13)
• Russia (10)
• Senegal (1)
• SEY (4)
• Slovakia (2)
• South Africa (27)
• Spain (27)
• SWZ (6)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (8)
• TJK (2)
• Tanzania (10)
• Uganda (7)
• Ukraine (6)
• United Kingdom (26)
• United States (26)
• FR Yugoslavia (5)
• Zambia (3)
• Zimbabwe (19)

See also

• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1996 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), "Zola admits she's an also-ran", Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013
2. ^ "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013
3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), "IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996", Athchamps (archived), archived October 16, 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
4. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Senior - Men", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
5. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Senior - Men", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
6. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), "IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.4km CC Men - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996", Athchamps (archived), archived October 16, 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
7. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Junior - Men", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
8. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Junior - Men", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
9. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), "IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.4km CC Women - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996", Athchamps (archived), archived October 16, 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
10. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Senior - Women", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
11. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Senior - Women", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
12. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), "IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996", Athchamps (archived), archived October 16, 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
13. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Junior - Women", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
14. ^ "The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Junior - Women", IAAF (archived), archived February 23, 1997 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 26, 2013
15. ^ "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
16. ^ "36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

External links

• The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Results, website of the IAAF (Internet Archive)
• The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 (Internet Archive)
• GBRathletics