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1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Kincsem Park on March 26, 1994. A preview on the event was given in the Herald, and a report in ''The New York Times''. Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. Medallists Race results Senior men's race (12.06 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (8.14 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (6.22 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior women's race (4.3 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 760 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conceição Ferreira
Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira (born 13 March 1962 in Aveleda) is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner. She won the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and finished sixth in 10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ra ... at the 1993 World Championships. International competitions References * * 1962 births Living people Portuguese female long-distance runners Portuguese female marathon runners Olympic athletes of Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior Men's Race
The Senior men's race at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Kincsem Park on March 26, 1994. A preview on the event was given in the Herald, and a report in ''The New York Times''. Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. Race results Senior men's race (12.06 km) Individual Teams *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 281 athletes from 57 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. * (9) * (7) * (8) * (6) * (2) * (6) * (8) * (1) * (1) * (7) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (9) * (6) * (9) * (1) * (8) * (6) * (7) * (2) * (9) * (7) * (6) * (9) * (4) * (3) * (7) * (1) * (9) * (1) * (7) * (5) * (3) * (9) * (2) * (9) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (7) * (9) * (9) * (9) * (1) * (3) * (3) * (6) * (9) * (9) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (6) See also * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Kirui
Dominic Kirui (born 12 April 1967) is a retired Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...n runner who specialized in cross country running. He was an individual silver medallist at the 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He represented his country on the track at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1997 World Championships in Athletics. In professional road running in the United States, he won the Crescent City Classic and Cooper River Bridge Run in 1992, the 2000 Azalea Trail Run and the 2001 Lilac Bloomsday Run. International competitions Personal bests *5000 metres – 13:33.77 min (1997) *10,000 metres – 27:31.10 min (1997) *Half marathon – 1:02:45 hrs (2000) References External links * 1967 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salah Hissou
Salaheddine Hissou ( ar, صلاح حيسو) (born January 16, 1972) is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a world record over 10,000 metres in Brussels in 1996 and won a bronze medal over 10,000 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Hissou was born in Ait Taghia, Kasba Tadla Kasba Tadla ( ar, قصبة تادلة, Qaṣba Tadla; Berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ) is a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 200 ,898. The highest temperature ev .... External links * References 1972 births Living people Moroccan male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Morocco Olympic bronze medalists for Morocco People from Kasba Tadla World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Ntawulikura
Mathias Ntawulikura (born 14 June 1964 in Gisovu/ Kibuye) is a retired Rwandan long-distance runner. He reached the World Athletics Championships final and participated in the Olympic Games in the 5000 metres (1988) and 10,000 metres (1992, 1996) and marathon (2000, 2004). He also participated five times in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. His best Olympic performance was 8th in the 10,000 m at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, a race where the top eight positions were taken by (six) African countries. He was forty when he competed in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics; of the hundred men who started the race, he came 62nd with a time of 2hours, 26 minutes, 5 seconds. He is the first (and as of 2010, only) Rwandan to compete at five Olympic Games. The only African to compete in five Olympics before him was Egyptian shooter Mohamed Khorshed. In 2004, Ntawulikura joined three other track and field athletes - Nigerian Mary Onyali, Mozambican Maria Mutola, and Angolan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shem Kororia
Shem Kororia (born 25 September 1972) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and half marathon. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Kororia was the third man ever to run the half marathon within an hour, when he won the world half marathon title in October 1997 in Košice, Slovakia, clocking 59:56 minutes. He won 5000 metres gold twice at the Military World Games: in 1995 and 1999. He also won the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 1997 and had back-to-back wins at the BOclassic in 1994–95. He also competed in cross country running events. He was twice a team gold medallist with Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (1994 and 1997). On the major cross country meet circuit he had two wins at the Cross Internacional de la Constitución (1994 and 1995) and was the 1996 winner of both the Campaccio and the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños races. He is from Kapta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayele Mezegebu
Ayele Mezgebu (born 6 January 1973) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialized in cross-country running. He is the older brother of Assefa Mezgebu Assefa Mezgebu (born June 19, 1978 in Sidamo) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was also the runner-up at the 2001 World Championships .... International competitions External links * 1973 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male steeplechase runners African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Abebe
Addis Abebe ( am, አዲስ አበበ; born September 5, 1970) is a former long-distance runner from Ethiopia, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. International competitions Personal bests *5000 metres - 13:58.08 (1988) *10,000 metres - 27:17.82 (1989) *Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ... - 1:02:40 (1998) External links * 1970 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Songok
James Songok (born 23 July 1970) is a Kenyan male long-distance runner who competed in cross country, track and road running. He began his career focusing on track running and after a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics, he went on to win the 5000 metres title at the Kenyan Athletics Championships, then the gold medal in that event at the 1992 African Championships in Athletics. Songok represented Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on three occasions. He helped the Kenyan men to the team title in both 1994 and 1995, taking sixth then seventh place, respectively. He was picked for a third time running, but managed on 23rd place in the 1996 race. He attempted to convert to road races thereafter but, after moderate success of fourth at the Stramilano and second at the Puy-en-Velay 15K, he ceased competing after the 1997 season. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Skah
Khalid Skah ( ar, خالد سكاح) (born 29 January 1967) is a Moroccan track and field athlete, winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Midelt, Morocco, Skah established himself first as a good cross country runner Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ... by winning the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1990 and 1991. Racing career 1991 World Championships His first major tournament on track was 1991 World Championships in Athletics, 1991 World Championships where he at first won a bronze in 10,000 m and then finished sixth at the 5000 m run. This was a disappointing outcome for Skah as, earlier in the season, he had won the 10000 m race in Oslo against a very strong field and had emerged as one of the favourites for the finals in To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Tergat
Paul Kibii Tergat (born 17 June 1969) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. He became the first Kenyan man to set the world record in the marathon in 2003, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time. Runnerworld called him the "Most comprehensive runner of all time". Towards the end of his career he concentrated exclusively on the marathon. Tergat set several world records and won many titles on the track, in cross country, and on the road. He lives and trains in Eldoret. Early life Paul Tergat was born on 17 June 1969 in Riwo, Baringo District, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. He attended Riwo Primary school and later joined Kapkawa Boys High School. Unlike many athletes, Tergat realised his talent after graduating high school. Career Tergat won five straight IAAF World Cross Country Championships titles, 1995 to 1999, which was a record. Says Tergat, "Cross country is what I always liked mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
