The 2006
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...
took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the
Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in
Fukuoka
is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...
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Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual
Fukuoka International Cross Country
The Fukuoka International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan in either late February or Early March. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying ...
meeting.
The event was once again dominated by
Ethiopia
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Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...
won both men's individual races, proving himself the most successful
Cross country runner. Reports of the event were given in ''
The New York Times
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Complete results for senior men,
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Medallists
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
Kenenisa Bekele took his fifth consecutive long race title. At the team competition Eritrea surprisingly beat Ethiopia and lost to Kenya only by four points.
*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Men's short race (4 km)
Kenenisa Bekele took his fifth consecutive short race title. The 1999 winner, Benjamin Limo
Benjamin Kipkoech Limo (born 23 August 1974 in Chepkongony, Uasin Gishu) is a Kenyan former middle- and long-distance runner. His races ranged distances from 1500 m to 10,000 m, but Limo mainly competed in 5000 metres, where he has won intern ...
of Kenya finished fourth.
*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Junior men's race (8 km)
*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Senior women's race (8 km)
Tirunesh Dibaba took her second consecutive long race title.
*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Women's short race (4 km)
Ethiopia won the team competition beating Kenya only by a single point.
*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Junior women's race (6 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
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See also
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* 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
* 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
* 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
* 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
* 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
* 2006 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
Official site
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2006
Cross Country Championships
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...
International athletics competitions hosted by Japan
Cross country running in Japan
Sports competitions in Fukuoka