The Arab Cross Country Championships ( ar, البطولة العربية ال لاختراق الضاحية) is an international competition in

cross country running 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 ...

between

Arabic countries The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western As ...

. Organised by the

Arab Athletics Federation The Arab Athletics Federation ( ar, الاتحاد العربي لالعاب القوى) is an international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded on 15 March 1975 at a conference of Arab nations in Rabat, Morocco, with the ...

, it was first contested in 1978 and held its twentieth edition in 2013.La sélection marocaine brille à Alger
. Aujourd'hui. Retrieved on 2013-09-28. Originally hosted on an annual basis, then a biennial schedule from 1990 to 2002, the competition has not been held at regular intervals in recent years. It features four races, which all combine an individual and team element. There is a men's long race, a women's long race, and two shorter races for both sexes in an under-20 (junior) category.
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-28. The first three editions of the championships had senior races only and a men's junior race was introduced in 1982. The women's junior race followed in 1986. Short races for the senior athletes were also previously held (starting in 2000) but these were dropped after the discipline stopped being held at the

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 ...

after 2006. It is the third most prominent

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

tournament for Arab athletes, after the

Arab Athletics Championships The Arab Athletics Championships is an event organized by the Arab Athletic Association. It traditionally occurred every two years. It was not held in 1985 due to the schedule clash with the Pan Arab Games. However, due to the erratic scheduling ...

and the Athletics at the Pan Arab Games.

Past winners

Short course

References

;List of winners
Pan Arab Cross Country Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.

External links

Official website
for Arab Athletics {{Arab Championships Cross Country Championships Cross country running competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1978 Athletics team events Biennial athletics competitions