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World University Cross Country Championships

The World University Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition for student athletes, organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The 2012 edition of the competition featured 76 male and 61 female athletes from 23 countries.[1] Over the history of the event, 64 countries have competed but only three (France, Great Britain and Spain) have been present at all editions of the championships.[2]

First established in 1968 as a men's only event, a women's race was added in 1976 and FISU gave the event its official sanctioning two years later.[3] The programme of each championship consists of one men's and one women's race, with prizes being available for individuals and national teams.[4] The team races are decided by comparing the sum of the finishing places of each nation's top four finishers (for men) or top three finishers (for women). Each country may enter up to six male athletes and five female athletes.[5][6] A mixed-sex relay was introduced at the 2022 edition.[7]

The 2020 edition set for Marrakech was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

All editions of the competition up to 2006 were hosted by Western European countries. Algiers became the first African nation to host the event in 2006 and Kingston, Ontario brought it to North America for the first time in 2010. Although the competition is limited to athletes studying at university level, the championships has nevertheless attract top level competitors, including: World Championship medallists Steve Moneghetti and Mariem Alaoui Selsouli, as well as World Cross Country team medallists Antonio Serrano and Iulia Olteanu.[4]

Editions

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Edition Year City Country Date Countries Athletes
— 1968 Ghent   Belgium
— 1970 Bern   Switzerland
— 1972 Guildford   Great Britain
— 1974 Madrid   Spain
— 1976 Leuven   Belgium
1st 1978 Lausanne   Switzerland
2nd 1980 Coleraine   Great Britain
3rd 1982 Darmstadt   West Germany
4th 1984 Antwerp   Belgium
5th 1986 Graz   Austria
6th 1988 Bologna   Italy
7th 1990 Poznań   Poland
8th 1992 Dijon   France
9th 1994 Limerick   Ireland
10th 1996 Albufeira (Açoteias)   Portugal
11th 1998 Luton   Great Britain
12th 2000 Jena   Germany
13th 2002 Santiago de Compostela   Spain
14th 2004 Collegno   Italy
15th 2006 Algiers   Algeria
16th 2008 Forges-les-Eaux   France
17th 2010 Kingston, Ontario   Canada 11 April 14 96[9]
18th 2012 Łódź   Poland 14 April 23 137[1]
19th 2014 Entebbe   Uganda 22 March 18 103[10]
20th 2016 Cassino   Italy 12 March 19 120[11]
21st 2018 St. Gallen   Switzerland 7 April 20 124[12]
Cancelled[13] 2020 Marrakesh   Morocco
22nd 2022 Aveiro   Portugal 12 March [14][15]

Medallists

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
1968   Frank Briscoe (GBR) ?   John Rix (GBR) ? ? ?
1970   René Goris (BEL) ?   Georgi Tikhov (BUL) ?   Alistair Blamire (GBR) ?
1972   Jack Lane (GBR) 28:08   Andy Holden (GBR) 28:46   René Goris (BEL) 28:54
1974   Michael Karst (FRG) 24:38   Franco Fava (ITA) 24:44   Ian Gilmour (GBR) 24:55
1976   Laurie Reilly (GBR) 25:16   Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) 25:16   Michael Lederer (FRG) 25:24
1978   Antonio Prieto (ESP) 30:38   Peter Baker (GBR) 30:56   Mehmet Yurdadön (TUR) 31:02
1980   David James (GBR) 33:57   Nick Brawn (GBR) 33:58   Michael Karst (FRG) 34:21
1982   Frank Zimmermann (FRG) 36:50   Christoph Herle (FRG) 37:04   Valeriy Gryaznov (URS) 37:45
1984   Michael Scheytt (FRG) 33:13   Gerhard Krippner (FRG) 33:29   Wiesław Furmanek (POL) 33:33
1986   Steve Moneghetti (AUS) 40:17   Lars Sörensen (FIN) 40:18   Jiu Shangxuan (CHN) 40:19
1988   Antonio Serrano (ESP) 24:29   Anacleto Jiménez (ESP) 24:38   Paolo Donati (ITA) 24:42
1990   Ian Hamer (GBR) 28:02   Antonio Serrano (ESP) 28:09   Haydar Dogan (TUR) 28:11
1992   Shaun Creighton (AUS) 32:22   Vítor Almeida (POR) 32:25   Bobby Quinn (GBR) 32:27
1994   Spencer Duval (GBR) 38:49   Piotr Gładki (POL) 38:51   Martin Jones (GBR) 39:02
1996   Daniel Njenga (KEN) 30:01   John Mitai Mborothi (KEN) 30:05   Bernard Lagat (KEN) 30:10
1998   Juan Puerta (ESP) 38:23   Iván Sánchez (ESP) 38:26   Mohamed Afaadas (MAR) 38:29
2000   Günther Weidlinger (AUT) 35:47   Aziz Driouche (MAR) 35:54   Rachid Boulahdid (MAR) 35:54
2002   Abdellah Bay (MAR) 35:01   Aziz Driouche (MAR) 35:03   Günther Weidlinger (AUT) 35:09
2004   Günther Weidlinger (AUT) 32:17   Karim El Mabchour (MAR) 32:26   Brahim Chettah (ALG) 32:39
2006   Mohamed Fadil (MAR) 27:59   Abdelkebir Lamachi (MAR) 28:10   Abdelaziz Azzouzi (MAR) 28:21
2008   Najim El Qady (MAR) 36:14   Liam Adams (AUS) 36:19   Stephan Hohl (GER) 36:24
2010   Tetsuya Yoroizaka (JPN) 30:08   Liam Adams (AUS) 30:09   Christian Glatting (GER) 30:11
2012   Abdelmadjed Touil (ALG) 29:11   Yuta Shitara (JPN) 29:15   Daichi Motomura (JPN) 29:22
2014   Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 31:07   Daniel Muindi (KEN) 31:13   Mark Lokwanamoi (KEN) 32:34
2016   Hicham Amghar (MAR) 33:46   Reda Jaafar (MAR) 33:49   Youssef Ben Had (MAR) 33:51
2018   El Hocine Zourkane (ALG) 30:21   Rantso Alfred Mokopane (RSA) 30:30   Thamsanga Lukhanyo Theophilus Khonco (RSA) 30:33
2022   Dismas Yeko (UGA) 28:00   Markus Görger (GER) 28:07   Brian Wangwe (UGA) 28:12

Men's team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
1968   Great Britain 13   Belgium 47   Italy 64
1970   Great Britain ?   Italy ?   Bulgaria ?
1972   Great Britain 12   Belgium 43   Switzerland 62
1974   Italy 24   West Germany 38   Great Britain 38
1976   Great Britain 37   Finland 43   West Germany 43
1978   Great Britain 29   West Germany 41   Spain 51
1980   Great Britain 13   West Germany 23   France 65
1982   Soviet Union 18   West Germany 26   Great Britain 53
1984   West Germany 20   Great Britain 52   Poland 57
1986   Soviet Union 37   China 43   Australia 69
1988   Spain 47   West Germany 50   Soviet Union 51
1990   Spain 30   Great Britain 46   Soviet Union 67
1992   Spain 35   Australia 38   Great Britain 58
1994   Great Britain 29   Spain 58   Italy 77
1996   Morocco 41   Kenya 45   South Africa 59
1998   Spain 17   Portugal 59   Great Britain 81
2000   Morocco 14   Great Britain 63   Spain 75
2002   Spain 32   Morocco 41   Great Britain 78
2004   Morocco 35   South Africa 36   Spain 46
2006   Morocco 10   Algeria 38   Spain 66
2008   France 38   Great Britain 61   Australia 66
2010   Japan 30   Spain 31   Great Britain 71
2012   Japan 36   Ukraine 57   Algeria 61
2014   Kenya 14   Uganda 29   Japan 47
2016   Morocco 10   Japan 31   Turkey 62
2018   South Africa 33   Japan 35   Morocco 40
2022   Morocco (MAR) 21   Uganda (UGA) 24   Germany (GER) 30

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
1976   Vera Kemper (FRG) 14:09   Moira O'Boyle (GBR) 14:57   Caroline Simpson (GBR) 15:06
1978   Kathryn Binns (GBR) 17:50   Renate Kieninger (FRG) 17:58   Cherry Hanson (GBR) 18:05
1980   Jill Clarke (GBR) 22:34   Cherry Hanson (GBR) 22:42   Fionnuala Morrish (IRL) 22:54
1982   Yelena Tsukhlo (URS) 15:14   Valentina Ilyinykh (URS) 15:30   Marina Rodchenkova (URS) 15:44
1984   Asunción Sinovas (ESP) 16:41   Ute Jamrozy (FRG) 16:45   Zita Ágoston (HUN) 16:47
1986   Anne Viallix (FRA) 18:34   Krishna Wood (AUS) 18:35   Tatjana Smolnikar (YUG) 19:01
1988   Viorica Ghican (ROM) 18:42   Iulia Besliu (ROM) 18:48   Helen Titterington (GBR) 18:51
1990   Julia Vaquero (ESP) 15:44   Mónica Gama (POR) 16:00   Annette Hüls (FRG) 16:05
1992   Iulia Ionescu (ROM) 20:01   Vikki McPherson (GBR) 20:05   Irena Czuta (POL) 20:08
1994   Iulia Negura (ROM) 19:59   Silvia Sommaggio (ITA) 20:03   Julia Vaquero (ESP) 20:28
1996   Lelia Deselnicu (ROM) 20:45   María Abel (ESP) 20:49   Natalie Harvey (AUS) 20:50
1998   Natalie Harvey (AUS) 21:51   Céline Rajot (FRA) 22:03   Liz Talbot (GBR) 22:05
2000   Anália Rosa (POR) 20:03   Denisa Costescu (ROM) 20:06   Cristina Casandra (ROM) 20:10
2002   Denisa Costescu (ROM) 20:06   René Kalmer (RSA) 20:08   Inês Monteiro (POR) 20:13
2004   Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) 22:06   Louise Damen (GBR) 22:11   Sonia Bejarano (ESP) 22:16
2006   Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 18:54   Kate Reed (GBR) 19:04   Eleanor Baker (GBR) 19:33
2008   Faye Fullerton (GBR) 22:36   Fionnuala Britton (IRL) 22:39   Ikram Zouglali (MAR) 22:41
2010   Sara Moreira (POR) 16:29   Jessica Sparke (GBR) 16:41   Joanne Harvey (GBR) 16:48
2012   Ancuța Bobocel (ROM) 15:48   Carla Salomé Rocha (POR) 15:54   Roxana Bârcă (ROM) 15:56
2014   Winnie Nanyondo (UGA) 20:334   Dorcus Ajok (UGA) 21:02   Prim Twikiriza (UGA) 21:07
2016   Sevilay Eytemis (TUR) 21:57   Moeno Shimizu (JPN) 22:00   Maki Izumida (JPN) 22:01
2018   Catarina Granz (GER) 34:53   Rika Kaseda (JPN) 34:58   Soukaina Atanane (MAR) 35:13
2022   Izzy Fry (GBR) 31:53   Saskia Millard (GBR) 32:01   Yayla Günen (TUR) 32:14

Women's team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
1976   Great Britain 9   Switzerland 25   Belgium 32
1978   Great Britain 9   West Germany 13   Belgium 31
1980   Great Britain 7   West Germany 27   Ireland 28
1982   Soviet Union 6   West Germany 23   Spain 33
1984   Spain 15   Great Britain 16   West Germany 23
1986   Great Britain 22   Yugoslavia 22   Soviet Union 32
1988   Romania 9   Spain 24   West Germany 36
1990   Spain 12   West Germany 25   Poland 35
1992   Great Britain 30   Spain 36   Romania 41
1994   Great Britain 18   France 31   Romania 35
1996   Spain 19   Romania 26   Italy 29
1998   Great Britain 13   South Africa 33   Spain 38
2000   South Africa 18   Romania 19   Spain 46
2002   South Africa 23   Spain 25   Romania 29
2004   Great Britain 14   Spain 18   Finland 37
2006   Great Britain 9   Algeria 29   Italy 30
2008   Great Britain 20   Australia 30   Ireland 33
2010   Great Britain 13   Australia 26   Canada 33
2012   Japan 21   Romania 23   Poland 45
2014   Uganda 6   Japan 15   Canada 38
2016   Japan 13   Great Britain 22   Italy 41
2018   Japan 17   Germany 49   Italy 51
2022   Great Britain (GBR) 8   Germany (GER) 25   Spain (ESP) 33

Mixed relay

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
2022 (12K)[16]   France (FRA)
Alexa Lemitre
Benoit Campion
Bérénice Fulchiron
Quentin Malriq		 35:02   Great Britain (GBR)
Alexandra Millard
Edward Potter
Sabrina Sinha
Justin Davies		 35:23   Spain (ESP)
Marta Azpiazu
Pablo Sánchez
Mireya Lahoz
Alejandro Sánchez		 35:31

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Pierre, Christian (2012-04-16). Individual wins for Algeria and Romania; Japan rules team competitions at World University Cross Country Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  2. ^ Participation at the World University Cross Country Championships 1978 – 2010. FISU. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  3. ^ 2012 WUC Update: The 18th World University Cross-Country Championship to be organized in Lodz. FISU. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  4. ^ a b World Student Cross Country Championship. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  5. ^ Women's Team Results 2012. FISU. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  6. ^ Men's Team Results 2012. FISU. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  7. ^ Portugal set to host FISU World University Championship Cross Country. Inside The Games (2022-03-11). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  8. ^ World University Cross Country Championship in Morocco postponed. FISU (2020-02-28). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  9. ^ Cross Country 2010. XC2010. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  10. ^ [1]. FISU. Retrieved on 2016-02-26.
  11. ^ [2]. Organizers Webpage. Retrieved on 2016-03-23.
  12. ^ [3]. Official Timekeepers Webpage. Retrieved on 2018-04-09.
  13. ^ "2020 World University Cross Country Championships". bucs.org.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  14. ^ 2022 WORLD UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY. FISU. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  15. ^ FISU Cross Country Championships Aveiro (POR) 12 MAR 2022. World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  16. ^ FISU World University Championship Cross Country. Lap2Go. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
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