The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fukuoka International Cross Country meeting.

The event was once again dominated by Ethiopian and Kenyan runners and also Eritrean runners. Kenenisa Bekele 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, and for the IAAF.

Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)Kenenisa Bekele 35:40Sileshi Sihine 35:43Martin Mathathi 35:44Men's short(4 km)Kenenisa Bekele 10:54Isaac Songok 10:55Adil Kaouch 10:57Junior men(8 km)Mang'ata Ndiwa 23:53Leonard Patrick Komon 23:54Tariku Bekele 23:56Senior women(8 km)Tirunesh Dibaba 25:21Lornah Kiplagat 25:26Meselech Melkamu 25:38Women's short(4 km)Gelete Burka 12:51Prisca Ngetich 12:53Meselech Melkamu 12:54Junior women(6 km)Pauline Korikwiang 19:27Veronica Wanjiru 19:27Mercy Kosgei 19:45 TeamSenior men 24 28 42Men's short 21 48 53Junior men 16 24 44Senior women 16 39 80Women's short 25 26 69Junior women 10 29 58

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. +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 35:40 Sileshi Sihine 35:43 Martin Mathathi 35:44 4 Zersenay Tadesse 35:47 5 Mike Kigen 35:54 6 Hosea Macharinyang 36:02 7 Yonas Kifle 36:05 8 Ali Abdalla 36:18 9 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 36:18 10 Simon Arusei 36:18 11 Abderrahim Goumri 36:20 12 John Kibowen 36:21 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Martin Mathathi 3 Mike Kigen 5 Hosea Macharinyang 6 Simon Arusei 10 (John Kibowen) (12) (Simion Tuitoek) (58) 24 Zersenay Tadesse 4 Yonas Kifle 7 Ali Abdalla 8 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 9 (Samson Kiflemariam) (19) 28 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Sileshi Sihine 2 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 13 Ketema Nigusse 26 (Eshetu Gezhagne) (31) (Abebe Dinkessa) (71) 42 4 62 5 102 6 116 7 152 8 171 Full results 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 of Kenya finished fourth. +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 10:54 Isaac Songok 10:55 Adil Kaouch 10:57 4 Benjamin Limo 11:00 5 Ali Abdosh 11:01 6 Adam Goucher 11:02 7 Augustine Choge 11:03 8 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 11:06 9 Saif Saeed Shaheen 11:08 10 Sultan Khamis Zaman 11:08 11 Craig Mottram 11:10 12 Sileshi Sihine 11:12 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Isaac Songok 2 Benjamin Limo 4 Augustine Choge 7 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 8 (Brimin Kipruto) (18) (Yusuf Kibet Biwot) (20) 21 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Ali Abdosh 5 Sileshi Sihine 12 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 30 (Abebe Dinkessa) (39) (Zenbaba Yegezu) (48) 48 Adil Kaouch 3 Hicham Bellani 14 Khalid El Amri 15 Hamid Ezzine 21 (Anis Selmouni) (47) 53 4 66 5 80 6 140 7 142 8 158 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior men's race (8 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Mang'ata Ndiwa 23:53 Leonard Patrick Komon 23:54 Tariku Bekele 23:56 4 Joseph Ebuya 23:59 5 Ibrahim Jellan 24:04 6 Habtamu Fikadu 24:04 7 Kamal Ali Thamer 24:05 8 Samuel Tsegay 24:06 9 Bernard Matheka 24:08 10 Tadesse Tola 24:09 11 Kidane Tadasse 24:21 12 Kiflom Slum 24:22 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Mang'ata Ndiwa 1 Leonard Patrick Komon 2 Joseph Ebuya 4 Bernard Matheka 9 (Daniel Gitau) (15) 16 Tariku Bekele 3 Ibrahim Jellan 5 Habtamu Fikadu 6 Tadesse Tola 10 (Demssew Tsega) (16) 24 Samuel Tsegay 8 Kidane Tadasse 11 Kiflom Slum 12 Teklemariam Medhin 13 44 4 80 5 83 6 101 7 110 8 124 Full results 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. +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 25:21 Lornah Kiplagat 25:26 Meselech Melkamu 25:38 4 Benita Johnson 25:43 5 Wude Ayalew 25:47 6 Kayoko Fukushi 25:51 7 Mestawat Tufa 25:59 8 Evelyne Wambui 26:11 9 Faith Jemutai 26:12 10 Alice Chelangat 26:13 11 Blake Russell 26:23 12 Mercy Njoroge 26:26 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Meselech Melkamu 3 Wude Ayalew 5 Mestawat Tufa 7 (Ejagayehu Dibaba) (14) (Teyiba Erkesso) (46) 16 Evelyne Wambui 8 Faith Jemutai 9 Alice Chelangat 10 Mercy Njoroge 12 (Edna Kiplagat) (13) (Consalater Chemtai Yadaa) (58) 39 Kayoko Fukushi 6 Yoshimi Ozaki 19 Megumi Oshima 25 Yumi Sato 30 (Kayo Sugihara) (50) (Michiko Ogawa) (65) 80 4 87 5 91 6 112 7 134 8 141 Full results 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. +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Gelete Burka 12:51 Prisca Ngetich 12:53 Meselech Melkamu 12:54 4 Benita Johnson 12:55 5 Lornah Kiplagat 12:55 6 Beatrice Chepchumba 12:58 7 Zhor El Kamch 13:03 8 Vivian Cheruiyot 13:10 9 Bezunesh Bekele 13:10 10 Isabella Ochichi 13:11 11 Melissa Rollison 13:11 12 Teyiba Erkesso 13:12 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Gelete Burka 1 Meselech Melkamu 3 Bezunesh Bekele 9 Teyiba Erkesso 12 (Etalemahu Kidane) (13) (Tirunesh Dibaba) (DNF) 25 Prisca Ngetich 2 Beatrice Chepchumba 6 Vivian Cheruiyot 8 Isabella Ochichi 10 (Nancy Wambui) (14) (Beatrice Rutto) (41) 26 Benita Johnson 4 Melissa Rollison 11 Anna Thompson 25 Donna MacFarlane 29 (Victoria Mitchell) (33) (Eloise Wellings) (39) 69 4 73 5 99 6 102 7 115 8 156 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior women's race (6 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Pauline Korikwiang 19:27 Veronica Wanjiru 19:27 Mercy Kosgei 19:45 4 Emmy Chepkirui 19:52 5 Belainesh Zemedkun 19:56 6 Workitu Ayanu 19:57 7 Emebt Etea 20:05 8 Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng 20:06 9 Gladys Chemweno 20:09 10 Sian Edwards 20:10 11 Asselefech Assefa 20:22 12 Merat Bahta 20:22 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Pauline Korikwiang 1 Veronica Wanjiru 2 Mercy Kosgei 3 Emmy Chepkirui 4 (Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng) (8) (Gladys Chemweno) (9) 10 Belainesh Zemedkun 5 Workitu Ayanu 6 Emebt Etea 7 Asselefech Assefa 11 (Derebe Godan) (21) 29 Hitomi Niiya 13 Megumi Kinukawa 14 Kazue Kojima 15 Yuko Nohara 16 (Chisato Ozaki) (17) (Aimi Horikoshi) (23) 58 4 81 5 113 6 142 7 142 8 158 Full results 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 According to an unofficial count, 574 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from did not show.

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See also 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 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)

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