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2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 34th Date April 1/2 Host city Fukuoka ,Kyushu ,Japan Venue Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park Events 6 Distances 12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women Participation 574 athletes from 59 nations
The2006IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at theUmi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park inFukuoka ,Japan , Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annualFukuoka International Cross Country meeting.
The event was once again dominated byEthiopian andKenyan runners and alsoEritrean runners.Kenenisa Bekele won both men's individual races, proving himself the most successfulCross country runner . Reports of the event were given inThe New York Times ,[ 1] and for theIAAF .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Complete results for senior men,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] for senior men's teams,[ 8] [ 11] [ 12] for men's short race,[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] for men's short race teams,[ 13] [ 16] [ 17] for junior men,[ 18] [ 19] [ 20] for junior men's teams,[ 18] [ 21] [ 22] senior women,[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] for senior women's teams,[ 23] [ 26] [ 27] for women's short race,[ 28] [ 29] [ 30] for women's short race teams,[ 28] [ 31] [ 32] for junior women,[ 33] [ 34] [ 35] for junior women's teams,[ 33] [ 36] [ 37] medallists,[ 38] and the results of British athletes who took part[ 39] were published.
Senior men's race (12 km)[ edit ] 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)[ edit ] Kenenisa Bekele took his fifth consecutive short race title. The 1999 winner,Benjamin Limo of Kenya finished fourth.
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. Junior men's race (8 km)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. Senior women's race (8 km)[ edit ] 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)[ edit ] 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)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. Medal table (unofficial)[ edit ] * Host nation (Japan )
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal. According to an unofficial count, 574 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[ 39] The announced athlete from Equatorial Guinea did not show.[ 14] [ 15]
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