46th World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Organisers	World Athletics
Edition	46th
Date	10 January
Host city	Tallahassee, Florida
Events	5
Distances	~10 km – Senior men and women ~8 km – Junior men ~6 km – Junior women ~4×2 km – Mixed relay
Official website	[1]
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The2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships is an athletics meeting organized byWorld Athletics, set to be held on January 10, 2026 at theApalachee Regional Park inTallahassee, Florida, United States.^[1][2]

Tallahassee was revealed as the location of the event, in July 2022.^[3] The date was announced by World Athletics President,Sebastian Coe, inNanjing on 25 March 2025.^[4] The logo, including oranges, palm trees and a bright sun, was revealed in July 2025.^[5]

The junior races preceded the senior races, and the senior men's event concluded the program.

The 46th edition of theWorld Athletics Cross Country Championships was held on 10 January 2026. The schedule consisted of five events– 10 km men and women, 8 km under-20 men, 6 km under-20 women, and 4 x 2 km mixed relay.^[6] In each of the races, each nation was allowed to field a maximum of up to six athletes.

The mixed relay team consisted of teams of two women and two men each running one loop of the course in a specified order, starting with a male and alternating between genders. Athletes were to carry a wristband that was to be transferred to the next athlete within the takeover zone.

A total of 000 athletes are entered for the championships, with 00 teams being represented: 00 nations and theAthlete Refugee Team.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men details	[[|]]		[[|]]		[[|]]
Senior women details	[[|]]		[[|]]		[[|]]
U20 men details	[[|]]		[[|]]		[[|]]
U20 women details	[[|]]		[[|]]		[[|]]
Team
Senior men details	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts
Senior women details	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts
U20 men details	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts
U20 women details	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts	[[|]]	pts

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	0	0
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	0	0
	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	0	0	0
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	0	0
	France (FRA)	0	0	0	0
	Germany (GER)	0	0	0	0
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	0	0
	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	0	0
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	0	0
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	0	0
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	0	0
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	0	0
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	0	0
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	0	0
	United States (USA)*	0	0	0	0
Totals (15 entries)		0	0	0	0

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) 4 5 [[]] 6 [[]] 7 [[]] 8 [[]] 9 [[]] 10 [[]] 11 [[]] 12 [[]] 13 [[]] 14 [[]] 15 [[]] 16 [[]] 17 [[]] 18 [[]] 19 [[]] 20 [[]] 21 [[]] 22 [[]] 23 [[]] 24 [[]] 25 [[]] 26 [[]] 27 [[]] 28 [[]] 29 [[]] 30 [[]] 31 [[]] 32 [[]] 33 [[]] 34 [[]] 35 [[]]

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Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) 4 5 [[]] 6 [[]] 7 [[]] 8 [[]] 9 [[]] 10 [[]] 11 [[]] 12 [[]] 13 [[]] 14 [[]] 15 [[]] 16 [[]] 17 [[]] 18 [[]] 19 [[]] 20 [[]] 21 [[]] 22 [[]] 23 [[]] 24 [[]] 25 [[]] 26 [[]] 27 [[]] 28 [[]] 29 [[]] 30 [[]] 31 [[]] 32 [[]] 33 [[]] 34 [[]] 35 [[]]

Team race Rank Team Points {{}}[[]] pts (00) {{}}[[]] pts (00) {{}}[[]] pts (00) 4 {{}}[[]] pts (00)

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) 4 5 [[]] 6 [[]] 7 [[]] 8 [[]] 9 [[]] 10 [[]] 11 [[]] 12 [[]] 13 [[]] 14 [[]] 15 [[]] 16 [[]] 17 [[]] 18 [[]] 19 [[]] 20 [[]] 21 [[]] 22 [[]] 23 [[]] 24 [[]] 25 [[]] 26 [[]] 27 [[]] 28 [[]] 29 [[]] 30 [[]] 31 [[]] 32 [[]] 33 [[]] 34 [[]] 35 [[]]

Team race Rank Team Points {{}}[[]] pts (00) {{}}[[]] pts (00) {{}}[[]] pts (00) 4 {{}}[[]] pts (00)

Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) 4 5 [[]] 6 [[]] 7 [[]] 8 [[]] 9 [[]] 10 [[]] 11 [[]] 12 [[]] 13 [[]] 14 [[]] 15 [[]] 16 [[]] 17 [[]] 18 [[]] 19 [[]] 20 [[]] 21 [[]] 22 [[]] 23 [[]] 24 [[]] 25 [[]] 26 [[]] 27 [[]] 28 [[]] 29 [[]] 30 [[]] 31 [[]] 32 [[]] 33 [[]] 34 [[]] 35 [[]]

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