2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships International athletics championship event
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 Participation 574 athletes from
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 [ 1] IAAF .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Complete results for senior men,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 8] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 13] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 18] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 23] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 28] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] [ 34] [ 35] [ 33] [ 36] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
Medallists
Race results
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.
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.
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Tirunesh Dibaba took her second consecutive long race title.
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Ethiopia won the team competition beating Kenya only by a single point.
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
* Host nation (Japan )
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.[ 39] Equatorial Guinea did not show.[ 14] [ 15]
See also
References
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