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Chiba International Cross Country

Running competition in Chiba, Japan

Summary

Running competition in Chiba, Japan

Field	Value
bgcolour	#BEF781
image	Showa-No-Mori Park.jpg
imagesize	230px
caption	The races are held in the Showa Forest near Chiba.
date	Mid-February
location	Chiba, Japan Japan
type	Cross country
distance	12 km and 4 km for men
6 km for women
8 km junior men
5 km junior women
est	1966

6 km for women 8 km junior men 5 km junior women

The Chiba International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Chiba, Japan, in mid-February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Initiated in 1966, the Chiba Cross Country is held in Showa-No-Mori Park and features a competition schedule of eight races. These include a senior men's long course (12 km), a senior women's course (6 km), and a senior men's short course (4 km). Furthermore, there are three races for junior athletes which are of shorter distances, as well as two 3 km races for high school runners.

Four of the races act as qualifiers for the World Cross Country Championship: the men's 12 km and the women's 6 km allow athletes to enter the senior world competition while the junior men's 8 km and junior women's 5 km enable runners to qualify for the junior section of the championships. The competition is one of three in which Japanese athletes can qualify for the World Championships; the others being the annual Fukuoka International Cross Country and the biennial Asian Cross Country Championships.

Over a thousand runners compete at the meeting each year, although the attendance record set in 1991 featured nearly twice as many participants. A select number of international athletes are invited to compete each year, although the majority of the field typically comprise a mix of Japanese runners and Japan-based Kenyan athletes. Previous winners include Olympic gold medallists Samuel Wanjiru and Derartu Tulu, eight-time European cross country champion Serhiy Lebid, and Tegla Loroupe – twice winner of the New York City Marathon.

The competition is televised on the NHK BS-1 channel by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, the country's public broadcaster. After the International Chiba Ekiden, the Chiba International Cross Country is the prefecture's premier athletics event.

The Chiba International Cross Country has also hosted the Asian Cross Country Championship race on two occasions (1995, 1997).

Past senior race winners

Two-time Chiba winner [[Samuel Wanjiru]] at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics

[[Tegla Loroupe]] won the women's race in 1997 and 1999.

Note: Race data unavailable prior to 1987. Key: (All other men's races 12 km and women's races 6 km)

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m:s)	Women's winner	Time (m:s)
1st	1966	Not available	—	Not available	—
22nd	1987	Shuichi Yoneshige	35:17	Jacqueline Perkins	19:45
23rd	1988	Andrew Lloyd	35:03	Carolyn Schuwalow	21:19
24th	1989	Arturo Barrios	34:28	Carolyn Schuwalow	19:33
25th	1990	Brahim Boutayeb	34:04	Carolyn Schuwalow	19:01
26th	1991	Addis Abebe	34:39	Derartu Tulu	19:36
27th	1992	Thomas Osano	35:03	Delilah Asiago	19:24
28th	1993	Mathias Ntawulikura	36:01	Viktoriya Nenasheva	20:04
29th	1994	Gert Thys	35:35	Nadezhda Galliamova	19:25
30th	1995	Daniel Njenga	35:32	Tudorita Chidu	19:17
31st	1996	Brad Barquist	36:37	Iulia Olteanu	20:05
32nd	1997	Mathias Ntawulikura	35:50	Tegla Loroupe	19:55
33rd	1998	Julius Gitahi	36:32	Sally Barsosio	20:37
34th	1999	Julius Kiptoo	35:14	Tegla Loroupe	26:00
35th	2000	Serhiy Lebid	35:38	Yoshiko Ichikawa	26:53
36th	2001	Samuel Kabiru	23:33	Iulia Olteanu	19:26
37th	2002	Craig Mottram	35:29	Benita Johnson	25:43
38th	2003	Ricardo Ribas	36:27	Benita Johnson	26:09
39th	2004	Samuel Wanjiru	35:04	Benita Johnson	18:38
40th	2005	Samuel Wanjiru	34:54	Miwako Yamanaka	20:01
41st	2006	Ryan Hall	35:22	Sara Hall	19:12
42nd	2007	Joseph Gitau	35:05	Anália Rosa	19:15
43rd	2008	Harun Mbugua	35:27	Lucy Wangui	19:50
44th	2009	Bedan Karoki	34:40	Yuko Shimizu	19:38
45th	2010	Bedan Karoki	34:52	Misaki Katsumata	19:39
46th	2011	Bedan Karoki	33:58	Hitomi Niiya	25:53
47th	2012	Charles Ndirangu	34:59	Susan Wairimu	26:41
48th	2013	Charles Ndirangu	35:01	Rosemary Wanjiru	26:08
49th	2014	cancelled due to snow storms
50th	2015	Charles Ndirangu	36:14	Zoe Buckman	28:37
51st	2016	Rodgers Kwemoi	25:05	Yuki Kanehira	29:04

References

;General

Chiba International Crosscountry. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-02-15). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.

;Specific

References

[http://www.iaaf.org/cros10/results/index.html IAAF Cross Country Permits]. [[IAAF]] (2010). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
[https://www.arrs.run/HP_ChbXC.htm Chiba International Crosscountry]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]] (2009-02-15). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
Nakamura, Ken (2001-02-18). [http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=13894.html Chiba International Cross Country]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
Nakamura, Ken (2010-02-12). [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55533.html Chiba Cross Country to determine Japanese World Cross teams – Preview]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
Nakamura, Ken (2008-02-08). [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43273.html Chiba International Cross Country - PREVIEW]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=24067.html Tulu versus Johnson in Chiba - Preview]. [[IAAF]] (2004-02-13). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
[http://www.rikuren.or.jp/taikai/555/ 大会情報] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-02-07 {{in lang). ja. JAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
Nakamura, Ken (2009-02-15). [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC09/news/newsid=49327.html Karoki and Shimizu the winners at Chiba Cross Country]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
Nakamura, Ken (2011-02-13). [http://www.iaaf.org/CROS11/news/newsid=59295.html Karoki and Niiya win at Chiba Cross Country]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-02-13.
Nakamura, Ken (2012-02-12). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kenyan-high-schoolers-dominate-at-chiba-cross Kenyan high schoolers dominate at Chiba Cross Country]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-12.
Nakamura, Ken (2013-02-10). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kenyans-ndirangu-and-wanjiru-win-chiba-cross Kenyans Ndirangu and Wanjiru win Chiba cross country races]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-28.
Nakamura, Ken (2015-02-09). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/ndirangu-buckman-chiba-cross-country Ndirangu and Buckman win at the Chiba Cross Country]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-09.

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