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Cross de Atapuerca

Cross-country running competition in Atapuerca, Spain

Summary

Cross-country running competition in Atapuerca, Spain

Field	Value
bgcolour	#750005
date	late October
location	Atapuerca, Spain
type	Cross country running
distance	6.821km for men's & women's
est	2004
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participants	246 (2019)
271 (2018)

271 (2018)

The Cross Internacional de Atapuerca is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in Atapuerca, Spain. Established in 2004, it takes place in early November and is among the first major competitions of the cross country season. In its initial years, it was usually the first permit meeting in the European Athletic Association's cross country season, and it now begins the IAAF Permit Meeting series, having replaced the Cross de Soria event in 2010.

The Cross de Atapuerca has attracted high calibre athletes, including World Cross Country Champions Gebregziabher Gebremariam and Leonard Komon, and Linet Masai. Around 2500 athletes took part in the 2009 race, which was broadcast on Teledeporte, the sports channel of Spain's state broadcaster TVE. It is part of the Spanish cross country running circuit and was ranked as the country's second best meet in 2008.

The distances for the professional senior competitions are 9 km for men and 8 km for women. In addition to the elite races, a separate mass race is held for amateur runners. The Cross de Atapuerca also features a number of different categories and distances based on age: four levels for children, youth (under 16s) and junior (under 18s) competitions, and finally a masters race for runners over 35.

The course of the race traces a path through the fields around the town of Atapuerca and passes through the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca before looping back to complete a circuit.

Past elite race winners

The 2008 winner [[Alemayehu Bezabeh]] became European champion in 2009.

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time
(h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time
(h:m:s)
I	2004	Jesús Antonio Núñez		Nieves Zarza
II	2005	Isaac Viciosa	Sara Valderas
III	2006	Hicham Chatt	Marta Domínguez
IV	2007	Elijah Kipterege	24:23	Simret Sultan	13:13
V	2008	Alemayehu Bezabeh	23:40	Margaret Muriuki	14:11
VI	2009	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	24:41	Genzebe Dibaba	14:53
VII	2010	Teklemariam Medhin	24:33	Genzebe Dibaba	22:58
VIII	2011	Imane Merga	27:21	Linet Masai	24:20
IX	2012	Imane Merga	28:07	Hiwot Ayalew	25:01
X	2013	Imane Merga	28:59	Hiwot Ayalew	26:11
XI	2014	Imane Merga	27:39	Belaynesh Oljira	25:26
XII	2015	Imane Merga	25:02	Belaynesh Oljira	24:52
XIII	2016	Aweke Ayalew	25:05	Senbere Teferi	24:48
XIV	2017	Getaneh Molla	24:45	Senbere Teferi	25:21
XV	2018	Jacob Kiplimo	25:10	Senbere Teferi	25:51
XVI	2019	Ouassim Oumaiz	25:54	Senbere Teferi	25:38
XVII	2021	Aron Kifle	25:33	Rahel Daniel	25:03
XVIII	2022	Thierry Ndikumwenayo	27:58	Beatrice Chebet	25:39
XIX	2023	Jacob Kiplimo	26:00	Beatrice Chebet	25:21
XX	2024	Rodrigue Kwizera	25:37	Daisy Jepkemei	25:00
XXI	2025	Mathew Kipsang	20:05	Nadia Battocletti	22:21

References

(July 2016)
[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58567.html IAAF Cross Country 2010 / 2011 season to begin and end in Spain]. [[IAAF]] (2010-10-22). Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
Valiente, Emeterio (2008-11-10). [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC09/news/newsid=48252.html ‘Hurricane’ Bezabeh defeats World XC silver medallist Komon in Atapuerca]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-11-17.
Valiente, Emeterio (2009-11-08). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=54849.html Gebremariam and G. Dibaba secure Ethiopian double in Atapuerca]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
(July 2019)
[http://www.crossatapuerca.com/html/categorias.html Programa] {{webarchive. link. (2009-10-26 . Cross de Atapuerca. Retrieved on 2009-11-16.)
[http://www.crossatapuerca.com/html/circuito.html Circuito] {{webarchive. link. (2009-10-26 . Cross de Atapuerca. Retrieved on 2009-11-16.)
World Athletics. (2021, November 14). Worldathletics.Org. Retrieved November 15, 2021, from https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7172162
"Chebet and Ndikumwenayo victorious in Atapuerca | REPORT | World Athletics".

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