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Great Edinburgh International Cross Country

Cross country running race in Edinburgh

Field	Value
bgcolour	aqua
image	Holyrood Park Arthurs seat DSC04963.JPG
caption	The race takes place in the green backdrop of Holyrood Park
date	Early January
location	Edinburgh, Scotland
type	Cross country
distance	8 km for men
6 km for women
4x1 km mixed relay
est	2005
homepage	Great Edinburgh International Cross Country

6 km for women 4x1 km mixed relay The Great Edinburgh International Cross Country was an annual cross country running competition that took place every January in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was one of the competitions in the Great Run series of athletics events and was held alongside the Great Winter Run 5 kilometres mass participation race. The event was first held in Edinburgh in 2005 after the city was awarded the Great North Cross Country which relocated from Durham. The Great Edinburgh International Cross Country featured three professional races: the men's 8 km race, the women's 6 km race, and the 4x1km relay. It was an IAAF permit meeting, which means that performances could be used to qualify for the annual IAAF World Cross Country Championships. It was announced on the BBC coverage of the 2018 event that that year's edition would be its last. The event was replaced by the Great Stirling Cross Country in nearby Stirling.

The grassy, occasionally muddy, course in Holyrood Park ran in a circular, clockwise pattern. The same venue was used to host the 2003 European Cross Country Championships and the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. It had relatively difficult routes in the past, with runners twice having to climb and descend Haggis Knowe (a steep hill) in 2009. The meeting attracted cross country athletes of the highest calibre, with past competitors including six-time World Champion Kenenisa Bekele, Gebregziabher Gebremariam, Tirunesh Dibaba and Eliud Kipchoge.

The meeting was broadcast by the BBC annually,

A new team competition format was introduced for the 2011 event. The four teams assembled were Great Britain, Europe, the United States and Great Britain Under-23s. Britain's Mo Farah won the race but the Europeans, featuring all the reigning European Cross medallists, won the overall team challenge.

Garrett Heath had three consecutive wins in the men's race from 2014 to 2016, two on the short course and one on the long.

Past winners

Korir (2017 winner) with Hawkins (2017 runner-up) and Heath (2014, 2015 and 2016 winner)

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m:s)	Women's winner	Time (m:s)
1st	2005	Eliud Kipchoge	27:43	Tirunesh Dibaba	21:35
2nd	2006	Kenenisa Bekele	26:08	Gelete Burka	19:01
3rd	2007	Kenenisa Bekele	28:14	Gelete Burka	23:25
4th	2008	Kenenisa Bekele	27:42	Gelete Burka	19:58
5th	2009	Abebe Dinkesa	26:51	Linet Masai	19:02
6th	2010	Joseph Ebuya	28:41	Tirunesh Dibaba	21:37
7th	2011	Mo Farah	25:41	Linet Masai	20:24
8th	2012	Ayad Lamdassem	25:44	Fionnuala Britton	21:32
9th	2013	Bobby Mack	24:27	Fionnuala Britton	20:40
10th	2014	Chris Derrick	24:11	Gemma Steel	20:35
11th	2015	Chris Derrick	25:31	Emelia Gorecka	21:26
12th	2016	Garrett Heath	25:29	Kate Avery	21:05
13th	2017	Leonard Korir	24:03	Yasemin Can	20:36
14th	2018	Leonard Korir	24:32	Yasemin Can	20:58

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m:s)	Women's winner	Time (m:s)
1st	2005	Nick McCormick	12:22
2nd	2006	Nick McCormick	12:16
3rd	2007	Serhiy Lebid	12:20
4th	2008	Andrew Baddeley	12:52
5th	2009	Andrew Baddeley	12:17
6th	2010	Ricky Stevenson	13:20
7th	2011	Eliud Kipchoge	13:12
8th	2012	Asbel Kiprop	9:20 (3 km)
9th	2013			Genzebe Dibaba	9:46 (3 km)
10th	2014	Garrett Heath	11:51 (4 km)
11th	2015	Garrett Heath	12:11 (4 km)

All information taken from official website.

References

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[http://www.iaaf.org/cros10/results/index.html IAAF Cross Country Permits] {{webarchive. link. (2010-03-09 . [[IAAF]] (2009). Retrieved on 2009-12-23.)
[https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/42422-2/ All set for Great Stirling XC and Inter-Districts]. [[Scottish Athletics]] (2019). Retrieved on 2019-01-14.
Ramsak, Bob (2005-01-15). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28233.html Kipchoge and T. Dibaba carry off thrilling victories]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-12-23.
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and received sponsorship from [[VisitScotland]] (in 2006) [[Bupa]] (from 2007 to 2014) and [[PureGym]] in 2016.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33030.html Shaheen, Ochichi join Edinburgh cross country fields]. [[IAAF]] (2006-01-03). Retrieved on 2009-12-23.
Gillon, Doug (2006-01-14). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33148.html Bekele survives searching challenge from Shaheen in Edinburgh]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-12-26.
Wenig, Jorg (2011-01-08). [http://www.iaaf.org/CROS11/news/newsid=59023.html Kipchoge and Masai prevail in snowy Edinburgh]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
Mulkeen, Jon (2016-01-09). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/great-edinburgh-cross-2016-heath-farah Farah beaten as Heath secures hat-trick in Edinburgh]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-01-10.

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