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World University Cross Country Championships

International biennal cross country running competition

International biennal cross country running competition

The World University Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition for student athletes, organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The 2012 edition of the competition featured 76 male and 61 female athletes from 23 countries. Over the history of the event, 64 countries have competed but only three (France, Great Britain and Spain) have been present at all editions of the championships.

First established in 1968 as a men's only event, a women's race was added in 1976 and FISU gave the event its official sanctioning two years later. The programme of each championship consists of one men's and one women's race, with prizes being available for individuals and national teams. The team races are decided by comparing the sum of the finishing places of each nation's top four finishers (for men) or top three finishers (for women). Each country may enter up to six male athletes and five female athletes. A mixed-sex relay was introduced at the 2022 edition.

The 2020 edition set for Marrakech was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All editions of the competition up to 2006 were hosted by Western European countries. Algiers became the first African nation to host the event in 2006 and Kingston, Ontario brought it to North America for the first time in 2010. Although the competition is limited to athletes studying at university level, the championships has nevertheless attract top level competitors, including: World Championship medallists Steve Moneghetti and Mariem Alaoui Selsouli, as well as World Cross Country team medallists Antonio Serrano and Iulia Olteanu.

Editions

EditionYearCityCountryDateCountriesAthletes
—1968Ghent
—1970Bern
—1972Guildford
—1974Madrid
—1976Leuven
1st1978Lausanne
2nd1980Coleraine
3rd1982Darmstadt
4th1984Antwerp
5th1986Graz
6th1988Bologna
7th1990Poznań
8th1992Dijon
9th1994Limerick
10th1996Albufeira (Açoteias)
11th1998Luton
12th2000Jena
13th2002Santiago de Compostela
14th2004Collegno
15th2006Algiers
16th2008Forges-les-Eaux
17th2010Kingston, Ontario11 April1496
18th2012Łódź14 April23137
19th2014Entebbe22 March18103
20th2016Cassino12 March19120
21st2018St. Gallen7 April20124
Cancelled2020Marrakesh
22nd2022Aveiro12 March

Medallists

Men

2022Dismas Yeko28:00Markus Görger28:07Brian Wangwe28:12

Men's team

2022MAR21UGA24GER30

Women

2022Izzy Fry31:53Saskia Millard32:01Yayla Günen32:14

Women's team

2022GBR8GER25ESP33

Mixed relay

2022 (12K)FRA
Alexa Lemitre
Benoit Campion
Bérénice Fulchiron
Quentin Malriq35:02GBR
Alexandra Millard
Edward Potter
Sabrina Sinha
Justin Davies35:23ESP
Marta Azpiazu
Pablo Sánchez
Mireya Lahoz
Alejandro Sánchez35:31

References

;Editions and medallists.

References

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  8. [https://www.fisu.net/news/fisu-world-university-championships/world-university-cross-country-championship-in-morocco-postponed World University Cross Country Championship in Morocco postponed]. FISU (2020-02-28). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
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