International athletics championship event
1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 26th Date March 21/22 Host city Marrakech , Morocco Venue Menara district Events 6 Distances 12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women Participation 707 athletes from 66 nations
The 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 21/22, 1998. The races were held at the Menara district in Marrakech , Morocco . Reports of the event were given in The New York Times ,[ 1] in the Herald ,[ 2] and for the IAAF .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Complete results for senior men,[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] for senior men's teams,[ 9] [ 12] [ 13] for men's short race,[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] for men's short race teams,[ 14] [ 17] [ 18] for junior men,[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] for junior men's teams,[ 19] [ 22] [ 23] senior women,[ 24] [ 25] [ 26] for senior women's teams,[ 24] [ 27] [ 28] for women's short race,[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] for women's short race teams,[ 29] [ 32] [ 33] for junior women,[ 34] [ 35] [ 36] for junior women's teams,[ 34] [ 37] [ 38] medallists,[ 39] and the results of British athletes who took part[ 40] were published.
Senior men's race (12 km)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Men's short race (4 km)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (8 km)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result † : Ahmed Baday of Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 24:18 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.[ 41]
Senior women's race (8 km)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Women's short race (4 km)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior women's race (6 km)[ edit ] Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result † : Nadia Ejjafini of Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 20:43 min, but was disqualified for age falsification affecting the team scores.[ 41]
Medal table (unofficial)[ edit ] * Host nation (Morocco )
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal. An unofficial count yields the participation of 707 athletes from 66 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[ 40]
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