2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Medallists

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Section Title: Medallists
Table Section Text: None

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze

Individual

Senior men (12 km)	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	35:40	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	35:43	Martin Mathathi Kenya	35:44

Men's short (4 km)	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	10:54	Isaac Songok Kenya	10:55	Adil Kaouch Morocco	10:57

Junior men (8 km)	Mang'ata Ndiwa Kenya	23:53	Leonard Patrick Komon Kenya	23:54	Tariku Bekele Ethiopia	23:56

Senior women (8 km)	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	25:21	Lornah Kiplagat Netherlands	25:26	Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia	25:38

Women's short (4 km)	Gelete Burka Ethiopia	12:51	Prisca Ngetich Kenya	12:53	Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia	12:54

Junior women (6 km)	Pauline Korikwiang Kenya	19:27	Veronica Wanjiru Kenya	19:27	Mercy Kosgei Kenya	19:45

Team

Senior men	Kenya	24	Eritrea	28	Ethiopia	42

Men's short	Kenya	21	Ethiopia	48	Morocco	53

Junior men	Kenya	16	Ethiopia	24	Eritrea	44

Senior women	Ethiopia	16	Kenya	39	Japan	80

Women's short	Ethiopia	25	Kenya	26	Australia	69

Junior women	Kenya	10	Ethiopia	29	Japan	58

Sentence(s)

At the team competition Eritrea beat Ethiopia and lost to Kenya by four points.

final_sentence: At the team competition Eritrea beat Ethiopia and lost to Kenya by four points.