# 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 19/20, 2005. The races were held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Senior men (12.02 km) | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 35:06 | Zersenay Tadesse Eritrea | 35:20 | Abdullah Ahmed Hassan Qatar | 35:34 |
| Men's short (4.196 km) | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 11:33 | Abraham Chebii Kenya | 11:38 | Isaac Songok Kenya | 11:39 |
| Junior men (8 km) | Augustine Choge Kenya | 23:59 | Bernard Kiprop Kipyego Kenya | 24:00 | Barnabas Kosgei Kenya | 24:00 |
| Senior women (8.108 km) | Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia | 26:34 | Alice Timbilil Kenya | 26:37 | Worknesh Kidane Ethiopia | 26:37 |
| Women's short (4.196 km) | Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia | 13:15 | Worknesh Kidane Ethiopia | 13:16 | Isabella Ochichi Kenya | 13:21 |
| Junior women (6.153 km) | Gelete Burka Ethiopia | 20:12 | Veronica Wanjiru Kenya | 20:39 | Beatrice Chebusit Kenya | 20:44 |
| Team |||||||
| Senior men | Ethiopia | 24 | Kenya | 35 | Qatar | 42 |
| Men's short | Ethiopia | 23 | Kenya | 31 | Qatar | 32 |
| Junior men | Kenya | 10 | Ethiopia | 37 | Qatar | 75 |
| Senior women | Ethiopia | 16 | Kenya | 22 | Portugal | 86 |
| Women's short | Ethiopia | 18 | Kenya | 19 | United States | 67 |
| Junior women | Kenya | 16 | Ethiopia | 22 | Japan | 56 |

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12.02 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Men's short race (4.196 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Junior men's race (8 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Senior women's race (8.108 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Women's short race (4.196 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Junior women's race (6.153 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Medal table (unofficial)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Kenya | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Eritrea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
* Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 695 athletes from 72 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (23)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (5)
* Australia (16)
* Bahrain (11)
* Belarus (7)
* Belgium (15)
* Bermuda (1)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (12)
* Burundi (6)
* Canada (34)
* Central African Republic (2)
* Chile (2)
* China (6)
* Colombia (2)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Ecuador (4)
* Egypt (5)
* Eritrea (19)
* Estonia (4)
* Ethiopia (28)
* France (36)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Guatemala (3)
* Ireland (14)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (30)
* Japan (29)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kenya (35)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Lesotho (2)
* Mexico (7)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (30)
* Namibia (3)
* Netherlands (2)
* New Zealand (13)
* Peru (4)
* Philippines (2)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (25)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (14)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (18)
* Rwanda (5)
* Senegal (1)
* Serbia and Montenegro (2)
* Seychelles (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (21)
* Spain (36)
* Switzerland (6)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Tanzania (13)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (1)
* Uganda (11)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (33)
* United States (36)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (6)
* Venezuela (1)
* Yemen (3)
* Zimbabwe (8)