# 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. 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 (12.3 km) | Mohammed Mourhit Belgium | 39:53 | Sergiy Lebid Ukraine | 40:03 | Charles Kamathi Kenya | 40:05 |
| Men's short (4.1 km) | Enock Koech Kenya | 12:40 | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 12:42 | Benjamin Limo Kenya | 12:43 |
| Junior men (7.7 km) | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 25:04 | Duncan Lebo Kenya | 25:37 | Dathan Ritzenhein United States | 25:46 |
| Senior women (7.7 km) | Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom | 27:49 | Gete Wami Ethiopia | 27:52 | Lydia Cheromei Kenya | 28:07 |
| Women's short (4.1 km) | Gete Wami Ethiopia | 14:46 | Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom | 14:47 | Edith Masai Kenya | 14:57 |
| Junior women (5.9 km) | Viola Kibiwott Kenya | 22:05 | Abebech Nigussie Ethiopia | 22:05 | Aster Bacha Ethiopia | 22:05 |
| Team |||||||
| Senior men | Kenya | 33 | France | 72 | United States | 87 |
| Men's short | Kenya | 13 | Morocco | 48 | Ethiopia | 51 |
| Junior men | Kenya | 24 | Ethiopia | 25 | Uganda | 68 |
| Senior women | Kenya | 18 | Ethiopia | 70 | France | 77 |
| Women's short | Ethiopia | 26 | Kenya | 32 | Romania | 78 |
| Junior women | Ethiopia | 16 | Kenya | 20 | Japan | 59 |

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12.3 km)

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

### Men's short race (4.1 km)

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

### Junior men's race (7.7 km)

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

### Senior women's race (7.7 km)

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

### Women's short race (4.1 km)

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

### Junior women's race (5.9 km)

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

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Belgium)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Belgium* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
* Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 790 athletes from 67 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from Nigeria and Somalia did not show.
* Algeria (18)
* Andorra (2)
* Argentina (10)
* Australia (17)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (24)
* Belgium (35)
* Bolivia (1)
* Botswana (5)
* Brazil (20)
* Burundi (8)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (33)
* Chile (10)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Ecuador (5)
* Egypt (12)
* Eritrea (12)
* Estonia (4)
* Ethiopia (30)
* France (26)
* Georgia (1)
* Gibraltar (8)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (24)
* Ireland (22)
* Italy (30)
* Japan (24)
* Kenya (36)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Lebanon (8)
* Lesotho (2)
* Malawi (4)
* Mexico (12)
* Morocco (17)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (6)
* Norway (2)
* Palestine (2)
* Peru (1)
* Portugal (27)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Romania (7)
* Russia (12)
* Rwanda (3)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* South Africa (14)
* Spain (35)
* Eswatini (5)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (12)
* Tanzania (19)
* Tunisia (7)
* Turkey (9)
* Turkmenistan (20)
* Uganda (5)
* Ukraine (3)
* United Kingdom (35)
* United States (36)
* Uzbekistan (24)
* Yemen (4)
* Yugoslavia (4)
* Zambia (8)
* Zimbabwe (4)