2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships information
International athletics championship event
2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers
IAAF
Edition
36th
Date
March 30
Host city
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Venue
Holyrood Park
Events
4
Distances
12 km – Senior men 7.905 km – Junior men 7.905 km – Senior women 6.04 km – Junior women
Participation
448 athletes from 57 nations
← 2007 Mombasa
2009 Amman →
The 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 30, 2008. The races were held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.[1] Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. This was the year in which Kenenisa Bekele became the first athlete in World Cross history to win six individual long course titles, breaking his tie with John Ngugi and Paul Tergat who had each won five. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4][5][6][7]
^IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - SUMMARY OF PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS(PDF), IAAF, p. 2, retrieved 4 November 2013
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"Athletics - World cross-country championships - Bekele wins sixth world cross-country title; Dibaba also wins", The New York Times, 30 March 2008, retrieved 4 November 2013
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Gillon, Doug (31 March 2008), Coronation of King Kenenisa, Herald, retrieved 4 November 2013
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Powell, David (30 March 2008), No ‘sole’ can stop Bekele – Edinburgh 2008, IAAF, retrieved 4 November 2013
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Powell, David (30 March 2008), World Junior 10,000m champion makes up for Mombasa 'dnf', IAAF, retrieved 4 November 2013
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Brown, Matthew (30 March 2008), Dibaba takes her fifth gold - Edinburgh 2008, IAAF, retrieved 4 November 2013
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Brown, Matthew (30 March 2008), Younger sister leads the way - Edinburgh 2008, IAAF, retrieved 4 November 2013
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