2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships information
International athletics championship event
2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers
IAAF
Edition
37th
Date
March 28
Host city
Amman, Jordan
Venue
Al Bisharat Golf Course
Events
4
Distances
12 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 6 km – Junior women
Participation
459 athletes from 59 nations
← 2008 Edinburgh
2010 Bydgoszcz →
An overview of Amman in Jordan, the host city
The 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 28, 2009. The races were held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan.[1] Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. Amman is also only the second occasion on which Asia has hosted the World Cross Country Championships, which are the oldest IAAF World Athletics Series event, first celebrated under the IAAF banner in 1973.[2]
^IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - SUMMARY OF PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS(PDF), IAAF, p. 2, retrieved November 4, 2013
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Turner, Chris (March 28, 2009), Destination Amman, IAAF, retrieved November 4, 2013
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