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Chiba International Cross Country 
The races are held in the Showa Forest near ChibaDate Mid-February Location Chiba, Japan 
Event type Cross country Distance 12 km and 4 km for men
6 km for women
8 km junior men
5 km junior womenEstablished 1966 The Chiba International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Chiba, Japan in mid-February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[1]
Initiated in 1966,[2] the Chiba Cross Country is held in Showa-No-Mori Park and features a competition schedule of eight races.[3] These include a senior men's long course (12 km), a senior women's course (6 km), and a senior men's short course (4 km). Furthermore, there are three races for junior athletes which are of shorter distances, as well as two 3 km races for high school runners.[4]
Four of the races act as qualifiers for the World Cross Country Championship: the men's 12 km and the women's 6 km allow athletes to enter the senior world competition while the junior men's 8 km and junior women's 5 km enable runners to qualify for the junior section of the championships.[5] The competition is one of three in which Japanese athletes can qualify for the World Championships; the others being the annual Fukuoka International Cross Country and the biennial Asian Cross Country Championships.[6]
Over a thousand runners compete at the meeting each year, although the attendance record set in 1991 featured nearly twice as many participants.[2] A select number of international athletes are invited to compete each year, although the majority of the field typically comprise a mix of Japanese runners and Japan-based Kenyan athletes.[4] Previous winners include Olympic gold medallists Samuel Wanjiru and Derartu Tulu, eight-time European cross country champion Serhiy Lebid, and Tegla Loroupe – twice winner of the New York City Marathon.[2]
The competition is televised on the NHK BS-1 channel by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, the country's public broadcaster.[7] After the International Chiba Ekiden, the Chiba International Cross Country is the prefecture's premier athletics event.[8]
The Chiba International Cross Country has also hosted the Asian Cross Country Championship race on two occasions (1995, 1997).[2]
Past senior race winners
Two-time Chiba winner Samuel Wanjiru at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Tegla Loroupe won the women's race in 1997 and 1999.- Note: Race data unavailable prior to 1987.[2]
Key: Asian Championship race 8 km course (All other men's races 12 km and women's races 6 km)
Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s) 1st 1966 Not available — Not available — 22nd 1987 Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN)35:17 
Jacqueline Perkins (AUS)19:45 23rd 1988 Andrew Lloyd (AUS)35:03 Carolyn Schuwalow (AUS)21:19 24th 1989 
Arturo Barrios (MEX)34:28 Carolyn Schuwalow (AUS)19:33 25th 1990 
Brahim Boutaib (MAR)34:04 Carolyn Schuwalow (AUS)19:01 26th 1991 
Addis Abebe (ETH)34:39 Derartu Tulu (ETH)19:36 27th 1992 
Thomas Osano (KEN)35:03 Delilah Asiago (KEN)19:24 28th 1993 
Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)36:01 
Viktoriya Nenasheva (RUS)20:04 29th 1994 
Gert Thys (RSA)35:35 Nadezhda Galliamova (RUS)19:25 30th 1995 Daniel Njenga (KEN)35:32 
Tudorita Chidu (ROU)19:17 31st 1996 
Brad Barquist (USA)36:37 Iulia Olteanu (ROU)20:05 32nd 1997 Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)35:50 Tegla Loroupe (KEN)19:55 33rd 1998 Julius Gitahi (KEN)36:32 Sally Barsosio (KEN)20:37 34th 1999 Julius Kiptoo (KEN)35:14 Tegla Loroupe (KEN)26:00 35th 2000 
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)35:38 Yoshiko Ichikawa (JPN)26:53 36th 2001 Samuel Kabiru (KEN)23:33 Iulia Olteanu (ROU)19:26 37th 2002 Craig Mottram (AUS)35:29 Benita Johnson (AUS)25:43 38th 2003 
Ricardo Ribas (POR)36:27 Benita Johnson (AUS)26:09 39th 2004 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)35:04 Benita Johnson (AUS)18:38 40th 2005 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)34:54 Miwako Yamanaka (JPN)20:01 41st 2006 Ryan Hall (USA)35:22 Sara Hall (USA)19:12 42nd 2007 Joseph Gitau (KEN)35:05 Analía Rosa (POR)19:15 43rd 2008 Harun Njoroge Mbugua (KEN)35:27 Lucy Wangui (KEN)19:50 44th 2009 Bitan Karoki (KEN)34:40 Yuko Shimizu (JPN)19:38 45th 2010 Bitan Karoki (KEN)34:52 Misaki Katsumata (JPN)19:39 46th 2011[9] Bitan Karoki (KEN)33:58 Hitomi Niiya (JPN)25:53 References
- General
- Chiba International Crosscountry. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-02-15). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- Specific
- ^ IAAF Cross Country Permits. IAAF (2010). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ a b c d e Chiba International Crosscountry. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-02-15). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2001-02-18). Chiba International Cross Country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ a b Nakamura, Ken (2010-02-12). Chiba Cross Country to determine Japanese World Cross teams – Preview. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2008-02-08). Chiba International Cross Country - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ Tulu versus Johnson in Chiba - Preview. IAAF (2004-02-13). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ 大会情報 (Japanese). JAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2009-02-15). Karoki and Shimizu the winners at Chiba Cross Country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2011-02-13). Karoki and Niiya win at Chiba Cross Country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-13.
External links
IAAF cross country permit meetings Cross de Atapuerca • Oeiras International Cross Country • Lotto Cross Cup Brussels • Great Edinburgh International Cross Country • Cross Internacional de Itálica • Antrim International Cross Country • Cinque Mulini • KCB Nairobi Cross • Chiba International Cross Country • Fukuoka International Cross Country • Eurocross • Almond Blossom Cross Country
See also: IAAF World Cross Country Championships • Former meetings: Cross de Soria (2007-10) • Cross Valle de Llodio (2004–06) • Auchan Roncq Lille Metropole (2005)Categories:- Cross country running competitions
- Athletics competitions in Japan
- Recurring sporting events established in 1966
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