Chiba International Cross Country
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]
Chiba International Cross Country | |
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The races are held in the Showa Forest near Chiba | |
Date | 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 women |
Established | 1966 |
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
- 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) |
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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 Boutayeb (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 | Anália Rosa (POR) | 19:15 |
43rd | 2008 | Harun Mbugua (KEN) | 35:27 | Lucy Wangui (KEN) | 19:50 |
44th | 2009 | Bedan Karoki (KEN) | 34:40 | Yuko Shimizu (JPN) | 19:38 |
45th | 2010 | Bedan Karoki (KEN) | 34:52 | Misaki Katsumata (JPN) | 19:39 |
46th | 2011[9] | Bedan Karoki (KEN) | 33:58 | Hitomi Niiya (JPN) | 25:53 |
47th | 2012[10] | Charles Ndirangu (KEN) | 34:59 | Susan Wairimu (KEN) | 26:41 |
48th | 2013[11] | Charles Ndirangu (KEN) | 35:01 | Rosemary Wanjiru (KEN) | 26:08 |
49th | 2014 | cancelled due to snow storms | |||
50th | 2015[12] | Charles Ndirangu (KEN) | 36:14 | Zoe Buckman (AUS) | 28:37 |
51st | 2016 | Rodgers Kwemoi (KEN) | 25:05 | Yuki Kanehira (JPN) | 29:04 |
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.
- 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.
- 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 Archived 2010-02-07 at the Wayback Machine (in 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.
- Nakamura, Ken (2012-02-12). Kenyan high schoolers dominate at Chiba Cross Country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-12.
- Nakamura, Ken (2013-02-10). Kenyans Ndirangu and Wanjiru win Chiba cross country races. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-28.
- Nakamura, Ken (2015-02-09). Ndirangu and Buckman win at the Chiba Cross Country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-09.