Jan Meda International Cross Country

This article is about an annual athletic race. For the sport venue where the race is held, see Jan Meda.
Jan Meda International Cross Country
DateJanuary/February
LocationAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Event typeCross country
Distance10 km for men and women
8 km for junior men
6 km for junior women
(–2016)
12 km for men
8 km for women

The Jan Meda International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition held at the Jan Meda Race Course in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Typically held in January or February, the event serves as the national championship for Ethiopia and doubles as the national trials for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships.

Matching the world programme, the Jan Meda International holds four races, with senior and junior (under-20) races for both sexes. Similarly, the event featured a senior men's and women's short race over 4 km from 1998 to 2006, when that was a World Championship distance.[1]

The same race course venue is used for the municipal Addis Ababa championships and the national cross country clubs championships.[2][3][4] The 2004 and 2009 editions of the national championships doubled as the East African Cross Country Championships.[5][6] The 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions were held in Sululta.[7]

Past senior race winners

Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s)
13th 1996 Habte Jifar 36:30[8] Derartu Tulu 20:55[9]
14th 1997 ? ? ? ?
15th 1998 ? ? ? ?
16th 1999 Tesfaye Tola 36:20[10] Gete Wami 27:50[11]
17th 2000 ? ? Derartu Tulu[12] ?
18th 2001[13] Dejene Berhanu ? Gete Wami ?
19th 2002[14] Haile Gebrselassie 35:42 Leila Aman ?
20th 2003[1] Gebregziabher Gebremariam 35:32.10 Werknesh Kidane 27:02.82
21st 2004[5] Gebregziabher Gebremariam 36:52.64 Werknesh Kidane 28:14.44
22nd 2005[15] Abebe Dinkesa 35:17 Tirunesh Dibaba 26:46
23rd 2006[16][17] Abebe Dinkesa 35:30 Meselech Melkamu 27:54
24th 2007[18] Tadese Tola 35:13.21 Meselech Melkamu 26:51.71
25th 2008[19] Abebe Dinkesa ? Gelete Burka 25:15
26th 2009[20] Gebregziabher Gebremariam 35:16 Wude Ayalew 27:18
27th 2010[21] Azmeraw Bekele 37:23 Meselech Melkamu 27:36
28th 2011[22] Hunegnaw Mesfin 32:20 Meselech Melkamu 21:23
29th 2012 ? ? ? ?
30th 2013[23] Feyisa Lilesa 34:36 Hiwot Ayalew 26:22
31st 2014[24] Yassin Hassen 35:20.4 Genet Yalew 25:37.9
32nd 2015[25] Tamirat Tola 35:08 Genet Yalew 26:09
33rd 2016[26] Getaneh Molla 35:37 Enatnesh Alamrew Tirusew 27:27
34th 2017[27] Getaneh Molla 30:57 Dera Dida 35:28
35th 2018[28] Enyew Mekonnen 31:01 Enatnesh Alamrew Tirusew 35:32
36th 2019[29] Mogos Tuemay 31:16 Dera Dida 35:50
37th 2020[30] Nibret Melak 30:58 Tsigie Gebreselama 35:07
38th 2021[31] Nibret Melak 30:09 Zewditu Aderaw 34:49
39th 2022 Berihu Aregawi 31፡57.65 Gete Alemayehu 36፡34.57
40th 2023[7] Berihu Aregawi 30:45 Letesenbet Gidey 35:22

Short race

Year Men's winner Women's winner
1998 ? ?
1999[32] Hailu Mekonnen Gete Wami
2000 ? ?
2001 Hailu Mekonnen Werknesh Kidane
2002 Kenenisa Bekele Werknesh Kidane
2003 Hailu Mekonnen Tirunesh Dibaba
2004 Dejene Berhanu Werknesh Kidane
2005[33] Dejene Berhanu Meselech Melkamu
2006 Ali Abdosh Gelete Burka

See also

References

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