International athletics championship event
| II Africa Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | CAA |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Date | 18 March 2012 |
| Host city | Cape Town, South Africa  |
| Events | 4 |
| Participation | 160 athletes from 21 nations |
| ← 2011 Cape Town 2014 Kampala → | |
The 2nd African Cross Country Championships was an international cross country running competition for African athletes which was held on 18 March 2012 in Cape Town's Keurboom Park in South Africa. Organised by the Confederation of African Athletics and Athletics South Africa, it was the first time that the competition represented that year's foremost event in the sport, as the IAAF World Cross Country Championships was not held. Twenty-one nations entered athletes into the event and 160 runners participated in the races.
There were four championship races held at the event, featuring senior and junior races for men and women. The senior races were won by Kenyan athletes for a second year running, with Clement Langat and Joyce Chepkirui taking the men's and women's titles, respectively. Kenya also won the women's junior race through Faith Kipyegon, while Ethiopia took the men's junior title as Muktar Edris won that race. Kenya won both team races in the senior categories and also the men's junior team title. The Ethiopian junior women broke the Kenyan dominance of the event by winning that team title, although Kenya were one runner short of a team and swept the individual medals.
Medallists
Individual
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's 12 km |  Clement Kiprono Langat (KEN) |
35:43 min |  Teklemariam Medhin (ERI) |
35:50 min |  Atsedu Tsegay Tesfay (ETH) |
36:14 min |
| Senior women's 8 km | Joyce Chepkirui (KEN) |
27:04 min | Margaret Wangari Muriuki (KEN) |
27:05 min | Emily Chebet (KEN) |
27:06 min |
| Junior men's 8 km | Muktar Edris (ETH) |
23:30 min | Japhet Kipyegon Korir (KEN) |
23:31 min | Justine Kiprop Cheruiyot (KEN) |
23:31 min |
| Junior women's 6 km | Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) |
19:32 min | Agnes Jebet Tirop (KEN) |
19:34 min | Nancy Chepkwemoi (KEN) |
19:37 min |
Team
Participation
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia- South Africa
Rwanda
Sudan
Eswatini
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
References
- 08/03/2012 2nd African Cross Country Championships Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today. Confederation of African Athletics (2012-03-08). Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
- Williamson, Norrie (19 March 2012). "Langat and Chepkirui take African XC titles in Cape Town". IAAF. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- Results
- CAA African Cross Country Championships (archived). Finish Time.za. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
- Kenya retains African team crown in Cape Town - Africa Cross-Country Championships wra. Athletics Africa. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
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