The Arab Cross Country Championships (Arabic: البطولة العربية ال لاختراق الضاحية) is an international competition in cross country running between Arabic countries. Organised by the Arab Athletics Federation, it was first contested in 1978 and held its twentieth edition in 2013. Originally hosted on an annual basis, then a biennial schedule from 1990 to 2002, the competition has not been held at regular intervals in recent years.
It features four races, which all combine an individual and team element. There is a men's long race, a women's long race, and two shorter races for both sexes in an under-20 (junior) category. The first three editions of the championships had senior races only and a men's junior race was introduced in 1982. The women's junior race followed in 1986. Short races for the senior athletes were also previously held (starting in 2000) but these were dropped after the discipline stopped being held at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships after 2006.
It is the third most prominent athletics tournament for Arab athletes, after the Arab Athletics Championships and the Athletics at the Pan Arab Games.
Past winners
Short course
| Year | Men's short course winner | Women's short course winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 |  Mohammed Yagoub (SUD)
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Not held |
| 2002 | Mohammed Yagoub (SUD)
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 Nasria Azaïdj (ALG)
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| 2006 |  Sultan Khamis Zaman (QAT)
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 Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
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References
- 2013أنشطة الاتحاد العربي لألعاب القوى للعام. Arab Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
- ^ La sélection marocaine brille à Alger (in French). Aujourd'hui. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
- Pan Arab Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
- Arab cross-country championships, Sharm Al Shaikh (Egypt) 3/03/2013. AfricaAthle (2013-03-03). Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
- 21st Arab Cross-Country Championships, Sanaa (Yemen) 6/02/2014. AfricaAthle. Retrieved on 2016-02-01.
- 22e Championnats Arabes de Cross Hammamet, 14.02.2016, terrain de golf. TunisAthle (2016). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
- List of winners
- Pan Arab Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
External links
- Official website for Arab Athletics (in Arabic)
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| International cross country running championships | ||
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| See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972) | ||
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| GCC championships | |
| West Asian championships | |
| North African Championships |
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| North African Junior Sports | |
| Arab Games | |