2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	30th
Date	March 23/24
Host city	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Venue	Leopardstown Racecourse
Events	6
Distances	11.998 km – Senior men 4.208 km – Men's short 7.974 km – Junior men 7.974 km – Senior women 4.208 km – Women's short 5.962 km – Junior women
Participation	664 athletes from 59 nations
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The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3][4] and for the IAAF.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

New scores for team results were introduced.

Complete results for senior men,^[11][12][13] for senior men's teams,^[11][14][15] for men's short race,^[16][17][18] for men's short race teams,^[16][19][20] for junior men,^[21][22][23] for junior men's teams,^[21][24][25] senior women,^[26][27][28] for senior women's teams,^[26][29][30] for women's short race,^[31][32][33] for women's short race teams,^[31][34][35] for junior women,^[36][37][38] for junior women's teams,^[36][39][40] medallists,^[41] and the results of British athletes who took part^[42] were published.