2016 African Cross Country Championships

IV Africa Cross Country Championships
OrganisersCAA
Edition4th
Date12 March 2016
Host cityYaoundé, Cameroon
Events4
Participation151 athletes from
16 nations
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The 2016 African Cross Country Championships was the fourth edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 12 March at the Yaounde Golf Club in Yaoundé, Cameroon – the first time a West African nation had hosted the event since its re-launch in 2011. There were four races on the program: 10 km for senior men, 8 km for senior women, 7 km for junior men and 5.5 km for junior women.[1]

For a fourth successive time, Kenya dominated the event, led by men's winner James Gitahi Rungaru and women's winner Alice Aprot Nawowuna. The country also provided the junior winners (Miriam Cherop and Isaac Kipsang) and topped the team podium in all four races. Only two non-Kenyans won an individual medal: Phillip Kipyeko of Uganda was the men's runner-up and Eritrea's Aron Kifle took third in the men's junior race. Kenya swept the medals on the women's side, including a perfect score of ten in the junior race.[2][3]

There were 151 racers in all, including 46 men who finished the senior race, 43 men who finished the junior race, 29 women who finished the senior race, and 33 women who finished the junior race. The competition had reduced international participation, with only 16 nations sending athletes – eight fewer than had done so in 2014.[4]

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  2. ^ Evans, Kip (2016-03-12). Kenya rules at African Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-18.
  3. ^ Ayodi, Ayumba (2016-03-12). Mighty Kenya has no equal at Africa Cross Country. Daily Nation. Retrieved on 2016-09-18.
  4. ^ Kenya rules at African Cross Country Championships Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine. WebCAA. Retrieved on 2016-09-18.