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Global Global championships · since 1973

2008 World XC

Edinburgh, Great Britain & NI 30 Mar 2008

events: 8
medals awarded: 24
nations on the podium: 7
world records: 0

Podiums

Cross country

Senior race

1

Kenenisa Bekele 34:38

2

Leonard Komon 34:41

3

Zersenay Tadese 34:43

Cross country

Senior team

1

Kenya

Leonard Komon Joseph Ebuya Moses Ndiema Masai Gideon Ngatuny Bernard Kiprop Kipyego Hosea Macharinyang Augustine Kiprono Choge Mark Kiptoo John Kimondo Thuo

39 2

2

Ethiopia

Kenenisa Bekele Habtamu Fikadu Sileshi Sihine Gebregziabher Gebremariam Dereje Debele Abebe Dinkesa Zembaba Yigeze Solomon Tsige Demissew Tsega Abebe

104 1

3

Qatar

Felix Kikwai Kibore Abdullah Ahmad Hassan Sultan Khamis Zaman Mubarak Hassan Shami Jamal Bilal Salem Essa Ismail Rashid Sedam Ali Dawoud Mustafa Ahmed Shebto Nasser Jamal Nasser

143 6

Cross country

U20 race

1

Ibrahim Jeilan 22:38

2

Ayele Abshero 22:40

3

Lucas Rotich 22:42

Cross country

U20 team

1

Kenya

Lucas Rotich Titus Kipjumba Mbishei Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio Peter Kimeli Some Levy Matebo Omari Charles Chepkurui

21 3

2

Ethiopia

Ibrahim Jeilan Ayele Abshero Humegaq Mesfin Feyisa Lilesa Dejen Gebremeskel Yetwale Kende

28 1

3

Uganda

Benjamin Kiplagat Geofrey Kusuro Stephen Kiprotich Abraham Kiplimo Ben Siwa

37 4

Medal table

7 nations · 24 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Ethiopia ETH	6	4	1	11
2	Kenya KEN	2	4	2	8
3	Australia AUS	0	0	1	1
4	Eritrea ERI	0	0	1	1
5	Japan JPN	0	0	1	1
6	Qatar QAT	0	0	1	1
7	Uganda UGA	0	0	1	1