Nordic Cross Country Championships
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The Nordic Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running
competition that is contested between the Nordic countries
. The championships are generally held in mid-November and the host nation rotates every year between the Nordic countries.
Established in 1997, the championships comprises four separate races: the men's senior and junior competitions (9 kilometres and 6 km respectively), and a senior and junior competition for women (7.5 km and 4.5 km). The women's senior race was previously the same length as the junior race, but this was modified in 2008. The distances are approximate and vary slightly from year to year depending on the course.
In addition to the individual competitions, each race doubles as a team competition in which the finishing positions of the top three athletes from each country are combined, with the lowest scoring national team winning. The performances of the top four athletes are used for the men's senior team race.
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
competition that is contested between the Nordic countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
. The championships are generally held in mid-November and the host nation rotates every year between the Nordic countries.
Established in 1997, the championships comprises four separate races: the men's senior and junior competitions (9 kilometres and 6 km respectively), and a senior and junior competition for women (7.5 km and 4.5 km). The women's senior race was previously the same length as the junior race, but this was modified in 2008. The distances are approximate and vary slightly from year to year depending on the course.
In addition to the individual competitions, each race doubles as a team competition in which the finishing positions of the top three athletes from each country are combined, with the lowest scoring national team winning. The performances of the top four athletes are used for the men's senior team race.
Editions
| Year | Edition | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1st | Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... |
November | |
| 1998 | 2nd | Ålgård Ålgård Ålgård is an area functioning as the administrative centre for the Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland, Norway, in the Jæren region. It is 10 km southeast of Sandnes... |
November | |
| 1999 | 3rd | Enhörna | November | |
| 2000 | 4th | Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
November | |
| 2001 | 5th | Perniö Perniö Perniö is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 6,026 and covered an area of 407.79 km² of which 9.91 km² is... |
November | |
| 2002 | 6th | Geithus Geithus Geithus is a village in Modum municipality, Norway.... |
November | |
| 2003 | 7th | Kvarnsveden | 9 November | |
| 2004 | 8th | Ejby Ejby, Middelfart Municipality Ejby is a small railway town in Middelfart Municipality. It lies between Odense station and Middelfart station, on the island of Funen, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark. It has a population of 1,978 .... |
November | |
| 2005 | 9th | Hamina Hamina Hamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is... |
November | |
| 2006 | 10th | Fredrikstad Fredrikstad is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad.... |
11 November | |
| 2007 | 11th | Södertälje Södertälje Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.... |
4 November | |
| 2008 | 12th | Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
15 November | |
| 2009 | 13th | Perniö Perniö Perniö is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 6,026 and covered an area of 407.79 km² of which 9.91 km² is... |
7 November | |
| 2010 | 14th | Trondheim Trondheim Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of... |
24 November |
Men's senior
| Year | Individual | Team (points) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1997 | (14) | (39) | (40) | |||
| 1998 | (26) | (26) | (41) | |||
| 1999 | (18) | (25) | (44) | |||
| 2000 | (18) | (31) | (40) | |||
| 2001 | (19) | (33) | (34) | |||
| 2002 | (17) | (21) | (48) | |||
| 2003 | (15) | (31) | (45) | |||
| 2004 | (13) | (36) | (37) | |||
| 2005 | (24) | (29) | (37) | |||
| 2006 | (19) | (30) | (35) | |||
| 2007 | (17) | (34) | (49) | |||
| 2008 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2009 | (14) | (28) | (50) | |||
| 2010 | (22) | (30) | (44) |
Men's junior
| Year | Individual | Team (points) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1997 | (14) | (25) | (33) | |||
| 1998 | (6) | (22) | (27) | |||
| 1999 | (13) | (21) | (24) | |||
| 2000 | (11) | (15) | (33) | |||
| 2001 | (14) | (15) | (21) | |||
| 2002 | (14) | (19) | (21) | |||
| 2003 | (11) | (14) | (25) | |||
| 2004 | (12) | (13) | (24) | |||
| 2005 | (15) | (18) | (21) | |||
| 2006 | (12) | (13) | (27) | |||
| 2007 | (9) | (13) | (27) | |||
| 2008 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2009 | (11) | (17) | (18) | |||
| 2010 | (7) | (23) | (24) |
Women's senior
| Year | Individual | Team (points) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1997 | (12) | (15) | (?) | |||
| 1998 | (7) | (19) | (23) | |||
| 1999 | (6) | (16) | (27) | |||
| 2000 | (10) | (20) | (39) | |||
| 2001 | (14) | (20) | (20) | |||
| 2002 | (13) | (19) | (25) | |||
| 2003 | (15) | (18) | (25) | |||
| 2004 | (6) | (21) | (22) | |||
| 2005 | (12) | (15) | (20) | |||
| 2006 | (8) | (14) | (25) | |||
| 2007 | (9) | (22) | (23) | |||
| 2008 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2009 | (11) | (14) | (29) | |||
| 2010 | (9) | (21) | (27) |
Women's junior
| Year | Individual | Team (points) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1997 | (11) | (16) | (36) | |||
| 1998 | (6) | (15) | (20) | |||
| 1999 | (10) | (11) | (30) | |||
| 2000 | (6) | (22) | (30) | |||
| 2001 | (6) | (20) | (26) | |||
| 2002 | (10) | (17) | (28) | |||
| 2003 | (16) | (20) | (22) | |||
| 2004 | (14) | (24) | (27) | |||
| 2005 | (8) | (25) | (29) | |||
| 2006 | (11) | (18) | (20) | |||
| 2007 | (13) | (14) | (19) | |||
| 2008 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2009 | (9) | (20) | (23) | |||
| 2010 | (13) | (15) | (18) |
See also
- European Cross Country ChampionshipsEuropean Cross Country ChampionshipsThe European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year...
- IAAF World Cross Country ChampionshipsIAAF World Cross Country ChampionshipsIAAF World Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Held annually and organised by International Association of Athletics Federations , it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships...
- Nordic CouncilNordic CouncilThe Nordic Council is a geo-political, inter-parliamentary forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries. It was established following World War II and its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market and free movement across borders without passports for the...
External links
- World Cross Country Championships homepage from IAAF
- Additional race summaries: 2003, 2005, 2010