The World Military Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition organised by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The competition is typically held in late February or early March. ^[1] First held in 1947, it was typically held on an annually basis, but since 2004 it has been held roughly every two years. ^[2]

The championships has three races: the men's long race (roughly 12 km (7.5 mi)), the men's short race (roughly 5 km (3.1 mi)), and the women's race (roughly 5 km (3.1 mi)). The competition attracts elite level long-distance runners who are members of their national military, with past winners including two-time world champion Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the 2008 Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Langat, and New York Marathon winner Jeļena Prokopčuka. ^[3]

Past winners

Men

Edition	Year	Men's long race		Men's short race
		Individual	Team	Individual	Team
1st	1947	Emil Zátopek ( TCH)	?	?	?
2nd	1949	Ould Lamine Abdallah ( FRA)	?	?	?
3rd	1950	Jaber ( FRA)	?	?	?
4th	1951	Gordon Pirie ( GBR)	?	?	?
5th	1953	Ould Lamine Abdallah ( FRA)	?	?	?
6th	1955	Ould Lamine Abdallah ( FRA)	?	?	?
7th	1956	Ould Lamine Abdallah ( FRA)	?	?	?
8th	1958	Tor Torgersen ( NOR)	?	?	?
9th	1959	Henri Clerckx ( BEL)	?	?	?
10th	1960	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam ( FRA)	?	?	?
11th	1961	Henri Clerckx ( BEL)	?	?	?
12th	1962	Henri Clerckx ( BEL)	?	?	?
13th	1963	Eugene Allonsius ( BEL)	?	?	?
14th	1964	Abdeslem Bouchta ( MAR)	?	?	?
15th	1965	Mohammed Gammoudi ( TUN)	?	?	?
16th	1966	Ben Assou El Ghazi ( MAR)	?	?	?
17th	1967	Mohammed Gammoudi ( TUN)	?	Eddy Van Butsele ( BEL)	?
18th	1968	Mohammed Gammoudi ( TUN)	?	?	?
19th	1969	Moha Aït Bassou ( MAR)	?	?	?
20th	1970	Abdelkader Zaddem ( TUN)	Morocco	Christian Dudouet ( FRA)	France
21st	1971	Jaddour Haddou ( MAR)	Morocco	Edgard Salvé ( BEL)	Belgium
22nd	1972	Jaddour Haddou ( MAR)	Morocco	Mansour Guettaya ( TUN)	Tunisia
23rd	1973	Osmany ( MAR)	Morocco	Edgard Salvé ( BEL)	Turkey
24th	1974	Franco Fava ( ITA)	Morocco	Detlef Uhlemann ( FRG)	Germany
25th	1975	Jaddour Haddou ( MAR)	Morocco	Franco Fava ( ITA)	Germany
26th	1976	Franco Fava ( ITA)	Morocco	Venanzio Ortis ( ITA)	Belgium
27th	1978	Mohamed Zaidi ( TUN)	Tunisia	Léon Schots ( BEL)	Belgium
28th	1979	Mohamed Zaidi ( TUN)	Algeria	Léon Schots ( BEL)	Belgium
29th	1980	El Hachemi Abdenouz ( ALG)	Morocco	Léon Schots ( BEL)	Belgium
30th	1981	Ahmed Musa Jouda ( SUD)	Algeria	Philippe Leclair ( FRA)	Belgium
31st	1982	Ahmed Musa Jouda ( SUD)	Algeria	João Campos ( POR)	Portugal
32nd	1983	Abu Moussad ( SUD)	Algeria	Hussein Ahmed Salah ( DJI)	Algeria
33rd	1984	Abderrazak Gtari ( TUN)	Algeria	Uwe Mönkemeyer ( FRG)	Algeria
34th	1985	Hussein Ahmed Salah ( DJI)	Belgium	Robert Nemeth ( AUT)	Italy
35th	1986	Hussein Ahmed Salah ( DJI)	Morocco	Luciano Carchesio ( ITA)	Algeria
36th	1987	Salem Majdoubi ( MAR)	Morocco	Luciano Carchesio ( ITA)	Italy
37th	1988	Vincent Rousseau ( BEL)	Morocco	Giuseppe Miccoli ( ITA)	France
38th	1989	Hammou Boutayeb ( MAR)	Morocco	Antonio Martins ( FRA)	Italy
39th	1990	Hammou Boutayeb ( MAR)	Morocco	Alberto Maravilha ( POR)	Morocco
40th	1992	Boay Akonay ( TAN)	Tanzania	João Junqueira ( POR)	Portugal
41st	1993	Vincent Rousseau ( BEL)	Burundi	Anthony Mwingereza ( TAN)	Portugal
42nd	1994	Vincent Rousseau ( BEL)	Tunisia	Antonio Martins ( FRA)	Portugal
43rd	1995	Aloÿs Nizigama ( BDI)	Burundi	Gianni Crepaldi ( ITA)	Italy
44th	1996	Mustapha Bamouh ( MAR)	Morocco	Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani ( KSA)	Italy
45th	1997	Mustapha Bamouh ( MAR)	Italy	Hicham Bouaouiche ( MAR)	Morocco
46th	1998	Robert Stefko ( SVK)	Morocco	Hicham Bouaouiche ( MAR)	Portugal
47th	1999	Mustapha Bamouh ( MAR)	Morocco	Driss El Himer ( FRA)	Portugal
48th	2000	Mustapha Bamouh ( MAR)	Morocco	Driss El Himer ( FRA)	Italy
49th	2002	Noureddine Moufti ( MAR)	Morocco	Abdelkader Hachlaf ( MAR)	Morocco
50th	2003	Dieudonné Disi ( RWA)	Italy	Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria ( BHR)	Morocco
51st	2004	Moustafa Ahmed Shebto ( QAT)	Qatar	Saif Saaeed Shaheen ( QAT)	Qatar
52nd	2006	Gamal Belal Salem ( QAT)	Qatar	Tareq Mubarak Taher ( QAT)	Qatar
53rd	2008	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah ( QAT)	Qatar	Thamer Kamal Ali ( QAT)	Qatar
54th	2010	Josphat Kiprono Menjo ( KEN)	Kenia	Andrea Lalli ( ITA)	Algeria
55th	2013	Zelalem Regasa ( BHR)	Bahrain	Alemu Bekele ( BHR)	Poland
56th	2014	Abdennacer Fathi ( MAR)		Raba Aboud ( ALG)
57th	2017	Ali Guerine ( ALG)	Algeria	Djilali Bedrani ( FRA)	Algeria

Women

Edition	Year	Individual	Team
30th	1980	Bernadette Buysse ( BEL)	?
31st	1981	Bernadette Buysse ( BEL)	?
32nd	1982	Anderson ( USA)	?
33rd	1983	Weber ( USA)	?
34th	1984	Linda Milo ( BEL)	?
35th	1985	Linda Milo ( BEL)	?
36th	1986	Hassania Darami ( MAR)	?
37th	1987	Debruycher ( FRA)	?
38th	1988	Fatima Maama ( FRA)	?
39th	1989	Corinne Debaets ( BEL)	?
40th	1990	Corinne Debaets ( BEL)	?
41st	1992	Corinne Debaets ( BEL)	?
42nd	1993	Anja Smolders ( BEL)	?
43rd	1994	Anja Smolders ( BEL)	?
44th	1995	Tullia Orietta Mancia ( ITA)	?
45th	1996	Anja Smolders ( BEL)	?
46th	1997	Nadia Dandolo ( ITA)	?
47th	1998	Zhor El Kamch ( MAR)	?
th	1999	Zhor El Kamch ( MAR)	?
48th	2000	Zhor El Kamch ( MAR)	?
49th	2002	Zhor El Kamch ( MAR)	Morocco
50th	2003	Jeļena Prokopčuka ( LAT)	Germany
51st	2004	Zhor El Kamch ( MAR)	Morocco
52nd	2006	Zhor El Kamch ( MAR)	France
53rd	2008	Sabrina Mockenhaupt ( GER)	Morocco
54th	2010	Nancy Jebet Langat ( KEN)	Kenya
55th	2013	Shitaye Eshete ( BHR)	Bahrain
56th	2014	Iwona Lewandowska ( POL)
57th	2017	Bîrcă Roxana ( ROU)	France

See also

• World Military Track & Field Championships

References