2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

{{Infobox XC Championships

|Name = 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

|Logo = 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Logo.png

|Size = 160px

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|Organisers = IAAF

|Edition = 37th

|Date = March 28

|Host city = Amman, Jordan {{flagicon|Jordan}}

|Location = Al Bisharat Golf Course

|Nations participating = 59

|Athletes participating = 459

|Races = 4

|Distances = 12 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men
8 km – Senior women
6 km – Junior women

|Website =

|Previous = 2008 Edinburgh

|Next = 2010 Bydgoszcz

}}

File:Amman.jpg in Jordan, the host city]]

The 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 28, 2009. The races were held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan.

{{ Citation

| title = IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - SUMMARY OF PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

| url = http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/5e21b69b-12aa-45e9-8d89-ad0b8ce676bf.pdf

| publisher = IAAF

| page = 2

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. Amman is also only the second occasion on which Asia has hosted the World Cross Country Championships, which are the oldest IAAF World Athletics Series event, first celebrated under the IAAF banner in 1973.

{{ Citation

| last = Turner

| first = Chris

| date = March 28, 2009

| title = Destination Amman

| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/destination-amman-1

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

Competition notes

The senior male team for Kenya won their 22nd team title in 24 years despite the fact that no senior male runner from Kenya has won an individual title since 1999.

{{ Citation

| last = Powell

| first = David

| date = March 28, 2009

| title = Gebremariam's final burst secures men's senior prize for Ethiopia - Amman 2009

| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/gebremariams-final-burst-secures-mens-senior

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

Florence Kiplagat was the first Kenyan senior women's winner since Helen Chepngeno in 1994. She was quoted saying, ‘’I would like to thank God,” she said. “Kenya has not won since 1994. We are determined to perform at the same level as Kenyan men.”

{{ Citation

| last = Johnson

| first = Len

| date = March 28, 2009

| title = Florence Kiplagat ends Kenya's long wait for another senior women's title - Amman 2009

| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/florence-kiplagat-ends-kenyas-long-wait-for-a

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

Further race reports of the event were given in The New York Times

{{ Citation

| last = Clarey

| first = Christopher

| date = March 28, 2009

| title = Negotiating a Difficult Course — a Golf Course — in the Hills of Amman

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/sports/othersports/29run.html

| work=The New York Times

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

{{ Citation

| last = Clarey

| first = Christopher

| date = March 29, 2009

| title = Cross Country - New Terrain Produces Unexpected Stars

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/sports/30iht-RUN.html

| work=The New York Times

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

and for the IAAF.

{{ Citation

| last = Powell

| first = David

| date = March 28, 2009

| title = Abshero reaches the top step of the podium this time - Amman 2009

| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/abshero-reaches-the-top-step-of-the-podium-th

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

{{ Citation

| last = Johnson

| first = Len

| date = March 28, 2009

| title = Genzebe keeps the Dibaba family at the top of the world - Amman 2009

| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/genzebe-keeps-the-dibaba-family-at-the-top-of-1

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = November 4, 2013

}}

Medallists

colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| Individual

Senior men
(12 km)

|Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
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