World Cross Country Champs Stats Preview — 2024

The World Cross of 2019 sent runners through a mudpit and over the top of a museum roof. (MARK SHEARMAN)

ON SATURDAY (March 30), Belgrade Serbia, will host the 45th running of the World Cross Country Championships since the event came under the auspices of the international federation in ’73. Click here for a rundown on World XC Champs statistical history compiled by stats maven K. Ken Nakamura. It’s a 20-page PDF file.

Click here for Nakamura’s chronology of all the harrier classic’s editions since 1913, also in PDF form.

Copyright © 2024 Ken Nakamura (updated 03/28/24)


Click on image to view the chronology.