World Cross Country Champs Stats Preview — 2026

Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, the men’s senior winner at World Cross in 2023 & ’24 , will be in Tallahassee to defend his crown. (JIRO MOCHIZUKI)

ON SATURDAY (January 10), Tallahassee, Florida, will host the 46th running of the World Cross Country Championships since the event came under the auspices of the international federation in ’73. This year’s edition will be the third hosted by the USA, where the global harrier clash went off previously in 1984 (East Rutherford, New Jersey) and 1992 (Boston).

Click here for a rundown on World XC Champs statistical history compiled by stats maven K. Ken Nakamura. It’s a 25-page PDF file.

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

Copyright © 2026 Ken Nakamura (updated 01/09/26)


Click on image to view the chronology.