The 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 21/22, 1998. The races were held at the Menara district in Marrakech, Morocco. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1] in the Herald,^[2] and for the IAAF.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

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1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	26th
Date	March 21/22
Host city	Marrakech, Morocco
Venue	Menara district
Events	6
Distances	12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women
Participation	707 athletes from 66 nations
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Complete results for senior men,^[9][10][11] for senior men's teams,^[9][12][13] for men's short race,^[14][15][16] for men's short race teams,^[14][17][18] for junior men,^[19][20][21] for junior men's teams,^[19][22][23] senior women,^[24][25][26] for senior women's teams,^[24][27][28] for women's short race,^[29][30][31] for women's short race teams,^[29][32][33] for junior women,^[34][35][36] for junior women's teams,^[34][37][38] medallists,^[39] and the results of British athletes who took part^[40] were published.

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	5	6	1	12
2	Ethiopia	4	3	6	13
3	Ireland	2	0	0	2
4	Morocco*	1	2	2	5
5	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
6	Japan	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		12	12	12	36

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• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

An unofficial count yields the participation of 707 athletes from 66 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[40]

• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1998 in athletics (track and field)