The 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 18/19, 2000. The races were held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3] and for the IAAF.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

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2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	28th
Date	March 18/19
Host city	Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Venue	Sporting Complex of Vilamoura
Events	6
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men 4.18 km – Men's short 8.08 km – Junior men 8.08 km – Senior women 4.18 km – Women's short 6.29 km – Junior women
Participation	805 athletes from 76 nations
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Complete results^[10] for senior men,^[11][12] for senior men's teams,^[11][13] for men's short race,^[14][15] for men's short race teams,^[14][16] for junior men,^[17][18] for junior men's teams,^[17][19] senior women,^[20][21] for senior women's teams,^[20][22] for women's short race,^[23][24] for women's short race teams,^[23][25] for junior women,^[26][27] for junior women's teams,^[26][28] medallists,^[29] and the results of British athletes who took part^[30] were published.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	7	4	6	17
2	Ethiopia	3	7	0	10
3	Portugal*	1	0	1	2
4	Belgium	1	0	0	1
5	Morocco	0	1	1	2
6	France	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 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 805 athletes from 76 countries, one athlete less than the official number published.^[30] The announced athletes from  Cameroon,  Equatorial Guinea,  Guatemala,  Iran, and  Trinidad and Tobago did not show.^{[10][12][15][24][27]}

• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2000 in athletics (track and field)