The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. 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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2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	29th
Date	March 24/25
Host city	Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium
Venue	Hippodrome Wellington
Events	6
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men 4.1 km – Men's short 7.7 km – Junior men 7.7 km – Senior women 4.1 km – Women's short 5.9 km – Junior women
Participation	790 athletes from 67 nations
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Complete results for senior men,^[10][11][12] for senior men's teams,^[10][13][14] for men's short race,^[15][16][17] for men's short race teams,^[15][18][19] for junior men,^[20][21][22] for junior men's teams,^[20][23][24] senior women,^[25][26][27] for senior women's teams,^[25][28][29] for women's short race,^[30][31][32] for women's short race teams,^[30][33][34] for junior women,^[35][36][37] for junior women's teams,^[35][38][39] medallists,^[40] and the results of British athletes who took part^[41] were published.

  *   Host nation (Belgium)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	6	3	4	13
2	Ethiopia	4	5	2	11
3	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
4	Belgium*	1	0	0	1
5	France	0	1	1	2
6	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
8	United States	0	0	2	2
9	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 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 790 athletes from 67 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[41] The announced athletes from  Nigeria and  Somalia did not show.^[11][12]

• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2001 in athletics (track and field)