The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3][4] and for the IAAF.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

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2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	30th
Date	March 23/24
Host city	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Venue	Leopardstown Racecourse
Events	6
Distances	11.998 km – Senior men 4.208 km – Men's short 7.974 km – Junior men 7.974 km – Senior women 4.208 km – Women's short 5.962 km – Junior women
Participation	664 athletes from 59 nations
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New scores for team results were introduced.

Complete results for senior men,^[11][12][13] for senior men's teams,^[11][14][15] for men's short race,^[16][17][18] for men's short race teams,^[16][19][20] for junior men,^[21][22][23] for junior men's teams,^[21][24][25] senior women,^[26][27][28] for senior women's teams,^[26][29][30] for women's short race,^[31][32][33] for women's short race teams,^[31][34][35] for junior women,^[36][37][38] for junior women's teams,^[36][39][40] medallists,^[41] and the results of British athletes who took part^[42] were published.

  *   Host nation (Ireland)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	6	3	4	13
2	Ethiopia	5	6	1	12
3	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
4	United States	0	2	1	3
5	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
6	Uganda	0	0	2	2
7	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		12	12	11	35

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

According to an unofficial count, 664 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[42] The announced athletes from  Angola,  Nigeria,  Palestine, and  Sierra Leone did not show.^{[12][13][17][18]}

• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2002 in athletics (track and field)