The 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20/21, 2004. The races were held at the Ossegem Park in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1] and for the IAAF.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

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2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	32nd
Date	March 20/21
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	Ossegem Park
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	673 athletes from 72 nations
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The new team scores introduced in 2002 were reverted to the original form as used in 2001 and earlier.

Complete results for senior men,^[8][9][10] for senior men's teams,^[8][11][12] for men's short race,^[13][14][15] for men's short race teams,^[13][16][17] for junior men,^[18][19][20] for junior men's teams,^[18][21][22] senior women,^[23][24][25] for senior women's teams,^[23][26][27] for women's short race,^[28][29][30] for women's short race teams,^[28][31][32] for junior women,^[33][34][35] for junior women's teams,^[33][36][37] medallists,^[38] and the results of British athletes who took part^[39] were published.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia	9	6	5	20
2	Kenya	2	4	2	8
3	Australia	1	0	0	1
4	Uganda	0	1	1	2
5	Qatar	0	1	0	1
6	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Japan	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.

According to an unofficial count, 673 athletes from 72 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[39] The announced athletes from  Guinea did not show.^{[19][20][29][30]}

• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 2004 in athletics (track and field)