Nordic Cross Country Championships Explained

The Nordic Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition that is contested between the Nordic countries. The championships are generally held in mid-November and the host nation rotates every year between the Nordic countries.

Established in 1997, the championships comprises four separate races: the men's senior and junior competitions (9 kilometres and 6 km respectively), and a senior and junior competition for women (7.5 km and 4.5 km).^[1] The women's senior race was previously the same length as the junior race, but this was modified in 2008.^[2] The distances are approximate and vary slightly from year to year depending on the course.^{[3] [4]}

In addition to the individual competitions, each race doubles as a team competition in which the finishing positions of the top three athletes from each country are combined, with the lowest scoring national team winning. At the championships the years 1997-2019 performances of the top four athletes was used for the men's senior team race.^[5] After an update in June 2021 of the Rules and Regulations covering the Meetings and Competitions between the Nordic Athletic Federations the finishing positions of the top three athletes also for the men's senior team race is used (article 3.5.8 The sizes of the teams).^[6]

Editions

Year	Edition	City	Country	Date
1997	1st	Helsinki		November
1998	2nd	Ålgård		November
1999	3rd	Enhörna		November
2000	4th	Copenhagen		November
2001	5th	Perniö		November
2002	6th	Geithus		November
2003	7th	Kvarnsveden		9 November
2004	8th	Ejby		14 November
2005	9th	Hamina		12 November
2006	10th	Fredrikstad		11 November
2007	11th	Södertälje		4 November
2008	12th	Copenhagen		15 November
2009	13th	Perniö		7 November
2010[7]	14th	Trondheim		24 November
2011[8]	15th	Uddevalla		12 November
2012[9] [10]	16th	Tårnby		11 November
2013[11]	17th	Reykjavík		9 November
2014	18th	Vantaa		8 November[12]
2015	19th	Gothenburg		7 November[13]
2016	20th	Kristiansand		12 November[14]
2017	21st	Middelfart		11 November[15]
2018	22nd	Reykjavík		10 November[16]
2019	23rd	Vierumäki		10 November[17]
2020	24th	(Covid-19)		November[18]
2021	25th	Stockholm		7 November[19]
2022	26th	Kristiansand		6 November[20]
2023	27th	Reykjavík		5 November[21]

Past medalists

Men's senior

Year	Individual				Team (points)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997				(14)	(39)	(40)
1998				(26)	(26)	(41)
1999				(18)	(25)	(44)
2000				(18)	(31)	(40)
2001				(19)	(33)	(34)
2002				(17)	(21)	(48)
2003				(15)	(31)	(45)
2004				(13)	(36)	(37)
2005				(24)	(29)	(37)
2006				(19)	(30)	(35)
2007				(17)	(34)	(49)
2008				(17)	(33)	(44)
2009				(14)	(28)	(50)
2010				(22)	(30)	(44)
2011				(14)	(25)	(43)
2012				(20)	(26)	(34)
2013				(23)	(24)	(42)
2014				(16)	(22)	(53)
2015					(15)	(29)	(41)
2016					(15)	(32)	(40)
2017					(13)	(35)	(35)
2018					(16)	(22)	(46)
2019					(20)	(34)	(50)
2021					(8)	(21)	(40)
2022					(10)	(14)	(27)
2023					(7)	(14)	(27)

Men's junior

Year	Individual				Team (points)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997				(14)	(25)	(33)
1998				(6)	(22)	(27)
1999				(13)	(21)	(24)
2000				(11)	(15)	(33)
2001				(14)	(15)	(21)
2002				(14)	(19)	(21)
2003				(11)	(14)	(25)
2004				(12)	(13)	(24)
2005				(15)	(18)	(21)
2006				(12)	(13)	(27)
2007				(9)	(13)	(27)
2008				(8)	(16)	(40)
2009				(11)	(17)	(18)
2010				(7)	(23)	(24)
2011				(10)	(16)	(25)
2012				(14)	(15)	(17)
2013				(14)	(16)	(18)
2014				(10)	(18)	(20)
2015					(7)	(18)	(21)
2016					(12)	(12)	(25)
2017					(7)	(21)	(27)
2018					(17)	(18)	(21)
2019					(11)	(17)	(26)
2021					(10)	(21)	(27)
2022					(6)	(25)	(32)
2023					(6)	(19)	(30)

Women's senior

Year	Individual				Team (points)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997				(12)	(15)	(?)
1998				(7)	(19)	(23)
1999				(6)	(16)	(27)
2000				(10)	(20)	(39)
2001				(14)	(20)	(20)
2002				(13)	(19)	(25)
2003				(15)	(18)	(25)
2004				(6)	(21)	(22)
2005				(12)	(15)	(20)
2006				(8)	(14)	(25)
2007				(9)	(22)	(23)
2008				(13)	(22)	(26)
2009				(11)	(14)	(29)
2010				(9)	(21)	(27)
2011				(12)	(18)	(19)
2012				(13)	(14)	(29)
2013				(12)	(15)	(18)
2014				(14)	(19)	(23)
2015					(18)	(19)	(23)
2016					(10)	(18)	(22)
2017					(12)	(20)	(21)
2018					(18)	(19)	(12)
2019					(15)	(18)	(23)
2021					(12)	(18)	(20)
2022					(12)	(17)	(21)
2023					(8)	(19)	(21)

Women's junior

Year	Individual				Team (points)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997				(11)	(16)	(36)
1998				(6)	(15)	(20)
1999				(10)	(11)	(30)
2000				(6)	(22)	(30)
2001				(6)	(20)	(26)
2002				(10)	(17)	(28)
2003				(16)	(20)	(22)
2004				(14)	(24)	(27)
2005				(8)	(25)	(29)
2006				(11)	(18)	(20)
2007				(13)	(14)	(19)
2008				(14)	(16)	(17)
2009				(9)	(20)	(23)
2010				(13)	(15)	(18)
2011				(11)	(19)	(20)
2012				(10)	(21)	(30)
2013				(17)	(21)	(23)
2014				(11)	(16)	(26)
2015					(11)	(11)	(27)
2016					(6)	(15)	(36)
2017					(9)	(26)	(27)
2018					(15)	(16)	(23)
2019					(8)	(17)	(26)
2021					(10)	(24)	(24)
2022					(13)	(20)	(21)
2023					(11)	(17)	(25)

See also

• European Cross Country Championships
• IAAF World Cross Country Championships
• Nordic Council

References

General

• Nordic Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-11-14.

Specific

External links

• World Cross Country Championships homepage from IAAF
• Additional race summaries: 2003, 2005, 2010

Notes and References

1. Sonninen, Antti-Pekka (2009-11-07). Danish men, Swedish women take Nordic Cross Country team titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-11-14.
2. Sonninen, Antti-Pekka (2008-11-16). Sylta claims Norway’s first men’s title, Sandell-Hyvärinen dethrones Otterbu – Nordic XC Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-11-14.
3. Sonninen, Antti-Pekka (2006-11-11). Nordic Cross Country titles fall to Mohamed and Otterbu in Fredrikstad. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-11-14.
4. Julin, A. Lennart (2007-11-04). Melkevik Otterbu and Utriainen take senior spoils at Nordic XC Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-11-14.
5. Nieminen, Mikko (2004-11-14). Nyberg copes best with conditions - Nordic Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-11-14.
6. https://nordiccross.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nordic-Handbook-updated-June-2021.pdf Regulations specific to Nordic Cross Country Championships
7. http://www.strindheimfriidrett.no/arch/_img/9077481.pdf Nordic Cross Country Championship
8. http://halleif.nu.preview.binero.se/resultat/2011/result_nccc2011.pdf 2011 NCCC
9. http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/denmark-takes-double-victory-at-nordic-cross Denmark takes double victory at Nordic Cross Country champs
10. http://daf.sportstiming.dk/ 2012 NCCC
11. http://fri.is/skrar/file/M%C3%B3t2013/NM%20Cross2013_Results.pdf NM í ví ðavangshlaupum NM Cross Country Reykjavík, 9. nóvember
12. http://www.kokkens.fi/kilpailut/2014/maastopm/index.php Viralliset tulokset - Official results
13. https://www.friidrottsstatistik.se/resultsswe.php?CID=12865837&Season=2015 Nordic cross country championships 2015
14. https://www.friidrett.no/globalassets/aktivitet/statistikk/nordisk/2016.pdf
15. https://www.nordic-athletics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017.pdf Nordic Cross Country Championships
16. https://timataka.net/nccc2018/ Nordic Cross Country Championships 2018
17. https://resultservice.fi/tulos/sivusto/2019/crosscountry/Nordic Cross Country Championships 2019 -Official results 2019
18. https://www.friidrott.se/tavling-landslag/resultat-statistik/historik/internationella-masterskap/terrang-nm-jnm/TERRÄNG-NM/JNM
19. https://www.friidrottsstatistik.se/resultsswe.php?CID=12997443&Season=2021 Resultat: Nordic Cross Country Championships, Tullinge 7.11.21 Terräng. Retrieved on 2023-11-10.
20. https://www.friidrottsstatistik.se/resultsswe.php?Season=2022&CID=13023418 Resultat: Nordic Cross Country Championships, Kristiansand NOR 6.11.22 Terräng
21. https://timataka.net/nccc2023/ Nordic Cross Country Championships 2023