2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	33rd
Date	March 19/20
Host city	Saint-Galmier, Rhône-Alpes, France
Venue	Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux
Events	6
Distances	12.02 km – Senior men 4.196 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men 8.108 km – Senior women 4.196 km – Women's short 6.153 km – Junior women
Participation	695 athletes from 72 nations
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The 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 19/20, 2005. The races were held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1] in the Herald,^[2][3] and for the IAAF.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

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.