2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
| 41st World Cross Country Championships | |
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| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 41st |
| Date | 28 March |
| Host city |
Guiyang, China 
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| Location | Guiyang horse racing circuit |
| Nations participating | 51 |
| Athletes participating | 410 |
| Races | 4 |
| Distances | 12 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 8 km – Senior women 6 km – Junior women |
| Official website | Guiyang 2015 |
The 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (Chinese: 2015国际田联世界越野锦标) was the 41st edition of the global championships in cross country running, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held in Guiyang, China on 28 March. It was the first time that the event was held in China, and the third occasion it took place in Asia (after Fukuoka in 2006, and Amman in 2009). Senior and junior races were held for men and women, with the four races having both a team and individual element.
The senior individual titles were won by Kenyan athletes. Geoffrey Kipsang, a former junior champion and reigning world half marathon champion, took the men's title by a margin of eight seconds. The 19-year-old Agnes Jebet Tirop was the women's champion, establishing herself as a senior athlete for the first time after her runner-up finish in the junior race at the 2013 edition. This made her the second youngest ever winner of that title, after Zola Budd in 1985. Aside from these victories, it was Ethiopia that had the most success: Yasin Haji and Letesenbet Gidey were crowned the junior champions while the Ethiopian teams won the senior titles and had a clean sweep in the women's junior race. Bahrain was the only non-East African nation to win a medal, albeit with teams of entirely African expatriates.
The host choice reflected the increasing prominence of China in the world of athletics. Having only staged one major IAAF event before 2006, the country quickly rose to host the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 Olympic athletics,2010 World Half Marathon Championships, and 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. The cross country event preceded Beijing's holding of the 2015 World Championships in Athletics later that year.
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