The World Military Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 competition organised by the International Military Sports Council

International Military Sports Council

The International Military Sports Council or Conseil International du Sport Militaire , established 1948, is one of the largest multidisciplinary organisations in the world...

 (CISM). The competition is typically held in late February or early March.

The championships has three races: the men's long race, the men's short race, and the women's race. The competition attracts elite level long-distance runners who are members of their national military, with past winners including two-time world champion Saif Saaeed Shaheen

Saif Saaeed Shaheen

Saif Saaeed Shaheen formerly Stephen Cherono is a steeplechase runner now representing Qatar. He currently holds the world record for 3000 metre steeplechase. His older brother Abraham Cherono is also a steeplechase runner.He was the 1999 World Youth Champion in the steeplechase and set a world...

, the 2008 Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Langat and New York Marathon winner Jeļena Prokopčuka

Jelena Prokopcuka

Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...

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Men

Edition	Year	Men's long race		Men's short race
		Individual	Team	Individual	Team
49th	2002
50th	2003
51st	2004
52nd	2006
53rd	2008
54th	2010

Women

Edition	Year	Individual	Team
49th	2002
50th	2003
51st	2004
52nd	2006
53rd	2008
54th	2010