2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was hosted in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This 42nd edition was held on 26 March 2017. The venue was Kampala Airport, commonly known as Kololo airstrip, or officially, the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. A few modifications were made to make the track challenging.

Schedule
In keeping with past events, all five races, including the newly introduced mixed relay, were held in the afternoon. The first event was the inaugural mixed relay race, which was won by Kenya. The junior races preceded the senior races, and the senior men's event concluded the programme.

Medal table

 * Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation
A total of 553 athletes from 59 countries were scheduled to participate. A Refugee Athletics team was scheduled to participate in the mixed relay, but did not take part. • undefined (14)

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• 🇧🇮 burundi (12)

• 🇨🇲 cameroon (2)

• 🇨🇦 canada (23)

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• 🇨🇳 china (7)

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• 🇪🇹 ethiopia (30)

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• 🇫🇷 france (3)

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• 🇬🇧 united kingdom (21)

• 🇮🇹 italy (10)

• 🇯🇵 japan (21)

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• 🇰🇪 kenya (30)

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• 🇱🇧 lebanon (7)

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• 🇲🇽 mexico (3)

• 🇲🇦 morocco (18)

• 🇳🇦 namibia (2)

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• 🇵🇪 peru (16)

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• 🇷🇴 romania (1)

• 🇷🇼 rwanda (6)

• 🇸🇳 senegal (2)

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• 🇸🇴 somalia (2)

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• 🇹🇷 turkey (5)

• 🇺🇬 uganda (33)

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