The Yugoslavia Cross Country Championships (Serbo-Croatian: Prvenstvo Jugoslavije u krosu / Првенство Југославије у кросу) was an annual cross country running competition that served as Yugoslavia's national championship for the sport. The main races on the programme were a men's and a women's long course race. Short course races for men were held until 1966.
Yugoslavia Cross Country Championships | |
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Location | Various, Yugoslavia |
Event type | Cross country |
Distance | 12 km and 4 km for men 8 km for women |
Established | 1920 |
The most successful athlete at the competition was Olivera Jevtić, who took seven straight women's title from 1994 to 2000. Dragoslav Prpa was the most successful male athlete at the competition, having four titles to his name including three consecutive wins from 1996 to 1998.
Senior race winners
editShort race
editYear | Men's winner | Time (m:s) |
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1960 | Franc Hafner | 12:20 |
1961 | Simo Važić | 12:23 |
1962 | Simo Važić | 12:00 |
1963 | Franc Červan | 11:22 |
1964 | Slavko Špan | 11:53 |
1965 | Simo Važić | 12:04 |
1966 | Franc Červan | 10:30 |
References
edit- List of winners
- Yugoslav Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- Prvenstva Jugoslavije u Atletici by Ljubisa Gajić