Antrim International Cross Country
Edition Year Men 's winner Time ( m : s ) Women 's winner Time ( m : s )
1st 1977 Gerard Deegan ( IRL ) 28:00 Not held -
2nd 1978 Steve Ovett ( ENG ) 24:08 Not held -
- 1979 Not held - Not held -
3rd 1980 Nathaniel Muir ( SCO ) 24:33 Not held -
4th 1981 Barry Smith ( ENG ) 25:03 Not held -
5th 1982 John Treacy ( IRL ) 28:00 Not held -
6th 1983 David Taylor ( IRL ) 24:37 Not held -
7th 1984 Steve Ovett ( ENG ) 24:36 Not held -
8th 1985 Tim Hutchings ( ENG ) 22:06 Not held -
9th 1986 Roger Hackney ( WAL ) 26:12 Susan Tooby ( WAL ) 18:18
10th 1987 Roger Hackney ( WAL ) 24:23 Liz McColgan ( SCO ) 16:26
11th 1988 Dave Lewis ( ENG ) 25:22 Liz McColgan ( SCO ) 17:31
12th 1989 Steve Tunstall ( ENG ) 25:02 Jill Boltz ( ENG ) 17:21
13th 1990 Craig Mochrie ( ENG ) 24:50 Róisín Smyth ( IRL ) 17:43
14th 1991 Eamonn Martin ( ENG ) 24:42 Susan Sirma ( KEN ) 16:46
15th 1992 Ondoro Osoro ( KEN ) 22:37 Catherina McKiernan ( IRL ) 15:29
16th 1993 Simon Chemoiywo ( KEN ) 23:28 Catherina McKiernan ( IRL ) 15:49
17th 1994 Ismael Kirui ( KEN ) 23:44 Paula Radcliffe ( ENG ) 15:40
18th 1995 Ismael Kirui ( KEN ) 23:21 Rose Cheruiyot ( KEN ) 15:57
19th 1996 James Kariuki ( KEN ) 24:02 Paula Radcliffe ( ENG ) 16:02
Past winners
Steve Ovett took the honours in the second and seventh editions . Paula Radcliffe is a four-time meet winner . Uganda 's Moses Kipsiro won consecutively in 2007 and 2008 .
The Antrim International Cross Country, formerly the Belfast International Cross Country, is an annual cross country running meeting which takes place every January in Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is one of the IAAF's cross country permit meetings, as well as being part of the UK Cross Challenge tour. Previous winners include Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat and Steve Ovett.