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Cinque Mulini 
The Montoli mill, one of several near the course.Date Late January or
Early FebruaryLocation San Vittore Olona,
Italy
Event type Cross country Distance 9.8 km for men
5.5 km for womenEstablished 1933 The Cinque Mulini is an annual cross country running race in San Vittore Olona, Italy. First held in 1933, the course is unusual in that it revolves around a number of water mills, which lend the competition its name – meaning Five Mills in Italian.[1] It is one of the IAAF cross country permit meetings that act as qualifiers for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[2] As one of the most prestigious meets, numerous world record holders and Olympic champions have competed at the Cinque Mulini throughout its history.[1]
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History
Giovanni Malerba organised the first competition in 1933 as a reaction to a competition in a neighbouring village which revolved around seven clock towers.[1] The competition has been held every year since its inception, including throughout the Second World War and in 1939 when the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL) ordered that all cross country competitions be postponed.[3] The course was altered from 10 km to 12 in the late 1930s, in order to accommodate all five mills.[1] The race began to grow after being selected as the course for the Italian Cross Country Championship in 1946 and 1949. The competition became an international one in 1952 and Tunisian runner Ahmed Labidi became the first foreign winner two years later. By the early 1960s, Olympic silver medallist Franjo Mihalić had brought the race to new heights, taking three victories over five editions.[3]
A junior race was introduced in 1960,[3] the first international women's race was held in 1971, and student races were added to the program in the late 1970s. Olympic and World champions graced the course at every edition in the 1970s. By the mid-eighties, East African runners had established themselves, frequently reaching the podium in the senior races. It was part of the IAAF World Cross Challenge the following decade, remaining at the forefront of European cross country running. The course was significantly changed throughout the 2000s,[3] only the Cozzi and Meraviglia mills remained as part of the course and gradually only the semi-functioning Meraviglia was included.[1]
Both former champion David Bedford and meet organiser Vito Garofalo stressed that the competition's longevity is due to, in part, the support the race receives from the local community.[1] The race was elected to serve as the Italian national cross country championships in 1996; Gennaro Di Napoli and Patrizia Di Napoli took the honours.[4]
The event hosted the European Cross Country Club Championships alongside the traditional race in 2011; Portuguese club Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo Conforlimpa won the men's team title while the women's title went to Turkey's Üsküdar Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.[5]
Past senior race winners
National era
Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s) 1933 Mario Fiocchi (ITA)Not held — 1934 Luigi Pellin (ITA)Not held — 1935 Luigi Pellin (ITA)Not held — 1936 Luigi Pellin (ITA)Not held — 1937 Romano Maffeis (ITA)Not held — 1938 Umberto de Florentis (ITA)Not held — 1939 Vittorio Avila (ITA)Not held — 1940 Antonio Vitali (ITA)Not held — 1941 Romano Maffeis (ITA)Not held — 1942 Salvatore Constantino (ITA)Not held — 1943 Salvatore Constantino (ITA)Not held — 1944 Guiseppe Beviacqua (ITA)Not held — 1945 Armando Cesarato (ITA)Not held — 1946 Aldo Rossi (ITA)Not held — 1947 Sestini Cristoforo (ITA)Not held — 1948 Guiseppe Italia (ITA)Not held — 1949 Guiseppe Beviacqua (ITA)Not held — 1950 Guiseppe Italia (ITA)Not held — 1951 Luigi Pelliccioli (ITA)Not held — International era
Paul Tergat took the title in 1996 and 1998.
Charles Kamathi won consecutively in 2000 and 2001.
Olivera Jevtić was the 2001 and 2002 women's champion.
Maryam Yusuf Jamal won the 2007 women's race.
Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s) 1952 Luigi Pelliccioli (ITA)Not held — 1953 Agostino Conti (ITA)Not held — 1954 
Ahmed Labidi (TUN)Not held — 1955 Giacomo Pepicelli (ITA)Not held — 1956 Rino Lavelli (ITA)Not held — 1957 
Franjo Mihalić (YUG)Not held — 1958 Franjo Mihalić (YUG)Not held — 1959 Francesco Perrone (ITA)Not held — 1960 Gian Franco Baraldi (ITA)Not held — 1961 Franjo Mihalić (YUG)Not held — 1962 
Michel Jazy (FRA)Not held — 1963 Michel Jazy (FRA)Not held — 1964 Antonio Ambu (ITA)Not held — 1965 
Billy Mills (USA)Not held — 1966 
Mike Turner (GBR)Not held — 1967 
Nikolai Dutov (URS)Not held — 1968 
Gaston Roelants (BEL)Not held — 1969 
Kipchoge Keino (KEN)Not held — 1970 Naftali Temu (KEN)Not held — 1971 Daniel Korica (YUG) Rita Ridley (GBR)1972 David Bedford (GBR) Rita Ridley (GBR)1973 Frank Shorter (USA) Paola Pigni (ITA)1974 Emiel Puttemans (BEL) Rita Ridley (GBR)1975 
Filbert Bayi (TAN) Gabriella Dorio (ITA)1976 Filbert Bayi (TAN)
Renata Pentlinowska (POL)1977 
Yohannes Mohamed (ETH) Bronislawa Ludwichowska (POL)1978 Willy Polleunis (BEL)
Grete Waitz Anderson (NOR)1979 Leon Schots (BEL) Grete Waitz Anderson (NOR)1980 Leon Schots (BEL) Grete Waitz Anderson (NOR)1981 Mohamed Kedir (ETH) Grete Waitz Anderson (NOR)1982 Eshetu Tura (ETH) Grete Waitz Anderson (NOR)1983 
Robert de Castella (AUS) Margaret Groos (USA)1984 Bekele Debele (ETH) Grete Waitz Anderson (NOR)1985 Fisha Abebe (ETH) Betty Springs (USA)1986 Alberto Cova (ITA) Lynn Jennings (USA)1987 Paul Kipkoech (KEN) Lynn Jennings (USA)1988 Paul Kipkoech (KEN) Annette Sergent (FRA)1989 John Ngugi (KEN) Jackie Perkins (AUS)1990 Moses Tanui (KEN) Nadia Dandolo (ITA)1991 
Khalid Skah (MAR) Luchia Yishak (ETH)1992 Fita Bayisa (ETH) Luchia Yishak (ETH)1993 Fita Bayisa (ETH) Esther Kiplagat (KEN)1994 Fita Bayisa (ETH)
Albertina Dias (POR)1995 Fita Bayisa (ETH) Albertina Dias (POR)1996 Paul Tergat (KEN) Merima Denboba (ETH)1997 Girma Tolla (ETH) Gete Wami (ETH)1998 Paul Tergat (KEN) Merima Denboba (ETH)1999 Salah Hissou (MAR)
Anita Weyermann (SUI)2000 Charles Kamathi (KEN) Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR)2001 Charles Kamathi (KEN) Olivera Jevtić (YUG)2002 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Olivera Jevtić (YUG)2003 
Serhiy Lebid (UKR) Alice Timbilili (KEN)2004 
Boniface Kiprop (UGA) Zakia Mrisho (TAN)2005 
Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) Benita Johnson (AUS)2006 Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)
Anikó Kálovics (HUN)2007 Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)2008 
Zersenay Tadese (ERI) Pauline Korikwiang (KEN)2009 Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) Anikó Kálovics (HUN)2010[6] Hunegnaw Mesfin (ETH)28:03 Nancy Lagat (KEN)19:25 2011[5] 
Ayad Lamdassem (ESP)28:03 
Alemitu Bekele Degfa (TUR)20:28 Statistics
Winners by country
Country Men's race Women's race Total Italy27 3 30 Ethiopia12 5 17 Kenya11 4 15 United States2 4 6 Yugoslavia4 2 6 Belgium5 0 5 United Kingdom1 3 4 Australia1 2 3 France2 1 3 Morocco2 1 3 Tanzania2 1 3 Hungary0 2 2 Poland0 2 2 Portugal0 2 2 Qatar2 0 2 Ukraine2 0 2 Bahrain0 1 1 Eritrea1 0 1 Soviet Union1 0 1 Spain1 0 1 
Switzerland0 1 1 Tunisia1 0 1 Turkey0 1 1 Uganda1 0 1 Multiple winners
Men Athlete Country Wins Years Luigi Pellin Italy3 1934, 1935, 1936 Romano Maffeis Italy2 1937, 1940 Salvatore Constantino Italy2 1942, 1943 Guiseppe Beviacqua Italy2 1944, 1949 Guiseppe Italia Italy2 1948, 1950 Luigi Pelliccioli Italy2 1951, 1952 Franjo Mihalić Yugoslavia3 1957, 1958, 1961 Michel Jazy France2 1972, 1973 Filbert Bayi Tanzania2 1975, 1976 Leon Schots Belgium2 1979, 1980 Paul Kipkoech Kenya2 1987, 1988 Fita Bayisa Ethiopia4 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Paul Tergat Kenya2 1996, 1998 Charles Kamathi Kenya2 2000, 2001 Serhiy Lebid Ukraine2 2003, 2007 Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar2 2005, 2009 Women Athlete Country Wins Years Rita Ridley United Kingdom3 1971, 1972, 1974 Grete Waitz Anderson Norway6 1978, 1979, 1980,
1981, 1982, 1984Lynn Jennings United States2 1986, 1987 Luchia Yishak Ethiopia2 1991, 1992 Albertina Dias Portugal2 1994, 1995 Merima Denboba Ethiopia2 1996, 1998 Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia2 2001, 2002 Anikó Kálovics Hungary2 2002, 2006 - Last updated February 2011
See also
References
- General
- Cinque Mulini Men's winners. Cinque Mulini. Retrieved on 2010-02-05.
- Cinque Mulini Women's winners. Cinque Mulini. Retrieved on 2010-02-05.
- Specific
- ^ a b c d e f Cinque Mulini: Italy's bonkers cross country race. Spikes Magazine. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
- ^ Cross Country Permit Meets. IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
- ^ a b c d History of Cinque Mulini (Italian). Cinque Mulini. Retrieved on 2010-02-05.
- ^ Cinque Mulini. ARRS (2010-02-03). Retrieved on 2010-02-05.
- ^ a b Sampaolo, Diego (2011-02-06). Lamdassem and Bekele are triumphant in the Cinque Mulini. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-01-31). Mesfin comes of age with 21st birthday victory at Cinque Mulini. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-05.
External links
IAAF cross country permit meetings Cross de Atapuerca • Oeiras International Cross Country • Lotto Cross Cup Brussels • Great Edinburgh International Cross Country • Cross Internacional de Itálica • Antrim International Cross Country • Cinque Mulini • KCB Nairobi Cross • Chiba International Cross Country • Fukuoka International Cross Country • Eurocross • Almond Blossom Cross Country
See also: IAAF World Cross Country Championships • Former meetings: Cross de Soria (2007-10) • Cross Valle de Llodio (2004–06) • Auchan Roncq Lille Metropole (2005) Categories:- Cross country running competitions
- Athletics competitions in Italy
- Recurring sporting events established in 1933
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