Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga muna 1973, IAAF yakatanga kugamuchira World Cross Country Championships yakatumidzwazve gore negore. Muna 1975, varume veNew Zealand nevakadzi veUnited States vakakunda, vachiratidzira makwikwi okutanga nenyika dzisiri dzeEurope. Muna 1981 rudzi rweAfrica (Ethiopia) rwakakunda nhangemutange yevarume kwenguva yokutanga, uye makore gumi gare gare rudzi rweAfrica (Kenya) rwakakunda nhangemutange yevakadzi kwenguva yokutanga. Ethiopia kana kuti Kenya yakabata zita rimwe nerimwe revarume kubvira muna 1981 uye zita rimwe nerimwe revakadzi kubvira muna 2001
. Kusvika mugore ra2010, Kenya yakunda makwikwi eWorld Cross Country Championships makumi mana uye Ethiopia yakunda makumi maviri nematatu.