The 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 18/19, 2000.

The races were held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal.

Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] Complete results[10] for senior men,[11][12] for senior men's teams,[11][13] for men's short race,[14][15] for men's short race teams,[14][16] for junior men,[17][18] for junior men's teams,[17][19] senior women,[20][21] for senior women's teams,[20][22] for women's short race,[23][24] for women's short race teams,[23][25] for junior women,[26][27] for junior women's teams,[26][28] medallists,[29] and the results of British athletes who took part[30] were published.

[30] The announced athletes from  Cameroon,  Equatorial Guinea,  Guatemala,  Iran, and  Trinidad and Tobago did not show.