Campaccio

The Campaccio is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in early January in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy.

[3] The event was first held in 1957 in a rough patch of farmland in the town and derives its name from the word "Campasc", which means "uncultivated field" in the local dialect.

[8][9] Past winners on the men's side include world champions Paul Tergat, Kenenisa Bekele, Haile Gebrselassie and Eliud Kipchoge.

The women's race has been won by world champions Jackline Maranga, Ingrid Kristiansen and Grete Waitz, as well as prominent marathoners Uta Pippig and Paula Radcliffe.

[5][4] On the 6th January 2025, during the 68th edition, the Olympic Silver Medalist of the 10.000m at the Paris 2024 Games, Nadia Battocletti, wins the women's race, marking the return of an Italian winner in the event for the first time after 31 years, when had triumphed Silvia Sommaggio.

Trees on the race course in San Giorgio su Legnano
Three-time Boston Marathon winner Uta Pippig won in 1991.
Multiple Olympic and world champion Haile Gebrselassie was the 1994 men's winner.
Paul Tergat won both the Campaccio and World Cross Championships in 1997.
Nine-time European Cross winner Serhiy Lebid was victorious in both 2003 and 2005.
Hungarian Anikó Kálovics won three times consecutively from 2009 to 2011.