 cross country run general regulations  the course shall be approx 4 km held on a mix of grass gravel and concrete not only concrete each nation must participate with one team consisting of a minimum of 10 athletes their times are summed up mass start the track may consist of up to four laps females receive a 15 corrections in their times can be solved by starting them 2 min prior to males the athletes wear their national colours starting tracks are drawn at sports officers meeting reference to regulations  international regulations for cross country running placing  the nation with the lowest total time is the winner if the times are equal the school with the best individual time wins then the second best etc the winning nation receives 4 points the second best receives 3 points etc  cross country run cross country run cross country run cross country run  