2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008.[1] Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4]

Senior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition36th
DateMarch 30
Host cityEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
VenueHolyrood Park
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation179 athletes from
45 nations

Complete results for individuals,[5][6][7] and for teams[8][9][10] were published.

Race results

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia34:38
Leonard Patrick Komon Kenya34:41
Zersenay Tadese Eritrea34:43
4Joseph Ebuya Kenya34:47
5Moses Ndiema Masai Kenya35:02
6Felix Kikwai Kibore Qatar35:15
7Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny Kenya35:16
8Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Qatar35:18
9Habtamu Fikadu Ethiopia35:19
10Bernard Kiprop Kipyego Kenya35:24
11Hosea Mwok Macharinyang Kenya35:24
12Augustine Kiprono Choge Kenya35:26
13Moses Kipsiro Uganda35:29
14Mark Kosgei Kiptoo Kenya35:39
15Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia35:40
16Boniface Kiprop Uganda35:41
17Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia35:59
18John Kimondo Thuo Kenya36:00
19Jorge Torres United States36:03
20Yonas Kifle Eritrea36:09
21Dereje Debele Ethiopia36:10
22Sultan Khamis Zaman Qatar36:12
23Teklemariam Medhin Eritrea36:13
24Juan Carlos de la Ossa Spain36:15
25Mubarak Hassan Shami Qatar36:17
26Kidane Tadasse Eritrea36:25
27Cuthbert Nyasango Zimbabwe36:28
28Abdellah Falil Morocco36:30
29Martin Toroitich Uganda36:33
30Jamel Chatbi Morocco36:35
31Craig Mottram Australia36:40
32Anis Selmouni Morocco36:42
33Abdelhadi El Mouaziz Morocco36:43
34Gamal Belal Salem Qatar36:43
35Ahmed Baday Morocco36:46
36Ayad Lamdassem Spain36:49
37Brahim Beloua Morocco36:49
38Amanuel Woldeselassie Eritrea36:50
39Khalid Kamal Yaseen Bahrain36:51
40Chakir Boujattaoui Morocco36:51
41Abebe Dinkesa Ethiopia36:51
42Yahia Azaïdj Algeria36:52
43Josh Rohatinsky United States36:52
44Moorosi Soke South Africa36:53
45Edwardo Torres United States36:56
46Wilson Busienei Uganda37:02
47Mourad Marofit Morocco37:04
48Essa Ismail Rashed Qatar37:07
49Moses Aliwa Uganda37:08
50Michael Shelley Australia37:09
51Scott Bauhs United States37:15
52Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab Eritrea37:15
53Marílson Dos Santos Brazil37:17
54Max King United States37:20
55Simon Ayeko Uganda37:20
56José Manuel Martínez Spain37:21
57Zembaba Yigeze Ethiopia37:22
58Gianmarco Buttazzo Italy37:24
59Ahmed Naïli Algeria37:27
60Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Bahrain37:27
61Ali Dawoud Sedam Qatar37:27
62Thomas Humphries United Kingdom37:27
63Nicholas Kiprono Uganda37:32
64Carles Castillejo Spain37:34
65Michael Skinner United Kingdom37:35
66Andrew Ledwith Ireland37:37
67Moustafa Ahmed Shebto Qatar37:40
68David McNeill Australia37:41
69Liam Adams Australia37:41
70Andrea Lalli Italy37:44
71Licinio Pimentel Portugal37:44
72Frank Tickner United Kingdom37:49
73Collis Birmingham Australia37:49
74Stephen Mokoka South Africa37:52
75Al Mustafa Riyadh Bahrain37:53
76Manuel Damião Portugal37:55
77Mike Tebulo Malawi37:57
78Andrew Lemoncello United Kingdom37:57
79Andrew Jones United Kingdom37:57
80Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga Burundi38:00
81Naser Jamal Naser Qatar38:02
82Philip Wicks United Kingdom38:02
83José Luis Blanco Spain38:02
84James Carney United States38:04
85Antonio David Jiménez Spain38:06
86Kiflom Sium Eritrea38:07
87Iván Galán Spain38:10
88Yoshitaka Iwamizu Japan38:11
89Rabie Mekhloufi Algeria38:11
90James Gosselin Canada38:12
91Paulo Gomes Portugal38:13
92Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi Libya38:13
93Yuki Sato Japan38:19
94Tsuyoshi Ugachi Japan38:20
95Joël Bourgeois Canada38:23
96Jonathan Pierce United States38:23
97Rabah Aboud Algeria38:24
98Aïssa Dahmar Algeria38:24
99Daniele Meucci Italy38:28
100José Rocha Portugal38:28
101Boiphemelo Selagaboy Botswana38:29
102Samuel Tsegay Eritrea38:30
103Kaelo Mosalagae Botswana38:31
104Martin Dent Australia38:31
105Makoto Tobimatsu Japan38:32
106Hermano Ferreira Portugal38:33
107Moeketsi Mosuhli Lesotho38:34
108Andrew Letherby Australia38:35
109Ryan Bak United States38:36
110Jonay González Spain38:39
111Cédric Pelissier France38:42
112Brahim Chettah Algeria38:43
113Ihar Tsetserukou Belarus38:43
114Andrew Vernon United Kingdom38:43
115Yuki Nakamura Japan38:43
116Alex Hutchinson Canada38:44
117Roberto Oliveira Brazil38:45
118José Ramos Portugal38:45
119Reyes Estévez Spain38:47
120Satoru Kitamura Japan38:48
121Unaswi Dambe Botswana38:48
122Hiroyoshi Umegae Japan38:49
123Hidekazu Sato Japan38:51
124Damião Ancelmo De Souza Brazil39:00
125James Walsh United Kingdom39:01
126Ben St.Lawrence Australia39:02
127Jesper Faurschou Denmark39:03
128Paul McNamara Ireland39:05
129Dylan Wykes Canada39:06
130Nathan Chebet Uganda39:10
131Ahmed Dali Algeria39:11
132Yang Dinghong China39:11
133Ueli Koch  Switzerland39:12
134Rapula Diphoko Botswana39:12
135Mick Clohisey Ireland39:13
136John Beattie United Kingdom39:21
137Abdelatif Chemlal Morocco39:25
138Derek Nakluski Canada39:26
139Solomon Tsige Ethiopia39:26
140Brian Maher Ireland39:29
141Dong Guojian China39:33
142Yuri Chechun Kyrgyzstan39:42
143Spencer Morrison Canada39:45
144Gary Thornton Ireland39:50
145Colin Fewer Canada39:52
146Dimcho Mitsov Bulgaria39:53
147Ahmed Hassein Hassein Egypt39:56
148Sevak Yeghikyan Armenia39:57
149Adel Mahdjoub Libya39:58
150Cleve Thorson Canada40:01
151Alexandra Motone South Africa40:18
152José Eloy Brazil40:19
153Huang Jinhong China40:26
154Cleveland Forde Guyana40:27
155Shepherd Kenatshele Botswana40:27
156Rees Buck New Zealand40:34
157José Maduro Portugal40:35
158Mohammad Al Kafraini Jordan41:00
159Trevor Caldwell Canada41:47
160Ditiro Ramagapu Botswana42:03
161José Ferreira Brazil42:23
162Gaylord Silly Seychelles43:03
163Perhat Annagylyjov Turkmenistan43:27
164Fikret Gafarov Azerbaijan45:37
165Christopher Symonds Ghana46:56
—Ricardo Ribas PortugalDNF
—Mahmoud Abuattaya PalestineDNF
—Cosme Ancelmo De Souza BrazilDNF
—Vincent Mulvey IrelandDNF
—Alistair Ian Cragg IrelandDNF
—Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria BahrainDNF
—Ed Moran United StatesDNF
—Alejandro Suárez MexicoDNF
—Dieudonné Disi RwandaDNF
—Stefano La Rosa ItalyDNF
—Demssew Tsega EthiopiaDNF
—Hasan Mahboob BahrainDNF
—Saif Hamad Al-Rashedi United Arab EmiratesDQ
—Fathi Meftah AlgeriaDQ†
—Saleh Besheer Madjed BahrainDNS
—Roman Prodius MoldovaDNS
—Arjun Kumar Basnet   NepalDNS
—Danjuma Kopkuddi NigeriaDNS
—Akhilomeh Joseph NigeriaDNS
—Gervais Hakizimana RwandaDNS
—Sylvain Rukundo RwandaDNS
—Jean Baptiste Simukeka RwandaDNS
—Khamis Sultan Dawood BahrainDNS

†: Fathi Meftah from  Algeria finished 35th in 36:44 min, but was disqualified because of doping violations.[11]

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Kenya
Leonard Patrick Komon2
Joseph Ebuya4
Moses Ndiema Masai5
Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny7
Bernard Kiprop Kipyego10
Hosea Mwok Macharinyang11
(Augustine Kiprono Choge)(12)
(Mark Kosgei Kiptoo)(14)
(John Kimondo Thuo)(18)
 39
 Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele1
Habtamu Fikadu9
Sileshi Sihine15
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam17
Dereje Debele21
Abebe Dinkesa41
(Zembaba Yigeze)(57)
(Solomon Tsige)(139)
(Demssew Tsega)(DNF)
 104
 Qatar
Felix Kikwai Kibore6
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah8
Sultan Khamis Zaman22
Mubarak Hassan Shami25
Gamal Belal Salem34
Essa Ismail Rashed48
(Ali Dawoud Sedam)(61)
(Moustafa Ahmed Shebto)(67)
(Naser Jamal Naser)(81)
 143
4 Eritrea
Zersenay Tadese3
Yonas Kifle20
Teklemariam Medhin23
Kidane Tadasse26
Amanuel Woldeselassie38
Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab52
(Kiflom Sium)(86)
(Samuel Tsegay)(102)
 162
5 Morocco
Abdellah Falil28
Jamel Chatbi30
Anis Selmouni32
Abdelhadi El Mouaziz33
Ahmed Baday35
Brahim Beloua37
(Chakir Boujattaoui)(40)
(Mourad Marofit)(47)
(Abdelatif Chemlal)(137)
 195
6 Uganda
Moses Kipsiro13
Boniface Kiprop16
Martin Toroitich29
Wilson Busienei46
Moses Aliwa49
Simon Ayeko55
(Nicholas Kiprono)(63)
(Nathan Chebet)(130)
 208
7 United States
Jorge Torres19
Josh Rohatinsky43
Edwardo Torres45
Scott Bauhs51
Max King54
James Carney84
(Jonathan Pierce)(96)
(Ryan Bak)(109)
(Ed Moran)(DNF)
 296
8 Spain
Juan Carlos de la Ossa24
Ayad Lamdassem36
José Manuel Martínez56
Carles Castillejo64
José Luis Blanco83
Antonio David Jiménez85
(Iván Galán)(87)
(Jonay González)(110)
(Reyes Estévez)(119)
 348
9 Australia
Craig Mottram31
Michael Shelley50
David Mcneill68
Liam Adams69
Collis Birmingham73
Martin Dent104
(Andrew Letherby)(108)
(Ben St.Lawrence)(126)
 395
10 United Kingdom
Thomas Humphries62
Michael Skinner65
Frank Tickner72
Andrew Lemoncello78
Andrew Jones79
Philip Wicks82
(Andrew Vernon)(114)
(James Walsh)(125)
(John Beattie)(136)
 438
11 Algeria
Yahia Azaïdj42
Ahmed Naïli59
Rabie Mekhloufi89
Rabah Aboud97
Aïssa Dahmar98
Brahim Chettah112
(Ahmed Dali)(131)
(Fathi Meftah)(DQ)
 497
12 Portugal
Licinio Pimentel71
Manuel Damião76
Paulo Gomes91
José Rocha100
Hermano Ferreira106
José Ramos118
(José Maduro)(157)
(Ricardo Ribas)(DNF)
 562
13 Japan
Yoshitaka Iwamizu88
Yuki Sato93
Tsuyoshi Ugachi94
Makoto Tobimatsu105
Yuki Nakamura115
Satoru Kitamura120
(Hiroyoshi Umegae)(122)
(Hidekazu Sato)(123)
 615
14 Canada
James Gosselin90
Joël Bourgeois95
Alex Hutchinson116
Dylan Wykes129
Derek Nakluski138
Spencer Morrison143
(Colin Fewer)(145)
(Cleve Thorson)(150)
(Trevor Caldwell)(159)
 711
15 Botswana
Boiphemelo Selagaboy101
Kaelo Mosalagae103
Unaswi Dambe121
Rapula Diphoko134
Shepherd Kenatshele155
Ditiro Ramagapu160
 774
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 179 athletes from 45 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[1] The announced athletes from  Moldova, Nepal, and  Nigeria did not show.[5][6][7]

See also

References
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