1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times,[1] in the Herald,[2] and for the IAAF.[3]

Junior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition26th
DateMarch 22
Host cityMarrakech, Morocco Morocco
VenueMenara district
Events1
Distances8 km – Junior men
Participation133 athletes from
40 nations

Complete results for individuals,[4][5][6] for teams,[4][7][8] medallists,[9] and the results of British athletes[10] were published.

Race results edit

Junior men's race (8 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Million Wolde   Ethiopia 22:47
  Richard Limo   Kenya 22:50
  Haylu Mekonnen   Ethiopia 22:51
4 Yibeltal Admassu   Ethiopia 22:53
5 Douglas Mumanyi   Kenya 22:54
6 Reuben Kamzee   Kenya 22:55
7 Titus Kipkemboi   Kenya 23:02
8 Alene Emere   Ethiopia 23:06
9 Yitbarek Eshetu   Ethiopia 23:14
10 Adil Kaouch   Morocco 23:17
11 Abraham Cherono   Kenya 23:25
12 Geofrey Naibei   Kenya 23:32
13 Mustapha Mellouk   Morocco 23:55
14 Hailemariam Tegafaw   Ethiopia 24:02
15 Job Sikoria   Uganda 24:06
16 Jafred Lorone   Uganda 24:07
17 Vincent Kuotane   South Africa 24:13
18 Jeffrey Gwebu   South Africa 24:21
19 Ryan Shay   United States 24:22
20 Driss Benismail   Morocco 24:22
21 Kenichiro Setoguchi   Japan 24:35
22 Ahmed Issaoui   Tunisia 24:38
23 Hicham Lamalem   Morocco 24:39
24 Kazunobu Fuse   Japan 24:39
25 Kazuyoshi Tokumoto   Japan 24:40
26 Gabe Jennings   United States 24:42
27 Takhir Mamashayev   Kazakhstan 24:43
28 Whitey Modibe   South Africa 24:46
29 Miguel Angel Pinto   Spain 24:49
30 Yuji Ibi   Japan 24:53
31 Fethi Meftah   Algeria 24:53
32 Mark Thompson   Australia 24:54
33 Francis Musani   Uganda 24:54
34 Shinichiro Okuda   Japan 24:55
35 Tayeb Filali   Algeria 24:57
36 Jorge Torres   United States 24:58
37 Hebert Chokera   Zimbabwe 24:58
38 Wirimai Juwawo   Zimbabwe 24:59
39 George Mofokeng   South Africa 25:01
40 Martin Toroitich   Uganda 25:02
41 Iván Galán   Spain 25:03
42 Ouhand Madani   Algeria 25:05
43 Georges Burrier   France 25:06
44 Gavin Thompson   United Kingdom 25:07
45 Chris Thompson   United Kingdom 25:08
46 Luiz Paula   Brazil 25:10
47 Rafael Martin   Spain 25:12
48 Giovanni Gualdi   Italy 25:13
49 Ferenc Békési   Hungary 25:14
50 Pedro Nimo   Spain 25:14
51 Antony Lokinyen   Canada 25:15
52 Ovidiu Tat   Romania 25:15
53 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden 25:16
54 Olivier Chardon   France 25:16
55 Nourreddine Bourfaa   Algeria 25:17
56 Ahmed Naïli   Algeria 25:19
57 Yousri Hamdi   Tunisia 25:19
58 Tomoki Sugiyama   Japan 25:23
59 Koen Raymaekers   Netherlands 25:24
60 Yusuf Zepak   Turkey 25:27
61 Mircea Bota   Romania 25:28
62 Joseph Nsubuga   Uganda 25:30
63 Andrey Kuznetsov   Russia 25:31
64 Carlo Schuff   Germany 25:32
65 Adelmir Maier   Brazil 25:33
66 Barry Egan   Ireland 25:33
67 Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 25:34
68 Andrew Beckwith   United Kingdom 25:35
69 Oleg Gutnik   Belarus 25:36
70 Musa mukomazi   Zimbabwe 25:36
71 Nicolas Winkel   United States 25:37
72 Fakureddine Romdhani   Tunisia 25:38
73 Adel Gharsalli   Tunisia 25:40
74 Raymond Fontaine   France 25:41
75 David Stanley   United Kingdom 25:41
76 Enda Johnson   Ireland 25:42
77 Arbey Rivera   Colombia 25:45
78 Roberto Del Soglio   Italy 25:46
79 David Milne   Canada 25:48
80 Kevin Paulsen   France 25:49
81 Nick Mapp   United Kingdom 25:50
82 Edegar Lobo   Brazil 25:51
83 Marco Corino   Italy 25:51
84 Saïd Berrioui   Morocco 25:52
85 Radhouane El Barni   France 25:54
86 Chad Roberts   Australia 25:55
87 Alvaro Jiménez   Spain 25:55
88 Omar Chavarría   Mexico 25:56
89 Cedric Tentelier   France 25:57
90 Giovanni Catastimenti   Italy 25:59
91 Siyami Türkmen   Turkey 26:01
92 Monel Sabou   Romania 26:01
93 Adrián Peña   Spain 26:03
94 Balázs László   Hungary 26:06
95 Máté Németh   Hungary 26:08
96 Turo Inkiläinen   Finland 26:09
97 Javier Guarin   Colombia 26:10
98 Juan Hernandez   Colombia 26:10
99 Jonathan Matos   Brazil 26:11
100 Hikmat Dastan   Turkey 26:11
101 Lachlan Chisholm   Australia 26:12
102 David Rodriquez   United States 26:13
103 Martin Fedmowski   Australia 26:17
104 Slavko Petrović   Croatia 26:19
105 Paul Morrison   Canada 26:30
106 Andres Mendoza   Mexico 26:32
107 Joeri Jansen   Belgium 26:37
108 Calin Macra   Romania 26:41
109 Sakir Kaya   Turkey 26:43
110 Artyon Zhigalov   Kazakhstan 26:51
111 Jassim Mohammed   United Arab Emirates 26:56
112 Steve Osadiuk   Canada 27:01
113 Norbert Csorba   Hungary 27:06
114 Radu Stroia   Romania 27:07
115 João Varela   Portugal 27:14
116 Willem Rooi   Namibia 27:15
117 Cristiano Mauricio   Canada 27:21
118 Fabian Daza   Colombia 27:27
119 Faustin Mukurarinda   Rwanda 27:29
120 Lorenzo Cannata   Italy 27:51
121 Willie McComb   Canada 28:15
122 Alistair Cragg   South Africa 28:27
123 Mustapha Kharouf   Lebanon 28:28
124 Diyattin Koclardan   Turkey 28:41
125 Youssef Karaki   Lebanon 29:26
126 Dovletmomed Nazarov   Turkmenistan 30:07
127 Abdel Salam Al-Dabajy   Palestine 34:11
Sam Haughian   United Kingdom DNF
Pasqualino Zammataro   Italy DNF
Sylvester Mokalakane   South Africa DNF
Farai Nemahwedza   Zimbabwe DNF
Mohamed Abdeloui   Algeria DNF
Ahmed Baday   Morocco DQ

: Ahmed Baday of   Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 24:18 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.[11]

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Ethiopia
Million Wolde 1
Haylu Mekonnen 3
Yibeltal Admassu 4
Alene Emere 8
(Yitbarek Eshetu) (9)
(Hailemariam Tegafaw) (14)
16
    Kenya
Richard Limo 2
Douglas Mumanyi 5
Reuben Kamzee 6
Titus Kipkemboi 7
(Abraham Cherono) (11)
(Geofrey Naibei) (12)
20
    Morocco
Adil Kaouch 10
Mustapha Mellouk 13
Driss Benismail 20
Hicham Lamalem 23
(Saïd Berrioui) (84)
66
4   Japan
Kenichiro Setoguchi 21
Kazunobu Fuse 24
Kazuyoshi Tokumoto 25
Yuji Ibi 30
(Shinichiro Okuda) (34)
(Tomoki Sugiyama) (58)
100
5   South Africa
Vincent Kuotane 17
Jeffrey Gwebu 18
Whitey Modibe 28
George Mofokeng 39
(Alistair Cragg) (122)
(Sylvester Mokalakane) (DNF)
102
6   Uganda
Job Sikoria 15
Jafred Lorone 16
Francis Musani 33
Martin Toroitich 40
(Joseph Nsubuga) (62)
104
7   United States
Ryan Shay 19
Gabe Jennings 26
Jorge Torres 36
Nicolas Winkel 71
(David Rodriquez) (102)
152
8   Algeria
Fethi Meftah 31
Tayeb Filali 35
Ouhand Madani 42
Nourreddine Bourfaa 55
(Ahmed Naïli) (56)
(Mohamed Abdeloui) (DNF)
163
9   Spain
Miguel Angel Pinto 29
Iván Galán 41
Rafael Martin 47
Pedro Nimo 50
(Alvaro Jiménez) (87)
(Adrián Peña) (93)
167
10   Tunisia
Ahmed Issaoui 22
Yousri Hamdi 57
Fakureddine Romdhani 72
Adel Gharsalli 73
224
11   United Kingdom
Gavin Thompson 44
Chris Thompson 45
Andrew Beckwith 68
David Stanley 75
(Nick Mapp) (81)
(Sam Haughian) (DNF)
232
12   France
Georges Burrier 43
Olivier Chardon 54
Raymond Fontaine 74
Kevin Paulsen 80
(Radhouane El Barni) (85)
(Cedric Tentelier) (89)
251
13   Brazil
Luiz Paula 46
Adelmir Maier 65
Edegar Lobo 82
Jonathan Matos 99
292
14   Italy
Giovanni Gualdi 48
Roberto Del Soglio 78
Marco Corino 83
Giovanni Catastimenti 90
(Lorenzo Cannata) (120)
(Pasqualino Zammataro) (DNF)
299
15   Romania
Ovidiu Tat 52
Mircea Bota 61
Monel Sabou 92
Calin Macra 108
(Radu Stroia) (114)
313
16   Australia
Mark Thompson 32
Chad Roberts 86
Lachlan Chisholm 101
Martin Fedmowski 103
322
17   Canada
Antony Lokinyen 51
David Milne 79
Paul Morrison 105
Steve Osadiuk 112
(Cristiano Mauricio) (117)
(Willie McComb) (121)
347
18   Hungary
Ferenc Békési 49
Balázs László 94
Máté Németh 95
Norbert Csorba 113
351
19   Turkey
Yusuf Zepak 60
Siyami Türkmen 91
Hikmat Dastan 100
Sakir Kaya 109
(Diyattin Koclardan) (124)
360
20   Colombia
Arbey Rivera 77
Javier Guarin 97
Juan Hernandez 98
Fabian Daza 118
390
DNF   Zimbabwe
Hebert Chokera (37)
Wirimai Juwawo (38)
Musa Nkomazi (70)
Farai Nemahwedza (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 133 athletes from 40 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[10]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dunaway, James (March 23, 1998), "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Tergat Makes It Four Straight", The New York Times, retrieved October 28, 2013
  2. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1998), O'Sullivan a crown jewel out of Africa, Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013
  3. ^ Butler, Mark, Ethiopia strikes back, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  4. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Marrakech Menara district Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 28, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR Men - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, archived from the original on 2012-08-19, retrieved October 28, 2013
  6. ^ Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Junior Race - men, IAAF, March 22, 1998, archived from the original on 2013-10-30, retrieved October 28, 2013
  7. ^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR Men - Team - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  8. ^ Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Junior Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 22, 1998, archived from the original on 2013-10-30, retrieved October 28, 2013
  9. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 28, 2013
  10. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 28, 2013
  11. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 11, retrieved November 2, 2013