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

The Junior 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]

Junior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition36th
DateMarch 30
Host cityEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom United Kingdom
VenueHolyrood Park
Events1
Distances7.905 km – Junior men
Participation109 athletes from
30 nations

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

Race results edit

Junior men's race (7.905 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Ibrahim Jeilan   Ethiopia 22:38
  Ayele Abshero   Ethiopia 22:40
  Lucas Kimeli Rotich   Kenya 22:42
4 Benjamin Kiplagat   Uganda 22:43
5 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei   Kenya 22:45
6 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio   Kenya 22:51
7 Peter Kimeli Some   Kenya 22:55
8 Geofrey Kusuro   Uganda 22:56
9 Amanuel Mesel   Eritrea 23:00
10 Levy Matebo Omari   Kenya 23:03
11 Hunegnaw Mesfin   Ethiopia 23:03
12 Stephen Kiprotich   Uganda 23:09
13 Abraham Kiplimo   Uganda 23:17
14 Feyisa Liesa   Ethiopia 23:18
15 Charles Kibet Chepkurui   Kenya 23:24
16 Issak Sibhatu   Eritrea 23:25
17 Tonny Wamulwa   Zambia 23:26
18 Dejen Gebremeskel   Ethiopia 23:34
19 Tsegai Tewelde   Eritrea 23:48
20 Hirotaka Tamura   Japan 23:55
21 Yetwale Kende   Ethiopia 23:58
22 Ben Siwa   Uganda 24:01
23 Sidi-Hassan Chahdi   France 24:04
24 David Forrester   United Kingdom 24:14
25 German Fernandez   United States 24:15
26 Emil Heineking   United States 24:16
27 Youssef Nasir   Morocco 24:18
28 Sondre Nordstad Moen   Norway 24:21
29 Adil Rached   Morocco 24:22
30 Matthew Leeder   Canada 24:26
31 Ryan Gregson   Australia 24:28
32 Shun Kurihara   Japan 24:30
33 Hiroyuki Sasaki   Japan 24:31
34 Ryuji Kashiwabara   Japan 24:33
35 Kevin Williams   United States 24:34
36 Charles Bett Koech   Qatar 24:35
37 Akinobu Murasawa   Japan 24:36
38 Hasan Pak   Turkey 24:37
39 Mohamed Mekkaoui   Morocco 24:37
40 Dominic Channon   New Zealand 24:42
41 Abdelghani Aït Bahmad   Morocco 24:42
42 Abdelmadjed Touil   Algeria 24:45
43 Imad Touil   Algeria 24:46
44 Kenta Chiba   Japan 24:49
45 Houssem Rouabhi   Algeria 24:53
46 Hugo Beamish   New Zealand 24:55
47 Richard Everest   Australia 24:57
48 Craig Murphy   Ireland 25:00
49 Cihat Ulus   Turkey 25:01
50 Aleksandr Kuternin   Canada 25:02
51 Mohammed Ahmed   Canada 25:03
52 Ryan Sheridan   United States 25:03
53 Bruno Albuquerque   Portugal 25:04
54 Duer Yoa   Australia 25:05
55 Mitchell Goose   United Kingdom 25:06
56 Ross Murray   United Kingdom 25:10
57 Matthew Hughes   Canada 25:17
58 Abdellah Dacha   Morocco 25:19
59 Vedat Gönen   Turkey 25:19
60 Nyjal Majock   Canada 25:19
61 Daniel Mateo   Spain 25:19
62 José Márcio Da Silva   Brazil 25:20
63 Gilberto Lopes   Brazil 25:21
64 Simon Denissel   France 25:23
65 Mark Tolstikhin   Russia 25:26
66 Peter Corrigan   Canada 25:27
67 Dewi Griffiths   United Kingdom 25:29
68 José Manuel González   Spain 25:32
69 Ahmed El Mazoury   Italy 25:34
70 Moussa Ziani   Algeria 25:35
71 Krystian Zalewski   Poland 25:36
72 Benjamin Johnson   United States 25:37
73 Evgeny Ryzhov   Russia 25:37
74 Paulo Carvalho   Brazil 25:37
75 Michael Mulhare   Ireland 25:38
76 Víctor Corrales   Spain 25:38
77 Abdelkader Khanous   Algeria 25:40
78 François Leprovost   France 25:40
79 Paulo Pinheiro   Portugal 25:40
80 Sityhilo Diko   South Africa 25:45
81 Simon Horsfield   United Kingdom 25:45
82 Senzo Nkosi   South Africa 25:46
83 Benoit Calandreau   France 25:47
84 Sebastian Martos   Spain 25:47
85 Guillermo Durán   Spain 25:48
86 Robert Moldovan   United States 25:49
87 Mohamed Mahcene   Algeria 25:51
88 Hicham El Amrani   Morocco 25:52
89 David Flynn   Ireland 25:53
90 Ashley Watson   Australia 25:58
91 Liam Tremble   Ireland 26:01
92 Carlos Alonso   Spain 26:02
93 Phillip Berntsen   United Kingdom 26:06
94 Ian Ward   Ireland 26:09
95 Houssem Bouallagui   France 26:11
96 Viacheslav Shalamov   Russia 26:13
97 Víctor Aravena   Chile 26:15
98 Anatoly Yakovlev   Russia 26:19
99 Patrick Hogan   Ireland 26:23
100 Éderson Pereira   Brazil 26:25
101 Yousef Al-Lathaa   Yemen 26:30
102 Anthony Baumal   France 26:39
103 Jorge Santa Cruz   Portugal 26:52
104 Sydney Ngwenya   South Africa 26:57
105 Sven Spanic   Croatia 27:11
106 Ivan Khitrov   Russia 28:19
107 Motasem Akkawi   Jordan 29:40
108 Ahmed Taher   United Arab Emirates 31:16
Dmitry Zubkov   Russia DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Lucas Kimeli Rotich 3
Titus Kipjumba Mbishei 5
Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio 6
Peter Kimeli Some 7
(Levy Matebo Omari) (10)
(Charles Kibet Chepkurui) (15)
21
    Ethiopia
Ibrahim Jeilan 1
Ayele Abshero 2
Hunegnaw Mesfin 11
Feyisa Liesa 14
(Dejen Gebremeskel) (18)
(Yetwale Kende) (21)
28
    Uganda
Benjamin Kiplagat 4
Geofrey Kusuro 8
Stephen Kiprotich 12
Abraham Kiplimo 13
(Ben Siwa) (22)
37
4   Japan
Hirotaka Tamura 20
Shun Kurihara 32
Hiroyuki Sasaki 33
Ryuji Kashiwabara 34
(Akinobu Murasawa) (37)
(Kenta Chiba) (44)
119
5   Morocco
Youssef Nasir 27
Adil Rached 29
Mohamed Mekkaoui 39
Abdelghani Aït Bahmad 41
(Abdellah Dacha) (58)
(Hicham El Amrani) (88)
136
6   United States
German Fernandez 25
Emil Heineking 26
Kevin Williams 35
Ryan Sheridan 52
(Benjamin Johnson) (72)
(Robert Moldovan) (86)
138
7   Canada
Matthew Leeder 30
Aleksandr Kuternin 50
Mohammed Ahmed 51
Matthew Hughes 57
(Nyjal Majock) (60)
(Peter Corrigan) (66)
188
8   Algeria
Abdelmadjed Touil 42
Imad Touil 43
Houssem Rouabhi 45
Moussa Ziani 70
(Abdelkader Khanous) (77)
(Mohamed Mahcene) (87)
200
9   United Kingdom
David Forrester 24
Mitchell Goose 55
Ross Murray 56
Dewi Griffiths 67
(Simon Horsfield) (81)
(Phillip Berntsen) (93)
202
10   Australia
Ryan Gregson 31
Richard Everest 47
Duer Yoa 54
Ashley Watson 90
222
11   France
Sidi-Hassan Chahdi 23
Simon Denissel 64
François Leprovost 78
Benoit Calandreau 83
(Houssem Bouallagui) (95)
(Anthony Baumal) (102)
248
12   Spain
Daniel Mateo 61
José Manuel González 68
Víctor Corrales 76
Sebastian Martos 84
(Guillermo Durán) (85)
(Carlos Alonso) (92)
289
13   Brazil
José Márcio Da Silva 62
Gilberto Lopes 63
Paulo Carvalho 74
Éderson Pereira 100
299
14   Ireland
Craig Murphy 48
Michael Mulhare 75
David Flynn 89
Liam Tremble 91
(Ian Ward) (94)
(Patrick Hogan) (99)
303
15   Russia
Mark Tolstikhin 65
Evgeny Ryzhov 73
Viacheslav Shalamov 96
Anatoly Yakovlev 98
(Ivan Khitrov) (106)
(Dmitry Zubkov) (DNF)
332
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 109 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - SUMMARY OF PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2, retrieved November 2, 2013
  2. ^ "Athletics - World cross-country championships - Bekele wins sixth world cross-country title; Dibaba also wins", The New York Times, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
  3. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2008), "Coronation of King Kenenisa", Herald, retrieved November 4, 2013
  4. ^ Powell, David (March 30, 2008), World Junior 10,000m champion makes up for Mombasa 'dnf', IAAF, retrieved November 4, 2013
  5. ^ Junior Race - M Final, IAAF, March 30, 2008, archived from the original on November 4, 2013, retrieved November 4, 2013
  6. ^ Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 30 MAR 2008 - Junior Race - men, IAAF, March 30, 2008, archived from the original on 2013-11-09, retrieved November 4, 2013
  7. ^ 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Junior Race - Men - Results (PDF), IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
  8. ^ Official Team Results Junior Race - M, IAAF, March 30, 2008, archived from the original on November 4, 2013, retrieved November 4, 2013
  9. ^ Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 30 MAR 2008 - Junior Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 30, 2008, archived from the original on 2013-11-09, retrieved November 4, 2013
  10. ^ 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Junior Race - Men - Team Standings (PDF), IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013