1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 28, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Glasgow Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4]

Senior men's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition27th
DateMarch 28
Host cityBelfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom United Kingdom
VenueBarnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation165 athletes from
46 nations

Complete results for individuals,[5][6][7] for teams,[5][8][9] medallists,[10] and the results of British athletes who took part[11] were published.

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Paul Tergat   Kenya 38:28
  Patrick Ivuti   Kenya 38:32
  Paulo Guerra   Portugal 38:46
4 Joshua Chelanga   Kenya 39:05
5 Evans Rutto   Kenya 39:12
6 Paul Koech   Kenya 39:51
7 Mohammed Mourhit   Belgium 40:09
8 Jon Brown   United Kingdom 40:09
9 Habte Jifar   Ethiopia 40:21
10 Domingos Castro   Portugal 40:25
11 Assefa Mezegebu   Ethiopia 40:33
12 Róbert Štefko   Slovakia 40:39
13 Lahcen Benyoussef   Morocco 40:42
14 Eduardo Henriques   Portugal 40:46
15 Saïd El Wardi   Morocco 40:53
16 Carsten Jørgensen   Denmark 40:57
17 Girma Tolla   Ethiopia 40:59
18 Kamel Kohil   Algeria 41:04
19 Giuliano Battocletti   Italy 41:05
20 Tesfaye Tola   Ethiopia 41:06
21 Alan Culpepper   United States 41:10
22 Gary Stolz   United States 41:12
23 Javier Cortés   Spain 41:14
24 Enrique Molina   Spain 41:17
25 Daniele Caimmi   Italy 41:20
26 Ayele Mezegebu   Ethiopia 41:24
27 José Carlos Adán   Spain 41:25
28 Koen van Rie   Belgium 41:29
29 José Manuel García   Spain 41:33
30 Fabián Roncero   Spain 41:37
31 Umberto Pusterla   Italy 41:39
32 Mauricio Díaz   Chile 41:41
33 Nicolae Negru   Romania 41:41
34 Keith Cullen   United Kingdom 41:42
35 Kamiel Maase   Netherlands 41:43
36 Tony Cosey   United States 41:47
37 Tegenu Abebe   Ethiopia 41:51
38 Saïd Berrioui   Morocco 42:02
39 Tom Nyariki   Kenya 42:04
40 Faustin Saktay   Tanzania 42:05
41 Lee Troop   Australia 42:06
42 Smail Sghir   Morocco 42:07
43 Mohamed Driouche   Algeria 42:08
44 John Ferrin   Ireland 42:12
45 Salaho Ngadi   Tanzania 42:13
46 Yahia Azaidj   Algeria 42:16
47 Abel Chimukoko   Zimbabwe 42:17
48 David Galindo   Mexico 42:21
49 Alberto Maravilha   Portugal 42:23
50 Sebastiano Mazzara   Italy 42:26
51 Richard Potts   New Zealand 42:29
52 Glynn Tromans   United Kingdom 42:30
53 Francis Robert Naali   Tanzania 42:30
54 Clint Wells   United States 42:33
55 Marc Vanderstraeten   Belgium 42:37
56 Dermot Donnelly   Ireland 42:38
57 Abner Chipu   South Africa 42:38
58 William Vasquez   Colombia 42:39
59 Roman Kejzar   Slovenia 42:41
60 Jeff Schiebler   Canada 42:42
61 Marcel Versteeg   Netherlands 42:42
62 Dean Cavuoto   Australia 42:44
63 Patrick Kaotsane   South Africa 42:47
64 Hendrick Ramaala   South Africa 42:48
65 Andrew Pearson   United Kingdom 42:48
66 Mehdi Khelifi   Tunisia 42:53
67 Pablo Olmedo   Mexico 42:54
68 Alberto Chaíça   Portugal 42:54
69 Michael Ngaaseke   Zimbabwe 43:00
70 Christopher Graff   United States 43:00
71 João Junqueira   Portugal 43:03
72 Luis Alberto Ochoa   Colombia 43:05
73 Christian Stephenson   United Kingdom 43:05
74 Jacinto Navarrete   Colombia 43:06
75 Abdelilah El Manaia   Morocco 43:13
76 Martin McCarthy   Ireland 43:14
77 David Burke   Ireland 43:15
78 Tetsuhiro Furuta   Japan 43:19
79 Jeremy Deere   Canada 43:19
80 Samir Moussaoui   Algeria 43:20
81 Tarek Zoghmar   Algeria 43:21
82 Darren Lynch   Australia 43:22
83 Zarislav Gapeyenko   Belarus 43:23
84 Marilson dos Santos   Brazil 43:28
85 Brett Cartwright   Australia 43:31
86 Sander Schutgens   Netherlands 43:35
87 Yoji Yamaguchi   Japan 43:37
88 Ovidiu Tat   Romania 43:38
89 Raymond Appenheimer   United States 43:41
90 Paddy McCluskey   Canada 43:43
91 Azzedine Sakhri   Algeria 43:48
92 Dominic Bannister   United Kingdom 43:48
93 Ayele Setegne   Israel 43:51
94 Martin Dent   Australia 43:57
95 Pauric McKinney   Ireland 44:06
96 Vincent Kuotane   South Africa 44:09
97 Jussi Utriainen   Finland 44:10
98 José de Souza   Brazil 44:10
99 Noel Cullen   Ireland 44:10
100 Wellington Fraga   Brazil 44:11
101 Chris Weber   Canada 44:14
102 Dmitry Dubovskiy   Belarus 44:19
103 Naoki Mishiro   Japan 44:23
104 George Majaji   Zimbabwe 44:35
105 Arthur Osman   Poland 44:38
106 Craig Kirkwood   New Zealand 44:46
107 Sergio Couto   Brazil 44:53
108 Vladimir Sivalobov   Belarus 45:06
109 Juan Alejandro Perea   Colombia 45:13
110 Tsungai Mwanengeni   Zimbabwe 45:15
111 Takhir Mamashayev   Kazakhstan 45:20
112 Toomas Tarm   Estonia 45:21
113 Sergey Zabavskiy   Tajikistan 45:25
114 Maxwell Bangani   Zimbabwe 45:30
115 Josep Sansa   Andorra 45:37
116 Kudakwashe Shoko   Zimbabwe 45:43
117 Leonid Pykhteyev   Kyrgyzstan 45:46
118 Chris McGregor   Canada 45:47
119 Daisuke Arakawa   Japan 45:53
120 David Lorne   Canada 46:19
121 Rustam Radjapov   Turkmenistan 46:24
122 Menon Ramsamy   Mauritius 46:36
123 Gulab Chand   India 46:47
124 Alagawadi Shivananda   India 46:47
125 Uladzimir Dukhnovich   Belarus 46:51
126 Sentso Retere   Lesotho 46:57
127 Bhairav Singh   India 46:58
128 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev   Turkmenistan 47:17
129 Khauta Ntsoele   Lesotho 47:21
130 Khasan Rakhimov   Uzbekistan 47:29
131 Nick Harrison   Australia 47:30
132 Tau Khotso   Lesotho 47:39
133 Nazirdin Akylbekov   Kyrgyzstan 47:44
134 José Amado García   Guatemala 47:52
135 Tebatso Motsotsoana   Lesotho 48:07
136 Albert Shamsiyev   Uzbekistan 48:13
137 Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev   Turkmenistan 48:26
138 Mpakeletsa Sephali   Lesotho 48:27
139 Anil Kumar   India 48:32
140 Kevin Musseliah   Mauritius 48:42
141 António Zeferino   Cape Verde 48:44
142 Walid Ibrahim   Palestine 48:44
143 Rinat Ablyayev   Uzbekistan 48:48
144 Amrlon Hernandez   Guatemala 49:21
145 Chokirjon Irmatov   Tajikistan 49:31
146 Victor Velásquez   Guatemala 49:37
147 Ivan Kibiryov   Uzbekistan 49:43
148 Artyom Tetenkin   Kyrgyzstan 50:06
149 Ihab Salama   Palestine 50:08
150 Moses Zarak Khan   Fiji 50:31
151 Jean Paul Louise   Mauritius 50:41
152 Evilio Mijangos   Guatemala 50:59
153 Isireli Naikelekelevesi   Fiji 51:11
154 Eric Vamben   Mauritius 51:25
155 Bimiesh Kumar   Fiji 51:55
156 Mohamed Salama   Palestine 52:25
157 Esala Talebula   Fiji 52:37
158 Parasram Ramah   Mauritius 53:34
Salah Hissou   Morocco DNF
Rachid Berradi   Italy DNF
Andrea Arlati   Italy DNF
Abhinesh Kumar Chand   Fiji DNF
Ergobert Robert Naali   Tanzania DNF
Niteshwar Prasad   Fiji DNF
Julio Rey   Spain DQ
Antonio Fabián Silio   Argentina DNS

: Julio Rey of   Spain finished 24th in 41:15 min, but was disqualified.

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Paul Tergat 1
Patrick Ivuti 2
Joshua Chelanga 4
Evans Rutto 5
(Paul Koech) (6)
(Tom Nyariki) (39)
12
    Ethiopia
Habte Jifar 9
Assefa Mezegebu 11
Girma Tolla 17
Tesfaye Tola 20
(Ayele Mezegebu) (26)
(Tegenu Abebe) (37)
57
    Portugal
Paulo Guerra 3
Domingos Castro 10
Eduardo Henriques 14
Alberto Maravilha 49
(Alberto Chaíça) (68)
(João Junqueira) (71)
76
4   Spain
Javier Cortés 23
Enrique Molina 24
José Carlos Adán 27
José Manuel García 29
(Fabián Roncero) (30)
103
5   Morocco
Lahcen Benyoussef 13
Saïd El Wardi 15
Saïd Berrioui 38
Smail Sghir 42
(Abdelilah El Manaia) (75)
(Salah Hissou) (DNF)
108
6   Italy
Giuliano Battocletti 19
Daniele Caimmi 25
Umberto Pusterla 31
Sebastiano Mazzara 50
(Rachid Berradi) (DNF)
(Andrea Arlati) (DNF)
125
7   United States
Alan Culpepper 21
Gary Stolz 22
Tony Cosey 36
Clint Wells 54
(Christopher Graff) (70)
(Raymond Appenheimer) (89)
133
8   United Kingdom
Jon Brown 8
Keith Cullen 34
Glynn Tromans 52
Andrew Pearson 65
(Christian Stephenson) (73)
(Dominic Bannister) (92)
159
9   Algeria
Kamel Kohil 18
Mohamed Driouche 43
Yahia Azaidj 46
Samir Moussaoui 80
(Tarek Zoghmar) (81)
(Azzedine Sakhri) (91)
187
10   Ireland
John Ferrin 44
Dermot Donnelly 56
Martin McCarthy 76
David Burke 77
(Pauric McKinney) (95)
(Noel Cullen) (99)
253
11   Australia
Lee Troop 41
Dean Cavuoto 62
Darren Lynch 82
Brett Cartwright 85
(Martin Dent) (94)
(Nick Harrison) (131)
270
12   South Africa
Abner Chipu 57
Patrick Kaotsane 63
Hendrick Ramaala 64
Vincent Kuotane 96
280
13   Colombia
William Vasquez 58
Luis Alberto Ochoa 72
Jacinto Navarrete 74
Juan Alejandro Perea 109
313
14   Canada
Jeff Schiebler 60
Jeremy Deere 79
Paddy McCluskey 90
Chris Weber 101
(Chris McGregor) (118)
(David Lorne) (120)
330
15   Zimbabwe
Abel Chimukoko 47
Michael Ngaaseke 69
George Majaji 104
Tsungai Mwanengeni 110
(Maxwell Bangani) (114)
(Kudakwashe Shoko) (116)
330
16   Japan
Tetsuhiro Furuta 78
Yoji Yamaguchi 87
Naoki Mishiro 103
Daisuke Arakawa 119
387
17   Brazil
Marilson dos Santos 84
José de Souza 98
Wellington Fraga 100
Sergio Couto 107
389
18   Belarus
Zarislav Gapeyenko 83
Dmitry Dubovskiy 102
Vladimir Sivalobov 108
Uladzimir Dukhnovich 125
418
19   India
Gulab Chand 123
Alagawadi Shivananda 124
Bhairav Singh 127
Anil Kumar 139
513
20   Lesotho
Sentso Retere 126
Khauta Ntsoele 129
Tau Khotso 132
Tebatso Motsotsoana 135
(Mpakeletsa Sephali) (138)
522
21   Uzbekistan
Khasan Rakhimov 130
Albert Shamsiyev 136
Rinat Ablyayev 143
Ivan Kibiryov 147
556
22   Mauritius
Menon Ramsamy 122
Kevin Musseliah 140
Jean Paul Louise 151
Eric Vamben 154
(Parasram Ramah) (158)
567
23   Guatemala
José Amado García 134
Amrlon Hernandez 144
Victor Velásquez 146
Evilio Mijangos 152
576
24   Fiji
Moses Zarak Khan 150
Isireli Naikelekelevesi 153
Bimiesh Kumar 155
Esala Talebula 157
(Abhinesh Kumar Chand) (DNF)
(Niteshwar Prasad) (DNF)
615
DNF   Tanzania
(Faustin Saktay) (40)
(Salaho Ngadi) (45)
(Francis Robert Naali) (53)
(Ergobert Robert Naali) (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 165 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[11] The announced athlete from   Argentina did not show.[6][7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; African Women And Men Dominate", The New York Times, March 28, 1999, retrieved October 28, 2013
  2. ^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Winning Streak Grows for Tergat", The New York Times, March 29, 1999, retrieved October 28, 2013
  3. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 29, 1999), "Tergat runs away with the championship in rainy Belfast", Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013
  4. ^ Downes, Steven (March 28, 1999), Tergat runs into the History Books, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  5. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Belfast Barnett Demesne/Queen's University Playing Fields Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 28, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ a b Official Results - CROSS SENIOR Men - Sunday, March 28, 1999, IAAF, March 28, 1999, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  7. ^ a b Results - 27th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Belfast, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 27 MAR 1999 - 28 MAR 1999 - Long Race - men, IAAF, 28 Mar 1999, retrieved October 28, 2013
  8. ^ Official Results - CROSS SENIOR Men - Team - Sunday, March 28, 1999, IAAF, March 28, 1999, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  9. ^ Results - 27th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Belfast, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 27 MAR 1999 - 28 MAR 1999 - Long Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, 28 Mar 1999, retrieved October 28, 2013
  10. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 28, 2013
  11. ^ 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