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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 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

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Senior men's race (12 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
  Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 34:38
  Leonard Patrick Komon   Kenya 34:41
  Zersenay Tadese   Eritrea 34:43
4 Joseph Ebuya   Kenya 34:47
5 Moses Ndiema Masai   Kenya 35:02
6 Felix Kikwai Kibore   Qatar 35:15
7 Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny   Kenya 35:16
8 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah   Qatar 35:18
9 Habtamu Fikadu   Ethiopia 35:19
10 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego   Kenya 35:24
11 Hosea Mwok Macharinyang   Kenya 35:24
12 Augustine Kiprono Choge   Kenya 35:26
13 Moses Kipsiro   Uganda 35:29
14 Mark Kosgei Kiptoo   Kenya 35:39
15 Sileshi Sihine   Ethiopia 35:40
16 Boniface Kiprop   Uganda 35:41
17 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam   Ethiopia 35:59
18 John Kimondo Thuo   Kenya 36:00
19 Jorge Torres   United States 36:03
20 Yonas Kifle   Eritrea 36:09
21 Dereje Debele   Ethiopia 36:10
22 Sultan Khamis Zaman   Qatar 36:12
23 Teklemariam Medhin   Eritrea 36:13
24 Juan Carlos de la Ossa   Spain 36:15
25 Mubarak Hassan Shami   Qatar 36:17
26 Kidane Tadasse   Eritrea 36:25
27 Cuthbert Nyasango   Zimbabwe 36:28
28 Abdellah Falil   Morocco 36:30
29 Martin Toroitich   Uganda 36:33
30 Jamel Chatbi   Morocco 36:35
31 Craig Mottram   Australia 36:40
32 Anis Selmouni   Morocco 36:42
33 Abdelhadi El Mouaziz   Morocco 36:43
34 Gamal Belal Salem   Qatar 36:43
35 Ahmed Baday   Morocco 36:46
36 Ayad Lamdassem   Spain 36:49
37 Brahim Beloua   Morocco 36:49
38 Amanuel Woldeselassie   Eritrea 36:50
39 Khalid Kamal Yaseen   Bahrain 36:51
40 Chakir Boujattaoui   Morocco 36:51
41 Abebe Dinkesa   Ethiopia 36:51
42 Yahia Azaïdj   Algeria 36:52
43 Josh Rohatinsky   United States 36:52
44 Moorosi Soke   South Africa 36:53
45 Edwardo Torres   United States 36:56
46 Wilson Busienei   Uganda 37:02
47 Mourad Marofit   Morocco 37:04
48 Essa Ismail Rashed   Qatar 37:07
49 Moses Aliwa   Uganda 37:08
50 Michael Shelley   Australia 37:09
51 Scott Bauhs   United States 37:15
52 Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab   Eritrea 37:15
53 Marílson Dos Santos   Brazil 37:17
54 Max King   United States 37:20
55 Simon Ayeko   Uganda 37:20
56 José Manuel Martínez   Spain 37:21
57 Zembaba Yigeze   Ethiopia 37:22
58 Gianmarco Buttazzo   Italy 37:24
59 Ahmed Naïli   Algeria 37:27
60 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis   Bahrain 37:27
61 Ali Dawoud Sedam   Qatar 37:27
62 Thomas Humphries   United Kingdom 37:27
63 Nicholas Kiprono   Uganda 37:32
64 Carles Castillejo   Spain 37:34
65 Michael Skinner   United Kingdom 37:35
66 Andrew Ledwith   Ireland 37:37
67 Moustafa Ahmed Shebto   Qatar 37:40
68 David McNeill   Australia 37:41
69 Liam Adams   Australia 37:41
70 Andrea Lalli   Italy 37:44
71 Licinio Pimentel   Portugal 37:44
72 Frank Tickner   United Kingdom 37:49
73 Collis Birmingham   Australia 37:49
74 Stephen Mokoka   South Africa 37:52
75 Al Mustafa Riyadh   Bahrain 37:53
76 Manuel Damião   Portugal 37:55
77 Mike Tebulo   Malawi 37:57
78 Andrew Lemoncello   United Kingdom 37:57
79 Andrew Jones   United Kingdom 37:57
80 Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga   Burundi 38:00
81 Naser Jamal Naser   Qatar 38:02
82 Philip Wicks   United Kingdom 38:02
83 José Luis Blanco   Spain 38:02
84 James Carney   United States 38:04
85 Antonio David Jiménez   Spain 38:06
86 Kiflom Sium   Eritrea 38:07
87 Iván Galán   Spain 38:10
88 Yoshitaka Iwamizu   Japan 38:11
89 Rabie Mekhloufi   Algeria 38:11
90 James Gosselin   Canada 38:12
91 Paulo Gomes   Portugal 38:13
92 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi   Libya 38:13
93 Yuki Sato   Japan 38:19
94 Tsuyoshi Ugachi   Japan 38:20
95 Joël Bourgeois   Canada 38:23
96 Jonathan Pierce   United States 38:23
97 Rabah Aboud   Algeria 38:24
98 Aïssa Dahmar   Algeria 38:24
99 Daniele Meucci   Italy 38:28
100 José Rocha   Portugal 38:28
101 Boiphemelo Selagaboy   Botswana 38:29
102 Samuel Tsegay   Eritrea 38:30
103 Kaelo Mosalagae   Botswana 38:31
104 Martin Dent   Australia 38:31
105 Makoto Tobimatsu   Japan 38:32
106 Hermano Ferreira   Portugal 38:33
107 Moeketsi Mosuhli   Lesotho 38:34
108 Andrew Letherby   Australia 38:35
109 Ryan Bak   United States 38:36
110 Jonay González   Spain 38:39
111 Cédric Pelissier   France 38:42
112 Brahim Chettah   Algeria 38:43
113 Ihar Tsetserukou   Belarus 38:43
114 Andrew Vernon   United Kingdom 38:43
115 Yuki Nakamura   Japan 38:43
116 Alex Hutchinson   Canada 38:44
117 Roberto Oliveira   Brazil 38:45
118 José Ramos   Portugal 38:45
119 Reyes Estévez   Spain 38:47
120 Satoru Kitamura   Japan 38:48
121 Unaswi Dambe   Botswana 38:48
122 Hiroyoshi Umegae   Japan 38:49
123 Hidekazu Sato   Japan 38:51
124 Damião Ancelmo De Souza   Brazil 39:00
125 James Walsh   United Kingdom 39:01
126 Ben St.Lawrence   Australia 39:02
127 Jesper Faurschou   Denmark 39:03
128 Paul McNamara   Ireland 39:05
129 Dylan Wykes   Canada 39:06
130 Nathan Chebet   Uganda 39:10
131 Ahmed Dali   Algeria 39:11
132 Yang Dinghong   China 39:11
133 Ueli Koch    Switzerland 39:12
134 Rapula Diphoko   Botswana 39:12
135 Mick Clohisey   Ireland 39:13
136 John Beattie   United Kingdom 39:21
137 Abdelatif Chemlal   Morocco 39:25
138 Derek Nakluski   Canada 39:26
139 Solomon Tsige   Ethiopia 39:26
140 Brian Maher   Ireland 39:29
141 Dong Guojian   China 39:33
142 Yuri Chechun   Kyrgyzstan 39:42
143 Spencer Morrison   Canada 39:45
144 Gary Thornton   Ireland 39:50
145 Colin Fewer   Canada 39:52
146 Dimcho Mitsov   Bulgaria 39:53
147 Ahmed Hassein Hassein   Egypt 39:56
148 Sevak Yeghikyan   Armenia 39:57
149 Adel Mahdjoub   Libya 39:58
150 Cleve Thorson   Canada 40:01
151 Alexandra Motone   South Africa 40:18
152 José Eloy   Brazil 40:19
153 Huang Jinhong   China 40:26
154 Cleveland Forde   Guyana 40:27
155 Shepherd Kenatshele   Botswana 40:27
156 Rees Buck   New Zealand 40:34
157 José Maduro   Portugal 40:35
158 Mohammad Al Kafraini   Jordan 41:00
159 Trevor Caldwell   Canada 41:47
160 Ditiro Ramagapu   Botswana 42:03
161 José Ferreira   Brazil 42:23
162 Gaylord Silly   Seychelles 43:03
163 Perhat Annagylyjov   Turkmenistan 43:27
164 Fikret Gafarov   Azerbaijan 45:37
165 Christopher Symonds   Ghana 46:56
— Ricardo Ribas   Portugal DNF
— Mahmoud Abuattaya   Palestine DNF
— Cosme Ancelmo De Souza   Brazil DNF
— Vincent Mulvey   Ireland DNF
— Alistair Ian Cragg   Ireland DNF
— Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria   Bahrain DNF
— Ed Moran   United States DNF
— Alejandro Suárez   Mexico DNF
— Dieudonné Disi   Rwanda DNF
— Stefano La Rosa   Italy DNF
— Demssew Tsega   Ethiopia DNF
— Hasan Mahboob   Bahrain DNF
— Saif Hamad Al-Rashedi   United Arab Emirates DQ
— Fathi Meftah   Algeria DQ†
— Saleh Besheer Madjed   Bahrain DNS
— Roman Prodius   Moldova DNS
— Arjun Kumar Basnet     Nepal DNS
— Danjuma Kopkuddi   Nigeria DNS
— Akhilomeh Joseph   Nigeria DNS
— Gervais Hakizimana   Rwanda DNS
— Sylvain Rukundo   Rwanda DNS
— Jean Baptiste Simukeka   Rwanda DNS
— Khamis Sultan Dawood   Bahrain DNS

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

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Leonard Patrick Komon 2
Joseph Ebuya 4
Moses Ndiema Masai 5
Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny 7
Bernard Kiprop Kipyego 10
Hosea Mwok Macharinyang 11
(Augustine Kiprono Choge) (12)
(Mark Kosgei Kiptoo) (14)
(John Kimondo Thuo) (18)
39
    Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele 1
Habtamu Fikadu 9
Sileshi Sihine 15
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 17
Dereje Debele 21
Abebe Dinkesa 41
(Zembaba Yigeze) (57)
(Solomon Tsige) (139)
(Demssew Tsega) (DNF)
104
    Qatar
Felix Kikwai Kibore 6
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah 8
Sultan Khamis Zaman 22
Mubarak Hassan Shami 25
Gamal Belal Salem 34
Essa Ismail Rashed 48
(Ali Dawoud Sedam) (61)
(Moustafa Ahmed Shebto) (67)
(Naser Jamal Naser) (81)
143
4   Eritrea
Zersenay Tadese 3
Yonas Kifle 20
Teklemariam Medhin 23
Kidane Tadasse 26
Amanuel Woldeselassie 38
Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab 52
(Kiflom Sium) (86)
(Samuel Tsegay) (102)
162
5   Morocco
Abdellah Falil 28
Jamel Chatbi 30
Anis Selmouni 32
Abdelhadi El Mouaziz 33
Ahmed Baday 35
Brahim Beloua 37
(Chakir Boujattaoui) (40)
(Mourad Marofit) (47)
(Abdelatif Chemlal) (137)
195
6   Uganda
Moses Kipsiro 13
Boniface Kiprop 16
Martin Toroitich 29
Wilson Busienei 46
Moses Aliwa 49
Simon Ayeko 55
(Nicholas Kiprono) (63)
(Nathan Chebet) (130)
208
7   United States
Jorge Torres 19
Josh Rohatinsky 43
Edwardo Torres 45
Scott Bauhs 51
Max King 54
James Carney 84
(Jonathan Pierce) (96)
(Ryan Bak) (109)
(Ed Moran) (DNF)
296
8   Spain
Juan Carlos de la Ossa 24
Ayad Lamdassem 36
José Manuel Martínez 56
Carles Castillejo 64
José Luis Blanco 83
Antonio David Jiménez 85
(Iván Galán) (87)
(Jonay González) (110)
(Reyes Estévez) (119)
348
9   Australia
Craig Mottram 31
Michael Shelley 50
David Mcneill 68
Liam Adams 69
Collis Birmingham 73
Martin Dent 104
(Andrew Letherby) (108)
(Ben St.Lawrence) (126)
395
10   United Kingdom
Thomas Humphries 62
Michael Skinner 65
Frank Tickner 72
Andrew Lemoncello 78
Andrew Jones 79
Philip Wicks 82
(Andrew Vernon) (114)
(James Walsh) (125)
(John Beattie) (136)
438
11   Algeria
Yahia Azaïdj 42
Ahmed Naïli 59
Rabie Mekhloufi 89
Rabah Aboud 97
Aïssa Dahmar 98
Brahim Chettah 112
(Ahmed Dali) (131)
(Fathi Meftah) (DQ)
497
12   Portugal
Licinio Pimentel 71
Manuel Damião 76
Paulo Gomes 91
José Rocha 100
Hermano Ferreira 106
José Ramos 118
(José Maduro) (157)
(Ricardo Ribas) (DNF)
562
13   Japan
Yoshitaka Iwamizu 88
Yuki Sato 93
Tsuyoshi Ugachi 94
Makoto Tobimatsu 105
Yuki Nakamura 115
Satoru Kitamura 120
(Hiroyoshi Umegae) (122)
(Hidekazu Sato) (123)
615
14   Canada
James Gosselin 90
Joël Bourgeois 95
Alex Hutchinson 116
Dylan Wykes 129
Derek Nakluski 138
Spencer Morrison 143
(Colin Fewer) (145)
(Cleve Thorson) (150)
(Trevor Caldwell) (159)
711
15   Botswana
Boiphemelo Selagaboy 101
Kaelo Mosalagae 103
Unaswi Dambe 121
Rapula Diphoko 134
Shepherd Kenatshele 155
Ditiro Ramagapu 160
774
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - SUMMARY OF PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2, retrieved November 4, 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), No ‘sole’ can stop Bekele – Edinburgh 2008, IAAF, retrieved November 4, 2013
  5. ^ a b Senior Race - M Final, IAAF, March 30, 2008, archived from the original on November 4, 2013, retrieved November 4, 2013
  6. ^ a b Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 30 MAR 2008 - Senior Race - men, IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
  7. ^ a b 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Senior Race - Men - Results (PDF), IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
  8. ^ Official Team Results Senior 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 - Senior Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
  10. ^ 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Senior Race - Men - Team Standings (PDF), IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
  11. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - DOPING VIOLATIONS AT THE WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 11, retrieved November 2, 2013
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