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

Senior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition26th
DateMarch 22
Host cityMarrakech, Morocco Morocco
VenueMenara district
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation181 athletes from
46 nations

The Senior 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]

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

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Senior men's race (12 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Tergat  Kenya 34:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Koech  Kenya 34:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia 34:28
4 Tom Nyariki  Kenya 34:37
5 Wilson Boit Kipketer  Kenya 34:38
6 Christopher Kelong  Kenya 34:41
7 Ismael Kirui  Kenya 34:41
8 Mohammed Mourhit  Belgium 34:44
9 Domingos Castro  Portugal 34:46
10 Fabián Roncero  Spain 34:50
11 Elarbi Khattabi  Morocco 34:54
12 Paulo Guerra  Portugal 34:59
13 Habte Jifar  Ethiopia 35:08
14 Lahcen Benyoussef  Morocco 35:11
15 Wilbroad Axweso  Tanzania 35:15
16 Bob Kennedy  United States 35:18
17 Brahim Lahlafi  Morocco 35:20
18 Khaled Boulami  Morocco 35:21
19 Patrick Ndayisenga  Burundi 35:23
20 Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia 35:24
21 Ayele Mezegebu  Ethiopia 35:29
22 Shaun Creighton  Australia 35:33
23 Bruno Toledo  Spain 35:34
24 Abraham Assefa  Ethiopia 35:35
25 Eduardo Henriques  Portugal 35:36
26 Benedict Ako  Tanzania 35:37
27 Adam Goucher  United States 35:39
28 José Regalo  Portugal 35:40
29 José Manuel García  Spain 35:43
30 Hideaki Haraguchi  Japan 35:47
31 Reinholdt Iita  Namibia 35:54
32 Alejandro Gómez  Spain 35:57
33 Toshinari Takaoka  Japan 35:58
34 Kamiel Maase  Netherlands 36:00
35 Tarek Zoghmar  Algeria 36:04
36 Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 36:06
37 Rachid Berradi  Italy 36:14
38 Glynn Tromans  United Kingdom 36:19
39 Alberto Maravilha  Portugal 36:19
40 Cormac Finnerty  Ireland 36:20
41 Tadeo Nada  Tanzania 36:23
42 Francesco Bennici  Italy 36:23
43 Sérgio da Silva  Brazil 36:24
44 Keith Cullen  United Kingdom 36:25
45 Seamus Power  Ireland 36:26
46 Réda Benzine  Algeria 36:26
47 Enoch Skosana  South Africa 36:27
48 Samir Moussaoui  Algeria 36:28
49 Kabo Gabaseme  Botswana 36:31
50 Driss El Himer  France 36:32
51 Kudakwashe Shoko  Zimbabwe 36:32
52 Carlos Peña  Mexico 36:35
53 Abdelilah El Manaia  Morocco 36:35
54 Simone Zanon  Italy 36:36
55 Elijah Mutandiro  Zimbabwe 36:37
56 Jacinto Navarrete  Colombia 36:38
57 Krzysztof Baldyga  Poland 36:38
58 Abdellah Béhar  France 36:39
59 Andrew Pearson  United Kingdom 36:41
60 Lee Troop  Australia 36:46
61 Godfrey Koki  Zimbabwe 36:47
62 Tim Hacker  United States 36:48
63 Julio Rey  Spain 36:49
64 Azzedine Sakhri  Algeria 36:49
65 Tomohiro Seto  Japan 36:50
66 Alejandro Cuahtepizi  Mexico 36:52
67 Diego Colorado  Colombia 36:55
68 Chris Weber  Canada 36:58
69 Dragoslav Prpa  Yugoslavia 37:00
70 Daniel Ferreira  Brazil 37:00
71 Michele Gamba  Italy 37:01
72 Billy Ntlogelang  Botswana 37:02
73 Janko Bensa  Yugoslavia 37:03
74 Faustin Saktay  Tanzania 37:04
75 John Nuttall  United Kingdom 37:06
76 Hendrick Khumalo  South Africa 37:07
77 Viktor Röthlin   Switzerland 37:09
78 Mohamed Driouche  Algeria 37:13
79 Lahbib Hanini  France 37:16
80 Martin Lauret  Netherlands 37:18
81 Elias Bastos  Brazil 37:19
82 Ville Hautala  Finland 37:20
83 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud  Egypt 37:21
84 Dmitriy Maksimov  Russia 37:24
85 Pavel Loskutov  Estonia 37:25
86 Santtu Mäkinen  Finland 37:25
87 Chris Robison  United Kingdom 37:26
88 Gabriele De Nard  Italy 37:26
89 Pete Julian  United States 37:30
90 Julian Dwyer  Australia 37:35
91 Mamo Kejela  Ethiopia 37:35
92 Ayman Mahmoud  Egypt 37:39
93 Mikaël Thomas  France 37:42
94 David Evans  Australia 37:44
95 Seiji Kushibe  Japan 37:46
96 René Godlieb  Netherlands 37:47
97 Ali El-Zaidi  Libya 37:48
98 Semyon Zhustin  Russia 37:49
99 Jussi Utriainen  Finland 37:50
100 Eric Quiros  Costa Rica 37:53
101 Toomas Tarm  Estonia 37:54
102 Imre Berkovics  Hungary 37:58
103 Jose Duarte  Mexico 38:01
104 Cian McLoughlin  Ireland 38:02
105 Marcel Versteeg  Netherlands 38:03
106 Colin de Burca  Ireland 38:04
107 Joseph Tjitunga  Namibia 38:10
108 Kim Gillard  Australia 38:14
109 Juan Jaranillo  Colombia 38:14
110 Martín Pitayo  Mexico 38:16
111 Spencer Duval  United Kingdom 38:16
112 Lesedinyana Lekgoa  Botswana 38:23
113 Alphonse Munyeshyaka  Rwanda 38:28
114 Menon Ramsamy  Mauritius 38:32
115 Julián Berrio  Colombia 38:33
116 Pacifique Ayabusa  Rwanda 38:37
117 Yan Orlandi   Switzerland 38:39
118 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed  Egypt 38:42
119 Jussi Virtanen  Finland 38:43
120 James Finlayson  Canada 38:45
121 Glody Dube  Botswana 38:50
122 Ernest Ndjissipou  Central African Republic 38:52
123 Heiki Sarapuu  Estonia 38:54
124 Paddy McCluskey  Canada 38:56
125 Toni Bernadó  Andorra 38:56
126 Soro Bassirima  Côte d'Ivoire 39:02
127 Wael Anwar  Egypt 39:03
128 Robert Gary  United States 39:04
129 Pauric McKinney  Ireland 39:14
130 Robert Smits  Netherlands 39:15
131 Graham Cocksedge  Canada 39:21
132 Tiyapo Maso  Botswana 39:22
133 Fouly Salem  Egypt 39:28
134 Farag Abdelnaby  Egypt 39:36
135 Meelis Veilberg  Estonia 39:38
136 Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda 39:45
137 Joseph Nsengiyumya  Rwanda 39:46
138 Bruno Le Stum  France 39:55
139 Margus Pirksaar  Estonia 40:00
140 Mothusi Pelaelo  Botswana 40:13
141 Jumaine Hakizimaha  Rwanda 40:22
142 Rachid Safari  Rwanda 40:23
143 Tiburce Mboumba  Gabon 40:26
144 Tsunake Kalamori  South Africa 40:33
145 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev  Turkmenistan 40:34
146 Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev  Turkmenistan 40:34
147 Abdullah Fergani  Libya 40:46
148 Leonard Madinda  Gabon 41:15
149 Mahamed Kouerh  Libya 41:24
150 Basile Lendoye  Gabon 41:24
151 Konan Severin N'dri  Côte d'Ivoire 41:51
152 Younes Yousef  Libya 42:04
153 Loasis Boussougou  Gabon 42:17
154 David Kanie  Papua New Guinea 42:25
155 Sergey Zabavskiy  Tajikistan 43:04
156 Souleymane Bamba  Côte d'Ivoire 43:06
157 Guy Schultz  Canada 43:10
158 Gervais Yapo Yapi  Côte d'Ivoire 43:34
159 Alphonse Miuoubi  Gabon 43:41
160 Hugues Kombila  Gabon 43:46
161 Lee Kar-Lun  Hong Kong 43:52
162 Gumsie Taulobi  Papua New Guinea 44:22
163 Ken Mova  Papua New Guinea 45:05
— Alfredo Bráz  Portugal DNF
— Enrique Molina  Spain DNF
— Pablo Olmedo  Mexico DNF
— Andrew Panga  Tanzania DNF
— Smail Sghir  Morocco DNF
— Kamel Kohil  Algeria DNF
— Benoît Zwierzchiewski  France DNF
— Abel Chimukoko  Zimbabwe DNF
— Hayk Khojumyan  Armenia DNF
— Trent Harlow  Australia DNF
— Sergio Couto  Brazil DNF
— David Rueben  Papua New Guinea DNF
— Robert Cook Jr.  United States DNF
— Michael Ngaaseke  Zimbabwe DNF
— Shingirai Badza  Zimbabwe DNF
— Ian Forsythe  Canada DNF
— Gustav Hendricks  Namibia DNF
— Baimurad Achirmuradov  Turkmenistan DNF

Teams

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Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Paul Tergat 1
Paul Koech 2
Tom Nyariki 4
Wilson Boit Kipketer 5
(Christopher Kelong) (6)
(Ismael Kirui) (7)
12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Assefa Mezegebu 3
Habte Jifar 13
Tesfaye Tola 20
Ayele Mezegebu 21
(Abraham Assefa) (24)
(Mamo Kejela) (91)
57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
Elarbi Khattabi 11
Lahcen Benyoussef 14
Brahim Lahlafi 17
Khaled Boulami 18
(Abdelilah El Manaia) (53)
(Smail Sghir) (DNF)
60
4  Portugal
Domingos Castro 9
Paulo Guerra 12
Eduardo Henriques 25
José Regalo 28
(Alberto Maravilha) (39)
(Alfredo Bráz) (DNF)
74
5  Spain
Fabián Roncero 10
Bruno Toledo 23
José Manuel García 29
Alejandro Gómez 32
(Julio Rey) (63)
(Enrique Molina) (DNF)
94
6  Tanzania
Wilbroad Axweso 15
Benedict Ako 26
Tadeo Nada 41
Faustin Saktay 74
(Andrew Panga) (DNF)
156
7  Algeria
Tarek Zoghmar 35
Réda Benzine 46
Samir Moussaoui 48
Azzedine Sakhri 64
(Mohamed Driouche) (78)
(Kamel Kohil) (DNF)
193
8  United States
Bob Kennedy 16
Adam Goucher 27
Tim Hacker 62
Pete Julian 89
(Robert Gary) (128)
(Robert Cook Jr.) (DNF)
194
9  Italy
Rachid Berradi 37
Francesco Bennici 42
Simone Zanon 54
Michele Gamba 71
(Gabriele De Nard) (88)
204
10  United Kingdom
Glynn Tromans 38
Keith Cullen 44
Andrew Pearson 59
John Nuttall 75
(Chris Robison) (87)
(Spencer Duval) (111)
216
11  Japan
Hideaki Haraguchi 30
Toshinari Takaoka 33
Tomohiro Seto 65
Seiji Kushibe 95
223
12  Australia
Shaun Creighton 22
Lee Troop 60
Julian Dwyer 90
David Evans 94
(Kim Gillard) (108)
(Trent Harlow) (DNF)
266
13  France
Driss El Himer 50
Abdellah Béhar 58
Lahbib Hanini 79
Mikaël Thomas 93
(Bruno Le Stum) (138)
(Benoît Zwierzchiewski) (DNF)
280
14  Ireland
Cormac Finnerty 40
Seamus Power 45
Cian McLoughlin 104
Colin de Burca 106
(Pauric McKinney) (129)
295
15  South Africa
Hendrick Ramaala 36
Enoch Skosana 47
Hendrick Khumalo 76
Tsunake Kalamori 144
303
16  Netherlands
Kamiel Maase 34
Martin Lauret 80
René Godlieb 96
Marcel Versteeg 105
(Robert Smits) (130)
315
17  Mexico
Carlos Peña 52
Alejandro Cuahtepizi 66
Jose Duarte 103
Martín Pitayo 110
(Pablo Olmedo) (DNF)
331
18  Colombia
Jacinto Navarrete 56
Diego Colorado 67
Juan Jaranillo 109
Julián Berrio 115
347
19  Botswana
Kabo Gabaseme 49
Billy Ntlogelang 72
Lesedinyana Lekgoa 112
Glody Dube 121
(Tiyapo Maso) (132)
(Mothusi Pelaelo) (140)
354
20  Finland
Ville Hautala 82
Santtu Mäkinen 86
Jussi Utriainen 99
Jussi Virtanen 119
386
21  Egypt
Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 83
Ayman Mahmoud 92
Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 118
Wael Anwar 127
(Fouly Salem) (133)
(Farag Abdelnaby) (134)
420
22  Canada
Chris Weber 68
James Finlayson 120
Paddy McCluskey 124
Graham Cocksedge 131
(Guy Schultz) (157)
(Ian Forsythe) (DNF)
443
23  Estonia
Pavel Loskutov 85
Toomas Tarm 101
Heiki Sarapuu 123
Meelis Veilberg 135
(Margus Pirksaar) (139)
444
24  Rwanda
Alphonse Munyeshyaka 113
Pacifique Ayabusa 116
Dieudonné Disi 136
Joseph Nsengiyumya 137
(Jumaine Hakizimaha) (141)
(Rachid Safari) (142)
502
25  Libya
Ali El-Zaidi 97
Abdullah Fergani 147
Mahamed Kouerh 149
Younes Yousef 152
545
26  Côte d'Ivoire
Soro Bassirima 126
Konan Severin N'dri 151
Souleymane Bamba 156
Gervais Yapo Yapi 158
591
27  Gabon
Tiburce Mboumba 143
Leonard Madinda 148
Basile Lendoye 150
Loasis Boussougou 153
(Alphonse Miuoubi) (159)
(Hugues Kombila) (160)
594
DNF  Zimbabwe
(Kudakwashe Shoko) (51)
(Elijah Mutandiro) (55)
(Godfrey Koki) (61)
(Abel Chimukoko) (DNF)
(Michael Ngaaseke) (DNF)
(Shingirai Badza) (DNF)
DNF
DNF  Brazil
(Sérgio da Silva) (43)
(Daniel Ferreira) (70)
(Elias Bastos) (81)
(Sergio Couto) (DNF)
DNF
DNF  Papua New Guinea
(David Kanie) (154)
(Gumsie Taulobi) (162)
(Ken Mova) (163)
(David Rueben) (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 181 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[10]

See also

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References

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  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", Glasgow Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013
  3. ^ Minshull, Phil, Tergat & Kenya sweep the board, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  4. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Marrakech Menara district Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 28, 2013
  5. ^ Official Results - CROSS SENIOR Men - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  6. ^ Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Long Race - men, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
  7. ^ Official Results - CROSS SENIOR 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 - Long Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 22, 1998, 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
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