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

Junior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	26th
Date	March 22
Host city	Marrakech, Morocco
Location	Menara district
Nations participating	40
Athletes participating	133
Races	1
Distances	8 km – Junior men
	← 1997 Torino 1999 Belfast →

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]

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

Junior men's race (8 km)

Individual

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 Nkomazi	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

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

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]

Algeria (6)
Australia (4)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (4)
Canada (6)
Colombia (4)
Croatia (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (1)
France (6)
Germany (1)
Hungary (4)
Ireland (2)

Italy (6)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (2)
Kenya (6)
Lebanon (2)
Mexico (2)
Morocco (6)
Namibia (1)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (1)
Palestine (1)
Portugal (1)
Romania (5)

References

↑ Dunaway, James (March 23, 1998), PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Tergat Makes It Four Straight, New York Times, retrieved October 28, 2013
↑ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1998), O'Sullivan a crown jewel out of Africa, Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013
↑ Butler, Mark, Ethiopia strikes back, IAAF, retrieved October 28, 2013
1 2 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
↑ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR Men - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
↑ Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Junior Race - men, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
↑ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR Men - Team - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
↑ Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Junior Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 28, 2013
1 2 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
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 11, retrieved November 2, 2013

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[times_01-1] Dunaway, James (March 23, 1998), PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Tergat Makes It Four Straight, New York Times, retrieved October 28, 2013

[herald_01-2] Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1998), O'Sullivan a crown jewel out of Africa, Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013

[iaaf_22-3] Butler, Mark, Ethiopia strikes back, IAAF, retrieved October 28, 2013

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[iaaf_12-7] Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR Men - Team - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013

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