2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Herald,[3][4] and for the IAAF.[5]

Senior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition30th
DateMarch 24
Host cityDublin, Leinster, Ireland
VenueLeopardstown Racecourse
Events1
Distances11.998 km – Senior men
Participation141 athletes from
37 nations

Complete results for individuals,[6][7][8] for teams,[6][9][10] medallists,[11] and the results of British athletes who took part[12] were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (11.998 km)

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia34:52
John Yuda Tanzania34:58
Wilberforce Talel Kenya35:20
4Richard Limo Kenya35:26
5Charles Kamathi Kenya35:29
6Albert Chepkurui Kenya35:32
7Abderrahim Goumri Morocco35:43
8Yonas Kifle Eritrea35:47
9Enock Mitei Kenya35:49
10Jaouad Gharib Morocco35:57
11Abdi Abdirahman United States36:03
12Assefa Mezegebu Ethiopia36:06
13Smail Sghir France36:07
14Meb Keflezighi United States36:09
15Mustapha Essaïd France36:10
16Habte Jifar Ethiopia36:11
17Fita Bayissa Ethiopia36:14
18Samson Ramadhani Tanzania36:16
19Eduardo Henriques Portugal36:20
20Lemma Alemayehu Ethiopia36:25
21Saïd Berrioui Morocco36:27
22Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga Burundi36:29
23El Hassan Lahssini France36:30
24Dathan Ritzenhein United States36:31
25Yevgeniy Bozhko Ukraine36:33
26José Manuel García Spain36:34
27Elarbi Khattabi Morocco36:34
28Michael Ngaaseke Zimbabwe36:35
29Hosea Kogo Kenya36:36
30Zersenay Tadesse Eritrea36:37
31Obed Mutanya Zambia36:37
32Kamiel Maase Netherlands36:40
33Mohamed Serbouti France36:40
34Tom van Hooste Belgium36:40
35José Manuel Martínez Spain36:40
36Makoto Otsu Japan36:41
37Dean Cavuoto Australia36:41
38Mauricio Díaz Chile36:41
39Claes Nyberg Sweden36:42
40Teodoro Cuñado Spain36:48
41Samir Moussaoui Algeria36:49
42Gabriele De Nard Italy36:51
43Sam Haughian United Kingdom36:53
44Peter Matthews Ireland36:59
45Rachid Berradi Italy37:07
46Brett Cartwright Australia37:07
47Alberto Maravilha Portugal37:08
48Mark Carroll Ireland37:09
49Allen Graffin United Kingdom37:10
50Iván Sánchez Spain37:10
51Ahmed Naïli Algeria37:11
52Róbert Štefko Slovakia37:12
53Tau Khotso Lesotho37:13
54Dieudonné Disi Rwanda37:14
55Paulo Gomes Portugal37:20
56George Mofokeng South Africa37:23
57José Carlos Adán Spain37:26
58Abel Chimukoko Zimbabwe37:28
59Mustapha Benacer Algeria37:30
60Matt Smith United Kingdom37:32
61Tomonori Watanabe Japan37:32
62José Rios Spain37:34
63Umberto Pusterla Italy37:35
64Seamus Power Ireland37:36
65Habtai Kifletsion Eritrea37:36
66Pacifique Ayabusa Rwanda37:36
67Shinichiro Okuda Japan37:37
68Ian Hudspith United Kingdom37:38
69Glynn Tromans United Kingdom37:40
70Koen van Rie Belgium37:45
71Daniel Andrew Sipe Tanzania37:46
72Kamel Kohil Algeria37:46
73Kenjiro Jitsui Japan37:47
74Hassan El Ahmadi France37:49
75Khalid Zoubaa France37:50
76Brad Tighe Canada37:51
77Yukihiro Motoda Japan37:55
78Tesfayohannes Mesfen Eritrea37:55
79Egide Manirazika Burundi37:56
80Abdelkrim Benzai Algeria37:57
81Rachid Safari Rwanda37:57
82Kim Gillard Australia37:59
83Eric Sindayigaya Burundi38:00
84Azzedine Sakhri Algeria38:02
85Sisay Bezabeh Australia38:05
86Clint Wells United States38:08
87Yuki Yamamoto Japan38:08
88Giovanni Gualdi Italy38:15
89Jean Bosco Ndagijimana Rwanda38:16
90Hélder Ornelas Portugal38:18
91Siphesihle Mdluli Eswatini38:18
92Fiachra Lombard Ireland38:21
93Greg Jimmerson United States38:22
94Sunil Jayaweera Sri Lanka38:25
95Gianni Crepaldi Italy38:30
96Hugo Romero Mexico38:31
97Alberto Chaíça Portugal38:34
98Reid Coolsaet Canada38:36
99Julian Dwyer Australia38:37
100Christian Nemeth Belgium38:38
101Mesfin Hailu Ethiopia38:39
102Matt O'Dowd United Kingdom38:41
103Jollyn Kanyika Zambia38:43
104José Alberto Montenegro Argentina38:51
105David Milne Canada38:53
106Alex Hutchinson Canada38:56
107Julius Gidabuday Tanzania38:57
108Mykola Novytskyy Ukraine38:59
109Oscar Cortínez Argentina39:03
110Scott Simpson Canada39:05
111John Burke Ireland39:06
112Yevgeniy Medvednikov Kazakhstan39:12
113Andrey Chigidinov Kazakhstan39:20
114Paul Sumawe Tanzania39:21
115Miguel Melendez Chile39:25
116Arturo Malaquias Mexico39:31
117Julián Peralta Argentina39:33
118Jerry van den Eede Belgium39:37
119Carlos Jaramillo Chile39:38
120James Finlayson Canada40:08
121Frédéric Collignon Belgium40:10
122Jonathan Monje Chile40:13
123Martin McCarthy Ireland40:22
124Arkadiy Tolstyn Kyrgyzstan40:36
125Sujeewa Chandrapala Sri Lanka40:39
126Yohannes Ghirmai Eritrea40:56
127Ajit Bandara Sri Lanka40:58
128Khasan Rakhimov Uzbekistan41:45
129Daniel Herrera Chile42:24
130Vasiliy Medvedev Uzbekistan43:58
131Leonard Ntala Meso DR Congo45:16
132Radik Khubbiev Uzbekistan46:18
133Abduvahob Nizamov Uzbekistan46:27
—Sergiy Lebid UkraineDNF
—Mohammed Mourhit BelgiumDNF
—Antonio Silio ArgentinaDNF
—Giuliano Battocletti ItalyDNF
—Hakim Radouan MoroccoDNF
—Matt Downin United StatesDNF
—Goran Stojiljković FR YugoslaviaDNF
—Hamid El Mouaziz MoroccoDQ†
—Arthur Santiago AngolaDNS
—Juan José Cruz ArgentinaDNS
—Vital Gahungu BurundiDNS
—Mohammed S.M. Albayed PalestineDNS
—Nader Almassri PalestineDNS
—Ihab Salama Abdellah PalestineDNS
—Paulo Guerra PortugalDNS
—Joseph Kamara Sierra LeoneDNS
—Abubakar Timbo Sierra LeoneDNS
—Sergey Zabavski TajikistanDNS

†: Hamid El Mouaziz from  Morocco finished 44th in 36:57 min, but was disqualified.

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Kenya
Wilberforce Talel3
Richard Limo4
Charles Kamathi5
Albert Chepkurui6
(Enock Mitei)(n/s)
(Hosea Kogo)(n/s)
 18
 Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele1
Assefa Mezegebu11
Habte Jifar15
Fita Bayissa16
(Lemma Alemayehu)(n/s)
(Mesfin Hailu)(n/s)
 43
 Morocco
Abderrahim Goumri7
Jaouad Gharib9
Saïd Berrioui19
Elarbi Khattabi23
(Hakim Radouan)(DNF)
 58
4 France
Smail Sghir12
Mustapha Essaïd14
El Hassan Lahssini20
Mohamed Serbouti25
(Hassan El Ahmadi)(n/s)
(Khalid Zoubaa)(n/s)
 71
5 United States
Abdi Abdirahman10
Meb Keflezighi13
Dathan Ritzenhein21
Clint Wells63
(Greg Jimmerson)(n/s)
(Matt Downin)(DNF)
 107
6 Spain
José Manuel García22
José Manuel Martínez27
Teodoro Cuñado31
Iván Sánchez41
(José Carlos Adán)(n/s)
(José Rios)(n/s)
 121
7 Eritrea
Yonas Kifle8
Zersenay Tadesse24
Habtai Kifletsion50
Tesfayohannes Mesfen59
(Yohannes Ghirmai)(n/s)
 141
8 Tanzania
John Yuda2
Samson Ramadhani17
Daniel Andrew Sipe55
Julius Gidabuday72
(Paul Sumawe)(n/s)
 146
9 Portugal
Eduardo Henriques18
Alberto Maravilha38
Paulo Gomes44
Hélder Ornelas66
(Alberto Chaíça)(n/s)
 166
10 United Kingdom
Sam Haughian34
Allen Graffin40
Matt Smith46
Ian Hudspith53
(Glynn Tromans)(n/s)
(Matt O'Dowd)(n/s)
 173
11 Algeria
Samir Moussaoui32
Ahmed Naïli42
Mustapha Benacer45
Kamel Kohil56
(Abdelkrim Benzai)(n/s)
(Azzedine Sakhri)(n/s)
 175
12 Italy
Gabriele De Nard33
Rachid Berradi36
Umberto Pusterla48
Giovanni Gualdi64
(Gianni Crepaldi)(n/s)
(Giuliano Battocletti)(DNF)
 181
13 Japan
Makoto Otsu28
Tomonori Watanabe47
Shinichiro Okuda52
Kenjiro Jitsui57
(Yukihiro Motoda)(n/s)
(Yuki Yamamoto)(n/s)
 184
14 Australia
Dean Cavuoto29
Brett Cartwright37
Kim Gillard61
Sisay Bezabeh62
(Julian Dwyer)(n/s)
 189
15 Ireland
Peter Matthews35
Mark Carroll39
Seamus Power49
Fiachra Lombard67
(John Burke)(n/s)
(Martin McCarthy)(n/s)
 190
16 Rwanda
Dieudonné Disi43
Pacifique Ayabusa51
Rachid Safari60
Jean Bosco Ndagijimana65
 219
17 Belgium
Tom van Hooste26
Koen van Rie54
Christian Nemeth69
Jerry van den Eede74
(Frédéric Collignon)(n/s)
(Mohammed Mourhit)(DNF)
 223
18 Chile
Mauricio Díaz30
Miguel Melendez73
Carlos Jaramillo75
Jonathan Monje76
(Daniel Herrera)(n/s)
 254
19 Canada
Brad Tighe58
Reid Coolsaet68
David Milne70
Alex Hutchinson71
(Scott Simpson)(n/s)
(James Finlayson)(n/s)
 267
20 Uzbekistan
Khasan Rakhimov77
Vasiliy Medvedev78
Radik Khubbiev79
Abduvahob Nizamov80
 314
DNF Argentina
José Alberto Montenegro(n/s)
Oscar Cortínez(n/s)
Julián Peralta(n/s)
Antonio Silio(DNF)
 DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 141 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from  Angola,  Palestine,  Sierra Leone, and  Tajikistan did not show.[7][8]

See also

References
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