2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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Junior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers IAAF
Edition36th
DateMarch 30
Host city Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Venue Holyrood Park
Events1
Distances7.905 km – Junior men
Participation109 athletes from
30 nations

The Junior 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]

Contents

Complete results for individuals, [5] [6] [7] and for teams [8] [9] [10] were published.

Race results

Junior men's race (7.905 km)

Individual

RankAthleteCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Ibrahim Jeilan Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 22:38
Silver medal icon.svg Ayele Abshero Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 22:40
Bronze medal icon.svg Lucas Kimeli Rotich Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 22:42
4 Benjamin Kiplagat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 22:43
5 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 22:45
6 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 22:51
7 Peter Kimeli Some Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 22:55
8 Geofrey Kusuro Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 22:56
9 Amanuel Mesel Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 23:00
10 Levy Matebo Omari Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23:03
11 Hunegnaw Mesfin Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 23:03
12 Stephen Kiprotich Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 23:09
13 Abraham Kiplimo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 23:17
14 Feyisa Liesa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 23:18
15 Charles Kibet Chepkurui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23:24
16 Issak Sibhatu Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 23:25
17 Tonny Wamulwa Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 23:26
18 Dejen Gebremeskel Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 23:34
19 Tsegai Tewelde Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 23:48
20 Hirotaka Tamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23:55
21 Yetwale Kende Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 23:58
22 Ben Siwa Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 24:01
23 Sidi-Hassan Chahdi Flag of France.svg  France 24:04
24 David Forrester Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24:14
25 German Fernandez Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24:15
26 Emil Heineking Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24:16
27 Youssef Nasir Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 24:18
28 Sondre Nordstad Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24:21
29 Adil Rached Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 24:22
30 Matthew Leeder Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24:26
31 Ryan Gregson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24:28
32 Shun Kurihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24:30
33 Hiroyuki Sasaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24:31
34 Ryuji Kashiwabara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24:33
35 Kevin Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24:34
36 Charles Bett Koech Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 24:35
37 Akinobu Murasawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24:36
38 Hasan Pak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24:37
39 Mohamed Mekkaoui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 24:37
40 Dominic Channon Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24:42
41 Abdelghani Aït Bahmad Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 24:42
42 Abdelmadjed Touil Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 24:45
43 Imad Touil Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 24:46
44 Kenta Chiba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24:49
45 Houssem Rouabhi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 24:53
46 Hugo Beamish Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24:55
47 Richard Everest Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24:57
48 Craig Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25:00
49 Cihat Ulus Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25:01
50 Aleksandr Kuternin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25:02
51 Mohammed Ahmed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25:03
52 Ryan Sheridan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25:03
53 Bruno Albuquerque Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25:04
54 Duer Yoa Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25:05
55 Mitchell Goose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:06
56 Ross Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:10
57 Matthew Hughes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25:17
58 Abdellah Dacha Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 25:19
59 Vedat Gönen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25:19
60 Nyjal Majock Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25:19
61 Daniel Mateo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:19
62 José Márcio Da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25:20
63 Gilberto Lopes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25:21
64 Simon Denissel Flag of France.svg  France 25:23
65 Mark Tolstikhin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25:26
66 Peter Corrigan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25:27
67 Dewi Griffiths Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:29
68 José Manuel González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:32
69 Ahmed El Mazoury Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25:34
70 Moussa Ziani Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 25:35
71 Krystian Zalewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25:36
72 Benjamin Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25:37
73 Evgeny Ryzhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25:37
74 Paulo Carvalho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25:37
75 Michael Mulhare Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25:38
76 Víctor Corrales Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:38
77 Abdelkader Khanous Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 25:40
78 François Leprovost Flag of France.svg  France 25:40
79 Paulo Pinheiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25:40
80 Sityhilo Diko Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25:45
81 Simon Horsfield Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:45
82 Senzo Nkosi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25:46
83 Benoit Calandreau Flag of France.svg  France 25:47
84 Sebastian Martos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:47
85 Guillermo Durán Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25:48
86 Robert Moldovan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25:49
87 Mohamed Mahcene Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 25:51
88 Hicham El Amrani Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 25:52
89 David Flynn Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25:53
90 Ashley Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25:58
91 Liam Tremble Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 26:01
92 Carlos Alonso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26:02
93 Phillip Berntsen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 26:06
94 Ian Ward Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 26:09
95 Houssem Bouallagui Flag of France.svg  France 26:11
96 Viacheslav Shalamov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26:13
97 Víctor Aravena Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 26:15
98 Anatoly Yakovlev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26:19
99 Patrick Hogan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 26:23
100 Éderson Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 26:25
101 Yousef Al-Lathaa Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 26:30
102 Anthony Baumal Flag of France.svg  France 26:39
103 Jorge Santa Cruz Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 26:52
104 Sydney Ngwenya Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26:57
105 Sven Spanic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 27:11
106 Ivan Khitrov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 28:19
107 Motasem Akkawi Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 29:40
108 Ahmed Taher Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 31:16
Dmitry Zubkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF

Teams

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Lucas Kimeli Rotich 3
Titus Kipjumba Mbishei 5
Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio 6
Peter Kimeli Some 7
(Levy Matebo Omari)(10)
(Charles Kibet Chepkurui)(15)
21
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Ibrahim Jeilan 1
Ayele Abshero 2
Hunegnaw Mesfin 11
Feyisa Liesa 14
(Dejen Gebremeskel)(18)
(Yetwale Kende)(21)
28
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Benjamin Kiplagat 4
Geofrey Kusuro 8
Stephen Kiprotich 12
Abraham Kiplimo 13
(Ben Siwa)(22)
37
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Hirotaka Tamura 20
Shun Kurihara 32
Hiroyuki Sasaki 33
Ryuji Kashiwabara 34
(Akinobu Murasawa)(37)
(Kenta Chiba)(44)
119
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Youssef Nasir 27
Adil Rached 29
Mohamed Mekkaoui 39
Abdelghani Aït Bahmad 41
(Abdellah Dacha)(58)
(Hicham El Amrani)(88)
136
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
German Fernandez 25
Emil Heineking 26
Kevin Williams 35
Ryan Sheridan 52
(Benjamin Johnson)(72)
(Robert Moldovan)(86)
138
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Matthew Leeder 30
Aleksandr Kuternin 50
Mohammed Ahmed 51
Matthew Hughes 57
(Nyjal Majock)(60)
(Peter Corrigan)(66)
188
8Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Abdelmadjed Touil 42
Imad Touil 43
Houssem Rouabhi 45
Moussa Ziani 70
(Abdelkader Khanous)(77)
(Mohamed Mahcene)(87)
200
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
David Forrester 24
Mitchell Goose 55
Ross Murray 56
Dewi Griffiths 67
(Simon Horsfield)(81)
(Phillip Berntsen)(93)
202
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Ryan Gregson 31
Richard Everest 47
Duer Yoa 54
Ashley Watson 90
222
11Flag of France.svg  France
Sidi-Hassan Chahdi 23
Simon Denissel 64
François Leprovost 78
Benoit Calandreau 83
(Houssem Bouallagui)(95)
(Anthony Baumal)(102)
248
12Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Daniel Mateo 61
José Manuel González 68
Víctor Corrales 76
Sebastian Martos 84
(Guillermo Durán)(85)
(Carlos Alonso)(92)
289
13Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
José Márcio Da Silva 62
Gilberto Lopes 63
Paulo Carvalho 74
Éderson Pereira 100
299
14Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Craig Murphy 48
Michael Mulhare 75
David Flynn 89
Liam Tremble 91
(Ian Ward)(94)
(Patrick Hogan)(99)
303
15Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Mark Tolstikhin 65
Evgeny Ryzhov 73
Viacheslav Shalamov 96
Anatoly Yakovlev 98
(Ivan Khitrov)(106)
(Dmitry Zubkov)(DNF)
332
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 109 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. [1]

See also

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