2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior Men's Race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships was held at Tallahassee, Florida, United States on January 10, 2026. Jacob Kiplimo won a third consecutive gold medal in the individual classification, with Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi finishing second. ^{[1] [2]}

Senior men's race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Organisers	World Athletics
Edition	46th
Date	January 10, 2026
Host city	Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Participation	123 athletes from 40 nations
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Prize Money

Rank	Championship
	Individual	Team
Gold	US$30,000	US$20,000
Silver	US$15,000	US$16,000
Bronze	US$10,000	US$12,000
Fourth	US$7000	US$10,000
Fifth	US$5000	US$8000
Sixth	US$3000	US$4000

Race Results

Senior Men's Race (10 km)

• Video on World Athletics on YouTube
• Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda 28:18 Berihu Aregawi   Ethiopia 28:36 Daniel Ebenyo   Kenya 28:45 4 Tadese Worku   Ethiopia 28:49 5 Ishmael Kipkurui   Kenya 28:53 6 Biniam Mehary   Ethiopia 29:03 7 Dolphine Chelimo   Uganda 29:07 8 Thierry Ndikumwenayo   Spain 29:16 9 Denis Kipkoech Kemboi Kipkemoi   Kenya 29:18 10 Keneth Kiprop   Uganda 29:20 11 Yann Schrub   France 29:22 12 Parker Wolfe   United States 29:28 13 Adriaan Wildschutt   South Africa 29:32 14 Wesley Kiptoo   United States 29:34 15 Jimmy Gressier   France 29:36 16 Brian Fay   Ireland 29:37 17 Kevin Chepsergon Chesang  [ de ]   Kenya 29:39 18 Nibret Kinde  [ de ]   Ethiopia 29:40 19 Graham Blanks   United States 29:41 20 Gabriel Geay   Tanzania 29:45 21 Emmanuel Kibet  [ de ]   Uganda 29:46 22 Abdessamad Oukhelfen   Spain 29:49 23 Emanuel Dinday   Tanzania 29:54 24 Ky Robinson   Australia 29:56 25 Edward Marks   Australia 29:58 26 David Mullarkey   United Kingdom 30:00 27 Shadrack Koech   Kenya 30:01 28 Simon Sundström   Sweden 30:01 29 Benjamin Ratsim   Tanzania 30:07 30 Aarón Las Heras   Spain 30:12 31 Morgan McDonald   Australia 30:12 32 Etienne Daguinos   France 30:13 33 Sanele Masondo   South Africa 30:13 34 Valentin Gondouin   France 30:14 35 Bereket Nega   Ethiopia 30:19 36 Nico Young   United States 30:19 37 Fabien Palcau   France 30:25 38 Evan Burke   Canada 30:31 39 Isaac Heyne   Australia 30:38 40 Gulveer Singh   India 30:39 41 Deogracius Musobo   Uganda 30:41 42 Musawenkosi Mnisi   South Africa 30:45 43 Robert Koech   Kenya 30:49 44 Inyasi Nicodemus Sulley   Tanzania 30:50 45 Seth O'Donnell   Australia 30:53 46 Ahmed Muhumed   United States 30:53 47 Toby Gualter  [ it ]   New Zealand 30:54 48 Xavier Perras-Phaneuf   Canada 31:05 49 Godwin Katakura   Zimbabwe 31:09 50 Bennett Seloyi   South Africa 31:12 51 Ryuto Igawa   Japan 31:13 52 Yuma Shimoo   Japan 31:14 53 Matthew Ramsden   United Kingdom 31:15 54 Haftu Strintzos   Australia 31:19 55 Assaf Harari   Israel 31:30 56 Jaime Migallon   Spain 31:34 57 Matt Talbot   Canada 31:34 58 MacCallum Rowe   New Zealand 31:36 59 Jayde Rosslee   South Africa 31:37 60 Sawan Barwal   India 31:37 61 Philippe Morneau-Cartier   Canada 31:38 62 Hiroto Yoshioka   Japan 31:39 63 Tomas Vega   Argentina 31:39 64 Oliver Diaz   Venezuela 31:36 65 César Gomez Ponce   Mexico 31:47 66 German Vega   Argentina 31:57 67 Arturo Reyna   Mexico 31:58 68 Derebe Ayele   Israel 31:59 69 Adisu Guadia   Israel 32:02 70 Ma Wenliang   China 32:05 71 Jacob Cann   United Kingdom 32:07 72 Paul Ramirez   Peru 32:18 73 William Little   New Zealand 32:28 74 Omar Ramos   Peru 32:36 75 John Nahhay Wele   Tanzania 32:37 76 Yacine Guermali   Philippines 32:39 77 Daiki Ozawa   Japan 32:44 78 Tang Haoran   China 32:49 79 Rory Leonard   United Kingdom 32:50 80 Luis Alberto Orta   Venezuela 32:51 81 Divan Du Plooy   Namibia 32:52 82 Karel Hussar   Estonia 32:54 83 Yeshnil Karan   Fiji 32:55 84 Mario López   Mexico 32:58 85 Abhishek Pal   India 33:01 86 Jhon Atachagua   Peru 33:03 87 Bradley Makuvire   Zimbabwe 33:05 88 Zayed Al Sayd   Lebanon 33:09 89 Chen Zhongping   China 33:11 90 Kristers Kudlis   Latvia 33:22 91 Manuel Rojas   Argentina 33:24 92 Santiago Gaitan   Canada 33:37 93 Liu Xing   China 33:46 94 Chris Mhlanga   South Africa 33:49 95 Munir Kabbara   Lebanon 33:50 96 Taonga Mbambo   New Zealand 33:53 97 Sadio Fenner   Ivory Coast 33:55 98 Diego Garcia   Mexico 33:55 99 Zade Kayyali   Jordan 34:06 100 Nelson Ito Ccuro   Peru 34:09 101 Wang Wenjie   China 34:15 102 Victor Aguilar Mamani   Bolivia 34:30 103 Dilu Bob   Papua New Guinea 34:31 104 Tian Weizheng   China 34:56 105 Gabriel Guzman   Venezuela 35:51 106 Gaylord Silly   Seychelles 35:57 107 Felice Covillon   French Polynesia 36:18 108 Ethan Yan   Singapore 36:19 109 Seng Tou IP   Macau 36:48 110 Iván Zarco   Honduras 36:51 111 Benjamin Ashkettle   Fiji 37:07 112 Charbel Sejaan   Lebanon 37:16 113 Michel Simon Darazi   Lebanon 37:43 114 Hugh Kent   Guam 38:23 — Uriel Muñoz   Argentina DNF — Mohammed Ahmed   Canada DNF — Mezgebu Sime   Ethiopia DNF — Oliver Chignell  [ no ]   New Zealand DNF — Connor Melton   New Zealand DNF — Omer Elfadi   Sudan DNF — Dan Kibet   Uganda DNF — Wayne Kabondo   Zimbabwe DNF — Rocky Hansen   United States DNS

Team Rank Team Score Ethiopia  [ it ] Berihu Aregawi 2 Tadese Worku 4 Biniam Mehary 6 Nibret Kinde  [ de ] 18 (Bereket Nega) (35) (Mezgebu Sime) (DNF) 30 Kenya Daniel Ebenyo 3 Ishmael Kipkurui 5 Denis Kipkoech 9 Kevin Chepsergon Chesang  [ de ] 17 (Shadrack Kipngetich Koech) (27) (Robert Kiprop) (43) 34   Uganda Jacob Kiplimo 1 Dolphine Chelimo 7 Keneth Kiprop 10 Emmanuel Kibet  [ de ] 21 (Deogracius Musobo) (41) (Dan Kibet) (DNF) 39 4 United States Parker Wolfe 12 Wesley Kiptoo 14 Graham Blanks 19 Nico Young 36 (Ahmed Muhumed) (46) (Rocky Hansen) (DNS) 81 5 France  [ it ] Yann Schrub 11 Jimmy Gressier 15 Etienne Daguinos 32 Valentin Gondouin 34 (Fabien Palcau) (37) 92 6   Tanzania Gabriel Geay 20 Emanuel Dinday 23 Benjamin Ratsim 29 Inyasi Nicodemus Sulley 44 (John Nahhay Wele) (75) 116 7 Spain  [ es ] Thierry Ndikumwenayo 8 Abdessamad Oukhelfen 22 Aarón Las Heras 30 Jaime Migallón 56 116 8 Australia Ky Robinson 24 Edward Marks 25 Morgan McDonald 31 Isaac Heyne 39 (Seth O'Donnell) (45) (Haftu Strintzos  [ de ]) (54) 119 9 South Africa  [ it ] Adriaan Wildschutt 13 Sanele MASONDO (33) Musawenkosi MNISI (42) Bennett SELOYI (50) Jayde ROSSLEE (59) Chris MHLANGA (94) 138 10 Canada  [ it ] Evan BURKE (38) Xavier PERRAS-PHANEUF (48) Matt TALBOT (57) Philippe MORNEAU-CARTIER (61) Santiago GAITAN (92) Mohammed AHMED 204 11 United Kingdom  [ it ] David MULLARKEY (26) Matthew RAMSDEN (53) Jacob CANN (71) Rory LEONARD (79) 229 12 Japan  [ it ] Ryuto IGAWA (51) Yuma SHIMOO (52) Hiroto YOSHIOKA (62) Daiki OZAWA (77) 242 13   New Zealand Toby Gualter  [ it ] 47 MacCallum Rowe 58 William Little 73 Taonga Mbambo 96 (Oliver Chignell  [ no ]) (DNF) (Connor Melton) (DNF) 274 14   Mexico César Daniel GOMEZ PONCE (65) Arturo Israel REYNA (67) Mario LÓPEZ (84) Diego Adolfo GARCIA (98) 314 15 China  [ it ] Ma Wenliang 70 Tang Haoran 78 Chen Zhongping 89 Liu Xing 93 (Wang Wenjie) (101) (Tian Weizheng) (104) 330 16   Peru Paul RAMIREZ (72) Omar RAMOS (74) Jhon Andres ATACHAGUA (86) Nelson ITO CCURO (100) 332 17   Lebanon Zayed AL SAYD (88) Munir KABBARA (95) Charbel SEJAAN (112) Michel Simon DARAZI (113) 408

References

1. "FINAL | Senior Race | Results | Tallahassee 26 | World Athletics Cross Country Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
2. "History repeats as Kiplimo wins senior men's gold from Aregawi in Tallahassee | News | Tallahassee 26 | World Athletics Cross Country Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-01-12.