1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Junior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Junior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	24th
Date	March 23
Host city	Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Venue	Danie Craven Stadium
Events	1
Distances	8.35 km – Junior men
Participation	140 athletes from ; 38 nations
	← 1995 Durham 1997 Torino → ;

The Junior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald,^[1] and a report in The New York Times.^[2]

Complete results,^[3]^[4]^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Race results[]

Junior men's race (8.35 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	David Chelule	Kenya	24:06
	Assefa Mezegebu	Ethiopia	24:19
		Kenya	24:24
4		Kenya	24:26
5		Kenya	24:28
6	Mizan Mehari	Ethiopia	24:51
7		Kenya	24:55
8	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	24:56
9	Patrick Ivuti	Kenya	25:00
10		Ethiopia	25:34
11	Miloud Abaoub	Algeria	25:42
12		Mexico	25:43
13	Sisay Bezabeh	Ethiopia	25:43
14	Aziz Driouche	Morocco	25:43
15		Japan	26:06
16		Romania	26:06
17	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	26:09
18	Azzedine Zerdoum	Algeria	26:10
19		Morocco	26:11
20		Morocco	26:18
21		Russia	26:20
22	Marilson dos Santos	Brazil	26:21
23	Dalibor Balgac	Croatia	26:23
24		Lesotho	26:23
25		China	26:27
26		South Africa	26:27
27		United States	26:29
28		Ethiopia	26:30
29		South Africa	26:31
30		Japan	26:31
31		South Africa	26:35
32		Algeria	26:36
33		Argentina	26:37
34		China	26:38
35		FR Yugoslavia	26:39
36		Mexico	26:41
37		United Kingdom	26:41
38		China	26:47
39		Algeria	26:47
40		Zimbabwe	26:53
41		Morocco	26:53
42		Zimbabwe	26:54
43	Rui Silva	Portugal	26:56
44		Spain	26:57
45	Francisco Navarro	Spain	26:57
46		Brazil	26:57
47		Morocco	26:59
48		Algeria	27:00
49		Japan	27:01
50		United States	27:02
51	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	27:03
52		Namibia	27:05
53		Algeria	27:07
54		South Africa	27:07
55	Dmitriy Maksimov	Russia	27:07
56		South Africa	27:10
57		Spain	27:11
58		Italy	27:12
59	Antonio Jiménez	Spain	27:12
60		Mexico	27:13
61		China	27:15
62		France	27:20
63	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	27:20
64		Japan	27:21
65		United Kingdom	27:22
66	Gaël Pencréach	France	27:31
67		Japan	27:33
68		United States	27:36
69	Satish Kumar	India	27:38
70		United Kingdom	27:40
71		Netherlands	27:42
72		Italy	27:43
73		India	27:46
74		Canada	27:47
75		South Africa	27:48
75	Martin Dent	Australia	27:48
77		Kazakhstan	27:52
78	Jussi Utriainen	Finland	27:54
79		Australia	27:54
80		United States	27:54
81		Zimbabwe	27:55
82		Zimbabwe	27:56
83		United States	27:57
84		Canada	27:59
85		France	28:01
86		Canada	28:02
87		Switzerland	28:02
88		Canada	28:03
89		United Kingdom	28:04
90		Namibia	28:07
91		Spain	28:09
92		Angola	28:12
93		Belarus	28:12
94		Mexico	28:13
95		India	28:13
96		Italy	28:14
97		Japan	28:17
98		Finland	28:22
99		Argentina	28:23
100		Lesotho	28:23
101		Namibia	28:24
102		Canada	28:28
103		India	28:29
104		Belgium	28:41
105		Belarus	28:41
106		Finland	28:43
107		Kazakhstan	28:44
108		Canada	28:44
109		Mozambique	28:48
110		United Kingdom	28:52
111		Mauritius	28:53
112		Belgium	28:53
113		Italy	29:00
114		Switzerland	29:21
115		France	29:38
116		Namibia	29:44
117		Lesotho	30:00
118		Argentina	30:02
119		Mauritius	30:04
120		Belgium	30:15
121	Bernard Joseph	Mauritius	30:23
122		Mauritius	30:23
123		Seychelles	31:00
124		Papua New Guinea	31:44
125		Seychelles	32:00
126		Lesotho	32:08
127		Seychelles	32:54
128		Argentina	32:54
—		Seychelles	DNF
—		Belgium	DNF
—		Brazil	DNF
—	Fouad Chouki	France	DNF
—		France	DNF
—		United Kingdom	DNF
—		Ireland	DNF
—		Italy	DNF
—	Fabio Cesari	Italy	DNF
—		Morocco	DNF
—	Russell Coleman	United States	DNF
—		Brazil	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

David Chelule	1
	3
	4
	5
()	(7)
(Patrick Ivuti)	(9)

13

Ethiopia

Assefa Mezegebu	2
Mizan Mehari	6
Million Wolde	8
	10
(Sisay Bezabeh)	(13)
()	(28)

26

Morocco

Aziz Driouche	14
	19
	20
	41
()	(47)
()	(DNF)

94

4

Algeria

Miloud Abaoub	11
Azzedine Zerdoum	18
	32
	39
()	(48)
()	(53)

100

5

South Africa

	26
	29
	31
	54
()	(56)
()	(75)

140

6

China

	25
	34
	38
	61

158

7

Japan

	15
	30
	49
	64
()	(67)
()	(97)

158

8

Spain

	44
Francisco Navarro	45
Juan Carlos Higuero	51
	57
(Antonio Jiménez)	(59)
()	(91)

197

9

Mexico

	12
	36
	60
	94

202

10

United States

	27
	50
	68
	80
()	(83)
(Russell Coleman)	(DNF)

225

11

Zimbabwe

	40
	42
	81
	82

245

12

United Kingdom

	37
	65
	70
	89
()	(110)
()	(DNF)

261

13

France

	62
Gaël Pencréach	66
	85
	115
(Fouad Chouki)	(DNF)
()	(DNF)

328

14

Canada

	74
	84
	86
	88
()	(102)
()	(108)

332

15

Italy

	58
	72
	96
	113
()	(DNF)
(Fabio Cesari)	(DNF)

339

16

India

Satish Kumar	69
	73
	95
	103

340

17

Namibia

	52
	90
	101
	116

359

18

Lesotho

	24
	100
	117
	126

367

19

Argentina

	33
	99
	118
	128

378

20

Mauritius

	111
	119
Bernard Joseph	121
	122

473

DNF

Brazil

(Marilson dos Santos)	(22)
()	(46)
(Hudson de Souza)	(63)
()	(DNF)
()	(DNF)

DNF

Belgium

()	(104)
()	(112)
()	(120)
()	(DNF)

DNF

Seychelles

()	(123)
()	(125)
()	(127)
()	(DNF)

DNF

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 140 athletes from 38 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7]

Algeria (6)
Angola (1)
Argentina (4)
Australia (2)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (5)
Canada (6)
China (4)
Croatia (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (3)
France (6)

India (4)
Ireland (1)
Italy (6)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (2)
Kenya (6)
Lesotho (4)
Mauritius (4)
Mexico (4)
Morocco (6)
Mozambique (1)
Namibia (4)
Netherlands (2)

Papua New Guinea (1)
Portugal (1)
Romania (1)
Russia (2)
Seychelles (4)
South Africa (6)
Spain (6)
Switzerland (2)
United Kingdom (6)
United States (6)
FR Yugoslavia (1)
Zimbabwe (4)

References[]

^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013
^ "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.4km CC Men - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Junior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Junior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ ^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 9, 2013

[herald_01-1] Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013

[times_01-2] "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013

[archive_02-3] Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.4km CC Men - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_02-4] The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Junior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_06-5] The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Junior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-6] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_00-7] 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 9, 2013

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