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

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Senior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition26th
DateMarch 22
Host cityMarrakech, Morocco Morocco
VenueMenara district
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation181 athletes from
46 nations

The Senior 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[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Tergat  Kenya 34:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Koech  Kenya 34:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia 34:28
4 Tom Nyariki  Kenya 34:37
5 Wilson Boit Kipketer  Kenya 34:38
6 Christopher Kelong  Kenya 34:41
7 Ismael Kirui  Kenya 34:41
8 Mohammed Mourhit  Belgium 34:44
9 Domingos Castro  Portugal 34:46
10 Fabián Roncero  Spain 34:50
11 Elarbi Khattabi  Morocco 34:54
12 Paulo Guerra  Portugal 34:59
13 Habte Jifar  Ethiopia 35:08
14  Morocco 35:11
15 Wilbroad Axweso  Tanzania 35:15
16 Bob Kennedy  United States 35:18
17 Brahim Lahlafi  Morocco 35:20
18 Khaled Boulami  Morocco 35:21
19 Patrick Ndayisenga  Burundi 35:23
20 Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia 35:24
21 Ayele Mezegebu  Ethiopia 35:29
22 Shaun Creighton  Australia 35:33
23 Bruno Toledo  Spain 35:34
24 Abraham Assefa  Ethiopia 35:35
25 Eduardo Henriques  Portugal 35:36
26 Benedict Ako  Tanzania 35:37
27 Adam Goucher  United States 35:39
28 José Regalo  Portugal 35:40
29 José Manuel García  Spain 35:43
30  Japan 35:47
31  Namibia 35:54
32 Alejandro Gómez  Spain 35:57
33 Toshinari Takaoka  Japan 35:58
34 Kamiel Maase  Netherlands 36:00
35  Algeria 36:04
36 Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 36:06
37 Rachid Berradi  Italy 36:14
38 Glynn Tromans  United Kingdom 36:19
39  Portugal 36:19
40 Cormac Finnerty  Ireland 36:20
41  Tanzania 36:23
42 Francesco Bennici  Italy 36:23
43  Brazil 36:24
44 Keith Cullen  United Kingdom 36:25
45  Ireland 36:26
46 Réda Benzine  Algeria 36:26
47  South Africa 36:27
48 Samir Moussaoui  Algeria 36:28
49  Botswana 36:31
50 Driss El Himer  France 36:32
51  Zimbabwe 36:32
52  Mexico 36:35
53  Morocco 36:35
54 Simone Zanon  Italy 36:36
55  Zimbabwe 36:37
56 Jacinto Navarrete  Colombia 36:38
57  Poland 36:38
58 Abdellah Béhar  France 36:39
59 Andrew Pearson  United Kingdom 36:41
60 Lee Troop  Australia 36:46
61  Zimbabwe 36:47
62  United States 36:48
63 Julio Rey  Spain 36:49
64 Azzedine Sakhri  Algeria 36:49
65  Japan 36:50
66  Mexico 36:52
67 Diego Colorado  Colombia 36:55
68  Canada 36:58
69  FR Yugoslavia 37:00
70  Brazil 37:00
71 Michele Gamba  Italy 37:01
72  Botswana 37:02
73  FR Yugoslavia 37:03
74  Tanzania 37:04
75 John Nuttall  United Kingdom 37:06
76  South Africa 37:07
77 Viktor Röthlin   Switzerland 37:09
78  Algeria 37:13
79  France 37:16
80  Netherlands 37:18
81  Brazil 37:19
82 Ville Hautala  Finland 37:20
83  Egypt 37:21
84 Dmitriy Maksimov  Russia 37:24
85 Pavel Loskutov  Estonia 37:25
86  Finland 37:25
87  United Kingdom 37:26
88 Gabriele De Nard  Italy 37:26
89 Pete Julian  United States 37:30
90  Australia 37:35
91  Ethiopia 37:35
92  Egypt 37:39
93  France 37:42
94  Australia 37:44
95  Japan 37:46
96  Netherlands 37:47
97 Ali El-Zaidi  Libya 37:48
98  Russia 37:49
99 Jussi Utriainen  Finland 37:50
100  Costa Rica 37:53
101  Estonia 37:54
102  Hungary 37:58
103  Mexico 38:01
104  Ireland 38:02
105 Marcel Versteeg  Netherlands 38:03
106  Ireland 38:04
107 Joseph Tjitunga  Namibia 38:10
108  Australia 38:14
109  Colombia 38:14
110 Martín Pitayo  Mexico 38:16
111 Spencer Duval  United Kingdom 38:16
112  Botswana 38:23
113 Alphonse Munyeshyaka  Rwanda 38:28
114  Mauritius 38:32
115  Colombia 38:33
116  Rwanda 38:37
117   Switzerland 38:39
118  Egypt 38:42
119  Finland 38:43
120  Canada 38:45
121 Glody Dube  Botswana 38:50
122 Ernest Ndjissipou  Central African Republic 38:52
123  Estonia 38:54
124  Canada 38:56
125 Toni Bernadó  Andorra 38:56
126  Côte d'Ivoire 39:02
127  Egypt 39:03
128 Robert Gary  United States 39:04
129  Ireland 39:14
130  Netherlands 39:15
131  Canada 39:21
132 Tiyapo Maso  Botswana 39:22
133  Egypt 39:28
134  Egypt 39:36
135  Estonia 39:38
136 Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda 39:45
137  Rwanda 39:46
138 Bruno Le Stum  France 39:55
139  Estonia 40:00
140  Botswana 40:13
141  Rwanda 40:22
142  Rwanda 40:23
143  Gabon 40:26
144  South Africa 40:33
145  Turkmenistan 40:34
146  Turkmenistan 40:34
147  Libya 40:46
148  Gabon 41:15
149  Libya 41:24
150  Gabon 41:24
151  Côte d'Ivoire 41:51
152  Libya 42:04
153  Gabon 42:17
154  Papua New Guinea 42:25
155 Sergey Zabavskiy  Tajikistan 43:04
156  Côte d'Ivoire 43:06
157  Canada 43:10
158  Côte d'Ivoire 43:34
159  Gabon 43:41
160  Gabon 43:46
161  Hong Kong 43:52
162  Papua New Guinea 44:22
163  Papua New Guinea 45:05
—  Portugal DNF
— Enrique Molina  Spain DNF
— Pablo Olmedo  Mexico DNF
—  Tanzania DNF
— Smail Sghir  Morocco DNF
— Kamel Kohil  Algeria DNF
— Benoît Zwierzchiewski  France DNF
— Abel Chimukoko  Zimbabwe DNF
—  Armenia DNF
—  Australia DNF
—  Brazil DNF
—  Papua New Guinea DNF
—  United States DNF
—  Zimbabwe DNF
—  Zimbabwe DNF
—  Canada DNF
—  Namibia DNF
—  Turkmenistan DNF

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Paul Tergat 1
Paul Koech 2
Tom Nyariki 4
Wilson Boit Kipketer 5
(Christopher Kelong) (6)
(Ismael Kirui) (7)
12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Assefa Mezegebu 3
Habte Jifar 13
Tesfaye Tola 20
Ayele Mezegebu 21
(Abraham Assefa) (24)
() (91)
57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
Elarbi Khattabi 11
14
Brahim Lahlafi 17
Khaled Boulami 18
() (53)
(Smail Sghir) (DNF)
60
4  Portugal
Domingos Castro 9
Paulo Guerra 12
Eduardo Henriques 25
José Regalo 28
() (39)
() (DNF)
74
5  Spain
Fabián Roncero 10
Bruno Toledo 23
José Manuel García 29
Alejandro Gómez 32
(Julio Rey) (63)
(Enrique Molina) (DNF)
94
6  Tanzania
Wilbroad Axweso 15
Benedict Ako 26
41
74
() (DNF)
156
7  Algeria
35
Réda Benzine 46
Samir Moussaoui 48
Azzedine Sakhri 64
() (78)
(Kamel Kohil) (DNF)
193
8  United States
Bob Kennedy 16
Adam Goucher 27
62
Pete Julian 89
(Robert Gary) (128)
() (DNF)
194
9  Italy
Rachid Berradi 37
Francesco Bennici 42
Simone Zanon 54
Michele Gamba 71
(Gabriele De Nard) (88)
204
10  United Kingdom
Glynn Tromans 38
Keith Cullen 44
Andrew Pearson 59
John Nuttall 75
() (87)
(Spencer Duval) (111)
216
11  Japan
30
Toshinari Takaoka 33
65
95
223
12  Australia
Shaun Creighton 22
Lee Troop 60
90
94
() (108)
() (DNF)
266
13  France
Driss El Himer 50
Abdellah Béhar 58
79
93
(Bruno Le Stum) (138)
(Benoît Zwierzchiewski) (DNF)
280
14  Ireland
Cormac Finnerty 40
45
104
106
() (129)
295
15  South Africa
Hendrick Ramaala 36
47
76
144
303
16  Netherlands
Kamiel Maase 34
80
96
Marcel Versteeg 105
() (130)
315
17  Mexico
52
66
103
Martín Pitayo 110
(Pablo Olmedo) (DNF)
331
18  Colombia
Jacinto Navarrete 56
Diego Colorado 67
109
115
347
19  Botswana
49
72
112
Glody Dube 121
(Tiyapo Maso) (132)
() (140)
354
20  Finland
Ville Hautala 82
86
Jussi Utriainen 99
119
386
21  Egypt
83
92
118
127
() (133)
() (134)
420
22  Canada
68
120
124
131
() (157)
() (DNF)
443
23  Estonia
Pavel Loskutov 85
101
123
135
() (139)
444
24  Rwanda
Alphonse Munyeshyaka 113
116
Dieudonné Disi 136
137
() (141)
() (142)
502
25  Libya
Ali El-Zaidi 97
147
149
152
545
26  Côte d'Ivoire
126
151
156
158
591
27  Gabon
143
148
150
153
() (159)
() (160)
594
DNF  Zimbabwe
() (51)
() (55)
() (61)
(Abel Chimukoko) (DNF)
() (DNF)
() (DNF)
DNF
DNF  Brazil
() (43)
() (70)
() (81)
() (DNF)
DNF
DNF  Papua New Guinea
() (154)
() (162)
() (163)
() (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 181 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dunaway, James (March 23, 1998), "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Tergat Makes It Four Straight", The New York Times, retrieved October 28, 2013
  2. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1998), "O'Sullivan a crown jewel out of Africa", Glasgow Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013
  3. ^ Minshull, Phil, Tergat & Kenya sweep the board, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  4. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Marrakech Menara district Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 28, 2013
  5. ^ Official Results - CROSS SENIOR Men - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  6. ^ Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Long Race - men, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
  7. ^ Official Results - CROSS SENIOR Men - Team - Sunday, March 22, 1998, IAAF, March 22, 1998, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
  8. ^ Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Long Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 22, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
  9. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 28, 2013
  10. ^ 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 28, 2013
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