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

The Senior 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 Glasgow Herald,[1] and a report in The New York Times.[2]

Senior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition24th
DateMarch 23
Host cityStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa South Africa
VenueDanie Craven Stadium
Events1
Distances12.15 km – Senior men
Participation281 athletes from
56 nations

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

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12.15 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Paul Tergat   Kenya 33:44
  Salah Hissou   Morocco 33:56
  Ismael Kirui   Kenya 33:57
4 Paul Koech   Kenya 34:10
5 Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 34:28
6 Joseph Kimani   Kenya 34:30
7 Khalid Skah   Morocco 34:34
8 Smail Sghir   Morocco 34:34
9 William Kiptum   Kenya 34:35
10 Josephat Machuka   Kenya 34:37
11 Abraham Assefa   Ethiopia 34:55
12 Jon Brown   United Kingdom 34:55
13 Abderrahim Zitouna   Morocco 35:00
14 Stephen Arusei   Kenya 35:01
15 Shadrack Hoff   South Africa 35:04
16 Steve Moneghetti   Australia 35:04
17 Habte Jifar   Ethiopia 35:05
18 Fita Bayissa   Ethiopia 35:09
19 Alejandro Gómez   Spain 35:14
20 Mustapha Essaïd   France 35:15
21 Ayele Mezegebu   Ethiopia 35:23
22 José Manuel García   Spain 35:25
23 James Songok   Kenya 35:29
24 John Gilay   Tanzania 35:30
25 Julian Paynter   Australia 35:31
26 Domingos Castro   Portugal 35:33
27 Daniel Ferreira   Brazil 35:35
28 John Nuttall   United Kingdom 35:38
29 Mustapha Bamouh   Morocco 35:40
30 Kamiel Maase   Netherlands 35:40
31 Arnold Mächler    Switzerland 35:42
32 Antonio Serrano   Spain 35:47
33 Antonio Pérez   Spain 35:49
34 Andrew Panga   Tanzania 35:50
35 Chala Kelele   Ethiopia 35:51
36 Carlos Grisales   Colombia 35:53
37 Gennaro Di Napoli   Italy 35:55
38 António Pinto   Portugal 35:56
39 Girma Tolla   Ethiopia 35:56
40 Khaled Boulami   Morocco 35:57
41 Brian Baker   United States 35:57
42 Yann Millon   France 35:59
43 Christian Leuprecht   Italy 35:59
44 Owen MacHelm   South Africa 36:00
45 Rob Denmark   United Kingdom 36:01
46 Juan Ramón Muñoz   Spain 36:04
47 Marko Hwahu   Tanzania 36:05
48 Stefano Baldini   Italy 36:06
49 Shaun Creighton   Australia 36:06
50 John Morapedi   South Africa 36:07
51 Andrew Pearson   United Kingdom 36:07
52 Mohamed Issangar   Morocco 36:11
53 Carlos de la Torre   Spain 36:13
54 Abdelaziz Sahere   Morocco 36:16
55 Julio Rey   Spain 36:17
56 Godfrey Koki   Zimbabwe 36:17
57 Keith Cullen   United Kingdom 36:17
58 Róbert Štefko   Slovakia 36:18
59 Darius Burrows   United Kingdom 36:19
60 Alfredo Bráz   Portugal 36:19
61 James Kariuki   Kenya 36:20
62 Greg van Hest   Netherlands 36:21
63 Takahiro Sunada   Japan 36:21
64 Angelo Carosi   Italy 36:22
65 Pedro Rojas   Colombia 36:22
66 Lee Troop   Australia 36:27
67 Robbie Johnston   New Zealand 36:27
68 Jason Cameron   New Zealand 36:27
69 Pablo Olmedo   Mexico 36:31
70 Martin Rodríguez   Mexico 36:31
71 Nigousse Urge   Ethiopia 36:32
72 Tadeo Nada   Tanzania 36:32
73 Faustine Shauri   Tanzania 36:32
74 Sérgio da Silva   Brazil 36:34
75 Francesco Panetta   Italy 36:34
76 Abdellah Béhar   France 36:35
77 Claes Nyberg   Sweden 36:36
78 Brahim Boulami   Morocco 36:37
79 Bertrand Frechard   France 36:37
80 Fungai Kapanyota   Zimbabwe 36:37
81 Peter Mavura   Zimbabwe 36:37
82 Jeff Campbell   United States 36:41
83 Carlos Patrício   Portugal 36:44
84 José Ramon Moreno   Spain 36:48
85 Salvatore Bettiol   Italy 36:50
86 Meshack Mogotsi   South Africa 36:51
87 Chris Sweeney   United Kingdom 36:52
88 Kerry Rodger   New Zealand 36:53
89 Sam Molokomme   South Africa 36:53
90 Adalberto Garcia   Brazil 36:54
91 Chris Weber   Canada 36:56
92 Vítor Almeida   Portugal 36:58
93 John Mwathiwa   Malawi 36:58
94 Tim Gannon   United States 36:59
95 Simon Morolong   South Africa 37:00
96 Ezael Thlobo   South Africa 37:01
97 Valery Chesak   Ukraine 37:02
98 Joaquim Silva   Portugal 37:04
99 Peter van der Velden   Netherlands 37:05
100 Aron Shipanga   Namibia 37:06
101 Phillip Clode   New Zealand 37:06
102 Godfrey Nyombi   Uganda 37:07
103 Viktor Röthlin    Switzerland 37:09
104 Éder Fialho   Brazil 37:10
105 Stéphane Rousseau   Belgium 37:10
106 William Roldán   Colombia 37:11
107 Noel Cullen   Ireland 37:12
108 Henry Moyo   Malawi 37:13
109 Pere Arco   Spain 37:15
110 Carlos Peña   Mexico 37:15
111 Jonathan Wyatt   New Zealand 37:16
112 Ayele Setegne   Israel 37:17
113 Alex Malinga   Uganda 37:18
114 Phil Costley   New Zealand 37:20
115 Petri Kuusinen   Finland 37:21
116 Kamfya Kenneth   Zambia 37:22
117 Jeff Schiebler   Canada 37:22
118 Phillip Sly   Australia 37:23
119 Daniel Held   United States 37:23
120 Masami Tsujinaka   Japan 37:28
121 Bradley Kirk   United States 37:30
122 Marc Vanderstraeten   Belgium 37:32
123 Darren Lynch   Australia 37:32
124 Bhairav Singh   India 37:33
125 Marcel Laros   Netherlands 37:33
126 Robert Cook Jr.   United States 37:33
127 Jonathan Hume   United States 37:34
128 Dominique Chauvelier   France 37:35
129 Adrian Passey   United Kingdom 37:36
130 Jurmain Mitchell   Jamaica 37:38
131 Ronald Mujuni   Uganda 37:39
132 Jason Bunston   Canada 37:43
133 Bertrand Itsweire   France 37:43
134 Filip van Damme   Belgium 37:44
135 Daniel Sibandze   Eswatini 37:45
136 Joseph Tjitunga   Namibia 37:48
137 Jos Maes   Belgium 37:50
138 Meck Mothuli   South Africa 37:50
139 Francis Munthali   Malawi 37:51
140 Veli-Matti Ranta   Finland 37:51
141 José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero   Colombia 37:53
142 Isaac Simelane   Eswatini 37:54
143 Kabo Gabaseme   Botswana 37:54
144 Viktor Karpenko   Ukraine 37:55
145 Marcel Versteeg   Netherlands 37:55
146 Adamou Aboubakar   Cameroon 37:56
147 Leonardo Guedes   Brazil 38:00
148 Elenilson da Silva   Brazil 38:00
149 Tsungai Mwanengeni   Zimbabwe 38:02
150 Aleksandr Kuzin   Ukraine 38:02
151 Steve Harris   United Kingdom 38:06
152 Ron van Diepen   Netherlands 38:08
153 Stephan Paessens   Belgium 38:10
154 Sergiy Lebid   Ukraine 38:10
155 Ray Boyd   Australia 38:14
156 Thorsten Naumann   Germany 38:15
157 Clement Omagoro   Uganda 38:16
158 Miroslav Vanko   Slovakia 38:17
159 André Green   Germany 38:18
160 Benito Mpwewe   Tanzania 38:18
161 Seamus Power   Ireland 38:19
162 Rafael Muñoz   Mexico 38:19
163 Sebastiano Mazzara   Italy 38:19
164 Mathieu Kouanotso   Cameroon 38:21
165 Oliver Kandiero   Zimbabwe 38:23
166 Francisco Sanchez   Colombia 38:23
167 Martin Horacek   Czech Republic 38:26
168 Redmal Singh   India 38:27
169 Gulab Chand   India 38:27
170 Dinesh Kumar   India 38:27
171 Jamie Lewis   Ireland 38:30
172 Hisayuki Okawa   Japan 38:31
173 Lesedinyana Lekgoa   Botswana 38:32
174 Elphas Ginindza   Eswatini 38:33
175 Dragoslav Prpa   Yugoslavia 38:33
176 Anil Kumar   India 38:33
177 Ben Chesang   Uganda 38:37
178 Laurent Mbissah   Cameroon 38:41
179 Brad Schlapak   United States 38:41
180 Paul McCloy   Canada 38:42
181 Seamus McElligott   United States 38:42
182 Goran Raičević   Yugoslavia 38:42
183 Noah Chilongoshi   Zambia 38:43
184 Bethold Karumendu   Namibia 38:44
185 Zachariah Ditetso   Botswana 38:44
186 Abdul Sameer Moos   Mauritius 38:45
187 Simone Zanon   Italy 38:48
188 André Bucher    Switzerland 38:49
189 Artur Santiago   Angola 38:50
190 Igor Sidorenko   Ukraine 38:50
191 Tom van Hooste   Belgium 38:52
192 Jukka Vähä-Vahe   Finland 38:53
193 Milton Andabati   Uganda 38:54
194 Sumer Singh   India 38:56
195 Kokolia Mokonyana   Lesotho 38:56
196 Percy Sephoda   Lesotho 38:56
197 Pauric McKinney   Ireland 38:56
198 Henno Haava   Estonia 38:57
199 Menon Ramsamy   Mauritius 39:00
200 Boaz Matsiko   Uganda 39:03
201 Kefemawg Selogilwe   Botswana 39:04
202 Tsai Ching-Chou   Chinese Taipei 39:04
203 Jussi Virtanen   Finland 39:09
204 Zambis Champi   Botswana 39:11
205 Yuichi Tajiri   Japan 39:17
206 Bhekumusa Simelane   Eswatini 39:21
207 Andrey Gladishev   Ukraine 39:24
208 Makhosonke Fika   South Africa 39:25
209 Carlos Morelos   Mexico 39:26
210 Alan Merriman   Ireland 39:29
211 Eissa Abou Daif   Egypt 39:30
212 Pierewit Wilders   Namibia 39:37
213 Jari Venäläinen   Finland 39:40
214 Pierre Foka   Cameroon 39:42
215 Marko Kotila   Finland 39:46
216 Luke Madongo   Eswatini 39:49
217 Cheikh Boye   Senegal 39:56
218 Elengha Obvo   Congo 39:58
219 Ajay Chuttoo   Mauritius 39:59
220 Bruno Le Stum   France 40:01
221 Thabang Lebota   Lesotho 40:04
222 Adelino Oliveira   Mozambique 40:08
223 Alex Oldete   Namibia 40:11
224 Ivan Celic   Croatia 40:13
225 Emil Roman   Namibia 40:13
226 Freddy Silva   Colombia 40:13
227 Radames Bonjele   Mozambique 40:15
228 Jouni Rinne   Finland 40:18
229 Linton McKenzie   Jamaica 40:26
230 Abdoulka Soumah   France 40:27
231 Modise Ndibicha   Botswana 40:36
232 Satish Huryl   Mauritius 40:37
233 Andrzej Magier   Poland 40:38
234 Nils Antonio   Jamaica 40:39
235 Patrick Moonsamy   Mauritius 40:43
236 Pat Mabuza   Eswatini 40:47
237 Robert de Vido   Hong Kong 40:57
238 Delmore Delevante   Jamaica 41:00
239 Philip Kamane   Papua New Guinea 41:05
240 Bruno Armance   Mauritius 41:21
241 Mike Felicite   Mauritius 41:22
242 Michael Tomlin   Jamaica 41:25
243 Emmanuel Milonya   Malawi 41:29
244 Michael Nejedly   Czech Republic 41:29
245 Eston Phiri   Malawi 41:46
246 Morris Manai   Papua New Guinea 41:52
247 Prosnattam Lal   Fiji 41:54
248 Mohlalefi Sepqane   Lesotho 42:22
249 Sau Wai   Papua New Guinea 42:24
250 Mishack Myula   Malawi 42:33
251 Robert John   Papua New Guinea 42:34
252 Jeff Lockyer   Canada 42:44
253 Delroy Hayden   Jamaica 42:47
254 Davendra Pradesh Singh   Fiji 43:06
255 Ken Mova   Papua New Guinea 43:09
256 Ashok Kumar   Fiji 43:37
257 Isireli Naikelekelevesi   Fiji 44:18
258 Tony Green   Papua New Guinea 44:18
259 Medley Laban   Papua New Guinea 45:10
260 Jitendra Prakash   Fiji 45:16
261 Bimiesh Kumar   Fiji 45:33
— Artur Castro   Brazil DNF
— Cormac Finnerty   Ireland DNF
— Paulo Guerra   Portugal DNF
— Philimon Hanneck   Zimbabwe DNF
— Eduardo Henriques   Portugal DNF
— Vincenzo Modica   Italy DNF
— José Regalo   Portugal DNF
— Teppo Jalonen   Finland DNF
— René Godlieb   Netherlands DNF
— Dale Warrander   New Zealand DNF
— Didier Sainthorand   France DNF
— Tesfaye Tafa   Ethiopia DNF
— John Downes   Ireland DNF
— Alejandro Cuahtepizi   Mexico DNF
— Gairat Nigmatov   Tajikistan DNF
— David Burke   Ireland DNF
— Anatoli Statskejevitsh   Belarus DNF
— Kennedy Masese   Malawi DNF
— Jevgeni Solovjev   Tajikistan DNF
— Derick Zhanda   Zambia DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Paul Tergat 1
Ismael Kirui 3
Paul Koech 4
Joseph Kimani 6
William Kiptum 9
Josephat Machuka 10
(Stephen Arusei) (14)
(James Songok) (23)
(James Kariuki) (61)
33
    Morocco
Salah Hissou 2
Khalid Skah 7
Smail Sghir 8
Abderrahim Zitouna 13
Mustapha Bamouh 29
Khaled Boulami 40
(Mohamed Issangar) (52)
(Abdelaziz Sahere) (54)
(Brahim Boulami) (78)
99
    Ethiopia
Haile Gebrselassie 5
Abraham Assefa 11
Habte Jifar 17
Fita Bayissa 18
Ayele Mezegebu 21
Chala Kelele 35
(Girma Tolla) (39)
(Nigousse Urge) (71)
(Tesfaye Tafa) (DNF)
107
4   Spain
Alejandro Gómez 19
José Manuel García 22
Antonio Serrano 32
Antonio Pérez 33
Juan Ramón Muñoz 46
Carlos de la Torre 53
(Julio Rey) (55)
(José Ramon Moreno) (84)
(Pere Arco) (109)
205
5   United Kingdom
Jon Brown 12
John Nuttall 28
Rob Denmark 45
Andrew Pearson 51
Keith Cullen 57
Darius Burrows 59
(Chris Sweeney) (87)
(Adrian Passey) (129)
(Steve Harris) (151)
252
6   Italy
Gennaro Di Napoli 37
Christian Leuprecht 43
Stefano Baldini 48
Angelo Carosi 64
Francesco Panetta 75
Salvatore Bettiol 85
(Sebastiano Mazzara) (163)
(Simone Zanon) (187)
(Vincenzo Modica) (DNF)
352
7   South Africa
Shadrack Hoff 15
Owen MacHelm 44
John Morapedi 50
Meshack Mogotsi 86
Sam Molokomme 89
Simon Morolong 95
(Ezael Thlobo) (96)
(Meck Mothuli) (138)
(Makhosonke Fika) (208)
379
8   Portugal
Domingos Castro 26
António Pinto 38
Alfredo Bráz 60
Carlos Patrício 83
Vítor Almeida 92
Joaquim Silva 98
(Paulo Guerra) (DNF)
(Eduardo Henriques) (DNF)
(José Regalo) (DNF)
397
9   Australia
Steve Moneghetti 16
Julian Paynter 25
Shaun Creighton 49
Lee Troop 66
Phillip Sly 118
Darren Lynch 123
(Ray Boyd) (155)
397
10   Tanzania
John Gilay 24
Andrew Panga 34
Marko Hwahu 47
Tadeo Nada 72
Faustine Shauri 73
Benito Mpwewe 160
410
11   France
Mustapha Essaïd 20
Yann Millon 42
Abdellah Béhar 76
Bertrand Frechard 79
Dominique Chauvelier 128
Bertrand Itsweire 133
(Bruno Le Stum) (220)
(Abdoulka Soumah) (230)
(Didier Sainthorand) (DNF)
478
12   New Zealand
Robbie Johnston 67
Jason Cameron 68
Kerry Rodger 88
Phillip Clode 101
Jonathan Wyatt 111
Phil Costley 114
(Dale Warrander) (DNF)
549
13   United States
Brian Baker 41
Jeff Campbell 82
Tim Gannon 94
Daniel Held 119
Bradley Kirk 121
Robert Cook Jr. 126
(Jonathan Hume) (127)
(Brad Schlapak) (179)
(Seamus McElligott) (181)
583
14   Brazil
Daniel Ferreira 27
Sérgio da Silva 74
Adalberto Garcia 90
Éder Fialho 104
Leonardo Guedes 147
Elenilson da Silva 148
(Artur Castro) (DNF)
590
15   Netherlands
Kamiel Maase 30
Greg van Hest 62
Peter van der Velden 99
Marcel Laros 125
Marcel Versteeg 145
Ron van Diepen 152
(René Godlieb) (DNF)
613
16   Colombia
Carlos Grisales 36
Pedro Rojas 65
William Roldán 106
José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero 141
Francisco Sanchez 166
Freddy Silva 226
740
17   Belgium
Stéphane Rousseau 105
Marc Vanderstraeten 122
Filip van Damme 134
Jos Maes 137
Stephan Paessens 153
Tom van Hooste 191
842
18   Uganda
Godfrey Nyombi 102
Alex Malinga 113
Ronald Mujuni 131
Clement Omagoro 157
Ben Chesang 177
Milton Andabati 193
(Boaz Matsiko) (200)
873
19   Ukraine
Valery Chesak 97
Viktor Karpenko 144
Aleksandr Kuzin 150
Sergiy Lebid 154
Igor Sidorenko 190
Andrey Gladishev 207
942
20   India
Bhairav Singh 124
Redmal Singh 168
Gulab Chand 169
Dinesh Kumar 170
Anil Kumar 176
Sumer Singh 194
1001
21   Finland
Petri Kuusinen 115
Veli-Matti Ranta 140
Jukka Vähä-Vahe 192
Jussi Virtanen 203
Jari Venäläinen 213
Marko Kotila 215
(Jouni Rinne) (228)
(Teppo Jalonen) (DNF)
1078
22   Malawi
John Mwathiwa 93
Henry Moyo 108
Francis Munthali 139
Emmanuel Milonya 243
Eston Phiri 245
Mishack Myula 250
(Kennedy Masese) (DNF)
1078
23   Namibia
Aron Shipanga 100
Joseph Tjitunga 136
Bethold Karumendu 184
Pierewit Wilders 212
Alex Oldete 223
Emil Roman 225
1080
24   Eswatini
Daniel Sibandze 135
Isaac Simelane 142
Elphas Ginindza 174
Bhekumusa Simelane 206
Luke Madongo 216
Pat Mabuza 236
1109
25   Botswana
Kabo Gabaseme 143
Lesedinyana Lekgoa 173
Zachariah Ditetso 185
Kefemawg Selogilwe 201
Zambis Champi 204
Modise Ndibicha 231
1137
26   Mauritius
Abdul Sameer Moos 186
Menon Ramsamy 199
Ajay Chuttoo 219
Satish Huryl 232
Patrick Moonsamy 235
Bruno Armance 240
(Mike Felicite) (241)
1311
27   Jamaica
Jurmain Mitchell 130
Linton McKenzie 229
Nils Antonio 234
Delmore Delevante 238
Michael Tomlin 242
Delroy Hayden 253
1326
28   Papua New Guinea
Philip Kamane 239
Morris Manai 246
Sau Wai 249
Robert John 251
Ken Mova 255
Tony Green 258
(Medley Laban) (259)
1498
29   Fiji
Prosnattam Lal 247
Davendra Pradesh Singh 254
Ashok Kumar 256
Isireli Naikelekelevesi 257
Jitendra Prakash 260
Bimiesh Kumar 261
1535
DNF   Zimbabwe
(Godfrey Koki) (56)
(Fungai Kapanyota) (80)
(Peter Mavura) (81)
(Tsungai Mwanengeni) (149)
(Oliver Kandiero) (165)
(Philimon Hanneck) (DNF)
DNF
DNF   Mexico
(Pablo Olmedo) (69)
(Martin Rodríguez) (70)
(Carlos Peña) (110)
(Rafael Muñoz) (162)
(Carlos Morelos) (209)
(Alejandro Cuahtepizi) (DNF)
DNF
DNF   Ireland
(Noel Cullen) (107)
(Seamus Power) (161)
(Jamie Lewis) (171)
(Pauric McKinney) (197)
(Alan Merriman) (210)
(Cormac Finnerty) (DNF)
(John Downes) (DNF)
(David Burke) (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 281 athletes from 56 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013
  2. ^ "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.1km 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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Senior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Senior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. ^ 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
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