2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Herald,[3][4] and for the IAAF.[5]

Junior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition30th
DateMarch 24
Host cityDublin, Leinster, Ireland Republic of Ireland
VenueLeopardstown Racecourse
Events1
Distances7.974 km – Junior men
Participation122 athletes from
34 nations

Complete results for individuals,[6][7][8] for teams,[6][9][10] medallists,[11] and the results of British athletes who took part[12] were published.

Race results edit

Junior men's race (7.974 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam   Ethiopia 23:18
  Abel Cheruiyot   Kenya 23:19
  Boniface Kiprop   Uganda 23:28
4 Thomas Kiplitan   Kenya 23:33
5 Eliud Kipchoge   Kenya 23:39
6 Sileshi Sihen   Ethiopia 23:42
7 Nicholas Kemboi   Kenya 23:48
8 Girma Assefa   Ethiopia 23:49
9 Abebe Dinkessa   Ethiopia 23:50
10 Moses Mosop   Kenya 23:58
11 Martin Toroitich   Uganda 24:05
12 Mike Kipyego   Kenya 24:10
13 Tessema Absher   Ethiopia 24:26
14 Nasdr Abdesa   Ethiopia 24:26
15 Paul Wakou   Uganda 24:26
16 Joseph Simuchimba   Zambia 24:30
17 Francis Musani   Uganda 24:36
18 Alfred Nkuyi   Tanzania 24:37
19 Samson Kiflemariam   Eritrea 24:51
20 Ryuji Sorayama   Japan 24:55
21 Richard Bwalya   Zambia 24:56
22 Juan Luis Barrios   Mexico 24:57
23 Ahmed El Radi   Sudan 24:59
24 Atif Agebli   Morocco 25:00
25 Masato Imai   Japan 25:01
26 Sandile Lembetha   South Africa 25:03
27 Yoshiyuki Inai   Japan 25:04
28 Brahim Taleb   Morocco 25:12
29 Lahoussine Dhame   Morocco 25:13
30 Rod Koborsi   United States 25:14
31 Tom Sharland   United Kingdom 25:15
32 Yu Mitsuya   Japan 25:16
33 Bill Nelson   United States 25:18
34 Naoto Kato   Japan 25:19
35 Joseph Mwila   Zambia 25:20
36 Mourad Naami   Algeria 25:22
37 Driss Bensaïd   Morocco 25:25
38 Atef Zaamouchi   Algeria 25:26
39 Bobby Lockhart   United States 25:26
40 Arkangelo Roko   Sudan 25:28
41 Yong-Sung Leal   United States 25:30
42 Philipo Yakobo   Tanzania 25:31
43 Halil Akkaş   Turkey 25:33
44 Javier Guerra   Spain 25:33
45 Yassine Bensghir   Morocco 25:33
46 Minoru Ikebe   Japan 25:34
47 Stefano Cugusi   Italy 25:36
48 Simon Tesfai   Eritrea 25:38
49 Rachid Soumati   Algeria 25:41
50 Mohamed Chekalil   Algeria 25:42
51 Johannes Komane   South Africa 25:46
52 Joe Dionne   Canada 25:46
53 Fernando Fernandes   Brazil 25:47
54 Timothy Moore   United States 25:47
55 Clinton Perrett   Australia 25:48
56 Vanwell Bwale   Zambia 25:51
57 Teshome Woldegaber   Eritrea 25:52
58 Stefano Scaini   Italy 25:52
59 Selahattin Selçuk   Turkey 25:55
60 Aïssa Dahmar   Algeria 25:56
61 Simon Bairu   Canada 25:57
62 Mohamed Fadil   Morocco 25:59
63 Mandla Maseko   South Africa 26:00
64 Arturo Merced   Mexico 26:01
65 Antonio Vaquero   Spain 26:02
66 Carlos Silva   Portugal 26:03
67 Radosław Popławski   Poland 26:04
68 Matthew Lole   United Kingdom 26:05
69 Zaki Hussein   Egypt 26:06
70 Julio César Martínez   Mexico 26:08
71 Jan Mokwena   South Africa 26:08
72 Fabiano Joseph   Tanzania 26:09
73 Hussein Ibrahim   Sudan 26:11
74 Hamaza Hamid   Sudan 26:13
75 Aleksandr Mikhaylov   Belarus 26:15
76 Piet Desmet   Belgium 26:18
77 Francesco Bona   Italy 26:21
78 Dylan Wykes   Canada 26:23
79 Amar Hellali   Algeria 26:23
80 Arturo Casado   Spain 26:26
81 Zach Sabatino   United States 26:26
82 Steven Ablitt   United Kingdom 26:27
83 Mats Granström   Sweden 26:29
84 Matthew Bowser   United Kingdom 26:29
85 Yoan Meudec   France 26:32
86 Stijn van Es   Belgium 26:34
87 Mark Christie   Ireland 26:38
88 Santiago Navarro   Spain 26:39
89 Abdelkader Mahmoudi   France 26:40
90 William Harty   Ireland 26:40
91 Adam Hortian   Canada 26:40
92 Samuel Moleshioa   South Africa 26:44
93 Dereje Rabattoni   Italy 26:45
94 Philippe Le Ferrand   France 26:47
95 David Jones   United Kingdom 26:50
96 Morgan Titus   Canada 26:50
97 Kristof Mouton   Belgium 26:54
98 Dries Busselot   Belgium 27:00
99 Kurt Benninger   Canada 27:03
100 Marcus van der Koelen   Netherlands 27:06
101 José Maria Estirado   Spain 27:08
102 Alexis Traub   France 27:08
103 Joseph Sweeney   Ireland 27:12
104 Vitaliy Kolodin   Turkmenistan 27:21
105 Chris Watson   United Kingdom 27:26
106 Denis Galerin   Belgium 27:34
107 Kevin Seaward   Ireland 27:41
108 Francisco Bachiller   Spain 27:42
109 Ghislain Guenier   France 27:46
110 Vadim Bezyanov   Uzbekistan 27:48
111 Alan McCormack   Ireland 27:59
112 Eoin Higgins   Ireland 28:13
113 Michael Sanchez   Gibraltar 28:35
114 Antonio Trapani   Italy 29:16
115 Sherzod Poziljonov   Uzbekistan 29:31
116 Timur Isamutdinov   Uzbekistan 29:40
117 Lee Taylor   Gibraltar 31:04
118 Ivan Morozov   Uzbekistan 31:07
119 Junior Hines   Cayman Islands 33:25
Ali Omer   Sudan DNF
Nozimjon Irmatov   Tajikistan DNF
Abdil Ceylan   Turkey DNF
Mohamed Abd El Bashir   Sudan DNS
Hamisi Mori   Tanzania DNS
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto   Uganda DNS
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro   Uganda DNS

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Abel Cheruiyot 2
Thomas Kiplitan 4
Eliud Kipchoge 5
Nicholas Kemboi 7
(Moses Mosop) (n/s)
(Mike Kipyego) (n/s)
18
    Ethiopia
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 1
Sileshi Sihen 6
Girma Assefa 8
Abebe Dinkessa 9
(Tessema Absher) (n/s)
(Nasdr Abdesa) (n/s)
24
    Uganda
Boniface Kiprop 3
Martin Toroitich 10
Paul Wakou 11
Francis Musani 13
37
4   Japan
Ryuji Sorayama 14
Masato Imai 18
Yoshiyuki Inai 20
Yu Mitsuya 25
(Naoto Kato) (n/s)
(Minoru Ikebe) (n/s)
77
5   Morocco
Atif Agebli 17
Brahim Taleb 21
Lahoussine Dhame 22
Driss Bensaïd 29
(Yassine Bensghir) (n/s)
(Mohamed Fadil) (n/s)
89
6   Zambia
Joseph Simuchimba 12
Richard Bwalya 15
Joseph Mwila 27
Vanwell Bwale 40
94
7   United States
Rod Koborsi 23
Bill Nelson 26
Bobby Lockhart 31
Yong-Sung Leal 33
(Timothy Moore) (n/s)
(Zach Sabatino) (n/s)
113
8   Algeria
Mourad Naami 28
Atef Zaamouchi 30
Rachid Soumati 36
Mohamed Chekalil 37
(Aïssa Dahmar) (n/s)
(Amar Hellali) (n/s)
131
9   Sudan
Ahmed El Radi 16
Arkangelo Roko 32
Hussein Ibrahim 47
Hamaza Hamid 48
(Ali Omer) (DNF)
143
10   South Africa
Sandile Lembetha 19
Johannes Komane 38
Mandla Maseko 43
Jan Mokwena 46
(Samuel Moleshioa) (n/s)
146
11   United Kingdom
Tom Sharland 24
Matthew Lole 45
Steven Ablitt 53
Matthew Bowser 54
(David Jones) (n/s)
(Chris Watson) (n/s)
176
12   Spain
Javier Guerra 34
Antonio Vaquero 44
Arturo Casado 52
Santiago Navarro 58
(José Maria Estirado) (n/s)
(Francisco Bachiller) (n/s)
188
13   Italy
Stefano Cugusi 35
Stefano Scaini 41
Francesco Bona 50
Dereje Rabattoni 62
(Antonio Trapani) (n/s)
188
14   Canada
Joe Dionne 39
Simon Bairu 42
Dylan Wykes 51
Adam Hortian 61
(Morgan Titus) (n/s)
(Kurt Benninger) (n/s)
193
15   Belgium
Piet Desmet 49
Stijn van Es 56
Kristof Mouton 64
Dries Busselot 65
(Denis Galerin) (n/s)
234
16   France
Yoan Meudec 55
Abdelkader Mahmoudi 59
Philippe Le Ferrand 63
Alexis Traub 66
(Ghislain Guenier) (n/s)
243
17   Ireland
Mark Christie 57
William Harty 60
Joseph Sweeney 67
Kevin Seaward 68
(Alan McCormack) (n/s)
(Eoin Higgins) (n/s)
252
18   Uzbekistan
Vadim Bezyanov 69
Sherzod Poziljonov 70
Timur Isamutdinov 71
Ivan Morozov 72
282
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 122 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PLUS: RUNNING; Briton Holds Off U.S. Challenge", The New York Times, March 24, 2002, retrieved October 30, 2013
  2. ^ Clarey, Christopher (March 25, 2002), "TRACK AND FIELD : A gold sweep for Ethiopian 'in a class of his own'", The New York Times, retrieved October 30, 2013
  3. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), "Radcliffe completes the double - Briton successfully defends world cross-country title", Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013
  4. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), Title joy second time around for youngster Bikele, Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013
  5. ^ Minshull, Phil (March 24, 2001), Unshod Gebremarian shooed home as Junior Men’s Winner, IAAF, retrieved October 30, 2013
  6. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Dublin Leopardstown Date: Sunday, March 24, 2002, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 30, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Men - Sunday, March 24, 2002, IAAF, March 24, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013
  8. ^ Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - men, IAAF, 24 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013
  9. ^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Men - Team - Sunday, March 24, 2002, IAAF, March 24, 2002, archived from the original on 2013-11-01, retrieved October 30, 2013
  10. ^ Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, 24 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013
  11. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 30, 2013
  12. ^ 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 30, 2013