2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Herald,[3][4] and for the IAAF.[5]

Men's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition30th
DateMarch 23
Host cityDublin, Leinster, Ireland Republic of Ireland
VenueLeopardstown Racecourse
Events1
Distances4.208 km – Men's short
Participation124 athletes from
38 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

Men's short race (4.208 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 12:11
  Luke Kipkosgei   Kenya 12:18
  Haylu Mekonnen   Ethiopia 12:20
4 Sammy Kipketer   Kenya 12:26
5 Craig Mottram   Australia 12:27
6 Julius Nyamu   Kenya 12:30
7 Antonio Jiménez   Spain 12:30
8 Joseph Kosgei   Kenya 12:32
9 Khalid El Amri   Morocco 12:33
10 Driss Maazouzi   France 12:34
11 Jorge Torres   United States 12:35
12 Saïd El Wardi   Morocco 12:35
13 Mohamed Awol   Ethiopia 12:38
14 Isaac Viciosa   Spain 12:39
15 Abiyote Abate   Ethiopia 12:39
16 Million Wolde   Ethiopia 12:40
17 Alberto García   Spain 12:41
18 Matthew Lane   United States 12:42
19 Luciano Di Pardo   Italy 12:42
20 Alejandro Suárez   Mexico 12:43
21 Michael Power   Australia 12:43
22 Roberto García   Spain 12:44
23 John Mayock   United Kingdom 12:44
24 Abraham Chebii   Kenya 12:45
25 Gareth Turnbull   Ireland 12:45
26 Khoudir Aggoune   Algeria 12:47
27 José Luis Blanco   Spain 12:49
28 Aziz Driouche   Morocco 12:49
29 Roland Weissteiner   Italy 12:49
30 Phil Mowbray   United Kingdom 12:50
31 Stéphane Desaulty   France 12:50
32 Fabrice Belot   France 12:50
33 Simone Zanon   Italy 12:51
34 Tarek Boukensa   Algeria 12:51
35 Graham Hood   Canada 12:52
36 Azzedine Zerdoum   Algeria 12:52
37 Mohamed Amyn   Morocco 12:53
38 Pacifique Ayabusa   Rwanda 12:53
39 Spencer Barden   United Kingdom 12:53
40 Jared Cordes   United States 12:53
41 Luis Jesús   Portugal 12:53
42 Ben Noad   United Kingdom 12:54
43 Javier Carriqueo   Argentina 12:54
44 Berhanu Addane   Ethiopia 12:54
45 Sergey Davydov   Russia 12:54
46 Joël Bourgeois   Canada 12:55
47 Sean Kaley   Canada 12:57
48 Youssef Baba   Morocco 12:57
49 Mário Teixeira   Portugal 12:57
50 Hudson de Souza   Brazil 12:58
51 Sammy Kiplagat   Kenya 12:59
52 Martin Dent   Australia 13:00
53 Daisuke Kojima   Japan 13:01
54 Ali Ezzine   Morocco 13:01
55 Mohamed Khaldi   Algeria 13:01
56 Jason Woolhouse   New Zealand 13:01
57 Miroslav Vanko   Slovakia 13:02
58 Ridouane Es-Saadi   Belgium 13:02
59 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana   Rwanda 13:02
60 Enos Matalane   South Africa 13:02
61 Aleksey Sokolov   Russia 13:03
62 Hans Janssens   Belgium 13:03
63 Robert Connolly   Ireland 13:04
64 Dave Davis   United States 13:04
65 Sergey Yemelyanov   Russia 13:04
66 Lorenzo Lazzari   Italy 13:04
67 Rachid Chékhémani   France 13:06
68 Paul Fenn   Australia 13:06
69 Salvatore Vincenti   Italy 13:07
70 Ghalem Allah Djellal   Algeria 13:08
71 Manuel Silva   Portugal 13:10
72 Rob Whalley   United Kingdom 13:10
73 Habtai Kifletsion   Eritrea 13:11
74 Slavko Petrović   Croatia 13:11
75 Aleksey Veselov   Russia 13:12
76 Paul Sumawe   Tanzania 13:12
77 Odilón Cuahutle   Mexico 13:12
78 Rachid Safari   Rwanda 13:13
79 Ben Whitby   United Kingdom 13:13
80 Denis Bagrev   Kyrgyzstan 13:14
81 Mark Thompson   Australia 13:16
82 Hamish Thorpe   New Zealand 13:17
83 Tony Cosey   United States 13:18
84 Paul Reilly   Ireland 13:19
85 Ricardo Ribas   Portugal 13:20
86 Sergey Ivanov   Russia 13:21
87 Dieudonné Disi   Rwanda 13:22
88 Stefan Beumer   Netherlands 13:24
89 Junji Konomi   Japan 13:24
90 Jeremy Deere   Canada 13:24
91 Stefan Gerber    Switzerland 13:24
92 Merzak Ouldbouchiba   Algeria 13:25
93 Paul McNamara   Ireland 13:26
94 Mark Kenneally   Ireland 13:26
95 Omar Chavarría   Mexico 13:26
96 Boštjan Buč   Slovenia 13:27
97 Jonathon Riley   United States 13:28
98 Fortunato Yaccob   Eritrea 13:28
99 Angelo Iannelli   Italy 13:31
100 Iván Hierro   Spain 13:31
101 Oscar Cortínez   Argentina 13:37
102 Simon Vroemen   Netherlands 13:39
103 Peter Cardle   Canada 13:41
104 Rubin McRae   New Zealand 13:45
105 Matthew Holder   New Zealand 13:48
106 Tim Clerbout   Belgium 13:52
107 Gareth Coughlan   Ireland 13:55
108 Maxim Malenkih   Kyrgyzstan 13:57
109 Yury Baltsevich   Belarus 13:58
110 Rembo Tesfay   Eritrea 14:03
111 Radik Khubbiev   Uzbekistan 14:08
112 Josep Sansa   Andorra 14:10
113 Ronny Marie   Seychelles 14:11
114 Sergey Zabavskiy   Tajikistan 14:14
115 Koji Yamamoto   Japan 14:16
116 Víctor Martínez   Andorra 14:37
117 Abduvahob Nizamov   Uzbekistan 14:52
118 Michael Sanchez   Gibraltar 15:06
119 Richard Muscat   Gibraltar 15:45
120 Vasiliy Medvedev   Uzbekistan 15:46
121 Khasan Rakhimov   Uzbekistan 15:49
122 Vladimir Escajadillo   Peru 16:18
123 Lee Taylor   Gibraltar 16:29
Zeljko Celikovic   Yugoslavia DNF
Frederic Collignon   Belgium DNS
Vital Gahungu   Burundi DNS
Egide Manirazika   Burundi DNS
Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga   Burundi DNS
Eric Sindayigaya   Burundi DNS
Umaru Mohammed   Nigeria DNS
Mohammed Yagoub   Sudan DNS
Hussein Abdallah   Tanzania DNS
Julius Gidabuday   Tanzania DNS
Paul Wakou   Uganda DNS

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Luke Kipkosgei 2
Sammy Kipketer 4
Julius Nyamu 6
Joseph Kosgei 8
(Abraham Chebii) (n/s)
(Sammy Kiplagat) (n/s)
20
    Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele 1
Haylu Mekonnen 3
Mohamed Awol 13
Abiyote Abate 15
(Million Wolde) (n/s)
(Berhanu Addane) (n/s)
32
    Spain
Antonio Jiménez 7
Isaac Viciosa 14
Alberto García 16
Roberto García 20
(José Luis Blanco) (n/s)
(Iván Hierro) (n/s)
57
4   Morocco
Khalid El Amri 9
Saïd El Wardi 12
Aziz Driouche 24
Mohamed Amyn 33
(Youssef Baba) (n/s)
(Ali Ezzine) (n/s)
78
5   United States
Jorge Torres 11
Matthew Lane 17
Jared Cordes 36
Dave Davis 49
(Tony Cosey) (n/s)
(Jonathon Riley) (n/s)
113
6   France
Driss Maazouzi 10
Stéphane Desaulty 27
Fabrice Belot 28
Rachid Chékhémani 52
117
7   United Kingdom
John Mayock 21
Phil Mowbray 26
Spencer Barden 35
Ben Noad 38
(Rob Whalley) (n/s)
(Ben Whitby) (n/s)
120
8   Australia
Craig Mottram 5
Michael Power 19
Martin Dent 43
Paul Fenn 53
(Mark Thompson) (n/s)
120
9   Italy
Luciano Di Pardo 18
Roland Weissteiner 25
Simone Zanon 29
Lorenzo Lazzari 51
(Salvatore Vincenti) (n/s)
(Angelo Iannelli) (n/s)
123
10   Algeria
Khoudir Aggoune 23
Tarek Boukensa 30
Azzedine Zerdoum 32
Mohamed Khaldi 44
(Ghalem Allah Djellal) (n/s)
(Merzak Ouldbouchiba) (n/s)
129
11   Canada
Graham Hood 31
Joël Bourgeois 40
Sean Kaley 41
Jeremy Deere 61
(Peter Cardle) (n/s)
173
12   Ireland
Gareth Turnbull 22
Robert Connolly 48
Paul Reilly 58
Paul McNamara 62
(Mark Kenneally) (n/s)
(Gareth Coughlan) (n/s)
190
13   Russia
Sergey Davydov 39
Aleksey Sokolov 47
Sergey Yemelyanov 50
Aleksey Veselov 55
(Sergey Ivanov) (n/s)
191
14   Portugal
Luis Jesús 37
Mário Teixeira 42
Manuel Silva 54
Ricardo Ribas 59
192
15   Rwanda
Pacifique Ayabusa 34
Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 46
Rachid Safari 56
Dieudonné Disi 60
196
16   New Zealand
Jason Woolhouse 45
Hamish Thorpe 57
Rubin McRae 63
Matthew Holder 64
229
17   Uzbekistan
Radik Khubbiev 65
Abduvahob Nizamov 66
Vasiliy Medvedev 67
Khasan Rakhimov 68
266
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 124 athletes from 38 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from   Burundi,   Nigeria,   Sudan, and   Uganda did not show.[7][8]

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. ^ Downes, Steven (March 23, 2001), Victory sees Bekele ready to take Dublin at the double, IAAF, retrieved October 30, 2013
  6. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.2km CC Men - Dublin Leopardstown Date: Saturday, March 23, 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. ^ a b Official Results - CROSS SHORT RACE Men - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013
  8. ^ a b Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Short Race - men, IAAF, March 23, 2002, retrieved October 30, 2013
  9. ^ Official Results - CROSS SHORT RACE Men - Team - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013
  10. ^ Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Short Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 23, 2002, retrieved October 30, 2013
  11. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 30, 2013
  12. ^ 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