# 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Guiyang horse racing circuit in Guiyang, China, on March 28, 2015. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Yasin Haji | Ethiopia | 23:42 |
| | Geoffrey Kipkirui Korir | Kenya | 23:47 |
| | Alfred Ngeno | Kenya | 23:54 |
| 4 | Dominic Kiptarus | Kenya | 24:00 |
| 5 | Evans Rutto Chematot | Bahrain | 24:03 |
| 6 | Abraham Habte | Eritrea | 24:04 |
| 7 | Yihunilign Adane | Ethiopia | 24:05 |
| 8 | Abe Gashahun | Ethiopia | 24:08 |
| 9 | Fred Musobo | Uganda | 24:10 |
| 10 | Rodgers Chumo | Kenya | 24:11 |
| 11 | Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei | Uganda | 24:11 |
| 12 | Moses Koech | Kenya | 24:11 |
| 13 | Afewerki Berhane | Eritrea | 24:22 |
| 14 | Mogos Shumay | Eritrea | 24:23 |
| 15 | Abdi Ali Gelchu | Bahrain | 24:29 |
| 16 | John Langat | Kenya | 24:29 |
| 17 | Haymanot Alewe | Ethiopia | 24:37 |
| 18 | Soufiane Elbakkali | Morocco | 24:46 |
| 19 | Aron Kifle | Eritrea | 24:52 |
| 20 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | Italy | 24:52 |
| 21 | Yohans Mekasha | Ethiopia | 24:53 |
| 22 | Derara Hurisa | Bahrain | 24:55 |
| 23 | Yemane Haileselassie | Eritrea | 25:08 |
| 24 | Adane Weletaw | Ethiopia | 25:18 |
| 25 | Justyn Knight | Canada | 25:22 |
| 26 | Robert Chemonges | Uganda | 25:25 |
| 27 | John Dressel | United States | 25:25 |
| 28 | Abdi Ibrahim Abdo | Bahrain | 25:27 |
| 29 | Conner Mantz | United States | 25:28 |
| 30 | Mande Bushendich | Uganda | 25:31 |
| 31 | Mohammed Baybat | Morocco | 25:32 |
| 32 | Abel Chebet | Uganda | 25:35 |
| 33 | Yohanes Chiappinelli | Italy | 25:44 |
| 34 | Cerake Geberkidane | United States | 25:46 |
| 35 | Hiroyuki Sakaguchi | Japan | 25:46 |
| 36 | Julien Wanders | Switzerland | 25:47 |
| 37 | Abdalla Targan | Sudan | 25:51 |
| 38 | Hicham Chemlal | Morocco | 25:53 |
| 39 | Alex George | Great Britain | 25:54 |
| 40 | Morgan McDonald | Australia | 25:56 |
| 41 | Daniel do Nascimento | Brazil | 25:57 |
| 42 | Eric Hamer | United States | 25:58 |
| 43 | Creel Chavalala | South Africa | 26:03 |
| 44 | William Levay | Sweden | 26:03 |
| 45 | Wei Wang | China | 26:04 |
| 46 | Said Ettaqy | Italy | 26:07 |
| 47 | Hugo Hay | France | 26:13 |
| 48 | Takieddine Hedeilli | Algeria | 26:14 |
| 49 | Shota Onizuka | Japan | 26:16 |
| 50 | Guojun Chen | China | 26:16 |
| 51 | Qinghua Zong | China | 26:17 |
| 52 | Amine Zahaf | Morocco | 26:19 |
| 53 | Joe Steward | Great Britain | 26:21 |
| 54 | Elhadi Adam | Sudan | 26:24 |
| 55 | Junnosuke Matsuo | Japan | 26:27 |
| 56 | Adam Mohamed | Sudan | 26:28 |
| 57 | Ayoub Mokhtar | Spain | 26:29 |
| 58 | Kabelo Melamu | South Africa | 26:30 |
| 59 | Paul Roberts | United States | 26:31 |
| 60 | Billal Tarebhat | Algeria | 26:32 |
| 61 | Haruki Minatoya | Japan | 26:34 |
| 62 | Fabien Palcau | France | 26:36 |
| 63 | Tianyu Chen | China | 26:36 |
| 64 | Idriss Moussa Youssouf | Qatar | 26:37 |
| 65 | Siyabonga Mabena | South Africa | 26:41 |
| 66 | Amazigh Amrouni | Algeria | 26:41 |
| 67 | Danmuzhenciwang | China | 26:42 |
| 68 | Adam Abdelwahab | Sudan | 26:50 |
| 69 | Maxime Hueber Moosbrugger | France | 26:51 |
| 70 | William Potgieter | South Africa | 26:52 |
| 71 | El Mahdi Lahouifi | Spain | 26:54 |
| 72 | Elliot Bowker | Great Britain | 26:55 |
| 73 | Oussama Nabil | Morocco | 26:56 |
| 74 | Paul Miller | United States | 26:57 |
| 75 | Youcef Boulekdam | Algeria | 26:57 |
| 76 | Jordi Torrents | Spain | 26:59 |
| 77 | Alessandro Giacobazzi | Italy | 26:59 |
| 78 | Yaser Ba-Gharab | Yemen | 27:04 |
| 79 | Jonathan Glen | Great Britain | 27:10 |
| 80 | Jimmy Gressier | France | 27:10 |
| 81 | Ryoji Tatezawa | Japan | 27:14 |
| 82 | Yassin Bouih | Italy | 27:15 |
| 83 | Ben Preisner | Canada | 27:16 |
| 84 | Nathan Tadesse | Canada | 27:17 |
| 85 | Dionatan dos Santos | Brazil | 27:17 |
| 86 | Rory Linkletter | Canada | 27:18 |
| 87 | Fuminori Shimo | Japan | 27:18 |
| 88 | Mohamed Amine El Bouajaji | France | 27:22 |
| 89 | Jeremy Belkacem | France | 27:23 |
| 90 | Cairen Suolang | China | 27:25 |
| 91 | Tawfiq Bouziane | Algeria | 27:28 |
| 92 | Simone Colombini | Italy | 27:29 |
| 93 | Fábio Gomes | Portugal | 27:31 |
| 94 | Jeremiah Ort | Canada | 27:37 |
| 95 | Patrick Barbosa | Brazil | 27:43 |
| 96 | Felipe Rocha e Pinto | Brazil | 27:45 |
| 97 | Rowhaldo Ratz | South Africa | 27:48 |
| 98 | Mohammed Rageh | Yemen | 27:52 |
| 99 | Ebrahim Shabil | Yemen | 27:53 |
| 100 | Mohamed Elnazir Ramadan | Qatar | 27:56 |
| 101 | Patryk Blaszczyk | Poland | 27:59 |
| 102 | Christopher Olley | Great Britain | 28:00 |
| 103 | Bryce Anderson | Australia | 28:01 |
| 104 | Ben Kelly | Australia | 28:04 |
| 105 | Abdullah Al-Qwabani | Yemen | 28:14 |
| 106 | Charles Hunter | Australia | 28:28 |
| 107 | Shokhrukh Davlatov | Uzbekistan | 28:39 |
| 108 | Ibrahim Omar Abdi | Qatar | 28:39 |
| 109 | Yahya Al-Fakih | Yemen | 28:39 |
| 110 | Nathan Pearce | Australia | 29:02 |
| 111 | Ussama Ifraj | Spain | 29:20 |
| 112 | Jules Burnotte | Canada | 29:25 |
| 113 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Qatar | 31:11 |
| — | Hossny Eisa | Sudan | DNF |
| — | Jac Hopkins | Great Britain | DNF |
| — | Menad Lamrani | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Matthew Ramsden | Australia | DNF |
| — | Damian Sator | Poland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Geoffrey Kipkirui Korir2 Alfred Ngeno3 Dominic Kiptarus4 Rodgers Chumo10 (Moses Koech)(12) (John Langat)(16) | 19 |
| | Ethiopia Yasin Haji1 Yihunilign Adane7 Abe Gashahun8 Haymanot Alewe17 (Yohans Mekasha)(21) (Adane Weletaw)(24) | 33 |
| | Eritrea Abraham Habte6 Afewerki Berhane13 Mogos Shumay14 Aron Kifle19 (Yemane Haileselassie)(23) | 52 |
| 4 | Bahrain Evans Rutto Chematot5 Abdi Ali Gelchu15 Derara Hurisa22 Abdi Ibrahim Abdo28 | 70 |
| 5 | Uganda Fred Musobo9 Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei11 Robert Chemonges26 Mande Bushendich30 (Abel Chebet)(32) | 76 |
| 6 | United States John Dressel27 Conner Mantz29 Cerake Geberkidane34 Eric Hamer42 (Paul Roberts)(59) (Paul Miller)(74) | 132 |
| 7 | Morocco Soufiane Elbakkali18 Mohammed Baybat31 Hicham Chemlal38 Amine Zahaf52 (Oussama Nabil)(73) | 139 |
| 8 | Italy Yemaneberhan Crippa20 Yohanes Chiappinelli33 Said Ettaqy46 Alessandro Giacobazzi77 (Yassin Bouih)(82) (Simone Colombini)(92) | 176 |
| 9 | Japan Hiroyuki Sakaguchi35 Shota Onizuka49 Junnosuke Matsuo55 Haruki Minatoya61 (Ryoji Tatezawa)(81) (Fuminori Shimo)(87) | 200 |
| 10 | China Wei Wang45 Guojun Chen50 Qinghua Zong51 Tianyu Chen63 (Danmuzhenciwang)(67) (Cairen Suolang)(90) | 209 |
| 11 | Sudan Abdalla Targan37 Elhadi Adam54 Adam Mohamed56 Adam Abdelwahab68 (Hossny Eisa)(DNF) | 215 |
| 12 | South Africa Creel Chavalala43 Kabelo Melamu58 Siyabonga Mabena65 William Potgieter70 (Rowhaldo Ratz)(97) | 236 |
| 13 | Great Britain Alex George39 Joe Steward53 Elliot Bowker72 Jonathan Glen79 (Christopher Olley)(102) (Jac Hopkins)(DNF) | 243 |
| 14 | Algeria Takieddine Hedeilli48 Billal Tarebhat60 Amazigh Amrouni66 Youcef Boulekdam75 (Tawfiq Bouziane)(91) (Menad Lamrani)(DNF) | 249 |
| 15 | France Hugo Hay47 Fabien Palcau62 Maxime Hueber Moosbrugger69 Jimmy Gressier80 (Mohamed Amine El Bouajaji)(88) (Jeremy Belkacem)(89) | 258 |
| 16 | Canada Justyn Knight25 Ben Preisner83 Nathan Tadesse84 Rory Linkletter86 (Jeremiah Ort)(94) (Jules Burnotte)(112) | 278 |
| 17 | Spain Ayoub Mokhtar57 El Mahdi Lahouifi71 Jordi Torrents76 Ussama Ifraj111 | 315 |
| 18 | Brazil Daniel do Nascimento41 Dionatan dos Santos85 Patrick Barbosa95 Felipe Rocha e Pinto96 | 317 |
| 19 | Australia Morgan McDonald40 Bryce Anderson103 Ben Kelly104 Charles Hunter106 (Nathan Pearce)(110) (Matthew Ramsden)(DNF) | 353 |
| 20 | Yemen Yaser Ba-Gharab78 Mohammed Rageh98 Ebrahim Shabil99 Abdullah Al-Qwabani105 (Yahya Al-Fakih)(109) | 380 |
| 21 | Qatar Idriss Moussa Youssouf64 Mohamed Elnazir Ramadan100 Ibrahim Omar Abdi108 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla113 | 385 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 118 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Junior men's race.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (6)
* Bahrain (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* China (6)
* Eritrea (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Great Britain (6)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Morocco (5)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Qatar (4)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (4)
* Sudan (5)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Uganda (5)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Yemen (5)