# 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships – U20 men's race

The U20 men's race at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 30 March 2024, at 11:25 AM local time. Samuel Kibathi won the individual race, one second ahead of Mezgebu Sime.

## Race results
### U20 men's race (8 km)
#### Individual

Men's Cross Country U20 Race :
| Place | Athlete | Age | Country | Time |
| | Samuel Kibathi | 19 | Kenya | 22:40 |
| | Mezgebu Sime | 18 | Ethiopia | 22:41 |
| | Matthew Kipkoech Kipruto | 18 | Kenya | 22:46 |
| 4 | Yismaw Dillu [de; it] | 18 | Ethiopia | 22:48 |
| 5 | Johana Erot | 18 | Kenya | 22:49 |
| 6 | Charles Rotich | 18 | Kenya | 22:51 |
| 7 | Sewmehon Anteneh | 17 | Ethiopia | 22:52 |
| 8 | Jenberu Sisay | 18 | Ethiopia | 23:00 |
| 9 | Shadrack Rono Kipkemei | 18 | Kenya | 23:02 |
| 10 | Abdisa Fayisa | 18 | Ethiopia | 23:16 |
| 11 | Simba Samuel Cherop | 17 | Uganda | 23:23 |
| 12 | Dolphine Chelimo | 18 | Uganda | 23:25 |
| 13 | Abel Bekele | 18 | Ethiopia | 23:33 |
| 14 | Sailas Rotich | 18 | Uganda | 23:36 |
| 15 | Hosea Chemutai | 17 | Uganda | 23:47 |
| 16 | Tomoya Inoue | 17 | Japan | 23:58 |
| 17 | Osama Er-Radouani | 16 | Morocco | 24:07 |
| 18 | Titus Musau | 17 | Uganda | 24:16 |
| 19 | Kaito Matsui | 18 | Japan | 24:21 |
| 20 | Sota Orita | 18 | Japan | 24:25 |
| 21 | Gaston Rohmer | 18 | France | 24:28 |
| 22 | Yamato Hamaguchi | 17 | Japan | 24:29 |
| 23 | Rico Leijenaar | 18 | South Africa | 24:30 |
| 24 | Kevin Sanchez | 18 | United States | 24:31 |
| 25 | Zenzile Pheko | 18 | South Africa | 24:39 |
| 26 | Yobiel Weldrufael [de] | 18 | Eritrea | 24:41 |
| 27 | Musawenkosi Mnisi | 18 | South Africa | 24:44 |
| 28 | Ilyas Aaourdou | 18 | Morocco | 24:46 |
| 29 | Ahmed Faris | 18 | Morocco | 24:48 |
| 30 | Kole Mathison | 19 | United States | 24:49 |
| 31 | Quinn Miell-Ingram | 17 | Great Britain | 24:50 |
| 32 | Mesfin Escamilla | 18 | Spain | 24:54 |
| 33 | Oscar Gaitan | 18 | Spain | 24:57 |
| 34 | Jack Coomber | 18 | Australia | 24:58 |
| 35 | Craig Shennan | 17 | Great Britain | 24:59 |
| 36 | Unai Naranjo | 18 | Spain | 25:00 |
| 37 | Charlie Moore | 18 | Australia | 25:04 |
| 38 | Ishak Dahmani | 19 | France | 25:08 |
| 39 | Corné de Fouw | 18 | South Africa | 25:12 |
| 40 | Abdelwahed Aachour | 18 | Morocco | 25:14 |
| 41 | Nao Nanatsue | 18 | Japan | 25:14 |
| 42 | Tseko Piet Thobala | 18 | South Africa | 25:14 |
| 43 | Karl Ottfalk | 18 | Sweden | 25:17 |
| 44 | Ky Hehir | 17 | Australia | 25:20 |
| 45 | Noah Breker | 19 | United States | 25:22 |
| 46 | Ian McAllister | 18 | Canada | 25:25 |
| 47 | James Dargan | 18 | Great Britain | 25:25 |
| 48 | Matt Hill | 19 | New Zealand | 25:30 |
| 49 | Elliott Pugh | 18 | New Zealand | 25:36 |
| 50 | Aldin Ćatović | 16 | Serbia | 25:37 |
| 51 | Logan Tickell | 17 | Australia | 25:39 |
| 52 | Victor Daniel Perez Igari | 19 | Mexico | 25:40 |
| 53 | Padraig Heffernan | 18 | Australia | 25:42 |
| 54 | Aidan Jones | 18 | United States | 25:48 |
| 55 | Harry Colbert | 19 | Ireland | 25:48 |
| 56 | Khenny Porfirio Meneses | 17 | Peru | 25:48 |
| 57 | Tristan Douche | 18 | France | 25:50 |
| 58 | Gonçalo José Sousa | 19 | Spain | 25:51 |
| 59 | Zouhair Redouane | 19 | Morocco | 25:55 |
| 60 | Seth Mahony | 18 | Australia | 25:59 |
| 61 | Realeboga Smith | 17 | South Africa | 26:00 |
| 62 | Henry Dover | 18 | Great Britain | 26:00 |
| 63 | Angel Luis Reyes Ramirez | 18 | Mexico | 26:02 |
| 64 | Etienne le Roux | 17 | France | 26:03 |
| 65 | Tetsu Sasaki | 17 | Japan | 26:03 |
| 66 | Daniel Prescott | 18 | New Zealand | 26:07 |
| 67 | Carlos Zarate | 18 | Spain | 26:07 |
| 68 | Birhanu Harriman | 18 | United States | 26:13 |
| 69 | Kamran Brar | 18 | Canada | 26:16 |
| 70 | Seamus Robinson | 19 | Ireland | 26:18 |
| 71 | George Wyllie | 16 | New Zealand | 26:25 |
| 72 | Lorcan Rabbitte | 19 | New Zealand | 26:28 |
| 73 | Charles Gendron-Jetté | 18 | Canada | 26:34 |
| 74 | Brayan Huanca | 17 | Peru | 26:39 |
| 75 | Dylan Joel Carrasco | 18 | Colombia | 26:43 |
| 76 | Elliot Bélanger | 18 | Canada | 26:47 |
| 77 | Sergej Kostić | 15 | Serbia | 26:49 |
| 78 | Theo Penard | 18 | France | 26:52 |
| 79 | Angus Skinner | 19 | Canada | 27:02 |
| 80 | Andres Lara | 17 | Spain | 27:05 |
| 81 | Azrael Cabusao | 18 | New Zealand | 27:08 |
| 82 | Léo Bédard | 18 | Canada | 27:18 |
| 83 | Hugh Kent | 18 | Guam | 27:21 |
| 84 | Veljko Vasiljević [de] | 18 | Serbia | 27:46 |
| 85 | Luis Huaman | 18 | Peru | 28:34 |
| 86 | Nurdaulet Medeubayev | 18 | Kazakhstan | 28:39 |
| 87 | Weng Tou Ip | 17 | Macau | 28:43 |
| 88 | Kabir Ziljkić | 17 | Serbia | 29:18 |
| 89 | Ivan Goncharov | 18 | Kazakhstan | 29:51 |
| | Aibol Omar | 18 | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| | Berkley Nance | 18 | United States | DNF |
| | Mahmoud Abou Zeid | 16 | Lebanon | DNS |

#### Team

Despite only starting five out of the allowable six runners, Kenya won the team race. The teams were scored by the sum of the top four runners' placings, with ties being broken on the fifth runner's position.
| Rank | Team | Score |
| | Kenya | 15 |
| | Ethiopia | 21 |
| | Uganda | 52 |
| 4 | Japan | 77 |
| 5 | South Africa | 114 |
| 6 | Morocco | 114 |
| 7 | United States | 153 |
| 8 | Spain | 159 |
| 9 | Australia | 166 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 175 |
| 11 | France | 180 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 234 |
| 13 | Canada | 264 |
| 14 | Serbia | 299 |