# 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The initial Men's short race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Men's short race (4 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | John Kibowen | Kenya | 10:43 |
| | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 10:46 |
| | Paul Kosgei | Kenya | 10:50 |
| 4 | Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 10:59 |
| 5 | John Kosgei | Kenya | 11:04 |
| 6 | Brahim Boulami | Morocco | 11:06 |
| 7 | Marc Davis | United States | 11:08 |
| 8 | Kipkirui Misoi | Kenya | 11:10 |
| 9 | Hicham Bouaouiche | Morocco | 11:11 |
| 10 | Maru Daba | Ethiopia | 11:11 |
| 11 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 11:13 |
| 12 | Ali Ezzine | Morocco | 11:14 |
| 13 | Mohamed Awol | Ethiopia | 11:14 |
| 14 | Luis Jesús | Portugal | 11:16 |
| 15 | Brahim Jabbour | Morocco | 11:17 |
| 16 | Salah El Ghazi | Morocco | 11:19 |
| 17 | Tewodros Shiferaw | Ethiopia | 11:19 |
| 18 | El Hassan Lahssini | Morocco | 11:20 |
| 19 | Alberto García | Spain | 11:21 |
| 20 | Simretu Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 11:21 |
| 21 | Dan Browne | United States | 11:22 |
| 22 | Hélder Ornelas | Portugal | 11:23 |
| 23 | João Junqueira | Portugal | 11:23 |
| 24 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 11:25 |
| 25 | Laïd Bessou | Algeria | 11:26 |
| 26 | Miroslav Vanko | Slovakia | 11:26 |
| 27 | Manuel Pancorbo | Spain | 11:26 |
| 28 | Daniel Middleman | United States | 11:27 |
| 29 | João Leite | Brazil | 11:27 |
| 30 | Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 11:27 |
| 31 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 11:27 |
| 32 | Kudakwashe Shoko | Zimbabwe | 11:28 |
| 33 | Rafał Wójcik | Poland | 11:28 |
| 34 | Andrea Arlati | Italy | 11:29 |
| 35 | Phil Mowbray | United Kingdom | 11:29 |
| 36 | Mourad Benslimani | Algeria | 11:29 |
| 37 | Rob Whalley | United Kingdom | 11:29 |
| 38 | Abderahmane Djemadi | Algeria | 11:30 |
| 39 | Michael Ngaaseke | Zimbabwe | 11:30 |
| 40 | Abiyote Abate | Ethiopia | 11:32 |
| 41 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 11:32 |
| 42 | Mike Openshaw | United Kingdom | 11:33 |
| 43 | Aleksey Gorbunov | Russia | 11:34 |
| 44 | Domenico D'Ambrosio | Italy | 11:34 |
| 45 | Massimo Pegoretti | Italy | 11:35 |
| 46 | Juan José Cruz | Argentina | 11:35 |
| 47 | Saïd Chébili | France | 11:36 |
| 48 | Márcio da Silva | Brazil | 11:36 |
| 49 | José Ramos | Portugal | 11:38 |
| 50 | Moussa Barkaoui | France | 11:38 |
| 51 | Mekonen Daba | Ethiopia | 11:39 |
| 52 | Panagiotis Papoulias | Greece | 11:41 |
| 53 | Marco Rufo | Spain | 11:42 |
| 54 | Blair Martin | New Zealand | 11:43 |
| 55 | Julian Moorhouse | United Kingdom | 11:43 |
| 56 | Giuseppe Maffei | Italy | 11:46 |
| 57 | Mohamed Amer | United Arab Emirates | 11:46 |
| 58 | Shingirai Badza | Zimbabwe | 11:47 |
| 59 | Ian Gillespie | United Kingdom | 11:49 |
| 60 | Abdelmadjid Bouchamia | Algeria | 11:50 |
| 61 | Teddy Mitchell | United States | 11:50 |
| 62 | Vítor Almeida | Portugal | 11:50 |
| 63 | Éric Dubus | France | 11:51 |
| 64 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 11:52 |
| 65 | Scott Strand | United States | 11:53 |
| 66 | Stéphane Renaud | France | 11:54 |
| 67 | Aleksey Shestakov | Kazakhstan | 11:54 |
| 68 | Mariano Tarilo | Argentina | 11:57 |
| 69 | Kamel Boulahfane | Algeria | 12:00 |
| 70 | Anthony Whiteman | United Kingdom | 12:00 |
| 71 | Cândido Maia | Portugal | 12:00 |
| 72 | Tamás Kliszek | Hungary | 12:01 |
| 73 | Richard Tremain | Canada | 12:01 |
| 74 | Daniel das Neves | Brazil | 12:02 |
| 75 | Ali Awad | Lebanon | 12:02 |
| 76 | Sander Schutgens | Netherlands | 12:07 |
| 77 | Miloud Abaoub | Algeria | 12:09 |
| 78 | Ahto Tatter | Estonia | 12:09 |
| 79 | Zenon Patino | Argentina | 12:10 |
| 80 | Ricardo da Silva | Brazil | 12:11 |
| 81 | Frédéric Chocteau | France | 12:11 |
| 82 | Abdul Sameer Moos | Mauritius | 12:12 |
| 83 | Elijah Mutandiro | Zimbabwe | 12:13 |
| 84 | Antonio Soliz | Argentina | 12:20 |
| 85 | Jason Bodnar | United States | 12:27 |
| 86 | Ali Al-Dosari | Bahrain | 12:31 |
| 87 | Arli Mandmets | Estonia | 12:33 |
| 88 | Makoto Wakamatsu | Japan | 12:36 |
| 89 | Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 12:42 |
| 90 | Mestal El-Sahmarani | Lebanon | 12:44 |
| 91 | Mahmoud Ayach | Lebanon | 13:07 |
| 92 | Ken Mova | Papua New Guinea | 13:09 |
| 93 | Selwyn Bonne | Seychelles | 13:18 |
| 94 | Djamched Rasulov | Tajikistan | 13:20 |
| 95 | Mehdi Chebli | Lebanon | 13:22 |
| 96 | Norbert Hariba | Seychelles | 13:27 |
| 97 | Ronny Marie | Seychelles | 13:30 |
| 98 | David Kanie | Papua New Guinea | 13:49 |
| 99 | Gumsie Taulobi | Papua New Guinea | 13:50 |
| 100 | David Rueben | Papua New Guinea | 13:51 |
| 101 | Anton Lopa | Papua New Guinea | 14:05 |
| 102 | Jeffrey Kaile | Papua New Guinea | 15:12 |
| — | Gairat Nigmatov | Tajikistan | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya John Kibowen1 Daniel Komen2 Paul Kosgei3 Benjamin Limo4 (John Kosgei)(5) (Kipkirui Misoi)(8) | 10 |
| | Morocco Brahim Boulami6 Hicham Bouaouiche9 Ali Ezzine12 Brahim Jabbour15 (Salah El Ghazi)(16) (El Hassan Lahssini)(18) | 42 |
| | Ethiopia Maru Daba10 Mohamed Awol13 Tewodros Shiferaw17 Simretu Alemayehu20 (Abiyote Abate)(40) (Mekonen Daba)(51) | 60 |
| 4 | Spain Isaac Viciosa11 Alberto García19 Manuel Pancorbo27 Anacleto Jiménez30 (Marco Rufo)(53) (Reyes Estévez)(64) | 87 |
| 5 | Portugal Luis Jesús14 Hélder Ornelas22 João Junqueira23 José Ramos49 (Vítor Almeida)(62) (Cândido Maia)(71) | 108 |
| 6 | United States Marc Davis7 Dan Browne21 Daniel Middleman28 Teddy Mitchell61 (Scott Strand)(65) (Jason Bodnar)(85) | 117 |
| 7 | Italy Angelo Carosi24 Luciano Di Pardo31 Andrea Arlati34 Domenico D'Ambrosio44 (Massimo Pegoretti)(45) (Giuseppe Maffei)(56) | 133 |
| 8 | Algeria Laïd Bessou25 Mourad Benslimani36 Abderahmane Djemadi38 Abdelmadjid Bouchamia60 (Kamel Boulahfane)(69) (Miloud Abaoub)(77) | 159 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Phil Mowbray35 Rob Whalley37 Mike Openshaw42 Julian Moorhouse55 (Ian Gillespie)(59) (Anthony Whiteman)(70) | 169 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe Kudakwashe Shoko32 Michael Ngaaseke39 Shingirai Badza58 Elijah Mutandiro83 | 212 |
| 11 | France Saïd Chébili47 Moussa Barkaoui50 Éric Dubus63 Stéphane Renaud66 (Frédéric Chocteau)(81) | 226 |
| 12 | Brazil João Leite29 Márcio da Silva48 Daniel das Neves74 Ricardo da Silva80 | 231 |
| 13 | Argentina Juan José Cruz46 Mariano Tarilo68 Zenon Patino79 Antonio Soliz84 | 277 |
| 14 | Lebanon Ali Awad75 Mestal El-Sahmarani90 Mahmoud Ayach91 Mehdi Chebli95 | 351 |
| 15 | Seychelles Simon Labiche89 Selwyn Bonne93 Norbert Hariba96 Ronny Marie97 | 375 |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea Ken Mova92 David Kanie98 Gumsie Taulobi99 David Rueben100 (Anton Lopa)(101) (Jeffrey Kaile)(102) | 389 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 103 athletes from 31 countries in the Men's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Argentina (4)
* Bahrain (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (2)
* Estonia (2)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (5)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Lebanon (4)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Papua New Guinea (6)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Russia (1)
* Seychelles (4)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (6)
* Tajikistan (2)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Zimbabwe (4)