# 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 34:38 |
| | Leonard Patrick Komon | Kenya | 34:41 |
| | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 34:43 |
| 4 | Joseph Ebuya | Kenya | 34:47 |
| 5 | Moses Ndiema Masai | Kenya | 35:02 |
| 6 | Felix Kikwai Kibore | Qatar | 35:15 |
| 7 | Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny | Kenya | 35:16 |
| 8 | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah | Qatar | 35:18 |
| 9 | Habtamu Fikadu | Ethiopia | 35:19 |
| 10 | Bernard Kiprop Kipyego | Kenya | 35:24 |
| 11 | Hosea Mwok Macharinyang | Kenya | 35:24 |
| 12 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 35:26 |
| 13 | Moses Kipsiro | Uganda | 35:29 |
| 14 | Mark Kosgei Kiptoo | Kenya | 35:39 |
| 15 | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 35:40 |
| 16 | Boniface Kiprop | Uganda | 35:41 |
| 17 | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 35:59 |
| 18 | John Kimondo Thuo | Kenya | 36:00 |
| 19 | Jorge Torres | United States | 36:03 |
| 20 | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 36:09 |
| 21 | Dereje Debele | Ethiopia | 36:10 |
| 22 | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | 36:12 |
| 23 | Teklemariam Medhin | Eritrea | 36:13 |
| 24 | Juan Carlos de la Ossa | Spain | 36:15 |
| 25 | Mubarak Hassan Shami | Qatar | 36:17 |
| 26 | Kidane Tadasse | Eritrea | 36:25 |
| 27 | Cuthbert Nyasango | Zimbabwe | 36:28 |
| 28 | Abdellah Falil | Morocco | 36:30 |
| 29 | Martin Toroitich | Uganda | 36:33 |
| 30 | Jamel Chatbi | Morocco | 36:35 |
| 31 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 36:40 |
| 32 | Anis Selmouni | Morocco | 36:42 |
| 33 | Abdelhadi El Mouaziz | Morocco | 36:43 |
| 34 | Gamal Belal Salem | Qatar | 36:43 |
| 35 | Ahmed Baday | Morocco | 36:46 |
| 36 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain | 36:49 |
| 37 | Brahim Beloua | Morocco | 36:49 |
| 38 | Amanuel Woldeselassie | Eritrea | 36:50 |
| 39 | Khalid Kamal Yaseen | Bahrain | 36:51 |
| 40 | Chakir Boujattaoui | Morocco | 36:51 |
| 41 | Abebe Dinkesa | Ethiopia | 36:51 |
| 42 | Yahia Azaïdj | Algeria | 36:52 |
| 43 | Josh Rohatinsky | United States | 36:52 |
| 44 | Moorosi Soke | South Africa | 36:53 |
| 45 | Edwardo Torres | United States | 36:56 |
| 46 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 37:02 |
| 47 | Mourad Marofit | Morocco | 37:04 |
| 48 | Essa Ismail Rashed | Qatar | 37:07 |
| 49 | Moses Aliwa | Uganda | 37:08 |
| 50 | Michael Shelley | Australia | 37:09 |
| 51 | Scott Bauhs | United States | 37:15 |
| 52 | Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab | Eritrea | 37:15 |
| 53 | Marílson Dos Santos | Brazil | 37:17 |
| 54 | Max King | United States | 37:20 |
| 55 | Simon Ayeko | Uganda | 37:20 |
| 56 | José Manuel Martínez | Spain | 37:21 |
| 57 | Zembaba Yigeze | Ethiopia | 37:22 |
| 58 | Gianmarco Buttazzo | Italy | 37:24 |
| 59 | Ahmed Naïli | Algeria | 37:27 |
| 60 | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis | Bahrain | 37:27 |
| 61 | Ali Dawoud Sedam | Qatar | 37:27 |
| 62 | Thomas Humphries | United Kingdom | 37:27 |
| 63 | Nicholas Kiprono | Uganda | 37:32 |
| 64 | Carles Castillejo | Spain | 37:34 |
| 65 | Michael Skinner | United Kingdom | 37:35 |
| 66 | Andrew Ledwith | Ireland | 37:37 |
| 67 | Moustafa Ahmed Shebto | Qatar | 37:40 |
| 68 | David McNeill | Australia | 37:41 |
| 69 | Liam Adams | Australia | 37:41 |
| 70 | Andrea Lalli | Italy | 37:44 |
| 71 | Licinio Pimentel | Portugal | 37:44 |
| 72 | Frank Tickner | United Kingdom | 37:49 |
| 73 | Collis Birmingham | Australia | 37:49 |
| 74 | Stephen Mokoka | South Africa | 37:52 |
| 75 | Al Mustafa Riyadh | Bahrain | 37:53 |
| 76 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 37:55 |
| 77 | Mike Tebulo | Malawi | 37:57 |
| 78 | Andrew Lemoncello | United Kingdom | 37:57 |
| 79 | Andrew Jones | United Kingdom | 37:57 |
| 80 | Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga | Burundi | 38:00 |
| 81 | Naser Jamal Naser | Qatar | 38:02 |
| 82 | Philip Wicks | United Kingdom | 38:02 |
| 83 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 38:02 |
| 84 | James Carney | United States | 38:04 |
| 85 | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | 38:06 |
| 86 | Kiflom Sium | Eritrea | 38:07 |
| 87 | Iván Galán | Spain | 38:10 |
| 88 | Yoshitaka Iwamizu | Japan | 38:11 |
| 89 | Rabie Mekhloufi | Algeria | 38:11 |
| 90 | James Gosselin | Canada | 38:12 |
| 91 | Paulo Gomes | Portugal | 38:13 |
| 92 | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi | Libya | 38:13 |
| 93 | Yuki Sato | Japan | 38:19 |
| 94 | Tsuyoshi Ugachi | Japan | 38:20 |
| 95 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 38:23 |
| 96 | Jonathan Pierce | United States | 38:23 |
| 97 | Rabah Aboud | Algeria | 38:24 |
| 98 | Aïssa Dahmar | Algeria | 38:24 |
| 99 | Daniele Meucci | Italy | 38:28 |
| 100 | José Rocha | Portugal | 38:28 |
| 101 | Boiphemelo Selagaboy | Botswana | 38:29 |
| 102 | Samuel Tsegay | Eritrea | 38:30 |
| 103 | Kaelo Mosalagae | Botswana | 38:31 |
| 104 | Martin Dent | Australia | 38:31 |
| 105 | Makoto Tobimatsu | Japan | 38:32 |
| 106 | Hermano Ferreira | Portugal | 38:33 |
| 107 | Moeketsi Mosuhli | Lesotho | 38:34 |
| 108 | Andrew Letherby | Australia | 38:35 |
| 109 | Ryan Bak | United States | 38:36 |
| 110 | Jonay González | Spain | 38:39 |
| 111 | Cédric Pelissier | France | 38:42 |
| 112 | Brahim Chettah | Algeria | 38:43 |
| 113 | Ihar Tsetserukou | Belarus | 38:43 |
| 114 | Andrew Vernon | United Kingdom | 38:43 |
| 115 | Yuki Nakamura | Japan | 38:43 |
| 116 | Alex Hutchinson | Canada | 38:44 |
| 117 | Roberto Oliveira | Brazil | 38:45 |
| 118 | José Ramos | Portugal | 38:45 |
| 119 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 38:47 |
| 120 | Satoru Kitamura | Japan | 38:48 |
| 121 | Unaswi Dambe | Botswana | 38:48 |
| 122 | Hiroyoshi Umegae | Japan | 38:49 |
| 123 | Hidekazu Sato | Japan | 38:51 |
| 124 | Damião Ancelmo De Souza | Brazil | 39:00 |
| 125 | James Walsh | United Kingdom | 39:01 |
| 126 | Ben St.Lawrence | Australia | 39:02 |
| 127 | Jesper Faurschou | Denmark | 39:03 |
| 128 | Paul McNamara | Ireland | 39:05 |
| 129 | Dylan Wykes | Canada | 39:06 |
| 130 | Nathan Chebet | Uganda | 39:10 |
| 131 | Ahmed Dali | Algeria | 39:11 |
| 132 | Yang Dinghong | China | 39:11 |
| 133 | Ueli Koch | Switzerland | 39:12 |
| 134 | Rapula Diphoko | Botswana | 39:12 |
| 135 | Mick Clohisey | Ireland | 39:13 |
| 136 | John Beattie | United Kingdom | 39:21 |
| 137 | Abdelatif Chemlal | Morocco | 39:25 |
| 138 | Derek Nakluski | Canada | 39:26 |
| 139 | Solomon Tsige | Ethiopia | 39:26 |
| 140 | Brian Maher | Ireland | 39:29 |
| 141 | Dong Guojian | China | 39:33 |
| 142 | Yuri Chechun | Kyrgyzstan | 39:42 |
| 143 | Spencer Morrison | Canada | 39:45 |
| 144 | Gary Thornton | Ireland | 39:50 |
| 145 | Colin Fewer | Canada | 39:52 |
| 146 | Dimcho Mitsov | Bulgaria | 39:53 |
| 147 | Ahmed Hassein Hassein | Egypt | 39:56 |
| 148 | Sevak Yeghikyan | Armenia | 39:57 |
| 149 | Adel Mahdjoub | Libya | 39:58 |
| 150 | Cleve Thorson | Canada | 40:01 |
| 151 | Alexandra Motone | South Africa | 40:18 |
| 152 | José Eloy | Brazil | 40:19 |
| 153 | Huang Jinhong | China | 40:26 |
| 154 | Cleveland Forde | Guyana | 40:27 |
| 155 | Shepherd Kenatshele | Botswana | 40:27 |
| 156 | Rees Buck | New Zealand | 40:34 |
| 157 | José Maduro | Portugal | 40:35 |
| 158 | Mohammad Al Kafraini | Jordan | 41:00 |
| 159 | Trevor Caldwell | Canada | 41:47 |
| 160 | Ditiro Ramagapu | Botswana | 42:03 |
| 161 | José Ferreira | Brazil | 42:23 |
| 162 | Gaylord Silly | Seychelles | 43:03 |
| 163 | Perhat Annagylyjov | Turkmenistan | 43:27 |
| 164 | Fikret Gafarov | Azerbaijan | 45:37 |
| 165 | Christopher Symonds | Ghana | 46:56 |
| — | Ricardo Ribas | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Mahmoud Abuattaya | Palestine | DNF |
| — | Cosme Ancelmo De Souza | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Vincent Mulvey | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Alistair Ian Cragg | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria | Bahrain | DNF |
| — | Ed Moran | United States | DNF |
| — | Alejandro Suárez | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | DNF |
| — | Stefano La Rosa | Italy | DNF |
| — | Demssew Tsega | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Hasan Mahboob | Bahrain | DNF |
| — | Saif Hamad Al-Rashedi | United Arab Emirates | DQ |
| — | Fathi Meftah | Algeria | DQ$^†$ |
| — | Saleh Besheer Madjed | Bahrain | DNS |
| — | Roman Prodius | Moldova | DNS |
| — | Arjun Kumar Basnet | Nepal | DNS |
| — | Danjuma Kopkuddi | Nigeria | DNS |
| — | Akhilomeh Joseph | Nigeria | DNS |
| — | Gervais Hakizimana | Rwanda | DNS |
| — | Sylvain Rukundo | Rwanda | DNS |
| — | Jean Baptiste Simukeka | Rwanda | DNS |
| — | Khamis Sultan Dawood | Bahrain | DNS |
$^†$: Fathi Meftah from Algeria finished 35th in 36:44 min, but was disqualified because of doping violations.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Leonard Patrick Komon2 Joseph Ebuya4 Moses Ndiema Masai5 Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny7 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego10 Hosea Mwok Macharinyang11 (Augustine Kiprono Choge)(12) (Mark Kosgei Kiptoo)(14) (John Kimondo Thuo)(18) | 39 |
| | Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele1 Habtamu Fikadu9 Sileshi Sihine15 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam17 Dereje Debele21 Abebe Dinkesa41 (Zembaba Yigeze)(57) (Solomon Tsige)(139) (Demssew Tsega)(DNF) | 104 |
| | Qatar Felix Kikwai Kibore6 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah8 Sultan Khamis Zaman22 Mubarak Hassan Shami25 Gamal Belal Salem34 Essa Ismail Rashed48 (Ali Dawoud Sedam)(61) (Moustafa Ahmed Shebto)(67) (Naser Jamal Naser)(81) | 143 |
| 4 | Eritrea Zersenay Tadese3 Yonas Kifle20 Teklemariam Medhin23 Kidane Tadasse26 Amanuel Woldeselassie38 Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab52 (Kiflom Sium)(86) (Samuel Tsegay)(102) | 162 |
| 5 | Morocco Abdellah Falil28 Jamel Chatbi30 Anis Selmouni32 Abdelhadi El Mouaziz33 Ahmed Baday35 Brahim Beloua37 (Chakir Boujattaoui)(40) (Mourad Marofit)(47) (Abdelatif Chemlal)(137) | 195 |
| 6 | Uganda Moses Kipsiro13 Boniface Kiprop16 Martin Toroitich29 Wilson Busienei46 Moses Aliwa49 Simon Ayeko55 (Nicholas Kiprono)(63) (Nathan Chebet)(130) | 208 |
| 7 | United States Jorge Torres19 Josh Rohatinsky43 Edwardo Torres45 Scott Bauhs51 Max King54 James Carney84 (Jonathan Pierce)(96) (Ryan Bak)(109) (Ed Moran)(DNF) | 296 |
| 8 | Spain Juan Carlos de la Ossa24 Ayad Lamdassem36 José Manuel Martínez56 Carles Castillejo64 José Luis Blanco83 Antonio David Jiménez85 (Iván Galán)(87) (Jonay González)(110) (Reyes Estévez)(119) | 348 |
| 9 | Australia Craig Mottram31 Michael Shelley50 David Mcneill68 Liam Adams69 Collis Birmingham73 Martin Dent104 (Andrew Letherby)(108) (Ben St.Lawrence)(126) | 395 |
| 10 | United Kingdom Thomas Humphries62 Michael Skinner65 Frank Tickner72 Andrew Lemoncello78 Andrew Jones79 Philip Wicks82 (Andrew Vernon)(114) (James Walsh)(125) (John Beattie)(136) | 438 |
| 11 | Algeria Yahia Azaïdj42 Ahmed Naïli59 Rabie Mekhloufi89 Rabah Aboud97 Aïssa Dahmar98 Brahim Chettah112 (Ahmed Dali)(131) (Fathi Meftah)(DQ) | 497 |
| 12 | Portugal Licinio Pimentel71 Manuel Damião76 Paulo Gomes91 José Rocha100 Hermano Ferreira106 José Ramos118 (José Maduro)(157) (Ricardo Ribas)(DNF) | 562 |
| 13 | Japan Yoshitaka Iwamizu88 Yuki Sato93 Tsuyoshi Ugachi94 Makoto Tobimatsu105 Yuki Nakamura115 Satoru Kitamura120 (Hiroyoshi Umegae)(122) (Hidekazu Sato)(123) | 615 |
| 14 | Canada James Gosselin90 Joël Bourgeois95 Alex Hutchinson116 Dylan Wykes129 Derek Nakluski138 Spencer Morrison143 (Colin Fewer)(145) (Cleve Thorson)(150) (Trevor Caldwell)(159) | 711 |
| 15 | Botswana Boiphemelo Selagaboy101 Kaelo Mosalagae103 Unaswi Dambe121 Rapula Diphoko134 Shepherd Kenatshele155 Ditiro Ramagapu160 | 774 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 179 athletes from 45 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from Moldova, Nepal, and Nigeria did not show.
* Algeria (8)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (8)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahrain (5)
* Belarus (1)
* Botswana (6)
* Brazil (6)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (9)
* China (3)
* Denmark (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Eritrea (8)
* Ethiopia (9)
* France (1)
* Ghana (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (8)
* Jordan (1)
* Kenya (9)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Libya (2)
* Malawi (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (9)
* New Zealand (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (8)
* Qatar (9)
* Rwanda (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Africa (3)
* Spain (9)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (8)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (9)
* United States (9)
* Zimbabwe (1)