# 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 25, 2001. Reports of 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 who took part were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.7 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 25:04 |
| | Duncan Lebo | Kenya | 25:37 |
| | Dathan Ritzenhein | United States | 25:46 |
| 4 | Nicholas Kemboi | Kenya | 25:52 |
| 5 | Matt Tegenkamp | United States | 25:55 |
| 6 | Robert Kipchumba | Kenya | 26:00 |
| 7 | Alemayehu Tedla | Ethiopia | 26:02 |
| 8 | Maregu Zewdie | Ethiopia | 26:14 |
| 9 | Beruk Debrework | Ethiopia | 26:15 |
| 10 | Paul Wakou | Uganda | 26:17 |
| 11 | Jean Baptiste Simukeka | Rwanda | 26:22 |
| 12 | Edwin Koech | Kenya | 26:37 |
| 13 | Wilson Chelal | Kenya | 26:43 |
| 14 | Takashi Otsu | Japan | 26:43 |
| 15 | Aissam Gtaib | Morocco | 26:43 |
| 16 | Johnny Okello | Uganda | 26:44 |
| 17 | Samson Ramadhani | Tanzania | 26:44 |
| 18 | Atif Agebli | Morocco | 26:46 |
| 19 | Francis Musani | Uganda | 26:54 |
| 20 | Tibebu Yenew | Ethiopia | 26:54 |
| 21 | Kiplimo Muneria | Kenya | 26:56 |
| 22 | Adil El Bannouri | Morocco | 26:57 |
| 23 | Moses Mpanga | Uganda | 26:58 |
| 24 | Josh Spiker | United States | 27:02 |
| 25 | Francis Yiga | Uganda | 27:04 |
| 26 | Daniel Andrew Sipe | Tanzania | 27:06 |
| 27 | Ryan Hayden | Canada | 27:07 |
| 28 | Nathan Brannen | Canada | 27:08 |
| 29 | Stephen Rogart | Tanzania | 27:08 |
| 30 | Simon Bairu | Canada | 27:15 |
| 31 | Salah Habib | Algeria | 27:16 |
| 32 | Ali Abdalla | Eritrea | 27:18 |
| 33 | Fekadu Gemeda | Ethiopia | 27:24 |
| 34 | Habtai Kifletsion | Eritrea | 27:25 |
| 35 | Mircea Bogdan | Romania | 27:30 |
| 36 | Keving Tingaud | France | 27:31 |
| 37 | Piet Desmet | Belgium | 27:32 |
| 38 | Bruno Saramago | Portugal | 27:33 |
| 39 | Ian Dobson | United States | 27:34 |
| 40 | Bouazza Saji | Morocco | 27:37 |
| 41 | Salah Juaim | Yemen | 27:38 |
| 42 | Hani Meguellati | Algeria | 27:43 |
| 43 | Patrick Guidera | Ireland | 27:48 |
| 44 | Francis Melo | Chile | 27:50 |
| 45 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 27:52 |
| 46 | Cutbert Nyasango | Zimbabwe | 27:52 |
| 47 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 27:53 |
| 48 | Philippe Verleyen | Belgium | 27:54 |
| 49 | Anouar Assila | Morocco | 27:54 |
| 50 | Valerio Gulli | Italy | 27:56 |
| 51 | Vladimir Checha | Belarus | 27:58 |
| 52 | Shuichi Fujii | Japan | 27:59 |
| 53 | Ian Hornabrook | Australia | 28:00 |
| 54 | Teshome Woldegaber | Eritrea | 28:00 |
| 55 | Jérôme Collot | Belgium | 28:03 |
| 56 | Nabil Zerrouak | Algeria | 28:04 |
| 57 | Francis Khanje | Malawi | 28:05 |
| 58 | Fernando Fernandes | Brazil | 28:05 |
| 59 | Mo Farah | United Kingdom | 28:06 |
| 60 | Muhammet Matpay | Turkey | 28:06 |
| 61 | Luca Massimino | Italy | 28:06 |
| 62 | Aurelien Demailly | France | 28:07 |
| 63 | Alberto Ramírez | Spain | 28:08 |
| 64 | Henrik Nyström | Sweden | 28:10 |
| 65 | William Harty | Ireland | 28:12 |
| 66 | Liberato Pellecchia | Italy | 28:12 |
| 67 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 28:14 |
| 68 | Cosimo Caliandro | Italy | 28:15 |
| 69 | Benjamin Barbier | Belgium | 28:15 |
| 70 | Nebay Habtegiorgis | Eritrea | 28:16 |
| 71 | Fernando Cabada Jr. | United States | 28:16 |
| 72 | Antonio Lagares | Spain | 28:17 |
| 73 | Tim Stessens | Belgium | 28:17 |
| 74 | Abram Miya | South Africa | 28:18 |
| 75 | Franck de Almeida | Brazil | 28:18 |
| 76 | Martin Fagan | Ireland | 28:19 |
| 77 | Abdelkader Bakhtache | Algeria | 28:22 |
| 78 | Noel Cutillas | Spain | 28:22 |
| 79 | Selahattin Selçuk | Turkey | 28:24 |
| 80 | Andrew Baddeley | United Kingdom | 28:27 |
| 81 | Abdelatif Chemlal | Morocco | 28:30 |
| 82 | Hakim Mokhtari | France | 28:30 |
| 83 | Sergio Sánchez | Spain | 28:31 |
| 84 | Friedel Maans | South Africa | 28:32 |
| 85 | Kenichi Shiraishi | Japan | 28:32 |
| 86 | Joe Dionne | Canada | 28:33 |
| 87 | Sandile Lembetha | South Africa | 28:34 |
| 88 | Richard Jeremiah | Australia | 28:35 |
| 89 | Javier Guerra | Spain | 28:37 |
| 90 | Cristian Gaeta | Italy | 28:37 |
| 91 | Yoshiyuki Tatsuta | Japan | 28:39 |
| 92 | Germán Sánchez | Chile | 28:40 |
| 93 | Matt Maline | United States | 28:42 |
| 94 | Sean Connolly | Ireland | 28:45 |
| 95 | Adam Bowden | United Kingdom | 28:45 |
| 96 | Luigi La Bella | Italy | 28:47 |
| 97 | Abdulaziz Ali Abdulaziz | Yemen | 28:48 |
| 98 | Paul Shaw | United Kingdom | 28:49 |
| 99 | Hicham Chahib | France | 28:50 |
| 100 | Pieter Sollier | Belgium | 28:50 |
| 101 | Serdar Durer | Turkey | 28:51 |
| 102 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 28:58 |
| 103 | Luke Taylor | Australia | 29:01 |
| 104 | Brandon Young | Canada | 29:02 |
| 105 | José Luis Santos | Mexico | 29:03 |
| 106 | Brad Dyson | Australia | 29:09 |
| 107 | George Mkupatira | Malawi | 29:11 |
| 108 | Abdurrahman Kara | Turkey | 29:12 |
| 109 | Andrey Anisimov | Belarus | 29:12 |
| 110 | Diarmuid Grant | Ireland | 29:13 |
| 111 | Arturo Merced | Mexico | 29:13 |
| 112 | Watson Magobo | Malawi | 29:15 |
| 113 | Abdelmoumene Bouchicha | Algeria | 29:18 |
| 114 | Muresh Kumar Yadav | India | 29:18 |
| 115 | Moses Faku | South Africa | 29:20 |
| 116 | Date Mteketa | Malawi | 29:20 |
| 117 | Mohammed Al-Nehmi | Yemen | 29:22 |
| 118 | Steven Ablitt | United Kingdom | 29:24 |
| 119 | Igor Daronin | Belarus | 29:25 |
| 120 | Luis Gamin | Chile | 29:34 |
| 121 | Naoto Kato | Japan | 29:35 |
| 122 | Naoki Shibata | Japan | 29:47 |
| 123 | Jacob Selebalo | South Africa | 29:51 |
| 124 | Ed Jackson | United Kingdom | 29:54 |
| 125 | Dharmender Kumar | India | 29:56 |
| 126 | Pavel Somich | Belarus | 30:06 |
| 127 | Michael Sanchez | Gibraltar | 30:07 |
| 128 | Sebastián Pino | Chile | 30:15 |
| 129 | Cláudio da Cruz | Brazil | 30:15 |
| 130 | Jeremy Valat | France | 30:21 |
| 131 | Ahmed Nasr Ali Al-Ragami | Yemen | 30:24 |
| 132 | Azeet Kumar | India | 30:38 |
| 133 | Jahongir Tolibjonov | Uzbekistan | 30:43 |
| 134 | Meretdurdy Kereguliev | Turkmenistan | 30:47 |
| 135 | Nozimjon Irmatov | Tajikistan | 30:57 |
| 136 | Kenneth Otarola | Costa Rica | 31:03 |
| 137 | Nurridin Irmatov | Tajikistan | 31:06 |
| 138 | Rasul Saydaliyev | Uzbekistan | 31:28 |
| 139 | Rustam Irmatov | Tajikistan | 31:48 |
| 140 | Khodor Abdou | Lebanon | 31:55 |
| 141 | Ruslan Kurbanov | Turkmenistan | 31:56 |
| 142 | Kamoliddin Fakhritdinov | Tajikistan | 32:06 |
| 143 | Vadim Bezyanov | Uzbekistan | 32:23 |
| 144 | Suleyman Jumakuliyev | Turkmenistan | 32:35 |
| 145 | Jacques Francis | Lebanon | 32:49 |
| 146 | Salimjan Yangibayev | Turkmenistan | 32:54 |
| 147 | Dominic Carroll | Gibraltar | 34:34 |
| 148 | Sarvar Akhmatov | Uzbekistan | 35:47 |
| 149 | Lee Taylor | Gibraltar | 35:47 |
| — | Noureddine Athamna | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Cleyton Aguiar | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Suresh Kumar Yadav | India | DNF |
| — | Nigel Wray | Canada | DNS |
| — | Phaustin Baha Sulle | Tanzania | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Duncan Lebo2 Nicholas Kemboi4 Robert Kipchumba6 Edwin Koech12 (Wilson Chelal)(13) (Kiplimo Muneria)(21) | 24 |
| | Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele1 Alemayehu Tedla7 Maregu Zewdie8 Beruk Debrework9 (Tibebu Yenew)(20) (Fekadu Gemeda)(33) | 25 |
| | Uganda Paul Wakou10 Johnny Okello16 Francis Musani19 Moses Mpanga23 (Francis Yiga)(25) | 68 |
| 4 | United States Dathan Ritzenhein3 Matt Tegenkamp5 Josh Spiker24 Ian Dobson39 (Fernando Cabada Jr.)(71) (Matt Maline)(93) | 71 |
| 5 | Morocco Aissam Gtaib15 Atif Agebli18 Adil El Bannouri22 Bouazza Saji40 (Anouar Assila)(49) (Abdelatif Chemlal)(81) | 95 |
| 6 | Canada Ryan Hayden27 Nathan Brannen28 Simon Bairu30 Joe Dionne86 (Brandon Young)(104) | 171 |
| 7 | Eritrea Ali Abdalla32 Habtai Kifletsion34 Teshome Woldegaber54 Nebay Habtegiorgis70 | 190 |
| 8 | Algeria Salah Habib31 Hani Meguellati42 Nabil Zerrouak56 Abdelkader Bakhtache77 (Abdelmoumene Bouchicha)(113) (Noureddine Athamna)(DNF) | 206 |
| 9 | Belgium Piet Desmet37 Philippe Verleyen48 Jérôme Collot55 Benjamin Barbier69 (Tim Stessens)(73) (Pieter Sollier)(100) | 209 |
| 10 | Japan Takashi Otsu14 Shuichi Fujii52 Kenichi Shiraishi85 Yoshiyuki Tatsuta91 (Naoto Kato)(121) (Naoki Shibata)(122) | 242 |
| 11 | Italy Valerio Gulli50 Luca Massimino61 Liberato Pellecchia66 Cosimo Caliandro68 (Cristian Gaeta)(90) (Luigi La Bella)(96) | 245 |
| 12 | Spain Arturo Casado45 Alberto Ramírez63 Antonio Lagares72 Noel Cutillas78 (Sergio Sánchez)(83) (Javier Guerra)(89) | 258 |
| 13 | Ireland Patrick Guidera43 William Harty65 Martin Fagan76 Sean Connolly94 (Diarmuid Grant)(110) | 278 |
| 14 | France Keving Tingaud36 Aurelien Demailly62 Hakim Mokhtari82 Hicham Chahib99 (Jeremy Valat)(130) | 279 |
| 15 | United Kingdom Mo Farah59 Andrew Baddeley80 Adam Bowden95 Paul Shaw98 (Steven Ablitt)(118) (Ed Jackson)(124) | 332 |
| 16 | Turkey Muhammet Matpay60 Selahattin Selçuk79 Serdar Durer101 Abdurrahman Kara108 | 348 |
| 17 | Australia Ian Hornabrook53 Richard Jeremiah88 Luke Taylor103 Brad Dyson106 | 350 |
| 18 | South Africa Abram Miya74 Friedel Maans84 Sandile Lembetha87 Moses Faku115 (Jacob Selebalo)(123) | 360 |
| 19 | Chile Francis Melo44 Germán Sánchez92 Luis Gamin120 Sebastián Pino128 | 384 |
| 20 | Yemen Salah Juaim41 Abdulaziz Ali Abdulaziz97 Mohammed Al-Nehmi117 Ahmed Nasr Ali Al-Ragami131 | 386 |
| 21 | Malawi Francis Khanje57 George Mkupatira107 Watson Magobo112 Date Mteketa116 | 392 |
| 22 | Belarus Vladimir Checha51 Andrey Anisimov109 Igor Daronin119 Pavel Somich126 | 405 |
| 23 | Tajikistan Nozimjon Irmatov135 Nurridin Irmatov137 Rustam Irmatov139 Kamoliddin Fakhritdinov142 | 553 |
| 24 | Uzbekistan Jahongir Tolibjonov133 Rasul Saydaliyev138 Vadim Bezyanov143 Sarvar Akhmatov148 | 562 |
| 25 | Turkmenistan Meretdurdy Kereguliev134 Ruslan Kurbanov141 Suleyman Jumakuliyev144 Salimjan Yangibayev146 | 565 |
| DNF | Brazil (Fernando Fernandes)(58) (Franck de Almeida)(75) (Cláudio da Cruz)(129) (Cleyton Aguiar)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | India (Muresh Kumar Yadav)(114) (Dharmender Kumar)(125) (Azeet Kumar)(132) (Suresh Kumar Yadav)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 152 athletes from 38 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (5)
* Chile (4)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (5)
* Gibraltar (3)
* India (4)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Lebanon (2)
* Malawi (4)
* Mexico (3)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Rwanda (1)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (1)
* Tajikistan (4)
* Tanzania (3)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (4)
* Uganda (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yemen (4)
* Zimbabwe (1)