# 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan, on March 28, 2009. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times 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 |
| | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 35:02 |
| | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 35:04 |
| | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 35:04 |
| 4 | Leonard Patrick Komon | Kenya | 35:05 |
| 5 | Habtamu Fikadu | Ethiopia | 35:06 |
| 6 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Kenya | 35:08 |
| 7 | Mark Kosgey Kiptoo | Kenya | 35:11 |
| 8 | Chakir Boujattaoui | Morocco | 35:12 |
| 9 | Teklemariam Medhin | Eritrea | 35:14 |
| 10 | Hunegnaw Mesfin | Ethiopia | 35:16 |
| 11 | Moses Cheruiyot Mosop | Kenya | 35:17 |
| 12 | Feyisa Lilesa | Ethiopia | 35:22 |
| 13 | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | Qatar | 35:28 |
| 14 | Mangata Kimai Ndiwa | Kenya | 35:32 |
| 15 | Dino Sefir | Ethiopia | 35:49 |
| 16 | Samuel Tsegay | Eritrea | 35:51 |
| 17 | Tadese Tola | Ethiopia | 35:52 |
| 18 | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah | Qatar | 36:04 |
| 19 | Geofrey Kusuro | Uganda | 36:07 |
| 20 | Felix Kikwai Kibore | Qatar | 36:14 |
| 21 | Nicholas Kiprono | Uganda | 36:16 |
| 22 | Samson Kiflemariam | Eritrea | 36:20 |
| 23 | Stephen Kiprotich | Uganda | 36:23 |
| 24 | Issak Sibhatu | Eritrea | 36:25 |
| 25 | Linus Kipwambok Chumba | Kenya | 36:29 |
| 26 | Carles Castillejo | Spain | 36:30 |
| 27 | Ahmed Baday | Morocco | 36:35 |
| 28 | Gamal Belal Salem | Qatar | 36:37 |
| 29 | Collis Birmingham | Australia | 36:38 |
| 30 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain | 36:39 |
| 31 | Alemayehu Bezabeh | Spain | 36:41 |
| 32 | Stephen Mokoka | South Africa | 36:47 |
| 33 | Ryan Vail | United States | 36:54 |
| 34 | Brahim Beloua | Morocco | 36:55 |
| 35 | Khoudir Aggoune | Algeria | 36:55 |
| 36 | Michael Shelley | Australia | 36:58 |
| 37 | Robert Curtis | United States | 37:00 |
| 38 | Mouhssin Moubssit | Morocco | 37:02 |
| 39 | Faustin Musa | Tanzania | 37:03 |
| 40 | Max King | United States | 37:05 |
| 41 | Moorosi Soke | South Africa | 37:05 |
| 42 | Gervais Hakizimana | Rwanda | 37:07 |
| 43 | Ben Siwa | Uganda | 37:07 |
| 44 | Felix Ntirenganya | Rwanda | 37:07 |
| 45 | José Rocha | Portugal | 37:09 |
| 46 | Mourad Marofit | Morocco | 37:10 |
| 47 | Suehiro Ishikawa | Japan | 37:11 |
| 48 | Jean Baptiste Simukeka | Rwanda | 37:17 |
| 49 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | 37:20 |
| 50 | Jeffrey Gwebu | South Africa | 37:21 |
| 51 | Tshamano Setone | South Africa | 37:27 |
| 52 | Sylvain Rukundo | Rwanda | 37:29 |
| 53 | Francisco Javier López | Spain | 37:31 |
| 54 | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | Saudi Arabia | 37:32 |
| 55 | Essa Ismail Rashed | Qatar | 37:36 |
| 56 | Kidane Tadasse | Eritrea | 37:37 |
| 57 | Elisante William | Tanzania | 37:38 |
| 58 | Edwardo Torres | United States | 37:38 |
| 59 | Seigo Ikegami | Japan | 37:38 |
| 60 | Ed Moran | United States | 37:42 |
| 61 | Gabriele De Nard | Italy | 37:43 |
| 62 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 37:44 |
| 63 | Morhad Amdouni | France | 37:45 |
| 64 | Hiroyoshi Umegae | Japan | 37:47 |
| 65 | Adilson Dolberth | Brazil | 37:48 |
| 66 | Tonny Wamulwa | Zambia | 37:49 |
| 67 | Manuel Ángel Penas | Spain | 37:49 |
| 68 | Mark Kenneally | Ireland | 37:50 |
| 69 | Liam Adams | Australia | 37:50 |
| 70 | Suliman Alghodran | Jordan | 37:55 |
| 71 | Chauncy Master | Malawi | 37:57 |
| 72 | Licinio Pimentel | Portugal | 37:57 |
| 73 | El-Mokhtar Benhari | France | 37:57 |
| 74 | Frank Tickner | United Kingdom | 37:58 |
| 75 | Brett Gotcher | United States | 38:01 |
| 76 | Naoki Okamoto | Japan | 38:02 |
| 77 | Ihar Tsetserukou | Belarus | 38:04 |
| 78 | Andrew Vernon | United Kingdom | 38:04 |
| 79 | Eduardo Mbengani | Portugal | 38:05 |
| 80 | James Kibet | Uganda | 38:06 |
| 81 | Benjamin Malaty | France | 38:08 |
| 82 | Eric Sebahire | Rwanda | 38:11 |
| 83 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 38:11 |
| 84 | Claudir Rodrigues | Brazil | 38:13 |
| 85 | Peter Sulle | Tanzania | 38:13 |
| 86 | Philip Nicholls | United Kingdom | 38:15 |
| 87 | Michael Skinner | United Kingdom | 38:22 |
| 88 | Cheng Tao | China | 38:29 |
| 89 | Methkal Abu Drais | Jordan | 38:30 |
| 90 | Denis Mayaud | France | 38:33 |
| 91 | Lee Merrien | United Kingdom | 38:35 |
| 92 | Sérgio Da Silva | Brazil | 38:40 |
| 93 | Musa Amer Obaid | Qatar | 38:42 |
| 94 | Makoto Fukui | Japan | 38:43 |
| 95 | Sibusiso Nzima | South Africa | 39:03 |
| 96 | Keith Gerrard | United Kingdom | 39:03 |
| 97 | Miguel Barzola | Argentina | 39:09 |
| 98 | Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | Saudi Arabia | 39:11 |
| 99 | Shepherd Kenatshele | Botswana | 39:14 |
| 100 | Kaelo Mosalagae | Botswana | 39:22 |
| 101 | Richard Kalumba | Zambia | 39:23 |
| 102 | Yohan Durand | France | 39:25 |
| 103 | Linos Chintali | Zambia | 39:28 |
| 104 | Sebastian Hallmann | Germany | 39:29 |
| 105 | Saheed Khan | Canada | 39:30 |
| 106 | Ayman Al Rubaiat | Jordan | 39:30 |
| 107 | Kgosi Tsosane | South Africa | 39:31 |
| 108 | Abdel Fattah Zaki Abdelhalem | Egypt | 39:34 |
| 109 | Alex Genest | Canada | 39:34 |
| 110 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 39:42 |
| 111 | Sevak Yeghikyan | Armenia | 39:43 |
| 112 | Ahmed Hassein Hassein | Egypt | 39:44 |
| 113 | Ramoseka Raobine | Botswana | 39:54 |
| 114 | Rached Amor | Tunisia | 40:02 |
| 115 | Unaswi Dambe | Botswana | 40:14 |
| 116 | Lin Xiangqian | China | 40:15 |
| 117 | Hussein Momani | Jordan | 40:21 |
| 118 | Hassan Hirt | France | 40:29 |
| 119 | Sotyvoldy Khaitov | Tajikistan | 40:34 |
| 120 | Yovanny Adames | Dominican Republic | 40:53 |
| 121 | Hamza Al-Madahna | Jordan | 40:54 |
| 122 | Ahmed Bakry | Egypt | 41:12 |
| 123 | Khaled Giaeda | Libya | 41:24 |
| 124 | Hassan Marzouk Eisa | Egypt | 41:35 |
| 125 | Mahmood Alrashedi | Iraq | 41:38 |
| 126 | Derek Nakluski | Canada | 41:40 |
| 127 | Raouf Boubaker | Tunisia | 41:55 |
| 128 | Jeiran Khoperia | Georgia | 42:02 |
| 129 | Ahmad Alibrahim | Syria | 42:17 |
| 130 | Ahmad Aljafal | Syria | 42:34 |
| 131 | Qais Salim Al-Mahroqi | Oman | 42:40 |
| 132 | Mohammad Moharm Hmadallah | Egypt | 42:44 |
| 133 | Antoine Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 42:50 |
| 134 | Noori Al-Darraji | Iraq | 43:05 |
| 135 | Samir Pashayev | Azerbaijan | 43:16 |
| 136 | Ali Salih | Iraq | 43:27 |
| 137 | Abdulzahra Al-Mohammedawi | Iraq | 44:29 |
| — | Abdel Naser Mohamed Awajna | Palestine | DNF |
| — | Marvin Blanco | Venezuela | DNF |
| — | Bashar Mahmoud Irheil Al-Kufrini | Jordan | DNF |
| — | Hélder Ornelas | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Abdelrhani El Aouad | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Daniel Da Silva | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Rui Pedro Silva | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Gladson Barbosa | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Oliver Kandiero | Zimbabwe | DNS |
| — | Jonathan Chinyoka | Zimbabwe | DNS |
| — | Elmore Sibanda | Zimbabwe | DNS |
| — | Samwel Shauri | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Cuthbert Nyasango | Zimbabwe | DNS |
| — | Ezekiel Jafari Ngimba | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Wirimai Juwawo | Zimbabwe | DNS |
| — | Nkosiyazi Sibanda | Zimbabwe | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Leonard Patrick Komon4 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio6 Mark Kosgey Kiptoo7 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop11 (Mangata Kimai Ndiwa)(14) (Linus Kipwambok Chumba)(25) | 28 |
| | Ethiopia Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam1 Habtamu Fikadu5 Hunegnaw Mesfin10 Feyisa Lilesa12 (Dino Sefir)(15) (Tadese Tola)(17) | 28 |
| | Eritrea Zersenay Tadese3 Teklemariam Medhin9 Samuel Tsegay16 Samson Kiflemariam22 (Issak Sibhatu)(24) (Kidane Tadasse)(56) | 50 |
| 4 | Uganda Moses Ndiema Kipsiro2 Geofrey Kusuro19 Nicholas Kiprono21 Stephen Kiprotich23 (Ben Siwa)(43) (James Kibet)(80) | (65) |
| 5 | Qatar Saif Saaeed Shaheen13 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah18 Felix Kikwai Kibore20 Gamal Belal Salem28 (Essa Ismail Rashed)(55) (Musa Amer Obaid)(93) | 79 |
| 6 | Morocco Chakir Boujattaoui8 Ahmed Baday27 Brahim Beloua34 Mouhssin Moubssit38 (Mourad Marofit)(46) (Abdelrhani El Aouad)(DNF) | 107 |
| 7 | Spain Carles Castillejo26 Ayad Lamdassem30 Alemayehu Bezabeh31 Francisco Javier López53 (José Luis Blanco)(62) (Manuel Ángel Penas)(67) | 140 |
| 8 | United States Ryan Vail33 Robert Curtis37 Max King40 Edwardo Torres58 (Ed Moran)(60) (Brett Gotcher)(75) | 168 |
| 9 | South Africa Stephen Mokoka32 Moorosi Soke41 Jeffrey Gwebu50 Tshamano Setone51 (Sibusiso Nzima)(95) (Kgosi Tsosane)(107) | 174 |
| 10 | Rwanda Gervais Hakizimana42 Felix Ntirenganya44 Jean Baptiste Simukeka48 Sylvain Rukundo52 (Eric Sebahire)(82) | 186 |
| 11 | Japan Suehiro Ishikawa47 Seigo Ikegami59 Hiroyoshi Umegae64 Naoki Okamoto76 (Makoto Fukui)(94) | 246 |
| 12 | Portugal José Rocha45 Licinio Pimentel72 Eduardo Mbengani79 Manuel Damião83 (Hélder Ornelas)(DNF) (Rui Pedro Silva)(DNF) | 279 |
| 13 | France Morhad Amdouni63 El-Mokhtar Benhari73 Benjamin Malaty81 Denis Mayaud90 (Yohan Durand)(102) (Hassan Hirt)(118) | 307 |
| 14 | United Kingdom Frank Tickner74 Andrew Vernon78 Philip Nicholls86 Michael Skinner87 (Lee Merrien)(91) (Keith Gerrard)(96) | 325 |
| 15 | Jordan Suliman Alghodran70 Methkal Abu Drais89 Ayman Al Rubaiat106 Hussein Momani117 (Hamza Al-Madahna)(121) (Bashar Mahmoud Irheil Al-Kufrini)(DNF) | 382 |
| 16 | Botswana Shepherd Kenatshele99 Kaelo Mosalagae100 Ramoseka Raobine113 Unaswi Dambe115 | 427 |
| 17 | Canada Saheed Khan105 Alex Genest109 Joël Bourgeois110 Derek Nakluski126 | 450 |
| 18 | Egypt Abdel Fattah Zaki Abdelhalem108 Ahmed Hassein Hassein112 Ahmed Bakry122 Hassan Marzouk Eisa124 (Mohammad Moharm Hmadallah)(132) | 466 |
| 19 | Iraq Mahmood Alrashedi125 Noori Al-Darraji134 Ali Salih136 Abdulzahra Al-Mohammedawi137 | 532 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 145 athletes from 44 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from Zimbabwe did not show.
* Algeria (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (3)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (5)
* Canada (4)
* China (2)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Egypt (5)
* Eritrea (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (1)
* Iraq (4)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (5)
* Jordan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Libya (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Oman (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Qatar (6)
* Rwanda (5)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Syria (2)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (3)
* Tunisia (2)
* Uganda (6)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Venezuela (1)
* Zambia (3)