# 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 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
### Senior men's race (12 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 34:01 |
| | Paul Koech | Kenya | 34:06 |
| | Assefa Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 34:28 |
| 4 | Tom Nyariki | Kenya | 34:37 |
| 5 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | Kenya | 34:38 |
| 6 | Christopher Kelong | Kenya | 34:41 |
| 7 | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 34:41 |
| 8 | Mohammed Mourhit | Belgium | 34:44 |
| 9 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 34:46 |
| 10 | Fabián Roncero | Spain | 34:50 |
| 11 | Elarbi Khattabi | Morocco | 34:54 |
| 12 | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | 34:59 |
| 13 | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 35:08 |
| 14 | Lahcen Benyoussef | Morocco | 35:11 |
| 15 | Wilbroad Axweso | Tanzania | 35:15 |
| 16 | Bob Kennedy | United States | 35:18 |
| 17 | Brahim Lahlafi | Morocco | 35:20 |
| 18 | Khaled Boulami | Morocco | 35:21 |
| 19 | Patrick Ndayisenga | Burundi | 35:23 |
| 20 | Tesfaye Tola | Ethiopia | 35:24 |
| 21 | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 35:29 |
| 22 | Shaun Creighton | Australia | 35:33 |
| 23 | Bruno Toledo | Spain | 35:34 |
| 24 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia | 35:35 |
| 25 | Eduardo Henriques | Portugal | 35:36 |
| 26 | Benedict Ako | Tanzania | 35:37 |
| 27 | Adam Goucher | United States | 35:39 |
| 28 | José Regalo | Portugal | 35:40 |
| 29 | José Manuel García | Spain | 35:43 |
| 30 | Hideaki Haraguchi | Japan | 35:47 |
| 31 | Reinholdt Iita | Namibia | 35:54 |
| 32 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 35:57 |
| 33 | Toshinari Takaoka | Japan | 35:58 |
| 34 | Kamiel Maase | Netherlands | 36:00 |
| 35 | Tarek Zoghmar | Algeria | 36:04 |
| 36 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 36:06 |
| 37 | Rachid Berradi | Italy | 36:14 |
| 38 | Glynn Tromans | United Kingdom | 36:19 |
| 39 | Alberto Maravilha | Portugal | 36:19 |
| 40 | Cormac Finnerty | Ireland | 36:20 |
| 41 | Tadeo Nada | Tanzania | 36:23 |
| 42 | Francesco Bennici | Italy | 36:23 |
| 43 | Sérgio da Silva | Brazil | 36:24 |
| 44 | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | 36:25 |
| 45 | Seamus Power | Ireland | 36:26 |
| 46 | Réda Benzine | Algeria | 36:26 |
| 47 | Enoch Skosana | South Africa | 36:27 |
| 48 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 36:28 |
| 49 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 36:31 |
| 50 | Driss El Himer | France | 36:32 |
| 51 | Kudakwashe Shoko | Zimbabwe | 36:32 |
| 52 | Carlos Peña | Mexico | 36:35 |
| 53 | Abdelilah El Manaia | Morocco | 36:35 |
| 54 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 36:36 |
| 55 | Elijah Mutandiro | Zimbabwe | 36:37 |
| 56 | Jacinto Navarrete | Colombia | 36:38 |
| 57 | Krzysztof Baldyga | Poland | 36:38 |
| 58 | Abdellah Béhar | France | 36:39 |
| 59 | Andrew Pearson | United Kingdom | 36:41 |
| 60 | Lee Troop | Australia | 36:46 |
| 61 | Godfrey Koki | Zimbabwe | 36:47 |
| 62 | Tim Hacker | United States | 36:48 |
| 63 | Julio Rey | Spain | 36:49 |
| 64 | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria | 36:49 |
| 65 | Tomohiro Seto | Japan | 36:50 |
| 66 | Alejandro Cuahtepizi | Mexico | 36:52 |
| 67 | Diego Colorado | Colombia | 36:55 |
| 68 | Chris Weber | Canada | 36:58 |
| 69 | Dragoslav Prpa | Yugoslavia | 37:00 |
| 70 | Daniel Ferreira | Brazil | 37:00 |
| 71 | Michele Gamba | Italy | 37:01 |
| 72 | Billy Ntlogelang | Botswana | 37:02 |
| 73 | Janko Bensa | Yugoslavia | 37:03 |
| 74 | Faustin Saktay | Tanzania | 37:04 |
| 75 | John Nuttall | United Kingdom | 37:06 |
| 76 | Hendrick Khumalo | South Africa | 37:07 |
| 77 | Viktor Röthlin | Switzerland | 37:09 |
| 78 | Mohamed Driouche | Algeria | 37:13 |
| 79 | Lahbib Hanini | France | 37:16 |
| 80 | Martin Lauret | Netherlands | 37:18 |
| 81 | Elias Bastos | Brazil | 37:19 |
| 82 | Ville Hautala | Finland | 37:20 |
| 83 | Ahmed Abd El Mangoud | Egypt | 37:21 |
| 84 | Dmitriy Maksimov | Russia | 37:24 |
| 85 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 37:25 |
| 86 | Santtu Mäkinen | Finland | 37:25 |
| 87 | Chris Robison | United Kingdom | 37:26 |
| 88 | Gabriele De Nard | Italy | 37:26 |
| 89 | Pete Julian | United States | 37:30 |
| 90 | Julian Dwyer | Australia | 37:35 |
| 91 | Mamo Kejela | Ethiopia | 37:35 |
| 92 | Ayman Mahmoud | Egypt | 37:39 |
| 93 | Mikaël Thomas | France | 37:42 |
| 94 | David Evans | Australia | 37:44 |
| 95 | Seiji Kushibe | Japan | 37:46 |
| 96 | René Godlieb | Netherlands | 37:47 |
| 97 | Ali El-Zaidi | Libya | 37:48 |
| 98 | Semyon Zhustin | Russia | 37:49 |
| 99 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland | 37:50 |
| 100 | Eric Quiros | Costa Rica | 37:53 |
| 101 | Toomas Tarm | Estonia | 37:54 |
| 102 | Imre Berkovics | Hungary | 37:58 |
| 103 | Jose Duarte | Mexico | 38:01 |
| 104 | Cian McLoughlin | Ireland | 38:02 |
| 105 | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | 38:03 |
| 106 | Colin de Burca | Ireland | 38:04 |
| 107 | Joseph Tjitunga | Namibia | 38:10 |
| 108 | Kim Gillard | Australia | 38:14 |
| 109 | Juan Jaranillo | Colombia | 38:14 |
| 110 | Martín Pitayo | Mexico | 38:16 |
| 111 | Spencer Duval | United Kingdom | 38:16 |
| 112 | Lesedinyana Lekgoa | Botswana | 38:23 |
| 113 | Alphonse Munyeshyaka | Rwanda | 38:28 |
| 114 | Menon Ramsamy | Mauritius | 38:32 |
| 115 | Julián Berrio | Colombia | 38:33 |
| 116 | Pacifique Ayabusa | Rwanda | 38:37 |
| 117 | Yan Orlandi | Switzerland | 38:39 |
| 118 | Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed | Egypt | 38:42 |
| 119 | Jussi Virtanen | Finland | 38:43 |
| 120 | James Finlayson | Canada | 38:45 |
| 121 | Glody Dube | Botswana | 38:50 |
| 122 | Ernest Ndjissipou | Central African Republic | 38:52 |
| 123 | Heiki Sarapuu | Estonia | 38:54 |
| 124 | Paddy McCluskey | Canada | 38:56 |
| 125 | Toni Bernadó | Andorra | 38:56 |
| 126 | Soro Bassirima | Côte d'Ivoire | 39:02 |
| 127 | Wael Anwar | Egypt | 39:03 |
| 128 | Robert Gary | United States | 39:04 |
| 129 | Pauric McKinney | Ireland | 39:14 |
| 130 | Robert Smits | Netherlands | 39:15 |
| 131 | Graham Cocksedge | Canada | 39:21 |
| 132 | Tiyapo Maso | Botswana | 39:22 |
| 133 | Fouly Salem | Egypt | 39:28 |
| 134 | Farag Abdelnaby | Egypt | 39:36 |
| 135 | Meelis Veilberg | Estonia | 39:38 |
| 136 | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | 39:45 |
| 137 | Joseph Nsengiyumya | Rwanda | 39:46 |
| 138 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 39:55 |
| 139 | Margus Pirksaar | Estonia | 40:00 |
| 140 | Mothusi Pelaelo | Botswana | 40:13 |
| 141 | Jumaine Hakizimaha | Rwanda | 40:22 |
| 142 | Rachid Safari | Rwanda | 40:23 |
| 143 | Tiburce Mboumba | Gabon | 40:26 |
| 144 | Tsunake Kalamori | South Africa | 40:33 |
| 145 | Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev | Turkmenistan | 40:34 |
| 146 | Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev | Turkmenistan | 40:34 |
| 147 | Abdullah Fergani | Libya | 40:46 |
| 148 | Leonard Madinda | Gabon | 41:15 |
| 149 | Mahamed Kouerh | Libya | 41:24 |
| 150 | Basile Lendoye | Gabon | 41:24 |
| 151 | Konan Severin N'dri | Côte d'Ivoire | 41:51 |
| 152 | Younes Yousef | Libya | 42:04 |
| 153 | Loasis Boussougou | Gabon | 42:17 |
| 154 | David Kanie | Papua New Guinea | 42:25 |
| 155 | Sergey Zabavskiy | Tajikistan | 43:04 |
| 156 | Souleymane Bamba | Côte d'Ivoire | 43:06 |
| 157 | Guy Schultz | Canada | 43:10 |
| 158 | Gervais Yapo Yapi | Côte d'Ivoire | 43:34 |
| 159 | Alphonse Miuoubi | Gabon | 43:41 |
| 160 | Hugues Kombila | Gabon | 43:46 |
| 161 | Lee Kar-Lun | Hong Kong | 43:52 |
| 162 | Gumsie Taulobi | Papua New Guinea | 44:22 |
| 163 | Ken Mova | Papua New Guinea | 45:05 |
| — | Alfredo Bráz | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Enrique Molina | Spain | DNF |
| — | Pablo Olmedo | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Andrew Panga | Tanzania | DNF |
| — | Smail Sghir | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Kamel Kohil | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Benoît Zwierzchiewski | France | DNF |
| — | Abel Chimukoko | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| — | Hayk Khojumyan | Armenia | DNF |
| — | Trent Harlow | Australia | DNF |
| — | Sergio Couto | Brazil | DNF |
| — | David Rueben | Papua New Guinea | DNF |
| — | Robert Cook Jr. | United States | DNF |
| — | Michael Ngaaseke | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| — | Shingirai Badza | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| — | Ian Forsythe | Canada | DNF |
| — | Gustav Hendricks | Namibia | DNF |
| — | Baimurad Achirmuradov | Turkmenistan | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Paul Tergat1 Paul Koech2 Tom Nyariki4 Wilson Boit Kipketer5 (Christopher Kelong)(6) (Ismael Kirui)(7) | 12 |
| | Ethiopia Assefa Mezegebu3 Habte Jifar13 Tesfaye Tola20 Ayele Mezegebu21 (Abraham Assefa)(24) (Mamo Kejela)(91) | 57 |
| | Morocco Elarbi Khattabi11 Lahcen Benyoussef14 Brahim Lahlafi17 Khaled Boulami18 (Abdelilah El Manaia)(53) (Smail Sghir)(DNF) | 60 |
| 4 | Portugal Domingos Castro9 Paulo Guerra12 Eduardo Henriques25 José Regalo28 (Alberto Maravilha)(39) (Alfredo Bráz)(DNF) | 74 |
| 5 | Spain Fabián Roncero10 Bruno Toledo23 José Manuel García29 Alejandro Gómez32 (Julio Rey)(63) (Enrique Molina)(DNF) | 94 |
| 6 | Tanzania Wilbroad Axweso15 Benedict Ako26 Tadeo Nada41 Faustin Saktay74 (Andrew Panga)(DNF) | 156 |
| 7 | Algeria Tarek Zoghmar35 Réda Benzine46 Samir Moussaoui48 Azzedine Sakhri64 (Mohamed Driouche)(78) (Kamel Kohil)(DNF) | 193 |
| 8 | United States Bob Kennedy16 Adam Goucher27 Tim Hacker62 Pete Julian89 (Robert Gary)(128) (Robert Cook Jr.)(DNF) | 194 |
| 9 | Italy Rachid Berradi37 Francesco Bennici42 Simone Zanon54 Michele Gamba71 (Gabriele De Nard)(88) | 204 |
| 10 | United Kingdom Glynn Tromans38 Keith Cullen44 Andrew Pearson59 John Nuttall75 (Chris Robison)(87) (Spencer Duval)(111) | 216 |
| 11 | Japan Hideaki Haraguchi30 Toshinari Takaoka33 Tomohiro Seto65 Seiji Kushibe95 | 223 |
| 12 | Australia Shaun Creighton22 Lee Troop60 Julian Dwyer90 David Evans94 (Kim Gillard)(108) (Trent Harlow)(DNF) | 266 |
| 13 | France Driss El Himer50 Abdellah Béhar58 Lahbib Hanini79 Mikaël Thomas93 (Bruno Le Stum)(138) (Benoît Zwierzchiewski)(DNF) | 280 |
| 14 | Ireland Cormac Finnerty40 Seamus Power45 Cian McLoughlin104 Colin de Burca106 (Pauric McKinney)(129) | 295 |
| 15 | South Africa Hendrick Ramaala36 Enoch Skosana47 Hendrick Khumalo76 Tsunake Kalamori144 | 303 |
| 16 | Netherlands Kamiel Maase34 Martin Lauret80 René Godlieb96 Marcel Versteeg105 (Robert Smits)(130) | 315 |
| 17 | Mexico Carlos Peña52 Alejandro Cuahtepizi66 Jose Duarte103 Martín Pitayo110 (Pablo Olmedo)(DNF) | 331 |
| 18 | Colombia Jacinto Navarrete56 Diego Colorado67 Juan Jaranillo109 Julián Berrio115 | 347 |
| 19 | Botswana Kabo Gabaseme49 Billy Ntlogelang72 Lesedinyana Lekgoa112 Glody Dube121 (Tiyapo Maso)(132) (Mothusi Pelaelo)(140) | 354 |
| 20 | Finland Ville Hautala82 Santtu Mäkinen86 Jussi Utriainen99 Jussi Virtanen119 | 386 |
| 21 | Egypt Ahmed Abd El Mangoud83 Ayman Mahmoud92 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed118 Wael Anwar127 (Fouly Salem)(133) (Farag Abdelnaby)(134) | 420 |
| 22 | Canada Chris Weber68 James Finlayson120 Paddy McCluskey124 Graham Cocksedge131 (Guy Schultz)(157) (Ian Forsythe)(DNF) | 443 |
| 23 | Estonia Pavel Loskutov85 Toomas Tarm101 Heiki Sarapuu123 Meelis Veilberg135 (Margus Pirksaar)(139) | 444 |
| 24 | Rwanda Alphonse Munyeshyaka113 Pacifique Ayabusa116 Dieudonné Disi136 Joseph Nsengiyumya137 (Jumaine Hakizimaha)(141) (Rachid Safari)(142) | 502 |
| 25 | Libya Ali El-Zaidi97 Abdullah Fergani147 Mahamed Kouerh149 Younes Yousef152 | 545 |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire Soro Bassirima126 Konan Severin N'dri151 Souleymane Bamba156 Gervais Yapo Yapi158 | 591 |
| 27 | Gabon Tiburce Mboumba143 Leonard Madinda148 Basile Lendoye150 Loasis Boussougou153 (Alphonse Miuoubi)(159) (Hugues Kombila)(160) | 594 |
| DNF | Zimbabwe (Kudakwashe Shoko)(51) (Elijah Mutandiro)(55) (Godfrey Koki)(61) (Abel Chimukoko)(DNF) (Michael Ngaaseke)(DNF) (Shingirai Badza)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Brazil (Sérgio da Silva)(43) (Daniel Ferreira)(70) (Elias Bastos)(81) (Sergio Couto)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Papua New Guinea (David Kanie)(154) (Gumsie Taulobi)(162) (Ken Mova)(163) (David Rueben)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 181 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Andorra (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (6)
* Belgium (1)
* Botswana (6)
* Brazil (4)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (6)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Colombia (4)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (4)
* Egypt (6)
* Estonia (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (4)
* France (6)
* Gabon (6)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Libya (4)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (5)
* Morocco (6)
* Namibia (3)
* Netherlands (5)
* Papua New Guinea (4)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Russia (2)
* Rwanda (6)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (5)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Yugoslavia (2)
* Zimbabwe (6)