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

The Senior 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
### Senior men's race (12.3 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Mohammed Mourhit | Belgium | 39:53 |
| | Sergiy Lebid | Ukraine | 40:03 |
| | Charles Kamathi | Kenya | 40:05 |
| 4 | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | 40:06 |
| 5 | Paul Kosgei | Kenya | 40:09 |
| 6 | Driss El Himer | France | 40:13 |
| 7 | Patrick Ivuti | Kenya | 40:16 |
| 8 | Hélder Ornelas | Portugal | 40:33 |
| 9 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 40:37 |
| 10 | Róbert Štefko | Slovakia | 40:41 |
| 11 | Mustafa El Ahmadi | France | 40:42 |
| 12 | Bob Kennedy | United States | 40:43 |
| 13 | Meb Keflezighi | United States | 40:46 |
| 14 | Yibeltal Admassu | Ethiopia | 40:49 |
| 15 | Abdi Abdirahman | United States | 40:54 |
| 16 | Alberto García | Spain | 40:57 |
| 17 | Giuliano Battocletti | Italy | 40:59 |
| 18 | Enock Mitei | Kenya | 41:01 |
| 19 | Michele Gamba | Italy | 41:01 |
| 20 | Tom van Hooste | Belgium | 41:02 |
| 21 | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 41:04 |
| 22 | Peter Matthews | Ireland | 41:04 |
| 23 | Obed Mutanya | Zambia | 41:07 |
| 24 | Keith Kelly | Ireland | 41:15 |
| 25 | Lee Troop | Australia | 41:18 |
| 26 | Lyes Ramoul | France | 41:21 |
| 27 | John Yuda | Tanzania | 41:22 |
| 28 | John Cheruiyot Korir | Kenya | 41:25 |
| 29 | Mikaël Thomas | France | 41:27 |
| 30 | Gabriele De Nard | Italy | 41:29 |
| 31 | Mauricio Díaz | Chile | 41:30 |
| 32 | Richard Limo | Kenya | 41:31 |
| 33 | Claes Nyberg | Sweden | 41:32 |
| 34 | Simon Mpholo | South Africa | 41:33 |
| 35 | José Rios | Spain | 41:36 |
| 36 | Sergey Lukin | Russia | 41:37 |
| 37 | Maurizio Leone | Italy | 41:38 |
| 38 | Karl Keska | United Kingdom | 41:38 |
| 39 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 41:38 |
| 40 | Alberto Juzdado | Spain | 41:39 |
| 41 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 41:39 |
| 42 | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 41:44 |
| 43 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 41:49 |
| 44 | Seamus Power | Ireland | 41:54 |
| 45 | Paulo Gomes | Portugal | 41:56 |
| 46 | Ahmed Naïli | Algeria | 41:59 |
| 47 | Nick Rogers | United States | 41:59 |
| 48 | Dominic Bannister | United Kingdom | 42:02 |
| 49 | Zebedayo Bayo | Tanzania | 42:06 |
| 50 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 42:08 |
| 51 | Gabalebe Moloko | Botswana | 42:13 |
| 52 | Greg Jimmerson | United States | 42:14 |
| 53 | Kheireddine Hamsi | Algeria | 42:15 |
| 54 | Alberto Maravilha | Portugal | 42:17 |
| 55 | Jerry van den Eede | Belgium | 42:20 |
| 56 | Vinny Mulvey | Ireland | 42:21 |
| 57 | Elenilson da Silva | Brazil | 42:26 |
| 58 | Manuel Pacheco | Portugal | 42:28 |
| 59 | Michael Aish | New Zealand | 42:29 |
| 60 | Yoji Yamaguchi | Japan | 42:30 |
| 61 | Glynn Tromans | United Kingdom | 42:33 |
| 62 | Abdelkrim Benzai | Algeria | 42:34 |
| 63 | Ruddy Walem | Belgium | 42:36 |
| 64 | John Nada Saya | Tanzania | 42:37 |
| 65 | Matt O'Dowd | United Kingdom | 42:37 |
| 66 | Michael Sarwath | Tanzania | 42:38 |
| 67 | Demissie Girma | Ethiopia | 42:38 |
| 68 | Tegenu Abebe | Ethiopia | 42:39 |
| 69 | Knut Erik Rame | Norway | 42:42 |
| 70 | Miloud Kalloud | Algeria | 42:54 |
| 71 | Brett Cartwright | Australia | 42:55 |
| 72 | Mohamed Serbouti | France | 43:05 |
| 73 | Sisay Bezabeh | Australia | 43:08 |
| 74 | Koen van Rie | Belgium | 43:10 |
| 75 | Graham Cocksedge | Canada | 43:12 |
| 76 | Medison Chibwe | Zambia | 43:12 |
| 77 | Vital Gahungu | Burundi | 43:13 |
| 78 | Vincent Hatuleke | Zambia | 43:19 |
| 79 | Marc Vanderstraeten | Belgium | 43:21 |
| 80 | Matt Downin | United States | 43:21 |
| 81 | Kenichiro Setoguchi | Japan | 43:23 |
| 82 | Lambert Ndayikeza | Burundi | 43:28 |
| 83 | Pasteur Nyabenda | Burundi | 43:28 |
| 84 | Joseph Simuchimba | Zambia | 43:32 |
| 85 | Nobuya Matsunaga | Japan | 43:34 |
| 86 | Jonathan Monje | Chile | 43:40 |
| 87 | Carlos Jaramillo | Chile | 43:41 |
| 88 | Larbi Zéroual | France | 43:41 |
| 89 | Daisuke Arakawa | Japan | 43:42 |
| 90 | Wirimai Juwawo | Zimbabwe | 43:43 |
| 91 | Ahmed Abd El Mangoud | Egypt | 43:52 |
| 92 | Adilson Ribeiro | Brazil | 43:53 |
| 93 | Noel Berkeley | Ireland | 43:56 |
| 94 | Matt Smith | United Kingdom | 43:58 |
| 95 | Peter Cardle | Canada | 43:59 |
| 96 | Hugo Romero | Mexico | 44:00 |
| 97 | Cristian Hidalgo | Chile | 44:00 |
| 98 | Marco Mazza | Italy | 44:01 |
| 99 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 44:14 |
| 100 | Onèsphore Nkunzimana | Burundi | 44:15 |
| 101 | Keenetse Moswasi | Botswana | 44:27 |
| 102 | Cathal Lombard | Ireland | 44:30 |
| 103 | Alex Hutchinson | Canada | 44:39 |
| 104 | James Finlayson | Canada | 44:48 |
| 105 | Mark Bomba | Canada | 44:49 |
| 106 | Fabián Roncero | Spain | 44:53 |
| 107 | Hamdi Kamel | Egypt | 44:56 |
| 108 | Adamou Aboubakar | Cameroon | 45:05 |
| 109 | Sergey Sabaleyskiy | Belarus | 45:07 |
| 110 | Molatelela Bosupeng | Botswana | 45:07 |
| 111 | Tau Khotso | Lesotho | 45:09 |
| 112 | José Alberto Montenegro | Argentina | 45:09 |
| 113 | Daniel Gidombada | Tanzania | 45:12 |
| 114 | Raúl Mora | Chile | 45:14 |
| 115 | Aman Saini | India | 45:20 |
| 116 | Andy Hahn | Canada | 45:22 |
| 117 | Fouly Salem | Egypt | 45:25 |
| 118 | Siphesihle Mdluli | Eswatini | 45:26 |
| 119 | Wellington Fraga | Brazil | 45:32 |
| 120 | Wael Anwar | Egypt | 45:35 |
| 121 | Leonid Berasnyov | Belarus | 45:37 |
| 122 | Isaac Gómez | Mexico | 45:40 |
| 123 | Dragoslav Prpa | Yugoslavia | 45:48 |
| 124 | Josep Sansa | Andorra | 45:51 |
| 125 | Thuso Dihoro | Botswana | 45:51 |
| 126 | Rafael Muñoz | Mexico | 45:55 |
| 127 | Sipho Dlamini | Eswatini | 46:03 |
| 128 | Djamched Rasulov | Tajikistan | 46:05 |
| 129 | Perica Brkic | Croatia | 46:07 |
| 130 | Tesfit Berhe | Eritrea | 46:13 |
| 131 | Vladimir Tonchinskiy | Belarus | 46:17 |
| 132 | Jean-Paul Niyonsaba | Burundi | 46:21 |
| 133 | Bhaskar Bhosale | India | 46:21 |
| 134 | Kaupo Tiislär | Estonia | 46:25 |
| 135 | Mikhail Kanchak | Belarus | 46:30 |
| 136 | Arkadiy Tolstyn | Kyrgyzstan | 46:34 |
| 137 | Sergey Zabavskiy | Tajikistan | 46:41 |
| 138 | Vasiliy Medvedev | Uzbekistan | 46:46 |
| 139 | Jaanus Gross | Estonia | 46:49 |
| 140 | Luke Madongo | Eswatini | 46:51 |
| 141 | Ahmed Salman | Egypt | 46:53 |
| 142 | Sokhibdjan Sharipov | Tajikistan | 46:53 |
| 143 | Leonardo da Silva | Brazil | 46:57 |
| 144 | Bakhodur Boimuradov | Tajikistan | 47:00 |
| 145 | Anil Kumar | India | 47:02 |
| 146 | Bhekumusa Simelane | Eswatini | 47:07 |
| 147 | Farag Abdelnaby | Egypt | 47:38 |
| 148 | Mathieu Kouanotso | Cameroon | 47:53 |
| 149 | Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev | Turkmenistan | 47:53 |
| 150 | Ihab Salama | Palestine | 47:54 |
| 151 | Vasiliy Andreyev | Uzbekistan | 48:18 |
| 152 | Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev | Turkmenistan | 48:50 |
| 153 | Sopy Ashyrov | Turkmenistan | 48:52 |
| 154 | Chokirjon Irmatov | Tajikistan | 49:04 |
| 155 | Agzam Aliyev | Uzbekistan | 49:25 |
| 156 | Bhairav Singh | India | 49:53 |
| 157 | Abduvahob Nizamov | Uzbekistan | 50:05 |
| 158 | Hoi To Ho | Hong Kong | 50:29 |
| 159 | Dovletmomed Nazarov | Turkmenistan | 51:28 |
| — | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Antonio Silio | Argentina | DNF |
| — | Oscar Cortínez | Argentina | DNF |
| — | Mostafa Errebbah | Italy | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Driouche | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Fabián Campanini | Argentina | DNF |
| — | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | DNF |
| — | José Mansilla | Argentina | DNF |
| — | Isidore Nizigiyimana | Burundi | DNF |
| — | Dejene Berhanu | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Sergio López | Chile | DNS |
| — | Monday Danjuma | Nigeria | DNS |
| — | Gideon Hagack | Nigeria | DNS |
| — | Ahmed Saeed Hassan | Somalia | DNS |
| — | Phaustin Baha Sulle | Tanzania | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Charles Kamathi3 Paul Kosgei5 Patrick Ivuti7 Enock Mitei18 (John Cheruiyot Korir)(28) (Richard Limo)(32) | 33 |
| | France Driss El Himer6 Mustafa El Ahmadi11 Lyes Ramoul26 Mikaël Thomas29 (Mohamed Serbouti)(72) (Larbi Zéroual)(88) | 72 |
| | United States Bob Kennedy12 Meb Keflezighi13 Abdi Abdirahman15 Nick Rogers47 (Greg Jimmerson)(52) (Matt Downin)(80) | 87 |
| 4 | Spain Alejandro Gómez9 Alberto García16 José Rios35 Alberto Juzdado40 (José Carlos Adán)(50) (Fabián Roncero)(106) | 100 |
| 5 | Portugal Paulo Guerra4 Hélder Ornelas8 Domingos Castro43 Paulo Gomes45 (Alberto Maravilha)(54) (Manuel Pacheco)(58) | 100 |
| 6 | Italy Giuliano Battocletti17 Michele Gamba19 Gabriele De Nard30 Maurizio Leone37 (Marco Mazza)(98) (Mostafa Errebbah)(DNF) | 103 |
| 7 | Belgium Mohammed Mourhit1 Tom van Hooste20 Jerry van den Eede55 Ruddy Walem63 (Koen van Rie)(74) (Marc Vanderstraeten)(79) | 139 |
| 8 | Ireland Peter Matthews22 Keith Kelly24 Seamus Power44 Vinny Mulvey56 (Noel Berkeley)(93) (Cathal Lombard)(102) | 146 |
| 9 | Ethiopia Yibeltal Admassu14 Habte Jifar21 Demissie Girma67 Tegenu Abebe68 (Dejene Berhanu)(DNF) | 170 |
| 10 | Algeria Samir Moussaoui39 Ahmed Naïli46 Kheireddine Hamsi53 Abdelkrim Benzai62 (Miloud Kalloud)(70) (Mohamed Driouche)(DNF) | 200 |
| 11 | Tanzania John Yuda27 Zebedayo Bayo49 John Nada Saya64 Michael Sarwath66 (Daniel Gidombada)(113) | 206 |
| 12 | Australia Lee Troop25 Steve Moneghetti41 Brett Cartwright71 Sisay Bezabeh73 | 210 |
| 13 | United Kingdom Karl Keska38 Dominic Bannister48 Glynn Tromans61 Matt O'Dowd65 (Matt Smith)(94) (Keith Cullen)(DNF) | 212 |
| 14 | Zambia Obed Mutanya23 Medison Chibwe76 Vincent Hatuleke78 Joseph Simuchimba84 | 261 |
| 15 | Chile Mauricio Díaz31 Jonathan Monje86 Carlos Jaramillo87 Cristian Hidalgo97 (Raúl Mora)(114) | 301 |
| 16 | Japan Yoji Yamaguchi60 Kenichiro Setoguchi81 Nobuya Matsunaga85 Daisuke Arakawa89 | 315 |
| 17 | Burundi Vital Gahungu77 Lambert Ndayikeza82 Pasteur Nyabenda83 Onèsphore Nkunzimana100 (Jean-Paul Niyonsaba)(132) (Isidore Nizigiyimana)(DNF) | 342 |
| 18 | Botswana Gabalebe Moloko51 Kabo Gabaseme99 Keenetse Moswasi101 Molatelela Bosupeng110 (Thuso Dihoro)(125) | 361 |
| 19 | Canada Graham Cocksedge75 Peter Cardle95 Alex Hutchinson103 James Finlayson104 (Mark Bomba)(105) (Andy Hahn)(116) | 377 |
| 20 | Brazil Elenilson da Silva57 Adilson Ribeiro92 Wellington Fraga119 Leonardo da Silva143 | 411 |
| 21 | Egypt Ahmed Abd El Mangoud91 Hamdi Kamel107 Fouly Salem117 Wael Anwar120 (Ahmed Salman)(141) (Farag Abdelnaby)(147) | 435 |
| 22 | Belarus Sergey Sabaleyskiy109 Leonid Berasnyov121 Vladimir Tonchinskiy131 Mikhail Kanchak135 | 496 |
| 23 | Eswatini Siphesihle Mdluli118 Sipho Dlamini127 Luke Madongo140 Bhekumusa Simelane146 | 531 |
| 24 | India Aman Saini115 Bhaskar Bhosale133 Anil Kumar145 Bhairav Singh156 | 549 |
| 25 | Tajikistan Djamched Rasulov128 Sergey Zabavskiy137 Sokhibdjan Sharipov142 Bakhodur Boimuradov144 (Chokirjon Irmatov)(154) | 551 |
| 26 | Uzbekistan Vasiliy Medvedev138 Vasiliy Andreyev151 Agzam Aliyev155 Abduvahob Nizamov157 | 601 |
| 27 | Turkmenistan Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev149 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev152 Sopy Ashyrov153 Dovletmomed Nazarov159 | 613 |
| DNF | Argentina (José Alberto Montenegro)(112) (Antonio Silio)(DNF) (Oscar Cortínez)(DNF) (Fabián Campanini)(DNF) (Javier Carriqueo)(DNF) (José Mansilla)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 169 athletes from 47 countries in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from Nigeria and Somalia did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (6)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (6)
* Botswana (5)
* Brazil (4)
* Burundi (6)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (5)
* Croatia (1)
* Egypt (6)
* Eritrea (2)
* Estonia (2)
* Ethiopia (5)
* France (6)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (3)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (6)
* Eswatini (4)
* Sweden (1)
* Tajikistan (5)
* Tanzania (5)
* Turkmenistan (4)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zambia (4)
* Zimbabwe (1)