# 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men's short race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on 19 March 2005.
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won the race with a time of 11:33. Ethiopia also won the teams competition.

## Race results
### Men's short race (4.196 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 11:33 |
| | Abraham Chebii | Kenya | 11:38 |
| | Isaac Songok | Kenya | 11:39 |
| 4 | Saif Saeed Shaheen | Qatar | 11:42 |
| 5 | Jamal Bilal Salem | Qatar | 11:43 |
| 6 | Maregu Zewdie | Ethiopia | 11:43 |
| 7 | Dejene Berhanu | Ethiopia | 11:43 |
| 8 | Abdullah Ahmed Hassan | Qatar | 11:46 |
| 9 | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 11:54 |
| 10 | Shadrack Kosgei | Kenya | 11:56 |
| 11 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 11:57 |
| 12 | Abera Chane | Ethiopia | 11:58 |
| 13 | Jorge Torres | United States | 11:58 |
| 14 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 11:59 |
| 15 | James Kwalia | Qatar | 12:00 |
| 16 | Henry Kipchirchir | Kenya | 12:01 |
| 17 | Sammy Kipketer | Kenya | 12:01 |
| 18 | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 12:06 |
| 19 | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | 12:09 |
| 20 | Cutbert Nyasango | Zimbabwe | 12:13 |
| 21 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 12:13 |
| 22 | Hicham Bellani | Morocco | 12:14 |
| 23 | Rabah Aboud | Algeria | 12:16 |
| 24 | Khoudir Aggoune | Algeria | 12:16 |
| 25 | Ghirmay Tikabo | Eritrea | 12:17 |
| 26 | Mohamed Awol | Ethiopia | 12:18 |
| 27 | Damian Paul Chopa | Tanzania | 12:18 |
| 28 | Christian Belz | Switzerland | 12:19 |
| 29 | Amanuel Waldeselassie | Eritrea | 12:20 |
| 30 | Kelvin Pangiso | Zimbabwe | 12:20 |
| 31 | Azzedine Zerdoum | Algeria | 12:21 |
| 32 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 12:22 |
| 33 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 12:22 |
| 34 | Antar Zerguelaïne | Algeria | 12:22 |
| 35 | Khamis Abdulla Saifeldin | Qatar | 12:23 |
| 36 | Khalid El Amri | Morocco | 12:23 |
| 37 | Brimin Kipruto | Kenya | 12:26 |
| 38 | Ruben Ramolefi | South Africa | 12:27 |
| 39 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 12:28 |
| 40 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 12:28 |
| 41 | Hamid Ezzine | Morocco | 12:29 |
| 42 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 12:30 |
| 43 | Michael Ngaaseke | Zimbabwe | 12:30 |
| 44 | Richard Jeremiah | Australia | 12:30 |
| 45 | Patrick Nyangero | Tanzania | 12:30 |
| 46 | Stephen Rogart | Tanzania | 12:31 |
| 47 | Hassan Oubassour | France | 12:31 |
| 48 | Jesús Torres | Mexico | 12:31 |
| 49 | Abdulhak Zakaria | Bahrain | 12:31 |
| 50 | Gaël Pencréach | France | 12:32 |
| 51 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 12:33 |
| 52 | Reid Coolsaet | Canada | 12:33 |
| 53 | John Mayock | United Kingdom | 12:33 |
| 54 | Luís Miguel Martín | Spain | 12:35 |
| 55 | Merzak Ouldbouchiba | Algeria | 12:35 |
| 56 | Francisco Javier Lara | Spain | 12:35 |
| 57 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 12:35 |
| 58 | Samwel Shauri | Tanzania | 12:36 |
| 59 | Rees Buck | New Zealand | 12:36 |
| 60 | Donald Sage | United States | 12:36 |
| 61 | Micxhael Tesfay | Eritrea | 12:37 |
| 62 | Yuri Floriani | Italy | 12:38 |
| 63 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 12:39 |
| 64 | Michael Skinner | United Kingdom | 12:39 |
| 65 | Philipp Bandi | Switzerland | 12:40 |
| 66 | Yuichiro Ueno | Japan | 12:40 |
| 67 | Aléxis Abraham | France | 12:40 |
| 68 | Mário Teixeira | Portugal | 12:41 |
| 69 | Adrian Blincoe | New Zealand | 12:42 |
| 70 | Lewis Masunda | Zimbabwe | 12:42 |
| 71 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 12:42 |
| 72 | Roberto García | Spain | 12:43 |
| 73 | Jakub Czaja | Poland | 12:44 |
| 74 | Steven Vernon | United Kingdom | 12:44 |
| 75 | Luca Rosa | Italy | 12:45 |
| 76 | Habtai Kifletsion | Eritrea | 12:45 |
| 77 | Celso Ficagna | Brazil | 12:45 |
| 78 | Mariano Villarubia | Spain | 12:45 |
| 79 | Vincent Le Dauphin | France | 12:46 |
| 80 | Manuel Silva | Portugal | 12:46 |
| 81 | Matt Kerr | Canada | 12:47 |
| 82 | Gianni Crepaldi | Italy | 12:47 |
| 83 | Luke Watson | United States | 12:49 |
| 84 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | 12:50 |
| 85 | Andrew Baddeley | United Kingdom | 12:51 |
| 86 | Stefano Scaini | Italy | 12:52 |
| 87 | Moeketsi Mosuhli | Lesotho | 12:52 |
| 88 | Tsuyoshi Ugachi | Japan | 12:52 |
| 89 | Hermano Ferreira | Portugal | 12:53 |
| 90 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 12:54 |
| 91 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 12:56 |
| 92 | José Semprun | Venezuela | 12:56 |
| 93 | Mihaíl Yelasákis | Greece | 12:56 |
| 94 | Ben Tickner | United Kingdom | 12:57 |
| 95 | Mandla Maseko | South Africa | 12:58 |
| 96 | Dave Davis | United States | 12:58 |
| 97 | Moorosi Soke | South Africa | 13:00 |
| 98 | Ronny Marie | Seychelles | 13:00 |
| 99 | Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed | Egypt | 13:00 |
| 100 | Al-Mustafa Riyadh | Bahrain | 13:01 |
| 101 | Shaheen Faraj | Bahrain | 13:01 |
| 102 | Anthony Hermanus | South Africa | 13:01 |
| 103 | Rachid Chékhémani | France | 13:05 |
| 104 | Ben Ruthe | New Zealand | 13:06 |
| 105 | Yasuhiro Tago | Japan | 13:06 |
| 106 | Amer Ayyad Helil | Egypt | 13:07 |
| 107 | Gladson Barbosa | Brazil | 13:12 |
| 108 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia | 13:12 |
| 109 | Ryan McKenzie | Canada | 13:14 |
| 110 | Joshua McDougal | United States | 13:15 |
| 111 | Stéphane Joly | Switzerland | 13:16 |
| 112 | Matt Johnston | Canada | 13:17 |
| 113 | Johan Vermeiren | Belgium | 13:19 |
| 114 | Ueli Koch | Switzerland | 13:19 |
| 115 | José Rocha | Portugal | 13:20 |
| 116 | Margus Pirksaar | Estonia | 13:20 |
| 117 | Andre de Santana | Brazil | 13:20 |
| 118 | Alexandr Sinitsyn | Kazakhstan | 13:21 |
| 119 | Mirco Zwahlen | Switzerland | 13:23 |
| 120 | Ahmed Bakry | Egypt | 13:24 |
| 121 | José Amado García | Guatemala | 13:27 |
| 122 | Philippe Paillat | France | 13:32 |
| 123 | Fouly Salem | Egypt | 13:33 |
| 124 | Alexander Greaux | Puerto Rico | 13:33 |
| 125 | Andrey Karotska | Belarus | 13:34 |
| 126 | Johannes Morgenthaler | Switzerland | 13:38 |
| 127 | Dale Summerville | New Zealand | 13:40 |
| 128 | Rene Herrera | Philippines | 13:42 |
| 129 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 13:47 |
| 130 | Ahmed Nasr Ali Al-Ragami | Yemen | 13:53 |
| 131 | Omar Bekkali | Belgium | 13:57 |
| 132 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 14:01 |
| 133 | Cheikh Ndiaye | Senegal | 14:05 |
| 134 | Israel dos Anjos | Brazil | 14:06 |
| 135 | Ajmal Amirov | Tajikistan | 14:14 |
| 136 | Maxime Idy | Central African Republic | 14:17 |
| 137 | Nuftillo Davronov | Uzbekistan | 14:34 |
| 138 | Josep Sansa | Andorra | 14:48 |
| — | Adam Goucher | United States | DNF |
| — | Nikolai Vedehin | Estonia | DNF |
| — | Daniel Andrew | Tanzania | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele1 Maregu Zewdie6 Dejene Berhanu7 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam9 (Abera Chane)(12) (Mohamed Awol)(26) | 23 |
| | Kenya Abraham Chebii2 Isaac Songok3 Shadrack Kosgei10 Henry Kipchirchir16 (Sammy Kipketer)(17) (Brimin Kipruto)(37) | 31 |
| | Qatar Saif Saeed Shaheen4 Jamal Bilal Salem5 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan8 James Kwalia15 (Sultan Khamis Zaman)(19) (Khamis Abdulla Saifeldin)(35) | 32 |
| 4 | Morocco Adil Kaouch11 Mohamed Moustaoui14 Abderrahim Goumri18 Hicham Bellani22 (Khalid El Amri)(36) (Hamid Ezzine)(41) | 65 |
| 5 | Algeria Rabah Aboud23 Khoudir Aggoune24 Azzedine Zerdoum31 Antar Zerguelaïne34 (Samir Moussaoui)(40) (Merzak Ouldbouchiba)(55) | 112 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe Cutbert Nyasango20 Kelvin Pangiso30 Michael Ngaaseke43 Lewis Masunda70 | 163 |
| 7 | Tanzania Damian Paul Chopa27 Patrick Nyangero45 Stephen Rogart46 Samwel Shauri58 | 176 |
| 8 | Spain Juan Carlos Higuero39 José Luis Blanco42 Luís Miguel Martín54 Francisco Javier Lara56 (Roberto García)(72) (Mariano Villarubia)(78) | 191 |
| 9 | Eritrea Ghirmay Tikabo25 Amanuel Waldeselassie29 Micxhael Tesfay61 Habtai Kifletsion76 | 191 |
| 10 | Italy Simone Zanon33 Yuri Floriani62 Luciano Di Pardo63 Luca Rosa75 (Gianni Crepaldi)(82) (Stefano Scaini)(86) | 233 |
| 11 | France Hassan Oubassour47 Gaël Pencréach50 Aléxis Abraham67 Vincent Le Dauphin79 (Rachid Chékhémani)(103) (Philippe Paillat)(122) | 243 |
| 12 | Canada Kevin Sullivan21 Reid Coolsaet52 Matt Kerr81 Joël Bourgeois91 (Ryan McKenzie)(109) (Matt Johnston)(112) | 245 |
| 13 | United States Jorge Torres13 Donald Sage60 Luke Watson83 Dave Davis96 (Joshua McDougal)(110) (Adam Goucher)(DNF) | 252 |
| 14 | Portugal Manuel Damião51 Mário Teixeira68 Rui Silva71 Manuel Silva80 (Hermano Ferreira)(89) (José Rocha)(115) | 270 |
| 15 | United Kingdom John Mayock53 Michael Skinner64 Steven Vernon74 Andrew Baddeley85 (Spencer Barden)(90) (Ben Tickner)(94) | 276 |
| 16 | Bahrain Rashid Ramzi32 Abdulhak Zakaria49 Al-Mustafa Riyadh100 Shaheen Faraj101 | 282 |
| 17 | Switzerland Christian Belz28 Philipp Bandi65 Stéphane Joly111 Ueli Koch114 (Mirco Zwahlen)(119) (Johannes Morgenthaler)(126) | 318 |
| 18 | South Africa Ruben Ramolefi38 Mandla Maseko95 Moorosi Soke97 Anthony Hermanus102 | 332 |
| 19 | New Zealand Rees Buck59 Adrian Blincoe69 Ben Ruthe104 Dale Summerville127 | 359 |
| 20 | Brazil Celso Ficagna77 Gladson Barbosa107 Andre de Santana117 Israel dos Anjos134 | 435 |
| 21 | Egypt Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed99 Amer Ayyad Helil106 Ahmed Bakry120 Fouly Salem123 | 448 |
| DNF | Estonia (Margus Pirksaar)(116) (Tiidrek Nurme)(129) (Roman Fosti)(132) (Nikolai Vedehin)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 140 athletes from 44 countries participated in the Men's short race.
* Algeria (6)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (1)
* Bahrain (4)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Egypt (4)
* Eritrea (4)
* Estonia (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Greece (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (3)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (6)
* New Zealand (4)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (6)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (6)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Venezuela (1)
* Yemen (1)
* Zimbabwe (4)