# 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 2, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, 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 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 35:40 |
| | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 35:43 |
| | Martin Mathathi | Kenya | 35:44 |
| 4 | Zersenay Tadesse | Eritrea | 35:47 |
| 5 | Mike Kigen | Kenya | 35:54 |
| 6 | Hosea Macharinyang | Kenya | 36:02 |
| 7 | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 36:05 |
| 8 | Ali Abdalla | Eritrea | 36:18 |
| 9 | Tesfayohannes Mesfen | Eritrea | 36:18 |
| 10 | Simon Arusei | Kenya | 36:18 |
| 11 | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 36:20 |
| 12 | John Kibowen | Kenya | 36:21 |
| 13 | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 36:24 |
| 14 | Abdullah Ahmed Hassan | Qatar | 36:25 |
| 15 | Mohamed Amyn | Morocco | 36:28 |
| 16 | Khalid El Amri | Morocco | 36:31 |
| 17 | Juan Carlos de la Ossa | Spain | 36:35 |
| 18 | Jamal Bilal Salem | Qatar | 36:40 |
| 19 | Samson Kiflemariam | Eritrea | 36:41 |
| 20 | Aïssa Dghoughi | Morocco | 36:42 |
| 21 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 36:42 |
| 22 | Boniface Kiprop | Uganda | 36:45 |
| 23 | Moses Kipsiro | Uganda | 36:52 |
| 24 | Khalid Zoubaa | France | 36:54 |
| 25 | Fernando Silva | Portugal | 36:57 |
| 26 | Ketema Nigusse | Ethiopia | 36:58 |
| 27 | Eduardo Henriques | Portugal | 37:04 |
| 28 | Alejandro Suárez | Mexico | 37:05 |
| 29 | Carles Castillejo | Spain | 37:06 |
| 30 | Teodoro Vega | Mexico | 37:06 |
| 31 | Eshetu Gezhagne | Ethiopia | 37:07 |
| 32 | Mubarak Hassan Shami | Qatar | 37:09 |
| 33 | Gabriele De Nard | Italy | 37:17 |
| 34 | Brahim Beloua | Morocco | 37:18 |
| 35 | Kazuyoshi Tokumoto | Japan | 37:20 |
| 36 | Isaac Kiprop | Uganda | 37:21 |
| 37 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 37:22 |
| 38 | Ahmed Naïli | Algeria | 37:24 |
| 39 | Tomoyuki Sato | Japan | 37:26 |
| 40 | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | 37:27 |
| 41 | David Galván | Mexico | 37:28 |
| 42 | Gian Marco Buttazzo | Italy | 37:28 |
| 43 | Ryan Hall | United States | 37:29 |
| 44 | Moses Aliwa | Uganda | 37:35 |
| 45 | Martin Dent | Australia | 37:36 |
| 46 | Samuel Kosgei | Uganda | 37:37 |
| 47 | Ricardo Ribas | Portugal | 37:40 |
| 48 | Terukazu Omori | Japan | 37:40 |
| 49 | Kensuke Takezawa | Japan | 37:43 |
| 50 | Ahmed Baday | Morocco | 37:43 |
| 51 | Patrick Gildea | United States | 37:45 |
| 52 | Moustafa Ahmed Shebto | Qatar | 37:48 |
| 53 | Alfredo Bráz | Portugal | 37:50 |
| 54 | Brett Cartwright | Australia | 37:52 |
| 55 | Brandon Leslie | United States | 37:58 |
| 56 | Vinny Mulvey | Ireland | 37:58 |
| 57 | Max King | United States | 38:03 |
| 58 | Simion Tuitoek | Kenya | 38:04 |
| 59 | Saïd Belaout | Algeria | 38:06 |
| 60 | Giovanni Gualdi | Italy | 38:09 |
| 61 | Han Gang | China | 38:11 |
| 62 | Nicholas Kemboi | Qatar | 38:14 |
| 63 | Masato Imai | Japan | 38:15 |
| 64 | Manuel Silva | Portugal | 38:17 |
| 65 | Ricardo Serrano | Spain | 38:17 |
| 66 | Abdelhakim Maazouz | Algeria | 38:17 |
| 67 | Hideaki Date | Japan | 38:17 |
| 68 | Stefano Scaini | Italy | 38:18 |
| 69 | James Theuri | France | 38:18 |
| 70 | Fabio Cesari | Italy | 38:19 |
| 71 | Abebe Dinkessa | Ethiopia | 38:19 |
| 72 | Jean Baptiste Simukeka | Rwanda | 38:22 |
| 73 | Sergio da Silva | Brazil | 38:22 |
| 74 | Jason Hartmann | United States | 38:23 |
| 75 | Rachid Safari | Rwanda | 38:25 |
| 76 | Ryan McKenzie | Canada | 38:29 |
| 77 | Gavin Thompson | United Kingdom | 38:31 |
| 78 | Norman Dlomo | South Africa | 38:34 |
| 79 | Jeffrey Gwebu | South Africa | 38:34 |
| 80 | Dominic Bannister | United Kingdom | 38:35 |
| 81 | Benedito Gomes | Brazil | 38:40 |
| 82 | Jonathan Monje | Chile | 38:41 |
| 83 | Frank Tickner | United Kingdom | 38:42 |
| 84 | Gabalebe Moloko | Botswana | 38:44 |
| 85 | Valens Bivahagumye | Rwanda | 38:45 |
| 86 | Sylvain Rukundo | Rwanda | 38:49 |
| 87 | Kaelo Mosalagae | Botswana | 38:49 |
| 88 | Roberto Echeverría | Chile | 38:51 |
| 89 | Nabil Benkrama | Algeria | 38:54 |
| 90 | Ma Jifu | China | 38:54 |
| 91 | Omid Mehrabi | Iran | 38:59 |
| 92 | Steve Osadiuk | Canada | 39:01 |
| 93 | Alfredo Arévalo | Guatemala | 39:10 |
| 94 | Su Wei | China | 39:11 |
| 95 | Cristiano Mauricio | Canada | 39:12 |
| 96 | Boiphemelo Selagaboy | Botswana | 39:19 |
| 97 | Shin Younggun | South Korea | 39:19 |
| 98 | Javier Guarin | Colombia | 39:25 |
| 99 | Jeff Scull | Canada | 39:25 |
| 100 | Cesar Javier Jiménez | Mexico | 39:27 |
| 101 | Ndabili Bashingili | Botswana | 39:31 |
| 102 | Claudir Rodrigues | Brazil | 39:31 |
| 103 | Chen Mingfu | China | 39:32 |
| 104 | José Amado García | Guatemala | 39:35 |
| 105 | Lee Du-Haeng | South Korea | 39:35 |
| 106 | Takhir Mamashayev | Kazakhstan | 39:48 |
| 107 | Li Zhuhong | China | 39:53 |
| 108 | Enzo Yañez | Chile | 40:08 |
| 109 | Li Youcai | China | 40:08 |
| 110 | Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed | Egypt | 40:14 |
| 111 | Bae Sungmin | South Korea | 40:14 |
| 112 | Russell Dessaix-Chin | Australia | 40:17 |
| 113 | Víctor Hernández | Guatemala | 40:18 |
| 114 | Ajit Bandara | Sri Lanka | 40:24 |
| 115 | Mohamed El Gayar | Egypt | 40:31 |
| 116 | Tom Humphries | United Kingdom | 40:33 |
| 117 | Ruslan Nasyrov | Uzbekistan | 40:41 |
| 118 | Sergio Lobos | Chile | 40:45 |
| 119 | Michael Tomlin | Jamaica | 40:51 |
| 120 | Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 40:56 |
| 121 | David Ruschena | Australia | 41:05 |
| 122 | Yasser Moustafa | Egypt | 41:07 |
| 123 | Carlos Cangengele | Angola | 41:15 |
| 124 | Jauhari Johan | Indonesia | 41:16 |
| 125 | James Nielsen | Canada | 41:31 |
| 126 | Ahmed Bakry | Egypt | 41:32 |
| 127 | Irappa Dundappa Akki | India | 43:01 |
| 128 | Nozimjon Irmatov | Tajikistan | 43:34 |
| 129 | Jesús Ramírez | Dominican Republic | 43:59 |
| 130 | Phillip Edward | Jamaica | 44:20 |
| 131 | Konan Severin N'dri | Côte d'Ivoire | 44:28 |
| 132 | Kevin Campbell | Jamaica | 45:18 |
| — | Delfim Conceição | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | DNF |
| — | Ben Noad | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Merzak Ouldbouchiba | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Matt Gabrielson | United States | DNF |
| — | Heo Jang-Kyu | South Korea | DNF |
| — | José Eloy | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Hurley Stewart | Jamaica | DNF |
| — | Craig Mottram | Australia | DNS |
| — | Wainard Talbert | Jamaica | DNS |
| — | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | DNS |
| — | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | Qatar | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Martin Mathathi3 Mike Kigen5 Hosea Macharinyang6 Simon Arusei10 (John Kibowen)(12) (Simion Tuitoek)(58) | 24 |
| | Eritrea Zersenay Tadesse4 Yonas Kifle7 Ali Abdalla8 Tesfayohannes Mesfen9 (Samson Kiflemariam)(19) | 28 |
| | Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele1 Sileshi Sihine2 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam13 Ketema Nigusse26 (Eshetu Gezhagne)(31) (Abebe Dinkessa)(71) | 42 |
| 4 | Morocco Abderrahim Goumri11 Mohamed Amyn15 Khalid El Amri16 Aïssa Dghoughi20 (Brahim Beloua)(34) (Ahmed Baday)(50) | 62 |
| 5 | Uganda Wilson Busienei21 Boniface Kiprop22 Moses Kipsiro23 Isaac Kiprop36 (Moses Aliwa)(44) (Samuel Kosgei)(46) | 102 |
| 6 | Qatar Abdullah Ahmed Hassan14 Jamal Bilal Salem18 Mubarak Hassan Shami32 Moustafa Ahmed Shebto52 (Nicholas Kemboi)(62) | 116 |
| 7 | Portugal Fernando Silva25 Eduardo Henriques27 Ricardo Ribas47 Alfredo Bráz53 (Manuel Silva)(64) (Delfim Conceição)(DNF) | 152 |
| 8 | Japan Kazuyoshi Tokumoto35 Tomoyuki Sato39 Terukazu Omori48 Kensuke Takezawa49 (Masato Imai)(63) (Hideaki Date)(67) | 171 |
| 9 | Mexico Alejandro Suárez28 Teodoro Vega30 David Galván41 Cesar Javier Jiménez100 | 199 |
| 10 | Algeria Samir Moussaoui37 Ahmed Naïli38 Saïd Belaout59 Abdelhakim Maazouz66 (Nabil Benkrama)(89) (Merzak Ouldbouchiba)(DNF) | 200 |
| 11 | Italy Gabriele De Nard33 Gian Marco Buttazzo42 Giovanni Gualdi60 Stefano Scaini68 (Fabio Cesari)(70) (Luciano Di Pardo)(DNF) | 203 |
| 12 | United States Ryan Hall43 Patrick Gildea51 Brandon Leslie55 Max King57 (Jason Hartmann)(74) (Matt Gabrielson)(DNF) | 206 |
| 13 | Rwanda Dieudonné Disi40 Jean Baptiste Simukeka72 Rachid Safari75 Valens Bivahagumye85 (Sylvain Rukundo)(86) | 272 |
| 14 | Australia Martin Dent45 Brett Cartwright54 Russell Dessaix-Chin112 David Ruschena121 | 332 |
| 15 | China Han Gang61 Ma Jifu90 Su Wei94 Chen Mingfu103 (Li Zhuhong)(107) (Li Youcai)(109) | 348 |
| 16 | United Kingdom Gavin Thompson77 Dominic Bannister80 Frank Tickner83 Tom Humphries116 (Ben Noad)(DNF) | 356 |
| 17 | Canada Ryan McKenzie76 Steve Osadiuk92 Cristiano Mauricio95 Jeff Scull99 (James Nielsen)(125) | 362 |
| 18 | Botswana Gabalebe Moloko84 Kaelo Mosalagae87 Boiphemelo Selagaboy96 Ndabili Bashingili101 | 368 |
| 19 | Chile Jonathan Monje82 Roberto Echeverria88 Enzo Yañez108 Sergio Lobos118 | 396 |
| 20 | Egypt Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed110 Mohamed El Gayar115 Yasser Moustafa122 Ahmed Bakry126 | 473 |
| DNF | Brazil (Sergio da Silva)(73) (Benedito Gomes)(81) (Claudir Rodrigues)(102) (José Eloy)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | South Korea (Shin Younggun)(97) (Lee Du-Haeng)(105) (Bae Sungmin)(111) (Heo Jang-Kyu)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Jamaica (Michael Tomlin)(119) (Phillip Edward)(130) (Kevin Campbell)(132) (Hurley Stewart)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 140 athletes from 40 countries participated in the Senior men's race.
* Algeria (6)
* Angola (1)
* Australia (4)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (5)
* Chile (4)
* China (6)
* Colombia (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Egypt (4)
* Eritrea (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (2)
* Guatemala (3)
* India (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (6)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (4)
* Morocco (6)
* Portugal (6)
* Qatar (5)
* Rwanda (5)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (4)
* Spain (3)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Uganda (6)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)