# 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men's short race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 27, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow 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
### Men's short race (4.236 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 12:28 |
| | Paul Kosgei | Kenya | 12:31 |
| | Haylu Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 12:35 |
| 4 | Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 12:36 |
| 5 | James Koskei | Kenya | 12:38 |
| 6 | Daniel Gachara | Kenya | 12:41 |
| 7 | Abdellah Béhar | France | 12:44 |
| 8 | John Kosgei | Kenya | 12:45 |
| 9 | El Hassan Lahssini | Morocco | 12:47 |
| 10 | Mohamed Amyn | Morocco | 12:50 |
| 11 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 12:52 |
| 12 | Adam Goucher | United States | 12:53 |
| 13 | Driss El Himer | France | 12:56 |
| 14 | Stephen Rerimoi | Kenya | 12:57 |
| 15 | Ahmed Baday | Morocco | 12:58 |
| 16 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 12:59 |
| 17 | Laïd Bessou | Algeria | 13:00 |
| 18 | Alene Emere | Ethiopia | 13:05 |
| 19 | David Heath | United Kingdom | 13:05 |
| 20 | Kamel Boulahfane | Algeria | 13:06 |
| 21 | Mark Carroll | Ireland | 13:07 |
| 22 | Hicham Bouaouiche | Morocco | 13:09 |
| 23 | Miroslav Vanko | Slovakia | 13:09 |
| 24 | Azzedine Zerdoum | Algeria | 13:09 |
| 25 | Mohamed Ezzher | France | 13:10 |
| 26 | Sam Haughian | United Kingdom | 13:11 |
| 27 | Shadrack Hoff | South Africa | 13:12 |
| 28 | Yousef El Nasri | Spain | 13:12 |
| 29 | Sean Kaley | Canada | 13:13 |
| 30 | Berhanu Addane | Ethiopia | 13:14 |
| 31 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 13:15 |
| 32 | Fabrice Belot | France | 13:15 |
| 33 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 13:16 |
| 34 | Mike Openshaw | United Kingdom | 13:17 |
| 35 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 13:18 |
| 36 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 13:19 |
| 37 | Mustapha Essaïd | France | 13:19 |
| 38 | Jesús de la Fuente | Spain | 13:19 |
| 39 | Réda Benzine | Algeria | 13:20 |
| 40 | Salvatore Vincenti | Italy | 13:21 |
| 41 | Paolo Doglio | Ireland | 13:22 |
| 42 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 13:23 |
| 43 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 13:23 |
| 44 | Julian Moorhouse | United Kingdom | 13:23 |
| 45 | Tom Nohilly | United States | 13:24 |
| 46 | Vítor Almeida | Portugal | 13:24 |
| 47 | Jason Stewart | United States | 13:25 |
| 48 | Alberto García | Spain | 13:26 |
| 49 | John Morapedi | South Africa | 13:27 |
| 50 | Enoch Skosana | South Africa | 13:27 |
| 51 | Michael Ngaaseke | Zimbabwe | 13:28 |
| 52 | José Ramos | Portugal | 13:28 |
| 53 | Djamel Selatnia | Algeria | 13:29 |
| 54 | Angelo Pacheco | Portugal | 13:29 |
| 55 | Daniel Gidombada | Tanzania | 13:30 |
| 56 | Jeff Schiebler | Canada | 13:31 |
| 57 | Daniel Middleman | United States | 13:34 |
| 58 | Florin Ionescu | Romania | 13:37 |
| 59 | Adolphe Gahima | DR Congo | 13:37 |
| 60 | George Majaji | Zimbabwe | 13:37 |
| 61 | Ahmed Salman | Egypt | 13:37 |
| 62 | Mohamed Khaldi | Algeria | 13:38 |
| 63 | Metin Sazak | Turkey | 13:38 |
| 64 | Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | 13:38 |
| 65 | Domenico D'Ambrosio | Italy | 13:40 |
| 66 | Marco Rufo | Spain | 13:41 |
| 67 | Cormac Finnerty | Ireland | 13:41 |
| 68 | Israel dos Anjos | Brazil | 13:41 |
| 69 | Cormac Smith | Ireland | 13:41 |
| 70 | Jeremy Deere | Canada | 13:42 |
| 71 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | 13:42 |
| 72 | Debebe Lobegach | Ethiopia | 13:42 |
| 73 | Abdelhak El Gorch | Morocco | 13:42 |
| 74 | Brian Treacy | Ireland | 13:43 |
| 75 | Hélder Ornelas | Portugal | 13:44 |
| 76 | Dan Browne | United States | 13:45 |
| 77 | Aaron Gabonewe | South Africa | 13:46 |
| 78 | Stéphane Desaulty | France | 13:46 |
| 79 | Kudakwashe Shoko | Zimbabwe | 13:46 |
| 80 | Tsungai Mwanengeni | Zimbabwe | 13:47 |
| 81 | Delfim Conceição | Portugal | 13:47 |
| 82 | Juan José Cruz | Argentina | 13:49 |
| 83 | Leonardo Malgor | Argentina | 13:50 |
| 84 | João Leite | Brazil | 13:51 |
| 85 | Cian McLoughlin | Ireland | 13:52 |
| 86 | Johan de Koning | Netherlands | 13:53 |
| 87 | Fatih Cintimar | Turkey | 13:54 |
| 88 | Wael Anwar | Egypt | 13:55 |
| 89 | Heiki Sarapuu | Estonia | 13:57 |
| 90 | Márcio da Silva | Brazil | 13:58 |
| 91 | Richard Mavuso | South Africa | 13:58 |
| 92 | Viktor Lomonosov | Belarus | 13:59 |
| 93 | Scott Strand | United States | 14:00 |
| 94 | Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed | Egypt | 14:00 |
| 95 | Maxwell Bangani | Zimbabwe | 14:01 |
| 96 | José de Oliveira | Brazil | 14:02 |
| 97 | Zeki Öztürk | Turkey | 14:02 |
| 98 | José Mansilla | Argentina | 14:02 |
| 99 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 14:04 |
| 100 | Phillip Tulba | United Kingdom | 14:05 |
| 101 | Ricardo Franzon | Argentina | 14:06 |
| 102 | Sergey Dubina | Belarus | 14:07 |
| 103 | Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 14:07 |
| 104 | Abdul Abdullah | Yemen | 14:08 |
| 105 | Seref Ali Imamoglu | Turkey | 14:09 |
| 106 | Richard Tremain | Canada | 14:10 |
| 107 | Ahto Tatter | Estonia | 14:10 |
| 108 | Igor Zhavaranak | Belarus | 14:12 |
| 109 | Anwar O.M. Ali | Yemen | 14:13 |
| 110 | Aleksey Shestakov | Kazakhstan | 14:15 |
| 111 | Ales Tomic | Slovenia | 14:15 |
| 112 | Mohamed Al-Khawlani | Yemen | 14:15 |
| 113 | Yasunori Uchitomi | Japan | 14:23 |
| 114 | Sergey Zabavskiy | Tajikistan | 14:23 |
| 115 | Satish Kumar | India | 14:26 |
| 116 | Raveendra Kurbagatti | India | 14:26 |
| 117 | Alibay Shukurov | Azerbaijan | 14:33 |
| 118 | Fouly Salem | Egypt | 14:33 |
| 119 | Samer Al-Ifaai | Yemen | 14:36 |
| 120 | Maximillian Iranqhe | Tanzania | 14:53 |
| 121 | Sanjay Gond | India | 14:56 |
| 122 | Ronny Marie | Seychelles | 15:03 |
| 123 | Walid Ibrahim | Palestine | 15:03 |
| 124 | Sanjeev Nair | India | 15:08 |
| 125 | Vasiliy Andreyev | Uzbekistan | 15:13 |
| 126 | Djamched Rasulov | Tajikistan | 15:14 |
| 127 | Isireli Naikelekelevesi | Fiji | 15:15 |
| 128 | Aleksandr Titov | Belarus | 15:15 |
| 129 | Chokirjon Irmatov | Tajikistan | 15:16 |
| 130 | Selwyn Bonne | Seychelles | 15:38 |
| 131 | Bimiesh Kumar | Fiji | 15:45 |
| 132 | Moses Zarak Khan | Fiji | 15:50 |
| 133 | Alexandr Dyrov | Uzbekistan | 15:56 |
| 134 | Norbert Hariba | Seychelles | 16:02 |
| 135 | Niteshwar Prasad | Fiji | 16:04 |
| 136 | Esala Talebula | Fiji | 16:05 |
| 137 | Abhinesh Kumar Chand | Fiji | 16:41 |
| 138 | Aleksandr Levdanskiy | Kyrgyzstan | 17:15 |
| 139 | Gairat Nigmatov | Tajikistan | 18:02 |
| 140 | Baimurad Achirmuradov | Turkmenistan | 18:32 |
| 141 | Yevgeniy Nujdin | Uzbekistan | 19:00 |
| 142 | Satybek Chokayev | Kyrgyzstan | 19:20 |
| — | Abel Chimukoko | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Al-Bayed | Palestine | DNF |
| — | Alberto Maravilha | Portugal | DNS |
| — | José Luis Ebatela Nvó | Equatorial Guinea | DNS |
| — | Manuel Pancorbo | Spain | DNS |
| — | Antonio Fabián Silio | Argentina | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Benjamin Limo1 Paul Kosgei2 James Koskei5 Daniel Gachara6 (John Kosgei)(8) (Stephen Rerimoi)(14) | 14 |
| | Morocco El Hassan Lahssini9 Mohamed Amyn10 Adil Kaouch11 Ahmed Baday15 (Hicham Bouaouiche)(22) (Abdelhak El Gorch)(73) | 45 |
| | Ethiopia Haylu Mekonnen3 Million Wolde4 Alene Emere18 Berhanu Addane30 (Debebe Lobegach)(72) | 55 |
| 4 | France Abdellah Béhar7 Driss El Himer13 Mohamed Ezzher25 Fabrice Belot32 (Mustapha Essaïd)(37) (Stéphane Desaulty)(78) | 77 |
| 5 | Algeria Laïd Bessou17 Kamel Boulahfane20 Azzedine Zerdoum24 Réda Benzine39 (Djamel Selatnia)(53) (Mohamed Khaldi)(62) | 100 |
| 6 | United Kingdom David Heath19 Sam Haughian26 Mike Openshaw34 Spencer Barden43 (Julian Moorhouse)(44) (Phillip Tulba)(100) | 122 |
| 7 | Italy Luciano Di Pardo16 Angelo Carosi33 Simone Zanon36 Salvatore Vincenti40 (Gennaro Di Napoli)(64) (Domenico D'Ambrosio)(65) | 125 |
| 8 | Spain Yousef El Nasri28 Isaac Viciosa31 Jesús de la Fuente38 Alberto García48 (Marco Rufo)(66) | 145 |
| 9 | United States Adam Goucher12 Tom Nohilly45 Jason Stewart47 Daniel Middleman57 (Dan Browne)(76) (Scott Strand)(93) | 161 |
| 10 | Canada Sean Kaley29 Joël Bourgeois35 Kevin Sullivan42 Jeff Schiebler56 (Jeremy Deere)(70) (Richard Tremain)(106) | 162 |
| 11 | Ireland Mark Carroll21 Paolo Doglio41 Cormac Finnerty67 Cormac Smith69 (Brian Treacy)(74) (Cian McLoughlin)(85) | 198 |
| 12 | South Africa Shadrack Hoff27 John Morapedi49 Enoch Skosana50 Aaron Gabonewe77 (Richard Mavuso)(91) | 203 |
| 13 | Portugal Vítor Almeida46 José Ramos52 Angelo Pacheco54 Hélder Ornelas75 (Delfim Conceição)(81) | 227 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe Michael Ngaaseke51 George Majaji60 Kudakwashe Shoko79 Tsungai Mwanengeni80 (Maxwell Bangani)(95) (Abel Chimukoko)(DNF) | 270 |
| 15 | Argentina Javier Carriqueo71 Juan José Cruz82 Leonardo Malgor83 José Mansilla98 (Ricardo Franzon)(101) | 334 |
| 16 | Brazil Israel dos Anjos68 João Leite84 Márcio da Silva90 José de Oliveira96 | 338 |
| 17 | Turkey Metin Sazak63 Fatih Cintimar87 Zeki Öztürk97 Seref Ali Imamoglu105 | 352 |
| 18 | Egypt Ahmed Salman61 Wael Anwar88 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed94 Fouly Salem118 | 361 |
| 19 | Belarus Viktor Lomonosov92 Sergey Dubina102 Igor Zhavaranak108 Aleksandr Titov128 | 430 |
| 20 | Yemen Abdul Abdullah104 Anwar O.M. Ali109 Mohamed Al-Khawlani112 Samer Al-Ifaai119 | 444 |
| 21 | India Satish Kumar115 Raveendra Kurbagatti116 Sanjay Gond121 Sanjeev Nair124 | 476 |
| 22 | Seychelles Simon Labiche103 Ronny Marie122 Selwyn Bonne130 Norbert Hariba134 | 489 |
| 23 | Tajikistan Sergey Zabavskiy114 Djamched Rasulov126 Chokirjon Irmatov129 Gairat Nigmatov139 | 508 |
| 24 | Fiji Isireli Naikelekelevesi127 Bimiesh Kumar131 Moses Zarak Khan132 Niteshwar Prasad135 (Esala Talebula)(136) (Abhinesh Kumar Chand)(137) | 525 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 144 athletes from 38 countries in the Men's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from Equatorial Guinea did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Argentina (5)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* DR Congo (1)
* Egypt (4)
* Estonia (2)
* Ethiopia (5)
* Fiji (6)
* France (6)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (2)
* Palestine (2)
* Portugal (5)
* Romania (1)
* Seychelles (4)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (5)
* Tajikistan (4)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (3)
* Yemen (4)
* Zimbabwe (6)