# 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain, on March 20, 2011. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Imane Merga | Ethiopia | 33:50 |
| | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | Kenya | 33:52 |
| | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | Kenya | 33:53 |
| 4 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Kenya | 33:55 |
| 5 | Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai | Kenya | 34:03 |
| 6 | Stephen Kiprotich | Uganda | 34:07 |
| 7 | Philemon Kimeli Limo | Kenya | 34:21 |
| 8 | Hunegnaw Mesfin | Ethiopia | 34:25 |
| 9 | Ali Hasan Mahboob | Bahrain | 34:30 |
| 10 | Hosea Mwok Macharinyang | Kenya | 34:30 |
| 11 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 34:31 |
| 12 | Dino Sefir | Ethiopia | 34:35 |
| 13 | Geofrey Kusuro | Uganda | 35:06 |
| 14 | Teklemariam Medhin | Eritrea | 35:08 |
| 15 | Stephen Mokoka | South Africa | 35:10 |
| 16 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain | 35:12 |
| 17 | Feyisa Lilesa | Ethiopia | 35:13 |
| 18 | Adhanom Abraha | Eritrea | 35:28 |
| 19 | Dickson Huru | Uganda | 35:31 |
| 20 | Rabah Aboud | Algeria | 35:33 |
| 21 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 35:33 |
| 22 | Moses Kibet | Uganda | 35:34 |
| 23 | Sidi-Hassan Chahdi | France | 35:35 |
| 24 | Amanuel Mesel | Eritrea | 35:38 |
| 25 | Tshamano Setone | South Africa | 35:38 |
| 26 | Sindre Buraas | Norway | 35:38 |
| 27 | Juan Carlos Romero | Mexico | 35:42 |
| 28 | Dejene Regassa | Bahrain | 35:43 |
| 29 | Kgosi Tsosane | South Africa | 35:48 |
| 30 | Bilisuma Shugi | Bahrain | 35:49 |
| 31 | Carles Castillejo | Spain | 35:52 |
| 32 | Youssef Aakaou | Spain | 35:53 |
| 33 | Gervais Hakizimana | Rwanda | 35:54 |
| 34 | Khoudir Aggoune | Algeria | 35:55 |
| 35 | Ben True | United States | 35:56 |
| 36 | Sondre Nordstad Moen | Norway | 35:58 |
| 37 | Adil Rached | Morocco | 36:01 |
| 38 | Kiflom Sium | Eritrea | 36:02 |
| 39 | Max King | United States | 36:02 |
| 40 | José Rocha | Portugal | 36:05 |
| 41 | David McNeill | Australia | 36:06 |
| 42 | Ahmed Messeles | Algeria | 36:09 |
| 43 | Moorosi Soke | South Africa | 36:11 |
| 44 | Mulue Andom | Eritrea | 36:12 |
| 45 | Hirotaka Tamura | Japan | 36:12 |
| 46 | Belete Assefa | Ethiopia | 36:13 |
| 47 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 36:17 |
| 48 | Miguel Barzola | Argentina | 36:22 |
| 49 | Yusuke Takabayashi | Japan | 36:26 |
| 50 | Anis Selmouni | Morocco | 36:29 |
| 51 | Ahmed Naïli | Algeria | 36:29 |
| 52 | Philipp Bandi | Switzerland | 36:30 |
| 53 | Steffen Uliczka | Germany | 36:31 |
| 54 | Brent Vaughn | United States | 36:32 |
| 55 | Dabaya Badhaso | Norway | 36:36 |
| 56 | Cameron Levins | Canada | 36:36 |
| 57 | Andrew Vernon | United Kingdom | 36:38 |
| 58 | Kelly Wiebe | Canada | 36:39 |
| 59 | Ben St.Lawrence | Australia | 36:41 |
| 60 | Jake Robertson | New Zealand | 36:41 |
| 61 | Wissem Hosni | Tunisia | 36:42 |
| 62 | Edwin Chebii Kimurer | Bahrain | 36:44 |
| 63 | Thomas Humphries | United Kingdom | 36:47 |
| 64 | Abdellah Tagharrafet | Morocco | 36:47 |
| 65 | Marco Morgado | Portugal | 36:48 |
| 66 | Licinio Pimentel | Portugal | 36:50 |
| 67 | Andrew Carlson | United States | 36:52 |
| 68 | Alemu Bekele | Bahrain | 36:55 |
| 69 | Ahmed El Mazoury | Italy | 37:00 |
| 70 | Arturo Casado | Spain | 37:00 |
| 71 | Eric Sebahire | Rwanda | 37:03 |
| 72 | Luke Gunn | United Kingdom | 37:06 |
| 73 | Leandro de Oliveira | Brazil | 37:10 |
| 74 | Brian Olinger | United States | 37:14 |
| 75 | Abdelhadi El Mouaziz | Morocco | 37:19 |
| 76 | James Walsh | United Kingdom | 37:20 |
| 77 | Andrew Bumbalough | United States | 37:24 |
| 78 | Israel dos Anjos | Brazil | 37:28 |
| 79 | Liam Adams | Australia | 37:29 |
| 80 | Zhang Zhenlong | China | 37:30 |
| 81 | Morten Munkholm | Denmark | 37:33 |
| 82 | Ryan McLeod | United Kingdom | 37:35 |
| 83 | Tsubasa Hayakawa | Japan | 37:37 |
| 84 | Mounir Miout | Algeria | 37:39 |
| 85 | Tetsuya Yoroizaka | Japan | 37:40 |
| 86 | Tsepo Ramonene | Lesotho | 37:43 |
| 87 | Clodoaldo da Silva | Brazil | 37:51 |
| 88 | Éderson Pereira | Brazil | 37:55 |
| 89 | Ricardo Serrano | Spain | 37:56 |
| 90 | Derek Hawkins | United Kingdom | 38:01 |
| 91 | Hassan Hirt | France | 38:05 |
| 92 | Zane Robertson | New Zealand | 38:08 |
| 93 | Avelino Dumbo | Angola | 38:15 |
| 94 | Lars Erik Malde | Norway | 38:18 |
| 95 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 38:25 |
| 96 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | 38:29 |
| 97 | Barry Britt | Canada | 38:31 |
| 98 | Alex Genest | Canada | 38:35 |
| 99 | Jon Rankin | Cayman Islands | 38:44 |
| 100 | Xolisa Tyali | South Africa | 39:20 |
| 101 | Hans Kristian Fløystad | Norway | 39:43 |
| 102 | Gao Laiyuan | China | 39:51 |
| 103 | Yolo Nikolov | Bulgaria | 39:57 |
| 104 | Derek Snider | Canada | 40:21 |
| 105 | Lungisa Mdedelwa | South Africa | 40:22 |
| 106 | Alex Parlane | New Zealand | 40:39 |
| 107 | Gaylord Silly | Seychelles | 40:56 |
| 108 | Sotiboldi Haitov | Tajikistan | 41:10 |
| 109 | Antoine Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 41:31 |
| 110 | Roberto Mandje | Equatorial Guinea | 41:54 |
| — | Clinton Perrett | Australia | DNF |
| — | Joilson da Silva | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Tareq Mubarak Taher | Bahrain | DNF |
| — | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | DNF |
| — | Hafid Chani | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Najim El Gady | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Yousef El Kalai | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Samuel Tsegay | Eritrea | DQ$^‡$ |
| — | Abera Kuma | Ethiopia | DQ$^‡$ |
| — | Nuno Costa | Portugal | DQ$^†$ |
| — | Qusay Hasan | Iraq | DNS |
| — | Samson Idiata | Nigeria | DNS |
$^†$: Athlete disqualified due to IAAF Rule 40.1 - anti-doping rule violation $^‡$: Athletes disqualified due to IAAF Rule 125.5 - unsporting conduct

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Paul Kipngetich Tanui2 Vincent Kiprop Chepkok3 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio4 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai5 (Philemon Kimeli Limo)(7) (Hosea Mwok Macharinyang)(10) | 14 |
| | Ethiopia Imane Merga1 Hunegnaw Mesfin8 Dino Sefir12 Feyisa Lilesa17 (Belete Assefa)(46) | 38 |
| | Uganda Stephen Kiprotich6 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro11 Geofrey Kusuro13 Dickson Huru19 (Moses Kibet)(22) | 49 |
| 4 | Eritrea Teklemariam Medhin14 Adhanom Abraha18 Amanuel Mesel24 Kiflom Sium38 (Mulue Andom)(44) | 94 |
| 5 | South Africa Stephen Mokoka15 Tshamano Setone25 Kgosi Tsosane29 Moorosi Soke43 (Xolisa Tyali)(100) (Lungisa Mdedelwa)(105) | 112 |
| 6 | Bahrain Ali Hasan Mahboob9 Dejene Regassa28 Bilisuma Shugi30 Edwin Chebii Kimurer62 (Alemu Bekele)(68) (Tareq Mubarak Taher)(DNF) | 129 |
| 7 | Algeria Rabah Aboud20 Khoudir Aggoune34 Ahmed Messeles42 Ahmed Naïli51 (Mounir Miout)(84) | 147 |
| 8 | Spain Ayad Lamdassem16 Carles Castillejo31 Youssef Aakaou32 Arturo Casado70 (Ricardo Serrano)(89) (Antonio David Jiménez)(DNF) | 149 |
| 9 | United States Ben True35 Max King39 Brent Vaughn54 Andrew Carlson67 (Brian Olinger)(74) (Andrew Bumbalough)(77) | 195 |
| 10 | Australia Craig Mottram21 David McNeill41 Ben St.Lawrence59 Liam Adams79 (Clinton Perrett)(DNF) | 200 |
| 11 | Norway Sindre Buraas26 Sondre Nordstad Moen36 Dabaya Badhaso55 Lars Erik Malde94 (Hans Kristian Fløystad)(101) | 211 |
| 12 | Portugal José Rocha40 Manuel Damião47 Marco Morgado65 Licinio Pimentel66 (Yousef El Kalai)(DNF) | 218 |
| 13 | Morocco Adil Rached37 Anis Selmouni50 Abdellah Tagharrafet64 Abdelhadi El Mouaziz75 (Hafid Chani)(DNF) (Najim El Gady)(DNF) | 226 |
| 14 | Japan Hirotaka Tamura45 Yusuke Takabayashi49 Tsubasa Hayakawa83 Tetsuya Yoroizaka85 | 262 |
| 15 | United Kingdom Andrew Vernon57 Thomas Humphries63 Luke Gunn72 James Walsh76 (Ryan McLeod)(82) (Derek Hawkins)(90) | 268 |
| 16 | Canada Cameron Levins56 Kelly Wiebe58 Barry Britt97 Alex Genest98 (Derek Snider)(104) | 309 |
| 17 | Brazil Leandro de Oliveira73 Israel dos Anjos78 Clodoaldo da Silva87 Éderson Pereira88 (Joilson da Silva)(DNF) | 326 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 120 athletes from 35 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes of Iraq and Nigeria did not show.
* Algeria (5)
* Angola (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (5)
* Bahrain (6)
* Brazil (5)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (5)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* China (2)
* Denmark (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Eritrea (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (6)
* New Zealand (3)
* Norway (5)
* Portugal (6)
* Rwanda (2)
* Seychelles (2)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Uganda (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)