# 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 1998. Reports on 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 were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 22:47 |
| | Richard Limo | Kenya | 22:50 |
| | Haylu Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 22:51 |
| 4 | Yibeltal Admassu | Ethiopia | 22:53 |
| 5 | Douglas Mumanyi | Kenya | 22:54 |
| 6 | Reuben Kamzee | Kenya | 22:55 |
| 7 | Titus Kipkemboi | Kenya | 23:02 |
| 8 | Alene Emere | Ethiopia | 23:06 |
| 9 | Yitbarek Eshetu | Ethiopia | 23:14 |
| 10 | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 23:17 |
| 11 | Abraham Cherono | Kenya | 23:25 |
| 12 | Geofrey Naibei | Kenya | 23:32 |
| 13 | Mustapha Mellouk | Morocco | 23:55 |
| 14 | Hailemariam Tegafaw | Ethiopia | 24:02 |
| 15 | Job Sikoria | Uganda | 24:06 |
| 16 | Jafred Lorone | Uganda | 24:07 |
| 17 | Vincent Kuotane | South Africa | 24:13 |
| 18 | Jeffrey Gwebu | South Africa | 24:21 |
| 19 | Ryan Shay | United States | 24:22 |
| 20 | Driss Benismail | Morocco | 24:22 |
| 21 | Kenichiro Setoguchi | Japan | 24:35 |
| 22 | Ahmed Issaoui | Tunisia | 24:38 |
| 23 | Hicham Lamalem | Morocco | 24:39 |
| 24 | Kazunobu Fuse | Japan | 24:39 |
| 25 | Kazuyoshi Tokumoto | Japan | 24:40 |
| 26 | Gabe Jennings | United States | 24:42 |
| 27 | Takhir Mamashayev | Kazakhstan | 24:43 |
| 28 | Whitey Modibe | South Africa | 24:46 |
| 29 | Miguel Angel Pinto | Spain | 24:49 |
| 30 | Yuji Ibi | Japan | 24:53 |
| 31 | Fethi Meftah | Algeria | 24:53 |
| 32 | Mark Thompson | Australia | 24:54 |
| 33 | Francis Musani | Uganda | 24:54 |
| 34 | Shinichiro Okuda | Japan | 24:55 |
| 35 | Tayeb Filali | Algeria | 24:57 |
| 36 | Jorge Torres | United States | 24:58 |
| 37 | Hebert Chokera | Zimbabwe | 24:58 |
| 38 | Wirimai Juwawo | Zimbabwe | 24:59 |
| 39 | George Mofokeng | South Africa | 25:01 |
| 40 | Martin Toroitich | Uganda | 25:02 |
| 41 | Iván Galán | Spain | 25:03 |
| 42 | Ouhand Madani | Algeria | 25:05 |
| 43 | Georges Burrier | France | 25:06 |
| 44 | Gavin Thompson | United Kingdom | 25:07 |
| 45 | Chris Thompson | United Kingdom | 25:08 |
| 46 | Luiz Paula | Brazil | 25:10 |
| 47 | Rafael Martin | Spain | 25:12 |
| 48 | Giovanni Gualdi | Italy | 25:13 |
| 49 | Ferenc Békési | Hungary | 25:14 |
| 50 | Pedro Nimo | Spain | 25:14 |
| 51 | Antony Lokinyen | Canada | 25:15 |
| 52 | Ovidiu Tat | Romania | 25:15 |
| 53 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden | 25:16 |
| 54 | Olivier Chardon | France | 25:16 |
| 55 | Nourreddine Bourfaa | Algeria | 25:17 |
| 56 | Ahmed Naïli | Algeria | 25:19 |
| 57 | Yousri Hamdi | Tunisia | 25:19 |
| 58 | Tomoki Sugiyama | Japan | 25:23 |
| 59 | Koen Raymaekers | Netherlands | 25:24 |
| 60 | Yusuf Zepak | Turkey | 25:27 |
| 61 | Mircea Bota | Romania | 25:28 |
| 62 | Joseph Nsubuga | Uganda | 25:30 |
| 63 | Andrey Kuznetsov | Russia | 25:31 |
| 64 | Carlo Schuff | Germany | 25:32 |
| 65 | Adelmir Maier | Brazil | 25:33 |
| 66 | Barry Egan | Ireland | 25:33 |
| 67 | Adrian Blincoe | New Zealand | 25:34 |
| 68 | Andrew Beckwith | United Kingdom | 25:35 |
| 69 | Oleg Gutnik | Belarus | 25:36 |
| 70 | Musa mukomazi | Zimbabwe | 25:36 |
| 71 | Nicolas Winkel | United States | 25:37 |
| 72 | Fakureddine Romdhani | Tunisia | 25:38 |
| 73 | Adel Gharsalli | Tunisia | 25:40 |
| 74 | Raymond Fontaine | France | 25:41 |
| 75 | David Stanley | United Kingdom | 25:41 |
| 76 | Enda Johnson | Ireland | 25:42 |
| 77 | Arbey Rivera | Colombia | 25:45 |
| 78 | Roberto Del Soglio | Italy | 25:46 |
| 79 | David Milne | Canada | 25:48 |
| 80 | Kevin Paulsen | France | 25:49 |
| 81 | Nick Mapp | United Kingdom | 25:50 |
| 82 | Edegar Lobo | Brazil | 25:51 |
| 83 | Marco Corino | Italy | 25:51 |
| 84 | Saïd Berrioui | Morocco | 25:52 |
| 85 | Radhouane El Barni | France | 25:54 |
| 86 | Chad Roberts | Australia | 25:55 |
| 87 | Alvaro Jiménez | Spain | 25:55 |
| 88 | Omar Chavarría | Mexico | 25:56 |
| 89 | Cedric Tentelier | France | 25:57 |
| 90 | Giovanni Catastimenti | Italy | 25:59 |
| 91 | Siyami Türkmen | Turkey | 26:01 |
| 92 | Monel Sabou | Romania | 26:01 |
| 93 | Adrián Peña | Spain | 26:03 |
| 94 | Balázs László | Hungary | 26:06 |
| 95 | Máté Németh | Hungary | 26:08 |
| 96 | Turo Inkiläinen | Finland | 26:09 |
| 97 | Javier Guarin | Colombia | 26:10 |
| 98 | Juan Hernandez | Colombia | 26:10 |
| 99 | Jonathan Matos | Brazil | 26:11 |
| 100 | Hikmat Dastan | Turkey | 26:11 |
| 101 | Lachlan Chisholm | Australia | 26:12 |
| 102 | David Rodriquez | United States | 26:13 |
| 103 | Martin Fedmowski | Australia | 26:17 |
| 104 | Slavko Petrović | Croatia | 26:19 |
| 105 | Paul Morrison | Canada | 26:30 |
| 106 | Andres Mendoza | Mexico | 26:32 |
| 107 | Joeri Jansen | Belgium | 26:37 |
| 108 | Calin Macra | Romania | 26:41 |
| 109 | Sakir Kaya | Turkey | 26:43 |
| 110 | Artyon Zhigalov | Kazakhstan | 26:51 |
| 111 | Jassim Mohammed | United Arab Emirates | 26:56 |
| 112 | Steve Osadiuk | Canada | 27:01 |
| 113 | Norbert Csorba | Hungary | 27:06 |
| 114 | Radu Stroia | Romania | 27:07 |
| 115 | João Varela | Portugal | 27:14 |
| 116 | Willem Rooi | Namibia | 27:15 |
| 117 | Cristiano Mauricio | Canada | 27:21 |
| 118 | Fabian Daza | Colombia | 27:27 |
| 119 | Faustin Mukurarinda | Rwanda | 27:29 |
| 120 | Lorenzo Cannata | Italy | 27:51 |
| 121 | Willie McComb | Canada | 28:15 |
| 122 | Alistair Cragg | South Africa | 28:27 |
| 123 | Mustapha Kharouf | Lebanon | 28:28 |
| 124 | Diyattin Koclardan | Turkey | 28:41 |
| 125 | Youssef Karaki | Lebanon | 29:26 |
| 126 | Dovletmomed Nazarov | Turkmenistan | 30:07 |
| 127 | Abdel Salam Al-Dabajy | Palestine | 34:11 |
| — | Sam Haughian | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Pasqualino Zammataro | Italy | DNF |
| — | Sylvester Mokalakane | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Farai Nemahwedza | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Abdeloui | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Ahmed Baday | Morocco | DQ$^†$ |
$^†$: Ahmed Baday of Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 24:18 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Million Wolde1 Haylu Mekonnen3 Yibeltal Admassu4 Alene Emere8 (Yitbarek Eshetu)(9) (Hailemariam Tegafaw)(14) | 16 |
| | Kenya Richard Limo2 Douglas Mumanyi5 Reuben Kamzee6 Titus Kipkemboi7 (Abraham Cherono)(11) (Geofrey Naibei)(12) | 20 |
| | Morocco Adil Kaouch10 Mustapha Mellouk13 Driss Benismail20 Hicham Lamalem23 (Saïd Berrioui)(84) | 66 |
| 4 | Japan Kenichiro Setoguchi21 Kazunobu Fuse24 Kazuyoshi Tokumoto25 Yuji Ibi30 (Shinichiro Okuda)(34) (Tomoki Sugiyama)(58) | 100 |
| 5 | South Africa Vincent Kuotane17 Jeffrey Gwebu18 Whitey Modibe28 George Mofokeng39 (Alistair Cragg)(122) (Sylvester Mokalakane)(DNF) | 102 |
| 6 | Uganda Job Sikoria15 Jafred Lorone16 Francis Musani33 Martin Toroitich40 (Joseph Nsubuga)(62) | 104 |
| 7 | United States Ryan Shay19 Gabe Jennings26 Jorge Torres36 Nicolas Winkel71 (David Rodriquez)(102) | 152 |
| 8 | Algeria Fethi Meftah31 Tayeb Filali35 Ouhand Madani42 Nourreddine Bourfaa55 (Ahmed Naïli)(56) (Mohamed Abdeloui)(DNF) | 163 |
| 9 | Spain Miguel Angel Pinto29 Iván Galán41 Rafael Martin47 Pedro Nimo50 (Alvaro Jiménez)(87) (Adrián Peña)(93) | 167 |
| 10 | Tunisia Ahmed Issaoui22 Yousri Hamdi57 Fakureddine Romdhani72 Adel Gharsalli73 | 224 |
| 11 | United Kingdom Gavin Thompson44 Chris Thompson45 Andrew Beckwith68 David Stanley75 (Nick Mapp)(81) (Sam Haughian)(DNF) | 232 |
| 12 | France Georges Burrier43 Olivier Chardon54 Raymond Fontaine74 Kevin Paulsen80 (Radhouane El Barni)(85) (Cedric Tentelier)(89) | 251 |
| 13 | Brazil Luiz Paula46 Adelmir Maier65 Edegar Lobo82 Jonathan Matos99 | 292 |
| 14 | Italy Giovanni Gualdi48 Roberto Del Soglio78 Marco Corino83 Giovanni Catastimenti90 (Lorenzo Cannata)(120) (Pasqualino Zammataro)(DNF) | 299 |
| 15 | Romania Ovidiu Tat52 Mircea Bota61 Monel Sabou92 Calin Macra108 (Radu Stroia)(114) | 313 |
| 16 | Australia Mark Thompson32 Chad Roberts86 Lachlan Chisholm101 Martin Fedmowski103 | 322 |
| 17 | Canada Antony Lokinyen51 David Milne79 Paul Morrison105 Steve Osadiuk112 (Cristiano Mauricio)(117) (Willie McComb)(121) | 347 |
| 18 | Hungary Ferenc Békési49 Balázs László94 Máté Németh95 Norbert Csorba113 | 351 |
| 19 | Turkey Yusuf Zepak60 Siyami Türkmen91 Hikmat Dastan100 Sakir Kaya109 (Diyattin Koclardan)(124) | 360 |
| 20 | Colombia Arbey Rivera77 Javier Guarin97 Juan Hernandez98 Fabian Daza118 | 390 |
| DNF | Zimbabwe Hebert Chokera(37) Wirimai Juwawo(38) Musa Nkomazi(70) Farai Nemahwedza(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 133 athletes from 40 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Colombia (4)
* Croatia (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (6)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (4)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Kenya (6)
* Lebanon (2)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (6)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (1)
* Rwanda (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (1)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (5)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (5)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (5)
* Zimbabwe (4)