# 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald, and a report in The New York Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (8.35 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | David Chelule | Kenya | 24:06 |
| | Assefa Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 24:19 |
| | Samuel Chepkok | Kenya | 24:24 |
| 4 | Elijah Korir | Kenya | 24:26 |
| 5 | Charles Kwambai | Kenya | 24:28 |
| 6 | Mizan Mehari | Ethiopia | 24:51 |
| 7 | Kipchumba Mitei | Kenya | 24:55 |
| 8 | Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 24:56 |
| 9 | Patrick Ivuti | Kenya | 25:00 |
| 10 | Lemma Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 25:34 |
| 11 | Miloud Abaoub | Algeria | 25:42 |
| 12 | David Galindo | Mexico | 25:43 |
| 13 | Sisay Bezabeh | Ethiopia | 25:43 |
| 14 | Aziz Driouche | Morocco | 25:43 |
| 15 | Naoki Mishiro | Japan | 26:06 |
| 16 | Adrian Maghiar | Romania | 26:06 |
| 17 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 26:09 |
| 18 | Azzedine Zerdoum | Algeria | 26:10 |
| 19 | Abderrahman Chmaiti | Morocco | 26:11 |
| 20 | Rachid Amroug | Morocco | 26:18 |
| 21 | Grigoriy Generalov | Russia | 26:20 |
| 22 | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil | 26:21 |
| 23 | Dalibor Balgac | Croatia | 26:23 |
| 24 | Mokhejano Lesenyeho | Lesotho | 26:23 |
| 25 | Sun Wenyong | China | 26:27 |
| 26 | Richard Mavuso | South Africa | 26:27 |
| 27 | Brad Hauser | United States | 26:29 |
| 28 | Geremew Haile | Ethiopia | 26:30 |
| 29 | Lazarus Ramasia | South Africa | 26:31 |
| 30 | Nobuhiko Okada | Japan | 26:31 |
| 31 | Aaron Gabonewe | South Africa | 26:35 |
| 32 | Abdelmadjid Bouchamia | Algeria | 26:36 |
| 33 | Julián Peralta | Argentina | 26:37 |
| 34 | Wang Zhicheng | China | 26:38 |
| 35 | Janko Bensa | Yugoslavia | 26:39 |
| 36 | Francisco Mondragon | Mexico | 26:41 |
| 37 | Allen Graffin | United Kingdom | 26:41 |
| 38 | Wang Hongliang | China | 26:47 |
| 39 | Latamene Oumouhand | Algeria | 26:47 |
| 40 | Chaka Zihanzu | Zimbabwe | 26:53 |
| 41 | Rachid Boulahdid | Morocco | 26:53 |
| 42 | Francis Chibika | Zimbabwe | 26:54 |
| 43 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 26:56 |
| 44 | David Posada | Spain | 26:57 |
| 45 | Francisco Navarro | Spain | 26:57 |
| 46 | Paulo Lunkes | Brazil | 26:57 |
| 47 | Ahmed Ezzobayry | Morocco | 26:59 |
| 48 | Kais Bouziane | Algeria | 27:00 |
| 49 | Kensuke Takahashi | Japan | 27:01 |
| 50 | Brent Hauser | United States | 27:02 |
| 51 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 27:03 |
| 52 | Bertus Bock | Namibia | 27:05 |
| 53 | Baghdad Rachem | Algeria | 27:07 |
| 54 | Richard Mncwabe | South Africa | 27:07 |
| 55 | Dmitriy Maksimov | Russia | 27:07 |
| 56 | Andries Moss | South Africa | 27:10 |
| 57 | Juan José Lozano | Spain | 27:11 |
| 58 | Luca Rosa | Italy | 27:12 |
| 59 | Antonio Jiménez | Spain | 27:12 |
| 60 | Edgar Quiroz | Mexico | 27:13 |
| 61 | Sun Wenli | China | 27:15 |
| 62 | Adil Rabihi | France | 27:20 |
| 63 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 27:20 |
| 64 | Naoto Suzuki | Japan | 27:21 |
| 65 | Kevin Nash | United Kingdom | 27:22 |
| 66 | Gaël Pencréach | France | 27:31 |
| 67 | Kazumasa Yamato | Japan | 27:33 |
| 68 | John Schoenfelder | United States | 27:36 |
| 69 | Satish Kumar | India | 27:38 |
| 70 | Simon Wilkinson | United Kingdom | 27:40 |
| 71 | Jeroen Broekzitter | Netherlands | 27:42 |
| 72 | Andrea Busetto | Italy | 27:43 |
| 73 | Sanjeev Nair | India | 27:46 |
| 74 | Murray Link | Canada | 27:47 |
| 75 | Ephraim Mokhotu | South Africa | 27:48 |
| 75 | Martin Dent | Australia | 27:48 |
| 77 | Aleksey Shestakov | Kazakhstan | 27:52 |
| 78 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland | 27:54 |
| 79 | Mark Thompson | Australia | 27:54 |
| 80 | Antonio Arce | United States | 27:54 |
| 81 | Moses Chipani | Zimbabwe | 27:55 |
| 82 | Tawanda Magarasadza | Zimbabwe | 27:56 |
| 83 | Jon Grimsley | United States | 27:57 |
| 84 | Scott McClennan | Canada | 27:59 |
| 85 | Franck Lanois | France | 28:01 |
| 86 | Marshall Armitage | Canada | 28:02 |
| 87 | Michael Maechler | Switzerland | 28:02 |
| 88 | Steve Lawrence | Canada | 28:03 |
| 89 | Sam Haughian | United Kingdom | 28:04 |
| 90 | Norbert Rutjindo | Namibia | 28:07 |
| 91 | Francisco Jesus | Spain | 28:09 |
| 92 | David Dala | Angola | 28:12 |
| 93 | Igor Zhavaranak | Belarus | 28:12 |
| 94 | Eligio Romero | Mexico | 28:13 |
| 95 | Rahul Shoukeen | India | 28:13 |
| 96 | Alberto Mosca | Italy | 28:14 |
| 97 | Yasuhida Maeda | Japan | 28:17 |
| 98 | Mikael Talasjoki | Finland | 28:22 |
| 99 | Cristobal Valenzuela | Argentina | 28:23 |
| 100 | Tiala Ramichi | Lesotho | 28:23 |
| 101 | Ndara Petrus | Namibia | 28:24 |
| 102 | Mathew Coley | Canada | 28:28 |
| 103 | Balasheb Nikam | India | 28:29 |
| 104 | Kjell van Melkebeke | Belgium | 28:41 |
| 105 | Viktor Kulakovitsh | Belarus | 28:41 |
| 106 | Jyrki Niemelä | Finland | 28:43 |
| 107 | Artyon Zhigalov | Kazakhstan | 28:44 |
| 108 | Steve Bohan | Canada | 28:44 |
| 109 | Jorge Mitano Alberto | Mozambique | 28:48 |
| 110 | Alex Oldfield | United Kingdom | 28:52 |
| 111 | Kevin Musseliah | Mauritius | 28:53 |
| 112 | Roel Robberecht | Belgium | 28:53 |
| 113 | Lorenzo Marrocu | Italy | 29:00 |
| 114 | Pierre-André Ramuz | Switzerland | 29:21 |
| 115 | Damien Rouquet | France | 29:38 |
| 116 | Michael Endjala | Namibia | 29:44 |
| 117 | Nako Motseko | Lesotho | 30:00 |
| 118 | Ariel Frías | Argentina | 30:02 |
| 119 | Jonathan Joson | Mauritius | 30:04 |
| 120 | Steven Heemskerk | Belgium | 30:15 |
| 121 | Bernard Joseph | Mauritius | 30:23 |
| 122 | Rajaye Potanau | Mauritius | 30:23 |
| 123 | Selwyn Bonne | Seychelles | 31:00 |
| 124 | David Kanie | Papua New Guinea | 31:44 |
| 125 | Gerry Mathiot | Seychelles | 32:00 |
| 126 | Makhetha Phats’oane | Lesotho | 32:08 |
| 127 | Daniel Henry | Seychelles | 32:54 |
| 128 | Ruben Vera | Argentina | 32:54 |
| — | Roy Delorie | Seychelles | DNF |
| — | William Velirick | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Romulo da Silva | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Fouad Chouki | France | DNF |
| — | Vincent Rollier | France | DNF |
| — | Thomas Mayo | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Keith Kelly | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Claudio Brandalise | Italy | DNF |
| — | Fabio Cesari | Italy | DNF |
| — | Abdelghani Lahlali | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Russell Coleman | United States | DNF |
| — | Gustavo Ely | Brazil | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya David Chelule1 Samuel Chepkok3 Elijah Korir4 Charles Kwambai5 (Kipchumba Mitei)(7) (Patrick Ivuti)(9) | 13 |
| | Ethiopia Assefa Mezegebu2 Mizan Mehari6 Million Wolde8 Lemma Alemayehu10 (Sisay Bezabeh)(13) (Geremew Haile)(28) | 26 |
| | Morocco Aziz Driouche14 Abderrahman Chmaiti19 Rachid Amroug20 Rachid Boulahdid41 (Ahmed Ezzobayry)(47) (Abdelghani Lahlali)(DNF) | 94 |
| 4 | Algeria Miloud Abaoub11 Azzedine Zerdoum18 Abdelmadjid Bouchamia32 Latamene Oumouhand39 (Kais Bouziane)(48) (Baghdad Rachem)(53) | 100 |
| 5 | South Africa Richard Mavuso26 Lazarus Ramasia29 Aaron Gabonewe31 Richard Mncwabe54 (Andries Moss)(56) (Ephraim Mokhotu)(75) | 140 |
| 6 | China Sun Wenyong25 Wang Zhicheng34 Wang Hongliang38 Sun Wenli61 | 158 |
| 7 | Japan Naoki Mishiro15 Nobuhiko Okada30 Kensuke Takahashi49 Naoto Suzuki64 (Kazumasa Yamato)(67) (Yasuhida Maeda)(97) | 158 |
| 8 | Spain David Posada44 Francisco Navarro45 Juan Carlos Higuero51 Juan José Lozano57 (Antonio Jiménez)(59) (Francisco Jesus)(91) | 197 |
| 9 | Mexico David Galindo12 Francisco Mondragon36 Edgar Quiroz60 Eligio Romero94 | 202 |
| 10 | United States Brad Hauser27 Brent Hauser50 John Schoenfelder68 Antonio Arce80 (Jon Grimsley)(83) (Russell Coleman)(DNF) | 225 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe Chaka Zihanzu40 Francis Chibika42 Moses Chipani81 Tawanda Magarasadza82 | 245 |
| 12 | United Kingdom Allen Graffin37 Kevin Nash65 Simon Wilkinson70 Sam Haughian89 (Alex Oldfield)(110) (Thomas Mayo)(DNF) | 261 |
| 13 | France Adil Rabihi62 Gaël Pencréach66 Franck Lanois85 Damien Rouquet115 (Fouad Chouki)(DNF) (Vincent Rollier)(DNF) | 328 |
| 14 | Canada Murray Link74 Scott McClennan84 Marshall Armitage86 Steve Lawrence88 (Mathew Coley)(102) (Steve Bohan)(108) | 332 |
| 15 | Italy Luca Rosa58 Andrea Busetto72 Alberto Mosca96 Lorenzo Marrocu113 (Claudio Brandalise)(DNF) (Fabio Cesari)(DNF) | 339 |
| 16 | India Satish Kumar69 Sanjeev Nair73 Rahul Shoukeen95 Balasheb Nikam103 | 340 |
| 17 | Namibia Bertus Bock52 Norbert Rutjindo90 Ndara Petrus101 Michael Endjala116 | 359 |
| 18 | Lesotho Mokhejano Lesenyeho24 Tiala Ramichi100 Nako Motseko117 Makhetha Phats’oane126 | 367 |
| 19 | Argentina Julián Peralta33 Cristobal Valenzuela99 Ariel Frías118 Ruben Vera128 | 378 |
| 20 | Mauritius Kevin Musseliah111 Jonathan Joson119 Bernard Joseph121 Rajaye Potanau122 | 473 |
| DNF | Brazil (Marilson dos Santos)(22) (Paulo Lunkes)(46) (Hudson de Souza)(63) (Romulo da Silva)(DNF) (Gustavo Ely)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Belgium (Kjell van Melkebeke)(104) (Roel Robberecht)(112) (Steven Heemskerk)(120) (William Velirick)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Seychelles (Selwyn Bonne)(123) (Gerry Mathiot)(125) (Daniel Henry)(127) (Roy Delorie)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 140 athletes from 38 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Angola (1)
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (2)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (5)
* Canada (6)
* China (4)
* Croatia (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (3)
* France (6)
* India (4)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Kenya (6)
* Lesotho (4)
* Mauritius (4)
* Mexico (4)
* Morocco (6)
* Mozambique (1)
* Namibia (4)
* Netherlands (2)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* Seychelles (4)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zimbabwe (4)