# 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports of 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 who took part were published.

## Race results
### Men's short race (4.208 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 12:11 |
| | Luke Kipkosgei | Kenya | 12:18 |
| | Haylu Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 12:20 |
| 4 | Sammy Kipketer | Kenya | 12:26 |
| 5 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 12:27 |
| 6 | Julius Nyamu | Kenya | 12:30 |
| 7 | Antonio Jiménez | Spain | 12:30 |
| 8 | Joseph Kosgei | Kenya | 12:32 |
| 9 | Khalid El Amri | Morocco | 12:33 |
| 10 | Driss Maazouzi | France | 12:34 |
| 11 | Jorge Torres | United States | 12:35 |
| 12 | Saïd El Wardi | Morocco | 12:35 |
| 13 | Mohamed Awol | Ethiopia | 12:38 |
| 14 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 12:39 |
| 15 | Abiyote Abate | Ethiopia | 12:39 |
| 16 | Million Wolde | Ethiopia | 12:40 |
| 17 | Alberto García | Spain | 12:41 |
| 18 | Matthew Lane | United States | 12:42 |
| 19 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 12:42 |
| 20 | Alejandro Suárez | Mexico | 12:43 |
| 21 | Michael Power | Australia | 12:43 |
| 22 | Roberto García | Spain | 12:44 |
| 23 | John Mayock | United Kingdom | 12:44 |
| 24 | Abraham Chebii | Kenya | 12:45 |
| 25 | Gareth Turnbull | Ireland | 12:45 |
| 26 | Khoudir Aggoune | Algeria | 12:47 |
| 27 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 12:49 |
| 28 | Aziz Driouche | Morocco | 12:49 |
| 29 | Roland Weissteiner | Italy | 12:49 |
| 30 | Phil Mowbray | United Kingdom | 12:50 |
| 31 | Stéphane Desaulty | France | 12:50 |
| 32 | Fabrice Belot | France | 12:50 |
| 33 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 12:51 |
| 34 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 12:51 |
| 35 | Graham Hood | Canada | 12:52 |
| 36 | Azzedine Zerdoum | Algeria | 12:52 |
| 37 | Mohamed Amyn | Morocco | 12:53 |
| 38 | Pacifique Ayabusa | Rwanda | 12:53 |
| 39 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 12:53 |
| 40 | Jared Cordes | United States | 12:53 |
| 41 | Luis Jesús | Portugal | 12:53 |
| 42 | Ben Noad | United Kingdom | 12:54 |
| 43 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | 12:54 |
| 44 | Berhanu Addane | Ethiopia | 12:54 |
| 45 | Sergey Davydov | Russia | 12:54 |
| 46 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 12:55 |
| 47 | Sean Kaley | Canada | 12:57 |
| 48 | Youssef Baba | Morocco | 12:57 |
| 49 | Mário Teixeira | Portugal | 12:57 |
| 50 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 12:58 |
| 51 | Sammy Kiplagat | Kenya | 12:59 |
| 52 | Martin Dent | Australia | 13:00 |
| 53 | Daisuke Kojima | Japan | 13:01 |
| 54 | Ali Ezzine | Morocco | 13:01 |
| 55 | Mohamed Khaldi | Algeria | 13:01 |
| 56 | Jason Woolhouse | New Zealand | 13:01 |
| 57 | Miroslav Vanko | Slovakia | 13:02 |
| 58 | Ridouane Es-Saadi | Belgium | 13:02 |
| 59 | Jean Bosco Ndagijimana | Rwanda | 13:02 |
| 60 | Enos Matalane | South Africa | 13:02 |
| 61 | Aleksey Sokolov | Russia | 13:03 |
| 62 | Hans Janssens | Belgium | 13:03 |
| 63 | Robert Connolly | Ireland | 13:04 |
| 64 | Dave Davis | United States | 13:04 |
| 65 | Sergey Yemelyanov | Russia | 13:04 |
| 66 | Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 13:04 |
| 67 | Rachid Chékhémani | France | 13:06 |
| 68 | Paul Fenn | Australia | 13:06 |
| 69 | Salvatore Vincenti | Italy | 13:07 |
| 70 | Ghalem Allah Djellal | Algeria | 13:08 |
| 71 | Manuel Silva | Portugal | 13:10 |
| 72 | Rob Whalley | United Kingdom | 13:10 |
| 73 | Habtai Kifletsion | Eritrea | 13:11 |
| 74 | Slavko Petrović | Croatia | 13:11 |
| 75 | Aleksey Veselov | Russia | 13:12 |
| 76 | Paul Sumawe | Tanzania | 13:12 |
| 77 | Odilón Cuahutle | Mexico | 13:12 |
| 78 | Rachid Safari | Rwanda | 13:13 |
| 79 | Ben Whitby | United Kingdom | 13:13 |
| 80 | Denis Bagrev | Kyrgyzstan | 13:14 |
| 81 | Mark Thompson | Australia | 13:16 |
| 82 | Hamish Thorpe | New Zealand | 13:17 |
| 83 | Tony Cosey | United States | 13:18 |
| 84 | Paul Reilly | Ireland | 13:19 |
| 85 | Ricardo Ribas | Portugal | 13:20 |
| 86 | Sergey Ivanov | Russia | 13:21 |
| 87 | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | 13:22 |
| 88 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 13:24 |
| 89 | Junji Konomi | Japan | 13:24 |
| 90 | Jeremy Deere | Canada | 13:24 |
| 91 | Stefan Gerber | Switzerland | 13:24 |
| 92 | Merzak Ouldbouchiba | Algeria | 13:25 |
| 93 | Paul McNamara | Ireland | 13:26 |
| 94 | Mark Kenneally | Ireland | 13:26 |
| 95 | Omar Chavarría | Mexico | 13:26 |
| 96 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia | 13:27 |
| 97 | Jonathon Riley | United States | 13:28 |
| 98 | Fortunato Yaccob | Eritrea | 13:28 |
| 99 | Angelo Iannelli | Italy | 13:31 |
| 100 | Iván Hierro | Spain | 13:31 |
| 101 | Oscar Cortínez | Argentina | 13:37 |
| 102 | Simon Vroemen | Netherlands | 13:39 |
| 103 | Peter Cardle | Canada | 13:41 |
| 104 | Rubin McRae | New Zealand | 13:45 |
| 105 | Matthew Holder | New Zealand | 13:48 |
| 106 | Tim Clerbout | Belgium | 13:52 |
| 107 | Gareth Coughlan | Ireland | 13:55 |
| 108 | Maxim Malenkih | Kyrgyzstan | 13:57 |
| 109 | Yury Baltsevich | Belarus | 13:58 |
| 110 | Rembo Tesfay | Eritrea | 14:03 |
| 111 | Radik Khubbiev | Uzbekistan | 14:08 |
| 112 | Josep Sansa | Andorra | 14:10 |
| 113 | Ronny Marie | Seychelles | 14:11 |
| 114 | Sergey Zabavskiy | Tajikistan | 14:14 |
| 115 | Koji Yamamoto | Japan | 14:16 |
| 116 | Víctor Martínez | Andorra | 14:37 |
| 117 | Abduvahob Nizamov | Uzbekistan | 14:52 |
| 118 | Michael Sanchez | Gibraltar | 15:06 |
| 119 | Richard Muscat | Gibraltar | 15:45 |
| 120 | Vasiliy Medvedev | Uzbekistan | 15:46 |
| 121 | Khasan Rakhimov | Uzbekistan | 15:49 |
| 122 | Vladimir Escajadillo | Peru | 16:18 |
| 123 | Lee Taylor | Gibraltar | 16:29 |
| — | Zeljko Celikovic | Yugoslavia | DNF |
| — | Frederic Collignon | Belgium | DNS |
| — | Vital Gahungu | Burundi | DNS |
| — | Egide Manirazika | Burundi | DNS |
| — | Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga | Burundi | DNS |
| — | Eric Sindayigaya | Burundi | DNS |
| — | Umaru Mohammed | Nigeria | DNS |
| — | Mohammed Yagoub | Sudan | DNS |
| — | Hussein Abdallah | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Julius Gidabuday | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Paul Wakou | Uganda | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Luke Kipkosgei2 Sammy Kipketer4 Julius Nyamu6 Joseph Kosgei8 (Abraham Chebii)(n/s) (Sammy Kiplagat)(n/s) | 20 |
| | Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele1 Haylu Mekonnen3 Mohamed Awol13 Abiyote Abate15 (Million Wolde)(n/s) (Berhanu Addane)(n/s) | 32 |
| | Spain Antonio Jiménez7 Isaac Viciosa14 Alberto García16 Roberto García20 (José Luis Blanco)(n/s) (Iván Hierro)(n/s) | 57 |
| 4 | Morocco Khalid El Amri9 Saïd El Wardi12 Aziz Driouche24 Mohamed Amyn33 (Youssef Baba)(n/s) (Ali Ezzine)(n/s) | 78 |
| 5 | United States Jorge Torres11 Matthew Lane17 Jared Cordes36 Dave Davis49 (Tony Cosey)(n/s) (Jonathon Riley)(n/s) | 113 |
| 6 | France Driss Maazouzi10 Stéphane Desaulty27 Fabrice Belot28 Rachid Chékhémani52 | 117 |
| 7 | United Kingdom John Mayock21 Phil Mowbray26 Spencer Barden35 Ben Noad38 (Rob Whalley)(n/s) (Ben Whitby)(n/s) | 120 |
| 8 | Australia Craig Mottram5 Michael Power19 Martin Dent43 Paul Fenn53 (Mark Thompson)(n/s) | 120 |
| 9 | Italy Luciano Di Pardo18 Roland Weissteiner25 Simone Zanon29 Lorenzo Lazzari51 (Salvatore Vincenti)(n/s) (Angelo Iannelli)(n/s) | 123 |
| 10 | Algeria Khoudir Aggoune23 Tarek Boukensa30 Azzedine Zerdoum32 Mohamed Khaldi44 (Ghalem Allah Djellal)(n/s) (Merzak Ouldbouchiba)(n/s) | 129 |
| 11 | Canada Graham Hood31 Joël Bourgeois40 Sean Kaley41 Jeremy Deere61 (Peter Cardle)(n/s) | 173 |
| 12 | Ireland Gareth Turnbull22 Robert Connolly48 Paul Reilly58 Paul McNamara62 (Mark Kenneally)(n/s) (Gareth Coughlan)(n/s) | 190 |
| 13 | Russia Sergey Davydov39 Aleksey Sokolov47 Sergey Yemelyanov50 Aleksey Veselov55 (Sergey Ivanov)(n/s) | 191 |
| 14 | Portugal Luis Jesús37 Mário Teixeira42 Manuel Silva54 Ricardo Ribas59 | 192 |
| 15 | Rwanda Pacifique Ayabusa34 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana46 Rachid Safari56 Dieudonné Disi60 | 196 |
| 16 | New Zealand Jason Woolhouse45 Hamish Thorpe57 Rubin McRae63 Matthew Holder64 | 229 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan Radik Khubbiev65 Abduvahob Nizamov66 Vasiliy Medvedev67 Khasan Rakhimov68 | 266 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 124 athletes from 38 countries participated in the Men's short race.
The announced athletes from Burundi, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Andorra (2)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (5)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (3)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (5)
* Croatia (1)
* Eritrea (3)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (4)
* Gibraltar (3)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (3)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Mexico (3)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (2)
* New Zealand (4)
* Peru (1)
* Portugal (4)
* Russia (5)
* Rwanda (4)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yugoslavia (1)