# 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya, on March 24, 2007. Reports of the event were given in the Herald, and 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 |
| | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 35:50 |
| | Moses Mosop | Kenya | 36:13 |
| | Bernard Kiprop Kipyego | Kenya | 36:37 |
| 4 | Gideon Ngatuny | Kenya | 36:43 |
| 5 | Hosea Mwok Macharinyang | Kenya | 36:46 |
| 6 | Michael Kipyego | Kenya | 37:04 |
| 7 | Tadese Tola | Ethiopia | 37:04 |
| 8 | Mubarak Hassan Shami | Qatar | 37:09 |
| 9 | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | Kenya | 37:27 |
| 10 | Martin Kitiyo Toroitich | Uganda | 37:31 |
| 11 | Mo Farah | United Kingdom | 37:31 |
| 12 | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah | Qatar | 37:37 |
| 13 | Damian Paul Chopa | Tanzania | 37:38 |
| 14 | Anis Selmouni | Morocco | 37:46 |
| 15 | Markos Geneti | Ethiopia | 37:49 |
| 16 | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 37:49 |
| 17 | Ketema Nigusse | Ethiopia | 37:57 |
| 18 | Ahmed Baday | Morocco | 37:57 |
| 19 | Simon Koros Arusei | Kenya | 37:57 |
| 20 | Moses Aliwa | Uganda | 37:58 |
| 21 | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 38:02 |
| 22 | Cuthbert Nyasango | Zimbabwe | 38:04 |
| 23 | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | 38:07 |
| 24 | Ali Abdalla | Eritrea | 38:08 |
| 25 | James Kibocha Theuri | France | 38:13 |
| 26 | Isaac Kiprop | Uganda | 38:14 |
| 27 | Chala Lemi | Ethiopia | 38:14 |
| 28 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden | 38:18 |
| 29 | Kiflom Sium | Eritrea | 38:19 |
| 30 | Samwel Kwaangu | Tanzania | 38:22 |
| 31 | Abdelhadi El Mouaziz | Morocco | 38:24 |
| 32 | Samson Kiflemariam | Eritrea | 38:31 |
| 33 | Mourad Marofit | Morocco | 38:33 |
| 34 | Barnabas Kiplagat Kosgei | Kenya | 38:34 |
| 35 | Brahim Beloua | Morocco | 38:35 |
| 36 | Adhanom Abraha | Eritrea | 38:35 |
| 37 | Wilson Kipkemei Busienei | Uganda | 38:37 |
| 38 | Sylvain Rukundo | Rwanda | 38:43 |
| 39 | James Kibet | Uganda | 38:46 |
| 40 | Ali Dawoud Sedam | Qatar | 38:48 |
| 41 | Kudakwashe Shoko | Zimbabwe | 38:54 |
| 42 | Lusapho April | South Africa | 38:59 |
| 43 | Gamal Belal Salem | Qatar | 39:05 |
| 44 | Simon Munyitu | France | 39:06 |
| 45 | Andrew Letherby | Australia | 39:07 |
| 46 | Peter Sulle | Tanzania | 39:08 |
| 47 | John Yuda Msuri | Tanzania | 39:15 |
| 48 | Tshamano Setone | South Africa | 39:15 |
| 49 | Ahmed Jumah Jaber | Qatar | 39:16 |
| 50 | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | 39:18 |
| 51 | Yang Dinghong | China | 39:18 |
| 52 | Ndabili Bashingili | Botswana | 39:18 |
| 53 | Gervais Nizeyimana | Rwanda | 39:19 |
| 54 | Yoshitaka Iwamizu | Japan | 39:21 |
| 55 | William Naranjo | Colombia | 39:28 |
| 56 | Michael Spence | United States | 39:32 |
| 57 | Etienne Bizamana | Burundi | 39:33 |
| 58 | Jean Baptiste Simukeka | Rwanda | 39:35 |
| 59 | Francis Musani | Uganda | 39:35 |
| 60 | Larbi Zeroual | France | 39:37 |
| 61 | Richard Soibei | Uganda | 39:39 |
| 62 | Dong Guojian | China | 39:39 |
| 63 | Michael Skinner | United Kingdom | 39:40 |
| 64 | David McNeill | Australia | 39:41 |
| 65 | Michael Shelley | Australia | 39:42 |
| 66 | Dickson Marwa Mkami | Tanzania | 39:42 |
| 67 | Collis Birmingham | Australia | 39:46 |
| 68 | Carles Castillejo | Spain | 39:53 |
| 69 | Mourad El Bannouri | Morocco | 39:54 |
| 70 | Gabalebe Moloko | Botswana | 39:56 |
| 71 | Jason Ward | United Kingdom | 39:58 |
| 72 | Martin Dent | Australia | 40:00 |
| 73 | Wirimai Juwawo | Zimbabwe | 40:09 |
| 74 | Philip Nicholls | United Kingdom | 40:11 |
| 75 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 40:12 |
| 76 | Eliseo Martín | Spain | 40:12 |
| 77 | Gervais Hakizimana | Rwanda | 40:13 |
| 78 | Joaquim Francisco Chamane | Angola | 40:19 |
| 79 | Alan Buckley | United Kingdom | 40:20 |
| 80 | Takuya Fukatsu | Japan | 40:21 |
| 81 | Mbongeni Ngxazozo | South Africa | 40:22 |
| 82 | Philip Wicks | United Kingdom | 40:25 |
| 83 | Roberto Oliveira | Brazil | 40:26 |
| 84 | George Majaji | Zimbabwe | 40:32 |
| 85 | José Maduro | Portugal | 40:32 |
| 86 | Kidane Tadesse | Eritrea | 40:35 |
| 87 | Naoki Shibata | Japan | 40:36 |
| 88 | Matt Gabrielson | United States | 40:41 |
| 89 | Everton Luduvice Moraes | Brazil | 40:45 |
| 90 | Hassan Hirt | France | 40:47 |
| 91 | Nasser Shams Kareem | Qatar | 40:49 |
| 92 | Iván Hierro | Spain | 40:50 |
| 93 | Ricardo Ribas | Portugal | 40:54 |
| 94 | Boiphemelo Selagaboy | Botswana | 40:59 |
| 95 | Licinio Pimentel | Portugal | 41:02 |
| 96 | José Ríos | Spain | 41:04 |
| 97 | Cleveland Forde | Guyana | 41:06 |
| 98 | Pule Hlabahlaba | South Africa | 41:07 |
| 99 | Ryan Shay | United States | 41:12 |
| 100 | Phil Costley | New Zealand | 41:17 |
| 101 | Ben Noad | United Kingdom | 41:21 |
| 102 | Liam Adams | Australia | 41:23 |
| 103 | Marty Rosendahl | United States | 41:25 |
| 104 | Francis Khanje | Malawi | 41:26 |
| 105 | Joílson da Silva | Brazil | 41:32 |
| 106 | Ansu Sowe | Gambia | 41:39 |
| 107 | El Mustafa El Ahmadi | France | 41:41 |
| 108 | Hiroyuki Ono | Japan | 41:42 |
| 109 | Godfrey Rutayisire | Rwanda | 41:52 |
| 110 | Thamer Kamal Ali | Qatar | 41:52 |
| 111 | Andrew Sipe | Tanzania | 41:59 |
| 112 | Celedonio Rodriguez | United States | 41:59 |
| 113 | Steven Vernon | United Kingdom | 42:00 |
| 114 | Mangeh Mbacha | Cameroon | 42:03 |
| 115 | Hamidou Garba Alley | Niger | 42:09 |
| 116 | Zachary Sabatino | United States | 42:11 |
| 117 | Keineetse Moswasi | Botswana | 42:15 |
| 118 | Daniel Freitas | Brazil | 42:18 |
| 119 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 42:25 |
| 120 | Nicholas Kemboi | Qatar | 42:37 |
| 121 | Ahmed Bakry | Egypt | 42:39 |
| 122 | Stéphane Joly | Switzerland | 42:43 |
| 123 | Rui Teixeira | Portugal | 42:54 |
| 124 | Samoel Girardi | Brazil | 43:13 |
| 125 | Ajmal Amirov | Tajikistan | 43:19 |
| 126 | Hidekazu Sato | Japan | 43:19 |
| 127 | Dharamjal Jeetun | Mauritius | 43:29 |
| 128 | Milan Kocourek | Czech Republic | 43:59 |
| 129 | Fasil Bizuneh | United States | 44:00 |
| 130 | Iddriss Adam | Ghana | 44:08 |
| 131 | Hiroki Matsumura | Japan | 44:11 |
| 132 | Iron Hlophe | Eswatini | 44:33 |
| 133 | Yuta Takahashi | Japan | 44:48 |
| 134 | Adriano Meneses | Brazil | 46:07 |
| — | Konan Severin N'dri | Côte d'Ivoire | DNF |
| — | Michael Tesfay | Eritrea | DNF |
| — | Günther Weidlinger | Austria | DNF |
| — | Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria | Bahrain | DNF |
| — | Mustapha Essaïd | France | DNF |
| — | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Solomon Tsige | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Turay | Sierra Leone | DNF |
| — | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Willy Nduwimana | Burundi | DNF |
| — | Moussa Barkaoui | France | DNF |
| — | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Nuno Costa | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Rui Pedro Silva | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Khalid El Amri | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Boniface Kiprop | Uganda | DNF |
| — | Bill Rogers | Liberia | DNF |
| — | Moses Kipsiro | Uganda | DNF |
| — | Koichiro Nagata | Japan | DNF |
| — | Abebe Dinkesa | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Antoine Simon Labiche | Seychelles | DNF |
| — | Boy Soke | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | DNF |
| — | Tesfayohannes Mesfin | Eritrea | DNF |
| — | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain | DNF |
| — | Mohammed Amyn | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Raphael Segodi | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Richard Bwalya | Zambia | DNF |
| — | Fabiano Joseph Naasi | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Mande Ilunga | DR Congo | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Moses Mosop2 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego3 Gideon Ngatuny4 Hosea Mwok Macharinyang5 Michael Kipyego6 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi9 (Simon Koros Arusei)(19) (Barnabas Kiplagat Kosgei)(34) (Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong)(DNF) | 29 |
| | Morocco Anis Selmouni14 Ahmed Baday18 Abderrahim Goumri21 Abdelhadi El Mouaziz31 Mourad Marofit33 Brahim Beloua35 (Mourad El Bannouri)(69) (Khalid El Amri)(DNF) (Mohammed Amyn)(DNF) | 152 |
| | Uganda Martin Kitiyo Toroitich10 Moses Aliwa20 Isaac Kiprop26 Wilson Kipkemei Busienei37 James Kibet39 Francis Musani59 (Richard Soibei)(61) (Boniface Kiprop)(DNF) (Moses Kipsiro)(DNF) | 191 |
| 4 | Eritrea Zersenay Tadese1 Ali Abdalla24 Kiflom Sium29 Samson Kiflemariam32 Adhanom Abraha36 Kidane Tadasse86 (Michael Tesfay)(DNF) (Tesfayohannes Mesfin)(DNF) (Yonas Kifle)(DNF) | 208 |
| 5 | Qatar Mubarak Hassan Shami8 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah12 Ali Dawoud Sedam40 Gamal Belal Salem43 Ahmed Jumah Jaber49 Nasser Shams Kareem91 (Thamer Kamal Ali)(110) (Nicholas Kemboi)(120) (Sultan Khamis Zaman)(DNF) | 243 |
| 6 | Tanzania Damian Paul Chopa13 Samwel Kwaangu30 Peter Sulle46 John Yuda Msuri47 Dickson Marwa Mkami66 Andrew Sipe111 | 313 |
| 7 | Rwanda Dieudonné Disi23 Sylvain Rukundo38 Gervais Nizeyimana53 Jean Baptiste Simukeka58 Gervais Hakizimana77 Godfrey Rutayisire109 | 358 |
| 8 | United Kingdom Mo Farah11 Michael Skinner63 Jason Ward71 Philip Nicholls74 Alan Buckley79 Philip Wicks82 (Ben Noad)(101) (Steven Vernon)(113) | 380 |
| 9 | Australia Andrew Letherby45 David McNeill64 Michael Shelley65 Collis Birmingham67 Martin Dent72 Liam Adams102 | 415 |
| 10 | Portugal Paulo Guerra50 Manuel Damião75 José Maduro85 Ricardo Ribas93 Licinio Pimentel95 Rui Teixeira123 (Nuno Costa)(DNF) (Rui Pedro Silva)(DNF) | 521 |
| 11 | United States Michael Spence56 Matt Gabrielson88 Ryan Shay99 Marty Rosendahl103 Celedonio Rodriguez112 Zachary Sabatino116 (Fasil Bizuneh)(129) | 574 |
| 12 | Japan Yoshitaka Iwamizu54 Takuya Fukatsu80 Naoki Shibata87 Hiroyuki Ono108 Hidekazu Sato126 Hiroki Matsumura131 (Yuta Takahashi)(133) (Koichiro Nagata)(DNF) | 586 |
| 13 | Brazil Roberto Oliveira83 Everton Luduvice Moraes89 Joílson da Silva105 Daniel Freitas118 Samoel Girardi124 Adriano Meneses134 | 653 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 163 athletes from 44 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from the Democratic Republic of the Congo did not show.
* Angola (1)
* Australia (6)
* Austria (1)
* Bahrain (1)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (6)
* Burundi (2)
* Cameroon (1)
* China (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Eritrea (9)
* Ethiopia (9)
* France (7)
* Gambia (1)
* Ghana (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Japan (8)
* Kenya (9)
* Liberia (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (9)
* New Zealand (1)
* Niger (1)
* Portugal (8)
* Qatar (9)
* Rwanda (6)
* Seychelles (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Eswatini (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (6)
* Uganda (9)
* United Kingdom (8)
* United States (7)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (4)