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

The Junior 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
### Junior men's race (8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 24:07 |
| | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | Kenya | 24:12 |
| | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Kenya | 24:23 |
| 4 | Leonard Patrick Komon | Kenya | 24:25 |
| 5 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Uganda | 24:31 |
| 6 | Issak Sibhatu | Eritrea | 24:38 |
| 7 | Imane Merga | Ethiopia | 24:41 |
| 8 | Samuel Tsegay | Eritrea | 24:42 |
| 9 | Tonny Wamulwa | Zambia | 24:43 |
| 10 | Geofrey Kusuro | Uganda | 24:48 |
| 11 | Nicholas Mulinge Makau | Kenya | 24:50 |
| 12 | Demssew Tsega | Ethiopia | 24:52 |
| 13 | Abraham Niyonkuru | Burundi | 24:56 |
| 14 | Teklemariam Medhin | Eritrea | 24:56 |
| 15 | Abreham Cherkos | Ethiopia | 24:59 |
| 16 | Amanuel Mesel | Eritrea | 25:00 |
| 17 | Tsegai Tewelde | Eritrea | 25:00 |
| 18 | Jean Claude Niyonizigiye | Burundi | 25:06 |
| 19 | Stephen Kiprotich | Uganda | 25:07 |
| 20 | Tola Bane | Ethiopia | 25:15 |
| 21 | Isaac Ayeko | Uganda | 25:17 |
| 22 | Marco Joseph | Tanzania | 25:35 |
| 23 | Dickson Huru | Uganda | 25:35 |
| 24 | Lukinga Uwezo | Tanzania | 25:36 |
| 25 | Abihorera Bora | Tanzania | 25:39 |
| 26 | Jordan Chipangama | Zambia | 25:50 |
| 27 | Mouhssine Cherkaoui | Morocco | 25:51 |
| 28 | Habtamu Fikadu | Ethiopia | 26:01 |
| 29 | Lesole Zim | South Africa | 26:02 |
| 30 | Hicham El Amrani | Morocco | 26:04 |
| 31 | Naser Jamal Naser | Qatar | 26:07 |
| 32 | Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere | Burundi | 26:07 |
| 33 | Pascal Mombo Sarwat | Tanzania | 26:13 |
| 34 | Keisuke Tanaka | Japan | 26:18 |
| 35 | Adil Rached | Morocco | 26:22 |
| 36 | Edris Yousif | Sudan | 26:23 |
| 37 | Wilyam Filiph Rabih | Sudan | 26:23 |
| 38 | Morhad Amdouni | France | 26:24 |
| 39 | Ezechiel Nizigiyimana | Burundi | 26:26 |
| 40 | Yuki Yagi | Japan | 26:28 |
| 41 | Nail El Dod | Sudan | 26:28 |
| 42 | Moussa Karich | Morocco | 26:28 |
| 43 | Prosper Nkunzimana | Burundi | 26:31 |
| 44 | Goodson Chungu | Zambia | 26:33 |
| 45 | Xolisa Tyali | South Africa | 26:41 |
| 46 | Jake Robertson | New Zealand | 26:46 |
| 47 | Cansas Nhlapo | South Africa | 26:54 |
| 48 | Mohamed Elbendir | Spain | 26:59 |
| 49 | Ciprian Suhanea | Romania | 27:02 |
| 50 | Abdelmadjed Touil | Algeria | 27:02 |
| 51 | Ben Guest | Australia | 27:03 |
| 52 | Lotfi Chebli | Algeria | 27:04 |
| 53 | Shun Kurihara | Japan | 27:05 |
| 54 | Takuya Noguchi | Japan | 27:07 |
| 55 | Mahamoud Farah | Djibouti | 27:10 |
| 56 | Kenny Klotz | United States | 27:11 |
| 57 | Thorsten Baumeister | Germany | 27:15 |
| 58 | Lee Carey | United Kingdom | 27:17 |
| 59 | Takuya Nakayama | Japan | 27:18 |
| 60 | Merihun Crespi | Italy | 27:19 |
| 61 | Hassan Chahdi | France | 27:20 |
| 62 | Nasereldein Jalap | Sudan | 27:28 |
| 63 | Abdelghani Aït Bahmad | Morocco | 27:30 |
| 64 | Matthew Leeder | Canada | 27:30 |
| 65 | Rico Schwarz | Germany | 27:33 |
| 66 | Jefferson Peña | Colombia | 27:35 |
| 67 | Jonas Matti Markowski | Germany | 27:37 |
| 68 | Hichem Benkhalouf | Algeria | 27:38 |
| 69 | Manuel Stöckert | Germany | 27:42 |
| 70 | Fred Arapsudi | Uganda | 27:44 |
| 71 | Ricardo Mateus | Portugal | 27:46 |
| 72 | Andrew Livingstone | United Kingdom | 27:47 |
| 73 | Alessandro Turroni | Italy | 27:48 |
| 74 | Bentamra Boucherit | Algeria | 27:51 |
| 75 | Javier Peña | Colombia | 27:51 |
| 76 | Ben Ashkettle | Australia | 27:56 |
| 77 | Conor McNulty | United Kingdom | 28:00 |
| 78 | Diaaeldin Ahmed | Sudan | 28:07 |
| 79 | Massaoud Pedotti | Italy | 28:08 |
| 80 | Luis Alberto Orta | Venezuela | 28:10 |
| 81 | Matthew Hughes | Canada | 28:13 |
| 82 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Algeria | 28:18 |
| 83 | Wesley Mancilla | Colombia | 28:20 |
| 84 | Guillem Duran | Spain | 28:24 |
| 85 | Dean Brummer | South Africa | 28:24 |
| 86 | Ryan McNiff | United States | 28:28 |
| 87 | Ben Lindsay | United Kingdom | 28:31 |
| 88 | Mathew Mildenhall | New Zealand | 28:31 |
| 89 | David Forrester | United Kingdom | 28:33 |
| 90 | Alessandro Brancato | Italy | 28:34 |
| 91 | Pedro Cirne | Portugal | 28:35 |
| 92 | Fabio Pirillo | Italy | 28:41 |
| 93 | Takuro Nakanishi | Japan | 28:45 |
| 94 | Mohammed Al-Juraid | Yemen | 28:46 |
| 95 | Dmitry Zubkov | Russia | 28:54 |
| 96 | Greg Miller | Canada | 28:59 |
| 97 | Christian Hengmith | Germany | 29:19 |
| 98 | Christian Molitor | Luxembourg | 29:38 |
| 99 | Matthew Bruce | Canada | 29:41 |
| 100 | Matthew Tebo | United States | 30:56 |
| 101 | Andrea Seppi | Italy | 31:04 |
| 102 | Sebastian Martos | Spain | 31:20 |
| 103 | José Mario García | Spain | 31:34 |
| 104 | Makhmud Zaripov | Tajikistan | 32:13 |
| 105 | Ahmed Al-Rumaim | Yemen | 32:19 |
| — | Adam Hickey | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Javier García | Spain | DNF |
| — | Samuel Crowther | Australia | DNF |
| — | Christopher Hamer | Australia | DNF |
| — | Joshua Edmonds | United States | DNF |
| — | Noel Bateman | United States | DNF |
| — | Ahmed Sarhan | Yemen | DNF |
| — | Mugahed Al-Omal | Yemen | DNF |
| — | Dunken Mabvuto Matumbo | Zambia | DNF |
| — | Juan A. Pérez | Spain | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Bahri | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Abdelali Ech Challaouy | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Mark Henshaw | Canada | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Rashed Mubarak Al-Dhahri | United Arab Emirates | DNF |
| — | Emmanuel Giniki | Tanzania | DNF |
| — | Pascal Goti | Tanzania | DNF |
| — | Ibrahim Jeilan | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Dawid Szewczyk | Poland | DNF |
| — | Mark Tolstikhin | Russia | DNF |
| — | Leeto Hlalele | Lesotho | DNF |
| — | Paul Muteru Kuria | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Abdule Abdi | Somalia | DNS |
| — | Sakila Lufumba | DR Congo | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Asbel Kiprop1 Vincent Kiprop Chepkok2 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio3 Leonard Patrick Komon4 (Nicholas Mulinge Makau)(11) (Paul Muteru Kuria)(DNF) | 10 |
| | Eritrea Issak Sibhatu6 Samuel Tsegay8 Teklemariam Medhin14 Amanuel Mesel16 (Tsegai Tewelde)(17) | 44 |
| | Ethiopia Imane Merga7 Demssew Tsega12 Abreham Cherkos15 Tola Bane20 (Habtamu Fikadu)(28) (Ibrahim Jeilan)(DNF) | 54 |
| 4 | Uganda Benjamin Kiplagat5 Geofrey Kusuro10 Stephen Kiprotich19 Isaac Ayeko21 (Dickson Huru)(23) (Fred Arapsudi)(70) | 55 |
| 5 | Burundi Abraham Niyonkuru13 Jean Claude Niyonizigiye18 Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere32 Ezechiel Nizigiyimana39 (Prosper Nkunzimana)(43) | 102 |
| 6 | Tanzania Marco Joseph22 Lukinga Uwezo24 Abihorera Bora25 Pascal Mombo Sarwat33 (Emmanuel Giniki)(DNF) (Pascal Goti)(DNF) | 104 |
| 7 | Morocco Mouhssine Cherkaoui27 Hicham El Amrani30 Adil Rached35 Moussa Karich42 (Abdelghani Aït Bahmad)(63) (Abdelali Ech Challaouy)(DNF) | 134 |
| 8 | Sudan Edris Yousif36 Wilyam Filiph Rabih37 Nail El Dod41 Nasereldein Jalap62 (Diaaeldin Ahmed)(78) | 176 |
| 9 | Japan Keisuke Tanaka34 Yuki Yagi40 Shun Kurihara53 Takuya Noguchi54 (Takuya Nakayama)(59) (Takuro Nakanishi)(93) | 181 |
| 10 | South Africa Lesole Zim29 Xolisa Tyali45 Cansas Nhlapo47 Dean Brummer85 | 206 |
| 11 | Algeria Abdelmadjed Touil50 Lotfi Chebli52 Hichem Benkhalouf68 Bentamra Boucherit74 (Taoufik Makhloufi)(82) (Mohamed Bahri)(DNF) | 244 |
| 12 | Germany Thorsten Baumeister57 Rico Schwarz65 Jonas Matti Markowski67 Manuel Stöckert69 (Christian Hengmith)(97) | 258 |
| 13 | United Kingdom Lee Carey58 Andrew Livingstone72 Conor McNulty77 Ben Lindsay87 (David Forrester)(89) (Adam Hickey)(DNF) | 294 |
| 14 | Italy Merihun Crespi60 Alessandro Turroni73 Massaoud Pedotti79 Alessandro Brancato90 (Fabio Pirillo)(92) (Andrea Seppi)(101) | 302 |
| 15 | Spain Mohamed Elbendir48 Guillem Duran84 Sebastian Martos102 José Mario García103 (Javier García)(DNF) (Juan A. Pérez)(DNF) | 337 |
| 16 | Canada Matthew Leeder64 Matthew Hughes81 Greg Miller96 Matthew Bruce99 (Mark Henshaw)(DNF) | 340 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (4)
* Burundi (5)
* Canada (5)
* Colombia (3)
* Djibouti (1)
* Eritrea (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (2)
* Germany (5)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Lesotho (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Morocco (6)
* New Zealand (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (6)
* Sudan (5)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (6)
* Uganda (6)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (5)
* Venezuela (1)
* Yemen (4)
* Zambia (4)