# 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain, on March 20, 2011. Reports of the event were given 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 |
| | Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor | Kenya | 22:21 |
| | Thomas Ayeko | Uganda | 22:27 |
| | Patrick Mutunga Mwikya | Kenya | 22:32 |
| 4 | Bonsa Dida | Ethiopia | 22:39 |
| 5 | Fikadu Haftu | Ethiopia | 22:43 |
| 6 | James Gitahi Rungaru | Kenya | 22:43 |
| 7 | Muktar Edris | Ethiopia | 22:44 |
| 8 | Yitayal Atnafu | Ethiopia | 22:53 |
| 9 | Jacob Araptany | Uganda | 23:03 |
| 10 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | Kenya | 23:10 |
| 11 | Tesfaye Cheru | Ethiopia | 23:16 |
| 12 | Samsom Gebreyohannes | Eritrea | 23:18 |
| 13 | Philemon Kipchumba Yator | Kenya | 23:19 |
| 14 | Justine Kiprop Cheruiyot | Kenya | 23:19 |
| 15 | Peter Kibet | Uganda | 23:21 |
| 16 | Merhawi Tadesse | Eritrea | 23:21 |
| 17 | Goitom Kifle | Eritrea | 23:24 |
| 18 | Soufiyan Bouqantar | Morocco | 23:25 |
| 19 | Teshome Tafese | Ethiopia | 23:33 |
| 20 | Tesfagaber Ayahuney | Eritrea | 23:35 |
| 21 | Tsegay Tuemay | Eritrea | 23:43 |
| 22 | Isaac Kemboi Chelimo | Bahrain | 23:47 |
| 23 | Abdelmajid El Hissouf | Morocco | 23:49 |
| 24 | Phillip Kipyego | Uganda | 23:50 |
| 25 | Daniel Rotich | Uganda | 23:52 |
| 26 | William Kaptein | South Africa | 23:52 |
| 27 | Othmane El Goumri | Morocco | 23:57 |
| 28 | Luyanda Qolo | South Africa | 23:59 |
| 29 | Craig Lutz | United States | 24:02 |
| 30 | Weynay Ghebresilasie | Eritrea | 24:11 |
| 31 | Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam | Sudan | 24:17 |
| 32 | Ammar Moussa | United States | 24:21 |
| 33 | Kazuma Kubota | Japan | 24:22 |
| 34 | Jeremy Andreas | South Africa | 24:23 |
| 35 | Merlin Alcardo Klaaste | South Africa | 24:23 |
| 36 | Takashi Ichida | Japan | 24:25 |
| 37 | Genki Yagisawa | Japan | 24:34 |
| 38 | Abdelhadi Labäli | Morocco | 24:34 |
| 39 | Jonathan Hay | United Kingdom | 24:35 |
| 40 | Ethan Heywood | Australia | 24:36 |
| 41 | Glen Yarham | Australia | 24:37 |
| 42 | Yuma Hattori | Japan | 24:38 |
| 43 | Yuki Arimura | Japan | 24:40 |
| 44 | Mansour Haraoui | Algeria | 24:43 |
| 45 | Maxwell Straneva | United States | 24:45 |
| 46 | Ken Yokote | Japan | 24:45 |
| 47 | Justin Vilhauer | United States | 24:50 |
| 48 | Romain Collenot-Spriet | France | 24:51 |
| 49 | Ross Proudfoot | Canada | 24:53 |
| 50 | Il'gizar Safiullin | Russia | 24:59 |
| 51 | Khalid Mohamed Ahmed | Sudan | 24:59 |
| 52 | Rui Pinto | Portugal | 25:01 |
| 53 | Ross Matheson | United Kingdom | 25:03 |
| 54 | Gabriel Navarro | Spain | 25:09 |
| 55 | Maxime Salmeron | France | 25:10 |
| 56 | Ryan Poland | United States | 25:12 |
| 57 | Said Diaz | Mexico | 25:13 |
| 58 | Szymon Kulka | Poland | 25:17 |
| 59 | Ioran Etchechury | Brazil | 25:17 |
| 60 | João Luis Filho | Brazil | 25:18 |
| 61 | Ilyas Salhi | Algeria | 25:19 |
| 62 | Andrey Strizhakov | Russia | 25:22 |
| 63 | Xavier King | Canada | 25:24 |
| 64 | Khemais Abbassi | Tunisia | 25:25 |
| 65 | Hugh Williams | Australia | 25:26 |
| 66 | Angel Ronco | Spain | 25:27 |
| 67 | Benjamin Connor | United Kingdom | 25:29 |
| 68 | Jonathan Darlington | Canada | 25:30 |
| 69 | Fernando Carro | Spain | 25:34 |
| 70 | Mmusu Edwin Sesipi | South Africa | 25:35 |
| 71 | Richard Goodman | United Kingdom | 25:37 |
| 72 | Ian Bailey | United Kingdom | 25:40 |
| 73 | José Luis Rojas | Peru | 25:41 |
| 74 | Taha Gourrida | Tunisia | 25:42 |
| 75 | Joshua Johnson | Australia | 25:43 |
| 76 | Víctor Puyuelo | Spain | 25:43 |
| 77 | Giuseppe Gerratana | Italy | 25:44 |
| 78 | Djilali Bedrani | France | 25:50 |
| 79 | Andrew Kowalsky | Canada | 25:53 |
| 80 | Andrey Rusakov | Russia | 25:55 |
| 81 | Yimer Getahun | Israel | 25:58 |
| 82 | Elsmani Ali Mohammed | Sudan | 25:59 |
| 83 | Robert Denault | Canada | 26:01 |
| 84 | Chouaib Hamdane | Algeria | 26:03 |
| 85 | Selibi Maitiso | Botswana | 26:06 |
| 86 | Mitko Tsenov | Bulgaria | 26:06 |
| 87 | Zinelabedine Mahcene | Algeria | 26:07 |
| 88 | Karim Achengli | Spain | 26:11 |
| 89 | Eduard Krasnov | Russia | 26:13 |
| 90 | Houssem Chaabani | Tunisia | 26:14 |
| 91 | Chol Ubhor | Sudan | 26:15 |
| 92 | Lucirio Antonio Garrido | Venezuela | 26:17 |
| 93 | Paul Janikowski | Canada | 26:19 |
| 94 | Daniel Arce | Spain | 26:27 |
| 95 | Tom Curr | United Kingdom | 26:28 |
| 96 | Walid Lajdal | Tunisia | 26:29 |
| 97 | Guilherme Ademilson Santos | Brazil | 26:31 |
| 98 | Mouloud Madoui | Algeria | 26:34 |
| 99 | Dzianis Piatraha | Belarus | 26:47 |
| 100 | Tha'er Aljohar | Jordan | 26:52 |
| 101 | Nikolai Lialikov | Russia | 26:54 |
| 102 | Stefano Massimi | Italy | 26:59 |
| 103 | Abdelmjid Ed Derraz | Italy | 27:19 |
| 104 | Vitaly Lagushin | Russia | 27:20 |
| 105 | Ataíde de Souza | Brazil | 27:21 |
| 106 | Nilson Tavares | Cape Verde | 33:55 |
| — | Erik Olson | United States | DNF |
| — | Shane Quinn | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Hicham Sigueni | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Jaouad Chemlal | Morocco | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor1 Patrick Mutunga Mwikya3 James Gitahi Rungaru6 Isiah Kiplangat Koech10 (Philemon Kipchumba Yator)(13) (Justine Kiprop Cheruiyot)(14) | 20 |
| | Ethiopia Bonsa Dida4 Fikadu Haftu5 Muktar Edris7 Yitayal Atnafu8 (Tesfaye Cheru)(11) (Teshome Tafese)(19) | 24 |
| | Uganda Thomas Ayeko2 Jacob Araptany9 Peter Kibet15 Phillip Kipyego24 (Daniel Rotich)(25) | 50 |
| 4 | Eritrea Samson Gebreyohannes12 Merhawi Tadesse16 Goitom Kifle17 Tesfagaber Ayahuney20 (Tsegay Tuemay)(21) (Weynay Ghebresilasie)(30) | 65 |
| 5 | Morocco Soufiyan Bouqantar18 Abdelmajid El Hissouf23 Othmane El Goumri27 Abdelhadi Labäli38 (Hicham Sigueni)(DNF) | 106 |
| 6 | South Africa William Kaptein26 Luyanda Qolo28 Jeremy Andreas34 Merlin Alcardo Klaaste35 (Mmusu Edwin Sesipi)(70) | 123 |
| 7 | Japan Kazuma Kubota33 Takashi Ichida36 Genki Yagisawa37 Yuma Hattori42 (Yuki Arimura)(43) (Ken Yokote)(46) | 148 |
| 8 | United States Craig Lutz29 Ammar Moussa32 Maxwell Straneva45 Justin Vilhauer47 (Ryan Poland)(56) (Erik Olson)(DNF) | 153 |
| 9 | Australia Ethan Heywood40 Glen Yarham41 Hugh Williams65 Joshua Johnson75 | 221 |
| 10 | United Kingdom Jonathan Hay39 Ross Matheson53 Benjamin Connor67 Richard Goodman71 (Ian Bailey)(72) (Tom Curr)(95) | 230 |
| 11 | Sudan Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam31 Khalid Mohamed Ahmed51 Elsmani Ali Mohammed82 Chol Ubhor91 | 255 |
| 12 | Canada Ross Proudfoot49 Xavier King63 Jonathan Darlington68 Andrew Kowalsky79 (Robert Denault)(83) (Paul Janikowski)(93) | 259 |
| 13 | Spain Gabriel Navarro54 Angel Ronco66 Fernando Carro69 Víctor Puyuelo76 (Karim Achengli)(88) (Daniel Arce)(94) | 265 |
| 14 | Algeria Mansour Haraoui44 Ilyas Salhi61 Chouaib Hamdane84 Zinelabedine Mahcene87 (Mouloud Madoui)(98) | 276 |
| 15 | Russia Il'gizar Safiullin50 Andrey Strizhakov62 Andrey Rusakov80 Eduard Krasnov89 (Nikolai Lialikov)(101) (Vitaly Lagushin)(104) | 281 |
| 16 | Brazil Ioran Etchechury59 João Luis Filho60 Guilherme Ademilson Santos97 Ataíde de Souza105 | 321 |
| 17 | Tunisia Khemais Abbassi64 Taha Gourrida74 Houssem Chaabani90 Walid Lajdal96 | 324 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 109 athletes from 32 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (5)
* Australia (4)
* Bahrain (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (6)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Eritrea (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (6)
* Jordan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (5)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (6)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sudan (4)
* Tunisia (4)
* Uganda (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Venezuela (1)