# 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (11.764 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Khalid Skah | Morocco | 33:53 |
| | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 33:54 |
| | Simon Karori | Kenya | 33:54 |
| 4 | Richard Chelimo | Kenya | 33:57 |
| 5 | Ondoro Osoro$^†$ | Kenya | 33:57 |
| 6 | Stephenson Nyamau | Kenya | 34:01 |
| 7 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 34:06 |
| 8 | Ezequiel Bitok$^†$ | Kenya | 34:19 |
| 9 | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 34:24 |
| 10 | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 34:28 |
| 11 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 34:31 |
| 12 | William Mutwol | Kenya | 34:32 |
| 13 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 34:34 |
| 14 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 34:36 |
| 15 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 34:37 |
| 16 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 34:40 |
| 17 | Antonio Silio | Argentina | 34:42 |
| 18 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 34:43 |
| 19 | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | 34:45 |
| 20 | Martín Fiz | Spain | 34:47 |
| 21 | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 34:49 |
| 22 | Tekeye Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 34:51 |
| 23 | Bedile Kibret | Ethiopia | 34:52 |
| 24 | William Koech | Kenya | 34:55 |
| 25 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 34:56 |
| 26 | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy | 34:57 |
| 27 | Oleg Strizhakov | Soviet Union | 35:00 |
| 28 | Dan Nelson | United States | 35:01 |
| 29 | Tonnie Dirks | Netherlands | 35:02 |
| 30 | Habte Negash | Ethiopia | 35:04 |
| 31 | José Manuel García | Spain | 35:04 |
| 32 | Mikhail Dasko | Soviet Union | 35:04 |
| 33 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 35:05 |
| 34 | Andrew Masai | Kenya | 35:06 |
| 35 | Mohamed El Massoudi | Morocco | 35:07 |
| 36 | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | 35:08 |
| 37 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 35:10 |
| 38 | Christian Leuprecht | Italy | 35:10 |
| 39 | Tendai Chimusasa | Zimbabwe | 35:13 |
| 40 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 35:13 |
| 41 | Andy Bristow | United Kingdom | 35:13 |
| 42 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 35:14 |
| 43 | Mustapha Essaïd | France | 35:14 |
| 44 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 35:14 |
| 45 | Henk Gommer | Netherlands | 35:15 |
| 46 | Antonio Martins | France | 35:15 |
| 47 | Peter Brett | Australia | 35:16 |
| 48 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 35:16 |
| 49 | John Nuttall | United Kingdom | 35:17 |
| 50 | Henrique Crisostomo | Portugal | 35:17 |
| 51 | Ibrahim Kinuthia$^†$ | Kenya | 35:18 |
| 52 | Richard Nerurkar | United Kingdom | 35:18 |
| 53 | Steve Tunstall | United Kingdom | 35:19 |
| 54 | Ruddy Walem | Belgium | 35:19 |
| 55 | Arnold Mächler | Switzerland | 35:19 |
| 56 | Juvenal Ribeiro | Portugal | 35:20 |
| 57 | Jacinto Navarrete | Colombia | 35:20 |
| 58 | Darren Klassen | Canada | 35:23 |
| 59 | Hamid Essebani | Morocco | 35:23 |
| 60 | Carlo Terzer | Italy | 35:24 |
| 61 | Are Nakkim | Norway | 35:25 |
| 62 | Paul Williams | Canada | 35:25 |
| 63 | Phillip Clode | New Zealand | 35:26 |
| 64 | Manuel Matias | Portugal | 35:27 |
| 65 | Benedito Gomes | Brazil | 35:28 |
| 66 | Robert de Brouwer | Netherlands | 35:28 |
| 67 | Paul Roden | United Kingdom | 35:29 |
| 68 | Pat Porter | United States | 35:29 |
| 69 | Yosuke Osawa | Japan | 35:30 |
| 70 | Marcelo Cascabelo | Argentina | 35:31 |
| 71 | Abel Antón | Spain | 35:32 |
| 72 | Boay Akoney | Tanzania | 35:33 |
| 73 | Aleksandr Burtsev | Soviet Union | 35:35 |
| 74 | Mohamed Choumassi | Morocco | 35:36 |
| 75 | John Halvorsen | Norway | 35:36 |
| 76 | Francesco Bennici | Italy | 35:38 |
| 77 | Luíz dos Santos | Brazil | 35:39 |
| 78 | Dan Reese | United States | 35:39 |
| 79 | Nikolay Chameyev | Soviet Union | 35:41 |
| 80 | Nigousse Urge | Ethiopia | 35:41 |
| 81 | Rodney Higgins | Australia | 35:42 |
| 82 | Rex Wilson | New Zealand | 35:42 |
| 83 | Bob Kempainen | United States | 35:43 |
| 84 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 35:43 |
| 85 | Mark Coogan | United States | 35:44 |
| 86 | Mohammed Mourhit | Morocco | 35:45 |
| 87 | Shozo Shimoju | Japan | 35:45 |
| 88 | Delmir dos Santos | Brazil | 35:46 |
| 89 | Graeme Fell | Canada | 35:46 |
| 90 | Gennadiy Temnikov | Soviet Union | 35:47 |
| 91 | Feyissa Abebe | Ethiopia | 35:48 |
| 92 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 35:49 |
| 93 | Pat Carroll | Australia | 35:50 |
| 94 | Julio Hernandez | Colombia | 35:51 |
| 95 | Rod de Highden | Australia | 35:51 |
| 96 | Róbert Stefko | Czechoslovakia | 35:52 |
| 97 | Pierre Levisse | France | 35:52 |
| 98 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 35:52 |
| 99 | Alberto Maravilha | Portugal | 35:53 |
| 100 | Henrik Jørgensen | Denmark | 35:53 |
| 101 | Felix Mbuye | Zambia | 35:54 |
| 102 | Pascal Depret | France | 35:55 |
| 103 | Martin McLoughlin | United Kingdom | 35:56 |
| 104 | Eddy de Pauw | Belgium | 35:56 |
| 105 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 35:57 |
| 106 | Kimball Reynierse | Aruba | 35:58 |
| 107 | Rafael Zepeda | Mexico | 35:58 |
| 108 | Mikhail Khramov | Soviet Union | 36:00 |
| 109 | Abdallah Hafid | Morocco | 36:00 |
| 110 | Diamantino dos Santos | Brazil | 36:01 |
| 111 | Hansjörg Brücker | Switzerland | 36:01 |
| 112 | Clair Wathier | Brazil | 36:02 |
| 113 | Carlos Grisales | Colombia | 36:03 |
| 114 | Herman Hofstee | Netherlands | 36:04 |
| 115 | William Taylor | United States | 36:05 |
| 116 | Brendan Matthias | Canada | 36:05 |
| 117 | Luis Ibarra | Brazil | 36:06 |
| 118 | Paul Smith | New Zealand | 36:06 |
| 119 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 36:07 |
| 120 | Vincenzo Modica | Italy | 36:08 |
| 121 | Aaron Ramirez | United States | 36:09 |
| 122 | Dave Lewis | United Kingdom | 36:10 |
| 123 | Gerry Curtis | Ireland | 36:14 |
| 124 | Juma Mnyampanda | Tanzania | 36:14 |
| 125 | Malcolm Norwood | Australia | 36:15 |
| 126 | Rafael Muñoz | Mexico | 36:16 |
| 127 | Magnus Bergman | Sweden | 36:17 |
| 128 | Akira Nakamura | Japan | 36:18 |
| 129 | Thomas Wood | United States | 36:18 |
| 130 | Håvard Tveite | Norway | 36:18 |
| 131 | Othmar Schoop | Switzerland | 36:19 |
| 132 | Luis Soares | France | 36:19 |
| 133 | Oscar Amaya | Argentina | 36:20 |
| 134 | Petr Pipa | Czechoslovakia | 36:20 |
| 135 | Victor Ndlovu | Zimbabwe | 36:21 |
| 136 | Koji Hirata | Japan | 36:22 |
| 137 | Pyotr Sarafynyuk | Soviet Union | 36:23 |
| 138 | Marc Vanderstraeten | Belgium | 36:23 |
| 139 | Jiří Švec | Czechoslovakia | 36:23 |
| 140 | Noel Richardson | Ireland | 36:24 |
| 141 | Steven Brooks | United Kingdom | 36:24 |
| 142 | Jacob Muunga | Zambia | 36:25 |
| 143 | Shaun Creighton | Australia | 36:26 |
| 144 | Luc Krotwaar | Netherlands | 36:27 |
| 145 | Robert O'Donnell | Australia | 36:28 |
| 146 | Bjørn Nordheggen | Norway | 36:28 |
| 147 | Godfrey Siamusiye | Zambia | 36:29 |
| 148 | Stig Nørregaard | Denmark | 36:30 |
| 149 | Tetiani Moyo | Zimbabwe | 36:30 |
| 150 | Oleg Syroyezhko | Soviet Union | 36:34 |
| 151 | Philippe Rémond | France | 36:35 |
| 152 | Terje Näss | Norway | 36:36 |
| 153 | Shivkumar Shreshta | India | 36:37 |
| 154 | Gerardo Reyes | Mexico | 36:37 |
| 155 | Stanislav Tabor | Czechoslovakia | 36:38 |
| 156 | Bernd Bürger | Germany | 36:39 |
| 157 | Raf Wijns | Belgium | 36:40 |
| 158 | Jozef Vybostok | Czechoslovakia | 36:41 |
| 159 | Diomede Cishahayo | Burundi | 36:42 |
| 160 | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | 36:44 |
| 161 | Martin Ryan | Ireland | 36:46 |
| 162 | Angel Cardenas | Chile | 36:47 |
| 163 | Juan Carlos Paul | Spain | 36:47 |
| 164 | Amar Benaceur | France | 36:49 |
| 165 | João Ataide | Brazil | 36:49 |
| 166 | Wilson Theleso | Botswana | 36:50 |
| 167 | Muchapiwa Mazano | Zimbabwe | 36:50 |
| 168 | Viktor Gural | Soviet Union | 36:51 |
| 169 | Maximino Ayala | Mexico | 36:51 |
| 170 | Vit Chrbolka | Czechoslovakia | 36:52 |
| 171 | Cusimiro Reyes | Mexico | 36:53 |
| 172 | Sean Wade | New Zealand | 36:57 |
| 173 | Ivan Uvizl | Czechoslovakia | 36:58 |
| 174 | Brighton Chipere | Zimbabwe | 36:59 |
| 175 | Kasimir Kunz | Switzerland | 37:02 |
| 176 | Mickael Dufermont | France | 37:03 |
| 177 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 37:04 |
| 178 | Mark Furlan | New Zealand | 37:05 |
| 179 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 37:07 |
| 180 | Winford Munthali | Zambia | 37:09 |
| 181 | Abhay Singh | India | 37:11 |
| 182 | Jean Mahatana | Madagascar | 37:12 |
| 183 | Lubos Cesnek | Czechoslovakia | 37:14 |
| 184 | Ivo Claes | Belgium | 37:15 |
| 185 | Dinesh Kumar | India | 37:17 |
| 186 | Raymond van Paemel | Belgium | 37:22 |
| 187 | Udai Pratap Singh | India | 37:23 |
| 188 | René Godlieb | Netherlands | 37:24 |
| 189 | Leonardo Malgor | Argentina | 37:26 |
| 190 | Adriano Pezzoli | Italy | 37:27 |
| 191 | Jose Duarte | Mexico | 37:28 |
| 192 | Tom Maher | Ireland | 37:29 |
| 193 | João N'tyamba | Angola | 37:30 |
| 194 | Rod DeHaven | United States | 37:34 |
| 195 | Andrea Erni | Switzerland | 37:35 |
| 196 | Jafar Babakhani | Iran | 37:39 |
| 197 | Robbie Johnston | New Zealand | 37:40 |
| 198 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | 37:41 |
| 199 | Noel Cullen | Ireland | 37:42 |
| 200 | Knut Bakken | Norway | 37:48 |
| 201 | Martin Simeon | Namibia | 37:50 |
| 202 | Richard Charette | Canada | 37:52 |
| 203 | Redson Munsanje | Zambia | 37:53 |
| 204 | Richard Potts | New Zealand | 37:54 |
| 205 | Marc van Rooy | Netherlands | 37:54 |
| 206 | Benjamin Keleketu | Botswana | 37:55 |
| 207 | Gino van Geyte | Belgium | 37:57 |
| 208 | Toribio Gutierres | Argentina | 38:05 |
| 209 | Carlos Naput | Argentina | 38:08 |
| 210 | Jamie Harrison | Australia | 38:15 |
| 211 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 38:19 |
| 212 | Mohinder Singh | India | 38:20 |
| 213 | Mike Felicite | Mauritius | 38:24 |
| 214 | Michel Jean-Louis | Mauritius | 38:40 |
| 215 | Hasan Sabzevari | Iran | 38:46 |
| 216 | Brian Gillatt | New Zealand | 38:55 |
| 217 | Ali Movahedpoor | Iran | 39:01 |
| 218 | Wang Chen-Hui | Chinese Taipei | 39:02 |
| 219 | Hsu Gi-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 39:11 |
| 220 | Shiv Kumar Yadav | India | 39:18 |
| 221 | Hsu Yi-Chung | Chinese Taipei | 39:21 |
| 222 | Patrick Moonsamy | Mauritius | 39:25 |
| 223 | Jean Newk-See | Mauritius | 39:30 |
| 224 | Clement Pirogue | Mauritius | 39:33 |
| 225 | Robert Kusi | Botswana | 39:36 |
| 226 | Paddy McCluskey | Canada | 39:53 |
| 227 | Pascal Face | Mauritius | 39:55 |
| 228 | Ajay Chuttoo | Mauritius | 40:03 |
| 229 | Calvin Dallas | U.S. Virgin Islands | 40:18 |
| 230 | Dominique Huryl | Mauritius | 40:19 |
| — | John Campbell | New Zealand | DNF |
| — | Paul McCloy | Canada | DNF |
| — | John Ngugi | Kenya | DNF |
| — | John Downes | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Bernt Eltervaag | Norway | DNF |
| — | Tom Fineda | Guam | DNF |
| — | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | DNF |
$^†$: Athlete marked in the results list as nonscorer.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Moses Tanui2 Simon Karori3 Richard Chelimo4 Stephenson Nyamau6 Boniface Merande11 William Mutwol12 (William Koech)(24) (Andrew Masai)(34) (John Ngugi)(DNF) | 38 |
| | Ethiopia Chala Kelele7 Addis Abebe9 Melese Feissa13 Tekeye Gebrselassie22 Bedile Kibret23 Habte Negash30 (Nigousse Urge)(80) (Feyissa Abebe)(91) | 104 |
| | Spain Alejandro Gómez14 Martín Fiz20 José Carlos Adán25 José Manuel García31 Antonio Serrano37 Abel Antón71 (Antonio Prieto)(98) (Constantino Esparcia)(119) (Juan Carlos Paul)(163) | 198 |
| 4 | Portugal Joaquim Pinheiro16 Domingos Castro33 Dionísio Castro36 Ezequiel Canario42 Henrique Crisostomo50 Juvenal Ribeiro56 (Manuel Matias)(64) (Alberto Maravilha)(99) (Joaquim Silva)(DNF) | 233 |
| 5 | Morocco Khalid Skah1 Hammou Boutayeb10 Mohamed El Massoudi35 Hamid Essebani59 Mohamed Choumassi74 Mohammed Mourhit86 (Abdallah Hafid)(109) | 265 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Eamonn Martin19 Andy Bristow41 John Nuttall49 Richard Nerurkar52 Steve Tunstall53 Paul Roden67 (Martin McLoughlin)(103) (Dave Lewis)(122) (Steven Brooks)(141) | 281 |
| 7 | Italy Giuseppe Miccoli26 Christian Leuprecht38 Salvatore Bettiol44 Carlo Terzer60 Francesco Bennici76 Franco Boffi92 (Angelo Carosi)(105) (Vincenzo Modica)(120) (Adriano Pezzoli)(190) | 336 |
| 8 | Soviet Union Oleg Strizhakov27 Mikhail Dasko32 Aleksandr Burtsev73 Nikolay Chameyev79 Gennadiy Temnikov90 Mikhail Khramov108 (Pyotr Sarafynyuk)(137) (Oleg Syroyezhko)(150) (Viktor Gural)(168) | 409 |
| 9 | Australia Steve Moneghetti15 Peter Brett47 Rodney Higgins81 Pat Carroll93 Rod de Highden95 Malcolm Norwood125 (Shaun Creighton)(143) (Robert O'Donnell)(145) (Jamie Harrison)(210) | 456 |
| 10 | United States Dan Nelson28 Pat Porter68 Dan Reese78 Bob Kempainen83 Mark Coogan85 William Taylor115 (Aaron Ramirez)(121) (Thomas Wood)(129) (Rod DeHaven)(194) | 457 |
| 11 | Brazil Artur Castro40 Benedito Gomes65 Luíz dos Santos77 Delmir dos Santos88 Diamantino dos Santos110 Clair Wathier112 (Luis Ibarra)(117) (João Ataide)(165) | 492 |
| 12 | Belgium Vincent Rousseau21 Ruddy Walem54 Jos Maes84 Eddy de Pauw104 Marc Vanderstraeten138 Raf Wijns157 (Ivo Claes)(184) (Raymond van Paemel)(186) (Gino van Geyte)(207) | 558 |
| 13 | Netherlands Tonnie Dirks29 Henk Gommer45 Robert de Brouwer66 Herman Hofstee114 Luc Krotwaar144 Marcel Versteeg160 (René Godlieb)(188) (Marc van Rooy)(205) | 558 |
| 14 | France Mustapha Essaïd43 Antonio Martins46 Pierre Levisse97 Pascal Depret102 Luis Soares132 Philippe Rémond151 (Amar Benaceur)(164) (Mickael Dufermont)(176) (Dominique Chauvelier)(198) | 571 |
| 15 | Canada Carey Nelson48 Darren Klassen58 Paul Williams62 Graeme Fell89 Brendan Matthias116 Richard Charette202 (Alain Bordeleau)(211) (Paddy McCluskey)(226) (Paul McCloy)(DNF) | 575 |
| 16 | Norway Are Nakkim61 John Halvorsen75 Håvard Tveite130 Bjørn Nordheggen146 Terje Näss152 Knut Bakken200 (Bernt Eltervaag)(DNF) | 764 |
| 17 | New Zealand Phillip Clode63 Rex Wilson82 Paul Smith118 Sean Wade172 Mark Furlan178 Robbie Johnston197 (Richard Potts)(204) (Brian Gillatt)(216) (John Campbell)(DNF) | 810 |
| 18 | Argentina Antonio Silio17 Marcelo Cascabelo70 Oscar Amaya133 Leonardo Malgor189 Toribio Gutierres208 Carlos Naput209 | 826 |
| 19 | Switzerland Arnold Mächler55 Hansjörg Brücker111 Othmar Schoop131 Kasimir Kunz175 Marius Hasler177 Andrea Erni195 | 844 |
| 20 | Czechoslovakia Róbert Stefko96 Petr Pipa134 Jiří Švec139 Stanislav Tabor155 Jozef Vybostok158 Vit Chrbolka170 (Ivan Uvizl)(173) (Lubos Cesnek)(183) | 852 |
| 21 | Mexico Rafael Zepeda107 Rafael Muñoz126 Gerardo Reyes154 Maximino Ayala169 Cusimiro Reyes171 Jose Duarte191 | 918 |
| 22 | Ireland Gerry Curtis123 Noel Richardson140 Martin Ryan161 Roy Dooney179 Tom Maher192 Noel Cullen199 (John Downes)(DNF) | 994 |
| 23 | India Shivkumar Shreshta153 Abhay Singh181 Dinesh Kumar185 Udai Pratap Singh187 Mohinder Singh212 Shiv Kumar Yadav220 | 1138 |
| 24 | Mauritius Mike Felicite213 Michel Jean-Louis214 Patrick Moonsamy222 Jean Newk-See223 Clement Pirogue224 Pascal Face227 (Ajay Chuttoo)(228) (Dominique Huryl)(230) | 1323 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 237 athletes from 44 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Angola (1)
* Argentina (6)
* Aruba (1)
* Australia (9)
* Belgium (9)
* Botswana (3)
* Brazil (8)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (9)
* Chile (1)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Colombia (3)
* Czechoslovakia (8)
* Denmark (2)
* Ethiopia (8)
* France (9)
* Germany (1)
* Guam (1)
* India (6)
* Iran (3)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (12)
* Madagascar (1)
* Mauritius (8)
* Mexico (6)
* Morocco (7)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (9)
* Norway (7)
* Portugal (9)
* Rwanda (1)
* Soviet Union (9)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (6)
* Tanzania (2)
* United Kingdom (9)
* United States (9)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Zambia (5)
* Zimbabwe (5)