# 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 28, 1999. 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
### Junior men's race (8.012 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Haylu Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 25:38 |
| | Richard Limo | Kenya | 25:43 |
| | Kipchumba Mitei | Kenya | 25:45 |
| 4 | Abiyote Abate | Ethiopia | 25:46 |
| 5 | Albert Chepkurui | Kenya | 26:01 |
| 6 | Sammy Kipketer | Kenya | 26:06 |
| 7 | Duncan Lebo | Kenya | 26:14 |
| 8 | Faustin Baha | Tanzania | 26:15 |
| 9 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 26:27 |
| 10 | Yibeltal Admassu | Ethiopia | 26:28 |
| 11 | Hailemariam Tegafaw | Ethiopia | 26:59 |
| 12 | Alene Emere | Ethiopia | 27:00 |
| 13 | Michael Hiiti | Tanzania | 27:21 |
| 14 | Christopher Soget | Kenya | 27:27 |
| 15 | Martin Sulle | Tanzania | 27:29 |
| 16 | Driss Benismail | Morocco | 27:41 |
| 17 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 27:49 |
| 18 | Ahmed El Hamzaoui | Morocco | 27:51 |
| 19 | Aïssa Dghoughi | Morocco | 27:53 |
| 20 | Fethi Meftah | Algeria | 27:54 |
| 21 | Jeffrey Gwebu | South Africa | 27:58 |
| 22 | Kazuyoshi Yamamoto | Japan | 27:59 |
| 23 | Seddik Sersar | Algeria | 28:01 |
| 24 | Fasil Bizuneh | United States | 28:02 |
| 25 | Martin Fedmowski | Australia | 28:05 |
| 26 | Abdelatif Chemlal | Morocco | 28:05 |
| 27 | Gustav Svedbrant | Sweden | 28:08 |
| 28 | Bencherki Kafkaf | Algeria | 28:10 |
| 29 | Isaiah Festa | United States | 28:13 |
| 30 | Filipe Pedro | Portugal | 28:15 |
| 31 | Pedro Nimo | Spain | 28:16 |
| 32 | Steven Vernon | United Kingdom | 28:16 |
| 33 | Luke Watson | United States | 28:18 |
| 34 | Makoto Tobimatsu | Japan | 28:18 |
| 35 | Henrik Ahnström | Sweden | 28:18 |
| 36 | Fernando Rey | Spain | 28:19 |
| 37 | Zolani Ntongana | South Africa | 28:24 |
| 38 | Sofiane Beddiaf | France | 28:28 |
| 39 | Roberto González | Spain | 28:29 |
| 40 | Steve Slattery | United States | 28:29 |
| 41 | Jumanne Tuluway | Tanzania | 28:30 |
| 42 | Aleksandr Sekletov | Russia | 28:30 |
| 43 | Joe McAlister | Ireland | 28:30 |
| 44 | Ionut Bura | Romania | 28:34 |
| 45 | Nourreddine Bourfaa | Algeria | 28:35 |
| 46 | Ricardo Franzon | Argentina | 28:38 |
| 47 | Tomonori Onitsuka | Japan | 28:38 |
| 48 | Ridouane Harroufi | Morocco | 28:39 |
| 49 | Kevin Paulsen | France | 28:42 |
| 50 | Oliver Laws | United Kingdom | 28:43 |
| 51 | Hans Janssens | Belgium | 28:45 |
| 52 | Timothy Clarke | Australia | 28:45 |
| 53 | Yousri Hamdi | Tunisia | 28:46 |
| 54 | Ricardo Serrano | Spain | 28:47 |
| 55 | Adam Tenforde | United States | 28:48 |
| 56 | Alistair Cragg | South Africa | 28:48 |
| 57 | Wirimai Juwawo | Zimbabwe | 28:49 |
| 58 | Gavin Thompson | United Kingdom | 28:52 |
| 59 | Sakir Kaya | Turkey | 28:55 |
| 60 | Lorenzo Perrone | Italy | 28:56 |
| 61 | James Vidal | Colombia | 28:57 |
| 62 | Sedat Karatas | Turkey | 28:58 |
| 63 | Willie McComb | Canada | 29:00 |
| 64 | Jorge Torres | United States | 29:01 |
| 65 | Mattia Maccagnan | Italy | 29:02 |
| 66 | Christian Obrist | Italy | 29:05 |
| 67 | Abdelkrim Kabbouri | Morocco | 29:07 |
| 68 | Turo Inkiläinen | Finland | 29:09 |
| 69 | Samuel Boden | United Kingdom | 29:10 |
| 70 | Jaime Baquero | Colombia | 29:10 |
| 71 | Bruno Mazzotta | Canada | 29:10 |
| 72 | Bahattin Ince | Turkey | 29:11 |
| 73 | Radu Stroia | Romania | 29:12 |
| 74 | Koen Raymaekers | Netherlands | 29:13 |
| 75 | Shinichiro Okuda | Japan | 29:14 |
| 76 | Masataka Inaka | Japan | 29:16 |
| 77 | Robert Maycock | United Kingdom | 29:21 |
| 78 | Yoshifumi Nomura | Japan | 29:25 |
| 79 | Rudy van der Oetelaar | Netherlands | 29:25 |
| 80 | Wajdi Adassi | Tunisia | 29:26 |
| 81 | Siyami Türkmen | Turkey | 29:27 |
| 82 | Brian Keane | Ireland | 29:28 |
| 83 | Lorenzo Cannata | Italy | 29:30 |
| 84 | Aman Saini | India | 29:30 |
| 85 | Boštjan Buč | Slovenia | 29:31 |
| 86 | Jamie Epp | Canada | 29:34 |
| 87 | Arbey Rivera | Colombia | 29:34 |
| 88 | Reda Khaldi | Algeria | 29:39 |
| 89 | Westley Alkin | Canada | 29:39 |
| 90 | Honest Dandara | Zimbabwe | 29:40 |
| 91 | Mohamed Ghodhbani | Tunisia | 29:41 |
| 92 | Ruben Díez | Spain | 29:42 |
| 93 | Lennon Wicks | Australia | 29:43 |
| 94 | Mika Oksanen | Finland | 29:44 |
| 95 | Guilherme Pizzirani | Brazil | 29:46 |
| 96 | Gary Murray | Ireland | 29:46 |
| 97 | Matthieu Vandiest | Belgium | 29:50 |
| 98 | Sivuyile Dlongwana | South Africa | 29:51 |
| 99 | Jonathan Matos | Brazil | 29:52 |
| 100 | Esmail Al-Dawla | Yemen | 29:52 |
| 101 | Ahmed Hussein | Egypt | 29:53 |
| 102 | Beniamino Lubrini | Italy | 29:54 |
| 103 | Fergal Feeney | Ireland | 29:55 |
| 104 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 29:57 |
| 105 | Tuomas Inkiläinen | Finland | 29:57 |
| 106 | Sergey Denis | Belarus | 29:57 |
| 107 | Chris Thompson | United Kingdom | 29:58 |
| 108 | Lachlan Chisholm | Australia | 30:03 |
| 109 | Jukka Keskisalo | Finland | 30:04 |
| 110 | Joshua Zealand | Canada | 30:06 |
| 111 | Djamel Ahmadi | Algeria | 30:07 |
| 112 | Klaas Ramulutsi | South Africa | 30:12 |
| 113 | Mikko Suihkonen | Finland | 30:14 |
| 114 | Thiago Cecatto | Brazil | 30:16 |
| 115 | Joep Tigchelaar | Netherlands | 30:17 |
| 116 | Sergio Solis | Guatemala | 30:17 |
| 117 | Lorris Williams | Canada | 30:18 |
| 118 | Sylvester Mokalakane | South Africa | 30:22 |
| 119 | Francisco Alves | Spain | 30:25 |
| 120 | Fabio Lettieri | Italy | 30:26 |
| 121 | Kerem Karatas | Turkey | 30:28 |
| 122 | Moti Mizrahy | Israel | 30:33 |
| 123 | Simon Ward | Ireland | 30:33 |
| 124 | Shashi Prakash | India | 30:36 |
| 125 | Aleksey Volkov | Belarus | 30:37 |
| 126 | Touhami Abassi | Tunisia | 30:45 |
| 127 | Noel Kavanagh | Ireland | 30:48 |
| 128 | Denis Bagrev | Kyrgyzstan | 30:50 |
| 129 | Adel Gharsalli | Tunisia | 30:56 |
| 130 | Ala Al-Sakkaf | Yemen | 31:00 |
| 131 | Mohamed Al-Bayed | Palestine | 31:01 |
| 132 | Hassan Eisa | Egypt | 31:02 |
| 133 | Siarhei Yudenkov | Belarus | 31:02 |
| 134 | Sergey Milyutin | Kazakhstan | 31:06 |
| 135 | Farag Amer Fuad | Egypt | 31:10 |
| 136 | Nabil Al-Soufi | Yemen | 31:12 |
| 137 | Marcos Osorio | Guatemala | 31:13 |
| 138 | Dmitriy Baranovskiy | Belarus | 31:16 |
| 139 | Awad Abdallah | Egypt | 31:23 |
| 140 | Ivan Paz | Guatemala | 31:26 |
| 141 | Mobarock Mondal | India | 31:35 |
| 142 | Victor Ocampo | Colombia | 31:36 |
| 143 | Mustafa Al-Muhaya | Yemen | 31:46 |
| 144 | Manjunatha Basappa | India | 31:56 |
| 145 | Serdar Gandymov | Turkmenistan | 32:08 |
| 146 | Hoi Nam So | Hong Kong | 32:11 |
| 147 | Nader Al-Nasry | Palestine | 32:50 |
| 148 | Alex Lobos | Guatemala | 32:50 |
| 149 | Soondurnam Vardeyen | Mauritius | 33:08 |
| — | André da Silva | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Slavko Petrovic | Croatia | DNF |
| — | Ruben Indonga | Namibia | DNF |
| — | Andrey Pleskach | Turkmenistan | DNF |
| — | Mesfin Hailu | Ethiopia | DQ |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Richard Limo2 Kipchumba Mitei3 Albert Chepkurui5 Sammy Kipketer6 (Duncan Lebo)(7) (Christopher Soget)(14) | 16 |
| | Ethiopia Haylu Mekonnen1 Abiyote Abate4 Kenenisa Bekele9 Yibeltal Admassu10 (Hailemariam Tegafaw)(11) (Alene Emere)(12) | 24 |
| | Tanzania Faustin Baha8 Michael Hiiti13 Martin Sulle15 Jumanne Tuluway41 | 77 |
| 4 | Morocco Driss Benismail16 Ahmed El Hamzaoui18 Aïssa Dghoughi19 Abdelatif Chemlal26 (Ridouane Harroufi)(48) (Abdelkrim Kabbouri)(67) | 79 |
| 5 | Algeria Fethi Meftah20 Seddik Sersar23 Bencherki Kafkaf28 Nourreddine Bourfaa45 (Reda Khaldi)(88) (Djamel Ahmadi)(111) | 116 |
| 6 | United States Fasil Bizuneh24 Isaiah Festa29 Luke Watson33 Steve Slattery40 (Adam Tenforde)(55) (Jorge Torres)(64) | 126 |
| 7 | Spain Pedro Nimo31 Fernando Rey36 Roberto González39 Ricardo Serrano54 (Ruben Díez)(92) (Francisco Alves)(119) | 160 |
| 8 | Japan Kazuyoshi Yamamoto22 Makoto Tobimatsu34 Tomonori Onitsuka47 Shinichiro Okuda75 (Masataka Inaka)(76) (Yoshifumi Nomura)(78) | 178 |
| 9 | Australia Craig Mottram17 Martin Fedmowski25 Timothy Clarke52 Lennon Wicks93 (Lachlan Chisholm)(108) | 187 |
| 10 | United Kingdom Steven Vernon32 Oliver Laws50 Gavin Thompson58 Samuel Boden69 (Robert Maycock)(77) (Chris Thompson)(107) | 209 |
| 11 | South Africa Jeffrey Gwebu21 Zolani Ntongana37 Alistair Cragg56 Sivuyile Dlongwana98 (Klaas Ramulutsi)(112) (Sylvester Mokalakane)(118) | 212 |
| 12 | Turkey Sakir Kaya59 Sedat Karatas62 Bahattin Ince72 Siyami Türkmen81 (Kerem Karatas)(121) | 274 |
| 13 | Italy Lorenzo Perrone60 Mattia Maccagnan65 Christian Obrist66 Lorenzo Cannata83 (Beniamino Lubrini)(102) (Fabio Lettieri)(120) | 274 |
| 14 | Canada Willie McComb63 Bruno Mazzotta71 Jamie Epp86 Westley Alkin89 (Joshua Zealand)(110) (Lorris Williams)(117) | 309 |
| 15 | Ireland Joe McAlister43 Brian Keane82 Gary Murray96 Fergal Feeney103 (Simon Ward)(123) (Noel Kavanagh)(127) | 324 |
| 16 | Tunisia Yousri Hamdi53 Wajdi Adassi80 Mohamed Ghodhbani91 Touhami Abassi126 (Adel Gharsalli)(129) | 350 |
| 17 | Colombia James Vidal61 Jaime Baquero70 Arbey Rivera87 Victor Ocampo142 | 360 |
| 18 | Netherlands Koen Raymaekers74 Rudy van der Oetelaar79 Stefan Beumer104 Joep Tigchelaar115 | 372 |
| 19 | Finland Turo Inkiläinen68 Mika Oksanen94 Tuomas Inkiläinen105 Jukka Keskisalo109 (Mikko Suihkonen)(113) | 376 |
| 20 | India Aman Saini84 Shashi Prakash124 Mobarock Mondal141 Manjunatha Basappa144 | 493 |
| 21 | Belarus Sergey Denis106 Aleksey Volkov125 Siarhei Yudenkov133 Dmitriy Baranovskiy138 | 502 |
| 22 | Egypt Ahmed Hussein101 Hassan Eisa132 Farag Amer Fuad135 Awad Abdallah139 | 507 |
| 23 | Yemen Esmail Al-Dawla100 Ala Al-Sakkaf130 Nabil Al-Soufi136 Mustafa Al-Muhaya143 | 509 |
| 24 | Guatemala Sergio Solis116 Marcos Osorio137 Ivan Paz140 Alex Lobos148 | 541 |
| DNF | Brazil (Guilherme Pizzirani)(95) (Jonathan Matos)(99) (Thiago Cecatto)(114) (André da Silva)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 154 athletes from 43 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (5)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (2)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Colombia (4)
* Croatia (1)
* Egypt (4)
* Ethiopia (7)
* Finland (5)
* France (2)
* Guatemala (4)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (4)
* Palestine (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (2)
* Tanzania (4)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (5)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Yemen (4)
* Zimbabwe (2)