# 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, at the Franklin Park on March 21, 1992. 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
### Junior men's race (7.8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 23:27 |
| | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 23:35 |
| | Josephat Machuka | Kenya | 23:37 |
| 4 | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya | 23:45 |
| 5 | Tegenu Abebe | Ethiopia | 23:50 |
| 6 | Francis Nade | Tanzania | 23:54 |
| 7 | Yasuyuki Watanabe | Japan | 23:58 |
| 8 | Gerbaba Eticha | Ethiopia | 24:16 |
| 9 | Antony Mwingereza | Tanzania | 24:19 |
| 10 | Samuel Otieno | Kenya | 24:20 |
| 11 | Mark Kipsang Too | Kenya | 24:22 |
| 12 | Kazuhiro Kawauchi | Japan | 24:23 |
| 13 | Tesgie Legesse | Ethiopia | 24:25 |
| 14 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 24:26 |
| 15 | Philip Starr | New Zealand | 24:28 |
| 16 | Mimoun Rahmouni | Morocco | 24:30 |
| 17 | Jason Casiano | United States | 24:31 |
| 18 | Maurizio Leone | Italy | 24:33 |
| 19 | Tarek Zoghmar | Algeria | 24:35 |
| 20 | Maurizio Gemetto | Italy | 24:37 |
| 21 | Onesmo Ludago | Tanzania | 24:39 |
| 22 | Emerson Vettori | Brazil | 24:41 |
| 23 | Mounir Khelil | France | 24:43 |
| 24 | Pablo Olmedo | Mexico | 24:44 |
| 25 | Juan Carlos Rosero | Spain | 24:45 |
| 26 | Kevin Toher | United Kingdom | 24:46 |
| 27 | Greg van Hest | Netherlands | 24:48 |
| 28 | Jeff Schiebler | Canada | 24:49 |
| 29 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 24:50 |
| 30 | David Robertson | United Kingdom | 24:51 |
| 31 | Colin Jones | United Kingdom | 24:52 |
| 32 | Masaki Yamamoto | Japan | 24:53 |
| 33 | Abderrazak Marchoud | Morocco | 24:54 |
| 34 | Shane Garcia | United States | 24:55 |
| 35 | Javier Rodríguez | Spain | 24:56 |
| 36 | Ahmed Boulahia | Algeria | 24:58 |
| 37 | Arnaud Crepieux | France | 25:00 |
| 38 | José Rios | Spain | 25:01 |
| 39 | Daisuke Isomatsu | Japan | 25:02 |
| 40 | Mohamed Belasri | Morocco | 25:03 |
| 41 | Oliver Wirz | Switzerland | 25:04 |
| 42 | Ryoji Maeda | Japan | 25:05 |
| 43 | Mohamed Oulahmidi | Morocco | 25:06 |
| 44 | Antonio Andriani | Italy | 25:08 |
| 45 | Antonio Cardoso | Portugal | 25:09 |
| 46 | Marco Mattiello | Italy | 25:10 |
| 47 | Steffen Brandis | Germany | 25:11 |
| 48 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 25:12 |
| 49 | Shigekazu Taguchi | Japan | 25:13 |
| 50 | Henrik Knudsen | Denmark | 25:13 |
| 51 | Bruno Toledo | Spain | 25:14 |
| 52 | Mustapha Ouaziz | Morocco | 25:15 |
| 53 | Viktor Röthlin | Switzerland | 25:15 |
| 54 | Edward Fitzpatrick | United States | 25:16 |
| 55 | Christopher Georgules | United States | 25:17 |
| 56 | Rene Carlsen | Denmark | 25:18 |
| 57 | Laurent Fourrage | France | 25:19 |
| 58 | André Green | Germany | 25:20 |
| 59 | Eliseo Martín | Spain | 25:21 |
| 60 | Abderrahmane Daas | Algeria | 25:22 |
| 61 | Heinz Lehmann | Switzerland | 25:23 |
| 62 | Jon Wild | United Kingdom | 25:24 |
| 63 | Stelios Marneros | Cyprus | 25:25 |
| 64 | Daniel de Clerck | Belgium | 25:26 |
| 65 | Jeff Lockyer | Canada | 25:26 |
| 66 | Guido Streit | Germany | 25:27 |
| 67 | Rick Obleman | Canada | 25:28 |
| 68 | Donal O'Sullivan | Ireland | 25:29 |
| 69 | Oliver Benoit | France | 25:30 |
| 70 | Emerson Bem | Brazil | 25:31 |
| 71 | Scott MacDonald | Canada | 25:33 |
| 72 | James dos Santos | Brazil | 25:34 |
| 73 | Carlos Paradelo | United States | 25:35 |
| 74 | Michael Richardson | United States | 25:37 |
| 75 | Chérif Tayeb Bachir | Algeria | 25:38 |
| 76 | Darren Burke | Ireland | 25:39 |
| 77 | Fabien Boukla | France | 25:40 |
| 78 | Dainius Saucikovas | Lithuania | 25:42 |
| 79 | Thomas Fuchs | Switzerland | 25:44 |
| 80 | Hector Fernandez | Mexico | 25:46 |
| 81 | Juan Luis Gómez | Spain | 25:48 |
| 82 | Cláudio da Silva | Brazil | 25:50 |
| 83 | Richard Collier | United Kingdom | 25:52 |
| 84 | Elias Bastos | Brazil | 25:53 |
| 85 | Darren Keenan | Ireland | 25:54 |
| 86 | Christophe Retou | France | 26:01 |
| 87 | William Roldán | Colombia | 26:03 |
| 88 | Derek Waters | Ireland | 26:04 |
| 89 | Abdelhamid Hadef | Algeria | 26:06 |
| 90 | Christian Friis | Denmark | 26:11 |
| 91 | Freeman Rogers | Canada | 26:15 |
| 92 | Ciaran Meehan | Ireland | 26:19 |
| 93 | Stathis Stasi | Cyprus | 26:23 |
| 94 | Christian Due Pedersen | Denmark | 26:26 |
| 95 | Francesco Germano | Italy | 26:29 |
| 96 | Mark Ostendarp | Germany | 26:31 |
| 97 | Eyel Gur | Israel | 26:33 |
| 98 | Jai Krishnan | India | 26:47 |
| 99 | Juma Ninga | Tanzania | 26:49 |
| 100 | Georgios Kaloeropoulo | Cyprus | 26:50 |
| 101 | Khristos Papapetrou | Cyprus | 26:59 |
| 102 | Tomas Karosas | Lithuania | 27:00 |
| 103 | Kailash Mane | India | 27:01 |
| 104 | Michael Lemmer | Switzerland | 27:11 |
| 105 | Charalambos Svanas | Cyprus | 27:15 |
| 106 | Søren Helmer | Denmark | 27:22 |
| 107 | Alan O'Gorman | Ireland | 27:36 |
| 108 | Bhupinder Singh Tyagi | India | 28:21 |
| 109 | Harvinder Singh | India | 28:48 |
| 110 | Ram Dular | India | 30:42 |
| — | Dirk Berger | Germany | DNF |
| — | Mansukh Singh | India | DNF |
| — | Rico Hohenberger | Germany | DNF |
| — | Aissa Menai | Algeria | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Ismael Kirui1 Josephat Machuka3 Josephat Kiprono4 Samuel Otieno10 (Mark Kipsang Too)(11) | 18 |
| | Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie2 Tegenu Abebe5 Gerbaba Eticha8 Tesgie Legesse13 | 28 |
| | Japan Yasuyuki Watanabe7 Kazuhiro Kawauchi12 Masaki Yamamoto32 Daisuke Isomatsu39 (Ryoji Maeda)(42) (Shigekazu Taguchi)(49) | 90 |
| 4 | Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj14 Mimoun Rahmouni16 Abderrazak Marchoud33 Mohamed Belasri40 (Mohamed Oulahmidi)(43) (Mustapha Ouaziz)(52) | 103 |
| 5 | Italy Maurizio Leone18 Maurizio Gemetto20 Antonio Andriani44 Marco Mattiello46 (Francesco Germano)(95) | 128 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Kevin Toher26 David Robertson30 Colin Jones31 Spencer Barden48 (Jon Wild)(62) (Richard Collier)(83) | 135 |
| 7 | Tanzania Francis Nade6 Antony Mwingereza9 Onesmo Ludago21 Juma Ninga99 | 135 |
| 8 | Spain Juan Carlos Rosero25 Javier Rodríguez35 José Rios38 Bruno Toledo51 (Eliseo Martín)(59) (Juan Luis Gómez)(81) | 149 |
| 9 | United States Jason Casiano17 Shane Garcia34 Edward Fitzpatrick54 Christopher Georgules55 (Carlos Paradelo)(73) (Michael Richardson)(74) | 160 |
| 10 | France Mounir Khelil23 Arnaud Crepieux37 Laurent Fourrage57 Oliver Benoit69 (Fabien Boukla)(77) (Christophe Retou)(86) | 186 |
| 11 | Canada Jeff Schiebler28 Kevin Sullivan29 Jeff Lockyer65 Rick Obleman67 (Scott MacDonald)(71) (Freeman Rogers)(91) | 189 |
| 12 | Algeria Tarek Zoghmar19 Ahmed Boulahia36 Abderrahmane Daas60 Chérif Tayeb Bachir75 (Abdelhamid Hadef)(89) (Aissa Menai)(DNF) | 190 |
| 13 | Switzerland Oliver Wirz41 Viktor Röthlin53 Heinz Lehmann61 Thomas Fuchs79 (Michael Lemmer)(104) | 234 |
| 14 | Brazil Emerson Vettori22 Emerson Bem70 James dos Santos72 Cláudio da Silva82 (Elias Bastos)(84) | 246 |
| 15 | Germany Steffen Brandis47 André Green58 Guido Streit66 Mark Ostendarp96 (Dirk Berger)(DNF) (Rico Hohenberger)(DNF) | 267 |
| 16 | Denmark Henrik Knudsen50 Rene Carlsen56 Christian Friis90 Christian Due Pedersen94 (Søren Helmer)(106) | 290 |
| 17 | Ireland Donal O'Sullivan68 Darren Burke76 Darren Keenan85 Derek Waters88 (Ciaran Meehan)(92) (Alan O'Gorman)(107) | 317 |
| 18 | Cyprus Stelios Marneros63 Stathis Stasi93 Georgios Kaloeropoulo100 Khristos Papapetrou101 (Charalambos Svanas)(105) | 357 |
| 19 | India Jai Krishnan98 Kailash Mane103 Bhupinder Singh Tyagi108 Harvinder Singh109 (Ram Dular)(110) (Mansukh Singh)(DNF) | 418 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 114 athletes from 27 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (5)
* Canada (6)
* Colombia (1)
* Cyprus (5)
* Denmark (5)
* Ethiopia (4)
* France (6)
* Germany (6)
* India (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (5)
* Lithuania (2)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (5)
* Tanzania (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)