# 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

## Race results
### Men's short race (4 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 10:54 |
| | Isaac Songok | Kenya | 10:55 |
| | Adil Kaouch | Morocco | 10:57 |
| 4 | Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 11:00 |
| 5 | Ali Abdosh | Ethiopia | 11:01 |
| 6 | Adam Goucher | United States | 11:02 |
| 7 | Augustine Choge | Kenya | 11:03 |
| 8 | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | Kenya | 11:06 |
| 9 | Saif Saeed Shaheen | Qatar | 11:08 |
| 10 | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | 11:08 |
| 11 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 11:10 |
| 12 | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 11:12 |
| 13 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 11:14 |
| 14 | Hicham Bellani | Morocco | 11:15 |
| 15 | Khalid El Amri | Morocco | 11:16 |
| 16 | Khoudir Aggoune | Algeria | 11:17 |
| 17 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 11:17 |
| 18 | Brimin Kipruto | Kenya | 11:17 |
| 19 | Ryan Hall | United States | 11:18 |
| 20 | Yusuf Kibet Biwot | Kenya | 11:18 |
| 21 | Hamid Ezzine | Morocco | 11:19 |
| 22 | Alejandro Suárez | Mexico | 11:19 |
| 23 | Jamal Bilal Salem | Qatar | 11:20 |
| 24 | Musa Amer Obaid | Qatar | 11:20 |
| 25 | Habtai Kifletsion | Eritrea | 11:21 |
| 26 | Amanuel Waldeselassie | Eritrea | 11:21 |
| 27 | Jorge Torres | United States | 11:21 |
| 28 | Daniel Lincoln | United States | 11:21 |
| 29 | Moses Kipsiro | Uganda | 11:22 |
| 30 | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 11:22 |
| 31 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 11:24 |
| 32 | Sébastien Cosson | France | 11:24 |
| 33 | Ian Dobson | United States | 11:25 |
| 34 | José Luis Blanco | Spain | 11:25 |
| 35 | Essa Ismail Rashed | Qatar | 11:25 |
| 36 | Tarek Boukensa | Algeria | 11:25 |
| 37 | Carlos García | Spain | 11:26 |
| 38 | Mariano Villarubia | Spain | 11:26 |
| 39 | Abebe Dinkessa | Ethiopia | 11:26 |
| 40 | Mo Farah | United Kingdom | 11:27 |
| 41 | David Galván | Mexico | 11:28 |
| 42 | Martin Dent | Australia | 11:28 |
| 43 | James Kwalia | Qatar | 11:29 |
| 44 | Roberto García | Spain | 11:30 |
| 45 | Teodoro Vega | Mexico | 11:30 |
| 46 | Simon Ayeko | Uganda | 11:30 |
| 47 | Anis Selmouni | Morocco | 11:30 |
| 48 | Zenbaba Yegezu | Ethiopia | 11:30 |
| 49 | Loïc Letellier | France | 11:30 |
| 50 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Uganda | 11:31 |
| 51 | Manuel Damião | Portugal | 11:31 |
| 52 | Rabah Aboud | Algeria | 11:32 |
| 53 | Hais Welday | Eritrea | 11:33 |
| 54 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | Algeria | 11:34 |
| 55 | Gabriele De Nard | Italy | 11:34 |
| 56 | Mark Wharmby | United Kingdom | 11:34 |
| 57 | Luke Watson | United States | 11:35 |
| 58 | Jeremy Roff | Australia | 11:35 |
| 59 | Gian Marco Buttazzo | Italy | 11:36 |
| 60 | Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan | 11:36 |
| 61 | Ryan McKenzie | Canada | 11:37 |
| 62 | Juan Barrios | Mexico | 11:37 |
| 63 | Moussa Barkaoui | France | 11:38 |
| 64 | Ben Siwa | Uganda | 11:39 |
| 65 | Hassan Oubassour | France | 11:44 |
| 66 | Han Gang | China | 11:44 |
| 67 | Makoto Tobimatsu | Japan | 11:45 |
| 68 | Angus MacLean | United Kingdom | 11:46 |
| 69 | Tefai Felfele Yohannes | Eritrea | 11:46 |
| 70 | Luciano Di Pardo | Italy | 11:47 |
| 71 | Sello Mahase | South Africa | 11:48 |
| 72 | Philipp Bandi | Switzerland | 11:49 |
| 73 | Eric Gillis | Canada | 11:49 |
| 74 | Giovanni Gualdi | Italy | 11:50 |
| 75 | Antar Zerguelaïne | Algeria | 11:50 |
| 76 | Badre din Zioini | France | 11:50 |
| 77 | Stefano Scaini | Italy | 11:50 |
| 78 | Michal Kaczmarek | Poland | 11:51 |
| 79 | Hudson de Souza | Brazil | 11:52 |
| 80 | Jonathan Monje | Chile | 11:53 |
| 81 | Nourreddine Bourfaa | Algeria | 11:54 |
| 82 | Denis Bagrev | Kyrgyzstan | 11:56 |
| 83 | Kazuki Ikenaga | Japan | 11:56 |
| 84 | Roberto Echeverría | Chile | 11:57 |
| 85 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 11:58 |
| 86 | Koichiro Nagata | Japan | 11:58 |
| 87 | David Byrne | Australia | 11:59 |
| 88 | Cristiano Mauricio | Canada | 12:00 |
| 89 | Steven Vernon | United Kingdom | 12:02 |
| 90 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 12:03 |
| 91 | Ma Jifu | China | 12:04 |
| 92 | Stephanus Steenkamp | South Africa | 12:04 |
| 93 | Alastair Stevenson | Australia | 12:04 |
| 94 | Mandla Maseko | South Africa | 12:06 |
| 95 | Fabio Cesari | Italy | 12:06 |
| 96 | Sergio Lobos | Chile | 12:06 |
| 97 | Chen Mingfu | China | 12:07 |
| 98 | Reid Coolsaet | Canada | 12:07 |
| 99 | Modike Lucky Mohale | South Africa | 12:07 |
| 100 | Pule Hlabahlaba | South Africa | 12:08 |
| 101 | Li Youcai | China | 12:09 |
| 102 | Su Wei | China | 12:12 |
| 103 | Li Zhuhong | China | 12:13 |
| 104 | Kamil Murzyn | Poland | 12:14 |
| 105 | Chris Davies | United Kingdom | 12:15 |
| 106 | Yoshitaka Iwamizu | Japan | 12:17 |
| 107 | Artem Kossinov | Kazakhstan | 12:20 |
| 108 | Vincent Kuotane | South Africa | 12:23 |
| 109 | Ajmal Amirov | Tajikistan | 12:27 |
| 110 | Michael Tomlin | Jamaica | 12:27 |
| 111 | Marat Nizamov | Uzbekistan | 12:28 |
| 112 | Yuichiro Ueno | Japan | 12:32 |
| 113 | Enzo Yañez | Chile | 12:35 |
| 114 | Amir Garifullin | Uzbekistan | 12:36 |
| 115 | Marcin Urbanowski | Poland | 12:39 |
| 116 | Taylor Milne | Canada | 12:47 |
| 117 | Denides Vélez | Puerto Rico | 12:50 |
| 118 | Alain Kra Kouadio | Côte d'Ivoire | 12:50 |
| 119 | Kevin Campbell | Jamaica | 12:51 |
| 120 | Kirk Brown | Jamaica | 12:52 |
| 121 | Kashinath T. Aswale | India | 12:54 |
| 122 | Noce Matital | Indonesia | 12:55 |
| 123 | Wainard Talbert | Jamaica | 12:58 |
| 124 | Hurley Stewart | Jamaica | 13:04 |
| 125 | Juan Almonte | Dominican Republic | 13:05 |
| 126 | Phillip Edward | Jamaica | 13:19 |
| — | Alibay Shukurov | Azerbaijan | DNF |
| — | Alexander Greaux | Puerto Rico | DNF |
| — | Buenaventura Yanez | Equatorial Guinea | DNS |
| — | Andrew Baddeley | United Kingdom | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Isaac Songok2 Benjamin Limo4 Augustine Choge7 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi8 (Brimin Kipruto)(18) (Yusuf Kibet Biwot)(20) | 21 |
| | Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele1 Ali Abdosh5 Sileshi Sihine12 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam30 (Abebe Dinkessa)(39) (Zenbaba Yegezu)(48) | 48 |
| | Morocco Adil Kaouch3 Hicham Bellani14 Khalid El Amri15 Hamid Ezzine21 (Anis Selmouni)(47) | 53 |
| 4 | Qatar Saif Saeed Shaheen9 Sultan Khamis Zaman10 Jamal Bilal Salem23 Musa Amer Obaid24 (Essa Ismail Rashed)(35) (James Kwalia)(43) | 66 |
| 5 | United States Adam Goucher6 Ryan Hall19 Jorge Torres27 Daniel Lincoln28 (Ian Dobson)(33) (Luke Watson)(57) | 80 |
| 6 | Spain Juan Carlos Higuero31 José Luis Blanco34 Carlos García37 Mariano Villarubia38 (Roberto García)(44) | 140 |
| 7 | Uganda Wilson Busienei17 Moses Kipsiro29 Simon Ayeko46 Benjamin Kiplagat50 (Ben Siwa)(64) | 142 |
| 8 | Algeria Khoudir Aggoune16 Tarek Boukensa36 Rabah Aboud52 Ali Saïdi-Sief54 (Antar Zerguelaïne)(75) (Nourreddine Bourfaa)(81) | 158 |
| 9 | Mexico Alejandro Suárez22 David Galván41 Teodoro Vega45 Juan Barrios62 | 170 |
| 10 | Eritrea Habtai Kifletsion25 Amanuel Waldeselassie26 Hais Welday53 Tefai Felfele Yohannes69 | 173 |
| 11 | Australia Craig Mottram11 Martin Dent42 Jeremy Roff58 David Byrne87 (Alastair Stevenson)(93) | 198 |
| 12 | France Sébastien Cosson32 Loïc Letellier49 Moussa Barkaoui63 Hassan Oubassour65 (Badre din Zioini)(76) | 209 |
| 13 | Canada Kevin Sullivan13 Ryan McKenzie61 Eric Gillis73 Cristiano Mauricio88 (Reid Coolsaet)(98) (Taylor Milne)(116) | 235 |
| 14 | United Kingdom Mo Farah40 Mark Wharmby56 Angus MacLean68 Steven Vernon89 (Chris Davies)(105) | 253 |
| 15 | Italy Gabriele De Nard55 Gian Marco Buttazzo59 Luciano Di Pardo70 Giovanni Gualdi74 (Stefano Scaini)(77) (Fabio Cesari)(95) | 258 |
| 16 | Japan Kazuhiro Maeda60 Makoto Tobimatsu67 Kazuki Ikenaga83 Koichiro Nagata86 (Yoshitaka Iwamizu)(106) (Yuichiro Ueno)(112) | 296 |
| 17 | China Han Gang66 Ma Jifu91 Chen Mingfu97 Li Youcai101 (Su Wei)(102) (Li Zhuhong)(103) | 355 |
| 18 | South Africa Sello Mahase71 Stephanus Steenkamp92 Mandla Maseko94 Modike Lucky Mohale99 (Pule Hlabahlaba)(100) (Vincent Kuotane)(108) | 356 |
| 19 | Chile Jonathan Monje80 Roberto Echeverria84 Sergio Lobos96 Enzo Yañez113 | 373 |
| 20 | Poland Michal Kaczmarek78 Marcin Lewandowski90 Kamil Murzyn104 Marcin Urbanowski115 | 387 |
| 21 | Jamaica Michael Tomlin110 Kevin Campbell119 Kirk Brown120 Wainard Talbert123 (Hurley Stewart)(124) (Phillip Edward)(126) | 472 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 128 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athlete from Equatorial Guinea did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (5)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (4)
* China (6)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (5)
* India (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Italy (6)
* Jamaica (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Morocco (5)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (2)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Qatar (6)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (5)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Uganda (5)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (2)