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

The Senior 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 Glasgow 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
### Senior men's race (12 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 38:28 |
| | Patrick Ivuti | Kenya | 38:32 |
| | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | 38:46 |
| 4 | Joshua Chelanga | Kenya | 39:05 |
| 5 | Evans Rutto | Kenya | 39:12 |
| 6 | Paul Koech | Kenya | 39:51 |
| 7 | Mohammed Mourhit | Belgium | 40:09 |
| 8 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom | 40:09 |
| 9 | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 40:21 |
| 10 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 40:25 |
| 11 | Assefa Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 40:33 |
| 12 | Róbert Štefko | Slovakia | 40:39 |
| 13 | Lahcen Benyoussef | Morocco | 40:42 |
| 14 | Eduardo Henriques | Portugal | 40:46 |
| 15 | Saïd El Wardi | Morocco | 40:53 |
| 16 | Carsten Jørgensen | Denmark | 40:57 |
| 17 | Girma Tolla | Ethiopia | 40:59 |
| 18 | Kamel Kohil | Algeria | 41:04 |
| 19 | Giuliano Battocletti | Italy | 41:05 |
| 20 | Tesfaye Tola | Ethiopia | 41:06 |
| 21 | Alan Culpepper | United States | 41:10 |
| 22 | Gary Stolz | United States | 41:12 |
| 23 | Javier Cortés | Spain | 41:14 |
| 24 | Enrique Molina | Spain | 41:17 |
| 25 | Daniele Caimmi | Italy | 41:20 |
| 26 | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 41:24 |
| 27 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 41:25 |
| 28 | Koen van Rie | Belgium | 41:29 |
| 29 | José Manuel García | Spain | 41:33 |
| 30 | Fabián Roncero | Spain | 41:37 |
| 31 | Umberto Pusterla | Italy | 41:39 |
| 32 | Mauricio Díaz | Chile | 41:41 |
| 33 | Nicolae Negru | Romania | 41:41 |
| 34 | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | 41:42 |
| 35 | Kamiel Maase | Netherlands | 41:43 |
| 36 | Tony Cosey | United States | 41:47 |
| 37 | Tegenu Abebe | Ethiopia | 41:51 |
| 38 | Saïd Berrioui | Morocco | 42:02 |
| 39 | Tom Nyariki | Kenya | 42:04 |
| 40 | Faustin Saktay | Tanzania | 42:05 |
| 41 | Lee Troop | Australia | 42:06 |
| 42 | Smail Sghir | Morocco | 42:07 |
| 43 | Mohamed Driouche | Algeria | 42:08 |
| 44 | John Ferrin | Ireland | 42:12 |
| 45 | Salaho Ngadi | Tanzania | 42:13 |
| 46 | Yahia Azaidj | Algeria | 42:16 |
| 47 | Abel Chimukoko | Zimbabwe | 42:17 |
| 48 | David Galindo | Mexico | 42:21 |
| 49 | Alberto Maravilha | Portugal | 42:23 |
| 50 | Sebastiano Mazzara | Italy | 42:26 |
| 51 | Richard Potts | New Zealand | 42:29 |
| 52 | Glynn Tromans | United Kingdom | 42:30 |
| 53 | Francis Robert Naali | Tanzania | 42:30 |
| 54 | Clint Wells | United States | 42:33 |
| 55 | Marc Vanderstraeten | Belgium | 42:37 |
| 56 | Dermot Donnelly | Ireland | 42:38 |
| 57 | Abner Chipu | South Africa | 42:38 |
| 58 | William Vasquez | Colombia | 42:39 |
| 59 | Roman Kejzar | Slovenia | 42:41 |
| 60 | Jeff Schiebler | Canada | 42:42 |
| 61 | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | 42:42 |
| 62 | Dean Cavuoto | Australia | 42:44 |
| 63 | Patrick Kaotsane | South Africa | 42:47 |
| 64 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 42:48 |
| 65 | Andrew Pearson | United Kingdom | 42:48 |
| 66 | Mehdi Khelifi | Tunisia | 42:53 |
| 67 | Pablo Olmedo | Mexico | 42:54 |
| 68 | Alberto Chaíça | Portugal | 42:54 |
| 69 | Michael Ngaaseke | Zimbabwe | 43:00 |
| 70 | Christopher Graff | United States | 43:00 |
| 71 | João Junqueira | Portugal | 43:03 |
| 72 | Luis Alberto Ochoa | Colombia | 43:05 |
| 73 | Christian Stephenson | United Kingdom | 43:05 |
| 74 | Jacinto Navarrete | Colombia | 43:06 |
| 75 | Abdelilah El Manaia | Morocco | 43:13 |
| 76 | Martin McCarthy | Ireland | 43:14 |
| 77 | David Burke | Ireland | 43:15 |
| 78 | Tetsuhiro Furuta | Japan | 43:19 |
| 79 | Jeremy Deere | Canada | 43:19 |
| 80 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 43:20 |
| 81 | Tarek Zoghmar | Algeria | 43:21 |
| 82 | Darren Lynch | Australia | 43:22 |
| 83 | Zarislav Gapeyenko | Belarus | 43:23 |
| 84 | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil | 43:28 |
| 85 | Brett Cartwright | Australia | 43:31 |
| 86 | Sander Schutgens | Netherlands | 43:35 |
| 87 | Yoji Yamaguchi | Japan | 43:37 |
| 88 | Ovidiu Tat | Romania | 43:38 |
| 89 | Raymond Appenheimer | United States | 43:41 |
| 90 | Paddy McCluskey | Canada | 43:43 |
| 91 | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria | 43:48 |
| 92 | Dominic Bannister | United Kingdom | 43:48 |
| 93 | Ayele Setegne | Israel | 43:51 |
| 94 | Martin Dent | Australia | 43:57 |
| 95 | Pauric McKinney | Ireland | 44:06 |
| 96 | Vincent Kuotane | South Africa | 44:09 |
| 97 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland | 44:10 |
| 98 | José de Souza | Brazil | 44:10 |
| 99 | Noel Cullen | Ireland | 44:10 |
| 100 | Wellington Fraga | Brazil | 44:11 |
| 101 | Chris Weber | Canada | 44:14 |
| 102 | Dmitry Dubovskiy | Belarus | 44:19 |
| 103 | Naoki Mishiro | Japan | 44:23 |
| 104 | George Majaji | Zimbabwe | 44:35 |
| 105 | Arthur Osman | Poland | 44:38 |
| 106 | Craig Kirkwood | New Zealand | 44:46 |
| 107 | Sergio Couto | Brazil | 44:53 |
| 108 | Vladimir Sivalobov | Belarus | 45:06 |
| 109 | Juan Alejandro Perea | Colombia | 45:13 |
| 110 | Tsungai Mwanengeni | Zimbabwe | 45:15 |
| 111 | Takhir Mamashayev | Kazakhstan | 45:20 |
| 112 | Toomas Tarm | Estonia | 45:21 |
| 113 | Sergey Zabavskiy | Tajikistan | 45:25 |
| 114 | Maxwell Bangani | Zimbabwe | 45:30 |
| 115 | Josep Sansa | Andorra | 45:37 |
| 116 | Kudakwashe Shoko | Zimbabwe | 45:43 |
| 117 | Leonid Pykhteyev | Kyrgyzstan | 45:46 |
| 118 | Chris McGregor | Canada | 45:47 |
| 119 | Daisuke Arakawa | Japan | 45:53 |
| 120 | David Lorne | Canada | 46:19 |
| 121 | Rustam Radjapov | Turkmenistan | 46:24 |
| 122 | Menon Ramsamy | Mauritius | 46:36 |
| 123 | Gulab Chand | India | 46:47 |
| 124 | Alagawadi Shivananda | India | 46:47 |
| 125 | Uladzimir Dukhnovich | Belarus | 46:51 |
| 126 | Sentso Retere | Lesotho | 46:57 |
| 127 | Bhairav Singh | India | 46:58 |
| 128 | Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev | Turkmenistan | 47:17 |
| 129 | Khauta Ntsoele | Lesotho | 47:21 |
| 130 | Khasan Rakhimov | Uzbekistan | 47:29 |
| 131 | Nick Harrison | Australia | 47:30 |
| 132 | Tau Khotso | Lesotho | 47:39 |
| 133 | Nazirdin Akylbekov | Kyrgyzstan | 47:44 |
| 134 | José Amado García | Guatemala | 47:52 |
| 135 | Tebatso Motsotsoana | Lesotho | 48:07 |
| 136 | Albert Shamsiyev | Uzbekistan | 48:13 |
| 137 | Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev | Turkmenistan | 48:26 |
| 138 | Mpakeletsa Sephali | Lesotho | 48:27 |
| 139 | Anil Kumar | India | 48:32 |
| 140 | Kevin Musseliah | Mauritius | 48:42 |
| 141 | António Zeferino | Cape Verde | 48:44 |
| 142 | Walid Ibrahim | Palestine | 48:44 |
| 143 | Rinat Ablyayev | Uzbekistan | 48:48 |
| 144 | Amrlon Hernandez | Guatemala | 49:21 |
| 145 | Chokirjon Irmatov | Tajikistan | 49:31 |
| 146 | Victor Velásquez | Guatemala | 49:37 |
| 147 | Ivan Kibiryov | Uzbekistan | 49:43 |
| 148 | Artyom Tetenkin | Kyrgyzstan | 50:06 |
| 149 | Ihab Salama | Palestine | 50:08 |
| 150 | Moses Zarak Khan | Fiji | 50:31 |
| 151 | Jean Paul Louise | Mauritius | 50:41 |
| 152 | Evilio Mijangos | Guatemala | 50:59 |
| 153 | Isireli Naikelekelevesi | Fiji | 51:11 |
| 154 | Eric Vamben | Mauritius | 51:25 |
| 155 | Bimiesh Kumar | Fiji | 51:55 |
| 156 | Mohamed Salama | Palestine | 52:25 |
| 157 | Esala Talebula | Fiji | 52:37 |
| 158 | Parasram Ramah | Mauritius | 53:34 |
| — | Salah Hissou | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Rachid Berradi | Italy | DNF |
| — | Andrea Arlati | Italy | DNF |
| — | Abhinesh Kumar Chand | Fiji | DNF |
| — | Ergobert Robert Naali | Tanzania | DNF |
| — | Niteshwar Prasad | Fiji | DNF |
| — | Julio Rey$^†$ | Spain | DQ |
| — | Antonio Fabián Silio | Argentina | DNS |
$^†$: Julio Rey of Spain finished 24th in 41:15 min, but was disqualified.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Paul Tergat1 Patrick Ivuti2 Joshua Chelanga4 Evans Rutto5 (Paul Koech)(6) (Tom Nyariki)(39) | 12 |
| | Ethiopia Habte Jifar9 Assefa Mezegebu11 Girma Tolla17 Tesfaye Tola20 (Ayele Mezegebu)(26) (Tegenu Abebe)(37) | 57 |
| | Portugal Paulo Guerra3 Domingos Castro10 Eduardo Henriques14 Alberto Maravilha49 (Alberto Chaíça)(68) (João Junqueira)(71) | 76 |
| 4 | Spain Javier Cortés23 Enrique Molina24 José Carlos Adán27 José Manuel García29 (Fabián Roncero)(30) | 103 |
| 5 | Morocco Lahcen Benyoussef13 Saïd El Wardi15 Saïd Berrioui38 Smail Sghir42 (Abdelilah El Manaia)(75) (Salah Hissou)(DNF) | 108 |
| 6 | Italy Giuliano Battocletti19 Daniele Caimmi25 Umberto Pusterla31 Sebastiano Mazzara50 (Rachid Berradi)(DNF) (Andrea Arlati)(DNF) | 125 |
| 7 | United States Alan Culpepper21 Gary Stolz22 Tony Cosey36 Clint Wells54 (Christopher Graff)(70) (Raymond Appenheimer)(89) | 133 |
| 8 | United Kingdom Jon Brown8 Keith Cullen34 Glynn Tromans52 Andrew Pearson65 (Christian Stephenson)(73) (Dominic Bannister)(92) | 159 |
| 9 | Algeria Kamel Kohil18 Mohamed Driouche43 Yahia Azaidj46 Samir Moussaoui80 (Tarek Zoghmar)(81) (Azzedine Sakhri)(91) | 187 |
| 10 | Ireland John Ferrin44 Dermot Donnelly56 Martin McCarthy76 David Burke77 (Pauric McKinney)(95) (Noel Cullen)(99) | 253 |
| 11 | Australia Lee Troop41 Dean Cavuoto62 Darren Lynch82 Brett Cartwright85 (Martin Dent)(94) (Nick Harrison)(131) | 270 |
| 12 | South Africa Abner Chipu57 Patrick Kaotsane63 Hendrick Ramaala64 Vincent Kuotane96 | 280 |
| 13 | Colombia William Vasquez58 Luis Alberto Ochoa72 Jacinto Navarrete74 Juan Alejandro Perea109 | 313 |
| 14 | Canada Jeff Schiebler60 Jeremy Deere79 Paddy McCluskey90 Chris Weber101 (Chris McGregor)(118) (David Lorne)(120) | 330 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe Abel Chimukoko47 Michael Ngaaseke69 George Majaji104 Tsungai Mwanengeni110 (Maxwell Bangani)(114) (Kudakwashe Shoko)(116) | 330 |
| 16 | Japan Tetsuhiro Furuta78 Yoji Yamaguchi87 Naoki Mishiro103 Daisuke Arakawa119 | 387 |
| 17 | Brazil Marilson dos Santos84 José de Souza98 Wellington Fraga100 Sergio Couto107 | 389 |
| 18 | Belarus Zarislav Gapeyenko83 Dmitry Dubovskiy102 Vladimir Sivalobov108 Uladzimir Dukhnovich125 | 418 |
| 19 | India Gulab Chand123 Alagawadi Shivananda124 Bhairav Singh127 Anil Kumar139 | 513 |
| 20 | Lesotho Sentso Retere126 Khauta Ntsoele129 Tau Khotso132 Tebatso Motsotsoana135 (Mpakeletsa Sephali)(138) | 522 |
| 21 | Uzbekistan Khasan Rakhimov130 Albert Shamsiyev136 Rinat Ablyayev143 Ivan Kibiryov147 | 556 |
| 22 | Mauritius Menon Ramsamy122 Kevin Musseliah140 Jean Paul Louise151 Eric Vamben154 (Parasram Ramah)(158) | 567 |
| 23 | Guatemala José Amado García134 Amrlon Hernandez144 Victor Velásquez146 Evilio Mijangos152 | 576 |
| 24 | Fiji Moses Zarak Khan150 Isireli Naikelekelevesi153 Bimiesh Kumar155 Esala Talebula157 (Abhinesh Kumar Chand)(DNF) (Niteshwar Prasad)(DNF) | 615 |
| DNF | Tanzania (Faustin Saktay)(40) (Salaho Ngadi)(45) (Francis Robert Naali)(53) (Ergobert Robert Naali)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 165 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from Argentina did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Andorra (1)
* Australia (6)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (3)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Chile (1)
* Colombia (4)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Fiji (6)
* Finland (1)
* Guatemala (4)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (4)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Lesotho (5)
* Mauritius (5)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (3)
* New Zealand (2)
* Palestine (3)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (6)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tanzania (4)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Zimbabwe (6)