# 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald, and a report in The New York Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12.15 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 33:44 |
| | Salah Hissou | Morocco | 33:56 |
| | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 33:57 |
| 4 | Paul Koech | Kenya | 34:10 |
| 5 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 34:28 |
| 6 | Joseph Kimani | Kenya | 34:30 |
| 7 | Khalid Skah | Morocco | 34:34 |
| 8 | Smail Sghir | Morocco | 34:34 |
| 9 | William Kiptum | Kenya | 34:35 |
| 10 | Josephat Machuka | Kenya | 34:37 |
| 11 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia | 34:55 |
| 12 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom | 34:55 |
| 13 | Abderrahim Zitouna | Morocco | 35:00 |
| 14 | Stephen Arusei | Kenya | 35:01 |
| 15 | Shadrack Hoff | South Africa | 35:04 |
| 16 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 35:04 |
| 17 | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 35:05 |
| 18 | Fita Bayissa | Ethiopia | 35:09 |
| 19 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 35:14 |
| 20 | Mustapha Essaïd | France | 35:15 |
| 21 | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 35:23 |
| 22 | José Manuel García | Spain | 35:25 |
| 23 | James Songok | Kenya | 35:29 |
| 24 | John Gilay | Tanzania | 35:30 |
| 25 | Julian Paynter | Australia | 35:31 |
| 26 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 35:33 |
| 27 | Daniel Ferreira | Brazil | 35:35 |
| 28 | John Nuttall | United Kingdom | 35:38 |
| 29 | Mustapha Bamouh | Morocco | 35:40 |
| 30 | Kamiel Maase | Netherlands | 35:40 |
| 31 | Arnold Mächler | Switzerland | 35:42 |
| 32 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 35:47 |
| 33 | Antonio Pérez | Spain | 35:49 |
| 34 | Andrew Panga | Tanzania | 35:50 |
| 35 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 35:51 |
| 36 | Carlos Grisales | Colombia | 35:53 |
| 37 | Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | 35:55 |
| 38 | António Pinto | Portugal | 35:56 |
| 39 | Girma Tolla | Ethiopia | 35:56 |
| 40 | Khaled Boulami | Morocco | 35:57 |
| 41 | Brian Baker | United States | 35:57 |
| 42 | Yann Millon | France | 35:59 |
| 43 | Christian Leuprecht | Italy | 35:59 |
| 44 | Owen MacHelm | South Africa | 36:00 |
| 45 | Rob Denmark | United Kingdom | 36:01 |
| 46 | Juan Ramón Muñoz | Spain | 36:04 |
| 47 | Marko Hwahu | Tanzania | 36:05 |
| 48 | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 36:06 |
| 49 | Shaun Creighton | Australia | 36:06 |
| 50 | John Morapedi | South Africa | 36:07 |
| 51 | Andrew Pearson | United Kingdom | 36:07 |
| 52 | Mohamed Issangar | Morocco | 36:11 |
| 53 | Carlos de la Torre | Spain | 36:13 |
| 54 | Abdelaziz Sahere | Morocco | 36:16 |
| 55 | Julio Rey | Spain | 36:17 |
| 56 | Godfrey Koki | Zimbabwe | 36:17 |
| 57 | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | 36:17 |
| 58 | Róbert Štefko | Slovakia | 36:18 |
| 59 | Darius Burrows | United Kingdom | 36:19 |
| 60 | Alfredo Bráz | Portugal | 36:19 |
| 61 | James Kariuki | Kenya | 36:20 |
| 62 | Greg van Hest | Netherlands | 36:21 |
| 63 | Takahiro Sunada | Japan | 36:21 |
| 64 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 36:22 |
| 65 | Pedro Rojas | Colombia | 36:22 |
| 66 | Lee Troop | Australia | 36:27 |
| 67 | Robbie Johnston | New Zealand | 36:27 |
| 68 | Jason Cameron | New Zealand | 36:27 |
| 69 | Pablo Olmedo | Mexico | 36:31 |
| 70 | Martin Rodríguez | Mexico | 36:31 |
| 71 | Nigousse Urge | Ethiopia | 36:32 |
| 72 | Tadeo Nada | Tanzania | 36:32 |
| 73 | Faustine Shauri | Tanzania | 36:32 |
| 74 | Sérgio da Silva | Brazil | 36:34 |
| 75 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 36:34 |
| 76 | Abdellah Béhar | France | 36:35 |
| 77 | Claes Nyberg | Sweden | 36:36 |
| 78 | Brahim Boulami | Morocco | 36:37 |
| 79 | Bertrand Frechard | France | 36:37 |
| 80 | Fungai Kapanyota | Zimbabwe | 36:37 |
| 81 | Peter Mavura | Zimbabwe | 36:37 |
| 82 | Jeff Campbell | United States | 36:41 |
| 83 | Carlos Patrício | Portugal | 36:44 |
| 84 | José Ramon Moreno | Spain | 36:48 |
| 85 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 36:50 |
| 86 | Meshack Mogotsi | South Africa | 36:51 |
| 87 | Chris Sweeney | United Kingdom | 36:52 |
| 88 | Kerry Rodger | New Zealand | 36:53 |
| 89 | Sam Molokomme | South Africa | 36:53 |
| 90 | Adalberto Garcia | Brazil | 36:54 |
| 91 | Chris Weber | Canada | 36:56 |
| 92 | Vítor Almeida | Portugal | 36:58 |
| 93 | John Mwathiwa | Malawi | 36:58 |
| 94 | Tim Gannon | United States | 36:59 |
| 95 | Simon Morolong | South Africa | 37:00 |
| 96 | Ezael Thlobo | South Africa | 37:01 |
| 97 | Valery Chesak | Ukraine | 37:02 |
| 98 | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | 37:04 |
| 99 | Peter van der Velden | Netherlands | 37:05 |
| 100 | Aron Shipanga | Namibia | 37:06 |
| 101 | Phillip Clode | New Zealand | 37:06 |
| 102 | Godfrey Nyombi | Uganda | 37:07 |
| 103 | Viktor Röthlin | Switzerland | 37:09 |
| 104 | Éder Fialho | Brazil | 37:10 |
| 105 | Stéphane Rousseau | Belgium | 37:10 |
| 106 | William Roldán | Colombia | 37:11 |
| 107 | Noel Cullen | Ireland | 37:12 |
| 108 | Henry Moyo | Malawi | 37:13 |
| 109 | Pere Arco | Spain | 37:15 |
| 110 | Carlos Peña | Mexico | 37:15 |
| 111 | Jonathan Wyatt | New Zealand | 37:16 |
| 112 | Ayele Setegne | Israel | 37:17 |
| 113 | Alex Malinga | Uganda | 37:18 |
| 114 | Phil Costley | New Zealand | 37:20 |
| 115 | Petri Kuusinen | Finland | 37:21 |
| 116 | Kamfya Kenneth | Zambia | 37:22 |
| 117 | Jeff Schiebler | Canada | 37:22 |
| 118 | Phillip Sly | Australia | 37:23 |
| 119 | Daniel Held | United States | 37:23 |
| 120 | Masami Tsujinaka | Japan | 37:28 |
| 121 | Bradley Kirk | United States | 37:30 |
| 122 | Marc Vanderstraeten | Belgium | 37:32 |
| 123 | Darren Lynch | Australia | 37:32 |
| 124 | Bhairav Singh | India | 37:33 |
| 125 | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 37:33 |
| 126 | Robert Cook Jr. | United States | 37:33 |
| 127 | Jonathan Hume | United States | 37:34 |
| 128 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | 37:35 |
| 129 | Adrian Passey | United Kingdom | 37:36 |
| 130 | Jurmain Mitchell | Jamaica | 37:38 |
| 131 | Ronald Mujuni | Uganda | 37:39 |
| 132 | Jason Bunston | Canada | 37:43 |
| 133 | Bertrand Itsweire | France | 37:43 |
| 134 | Filip van Damme | Belgium | 37:44 |
| 135 | Daniel Sibandze | Eswatini | 37:45 |
| 136 | Joseph Tjitunga | Namibia | 37:48 |
| 137 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 37:50 |
| 138 | Meck Mothuli | South Africa | 37:50 |
| 139 | Francis Munthali | Malawi | 37:51 |
| 140 | Veli-Matti Ranta | Finland | 37:51 |
| 141 | José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero | Colombia | 37:53 |
| 142 | Isaac Simelane | Eswatini | 37:54 |
| 143 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 37:54 |
| 144 | Viktor Karpenko | Ukraine | 37:55 |
| 145 | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | 37:55 |
| 146 | Adamou Aboubakar | Cameroon | 37:56 |
| 147 | Leonardo Guedes | Brazil | 38:00 |
| 148 | Elenilson da Silva | Brazil | 38:00 |
| 149 | Tsungai Mwanengeni | Zimbabwe | 38:02 |
| 150 | Aleksandr Kuzin | Ukraine | 38:02 |
| 151 | Steve Harris | United Kingdom | 38:06 |
| 152 | Ron van Diepen | Netherlands | 38:08 |
| 153 | Stephan Paessens | Belgium | 38:10 |
| 154 | Sergiy Lebid | Ukraine | 38:10 |
| 155 | Ray Boyd | Australia | 38:14 |
| 156 | Thorsten Naumann | Germany | 38:15 |
| 157 | Clement Omagoro | Uganda | 38:16 |
| 158 | Miroslav Vanko | Slovakia | 38:17 |
| 159 | André Green | Germany | 38:18 |
| 160 | Benito Mpwewe | Tanzania | 38:18 |
| 161 | Seamus Power | Ireland | 38:19 |
| 162 | Rafael Muñoz | Mexico | 38:19 |
| 163 | Sebastiano Mazzara | Italy | 38:19 |
| 164 | Mathieu Kouanotso | Cameroon | 38:21 |
| 165 | Oliver Kandiero | Zimbabwe | 38:23 |
| 166 | Francisco Sanchez | Colombia | 38:23 |
| 167 | Martin Horacek | Czech Republic | 38:26 |
| 168 | Redmal Singh | India | 38:27 |
| 169 | Gulab Chand | India | 38:27 |
| 170 | Dinesh Kumar | India | 38:27 |
| 171 | Jamie Lewis | Ireland | 38:30 |
| 172 | Hisayuki Okawa | Japan | 38:31 |
| 173 | Lesedinyana Lekgoa | Botswana | 38:32 |
| 174 | Elphas Ginindza | Eswatini | 38:33 |
| 175 | Dragoslav Prpa | Yugoslavia | 38:33 |
| 176 | Anil Kumar | India | 38:33 |
| 177 | Ben Chesang | Uganda | 38:37 |
| 178 | Laurent Mbissah | Cameroon | 38:41 |
| 179 | Brad Schlapak | United States | 38:41 |
| 180 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 38:42 |
| 181 | Seamus McElligott | United States | 38:42 |
| 182 | Goran Raičević | Yugoslavia | 38:42 |
| 183 | Noah Chilongoshi | Zambia | 38:43 |
| 184 | Bethold Karumendu | Namibia | 38:44 |
| 185 | Zachariah Ditetso | Botswana | 38:44 |
| 186 | Abdul Sameer Moos | Mauritius | 38:45 |
| 187 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 38:48 |
| 188 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 38:49 |
| 189 | Artur Santiago | Angola | 38:50 |
| 190 | Igor Sidorenko | Ukraine | 38:50 |
| 191 | Tom van Hooste | Belgium | 38:52 |
| 192 | Jukka Vähä-Vahe | Finland | 38:53 |
| 193 | Milton Andabati | Uganda | 38:54 |
| 194 | Sumer Singh | India | 38:56 |
| 195 | Kokolia Mokonyana | Lesotho | 38:56 |
| 196 | Percy Sephoda | Lesotho | 38:56 |
| 197 | Pauric McKinney | Ireland | 38:56 |
| 198 | Henno Haava | Estonia | 38:57 |
| 199 | Menon Ramsamy | Mauritius | 39:00 |
| 200 | Boaz Matsiko | Uganda | 39:03 |
| 201 | Kefemawg Selogilwe | Botswana | 39:04 |
| 202 | Tsai Ching-Chou | Chinese Taipei | 39:04 |
| 203 | Jussi Virtanen | Finland | 39:09 |
| 204 | Zambis Champi | Botswana | 39:11 |
| 205 | Yuichi Tajiri | Japan | 39:17 |
| 206 | Bhekumusa Simelane | Eswatini | 39:21 |
| 207 | Andrey Gladishev | Ukraine | 39:24 |
| 208 | Makhosonke Fika | South Africa | 39:25 |
| 209 | Carlos Morelos | Mexico | 39:26 |
| 210 | Alan Merriman | Ireland | 39:29 |
| 211 | Eissa Abou Daif | Egypt | 39:30 |
| 212 | Pierewit Wilders | Namibia | 39:37 |
| 213 | Jari Venäläinen | Finland | 39:40 |
| 214 | Pierre Foka | Cameroon | 39:42 |
| 215 | Marko Kotila | Finland | 39:46 |
| 216 | Luke Madongo | Eswatini | 39:49 |
| 217 | Cheikh Boye | Senegal | 39:56 |
| 218 | Elengha Obvo | Congo | 39:58 |
| 219 | Ajay Chuttoo | Mauritius | 39:59 |
| 220 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 40:01 |
| 221 | Thabang Lebota | Lesotho | 40:04 |
| 222 | Adelino Oliveira | Mozambique | 40:08 |
| 223 | Alex Oldete | Namibia | 40:11 |
| 224 | Ivan Celic | Croatia | 40:13 |
| 225 | Emil Roman | Namibia | 40:13 |
| 226 | Freddy Silva | Colombia | 40:13 |
| 227 | Radames Bonjele | Mozambique | 40:15 |
| 228 | Jouni Rinne | Finland | 40:18 |
| 229 | Linton McKenzie | Jamaica | 40:26 |
| 230 | Abdoulka Soumah | France | 40:27 |
| 231 | Modise Ndibicha | Botswana | 40:36 |
| 232 | Satish Huryl | Mauritius | 40:37 |
| 233 | Andrzej Magier | Poland | 40:38 |
| 234 | Nils Antonio | Jamaica | 40:39 |
| 235 | Patrick Moonsamy | Mauritius | 40:43 |
| 236 | Pat Mabuza | Eswatini | 40:47 |
| 237 | Robert de Vido | Hong Kong | 40:57 |
| 238 | Delmore Delevante | Jamaica | 41:00 |
| 239 | Philip Kamane | Papua New Guinea | 41:05 |
| 240 | Bruno Armance | Mauritius | 41:21 |
| 241 | Mike Felicite | Mauritius | 41:22 |
| 242 | Michael Tomlin | Jamaica | 41:25 |
| 243 | Emmanuel Milonya | Malawi | 41:29 |
| 244 | Michael Nejedly | Czech Republic | 41:29 |
| 245 | Eston Phiri | Malawi | 41:46 |
| 246 | Morris Manai | Papua New Guinea | 41:52 |
| 247 | Prosnattam Lal | Fiji | 41:54 |
| 248 | Mohlalefi Sepqane | Lesotho | 42:22 |
| 249 | Sau Wai | Papua New Guinea | 42:24 |
| 250 | Mishack Myula | Malawi | 42:33 |
| 251 | Robert John | Papua New Guinea | 42:34 |
| 252 | Jeff Lockyer | Canada | 42:44 |
| 253 | Delroy Hayden | Jamaica | 42:47 |
| 254 | Davendra Pradesh Singh | Fiji | 43:06 |
| 255 | Ken Mova | Papua New Guinea | 43:09 |
| 256 | Ashok Kumar | Fiji | 43:37 |
| 257 | Isireli Naikelekelevesi | Fiji | 44:18 |
| 258 | Tony Green | Papua New Guinea | 44:18 |
| 259 | Medley Laban | Papua New Guinea | 45:10 |
| 260 | Jitendra Prakash | Fiji | 45:16 |
| 261 | Bimiesh Kumar | Fiji | 45:33 |
| — | Artur Castro | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Cormac Finnerty | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Philimon Hanneck | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| — | Eduardo Henriques | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Vincenzo Modica | Italy | DNF |
| — | José Regalo | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Teppo Jalonen | Finland | DNF |
| — | René Godlieb | Netherlands | DNF |
| — | Dale Warrander | New Zealand | DNF |
| — | Didier Sainthorand | France | DNF |
| — | Tesfaye Tafa | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | John Downes | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Alejandro Cuahtepizi | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Gairat Nigmatov | Tajikistan | DNF |
| — | David Burke | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Anatoli Statskejevitsh | Belarus | DNF |
| — | Kennedy Masese | Malawi | DNF |
| — | Jevgeni Solovjev | Tajikistan | DNF |
| — | Derick Zhanda | Zambia | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Paul Tergat1 Ismael Kirui3 Paul Koech4 Joseph Kimani6 William Kiptum9 Josephat Machuka10 (Stephen Arusei)(14) (James Songok)(23) (James Kariuki)(61) | 33 |
| | Morocco Salah Hissou2 Khalid Skah7 Smail Sghir8 Abderrahim Zitouna13 Mustapha Bamouh29 Khaled Boulami40 (Mohamed Issangar)(52) (Abdelaziz Sahere)(54) (Brahim Boulami)(78) | 99 |
| | Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie5 Abraham Assefa11 Habte Jifar17 Fita Bayissa18 Ayele Mezegebu21 Chala Kelele35 (Girma Tolla)(39) (Nigousse Urge)(71) (Tesfaye Tafa)(DNF) | 107 |
| 4 | Spain Alejandro Gómez19 José Manuel García22 Antonio Serrano32 Antonio Pérez33 Juan Ramón Muñoz46 Carlos de la Torre53 (Julio Rey)(55) (José Ramon Moreno)(84) (Pere Arco)(109) | 205 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Jon Brown12 John Nuttall28 Rob Denmark45 Andrew Pearson51 Keith Cullen57 Darius Burrows59 (Chris Sweeney)(87) (Adrian Passey)(129) (Steve Harris)(151) | 252 |
| 6 | Italy Gennaro Di Napoli37 Christian Leuprecht43 Stefano Baldini48 Angelo Carosi64 Francesco Panetta75 Salvatore Bettiol85 (Sebastiano Mazzara)(163) (Simone Zanon)(187) (Vincenzo Modica)(DNF) | 352 |
| 7 | South Africa Shadrack Hoff15 Owen MacHelm44 John Morapedi50 Meshack Mogotsi86 Sam Molokomme89 Simon Morolong95 (Ezael Thlobo)(96) (Meck Mothuli)(138) (Makhosonke Fika)(208) | 379 |
| 8 | Portugal Domingos Castro26 António Pinto38 Alfredo Bráz60 Carlos Patrício83 Vítor Almeida92 Joaquim Silva98 (Paulo Guerra)(DNF) (Eduardo Henriques)(DNF) (José Regalo)(DNF) | 397 |
| 9 | Australia Steve Moneghetti16 Julian Paynter25 Shaun Creighton49 Lee Troop66 Phillip Sly118 Darren Lynch123 (Ray Boyd)(155) | 397 |
| 10 | Tanzania John Gilay24 Andrew Panga34 Marko Hwahu47 Tadeo Nada72 Faustine Shauri73 Benito Mpwewe160 | 410 |
| 11 | France Mustapha Essaïd20 Yann Millon42 Abdellah Béhar76 Bertrand Frechard79 Dominique Chauvelier128 Bertrand Itsweire133 (Bruno Le Stum)(220) (Abdoulka Soumah)(230) (Didier Sainthorand)(DNF) | 478 |
| 12 | New Zealand Robbie Johnston67 Jason Cameron68 Kerry Rodger88 Phillip Clode101 Jonathan Wyatt111 Phil Costley114 (Dale Warrander)(DNF) | 549 |
| 13 | United States Brian Baker41 Jeff Campbell82 Tim Gannon94 Daniel Held119 Bradley Kirk121 Robert Cook Jr.126 (Jonathan Hume)(127) (Brad Schlapak)(179) (Seamus McElligott)(181) | 583 |
| 14 | Brazil Daniel Ferreira27 Sérgio da Silva74 Adalberto Garcia90 Éder Fialho104 Leonardo Guedes147 Elenilson da Silva148 (Artur Castro)(DNF) | 590 |
| 15 | Netherlands Kamiel Maase30 Greg van Hest62 Peter van der Velden99 Marcel Laros125 Marcel Versteeg145 Ron van Diepen152 (René Godlieb)(DNF) | 613 |
| 16 | Colombia Carlos Grisales36 Pedro Rojas65 William Roldán106 José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero141 Francisco Sanchez166 Freddy Silva226 | 740 |
| 17 | Belgium Stéphane Rousseau105 Marc Vanderstraeten122 Filip van Damme134 Jos Maes137 Stephan Paessens153 Tom van Hooste191 | 842 |
| 18 | Uganda Godfrey Nyombi102 Alex Malinga113 Ronald Mujuni131 Clement Omagoro157 Ben Chesang177 Milton Andabati193 (Boaz Matsiko)(200) | 873 |
| 19 | Ukraine Valery Chesak97 Viktor Karpenko144 Aleksandr Kuzin150 Sergiy Lebid154 Igor Sidorenko190 Andrey Gladishev207 | 942 |
| 20 | India Bhairav Singh124 Redmal Singh168 Gulab Chand169 Dinesh Kumar170 Anil Kumar176 Sumer Singh194 | 1001 |
| 21 | Finland Petri Kuusinen115 Veli-Matti Ranta140 Jukka Vähä-Vahe192 Jussi Virtanen203 Jari Venäläinen213 Marko Kotila215 (Jouni Rinne)(228) (Teppo Jalonen)(DNF) | 1078 |
| 22 | Malawi John Mwathiwa93 Henry Moyo108 Francis Munthali139 Emmanuel Milonya243 Eston Phiri245 Mishack Myula250 (Kennedy Masese)(DNF) | 1078 |
| 23 | Namibia Aron Shipanga100 Joseph Tjitunga136 Bethold Karumendu184 Pierewit Wilders212 Alex Oldete223 Emil Roman225 | 1080 |
| 24 | Eswatini Daniel Sibandze135 Isaac Simelane142 Elphas Ginindza174 Bhekumusa Simelane206 Luke Madongo216 Pat Mabuza236 | 1109 |
| 25 | Botswana Kabo Gabaseme143 Lesedinyana Lekgoa173 Zachariah Ditetso185 Kefemawg Selogilwe201 Zambis Champi204 Modise Ndibicha231 | 1137 |
| 26 | Mauritius Abdul Sameer Moos186 Menon Ramsamy199 Ajay Chuttoo219 Satish Huryl232 Patrick Moonsamy235 Bruno Armance240 (Mike Felicite)(241) | 1311 |
| 27 | Jamaica Jurmain Mitchell130 Linton McKenzie229 Nils Antonio234 Delmore Delevante238 Michael Tomlin242 Delroy Hayden253 | 1326 |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea Philip Kamane239 Morris Manai246 Sau Wai249 Robert John251 Ken Mova255 Tony Green258 (Medley Laban)(259) | 1498 |
| 29 | Fiji Prosnattam Lal247 Davendra Pradesh Singh254 Ashok Kumar256 Isireli Naikelekelevesi257 Jitendra Prakash260 Bimiesh Kumar261 | 1535 |
| DNF | Zimbabwe (Godfrey Koki)(56) (Fungai Kapanyota)(80) (Peter Mavura)(81) (Tsungai Mwanengeni)(149) (Oliver Kandiero)(165) (Philimon Hanneck)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Mexico (Pablo Olmedo)(69) (Martin Rodríguez)(70) (Carlos Peña)(110) (Rafael Muñoz)(162) (Carlos Morelos)(209) (Alejandro Cuahtepizi)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Ireland (Noel Cullen)(107) (Seamus Power)(161) (Jamie Lewis)(171) (Pauric McKinney)(197) (Alan Merriman)(210) (Cormac Finnerty)(DNF) (John Downes)(DNF) (David Burke)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 281 athletes from 56 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Angola (1)
* Australia (7)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (6)
* Botswana (6)
* Brazil (7)
* Cameroon (4)
* Canada (5)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (6)
* Congo (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Egypt (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Fiji (6)
* Finland (8)
* France (9)
* Germany (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (6)
* Ireland (8)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (9)
* Jamaica (6)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (9)
* Lesotho (4)
* Malawi (7)
* Mauritius (7)
* Mexico (6)
* Morocco (9)
* Mozambique (2)
* Namibia (6)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (7)
* Papua New Guinea (7)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (9)
* Senegal (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* South Africa (9)
* Spain (9)
* Eswatini (6)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (3)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tanzania (6)
* Uganda (7)
* Ukraine (6)
* United Kingdom (9)
* United States (9)
* Yugoslavia (2)
* Zambia (3)
* Zimbabwe (6)