# 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.905 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Ibrahim Jeilan | Ethiopia | 22:38 |
| | Ayele Abshero | Ethiopia | 22:40 |
| | Lucas Kimeli Rotich | Kenya | 22:42 |
| 4 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Uganda | 22:43 |
| 5 | Titus Kipjumba Mbishei | Kenya | 22:45 |
| 6 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Kenya | 22:51 |
| 7 | Peter Kimeli Some | Kenya | 22:55 |
| 8 | Geofrey Kusuro | Uganda | 22:56 |
| 9 | Amanuel Mesel | Eritrea | 23:00 |
| 10 | Levy Matebo Omari | Kenya | 23:03 |
| 11 | Hunegnaw Mesfin | Ethiopia | 23:03 |
| 12 | Stephen Kiprotich | Uganda | 23:09 |
| 13 | Abraham Kiplimo | Uganda | 23:17 |
| 14 | Feyisa Liesa | Ethiopia | 23:18 |
| 15 | Charles Kibet Chepkurui | Kenya | 23:24 |
| 16 | Issak Sibhatu | Eritrea | 23:25 |
| 17 | Tonny Wamulwa | Zambia | 23:26 |
| 18 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Ethiopia | 23:34 |
| 19 | Tsegai Tewelde | Eritrea | 23:48 |
| 20 | Hirotaka Tamura | Japan | 23:55 |
| 21 | Yetwale Kende | Ethiopia | 23:58 |
| 22 | Ben Siwa | Uganda | 24:01 |
| 23 | Sidi-Hassan Chahdi | France | 24:04 |
| 24 | David Forrester | United Kingdom | 24:14 |
| 25 | German Fernandez | United States | 24:15 |
| 26 | Emil Heineking | United States | 24:16 |
| 27 | Youssef Nasir | Morocco | 24:18 |
| 28 | Sondre Nordstad Moen | Norway | 24:21 |
| 29 | Adil Rached | Morocco | 24:22 |
| 30 | Matthew Leeder | Canada | 24:26 |
| 31 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 24:28 |
| 32 | Shun Kurihara | Japan | 24:30 |
| 33 | Hiroyuki Sasaki | Japan | 24:31 |
| 34 | Ryuji Kashiwabara | Japan | 24:33 |
| 35 | Kevin Williams | United States | 24:34 |
| 36 | Charles Bett Koech | Qatar | 24:35 |
| 37 | Akinobu Murasawa | Japan | 24:36 |
| 38 | Hasan Pak | Turkey | 24:37 |
| 39 | Mohamed Mekkaoui | Morocco | 24:37 |
| 40 | Dominic Channon | New Zealand | 24:42 |
| 41 | Abdelghani Aït Bahmad | Morocco | 24:42 |
| 42 | Abdelmadjed Touil | Algeria | 24:45 |
| 43 | Imad Touil | Algeria | 24:46 |
| 44 | Kenta Chiba | Japan | 24:49 |
| 45 | Houssem Rouabhi | Algeria | 24:53 |
| 46 | Hugo Beamish | New Zealand | 24:55 |
| 47 | Richard Everest | Australia | 24:57 |
| 48 | Craig Murphy | Ireland | 25:00 |
| 49 | Cihat Ulus | Turkey | 25:01 |
| 50 | Aleksandr Kuternin | Canada | 25:02 |
| 51 | Mohammed Ahmed | Canada | 25:03 |
| 52 | Ryan Sheridan | United States | 25:03 |
| 53 | Bruno Albuquerque | Portugal | 25:04 |
| 54 | Duer Yoa | Australia | 25:05 |
| 55 | Mitchell Goose | United Kingdom | 25:06 |
| 56 | Ross Murray | United Kingdom | 25:10 |
| 57 | Matthew Hughes | Canada | 25:17 |
| 58 | Abdellah Dacha | Morocco | 25:19 |
| 59 | Vedat Gönen | Turkey | 25:19 |
| 60 | Nyjal Majock | Canada | 25:19 |
| 61 | Daniel Mateo | Spain | 25:19 |
| 62 | José Márcio Da Silva | Brazil | 25:20 |
| 63 | Gilberto Lopes | Brazil | 25:21 |
| 64 | Simon Denissel | France | 25:23 |
| 65 | Mark Tolstikhin | Russia | 25:26 |
| 66 | Peter Corrigan | Canada | 25:27 |
| 67 | Dewi Griffiths | United Kingdom | 25:29 |
| 68 | José Manuel González | Spain | 25:32 |
| 69 | Ahmed El Mazoury | Italy | 25:34 |
| 70 | Moussa Ziani | Algeria | 25:35 |
| 71 | Krystian Zalewski | Poland | 25:36 |
| 72 | Benjamin Johnson | United States | 25:37 |
| 73 | Evgeny Ryzhov | Russia | 25:37 |
| 74 | Paulo Carvalho | Brazil | 25:37 |
| 75 | Michael Mulhare | Ireland | 25:38 |
| 76 | Víctor Corrales | Spain | 25:38 |
| 77 | Abdelkader Khanous | Algeria | 25:40 |
| 78 | François Leprovost | France | 25:40 |
| 79 | Paulo Pinheiro | Portugal | 25:40 |
| 80 | Sityhilo Diko | South Africa | 25:45 |
| 81 | Simon Horsfield | United Kingdom | 25:45 |
| 82 | Senzo Nkosi | South Africa | 25:46 |
| 83 | Benoit Calandreau | France | 25:47 |
| 84 | Sebastian Martos | Spain | 25:47 |
| 85 | Guillermo Durán | Spain | 25:48 |
| 86 | Robert Moldovan | United States | 25:49 |
| 87 | Mohamed Mahcene | Algeria | 25:51 |
| 88 | Hicham El Amrani | Morocco | 25:52 |
| 89 | David Flynn | Ireland | 25:53 |
| 90 | Ashley Watson | Australia | 25:58 |
| 91 | Liam Tremble | Ireland | 26:01 |
| 92 | Carlos Alonso | Spain | 26:02 |
| 93 | Phillip Berntsen | United Kingdom | 26:06 |
| 94 | Ian Ward | Ireland | 26:09 |
| 95 | Houssem Bouallagui | France | 26:11 |
| 96 | Viacheslav Shalamov | Russia | 26:13 |
| 97 | Víctor Aravena | Chile | 26:15 |
| 98 | Anatoly Yakovlev | Russia | 26:19 |
| 99 | Patrick Hogan | Ireland | 26:23 |
| 100 | Éderson Pereira | Brazil | 26:25 |
| 101 | Yousef Al-Lathaa | Yemen | 26:30 |
| 102 | Anthony Baumal | France | 26:39 |
| 103 | Jorge Santa Cruz | Portugal | 26:52 |
| 104 | Sydney Ngwenya | South Africa | 26:57 |
| 105 | Sven Spanic | Croatia | 27:11 |
| 106 | Ivan Khitrov | Russia | 28:19 |
| 107 | Motasem Akkawi | Jordan | 29:40 |
| 108 | Ahmed Taher | United Arab Emirates | 31:16 |
| — | Dmitry Zubkov | Russia | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Lucas Kimeli Rotich3 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei5 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio6 Peter Kimeli Some7 (Levy Matebo Omari)(10) (Charles Kibet Chepkurui)(15) | 21 |
| | Ethiopia Ibrahim Jeilan1 Ayele Abshero2 Hunegnaw Mesfin11 Feyisa Liesa14 (Dejen Gebremeskel)(18) (Yetwale Kende)(21) | 28 |
| | Uganda Benjamin Kiplagat4 Geofrey Kusuro8 Stephen Kiprotich12 Abraham Kiplimo13 (Ben Siwa)(22) | 37 |
| 4 | Japan Hirotaka Tamura20 Shun Kurihara32 Hiroyuki Sasaki33 Ryuji Kashiwabara34 (Akinobu Murasawa)(37) (Kenta Chiba)(44) | 119 |
| 5 | Morocco Youssef Nasir27 Adil Rached29 Mohamed Mekkaoui39 Abdelghani Aït Bahmad41 (Abdellah Dacha)(58) (Hicham El Amrani)(88) | 136 |
| 6 | United States German Fernandez25 Emil Heineking26 Kevin Williams35 Ryan Sheridan52 (Benjamin Johnson)(72) (Robert Moldovan)(86) | 138 |
| 7 | Canada Matthew Leeder30 Aleksandr Kuternin50 Mohammed Ahmed51 Matthew Hughes57 (Nyjal Majock)(60) (Peter Corrigan)(66) | 188 |
| 8 | Algeria Abdelmadjed Touil42 Imad Touil43 Houssem Rouabhi45 Moussa Ziani70 (Abdelkader Khanous)(77) (Mohamed Mahcene)(87) | 200 |
| 9 | United Kingdom David Forrester24 Mitchell Goose55 Ross Murray56 Dewi Griffiths67 (Simon Horsfield)(81) (Phillip Berntsen)(93) | 202 |
| 10 | Australia Ryan Gregson31 Richard Everest47 Duer Yoa54 Ashley Watson90 | 222 |
| 11 | France Sidi-Hassan Chahdi23 Simon Denissel64 François Leprovost78 Benoit Calandreau83 (Houssem Bouallagui)(95) (Anthony Baumal)(102) | 248 |
| 12 | Spain Daniel Mateo61 José Manuel González68 Víctor Corrales76 Sebastian Martos84 (Guillermo Durán)(85) (Carlos Alonso)(92) | 289 |
| 13 | Brazil José Márcio Da Silva62 Gilberto Lopes63 Paulo Carvalho74 Éderson Pereira100 | 299 |
| 14 | Ireland Craig Murphy48 Michael Mulhare75 David Flynn89 Liam Tremble91 (Ian Ward)(94) (Patrick Hogan)(99) | 303 |
| 15 | Russia Mark Tolstikhin65 Evgeny Ryzhov73 Viacheslav Shalamov96 Anatoly Yakovlev98 (Ivan Khitrov)(106) (Dmitry Zubkov)(DNF) | 332 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 109 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Eritrea (3)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (6)
* Jordan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Morocco (6)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (3)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (6)
* South Africa (3)
* Spain (6)
* Turkey (3)
* Uganda (5)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Yemen (1)
* Zambia (1)