# 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12.333 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 35:11 |
| | Salah Hissou | Morocco | 35:13 |
| | Tom Nyariki | Kenya | 35:20 |
| 4 | Paul Koech | Kenya | 35:23 |
| 5 | Mohammed Mourhit | Belgium | 35:35 |
| 6 | Bernard Barmasai$^†$ | Kenya | 35:35 |
| 7 | Joseph Kibor | Kenya | 35:37 |
| 8 | Smail Sghir | Morocco | 35:56 |
| 9 | Julio Rey | Spain | 35:57 |
| 10 | Khaled Boulami | Morocco | 35:59 |
| 11 | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 35:59 |
| 12 | El Hassan Lahssini | Morocco | 36:01 |
| 13 | Assefa Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 36:06 |
| 14 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom | 36:08 |
| 15 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 36:16 |
| 16 | Elarbi Khattabi | Morocco | 36:18 |
| 17 | Joshua Chelanga | Kenya | 36:19 |
| 18 | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 36:33 |
| 19 | Shem Kororia | Kenya | 36:34 |
| 20 | Abdellah Béhar | France | 36:37 |
| 21 | José Manuel García | Spain | 36:38 |
| 22 | Brahim Boulami | Morocco | 36:40 |
| 23 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia | 36:40 |
| 24 | Benjamin Koskei | Kenya | 36:43 |
| 25 | Benedict Ako | Tanzania | 36:43 |
| 26 | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | 36:46 |
| 27 | Girma Tolla | Ethiopia | 36:47 |
| 28 | William Kiptum | Kenya | 36:47 |
| 29 | Mustapha Essaïd | France | 36:47 |
| 30 | Eduardo Henriques | Portugal | 36:48 |
| 31 | Kamiel Maase | Netherlands | 36:49 |
| 32 | Giuliano Battocletti | Italy | 36:56 |
| 33 | Tegenu Abebe | Ethiopia | 37:00 |
| 34 | Abel Chimukoko | Zimbabwe | 37:02 |
| 35 | Abderrahim Zitouna | Morocco | 37:04 |
| 36 | Ibrahim Seid | Ethiopia | 37:04 |
| 37 | Elenilson da Silva | Brazil | 37:05 |
| 38 | Christian Stephenson | United Kingdom | 37:05 |
| 39 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 37:07 |
| 40 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 37:08 |
| 41 | Faustin Saktay | Tanzania | 37:09 |
| 42 | José Manuel Martínez | Spain | 37:09 |
| 43 | Steffan White | United Kingdom | 37:10 |
| 44 | Yoshinori Shindo | Japan | 37:10 |
| 45 | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria | 37:10 |
| 46 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 37:11 |
| 47 | John Kosgei | Kenya | 37:12 |
| 48 | Sérgio da Silva | Brazil | 37:13 |
| 49 | Patrick Kaotsane | South Africa | 37:14 |
| 50 | Seamus Power | Ireland | 37:14 |
| 51 | Scott Larson | United States | 37:15 |
| 52 | Umberto Pusterla | Italy | 37:15 |
| 53 | Alfredo Bráz | Portugal | 37:16 |
| 54 | Gabino Apolonio | Mexico | 37:16 |
| 55 | Shaun Creighton | Australia | 37:17 |
| 56 | Andrew Pearson | United Kingdom | 37:18 |
| 57 | Mark Coogan | United States | 37:19 |
| 58 | Reinholdt Iita | Namibia | 37:22 |
| 59 | Imre Berkovics | Hungary | 37:24 |
| 60 | Abdelhak Lebouazda | Algeria | 37:24 |
| 61 | Laban Nkete | South Africa | 37:25 |
| 62 | Mikaël Thomas | France | 37:26 |
| 63 | Yahia Azaidj | Algeria | 37:27 |
| 64 | Róbert Štefko | Slovakia | 37:28 |
| 65 | Rachid Berradi | Italy | 37:28 |
| 66 | Vítor Almeida | Portugal | 37:31 |
| 67 | René Godlieb | Netherlands | 37:31 |
| 68 | Lemi Erpassa | Ethiopia | 37:32 |
| 69 | Andy Bristow | United Kingdom | 37:32 |
| 70 | Abdelaziz Sahere | Morocco | 37:33 |
| 71 | Sergey Fedotov | Russia | 37:34 |
| 72 | Tadeo Nada | Tanzania | 37:35 |
| 73 | Rui Vieira | Portugal | 37:35 |
| 74 | Ezael Thlobo | South Africa | 37:36 |
| 75 | José Santos | Portugal | 37:36 |
| 76 | Gabriele De Nard | Italy | 37:37 |
| 77 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 37:38 |
| 78 | Alejandro Méndez | Mexico | 37:38 |
| 79 | Vincenzo Modica | Italy | 37:39 |
| 80 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 37:39 |
| 81 | Adam Motlagale | South Africa | 37:39 |
| 82 | Mustapha Bamouh | Morocco | 37:40 |
| 83 | Claes Nyberg | Sweden | 37:40 |
| 84 | Andrés Pérez | Spain | 37:41 |
| 85 | Joseph LeMay | United States | 37:42 |
| 86 | Pete Julian | United States | 37:42 |
| 87 | Sid-Ali Sakhri | Algeria | 37:42 |
| 88 | Alejandro Cuahtepizi | Mexico | 37:43 |
| 89 | Jürg Stalder | Switzerland | 37:44 |
| 90 | Darren Wilson | Australia | 37:44 |
| 91 | Réda Benzine | Algeria | 37:44 |
| 92 | Jacinto Navarrete | Colombia | 37:45 |
| 93 | Patrick Ndayisenga | Burundi | 37:46 |
| 94 | Pedro Cunha | Portugal | 37:47 |
| 95 | Makhosonke Fika | South Africa | 37:47 |
| 96 | Alberto Maravilha | Portugal | 37:48 |
| 97 | José Villanueva | Mexico | 37:49 |
| 98 | Brian Baker | United States | 37:50 |
| 99 | Jason Cameron | New Zealand | 37:51 |
| 100 | Julian Dwyer | Australia | 37:51 |
| 101 | Tom van Hooste | Belgium | 37:53 |
| 102 | Daisuke Arakawa | Japan | 37:53 |
| 103 | Jean-François Bertron | France | 37:54 |
| 104 | Ville Hautala | Finland | 37:54 |
| 105 | Justin Pugsley | United Kingdom | 37:55 |
| 106 | Santtu Mäkinen | Finland | 37:55 |
| 107 | John Gilay | Tanzania | 37:58 |
| 108 | Yoshinori Yokota | Japan | 37:59 |
| 109 | Chris Weber | Canada | 37:59 |
| 110 | Tim Hacker | United States | 38:00 |
| 111 | Pablo Olmedo | Mexico | 38:01 |
| 112 | Yuki Yamamoto | Japan | 38:02 |
| 113 | Greg van Hest | Netherlands | 38:02 |
| 114 | Xia Fengyuan | China | 38:03 |
| 115 | John Morapedi | South Africa | 38:03 |
| 116 | Paul Roden | United Kingdom | 38:04 |
| 117 | Duncan Ross | New Zealand | 38:04 |
| 118 | Benedito Gomes | Brazil | 38:04 |
| 119 | Cedric Dehouck | France | 38:05 |
| 120 | Rod de Highden | Australia | 38:06 |
| 121 | Paul Smith | New Zealand | 38:07 |
| 122 | Julius Gidabuday | Tanzania | 38:07 |
| 123 | Pacifique Ayabusa | Rwanda | 38:08 |
| 124 | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 38:08 |
| 125 | Sergio Couto | Brazil | 38:09 |
| 126 | Stephen Phofi | South Africa | 38:09 |
| 127 | Cao Changhai | China | 38:10 |
| 128 | Joseph Nsengiyumya | Rwanda | 38:11 |
| 129 | Tesgie Legesse | Ethiopia | 38:11 |
| 130 | Yann Millon | France | 38:12 |
| 131 | Tsunake Kalamori | South Africa | 38:18 |
| 132 | Domenico D'Ambrosio | Italy | 38:19 |
| 133 | Tim de Cock | Belgium | 38:21 |
| 134 | Shawn Found | United States | 38:22 |
| 135 | Elias Bastos | Brazil | 38:23 |
| 136 | Neema Tuluway | Tanzania | 38:24 |
| 137 | Sean Quilty | Australia | 38:29 |
| 138 | Loïc van Mackenbergh | France | 38:30 |
| 139 | Amrish Kumar | India | 38:31 |
| 140 | Philip Starr | New Zealand | 38:31 |
| 141 | Bruno Toledo | Spain | 38:34 |
| 142 | Aleksandr Kuzin | Ukraine | 38:34 |
| 143 | Eric Bouffioux | Belgium | 38:36 |
| 144 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 38:37 |
| 145 | Zoltán Káldy | Hungary | 38:38 |
| 146 | Carlos Peña | Mexico | 38:39 |
| 147 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 38:41 |
| 148 | Abdulkadir Türk | Turkey | 38:42 |
| 149 | Simon Vroemen | Netherlands | 38:43 |
| 150 | Péter Jager | Hungary | 38:44 |
| 151 | Phil Costley | New Zealand | 38:46 |
| 152 | Abdelkrim Benzai | Algeria | 38:47 |
| 153 | Ayele Setegne | Israel | 38:48 |
| 154 | Steve Isbel | Australia | 38:49 |
| 155 | Martin Lauret | Netherlands | 38:50 |
| 156 | Fraser Bertram | Canada | 38:51 |
| 157 | Gianni Crepaldi | Italy | 38:54 |
| 158 | Robert Cook Jr. | United States | 38:55 |
| 159 | Juuso Rainio | Finland | 38:56 |
| 160 | William Vasquez | Colombia | 38:56 |
| 161 | Glynn Tromans | United Kingdom | 38:57 |
| 162 | José Amaro Lourenço | Angola | 38:59 |
| 163 | Igor Salamun | Slovenia | 39:00 |
| 164 | Jussi Virtanen | Finland | 39:06 |
| 165 | Mauricio Ladino | Colombia | 39:07 |
| 166 | Wang Zhicheng | China | 39:07 |
| 167 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 39:08 |
| 168 | Viktor Röthlin | Switzerland | 39:10 |
| 169 | Ernest Ndjissipou | Central African Republic | 39:11 |
| 170 | Pasi Mattila | Finland | 39:13 |
| 171 | Alphonse Munyeshyaka | Rwanda | 39:13 |
| 172 | Percy Sephoda | Lesotho | 39:16 |
| 173 | Keith Dowling | United States | 39:18 |
| 174 | Marko Kotila | Finland | 39:18 |
| 175 | Zoltán Kadlót | Hungary | 39:20 |
| 176 | Aron Shipanga | Namibia | 39:21 |
| 177 | Guy Schultz | Canada | 39:21 |
| 178 | Bhairav Singh | India | 39:22 |
| 179 | Trent Harlow | Australia | 39:23 |
| 180 | Zoltán Holba | Hungary | 39:23 |
| 181 | Salah Zereg | Algeria | 39:30 |
| 182 | Lesedinyana Lekgoa | Botswana | 39:32 |
| 183 | Sukru Onat | Turkey | 39:32 |
| 184 | Tom McGrath | Ireland | 39:33 |
| 185 | Nihat Bagci | Turkey | 39:34 |
| 186 | Jason Bunston | Canada | 39:34 |
| 187 | János Szemán | Hungary | 39:36 |
| 188 | Kevin Christiani | Canada | 39:37 |
| 189 | Toomas Tarm | Estonia | 39:41 |
| 190 | Menon Ramsamy | Mauritius | 39:44 |
| 191 | Ma Hongsheng | China | 39:44 |
| 192 | Patrick Ishyaka | Rwanda | 39:44 |
| 193 | Justin Rutaba | Rwanda | 39:53 |
| 194 | Heiki Sarapuu | Estonia | 39:54 |
| 195 | Julián Berrio | Colombia | 39:55 |
| 196 | Rustam Radjapov | Turkmenistan | 39:57 |
| 197 | Samir Benfarès | France | 40:02 |
| 198 | Khristo Stefanov | Bulgaria | 40:03 |
| 199 | Khauta Ntsoele | Lesotho | 40:07 |
| 200 | Thabiso Moqhali | Lesotho | 40:09 |
| 201 | Adamou Aboubakar | Cameroon | 40:10 |
| 202 | Jeremy Deere | Canada | 40:12 |
| 203 | Min Ahebaike | China | 40:14 |
| 204 | Alagawadi Shivananda | India | 40:15 |
| 205 | Mehmet Günen | Turkey | 40:16 |
| 206 | Nazirdin Akylbekov | Kyrgyzstan | 40:19 |
| 207 | Francisco Mondragon | Mexico | 40:22 |
| 208 | Satilmis Atmaca | Turkey | 40:24 |
| 209 | Manbir Singh | India | 40:27 |
| 210 | Peter Cardle | Canada | 40:31 |
| 211 | Pasi Jeremejeff | Finland | 40:33 |
| 212 | Soro Bassirima | Côte d'Ivoire | 40:34 |
| 213 | David Galindo | Mexico | 40:35 |
| 214 | Dashrath Tigga | India | 40:35 |
| 215 | Leonid Pykhteyev | Kyrgyzstan | 40:41 |
| 216 | Remzi Atli | Turkey | 40:41 |
| 217 | Mathieu Kouanotso | Cameroon | 40:44 |
| 218 | Michiel Otten | Netherlands | 40:45 |
| 219 | Bayan Batyrbekov | Kyrgyzstan | 40:46 |
| 220 | Lalan Kumar | India | 40:50 |
| 221 | Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 40:54 |
| 222 | Petrus Adolf | Namibia | 40:56 |
| 223 | Bethold Karumendu | Namibia | 40:56 |
| 224 | Jacinto López | Colombia | 40:58 |
| 225 | Pierre Foka | Cameroon | 41:04 |
| 226 | Atadjan Duzdyev | Turkmenistan | 41:06 |
| 227 | Bertus Bock | Namibia | 41:08 |
| 228 | Nedeljko Ravic | Croatia | 41:10 |
| 229 | Frederick Baldacchino | Malta | 41:15 |
| 230 | Mohamed Al-Malki | Yemen | 41:32 |
| 231 | Abdul Sameer Moos | Mauritius | 41:33 |
| 232 | Risto Utsmuts | Estonia | 41:37 |
| 233 | Xandru Grech | Malta | 41:40 |
| 234 | Pierre Kenzo | Cameroon | 41:40 |
| 235 | Urmas Sadam | Estonia | 41:41 |
| 236 | Mohamed Al-Atashi | Yemen | 41:54 |
| 237 | Bruno Armance | Mauritius | 41:57 |
| 238 | William Roldán | Colombia | 42:02 |
| 239 | Gustave Ombouma | Congo | 42:04 |
| 240 | John Buhagiar | Malta | 42:06 |
| 241 | Patrick Moonsamy | Mauritius | 42:10 |
| 242 | Jaanus Gross | Estonia | 42:11 |
| 243 | Fatih Cintimar | Turkey | 42:16 |
| 244 | Anwar Al-Harazi | Yemen | 42:18 |
| 245 | Sentso Retere | Lesotho | 42:20 |
| 246 | Khauta Khotle | Lesotho | 42:27 |
| 247 | Meelis Minn | Estonia | 42:37 |
| 248 | Sergey Zabavskiy | Tajikistan | 42:51 |
| 249 | Gervais Yapo Yapi | Côte d'Ivoire | 43:02 |
| 250 | Kopamo Pekile | Lesotho | 43:03 |
| 251 | Mohamed Al-Hada | Yemen | 43:03 |
| 252 | Robert Attard | Malta | 43:10 |
| 253 | Andrew Tafagnda | Cameroon | 43:12 |
| 254 | Jean Paul Louise | Mauritius | 43:17 |
| 255 | Ali Yahya | Yemen | 43:19 |
| 256 | Celestin Nguepnang | Cameroon | 43:23 |
| 257 | Christopher Blackburn | Mauritius | 43:48 |
| 258 | Joseph Pace | Malta | 43:53 |
| 259 | Lee Kar-Lun | Hong Kong | 44:04 |
| 260 | Peter Azzopardi | Malta | 44:11 |
| 261 | Goim Hussein | Yemen | 44:28 |
| 262 | André Camilleri | Malta | 44:38 |
| 263 | Diosdado Ndemensogo | Equatorial Guinea | 44:52 |
| 264 | Norbert Hariba | Seychelles | 45:08 |
| 265 | Salim Servina | Seychelles | 45:10 |
| — | Tendai Chimusasa | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| — | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Ezzher | France | DNF |
| — | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | DNF |
| — | Julian Paynter | Australia | DNF |
| — | Miroslav Vanko | Slovakia | DNF |
| — | Kamel Kohil | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Leonardo Guedes | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Linton McKenzie | Jamaica | DNF |
| — | Antonio Pérez | Spain | DNF |
| — | Emerson Bem | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Ferenc Sági | Hungary | DNF |
| — | Sergey Kamayev | Turkmenistan | DNF |
| — | Gairat Nigmatov | Tajikistan | DNF |
| — | Carlos de la Torre | Spain | DNS |
| — | Ihab Abdalah Salama | Palestine | DNS |
| — | Francis Akpan | Sierra Leone | DNS |
| — | Mohamed Bangura | Sierra Leone | DNS |
| — | Alfred Dura | Sierra Leone | DNS |
| — | Peter Kanyako | Sierra Leone | DNS |
$^†$: Athlete marked in the results list as nonscorer.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Paul Tergat1 Tom Nyariki3 Paul Koech4 Joseph Kibor7 Joshua Chelanga17 Shem Kororia19 (Benjamin Koskei)(24) (William Kiptum)(28) (John Kosgei)(47) | 51 |
| | Morocco Salah Hissou2 Smail Sghir8 Khaled Boulami10 El Hassan Lahssini12 Elarbi Khattabi16 Brahim Boulami22 (Abderrahim Zitouna)(35) (Abdelaziz Sahere)(70) (Mustapha Bamouh)(82) | 70 |
| | Ethiopia Habte Jifar11 Assefa Mezegebu13 Ayele Mezegebu18 Abraham Assefa23 Girma Tolla27 Tegenu Abebe33 (Ibrahim Seid)(36) (Lemi Erpassa)(68) (Tesgie Legesse)(129) | 125 |
| 4 | Portugal Domingos Castro15 Paulo Guerra26 Eduardo Henriques30 Alfredo Bráz53 Vítor Almeida66 Rui Vieira73 (José Santos)(75) (Pedro Cunha)(94) (Alberto Maravilha)(96) | 263 |
| 5 | Spain Julio Rey9 José Manuel García21 Alejandro Gómez39 José Manuel Martínez42 José Carlos Adán80 Andrés Pérez84 (Bruno Toledo)(141) (Antonio Pérez)(DNF) | 275 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Jon Brown14 Christian Stephenson38 Steffan White43 Andrew Pearson56 Andy Bristow69 Justin Pugsley105 (Paul Roden)(116) (Glynn Tromans)(161) (Keith Cullen)(DNF) | 325 |
| 7 | Italy Giuliano Battocletti32 Simone Zanon40 Umberto Pusterla52 Rachid Berradi65 Gabriele De Nard76 Vincenzo Modica79 (Domenico D'Ambrosio)(132) (Gianni Crepaldi)(157) (Gennaro Di Napoli)(DNF) | 344 |
| 8 | Algeria Azzedine Sakhri45 Abdelhak Lebouazda60 Yahia Azaidj63 Samir Moussaoui77 Sid-Ali Sakhri87 Réda Benzine91 (Abdelkrim Benzai)(152) (Salah Zereg)(181) (Kamel Kohil)(DNF) | 423 |
| 9 | France Abdellah Béhar20 Mustapha Essaïd29 Mikaël Thomas62 Jean-François Bertron103 Cedric Dehouck119 Yann Millon130 (Loïc van Mackenbergh)(138) (Samir Benfarès)(197) (Mohamed Ezzher)(DNF) | 463 |
| 10 | South Africa Patrick Kaotsane49 Laban Nkete61 Ezael Thlobo74 Adam Motlagale81 Makhosonke Fika95 John Morapedi115 (Stephen Phofi)(126) (Tsunake Kalamori)(131) (Hendrick Ramaala)(167) | 475 |
| 11 | United States Scott Larson51 Mark Coogan57 Joseph LeMay85 Pete Julian86 Brian Baker98 Tim Hacker110 (Shawn Found)(134) (Robert Cook Jr.)(158) (Keith Dowling)(173) | 487 |
| 12 | Tanzania Benedict Ako25 Faustin Saktay41 Tadeo Nada72 John Gilay107 Julius Gidabuday122 Neema Tuluway136 | 503 |
| 13 | Australia Steve Moneghetti46 Shaun Creighton55 Darren Wilson90 Julian Dwyer100 Rod de Highden120 Sean Quilty137 (Steve Isbel)(154) (Trent Harlow)(179) (Julian Paynter)(DNF) | 548 |
| 14 | Mexico Gabino Apolonio54 Alejandro Méndez78 Alejandro Cuahtepizi88 José Villanueva97 Pablo Olmedo111 Carlos Peña146 (Francisco Mondragon)(207) (David Galindo)(213) | 574 |
| 15 | Netherlands Kamiel Maase31 René Godlieb67 Greg van Hest113 Marcel Laros124 Simon Vroemen149 Martin Lauret155 (Michiel Otten)(218) | 639 |
| 16 | Finland Ville Hautala104 Santtu Mäkinen106 Juuso Rainio159 Jussi Virtanen164 Pasi Mattila170 Marko Kotila174 (Pasi Jeremejeff)(211) | 877 |
| 17 | Hungary Imre Berkovics59 Zoltán Káldy145 Péter Jager150 Zoltán Kadlót175 Zoltán Holba180 János Szemán187 (Ferenc Sági)(DNF) | 896 |
| 18 | Canada Chris Weber109 Joël Bourgeois147 Fraser Bertram156 Guy Schultz177 Jason Bunston186 Kevin Christiani188 (Jeremy Deere)(202) (Peter Cardle)(210) | 963 |
| 19 | Colombia Jacinto Navarrete92 William Vasquez160 Mauricio Ladino165 Julián Berrio195 Jacinto López224 William Roldán238 | 1074 |
| 20 | Turkey Abdulkadir Türk148 Sukru Onat183 Nihat Bagci185 Mehmet Günen205 Satilmis Atmaca208 Remzi Atli216 (Fatih Cintimar)(243) | 1145 |
| 21 | India Amrish Kumar139 Bhairav Singh178 Alagawadi Shivananda204 Manbir Singh209 Dashrath Tigga214 Lalan Kumar220 | 1164 |
| 22 | Lesotho Percy Sephoda172 Khauta Ntsoele199 Thabiso Moqhali200 Sentso Retere245 Khauta Khotle246 Kopamo Pekile250 | 1312 |
| 23 | Estonia Toomas Tarm189 Heiki Sarapuu194 Risto Utsmuts232 Urmas Sadam235 Jaanus Gross242 Meelis Minn247 | 1339 |
| 24 | Cameroon Adamou Aboubakar201 Mathieu Kouanotso217 Pierre Foka225 Pierre Kenzo234 Andrew Tafagnda253 Celestin Nguepnang256 | 1386 |
| 25 | Mauritius Menon Ramsamy190 Abdul Sameer Moos231 Bruno Armance237 Patrick Moonsamy241 Jean Paul Louise254 Christopher Blackburn257 | 1410 |
| 26 | Malta Frederick Baldacchino229 Xandru Grech233 John Buhagiar240 Robert Attard252 Joseph Pace258 Peter Azzopardi260 (André Camilleri)(262) | 1472 |
| 27 | Yemen Mohamed Al-Malki230 Mohamed Al-Atashi236 Anwar Al-Harazi244 Mohamed Al-Hada251 Ali Yahya255 Goim Hussein261 | 1477 |
| DNF | Brazil (Elenilson da Silva)(37) (Sérgio da Silva)(48) (Benedito Gomes)(118) (Sergio Couto)(125) (Elias Bastos)(135) (Leonardo Guedes)(DNF) (Emerson Bem)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Rwanda (Pacifique Ayabusa)(123) (Joseph Nsengiyumya)(128) (Alphonse Munyeshyaka)(171) (Patrick Ishyaka)(192) (Justin Rutaba)(193) (Mathias Ntawulikura)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 280 athletes from 58 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. Although announced, athletes from Sierra Leone did not show.
* Algeria (9)
* Angola (1)
* Australia (9)
* Belgium (4)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (7)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Cameroon (6)
* Canada (8)
* Central African Republic (1)
* China (5)
* Colombia (6)
* Congo (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (2)
* Croatia (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (7)
* France (9)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (7)
* India (6)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (9)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (10)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Lesotho (6)
* Malta (7)
* Mauritius (6)
* Mexico (8)
* Morocco (9)
* Namibia (5)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (5)
* Portugal (9)
* Russia (1)
* Rwanda (6)
* Seychelles (3)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (9)
* Spain (8)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tanzania (6)
* Turkey (7)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (9)
* United States (9)
* Yemen (6)
* Zimbabwe (2)