Nuttal made his second a final outing at the World Championships in 1995, reachin the 5000 m final and coming 14th. He also ran at the Atlanta Olympics, but did not progress beyond the semi-finals. He had his highest career placing at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 28th to help a British team including Jon Brown, Rob Denmark, Andrew Pearson and Keith Cullen to fifth. That year he had double national success with wins at the English Cross Country Championships and the AAA Championships.