2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Senior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 30th March 24 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Ireland Leopardstown Racecourse 37 141 1 11.998 km – Senior men 2001 Oostende 2003 Lausanne The Senior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, March 24, 2002 PLUS: RUNNING; Briton Holds Off U.S. Challenge https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/sports/plus-running-briton-holds-off-us-challenge.html The New York Times October 30, 2013 Clarey Christopher March 25, 2002 TRACK AND FIELD : A gold sweep for Ethiopian 'in a class of his own' https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/sports/25iht-cross_ed3_.html The New York Times October 30, 2013 in the Herald, Gillon Doug March 25, 2001 Radcliffe completes the double - Briton successfully defends world cross-country title http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/radcliffe-completes-the-double-briton-successfully-defends-world-cross-country-title-1.155125 Herald October 30, 2013 Gillon Doug March 25, 2001 Title joy second time around for youngster Bikele http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/title-joy-second-time-around-for-youngster-bikele-1.155124 Herald October 30, 2013 and for the IAAF. Wallace-Jones Sean March 24, 2001 Bekele defies pundits to take historic double gold in Dublin http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/bekele-defies-pundits-to-take-historic-double IAAF October 30, 2013 Complete results for individuals,Magnusson Tomas September 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Dublin Leopardstown Date: Sunday, March 24, 2002 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM2002S.html Athchamps (archived) October 30, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110659/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM2002S.html October 16, 2007 March 24, 2002 Official Results - CROSS LONG RACE Men - Sunday, March 24, 2002 http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc02/Results/data/M/XS/Rf.html IAAF October 30, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131101184110/http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc02/Results/data/M/XS/Rf.html November 1, 2013 March 24, 2002 Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Long Race - men http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/30th-iaafsport-ireland-world-cross-country-ch-2950/results/men/long-race/final/result IAAF October 30, 2013 for teams,March 24, 2002 Official Results - CROSS LONG RACE Men - Team - Sunday, March 24, 2002 http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc02/Results/data/M/XS/Cf.html IAAF October 30, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110315210006/http://www2.iaaf.org/WXC02/results/data/M/XS/Cf.html March 15, 2011 March 24, 2002 Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Long Race - men - Final - Team http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/30th-iaafsport-ireland-world-cross-country-ch-2950/results/men/long-race/final/team IAAF October 30, 2013 medallists, IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm Athletics Weekly October 30, 2013 and the results of British athletes who took part36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf IAAF 2ff October 30, 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf September 27, 2013 were published. Race results Senior men's race (11.998 km) Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele ETH 34:52 John Yuda TAN 34:58 Wilberforce Talel KEN 35:20 4 Richard Limo KEN 35:26 5 Charles Kamathi KEN 35:29 6 Albert Chepkurui KEN 35:32 7 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 35:43 8 Yonas Kifle ERI 35:47 9 Enock Mitei KEN 35:49 10 Jaouad Gharib MAR 35:57 11 Abdi Abdirahman USA 36:03 12 Assefa Mezegebu ETH 36:06 13 Smail Sghir FRA 36:07 14 Meb Keflezighi USA 36:09 15 Mustapha Essaïd FRA 36:10 16 Habte Jifar ETH 36:11 17 Fita Bayissa ETH 36:14 18 Samson Ramadhani TAN 36:16 19 Eduardo Henriques POR 36:20 20 Lemma Alemayehu ETH 36:25 21 Saïd Berrioui MAR 36:27 22 Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga BDI 36:29 23 El Hassan Lahssini FRA 36:30 24 Dathan Ritzenhein USA 36:31 25 Yevgeniy Bozhko UKR 36:33 26 José Manuel García ESP 36:34 27 Elarbi Khattabi MAR 36:34 28 Michael Ngaaseke ZIM 36:35 29 Hosea Kogo KEN 36:36 30 Zersenay Tadesse ERI 36:37 31 Obed Mutanya ZAM 36:37 32 Kamiel Maase NED 36:40 33 Mohamed Serbouti FRA 36:40 34 Tom van Hooste BEL 36:40 35 José Manuel Martínez ESP 36:40 36 Makoto Otsu JPN 36:41 37 Dean Cavuoto AUS 36:41 38 Mauricio Díaz CHI 36:41 39 Claes Nyberg SWE 36:42 40 Teodoro Cuñado ESP 36:48 41 Samir Moussaoui ALG 36:49 42 Gabriele De Nard ITA 36:51 43 Sam Haughian United Kingdom 36:53 44 Peter Matthews IRL 36:59 45 Rachid Berradi ITA 37:07 46 Brett Cartwright AUS 37:07 47 Alberto Maravilha POR 37:08 48 Mark Carroll IRL 37:09 49 Allen Graffin United Kingdom 37:10 50 Iván Sánchez ESP 37:10 51 Ahmed Naïli ALG 37:11 52 Róbert Štefko SVK 37:12 53 Tau Khotso LES 1987 37:13 54 Dieudonné Disi RWA 37:14 55 Paulo Gomes POR 37:20 56 George Mofokeng RSA 37:23 57 José Carlos Adán ESP 37:26 58 Abel Chimukoko ZIM 37:28 59 Mustapha Benacer ALG 37:30 60 Matt Smith United Kingdom 37:32 61 Tomonori Watanabe JPN 37:32 62 José Rios ESP 37:34 63 Umberto Pusterla ITA 37:35 64 Seamus Power IRL 37:36 65 Habtai Kifletsion ERI 37:36 66 Pacifique Ayabusa RWA 37:36 67 Shinichiro Okuda JPN 37:37 68 Ian Hudspith United Kingdom 37:38 69 Glynn Tromans United Kingdom 37:40 70 Koen van Rie BEL 37:45 71 Daniel Andrew Sipe TAN 37:46 72 Kamel Kohil ALG 37:46 73 Kenjiro Jitsui JPN 37:47 74 Hassan El Ahmadi FRA 37:49 75 Khalid Zoubaa FRA 37:50 76 Brad Tighe CAN 37:51 77 Yukihiro Motoda JPN 37:55 78 Tesfayohannes Mesfen ERI 37:55 79 Egide Manirazika BDI 37:56 80 Abdelkrim Benzai ALG 37:57 81 Rachid Safari RWA 37:57 82 Kim Gillard AUS 37:59 83 Eric Sindayigaya BDI 38:00 84 Azzedine Sakhri ALG 38:02 85 Sisay Bezabeh AUS 38:05 86 Clint Wells USA 38:08 87 Yuki Yamamoto JPN 38:08 88 Giovanni Gualdi ITA 38:15 89 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana RWA 38:16 90 Hélder Ornelas POR 38:18 91 Siphesihle Mdluli SWZ 38:18 92 Fiachra Lombard IRL 38:21 93 Greg Jimmerson USA 38:22 94 Sunil Jayaweera SRI 38:25 95 Gianni Crepaldi ITA 38:30 96 Hugo Romero MEX 38:31 97 Alberto Chaíça POR 38:34 98 Reid Coolsaet CAN 38:36 99 Julian Dwyer AUS 38:37 100 Christian Nemeth BEL 38:38 101 Mesfin Hailu ETH 38:39 102 Matt O'Dowd United Kingdom 38:41 103 Jollyn Kanyika ZAM 38:43 104 José Alberto Montenegro ARG 38:51 105 David Milne CAN 38:53 106 Alex Hutchinson CAN 38:56 107 Julius Gidabuday TAN 38:57 108 Mykola Novytskyy UKR 38:59 109 Oscar Cortínez ARG 39:03 110 Scott Simpson CAN 39:05 111 John Burke IRL 39:06 112 Yevgeniy Medvednikov KAZ 39:12 113 Andrey Chigidinov KAZ 39:20 114 Paul Sumawe TAN 39:21 115 Miguel Melendez CHI 39:25 116 Arturo Malaquias MEX 39:31 117 Julián Peralta ARG 39:33 118 Jerry van den Eede BEL 39:37 119 Carlos Jaramillo CHI 39:38 120 James Finlayson CAN 40:08 121 Frédéric Collignon BEL 40:10 122 Jonathan Monje CHI 40:13 123 Martin McCarthy IRL 40:22 124 Arkadiy Tolstyn KGZ 40:36 125 Sujeewa Chandrapala SRI 40:39 126 Yohannes Ghirmai ERI 40:56 127 Ajit Bandara SRI 40:58 128 Khasan Rakhimov UZB 41:45 129 Daniel Herrera CHI 42:24 130 Vasiliy Medvedev UZB 43:58 131 Leonard Ntala Meso COD 1997 45:16 132 Radik Khubbiev UZB 46:18 133 Abduvahob Nizamov UZB 46:27 — Sergiy Lebid UKR DNF — Mohammed Mourhit BEL DNF — Antonio Silio ARG DNF — Giuliano Battocletti ITA DNF — Hakim Radouan MAR DNF — Matt Downin USA DNF — Goran Stojiljković FR Yugoslavia DNF — Hamid El Mouaziz MAR DQ† — Arthur Santiago ANG DNS — Juan José Cruz ARG DNS — Vital Gahungu BDI DNS — Mohammed S.M. Albayed PLE DNS — Nader Almassri PLE DNS — Ihab Salama Abdellah PLE DNS — Paulo Guerra POR DNS — Joseph Kamara SLE DNS — Abubakar Timbo SLE DNS — Sergey Zabavski TJK DNS †: Hamid El Mouaziz from finished 44th in 36:57 min, but was disqualified. Teams Rank Team Points KEN Wilberforce Talel 3 Richard Limo 4 Charles Kamathi 5 Albert Chepkurui 6 (Enock Mitei) (n/s) (Hosea Kogo) (n/s) 18 ETH Kenenisa Bekele 1 Assefa Mezegebu 11 Habte Jifar 15 Fita Bayissa 16 (Lemma Alemayehu) (n/s) (Mesfin Hailu) (n/s) 43 MAR Abderrahim Goumri 7 Jaouad Gharib 9 Saïd Berrioui 19 Elarbi Khattabi 23 (Hakim Radouan) (DNF) 58 4 FRA Smail Sghir 12 Mustapha Essaïd 14 El Hassan Lahssini 20 Mohamed Serbouti 25 (Hassan El Ahmadi) (n/s) (Khalid Zoubaa) (n/s) 71 5 USA Abdi Abdirahman 10 Meb Keflezighi 13 Dathan Ritzenhein 21 Clint Wells 63 (Greg Jimmerson) (n/s) (Matt Downin) (DNF) 107 6 ESP José Manuel García 22 José Manuel Martínez 27 Teodoro Cuñado 31 Iván Sánchez 41 (José Carlos Adán) (n/s) (José Rios) (n/s) 121 7 ERI Yonas Kifle 8 Zersenay Tadesse 24 Habtai Kifletsion 50 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 59 (Yohannes Ghirmai) (n/s) 141 8 TAN John Yuda 2 Samson Ramadhani 17 Daniel Andrew Sipe 55 Julius Gidabuday 72 (Paul Sumawe) (n/s) 146 9 POR Eduardo Henriques 18 Alberto Maravilha 38 Paulo Gomes 44 Hélder Ornelas 66 (Alberto Chaíça) (n/s) 166 10 United Kingdom Sam Haughian 34 Allen Graffin 40 Matt Smith 46 Ian Hudspith 53 (Glynn Tromans) (n/s) (Matt O'Dowd) (n/s) 173 11 ALG Samir Moussaoui 32 Ahmed Naïli 42 Mustapha Benacer 45 Kamel Kohil 56 (Abdelkrim Benzai) (n/s) (Azzedine Sakhri) (n/s) 175 12 ITA Gabriele De Nard 33 Rachid Berradi 36 Umberto Pusterla 48 Giovanni Gualdi 64 (Gianni Crepaldi) (n/s) (Giuliano Battocletti) (DNF) 181 13 JPN Makoto Otsu 28 Tomonori Watanabe 47 Shinichiro Okuda 52 Kenjiro Jitsui 57 (Yukihiro Motoda) (n/s) (Yuki Yamamoto) (n/s) 184 14 AUS Dean Cavuoto 29 Brett Cartwright 37 Kim Gillard 61 Sisay Bezabeh 62 (Julian Dwyer) (n/s) 189 15 IRL Peter Matthews 35 Mark Carroll 39 Seamus Power 49 Fiachra Lombard 67 (John Burke) (n/s) (Martin McCarthy) (n/s) 190 16 RWA Dieudonné Disi 43 Pacifique Ayabusa 51 Rachid Safari 60 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 65 219 17 BEL Tom van Hooste 26 Koen van Rie 54 Christian Nemeth 69 Jerry van den Eede 74 (Frédéric Collignon) (n/s) (Mohammed Mourhit) (DNF) 223 18 CHI Mauricio Díaz 30 Miguel Melendez 73 Carlos Jaramillo 75 Jonathan Monje 76 (Daniel Herrera) (n/s) 254 19 CAN Brad Tighe 58 Reid Coolsaet 68 David Milne 70 Alex Hutchinson 71 (Scott Simpson) (n/s) (James Finlayson) (n/s) 267 20 UZB Khasan Rakhimov 77 Vasiliy Medvedev 78 Radik Khubbiev 79 Abduvahob Nizamov 80 314DNF ARG José Alberto Montenegro (n/s) Oscar Cortínez (n/s) Julián Peralta (n/s) Antonio Silio (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer) Participation According to an unofficial count, 141 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from , , , and did not show. 22em ALG (6) ARG (4) AUS (5) BEL (6) BDI (3) CAN (6) CHI (5) COD 1997 (1) ERI (5) ETH (6) FRA (6) IRL (6) ITA (6) JPN (6) KAZ (2) KEN (6) KGZ (1) LES 1987 (1) MEX (2) MAR (6) NED (1) POR (5) RWA (4) SVK (1) RSA (1) ESP (6) SRI (3) SWZ (1) SWE (1) TAN (5) UKR (3) United Kingdom (6) USA (6) UZB (4) FR Yugoslavia (1) ZAM (2) ZIM (2) See also 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race References Category:Senior men's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships IAAF World Cross Country Championships Category:2002 in men's international sport