1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Junior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition24th
DateMarch 23
Host cityStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa South Africa
VenueDanie Craven Stadium
Events1
Distances8.35 km – Junior men
Participation140 athletes from
38 nations

The Junior 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 Herald,[1] and a report in The New York Times.[2]

Complete results,[3][4][5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.

Race results

Junior men's race (8.35 km)

Individual

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Chelule  Kenya 24:06
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia 24:19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Samuel Chepkok  Kenya 24:24
4 Elijah Korir  Kenya 24:26
5 Charles Kwambai  Kenya 24:28
6 Mizan Mehari  Ethiopia 24:51
7 Kipchumba Mitei  Kenya 24:55
8 Million Wolde  Ethiopia 24:56
9 Patrick Ivuti  Kenya 25:00
10 Lemma Alemayehu  Ethiopia 25:34
11 Miloud Abaoub  Algeria 25:42
12 David Galindo  Mexico 25:43
13 Sisay Bezabeh  Ethiopia 25:43
14 Aziz Driouche  Morocco 25:43
15 Naoki Mishiro  Japan 26:06
16 Adrian Maghiar  Romania 26:06
17 Gert-Jan Liefers  Netherlands 26:09
18 Azzedine Zerdoum  Algeria 26:10
19 Abderrahman Chmaiti  Morocco 26:11
20 Rachid Amroug  Morocco 26:18
21 Grigoriy Generalov  Russia 26:20
22 Marilson dos Santos  Brazil 26:21
23 Dalibor Balgac  Croatia 26:23
24 Mokhejano Lesenyeho  Lesotho 26:23
25 Sun Wenyong  China 26:27
26 Richard Mavuso  South Africa 26:27
27 Brad Hauser  United States 26:29
28 Geremew Haile  Ethiopia 26:30
29 Lazarus Ramasia  South Africa 26:31
30 Nobuhiko Okada  Japan 26:31
31 Aaron Gabonewe  South Africa 26:35
32 Abdelmadjid Bouchamia  Algeria 26:36
33 Julián Peralta  Argentina 26:37
34 Wang Zhicheng  China 26:38
35 Janko Bensa  Yugoslavia 26:39
36 Francisco Mondragon  Mexico 26:41
37 Allen Graffin  United Kingdom 26:41
38 Wang Hongliang  China 26:47
39 Latamene Oumouhand  Algeria 26:47
40 Chaka Zihanzu  Zimbabwe 26:53
41 Rachid Boulahdid  Morocco 26:53
42 Francis Chibika  Zimbabwe 26:54
43 Rui Silva  Portugal 26:56
44 David Posada  Spain 26:57
45 Francisco Navarro  Spain 26:57
46 Paulo Lunkes  Brazil 26:57
47 Ahmed Ezzobayry  Morocco 26:59
48 Kais Bouziane  Algeria 27:00
49 Kensuke Takahashi  Japan 27:01
50 Brent Hauser  United States 27:02
51 Juan Carlos Higuero  Spain 27:03
52 Bertus Bock  Namibia 27:05
53 Baghdad Rachem  Algeria 27:07
54 Richard Mncwabe  South Africa 27:07
55 Dmitriy Maksimov  Russia 27:07
56 Andries Moss  South Africa 27:10
57 Juan José Lozano  Spain 27:11
58 Luca Rosa  Italy 27:12
59 Antonio Jiménez  Spain 27:12
60 Edgar Quiroz  Mexico 27:13
61 Sun Wenli  China 27:15
62 Adil Rabihi  France 27:20
63 Hudson de Souza  Brazil 27:20
64 Naoto Suzuki  Japan 27:21
65 Kevin Nash  United Kingdom 27:22
66 Gaël Pencréach  France 27:31
67 Kazumasa Yamato  Japan 27:33
68 John Schoenfelder  United States 27:36
69 Satish Kumar  India 27:38
70 Simon Wilkinson  United Kingdom 27:40
71 Jeroen Broekzitter  Netherlands 27:42
72 Andrea Busetto  Italy 27:43
73 Sanjeev Nair  India 27:46
74 Murray Link  Canada 27:47
75 Ephraim Mokhotu  South Africa 27:48
75 Martin Dent  Australia 27:48
77 Aleksey Shestakov  Kazakhstan 27:52
78 Jussi Utriainen  Finland 27:54
79 Mark Thompson  Australia 27:54
80 Antonio Arce  United States 27:54
81 Moses Chipani  Zimbabwe 27:55
82 Tawanda Magarasadza  Zimbabwe 27:56
83 Jon Grimsley  United States 27:57
84 Scott McClennan  Canada 27:59
85 Franck Lanois  France 28:01
86 Marshall Armitage  Canada 28:02
87 Michael Maechler   Switzerland 28:02
88 Steve Lawrence  Canada 28:03
89 Sam Haughian  United Kingdom 28:04
90 Norbert Rutjindo  Namibia 28:07
91 Francisco Jesus  Spain 28:09
92 David Dala  Angola 28:12
93 Igor Zhavaranak  Belarus 28:12
94 Eligio Romero  Mexico 28:13
95 Rahul Shoukeen  India 28:13
96 Alberto Mosca  Italy 28:14
97 Yasuhida Maeda  Japan 28:17
98 Mikael Talasjoki  Finland 28:22
99 Cristobal Valenzuela  Argentina 28:23
100 Tiala Ramichi  Lesotho 28:23
101 Ndara Petrus  Namibia 28:24
102 Mathew Coley  Canada 28:28
103 Balasheb Nikam  India 28:29
104 Kjell van Melkebeke  Belgium 28:41
105 Viktor Kulakovitsh  Belarus 28:41
106 Jyrki Niemelä  Finland 28:43
107 Artyon Zhigalov  Kazakhstan 28:44
108 Steve Bohan  Canada 28:44
109 Jorge Mitano Alberto  Mozambique 28:48
110 Alex Oldfield  United Kingdom 28:52
111 Kevin Musseliah  Mauritius 28:53
112 Roel Robberecht  Belgium 28:53
113 Lorenzo Marrocu  Italy 29:00
114 Pierre-André Ramuz   Switzerland 29:21
115 Damien Rouquet  France 29:38
116 Michael Endjala  Namibia 29:44
117 Nako Motseko  Lesotho 30:00
118 Ariel Frías  Argentina 30:02
119 Jonathan Joson  Mauritius 30:04
120 Steven Heemskerk  Belgium 30:15
121 Bernard Joseph  Mauritius 30:23
122 Rajaye Potanau  Mauritius 30:23
123 Selwyn Bonne  Seychelles 31:00
124 David Kanie  Papua New Guinea 31:44
125 Gerry Mathiot  Seychelles 32:00
126 Makhetha Phats’oane  Lesotho 32:08
127 Daniel Henry  Seychelles 32:54
128 Ruben Vera  Argentina 32:54
— Roy Delorie  Seychelles DNF
— William Velirick  Belgium DNF
— Romulo da Silva  Brazil DNF
— Fouad Chouki  France DNF
— Vincent Rollier  France DNF
— Thomas Mayo  United Kingdom DNF
— Keith Kelly  Ireland DNF
— Claudio Brandalise  Italy DNF
— Fabio Cesari  Italy DNF
— Abdelghani Lahlali  Morocco DNF
— Russell Coleman  United States DNF
— Gustavo Ely  Brazil DNF

Teams

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
David Chelule 1
Samuel Chepkok 3
Elijah Korir 4
Charles Kwambai 5
(Kipchumba Mitei) (7)
(Patrick Ivuti) (9)
13
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Assefa Mezegebu 2
Mizan Mehari 6
Million Wolde 8
Lemma Alemayehu 10
(Sisay Bezabeh) (13)
(Geremew Haile) (28)
26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
Aziz Driouche 14
Abderrahman Chmaiti 19
Rachid Amroug 20
Rachid Boulahdid 41
(Ahmed Ezzobayry) (47)
(Abdelghani Lahlali) (DNF)
94
4  Algeria
Miloud Abaoub 11
Azzedine Zerdoum 18
Abdelmadjid Bouchamia 32
Latamene Oumouhand 39
(Kais Bouziane) (48)
(Baghdad Rachem) (53)
100
5  South Africa
Richard Mavuso 26
Lazarus Ramasia 29
Aaron Gabonewe 31
Richard Mncwabe 54
(Andries Moss) (56)
(Ephraim Mokhotu) (75)
140
6  China
Sun Wenyong 25
Wang Zhicheng 34
Wang Hongliang 38
Sun Wenli 61
158
7  Japan
Naoki Mishiro 15
Nobuhiko Okada 30
Kensuke Takahashi 49
Naoto Suzuki 64
(Kazumasa Yamato) (67)
(Yasuhida Maeda) (97)
158
8  Spain
David Posada 44
Francisco Navarro 45
Juan Carlos Higuero 51
Juan José Lozano 57
(Antonio Jiménez) (59)
(Francisco Jesus) (91)
197
9  Mexico
David Galindo 12
Francisco Mondragon 36
Edgar Quiroz 60
Eligio Romero 94
202
10  United States
Brad Hauser 27
Brent Hauser 50
John Schoenfelder 68
Antonio Arce 80
(Jon Grimsley) (83)
(Russell Coleman) (DNF)
225
11  Zimbabwe
Chaka Zihanzu 40
Francis Chibika 42
Moses Chipani 81
Tawanda Magarasadza 82
245
12  United Kingdom
Allen Graffin 37
Kevin Nash 65
Simon Wilkinson 70
Sam Haughian 89
(Alex Oldfield) (110)
(Thomas Mayo) (DNF)
261
13  France
Adil Rabihi 62
Gaël Pencréach 66
Franck Lanois 85
Damien Rouquet 115
(Fouad Chouki) (DNF)
(Vincent Rollier) (DNF)
328
14  Canada
Murray Link 74
Scott McClennan 84
Marshall Armitage 86
Steve Lawrence 88
(Mathew Coley) (102)
(Steve Bohan) (108)
332
15  Italy
Luca Rosa 58
Andrea Busetto 72
Alberto Mosca 96
Lorenzo Marrocu 113
(Claudio Brandalise) (DNF)
(Fabio Cesari) (DNF)
339
16  India
Satish Kumar 69
Sanjeev Nair 73
Rahul Shoukeen 95
Balasheb Nikam 103
340
17  Namibia
Bertus Bock 52
Norbert Rutjindo 90
Ndara Petrus 101
Michael Endjala 116
359
18  Lesotho
Mokhejano Lesenyeho 24
Tiala Ramichi 100
Nako Motseko 117
Makhetha Phats’oane 126
367
19  Argentina
Julián Peralta 33
Cristobal Valenzuela 99
Ariel Frías 118
Ruben Vera 128
378
20  Mauritius
Kevin Musseliah 111
Jonathan Joson 119
Bernard Joseph 121
Rajaye Potanau 122
473
DNF  Brazil
(Marilson dos Santos) (22)
(Paulo Lunkes) (46)
(Hudson de Souza) (63)
(Romulo da Silva) (DNF)
(Gustavo Ely) (DNF)
DNF
DNF  Belgium
(Kjell van Melkebeke) (104)
(Roel Robberecht) (112)
(Steven Heemskerk) (120)
(William Velirick) (DNF)
DNF
DNF  Seychelles
(Selwyn Bonne) (123)
(Gerry Mathiot) (125)
(Daniel Henry) (127)
(Roy Delorie) (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 140 athletes from 38 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013
  2. ^ "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.4km CC Men - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 26, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Junior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Junior - Men, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013