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

Junior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Junior men's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	24th
Date	March 23
Host city	Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Venue	Danie Craven Stadium
Events	1
Distances	8.35 km – Junior men
Participation	140 athletes from ; 38 nations
	← 1995 Durham 1997 Torino →

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
	David Chelule	Kenya	24:06
	Assefa Mezegebu	Ethiopia	24:19
	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

Kenya

David Chelule	1
Samuel Chepkok	3
Elijah Korir	4
Charles Kwambai	5
(Kipchumba Mitei)	(7)
(Patrick Ivuti)	(9)

13

Ethiopia

Assefa Mezegebu	2
Mizan Mehari	6
Million Wolde	8
Lemma Alemayehu	10
(Sisay Bezabeh)	(13)
(Geremew Haile)	(28)

26

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

Belgium

(Kjell van Melkebeke)	(104)
(Roel Robberecht)	(112)
(Steven Heemskerk)	(120)
(William Velirick)	(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]

Algeria (6)
Angola (1)
Argentina (4)
Australia (2)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (5)
Canada (6)
China (4)
Croatia (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (3)
France (6)
India (4)
Ireland (1)
Italy (6)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (2)
Kenya (6)
Lesotho (4)
Mauritius (4)
Mexico (4)
Morocco (6)
Mozambique (1)
Namibia (4)
Netherlands (2)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Portugal (1)
Romania (1)
Russia (2)
Seychelles (4)
South Africa (6)
Spain (6)
Switzerland (2)
United Kingdom (6)
United States (6)
Yugoslavia (1)
Zimbabwe (4)

References

^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013
^ "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ ^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

[herald_01-1] Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013

[times_01-2] "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013

[archive_02-3] 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)

[iaaf_02-4] 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)

[iaaf_06-5] 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)

[gbr_01-6] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_00-7] 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

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