title: 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
text: # 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
  
  The Junior men's race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on March 20, 2005. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
  
  Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.
  
  ## Race results
  
  ### Junior men's race (8 km)
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Augustine Choge | Kenya | 23:59 |
  | | Bernard Kiprop Kipyego | Kenya | 24:00 |
  | | Barnabas Kosgei | Kenya | 24:00 |
  | 4 | Hosea Macharinyang | Kenya | 24:09 |
  | 5 | Mang'ata Ndiwa | Kenya | 24:15 |
  | 6 | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | 24:16 |
  | 7 | Moses Masai | Kenya | 24:19 |
  | 8 | Solomon Molla | Ethiopia | 24:24 |
  | 9 | Tariq Taher | Bahrain | 24:31 |
  | 10 | Belal Ali | Bahrain | 24:33 |
  | 11 | Chala Lemi | Ethiopia | 24:34 |
  | 12 | Mekuria Tadesse | Ethiopia | 24:35 |
  | 13 | Kabtamu Reta | Ethiopia | 24:36 |
  | 14 | Nasser Shams Kareem | Qatar | 24:40 |
  | 15 | Essa Ismail Rashed | Qatar | 24:41 |
  | 16 | Kidane Tadasse | Eritrea | 24:52 |
  | 17 | Samuel Tsegay | Eritrea | 24:52 |
  | 18 | Kiflom Slum | Eritrea | 24:56 |
  | 19 | Patrick Cherotwo | Uganda | 24:59 |
  | 20 | Galen Rupp | United States | 25:05 |
  | 21 | Moses Kipsiro | Uganda | 25:06 |
  | 22 | Kamal Ali Thamer | Qatar | 25:10 |
  | 23 | Adam Khamees | Bahrain | 25:10 |
  | 24 | Moustafa Ahmed Shebto | Qatar | 25:11 |
  | 25 | Eric Niyonsaba | Burundi | 25:11 |
  | 26 | Mohammed Abduh Bakhet | Qatar | 25:15 |
  | 27 | Saad Salem Malek | Qatar | 25:17 |
  | 28 | Moses Aliwa | Uganda | 25:21 |
  | 29 | Tshamano Setone | South Africa | 25:27 |
  | 30 | Abdelati Iguider | Morocco | 25:28 |
  | 31 | Ghebreslase Msgna Kflay | Eritrea | 25:29 |
  | 32 | Satoru Kitamura | Japan | 25:32 |
  | 33 | Abraham Niyonkuru | Burundi | 25:32 |
  | 34 | Saleh Bakheet | Bahrain | 25:42 |
  | 35 | Bader Khalil Ibrahim | Bahrain | 25:45 |
  | 36 | Dušan Markešević | Serbia and Montenegro | 25:48 |
  | 37 | Elmore Sibanda | Zimbabwe | 25:54 |
  | 38 | Stuart Eagon | United States | 25:57 |
  | 39 | Faissel Najjari | Morocco | 26:05 |
  | 40 | Aleksey Chistov | Russia | 26:07 |
  | 41 | Abidisa Desisa | Ethiopia | 26:07 |
  | 42 | Nkosinoxolo Sonqibido | South Africa | 26:08 |
  | 43 | Rabia Makhloufi | Algeria | 26:11 |
  | 44 | Samir Khadar | Algeria | 26:12 |
  | 45 | Eshaaq Abdeen | Bahrain | 26:13 |
  | 46 | Christopher Landry | United States | 26:13 |
  | 47 | Yuki Sato | Japan | 26:21 |
  | 48 | Andrew Vernon | United Kingdom | 26:22 |
  | 49 | Geoffrey Kusuro | Uganda | 26:24 |
  | 50 | Hakon Devries | United States | 26:33 |
  | 51 | Artem Yekimov | Russia | 26:37 |
  | 52 | Hiroyuki Ono | Japan | 26:40 |
  | 53 | Andrea Lalli | Italy | 26:45 |
  | 54 | Abdelghani Aït Bahmad | Morocco | 26:48 |
  | 55 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 26:48 |
  | 56 | Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi | Morocco | 26:49 |
  | 57 | Hidekazu Sato | Japan | 26:49 |
  | 58 | Abdelkader Dali | Algeria | 26:51 |
  | 59 | Braden Novakowski | Canada | 26:51 |
  | 60 | Fedor Shutov | Russia | 26:52 |
  | 61 | José Luis Galvan | Spain | 26:53 |
  | 62 | Abdelghani Bensaadi | Algeria | 26:54 |
  | 63 | Harutomo Kawano | Japan | 26:55 |
  | 64 | Shafat Salad | New Zealand | 27:00 |
  | 65 | Simone Gariboldi | Italy | 27:04 |
  | 66 | Ruslan Nasyrov | Uzbekistan | 27:09 |
  | 67 | Alvaro Rodríguez | Spain | 27:10 |
  | 68 | Jeremy Mineau | United States | 27:10 |
  | 69 | Iván Iglesias | Spain | 27:11 |
  | 70 | Stepan Kiselev | Russia | 27:13 |
  | 71 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 27:15 |
  | 72 | Isaac Kiprop | Uganda | 27:18 |
  | 73 | Vusi Nkosi | South Africa | 27:19 |
  | 74 | Andrey Petrov | Uzbekistan | 27:22 |
  | 75 | Devis Licciardi | Italy | 27:23 |
  | 76 | Alex Genest | Canada | 27:26 |
  | 77 | Ryan Vail | United States | 27:27 |
  | 78 | Jake Gallagher | Canada | 27:28 |
  | 79 | Yuri Chechun | Kyrgyzstan | 27:28 |
  | 80 | Danny Darcy | Ireland | 27:28 |
  | 81 | Arkadiusz Gardzielewski | Poland | 27:29 |
  | 82 | Artem Vdovenko | Russia | 27:30 |
  | 83 | José España | Spain | 27:31 |
  | 84 | John Tello | Colombia | 27:34 |
  | 85 | Letlhogile Mashinini | South Africa | 27:35 |
  | 86 | Ryan Stephenson | United Kingdom | 27:39 |
  | 87 | Tim Hodge | New Zealand | 27:39 |
  | 88 | Lubabalo Mqhele | South Africa | 27:42 |
  | 89 | Jeremy Fisico | Canada | 27:43 |
  | 90 | Denis Mayaud | France | 27:43 |
  | 91 | Adam Hickey | United Kingdom | 27:44 |
  | 92 | Martin Dematteis | Italy | 27:45 |
  | 93 | Farid Terfia | Algeria | 27:46 |
  | 94 | Joilson da Silva | Brazil | 27:48 |
  | 95 | Khalid Choukoud | Netherlands | 27:51 |
  | 96 | Roman Gusev | Russia | 27:53 |
  | 97 | Chris Winter | Canada | 27:56 |
  | 98 | Murad Nasser Ali Aboatef | Yemen | 27:56 |
  | 99 | Iñaki Idoeta | Spain | 27:58 |
  | 100 | Alison Gonçalves | Brazil | 28:03 |
  | 101 | Keith Gerrard | United Kingdom | 28:03 |
  | 102 | Franky Hernould | Belgium | 28:14 |
  | 103 | Daniel Watts | United Kingdom | 28:15 |
  | 104 | Hayden McLaren | New Zealand | 28:17 |
  | 105 | Khaled Al-Bakhit | Jordan | 28:18 |
  | 106 | Yoann Kowal | France | 28:23 |
  | 107 | Anthony Saudrais | France | 28:26 |
  | 108 | Yimharan Yosef | Israel | 28:28 |
  | 109 | Maurizio Cito | Italy | 28:29 |
  | 110 | Bernard Dematteis | Italy | 28:34 |
  | 111 | Maarten Bosmans | Belgium | 28:37 |
  | 112 | Nicholas Sunseri | Canada | 28:41 |
  | 113 | David Martín | Spain | 28:43 |
  | 114 | Maxime Fico | France | 28:49 |
  | 115 | Blaz Zelic | Croatia | 28:51 |
  | 116 | Paul Pollock | Ireland | 28:53 |
  | 117 | Jason Dufresne | France | 28:57 |
  | 118 | Martin Mashford | United Kingdom | 28:59 |
  | 119 | Sotyvoldy Khaitov | Tajikistan | 29:05 |
  | 120 | Dino Bozzone | New Zealand | 29:13 |
  | 121 | Sergey Chabiarak | Belarus | 29:21 |
  | 122 | Jean-Pierre Weerts | Belgium | 29:29 |
  | 123 | Benjamin Malaty | France | 29:37 |
  | 124 | Israel Mecabo | Brazil | 31:17 |
  | 125 | Selwyn Dan Tamboo | Seychelles | 32:33 |
  | — | Lahcen Bouharroud | Morocco | DNF |
  | — | Said El Medouly | Morocco | DNF |
  | — | Nuno Costa | Portugal | DNF |
  | — | Ruann Etchechury | Brazil | DNF |
  | — | El Hadj Ribouh | Algeria | DNF |
  | — | Molefe Molefe | South Africa | DNF |
  | — | Juan C. Morales | Puerto Rico | DNS |
  
  **Teams**
  
  | Rank | Team | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Kenya Augustine Choge1 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego2 Barnabas Kosgei3 Hosea Macharinyang4 (Mang'ata Ndiwa)(5) (Moses Masai)(7) | 10 |
  | | Ethiopia Tariku Bekele6 Solomon Molla8 Chala Lemi11 Mekuria Tadesse12 (Kabtamu Reta)(13) (Abidisa Desisa)(41) | 37 |
  | | Qatar Nasser Shams Kareem14 Essa Ismail Rashed15 Kamal Ali Thamer22 Moustafa Ahmed Shebto24 (Mohammed Abduh Bakhet)(26) (Saad Salem Malek)(27) | 75 |
  | 4 | Bahrain Tariq Taher9 Belal Ali10 Adam Khamees23 Saleh Bakheet34 (Bader Khalil Ibrahim)(35) (Eshaaq Abdeen)(45) | 76 |
  | 5 | Eritrea Kidane Tadasse16 Samuel Tsegay17 Kiflom Slum18 Ghebreslase Msgna Kflay31 | 82 |
  | 6 | Uganda Patrick Cherotwo19 Moses Kipsiro21 Moses Aliwa28 Geoffrey Kusuro49 (Isaac Kiprop)(72) | 117 |
  | 7 | United States Galen Rupp20 Stuart Eagon38 Christopher Landry46 Hakon Devries50 (Jeremy Mineau)(68) (Ryan Vail)(77) | 154 |
  | 8 | Morocco Abdelati Iguider30 Faissel Najjari39 Abdelghani Aït Bahmad54 Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi56 (Lahcen Bouharroud)(DNF) (Said El Medouly)(DNF) | 179 |
  | 9 | Japan Satoru Kitamura32 Yuki Sato47 Hiroyuki Ono52 Takahiro Mori55 (Hidekazu Sato)(57) (Harutomo Kawano)(63) | 186 |
  | 10 | Algeria Rabia Makhloufi43 Samir Khadar44 Abdelkader Dali58 Abdelghani Bensaadi62 (Farid Terfia)(93) (El Hadj Ribouh)(DNF) | 207 |
  | 11 | Russia Aleksey Chistov40 Artem Yekimov51 Fedor Shutov60 Stepan Kiselev70 (Artem Vdovenko)(82) (Roman Gusev)(96) | 221 |
  | 12 | South Africa Tshamano Setone29 Nkosinoxolo Sonqibido42 Vusi Nkosi73 Letlhogile Mashinini85 (Lubabalo Mqhele)(88) (Molefe Molefe)(DNF) | 229 |
  | 13 | Spain José Luis Galvan61 Alvaro Rodríguez67 Iván Iglesias69 José España83 (Iñaki Idoeta)(99) (David Martín)(113) | 280 |
  | 14 | Italy Andrea Lalli53 Simone Gariboldi65 Devis Licciardi75 Martin Dematteis92 (Maurizio Cito)(109) (Bernard Dematteis)(110) | 285 |
  | 15 | Canada Braden Novakowski59 Alex Genest76 Jake Gallagher78 Jeremy Fisico89 (Chris Winter)(97) (Nicholas Sunseri)(112) | 302 |
  | 16 | United Kingdom Andrew Vernon48 Ryan Stephenson86 Adam Hickey91 Keith Gerrard101 (Daniel Watts)(103) (Martin Mashford)(118) | 326 |
  | 17 | New Zealand Shafat Salad64 Tim Hodge87 Hayden McLaren104 Dino Bozzone120 | 375 |
  | 18 | France Denis Mayaud90 Yoann Kowal106 Anthony Saudrais107 Maxime Fico114 (Jason Dufresne)(117) (Benjamin Malaty)(123) | 417 |
  | DNF | Brazil (Joilson da Silva)(94) (Alison Gonçalves)(100) (Israel Mecabo)(124) (Ruann Etchechury)(DNF) | DNF |
  
  * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 131 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from Puerto Rico did not show.
  
  * Algeria (6)
  * Bahrain (6)
  * Belarus (1)
  * Belgium (3)
  * Brazil (4)
  * Burundi (2)
  * Canada (6)
  * Colombia (1)
  * Croatia (1)
  * Eritrea (4)
  * Ethiopia (6)
  * France (6)
  * Ireland (2)
  * Israel (1)
  * Italy (6)
  * Japan (6)
  * Jordan (1)
  * Kenya (6)
  * Kyrgyzstan (1)
  * Morocco (6)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * New Zealand (4)
  * Poland (1)
  * Portugal (2)
  * Qatar (6)
  * Russia (6)
  * Serbia and Montenegro (1)
  * Seychelles (1)
  * South Africa (6)
  * Spain (6)
  * Tajikistan (1)
  * Uganda (5)
  * United Kingdom (6)
  * United States (6)
  * Uzbekistan (2)
  * Yemen (1)
  * Zimbabwe (1)
  