title: 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
text: # 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
  
  The Senior men's race at the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Durham, United Kingdom, at the University of Durham on March 25, 1995. A report on the event was given in The New York Times and in the Herald.
  
  Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
  
  ## Race results
  
  ### Senior men's race (12.02 km)
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 34:05 |
  | | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 34:13 |
  | | Salah Hissou | Morocco | 34:14 |
  | 4 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 34:26 |
  | 5 | Brahim Lahlafi | Morocco | 34:34 |
  | 6 | Paulo Guerra | Portugal | 34:38 |
  | 7 | James Songok | Kenya | 34:41 |
  | 8 | Simon Chemoiywo | Kenya | 34:46 |
  | 9 | Todd Williams | United States | 34:47 |
  | 10 | Martín Fiz | Spain | 34:50 |
  | 11 | Elarbi Khattabi | Morocco | 34:55 |
  | 12 | Abdelaziz Sahere | Morocco | 35:00 |
  | 13 | José Manuel García | Spain | 35:01 |
  | 14 | Bob Kennedy | United States | 35:02 |
  | 15 | Julius Ondieki | Kenya | 35:02 |
  | 16 | Mustapha Essaïd | France | 35:03 |
  | 17 | Abdellah Béhar | France | 35:03 |
  | 18 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 35:05 |
  | 19 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 35:07 |
  | 20 | Andrew Pearson | United Kingdom | 35:07 |
  | 21 | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 35:11 |
  | 22 | António Pinto | Portugal | 35:11 |
  | 23 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 35:14 |
  | 24 | José Regalo | Portugal | 35:16 |
  | 25 | Shaun Creighton | Australia | 35:19 |
  | 26 | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 35:21 |
  | 27 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 35:24 |
  | 28 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 35:30 |
  | 29 | William Kiptum | Kenya | 35:35 |
  | 30 | Simeon Rono | Kenya | 35:37 |
  | 31 | Carlos Monteiro | Portugal | 35:38 |
  | 32 | Antonio Pérez | Spain | 35:39 |
  | 33 | Eduardo Henriques | Portugal | 35:39 |
  | 34 | Elenilson da Silva | Brazil | 35:40 |
  | 35 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 35:41 |
  | 36 | Julio Rey | Spain | 35:42 |
  | 37 | Ibrahim Seid | Ethiopia | 35:44 |
  | 38 | Vincenzo Modica | Italy | 35:46 |
  | 39 | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 35:47 |
  | 40 | Simon Morolong | South Africa | 35:47 |
  | 41 | Mustapha Bamouh | Morocco | 35:48 |
  | 42 | Jean Verster | South Africa | 35:49 |
  | 43 | Umberto Pusterla | Italy | 35:49 |
  | 44 | David Burke | Ireland | 35:50 |
  | 45 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 35:50 |
  | 46 | Jeff Schiebler | Canada | 35:51 |
  | 47 | Benedict Ako | Tanzania | 35:52 |
  | 48 | Bartolomé Serrano | Spain | 35:53 |
  | 49 | Sergey Fedotov | Russia | 35:54 |
  | 50 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 35:56 |
  | 51 | Chris Weber | Canada | 35:57 |
  | 52 | Tetiani Moyo | Zimbabwe | 35:58 |
  | 53 | Maurizio Leone | Italy | 35:59 |
  | 54 | Tegenu Abebe | Ethiopia | 36:00 |
  | 55 | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | 36:00 |
  | 56 | Carsten Jørgensen | Denmark | 36:01 |
  | 57 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 36:01 |
  | 58 | Owen MacHelm | South Africa | 36:02 |
  | 59 | Martin Jones | United Kingdom | 36:02 |
  | 60 | Brad Barquist | United States | 36:04 |
  | 61 | Tesgie Legesse | Ethiopia | 36:04 |
  | 62 | Jim Westphal | United States | 36:05 |
  | 63 | Gennadiy Panin | Russia | 36:06 |
  | 64 | Noel Cullen | Ireland | 36:06 |
  | 65 | Jose Orlando Sanchez Guerrero | Colombia | 36:07 |
  | 66 | Anton Nicolaison | South Africa | 36:07 |
  | 67 | Gideon Chirchir | Kenya | 36:08 |
  | 68 | Julian Paynter | Australia | 36:08 |
  | 69 | Osamu Nara | Japan | 36:10 |
  | 70 | Kerry Rodger | New Zealand | 36:11 |
  | 71 | Adrian Passey | United Kingdom | 36:14 |
  | 72 | Christian Stephenson | United Kingdom | 36:14 |
  | 73 | Nigousse Urge | Ethiopia | 36:15 |
  | 74 | Richard Hope | Australia | 36:15 |
  | 75 | Mickael Dufermont | France | 36:16 |
  | 76 | Abderrahim Zitouna | Morocco | 36:17 |
  | 77 | Dave Clarke | United Kingdom | 36:17 |
  | 78 | Abel Antón | Spain | 36:18 |
  | 79 | Pyotr Sarafynyuk | Ukraine | 36:18 |
  | 80 | Yuriy Chizhov | Russia | 36:19 |
  | 81 | Tommy Murray | United Kingdom | 36:20 |
  | 82 | Dan Nelson | United States | 36:20 |
  | 83 | Eric Morrison | United States | 36:21 |
  | 84 | Andrea Arlati | Italy | 36:23 |
  | 85 | Jacques van Rensburg | South Africa | 36:25 |
  | 86 | Klaus-Peter Hansen | Denmark | 36:27 |
  | 87 | Nicolas Nyengerai | Zimbabwe | 36:28 |
  | 88 | Keith Dowling | United States | 36:29 |
  | 89 | Noel Berkeley | Ireland | 36:30 |
  | 90 | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 36:30 |
  | 91 | Ayele Setegne | Israel | 36:30 |
  | 92 | Dieter Baumann | Germany | 36:31 |
  | 93 | Francis Nade | Tanzania | 36:31 |
  | 94 | Enoch Skosana | South Africa | 36:32 |
  | 95 | Viktor Rogovoy | Ukraine | 36:33 |
  | 96 | John Lory | Tanzania | 36:33 |
  | 97 | Hans van der Hoeven | Belgium | 36:34 |
  | 98 | Arnold Mächler | Switzerland | 36:34 |
  | 99 | Jean-Benoît César Guyto | France | 36:35 |
  | 100 | Bobby Quinn | United Kingdom | 36:36 |
  | 101 | Daniel Ferreira | Brazil | 36:40 |
  | 102 | Sean Quilty | Australia | 36:41 |
  | 103 | Michal Kucera | Czech Republic | 36:41 |
  | 104 | Didier Sainthorand | France | 36:44 |
  | 105 | Girma Tolla | Ethiopia | 36:45 |
  | 106 | Emmanuel Matashu | Zimbabwe | 36:45 |
  | 107 | Imre Berkovics | Hungary | 36:45 |
  | 108 | Jan Pesava | Czech Republic | 36:46 |
  | 109 | Marly Sopyev | Turkmenistan | 36:47 |
  | 110 | Yoshinori Yokota | Japan | 36:50 |
  | 111 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | 36:51 |
  | 112 | Peter van der Velden | Netherlands | 36:52 |
  | 113 | Dong Jiangmin | China | 36:54 |
  | 114 | Markus Graf | Switzerland | 36:56 |
  | 115 | Fraser Bertram | Canada | 36:58 |
  | 116 | Nicolae Negru | Romania | 36:58 |
  | 117 | Winston Muzini | Zimbabwe | 36:59 |
  | 118 | Cormac Finnerty | Ireland | 37:00 |
  | 119 | Luca Barzaghi | Italy | 37:02 |
  | 120 | Makhosonke Fika | South Africa | 37:03 |
  | 121 | Spencer Duval | United Kingdom | 37:03 |
  | 122 | Phil Costley | New Zealand | 37:05 |
  | 123 | John Burke | Ireland | 37:07 |
  | 124 | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | 37:08 |
  | 125 | Adalberto Garcia | Brazil | 37:10 |
  | 126 | Igor Osmak | Ukraine | 37:11 |
  | 127 | Kingston Maringe | Zimbabwe | 37:13 |
  | 128 | Brighton Chipere | Zimbabwe | 37:17 |
  | 129 | Tomix da Costa | Brazil | 37:18 |
  | 130 | Marcel Laros | Netherlands | 37:19 |
  | 131 | Laban Nkete | South Africa | 37:22 |
  | 132 | Dave Reid | Canada | 37:23 |
  | 133 | Benedito Gomes | Brazil | 37:23 |
  | 134 | Jurmain Mitchell | Jamaica | 37:23 |
  | 135 | Peter Matthews | Ireland | 37:24 |
  | 136 | Santtu Mäkinen | Finland | 37:24 |
  | 137 | Gao Jinhai | China | 37:25 |
  | 138 | Freddy Silva | Colombia | 37:25 |
  | 139 | Aleksandr Kuzin | Ukraine | 37:32 |
  | 140 | Borislav Devic | FR Yugoslavia | 37:32 |
  | 141 | Andrey Gladishev | Ukraine | 37:34 |
  | 142 | Dominic Kirui | Kenya | 37:34 |
  | 143 | Paul Smith | New Zealand | 37:37 |
  | 144 | Jukka Vähä-Vahe | Finland | 37:39 |
  | 145 | José Riveros | Colombia | 37:42 |
  | 146 | Robin Punt | Netherlands | 37:44 |
  | 147 | Carlos Grisales | Colombia | 37:47 |
  | 148 | Selestini Robert Naali | Tanzania | 37:49 |
  | 149 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 37:52 |
  | 150 | Brett Cartwright | Australia | 37:53 |
  | 151 | Vladimir Afanasyev | Russia | 37:55 |
  | 152 | Gianni Crepaldi | Italy | 37:56 |
  | 153 | Wilson Theleso | Botswana | 37:56 |
  | 154 | Edgar Sánchez | Colombia | 38:01 |
  | 155 | Romeo Zivko | Croatia | 38:07 |
  | 156 | Herman Hofstee | Netherlands | 38:08 |
  | 157 | John Trautmann | United States | 38:09 |
  | 158 | Stan Rijken | Netherlands | 38:11 |
  | 159 | William Roldán | Colombia | 38:15 |
  | 160 | Tsai Ching-Chou | Chinese Taipei | 38:15 |
  | 161 | Antonio Neto | Brazil | 38:31 |
  | 162 | Luis Collazo | Puerto Rico | 38:33 |
  | 163 | Farag Abdelnaby | Egypt | 38:37 |
  | 164 | Zhai Fake | China | 38:39 |
  | 165 | Vladimir Kiselyov | Kyrgyzstan | 38:43 |
  | 166 | Abdul Sameer Moos | Mauritius | 38:53 |
  | 167 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 38:53 |
  | 168 | Modise Mosarwa | Botswana | 38:54 |
  | 169 | Frederick Baldacchino | Malta | 38:55 |
  | 170 | Jean-François Bertron | France | 38:59 |
  | 171 | Richard Mulligan | Ireland | 39:04 |
  | 172 | Fouly Salem | Egypt | 39:18 |
  | 173 | Simon Vroemen | Netherlands | 39:24 |
  | 174 | Mohamed Al-Malki | Yemen | 39:25 |
  | 175 | Dmitriy Bogush | Moldova | 39:26 |
  | 176 | Joseph Tjitunga | Namibia | 39:29 |
  | 177 | Wayne Larden | Australia | 39:33 |
  | 178 | Boris Kaveshnikov | Kyrgyzstan | 39:36 |
  | 179 | Ajay Chuttoo | Mauritius | 39:39 |
  | 180 | Emerson Bem | Brazil | 39:41 |
  | 181 | Gabriel Laboy | Puerto Rico | 39:41 |
  | 182 | Sergiy Lebid | Ukraine | 39:44 |
  | 183 | Menon Ramsamy | Mauritius | 39:47 |
  | 184 | Modise Ndibicha | Botswana | 39:52 |
  | 185 | Jorge López | Puerto Rico | 39:55 |
  | 186 | Zachariah Ditetso | Botswana | 40:00 |
  | 187 | Mohamed Al-Hada | Yemen | 40:02 |
  | 188 | Basil Brown | Jamaica | 40:06 |
  | 189 | Mike Felicite | Mauritius | 40:13 |
  | 190 | Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev | Turkmenistan | 40:30 |
  | 191 | Xandru Grech | Malta | 40:35 |
  | 192 | Joseph Pace | Malta | 40:57 |
  | 193 | Satish Huryl | Mauritius | 41:02 |
  | 194 | Mohamed Al-Atashi | Yemen | 41:04 |
  | 195 | Edwin Cardona | Puerto Rico | 41:06 |
  | 196 | Bruno Armance | Mauritius | 41:15 |
  | 197 | Edgardo Caban | Puerto Rico | 41:23 |
  | 198 | Lee Kar-Lun | Hong Kong | 41:24 |
  | 199 | Raul Rivera | Puerto Rico | 41:28 |
  | 200 | Bigboy Dintwa | Botswana | 41:38 |
  | 201 | Robert Attard | Malta | 41:40 |
  | 202 | Leonid Pykhteyev | Kyrgyzstan | 41:45 |
  | 203 | Abdulsalaam Sirag | Yemen | 41:47 |
  | 204 | John Buhagiar | Malta | 41:57 |
  | 205 | Ali Yahya | Yemen | 41:59 |
  | 206 | Albert Shamsiyev | Uzbekistan | 42:05 |
  | 207 | Raphael Camilleri | Malta | 42:16 |
  | 208 | Hamud Said | Yemen | 42:37 |
  | 209 | Michel Kilindo | Seychelles | 42:54 |
  | 210 | Antoine Radegonde | Seychelles | 43:00 |
  | 211 | Alexandr Dyrov | Uzbekistan | 43:03 |
  | 212 | Makudi Mubenga | Zaire | 44:34 |
  | — | Andrey Gordeyev | Belarus | DNF |
  | — | Zakaria Gwandu | Tanzania | DNF |
  | — | Paul McCloy | Canada | DNF |
  | — | Thierry Pantel | France | DNF |
  | — | Reuben Reina | United States | DNF |
  | — | Andrew Sambu | Tanzania | DNF |
  | — | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | DNF |
  | — | Larbi Zéroual | Morocco | DNF |
  | — | Aleksandr Saprykin | Kazakhstan | DNF |
  | — | Focus Willbroad | Tanzania | DNF |
  | — | Aleksandr Mikitenko | Kazakhstan | DNF |
  | — | José Santos | Portugal | DNF |
  | — | Simon Camilleri | Malta | DNF |
  | — | Mahkmud Saifullayev | Uzbekistan | DNF |
  | — | Atadjan Duzdyev | Turkmenistan | DNF |
  
  **Teams**
  
  | Rank | Team | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Kenya Paul Tergat1 Ismael Kirui2 James Songok7 Simon Chemoiywo8 Julius Ondieki15 William Kiptum29 (Simeon Rono)(30) (Gideon Chirchir)(67) (Dominic Kirui)(142) | 62 |
  | | Morocco Salah Hissou3 Brahim Lahlafi5 Elarbi Khattabi11 Abdelaziz Sahere12 Hammou Boutayeb39 Mustapha Bamouh41 (Abderrahim Zitouna)(76) (Larbi Zéroual)(DNF) | 111 |
  | | Spain Martín Fiz10 José Manuel García13 José Carlos Adán18 Antonio Serrano19 Alejandro Gómez28 Antonio Pérez32 (Julio Rey)(36) (Bartolomé Serrano)(48) (Abel Antón)(78) | 120 |
  | 4 | Portugal Paulo Guerra6 António Pinto22 Domingos Castro23 José Regalo24 Carlos Monteiro31 Eduardo Henriques33 (Joaquim Pinheiro)(45) (Dionísio Castro)(124) (José Santos)(DNF) | 139 |
  | 5 | Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie4 Ayele Mezegebu21 Addis Abebe26 Chala Kelele27 Ibrahim Seid37 Tegenu Abebe54 (Tesgie Legesse)(61) (Nigousse Urge)(73) (Girma Tolla)(105) | 169 |
  | 6 | United States Todd Williams9 Bob Kennedy14 Brad Barquist60 Jim Westphal62 Dan Nelson82 Eric Morrison83 (Keith Dowling)(88) (John Trautmann)(157) (Reuben Reina)(DNF) | 310 |
  | 7 | Italy Vincenzo Modica38 Umberto Pusterla43 Salvatore Bettiol50 Maurizio Leone53 Angelo Carosi57 Andrea Arlati84 (Stefano Baldini)(90) (Luca Barzaghi)(119) (Gianni Crepaldi)(152) | 325 |
  | 8 | South Africa Hendrick Ramaala35 Simon Morolong40 Jean Verster42 Owen MacHelm58 Anton Nicolaison66 Jacques van Rensburg85 (Enoch Skosana)(94) (Makhosonke Fika)(120) (Laban Nkete)(131) | 326 |
  | 9 | United Kingdom Andrew Pearson20 Keith Cullen55 Martin Jones59 Adrian Passey71 Christian Stephenson72 Dave Clarke77 (Tommy Murray)(81) (Bobby Quinn)(100) (Spencer Duval)(121) | 354 |
  | 10 | France Mustapha Essaïd16 Abdellah Béhar17 Mickael Dufermont75 Jean-Benoît César Guyto99 Didier Sainthorand104 Dominique Chauvelier111 (Bruno Le Stum)(149) (Jean-François Bertron)(170) (Thierry Pantel)(DNF) | 422 |
  | 11 | Ireland David Burke44 Noel Cullen64 Noel Berkeley89 Cormac Finnerty118 John Burke123 Peter Matthews135 (Richard Mulligan)(171) | 573 |
  | 12 | Australia Shaun Creighton25 Julian Paynter68 Richard Hope74 Sean Quilty102 Brett Cartwright150 Wayne Larden177 | 596 |
  | 13 | Zimbabwe Tetiani Moyo52 Nicolas Nyengerai87 Emmanuel Matashu106 Winston Muzini117 Kingston Maringe127 Brighton Chipere128 | 617 |
  | 14 | Brazil Elenilson da Silva34 Daniel Ferreira101 Adalberto Garcia125 Tomix da Costa129 Benedito Gomes133 Antonio Neto161 (Emerson Bem)(180) | 683 |
  | 15 | Ukraine Pyotr Sarafynyuk79 Viktor Rogovoy95 Igor Osmak126 Aleksandr Kuzin139 Andrey Gladishev141 Sergiy Lebid182 | 762 |
  | 16 | Colombia Jose Orlando Sanchez Guerrero65 Freddy Silva138 José Riveros145 Carlos Grisales147 Edgar Sánchez154 William Roldán159 | 808 |
  | 17 | Netherlands Peter van der Velden112 Marcel Laros130 Robin Punt146 Herman Hofstee156 Stan Rijken158 Simon Vroemen173 (Marcel Versteeg)(DNF) | 875 |
  | 18 | Botswana Wilson Theleso153 Kabo Gabaseme167 Modise Mosarwa168 Modise Ndibicha184 Zachariah Ditetso186 Bigboy Dintwa200 | 1058 |
  | 19 | Mauritius Abdul Sameer Moos166 Ajay Chuttoo179 Menon Ramsamy183 Mike Felicite189 Satish Huryl193 Bruno Armance196 | 1106 |
  | 20 | Puerto Rico Luis Collazo162 Gabriel Laboy181 Jorge López185 Edwin Cardona195 Edgardo Caban197 Raul Rivera199 | 1119 |
  | 21 | Malta Frederick Baldacchino169 Xandru Grech191 Joseph Pace192 Robert Attard201 John Buhagiar204 Raphael Camilleri207 (Simon Camilleri)(DNF) | 1164 |
  | 22 | Yemen Mohamed Al-Malki174 Mohamed Al-Hada187 Mohamed Al-Atashi194 Abdulsalaam Sirag203 Ali Yahya205 Hamud Said208 | 1171 |
  | DNF | Tanzania (Benedict Ako)(47) (Francis Nade)(93) (John Lory)(96) (Selestini Robert Naali)(148) (Zakaria Gwandu)(DNF) (Andrew Sambu)(DNF) (Focus Willbroad)(DNF) | DNF |
  
  * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
  
  ## Participation
  
  An unofficial count yields the participation of 227 athletes from 52 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
  
  * Australia (6)
  * Belarus (1)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Botswana (6)
  * Brazil (7)
  * Canada (5)
  * China (3)
  * Chinese Taipei (1)
  * Colombia (6)
  * Croatia (1)
  * Czech Republic (2)
  * Denmark (2)
  * Egypt (2)
  * Ethiopia (9)
  * Finland (2)
  * France (9)
  * Germany (1)
  * Hong Kong (1)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Ireland (7)
  * Israel (1)
  * Italy (9)
  * Jamaica (2)
  * Japan (2)
  * Kazakhstan (2)
  * Kenya (9)
  * Kyrgyzstan (3)
  * Malta (7)
  * Mauritius (6)
  * Moldova (1)
  * Morocco (8)
  * Namibia (1)
  * Netherlands (7)
  * New Zealand (3)
  * Portugal (9)
  * Puerto Rico (6)
  * Romania (1)
  * Russia (4)
  * Seychelles (2)
  * South Africa (9)
  * Spain (9)
  * Switzerland (2)
  * Tanzania (7)
  * Turkmenistan (3)
  * Ukraine (6)
  * United Kingdom (9)
  * United States (9)
  * Uzbekistan (3)
  * Yemen (6)
  * FR Yugoslavia (1)
  * Zaire (1)
  * Zimbabwe (6)
  