2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

Men's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Men's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	34th
Date	April 1
Host city	Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Venue	Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park
Events	1
Distances	4 km – Men's short
Participation	128 athletes from ; 34 nations
	← 2005 Saint-Galmier

The Men's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1] and for the IAAF.^[2]

Complete results for individuals,^[3]^[4]^[5] for teams,^[3]^[6]^[7] medallists,^[8] and the results of British athletes who took part^[9] were published.

Race results

Men's short race (4 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	10:54
	Isaac Songok	Kenya	10:55
	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	10:57
4	Benjamin Limo	Kenya	11:00
5	Ali Abdosh	Ethiopia	11:01
6	Adam Goucher	United States	11:02
7	Augustine Choge	Kenya	11:03
8	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	Kenya	11:06
9	Saif Saeed Shaheen	Qatar	11:08
10	Sultan Khamis Zaman	Qatar	11:08
11	Craig Mottram	Australia	11:10
12	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	11:12
13	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	11:14
14	Hicham Bellani	Morocco	11:15
15	Khalid El Amri	Morocco	11:16
16	Khoudir Aggoune	Algeria	11:17
17	Wilson Busienei	Uganda	11:17
18	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	11:17
19	Ryan Hall	United States	11:18
20	Yusuf Kibet Biwot	Kenya	11:18
21	Hamid Ezzine	Morocco	11:19
22	Alejandro Suárez	Mexico	11:19
23	Jamal Bilal Salem	Qatar	11:20
24	Musa Amer Obaid	Qatar	11:20
25	Habtai Kifletsion	Eritrea	11:21
26	Amanuel Waldeselassie	Eritrea	11:21
27	Jorge Torres	United States	11:21
28	Daniel Lincoln	United States	11:21
29	Moses Kipsiro	Uganda	11:22
30	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	11:22
31	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	11:24
32	Sébastien Cosson	France	11:24
33	Ian Dobson	United States	11:25
34	José Luis Blanco	Spain	11:25
35	Essa Ismail Rashed	Qatar	11:25
36	Tarek Boukensa	Algeria	11:25
37	Carlos García	Spain	11:26
38	Mariano Villarubia	Spain	11:26
39	Abebe Dinkessa	Ethiopia	11:26
40	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	11:27
41	David Galván	Mexico	11:28
42	Martin Dent	Australia	11:28
43	James Kwalia	Qatar	11:29
44	Roberto García	Spain	11:30
45	Teodoro Vega	Mexico	11:30
46	Simon Ayeko	Uganda	11:30
47	Anis Selmouni	Morocco	11:30
48	Zenbaba Yegezu	Ethiopia	11:30
49	Loïc Letellier	France	11:30
50	Benjamin Kiplagat	Uganda	11:31
51	Manuel Damião	Portugal	11:31
52	Rabah Aboud	Algeria	11:32
53	Hais Welday	Eritrea	11:33
54	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	11:34
55	Gabriele De Nard	Italy	11:34
56	Mark Wharmby	United Kingdom	11:34
57	Luke Watson	United States	11:35
58	Jeremy Roff	Australia	11:35
59	Gian Marco Buttazzo	Italy	11:36
60	Kazuhiro Maeda	Japan	11:36
61	Ryan McKenzie	Canada	11:37
62	Juan Barrios	Mexico	11:37
63	Moussa Barkaoui	France	11:38
64	Ben Siwa	Uganda	11:39
65	Hassan Oubassour	France	11:44
66	Han Gang	China	11:44
67	Makoto Tobimatsu	Japan	11:45
68	Angus MacLean	United Kingdom	11:46
69	Tefai Felfele Yohannes	Eritrea	11:46
70	Luciano Di Pardo	Italy	11:47
71	Sello Mahase	South Africa	11:48
72	Philipp Bandi	Switzerland	11:49
73	Eric Gillis	Canada	11:49
74	Giovanni Gualdi	Italy	11:50
75	Antar Zerguelaïne	Algeria	11:50
76	Badre din Zioini	France	11:50
77	Stefano Scaini	Italy	11:50
78	Michal Kaczmarek	Poland	11:51
79	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	11:52
80	Jonathan Monje	Chile	11:53
81	Nourreddine Bourfaa	Algeria	11:54
82	Denis Bagrev	Kyrgyzstan	11:56
83	Kazuki Ikenaga	Japan	11:56
84	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	11:57
85	Rui Silva	Portugal	11:58
86	Koichiro Nagata	Japan	11:58
87	David Byrne	Australia	11:59
88	Cristiano Mauricio	Canada	12:00
89	Steven Vernon	United Kingdom	12:02
90	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	12:03
91	Ma Jifu	China	12:04
92	Stephanus Steenkamp	South Africa	12:04
93	Alastair Stevenson	Australia	12:04
94	Mandla Maseko	South Africa	12:06
95	Fabio Cesari	Italy	12:06
96	Sergio Lobos	Chile	12:06
97	Chen Mingfu	China	12:07
98	Reid Coolsaet	Canada	12:07
99	Modike Lucky Mohale	South Africa	12:07
100	Pule Hlabahlaba	South Africa	12:08
101	Li Youcai	China	12:09
102	Su Wei	China	12:12
103	Li Zhuhong	China	12:13
104	Kamil Murzyn	Poland	12:14
105	Chris Davies	United Kingdom	12:15
106	Yoshitaka Iwamizu	Japan	12:17
107	Artem Kossinov	Kazakhstan	12:20
108	Vincent Kuotane	South Africa	12:23
109	Ajmal Amirov	Tajikistan	12:27
110	Michael Tomlin	Jamaica	12:27
111	Marat Nizamov	Uzbekistan	12:28
112	Yuichiro Ueno	Japan	12:32
113	Enzo Yañez	Chile	12:35
114	Amir Garifullin	Uzbekistan	12:36
115	Marcin Urbanowski	Poland	12:39
116	Taylor Milne	Canada	12:47
117	Denides Vélez	Puerto Rico	12:50
118	Alain Kra Kouadio	Côte d'Ivoire	12:50
119	Kevin Campbell	Jamaica	12:51
120	Kirk Brown	Jamaica	12:52
121	Kashinath T. Aswale	India	12:54
122	Noce Matital	Indonesia	12:55
123	Wainard Talbert	Jamaica	12:58
124	Hurley Stewart	Jamaica	13:04
125	Juan Almonte	Dominican Republic	13:05
126	Phillip Edward	Jamaica	13:19
—	Alibay Shukurov	Azerbaijan	DNF
—	Alexander Greaux	Puerto Rico	DNF
—	Buenaventura Yanez	Equatorial Guinea	DNS
—	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom	DNS

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Isaac Songok	2
Benjamin Limo	4
Augustine Choge	7
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	8
(Brimin Kipruto)	(18)
(Yusuf Kibet Biwot)	(20)

21

Ethiopia

Kenenisa Bekele	1
Ali Abdosh	5
Sileshi Sihine	12
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam	30
(Abebe Dinkessa)	(39)
(Zenbaba Yegezu)	(48)

48

Morocco

Adil Kaouch	3
Hicham Bellani	14
Khalid El Amri	15
Hamid Ezzine	21
(Anis Selmouni)	(47)

53

4

Qatar

Saif Saeed Shaheen	9
Sultan Khamis Zaman	10
Jamal Bilal Salem	23
Musa Amer Obaid	24
(Essa Ismail Rashed)	(35)
(James Kwalia)	(43)

66

5

United States

Adam Goucher	6
Ryan Hall	19
Jorge Torres	27
Daniel Lincoln	28
(Ian Dobson)	(33)
(Luke Watson)	(57)

80

6

Spain

Juan Carlos Higuero	31
José Luis Blanco	34
Carlos García	37
Mariano Villarubia	38
(Roberto García)	(44)

140

7

Uganda

Wilson Busienei	17
Moses Kipsiro	29
Simon Ayeko	46
Benjamin Kiplagat	50
(Ben Siwa)	(64)

142

8

Algeria

Khoudir Aggoune	16
Tarek Boukensa	36
Rabah Aboud	52
Ali Saïdi-Sief	54
(Antar Zerguelaïne)	(75)
(Nourreddine Bourfaa)	(81)

158

9

Mexico

Alejandro Suárez	22
David Galván	41
Teodoro Vega	45
Juan Barrios	62

170

10

Eritrea

Habtai Kifletsion	25
Amanuel Waldeselassie	26
Hais Welday	53
Tefai Felfele Yohannes	69

173

11

Australia

Craig Mottram	11
Martin Dent	42
Jeremy Roff	58
David Byrne	87
(Alastair Stevenson)	(93)

198

12

France

Sébastien Cosson	32
Loïc Letellier	49
Moussa Barkaoui	63
Hassan Oubassour	65
(Badre din Zioini)	(76)

209

13

Canada

Kevin Sullivan	13
Ryan McKenzie	61
Eric Gillis	73
Cristiano Mauricio	88
(Reid Coolsaet)	(98)
(Taylor Milne)	(116)

235

14

United Kingdom

Mo Farah	40
Mark Wharmby	56
Angus MacLean	68
Steven Vernon	89
(Chris Davies)	(105)

253

15

Italy

Gabriele De Nard	55
Gian Marco Buttazzo	59
Luciano Di Pardo	70
Giovanni Gualdi	74
(Stefano Scaini)	(77)
(Fabio Cesari)	(95)

258

16

Japan

Kazuhiro Maeda	60
Makoto Tobimatsu	67
Kazuki Ikenaga	83
Koichiro Nagata	86
(Yoshitaka Iwamizu)	(106)
(Yuichiro Ueno)	(112)

296

17

China

Han Gang	66
Ma Jifu	91
Chen Mingfu	97
Li Youcai	101
(Su Wei)	(102)
(Li Zhuhong)	(103)

355

18

South Africa

Sello Mahase	71
Stephanus Steenkamp	92
Mandla Maseko	94
Modike Lucky Mohale	99
(Pule Hlabahlaba)	(100)
(Vincent Kuotane)	(108)

356

19

Chile

Jonathan Monje	80
Roberto Echeverria	84
Sergio Lobos	96
Enzo Yañez	113

373

20

Poland

Michal Kaczmarek	78
Marcin Lewandowski	90
Kamil Murzyn	104
Marcin Urbanowski	115

387

21

Jamaica

Michael Tomlin	110
Kevin Campbell	119
Kirk Brown	120
Wainard Talbert	123
(Hurley Stewart)	(124)
(Phillip Edward)	(126)

472

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 128 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athlete from Equatorial Guinea did not show.^[4]^[5]

Algeria (6)
Australia (5)
Azerbaijan (1)
Brazil (1)
Canada (6)
Chile (4)
China (6)
Côte d'Ivoire (1)
Dominican Republic (1)
Eritrea (4)
Ethiopia (6)
France (5)
India (1)
Indonesia (1)
Italy (6)
Jamaica (6)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kenya (6)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Mexico (4)
Morocco (5)
Poland (4)
Portugal (2)
Puerto Rico (2)
Qatar (6)
South Africa (6)
Spain (5)
Switzerland (1)
Tajikistan (1)
Uganda (5)
United Kingdom (5)
United States (6)
Uzbekistan (2)

References

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^ Downes, Steven (April 1, 2006), Men's Short Race, Fukuoka - Nine down, one to go., IAAF, retrieved November 2, 2013
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^ Official Team Results Short Race - M, IAAF, April 1, 2006, archived from the original on November 6, 2013, retrieved November 2, 2013
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