1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
# 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results

### Junior men's race (8.415 km)

**Individual**

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Andrew Sambu | Tanzania | 23:59 |
| | Mumo Muindi | Kenya | 24:04 |
| | Fita Bayissa | Ethiopia | 24:04 |
| 4 | Joseph Kibor | Kenya | 24:09 |
| 5 | Fekadu Degefu | Ethiopia | 24:12 |
| 6 | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya | 24:17 |
| 7 | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 24:19 |
| 8 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 24:23 |
| 9 | Mark Kipsang Too | Kenya | 24:23 |
| 10 | Desta Asgedom | Ethiopia | 24:29 |
| 11 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia | 24:29 |
| 12 | Francis Metta | Tanzania | 25:07 |
| 13 | Ayele Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 25:07 |
| 14 | Salah Hissou | Morocco | 25:14 |
| 15 | Samir M'tougui | Morocco | 25:15 |
| 16 | Yahia Azaidj | Algeria | 25:16 |
| 17 | Kazumi Honkawa | Japan | 25:16 |
| 18 | Onesmo Ludago | Tanzania | 25:25 |
| 19 | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | 25:30 |
| 20 | Kazuhiro Kawauchi | Japan | 25:37 |
| 21 | Mohamed Ramdi | Morocco | 25:40 |
| 22 | Michal Kucera | Czechoslovakia | 25:42 |
| 23 | Juma Ninga | Tanzania | 25:44 |
| 24 | Saad Ayeb | Algeria | 25:45 |
| 25 | John Murray | Ireland | 25:46 |
| 26 | Charif El Ouardi | Morocco | 25:46 |
| 27 | Yoichiro Kan | Japan | 25:48 |
| 28 | Dmitriy Drozdov | Soviet Union | 25:49 |
| 29 | Robert Conder | New Zealand | 25:49 |
| 30 | Abdelhak Lebouazda | Algeria | 25:51 |
| 31 | Joseph Kibur | Canada | 25:52 |
| 32 | Mohamed Belasri | Morocco | 25:54 |
| 33 | Jon Gascoyne | United Kingdom | 25:55 |
| 34 | Javier Rodríguez | Spain | 25:56 |
| 35 | Mark Carroll | Ireland | 26:02 |
| 36 | Mateo Cañellas | Spain | 26:06 |
| 37 | Sergey Fedotov | Soviet Union | 26:08 |
| 38 | Yasuyuki Watanabe | Japan | 26:09 |
| 39 | Hakim Djadir | Algeria | 26:10 |
| 40 | Michael Cox | United States | 26:11 |
| 41 | Takaomi Kawanami | Japan | 26:15 |
| 42 | William Roldán | Colombia | 26:16 |
| 43 | Aissa Menai | Algeria | 26:18 |
| 44 | Piotr Gładki | Poland | 26:19 |
| 45 | David Bretel | France | 26:20 |
| 46 | Marcel Rocha | Brazil | 26:20 |
| 47 | Jason Rock | Australia | 26:21 |
| 48 | José Manuel Pérez | Spain | 26:21 |
| 49 | Martin Detka | Czechoslovakia | 26:22 |
| 50 | Amar Dahbi | Algeria | 26:22 |
| 51 | Oleg Symbai | Soviet Union | 26:23 |
| 52 | Jonathan Wyatt | New Zealand | 26:27 |
| 53 | Teddy Mitchell | United States | 26:27 |
| 54 | Michael Gottschalk | Germany | 26:29 |
| 55 | Steffan White | United Kingdom | 26:31 |
| 56 | Mustapha Ouaziz | Morocco | 26:35 |
| 57 | Juan Luis Gómez | Spain | 26:36 |
| 58 | Colin Walker | United Kingdom | 26:37 |
| 59 | Thierry Breuil | France | 26:37 |
| 60 | Kevin Toher | United Kingdom | 26:38 |
| 61 | Edson Galvao | Brazil | 26:39 |
| 62 | Danilo Goffi | Italy | 26:40 |
| 63 | Jai Krishnan | India | 26:41 |
| 64 | Brian Clas | United States | 26:42 |
| 65 | Julio Figueiredo | Portugal | 26:45 |
| 66 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 26:47 |
| 67 | Cyrille Ballester | France | 26:47 |
| 68 | Apolinar Caudillo | Mexico | 26:48 |
| 69 | Stan Rijken | Netherlands | 26:48 |
| 70 | Tom van Hooste | Belgium | 26:48 |
| 71 | Leonardo Cavalieri Foschini | Italy | 26:49 |
| 72 | Marco Orsi | Italy | 26:49 |
| 73 | Ashok Kumar | India | 26:50 |
| 74 | Robert Jan de Graaf | Netherlands | 26:53 |
| 75 | Brett Cartwright | Australia | 26:54 |
| 76 | David Robertson | United Kingdom | 26:56 |
| 77 | K.M. Chinnappa | India | 26:58 |
| 78 | Janik Lambert | Canada | 27:00 |
| 79 | Hector Fernandez | Mexico | 27:00 |
| 80 | Tomoyuki Yamauchi | Japan | 27:01 |
| 81 | Carlos Roldan | Colombia | 27:01 |
| 82 | André Green | Germany | 27:02 |
| 83 | Milson de Souza | Brazil | 27:02 |
| 84 | Stuart Burnham | United States | 27:03 |
| 85 | Christian Fischer | Germany | 27:03 |
| 86 | Jeff Schiebler | Canada | 27:04 |
| 87 | Bernard Joliat | Switzerland | 27:04 |
| 88 | Conor Holt | Ireland | 27:05 |
| 89 | Kyle Armentrout | United States | 27:07 |
| 90 | Donal Gallagher | Ireland | 27:08 |
| 91 | Emerson Vettori | Brazil | 27:09 |
| 92 | Alessandro Moltoni | Italy | 27:11 |
| 93 | Johan Swärdh | Sweden | 27:11 |
| 94 | Jocelyn Coste | France | 27:13 |
| 95 | Petr Prokop | Czechoslovakia | 27:17 |
| 96 | Oscar Gilotti | Italy | 27:21 |
| 97 | Javier Caballero | Spain | 27:22 |
| 98 | Trent Wood | Australia | 27:24 |
| 99 | Michael Volker | Germany | 27:26 |
| 100 | Samuel Schmutz | Switzerland | 27:26 |
| 101 | Kailash Mane | India | 27:27 |
| 102 | Koen van Rie | Belgium | 27:33 |
| 103 | Oliver Wirz | Switzerland | 27:36 |
| 104 | Gert Teniers | Belgium | 27:36 |
| 105 | Chris Unthank | Australia | 27:37 |
| 106 | Francisco Munuera | Spain | 27:37 |
| 107 | Dale Warrander | New Zealand | 27:39 |
| 108 | Kim Runeson | Sweden | 27:41 |
| 109 | Rik Courtens | Belgium | 27:44 |
| 110 | Jesper Skantz | Sweden | 27:49 |
| 111 | Massimiliano Centorame | Italy | 27:52 |
| 112 | Othmar Bamert | Switzerland | 27:54 |
| 113 | Ulrich Steidl | Germany | 27:55 |
| 114 | Marcel Matanin | Czechoslovakia | 27:56 |
| 115 | Geert Eeckhoout | Belgium | 28:00 |
| 116 | Anton Huyben | Netherlands | 28:01 |
| 117 | Robert Ellis | Australia | 28:14 |
| 118 | Arvid Levinsson | Sweden | 28:21 |
| 119 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 28:22 |
| 120 | Brant Armentrout | United States | 28:22 |
| 121 | Denis Renaurt | Belgium | 28:23 |
| 122 | Greg van Hest | Netherlands | 28:40 |
| 123 | Richard Muscat | Gibraltar | 28:48 |
| 124 | Paul Ignacio | Gibraltar | 28:56 |
| 125 | Percy Labonne | Mauritius | 29:00 |
| 126 | Freeman Rogers | Canada | 29:16 |
| 127 | David Boddington | Australia | 29:24 |
| 128 | Tyrone Cano | Gibraltar | 29:30 |
| 129 | Heinz Lehmann | Switzerland | 29:33 |
| 130 | Judex Jean-Louis | Mauritius | 29:35 |
| 131 | Chris Halfyard | Canada | 29:45 |
| 132 | Gareth Cano | Gibraltar | 29:53 |
| 133 | Steven Roberts | Gibraltar | 29:54 |
| 134 | Alan O'Gorman | Ireland | 30:00 |
| 135 | Luciano Labonne | Mauritius | 31:09 |
| 136 | Darren McComb | Gibraltar | 31:33 |
| 137 | Jay Antonio | Guam | 31:53 |
| 138 | Paul Gutierrez | Guam | 32:05 |
| 139 | Art Julaton | Guam | 33:28 |
| — | Fabrice Chomaud | France | DNF |
| — | Bedaso Turbe | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Thomas Greger | Germany | DNF |
| — | Frederic Prini | France | DNF |

**Teams**

| Rank | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| | Kenya Mumo Muindi2 Joseph Kibor4 Josephat Kiprono6 Ismael Kirui7 (Mark Kipsang Too)(9) | 19 |
| | Ethiopia Fita Bayissa3 Fekadu Degefu5 Haile Gebrselassie8 Desta Asgedom10 (Abraham Assefa)(11) (Ayele Mezegebu)(13) (Bedaso Turbe)(DNF) | 26 |
| | Tanzania Andrew Sambu1 Francis Metta12 Onesmo Ludago18 Juma Ninga23 | 54 |
| 4 | Morocco Salah Hissou14 Samir M'tougui15 Mohamed Ramdi21 Charif El Ouardi26 (Mohamed Belasri)(32) (Mustapha Ouaziz)(56) | 76 |
| 5 | Japan Kazumi Honkawa17 Kazuhiro Kawauchi20 Yoichiro Kan27 Yasuyuki Watanabe38 (Takaomi Kawanami)(41) (Tomoyuki Yamauchi)(80) | 102 |
| 6 | Algeria Yahia Azaidj16 Saad Ayeb24 Abdelhak Lebouazda30 Hakim Djadir39 (Aissa Menai)(43) (Amar Dahbi)(50) | 109 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Keith Cullen19 Jon Gascoyne33 Steffan White55 Colin Walker58 (Kevin Toher)(60) (David Robertson)(76) | 165 |
| 8 | Spain Javier Rodríguez34 Mateo Cañellas36 José Manuel Pérez48 Juan Luis Gómez57 (Javier Caballero)(97) (Francisco Munuera)(106) | 175 |
| 9 | Ireland John Murray25 Mark Carroll35 Conor Holt88 Donal Gallagher90 (Alan O'Gorman)(134) | 238 |
| 10 | United States Michael Cox40 Teddy Mitchell53 Brian Clas64 Stuart Burnham84 (Kyle Armentrout)(89) (Brant Armentrout)(120) | 241 |
| 11 | Canada Joseph Kibur31 Kevin Sullivan66 Janik Lambert78 Jeff Schiebler86 (Freeman Rogers)(126) (Chris Halfyard)(131) | 261 |
| 12 | France David Bretel45 Thierry Breuil59 Cyrille Ballester67 Jocelyn Coste94 (Fabrice Chomaud)(DNF) (Frederic Prini)(DNF) | 265 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia Michal Kucera22 Martin Detka49 Petr Prokop95 Marcel Matanin114 | 280 |
| 14 | Brazil Marcel Rocha46 Edson Galvao61 Milson de Souza83 Emerson Vettori91 | 281 |
| 15 | Italy Danilo Goffi62 Leonardo Cavalieri Foschini71 Marco Orsi72 Alessandro Moltoni92 (Oscar Gilotti)(96) (Massimiliano Centorame)(111) | 297 |
| 16 | India Jai Krishnan63 Ashok Kumar73 K.M. Chinnappa77 Kailash Mane101 | 314 |
| 17 | Germany Michael Gottschalk54 André Green82 Christian Fischer85 Michael Volker99 (Ulrich Steidl)(113) (Thomas Greger)(DNF) | 320 |
| 18 | Australia Jason Rock47 Brett Cartwright75 Trent Wood98 Chris Unthank105 (Robert Ellis)(117) (David Boddington)(127) | 325 |
| 19 | Netherlands Stan Rijken69 Robert Jan de Graaf74 Anton Huyben116 Marko Koers119 (Greg van Hest)(122) | 378 |
| 20 | Belgium Tom van Hooste70 Koen van Rie102 Gert Teniers104 Rik Courtens109 (Geert Eeckhoout)(115) (Denis Renaurt)(121) | 385 |
| 21 | Switzerland Bernard Joliat87 Samuel Schmutz100 Oliver Wirz103 Othmar Bamert112 (Heinz Lehmann)(129) | 402 |
| 22 | Sweden Johan Swärdh93 Kim Runeson108 Jesper Skantz110 Arvid Levinsson118 | 429 |
| 23 | Gibraltar Richard Muscat123 Paul Ignacio124 Tyrone Cano128 Gareth Cano132 (Steven Roberts)(133) (Darren McComb)(136) | 507 |

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

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 143 athletes from 31 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

* Algeria (6)
* Australia (6)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Colombia (2)
* Czechoslovakia (4)
* Ethiopia (7)
* France (6)
* Germany (6)
* Gibraltar (6)
* Guam (3)
* India (4)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (5)
* Mauritius (3)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (5)
* New Zealand (3)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (5)
* Tanzania (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
