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, and a report in The New York Times.

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

Race results

Junior men's race (8.35 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time David Chelule 24:06 Assefa Mezegebu 24:19 Samuel Chepkok 24:24 4 Elijah Korir 24:26 5 Charles Kwambai 24:28 6 Mizan Mehari 24:51 7 Kipchumba Mitei 24:55 8 Million Wolde 24:56 9 Patrick Ivuti 25:00 10 Lemma Alemayehu 25:34 11 Miloud Abaoub 25:42 12 David Galindo 25:43 13 Sisay Bezabeh 25:43 14 Aziz Driouche 25:43 15 Naoki Mishiro 26:06 16 Adrian Maghiar 26:06 17 Gert-Jan Liefers 26:09 18 Azzedine Zerdoum 26:10 19 Abderrahman Chmaiti 26:11 20 Rachid Amroug 26:18 21 Grigoriy Generalov 26:20 22 Marilson dos Santos 26:21 23 Dalibor Balgac 26:23 24 Mokhejano Lesenyeho 26:23 25 Sun Wenyong 26:27 26 Richard Mavuso 26:27 27 Brad Hauser 26:29 28 Geremew Haile 26:30 29 Lazarus Ramasia 26:31 30 Nobuhiko Okada 26:31 31 Aaron Gabonewe 26:35 32 Abdelmadjid Bouchamia 26:36 33 Julián Peralta 26:37 34 Wang Zhicheng 26:38 35 Janko Bensa 26:39 36 Francisco Mondragon 26:41 37 Allen Graffin 26:41 38 Wang Hongliang 26:47 39 Latamene Oumouhand 26:47 40 Chaka Zihanzu 26:53 41 Rachid Boulahdid 26:53 42 Francis Chibika 26:54 43 Rui Silva 26:56 44 David Posada 26:57 45 Francisco Navarro 26:57 46 Paulo Lunkes 26:57 47 Ahmed Ezzobayry 26:59 48 Kais Bouziane 27:00 49 Kensuke Takahashi 27:01 50 Brent Hauser 27:02 51 Juan Carlos Higuero 27:03 52 Bertus Bock 27:05 53 Baghdad Rachem 27:07 54 Richard Mncwabe 27:07 55 Dmitriy Maksimov 27:07 56 Andries Moss 27:10 57 Juan José Lozano 27:11 58 Luca Rosa 27:12 59 Antonio Jiménez 27:12 60 Edgar Quiroz 27:13 61 Sun Wenli 27:15 62 Adil Rabihi 27:20 63 Hudson de Souza 27:20 64 Naoto Suzuki 27:21 65 Kevin Nash 27:22 66 Gaël Pencréach 27:31 67 Kazumasa Yamato 27:33 68 John Schoenfelder 27:36 69 Satish Kumar 27:38 70 Simon Wilkinson 27:40 71 Jeroen Broekzitter 27:42 72 Andrea Busetto 27:43 73 Sanjeev Nair 27:46 74 Murray Link 27:47 75 Ephraim Mokhotu 27:48 75 Martin Dent 27:48 77 Aleksey Shestakov 27:52 78 Jussi Utriainen 27:54 79 Mark Thompson 27:54 80 Antonio Arce 27:54 81 Moses Chipani 27:55 82 Tawanda Magarasadza 27:56 83 Jon Grimsley 27:57 84 Scott McClennan 27:59 85 Franck Lanois 28:01 86 Marshall Armitage 28:02 87 Michael Maechler 28:02 88 Steve Lawrence 28:03 89 Sam Haughian 28:04 90 Norbert Rutjindo 28:07 91 Francisco Jesus 28:09 92 David Dala 28:12 93 Igor Zhavaranak 28:12 94 Eligio Romero 28:13 95 Rahul Shoukeen 28:13 96 Alberto Mosca 28:14 97 Yasuhida Maeda 28:17 98 Mikael Talasjoki 28:22 99 Cristobal Valenzuela 28:23 100 Tiala Ramichi 28:23 101 Ndara Petrus 28:24 102 Mathew Coley 28:28 103 Balasheb Nikam 28:29 104 Kjell van Melkebeke 28:41 105 Viktor Kulakovitsh 28:41 106 Jyrki Niemelä 28:43 107 Artyon Zhigalov 28:44 108 Steve Bohan 28:44 109 Jorge Mitano Alberto 28:48 110 Alex Oldfield 28:52 111 Kevin Musseliah 28:53 112 Roel Robberecht 28:53 113 Lorenzo Marrocu 29:00 114 Pierre-André Ramuz 29:21 115 Damien Rouquet 29:38 116 Michael Endjala 29:44 117 Nako Motseko 30:00 118 Ariel Frías 30:02 119 Jonathan Joson 30:04 120 Steven Heemskerk 30:15 121 Bernard Joseph 30:23 122 Rajaye Potanau 30:23 123 Selwyn Bonne 31:00 124 David Kanie 31:44 125 Gerry Mathiot 32:00 126 Makhetha Phats’oane 32:08 127 Daniel Henry 32:54 128 Ruben Vera 32:54 — Roy Delorie DNF — William Velirick DNF — Romulo da Silva DNF — Fouad Chouki DNF — Vincent Rollier DNF — Thomas Mayo DNF — Keith Kelly DNF — Claudio Brandalise DNF — Fabio Cesari DNF — Abdelghani Lahlali DNF — Russell Coleman DNF — Gustavo Ely DNF

Teams Rank Team Points David Chelule 1 Samuel Chepkok 3 Elijah Korir 4 Charles Kwambai 5 (Kipchumba Mitei) (7) (Patrick Ivuti) (9) 13 Assefa Mezegebu 2 Mizan Mehari 6 Million Wolde 8 Lemma Alemayehu 10 (Sisay Bezabeh) (13) (Geremew Haile) (28) 26 Aziz Driouche 14 Abderrahman Chmaiti 19 Rachid Amroug 20 Rachid Boulahdid 41 (Ahmed Ezzobayry) (47) (Abdelghani Lahlali) (DNF) 94 4 Miloud Abaoub 11 Azzedine Zerdoum 18 Abdelmadjid Bouchamia 32 Latamene Oumouhand 39 (Kais Bouziane) (48) (Baghdad Rachem) (53) 100 5 Richard Mavuso 26 Lazarus Ramasia 29 Aaron Gabonewe 31 Richard Mncwabe 54 (Andries Moss) (56) (Ephraim Mokhotu) (75) 140 6 Sun Wenyong 25 Wang Zhicheng 34 Wang Hongliang 38 Sun Wenli 61 158 7 Naoki Mishiro 15 Nobuhiko Okada 30 Kensuke Takahashi 49 Naoto Suzuki 64 (Kazumasa Yamato) (67) (Yasuhida Maeda) (97) 158 8 David Posada 44 Francisco Navarro 45 Juan Carlos Higuero 51 Juan José Lozano 57 (Antonio Jiménez) (59) (Francisco Jesus) (91) 197 9 David Galindo 12 Francisco Mondragon 36 Edgar Quiroz 60 Eligio Romero 94 202 10 Brad Hauser 27 Brent Hauser 50 John Schoenfelder 68 Antonio Arce 80 (Jon Grimsley) (83) (Russell Coleman) (DNF) 225 11 Chaka Zihanzu 40 Francis Chibika 42 Moses Chipani 81 Tawanda Magarasadza 82 245 12 Allen Graffin 37 Kevin Nash 65 Simon Wilkinson 70 Sam Haughian 89 (Alex Oldfield) (110) (Thomas Mayo) (DNF) 261 13 Adil Rabihi 62 Gaël Pencréach 66 Franck Lanois 85 Damien Rouquet 115 (Fouad Chouki) (DNF) (Vincent Rollier) (DNF) 328 14 Murray Link 74 Scott McClennan 84 Marshall Armitage 86 Steve Lawrence 88 (Mathew Coley) (102) (Steve Bohan) (108) 332 15 Luca Rosa 58 Andrea Busetto 72 Alberto Mosca 96 Lorenzo Marrocu 113 (Claudio Brandalise) (DNF) (Fabio Cesari) (DNF) 339 16 Satish Kumar 69 Sanjeev Nair 73 Rahul Shoukeen 95 Balasheb Nikam 103 340 17 Bertus Bock 52 Norbert Rutjindo 90 Ndara Petrus 101 Michael Endjala 116 359 18 Mokhejano Lesenyeho 24 Tiala Ramichi 100 Nako Motseko 117 Makhetha Phats’oane 126 367 19 Julián Peralta 33 Cristobal Valenzuela 99 Ariel Frías 118 Ruben Vera 128 378 20 Kevin Musseliah 111 Jonathan Joson 119 Bernard Joseph 121 Rajaye Potanau 122 473DNF (Marilson dos Santos) (22) (Paulo Lunkes) (46) (Hudson de Souza) (63) (Romulo da Silva) (DNF) (Gustavo Ely) (DNF) DNFDNF (Kjell van Melkebeke) (104) (Roel Robberecht) (112) (Steven Heemskerk) (120) (William Velirick) (DNF) DNFDNF (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.

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See also 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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