The Junior men's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 25, 2001. 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 (7.7 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 25:04 Duncan Lebo 25:37 Dathan Ritzenhein 25:46 4 Nicholas Kemboi 25:52 5 Matt Tegenkamp 25:55 6 Robert Kipchumba 26:00 7 Alemayehu Tedla 26:02 8 Maregu Zewdie 26:14 9 Beruk Debrework 26:15 10 Paul Wakou 26:17 11 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 26:22 12 Edwin Koech 26:37 13 Wilson Chelal 26:43 14 Takashi Otsu 26:43 15 Aissam Gtaib 26:43 16 Johnny Okello 26:44 17 Samson Ramadhani 26:44 18 Atif Agebli 26:46 19 Francis Musani 26:54 20 Tibebu Yenew 26:54 21 Kiplimo Muneria 26:56 22 Adil El Bannouri 26:57 23 Moses Mpanga 26:58 24 Josh Spiker 27:02 25 Francis Yiga 27:04 26 Daniel Andrew Sipe 27:06 27 Ryan Hayden 27:07 28 Nathan Brannen 27:08 29 Stephen Rogart 27:08 30 Simon Bairu 27:15 31 Salah Habib 27:16 32 Ali Abdalla 27:18 33 Fekadu Gemeda 27:24 34 Habtai Kifletsion 27:25 35 Mircea Bogdan 27:30 36 Keving Tingaud 27:31 37 Piet Desmet 27:32 38 Bruno Saramago 27:33 39 Ian Dobson 27:34 40 Bouazza Saji 27:37 41 Salah Juaim 27:38 42 Hani Meguellati 27:43 43 Patrick Guidera 27:48 44 Francis Melo 27:50 45 Arturo Casado 27:52 46 Cutbert Nyasango 27:52 47 Juan Luis Barrios 27:53 48 Philippe Verleyen 27:54 49 Anouar Assila 27:54 50 Valerio Gulli 27:56 51 Vladimir Checha 27:58 52 Shuichi Fujii 27:59 53 Ian Hornabrook 28:00 54 Teshome Woldegaber 28:00 55 Jérôme Collot 28:03 56 Nabil Zerrouak 28:04 57 Francis Khanje 28:05 58 Fernando Fernandes 28:05 59 Mo Farah 28:06 60 Muhammet Matpay 28:06 61 Luca Massimino 28:06 62 Aurelien Demailly 28:07 63 Alberto Ramírez 28:08 64 Henrik Nyström 28:10 65 William Harty 28:12 66 Liberato Pellecchia 28:12 67 Carlos Silva 28:14 68 Cosimo Caliandro 28:15 69 Benjamin Barbier 28:15 70 Nebay Habtegiorgis 28:16 71 Fernando Cabada Jr. 28:16 72 Antonio Lagares 28:17 73 Tim Stessens 28:17 74 Abram Miya 28:18 75 Franck de Almeida 28:18 76 Martin Fagan 28:19 77 Abdelkader Bakhtache 28:22 78 Noel Cutillas 28:22 79 Selahattin Selçuk 28:24 80 Andrew Baddeley 28:27 81 Abdelatif Chemlal 28:30 82 Hakim Mokhtari 28:30 83 Sergio Sánchez 28:31 84 Friedel Maans 28:32 85 Kenichi Shiraishi 28:32 86 Joe Dionne 28:33 87 Sandile Lembetha 28:34 88 Richard Jeremiah 28:35 89 Javier Guerra 28:37 90 Cristian Gaeta 28:37 91 Yoshiyuki Tatsuta 28:39 92 Germán Sánchez 28:40 93 Matt Maline 28:42 94 Sean Connolly 28:45 95 Adam Bowden 28:45 96 Luigi La Bella 28:47 97 Abdulaziz Ali Abdulaziz 28:48 98 Paul Shaw 28:49 99 Hicham Chahib 28:50 100 Pieter Sollier 28:50 101 Serdar Durer 28:51 102 Arnoud Okken 28:58 103 Luke Taylor 29:01 104 Brandon Young 29:02 105 José Luis Santos 29:03 106 Brad Dyson 29:09 107 George Mkupatira 29:11 108 Abdurrahman Kara 29:12 109 Andrey Anisimov 29:12 110 Diarmuid Grant 29:13 111 Arturo Merced 29:13 112 Watson Magobo 29:15 113 Abdelmoumene Bouchicha 29:18 114 Muresh Kumar Yadav 29:18 115 Moses Faku 29:20 116 Date Mteketa 29:20 117 Mohammed Al-Nehmi 29:22 118 Steven Ablitt 29:24 119 Igor Daronin 29:25 120 Luis Gamin 29:34 121 Naoto Kato 29:35 122 Naoki Shibata 29:47 123 Jacob Selebalo 29:51 124 Ed Jackson 29:54 125 Dharmender Kumar 29:56 126 Pavel Somich 30:06 127 Michael Sanchez 30:07 128 Sebastián Pino 30:15 129 Cláudio da Cruz 30:15 130 Jeremy Valat 30:21 131 Ahmed Nasr Ali Al-Ragami 30:24 132 Azeet Kumar 30:38 133 Jahongir Tolibjonov 30:43 134 Meretdurdy Kereguliev 30:47 135 Nozimjon Irmatov 30:57 136 Kenneth Otarola 31:03 137 Nurridin Irmatov 31:06 138 Rasul Saydaliyev 31:28 139 Rustam Irmatov 31:48 140 Khodor Abdou 31:55 141 Ruslan Kurbanov 31:56 142 Kamoliddin Fakhritdinov 32:06 143 Vadim Bezyanov 32:23 144 Suleyman Jumakuliyev 32:35 145 Jacques Francis 32:49 146 Salimjan Yangibayev 32:54 147 Dominic Carroll 34:34 148 Sarvar Akhmatov 35:47 149 Lee Taylor 35:47 — Noureddine Athamna DNF — Cleyton Aguiar DNF — Suresh Kumar Yadav DNF — Nigel Wray DNS — Phaustin Baha Sulle DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Duncan Lebo 2 Nicholas Kemboi 4 Robert Kipchumba 6 Edwin Koech 12 (Wilson Chelal) (13) (Kiplimo Muneria) (21) 24 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Alemayehu Tedla 7 Maregu Zewdie 8 Beruk Debrework 9 (Tibebu Yenew) (20) (Fekadu Gemeda) (33) 25 Paul Wakou 10 Johnny Okello 16 Francis Musani 19 Moses Mpanga 23 (Francis Yiga) (25) 68 4 Dathan Ritzenhein 3 Matt Tegenkamp 5 Josh Spiker 24 Ian Dobson 39 (Fernando Cabada Jr.) (71) (Matt Maline) (93) 71 5 Aissam Gtaib 15 Atif Agebli 18 Adil El Bannouri 22 Bouazza Saji 40 (Anouar Assila) (49) (Abdelatif Chemlal) (81) 95 6 Ryan Hayden 27 Nathan Brannen 28 Simon Bairu 30 Joe Dionne 86 (Brandon Young) (104) 171 7 Ali Abdalla 32 Habtai Kifletsion 34 Teshome Woldegaber 54 Nebay Habtegiorgis 70 190 8 Salah Habib 31 Hani Meguellati 42 Nabil Zerrouak 56 Abdelkader Bakhtache 77 (Abdelmoumene Bouchicha) (113) (Noureddine Athamna) (DNF) 206 9 Piet Desmet 37 Philippe Verleyen 48 Jérôme Collot 55 Benjamin Barbier 69 (Tim Stessens) (73) (Pieter Sollier) (100) 209 10 Takashi Otsu 14 Shuichi Fujii 52 Kenichi Shiraishi 85 Yoshiyuki Tatsuta 91 (Naoto Kato) (121) (Naoki Shibata) (122) 242 11 Valerio Gulli 50 Luca Massimino 61 Liberato Pellecchia 66 Cosimo Caliandro 68 (Cristian Gaeta) (90) (Luigi La Bella) (96) 245 12 Arturo Casado 45 Alberto Ramírez 63 Antonio Lagares 72 Noel Cutillas 78 (Sergio Sánchez) (83) (Javier Guerra) (89) 258 13 Patrick Guidera 43 William Harty 65 Martin Fagan 76 Sean Connolly 94 (Diarmuid Grant) (110) 278 14 Keving Tingaud 36 Aurelien Demailly 62 Hakim Mokhtari 82 Hicham Chahib 99 (Jeremy Valat) (130) 279 15 Mo Farah 59 Andrew Baddeley 80 Adam Bowden 95 Paul Shaw 98 (Steven Ablitt) (118) (Ed Jackson) (124) 332 16 Muhammet Matpay 60 Selahattin Selçuk 79 Serdar Durer 101 Abdurrahman Kara 108 348 17 Ian Hornabrook 53 Richard Jeremiah 88 Luke Taylor 103 Brad Dyson 106 350 18 Abram Miya 74 Friedel Maans 84 Sandile Lembetha 87 Moses Faku 115 (Jacob Selebalo) (123) 360 19 Francis Melo 44 Germán Sánchez 92 Luis Gamin 120 Sebastián Pino 128 384 20 Salah Juaim 41 Abdulaziz Ali Abdulaziz 97 Mohammed Al-Nehmi 117 Ahmed Nasr Ali Al-Ragami 131 386 21 Francis Khanje 57 George Mkupatira 107 Watson Magobo 112 Date Mteketa 116 392 22 Vladimir Checha 51 Andrey Anisimov 109 Igor Daronin 119 Pavel Somich 126 405 23 Nozimjon Irmatov 135 Nurridin Irmatov 137 Rustam Irmatov 139 Kamoliddin Fakhritdinov 142 553 24 Jahongir Tolibjonov 133 Rasul Saydaliyev 138 Vadim Bezyanov 143 Sarvar Akhmatov 148 562 25 Meretdurdy Kereguliev 134 Ruslan Kurbanov 141 Suleyman Jumakuliyev 144 Salimjan Yangibayev 146 565DNF (Fernando Fernandes) (58) (Franck de Almeida) (75) (Cláudio da Cruz) (129) (Cleyton Aguiar) (DNF) DNFDNF (Muresh Kumar Yadav) (114) (Dharmender Kumar) (125) (Azeet Kumar) (132) (Suresh Kumar Yadav) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 152 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 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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