The Senior men's race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Ossegem Park in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2004. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 35:52 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 36:10 Sileshi Sihine 36:11 4 Eliud Kipchoge 36:34 5 Charles Kamathi 36:36 6 Zersenay Tadesse 36:37 7 Fabiano Joseph 36:49 8 Yibeltal Admassu 36:52 9 Yonas Kifle 36:53 10 Wilberforce Talel 37:01 11 John Cheruiyot Korir 37:03 12 Hicham Chatt 37:09 13 Craig Mottram 37:10 14 Abderrahim Goumri 37:17 15 Tibebu Yenew 37:26 16 Saïd El Wardi 37:29 17 El Hassan Lahssini 37:30 18 Dieudonné Disi 37:36 19 Jon Brown 37:38 20 Stephen Rogart 37:41 21 Lee Troop 37:43 22 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 37:45 23 Daniel Andrew Sipe 37:50 24 Ridha El Amri 37:52 25 Cutbert Nyasango 37:52 26 Ahmed Baday 37:54 27 Simion Tuitoek 37:54 28 Giuliano Battocletti 37:58 29 Samson Kiflemariam 37:59 30 Steve Moneghetti 38:01 31 Tom Compernolle 38:02 32 Richard Limo 38:03 33 Ricardo Serrano 38:08 34 Abdi Abdirahman 38:09 35 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 38:10 36 Ketema Nigusse 38:14 37 Brett Cartwright 38:15 38 Khalid Zoubaa 38:22 39 Eliseo Martín 38:23 40 Makoto Otsu 38:23 41 Mauricio Díaz 38:25 42 José Manuel Martínez 38:27 43 Ben Noad 38:27 44 Bob Kennedy 38:28 45 Andrew Letherby 38:28 46 Michael Ngaaseke 38:30 47 Fernando Silva 38:33 48 Boiphemelo Selagaboy 38:35 49 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 38:36 50 Glynn Tromans 38:36 51 Richard Brinker 38:36 52 Alejandro Gómez 38:37 53 Kaelo Mosalagae 38:39 54 Augusto Gomes 38:39 55 Obed Mutanya 38:42 56 Manuel Silva 38:44 57 Carles Castillejo 38:46 58 Rob Whalley 38:47 59 Loïc Letellier 38:49 60 Rik Ceulemans 38:50 61 Alfredo Bráz 38:52 62 Rachid Safari 38:53 63 Ridouane Harroufi 38:57 64 Piet Desmet 38:58 65 Francis Khanje 39:00 66 Joseph Simuchimba 39:00 67 Joël Bourgeois 39:01 68 Musa Ninga 39:01 69 Hans Janssens 39:08 70 Luís Feiteira 39:10 71 Gabalebe Moloko 39:16 72 Mark Kenneally 39:17 73 Yu Mitsuya 39:20 74 Tekle Menghisteab 39:20 75 Peter Matthews 39:21 76 Quentin Jarmuszewicz 39:23 77 Keenetse Moswasi 39:25 78 Kenta Oshima 39:25 79 Patrick Stitzinger 39:28 80 Han Gang 39:29 81 Matt Johnston 39:29 82 Dave Davis 39:30 83 Vinny Mulvey 39:30 84 Valens Bivahagumye 39:31 85 Krijn Van Koolwyk 39:33 86 Masayuki Obata 39:33 87 Tiyapo Maso 39:34 88 Claudir Rodrigues 39:43 89 Koen van Rie 39:46 90 Rees Buck 39:48 91 Billy Farquharson 39:55 92 Shane Nankervis 40:02 93 Nolan Swanson 40:03 94 Vincent Hatuleke 40:03 95 Ernest Ndjissipou 40:04 96 Faustin Baha 40:04 97 Ahmed El Asery 40:09 98 Chris Thompson 40:09 99 Richard Arias 40:10 100 Cesar Pilaluisa 40:12 101 Chen Mingfu 40:15 102 Dermot Donnelly 40:22 103 Andrey Chigidinov 40:25 104 Edgar Chancusig 40:29 105 Ricardo Ribas 40:30 106 Killian Lonergan 40:33 107 Jeremy Deere 40:43 108 Joshua Eberly 41:03 109 Mcmillan Mwansa 41:05 110 Steve Osadiuk 41:11 111 Taylor Murphy 41:12 112 Cirino Abong 41:16 113 Santiago Reyes 41:38 114 Maxim Malenkih 41:57 115 Ananda Man Shrestha 42:23 116 Vasiliy Medvedev 42:24 117 Sokhibdjan Sharipov 42:28 118 Marcos Rivera 42:33 119 Nariman Mammodov 42:39 120 Jan Kreisinger 42:48 121 Omar Abdel Latif 43:05 122 Yang Weize 43:08 123 Deng Haiyang 43:12 124 William Boehlke 43:16 125 Kemal Tuvakuliyev 43:19 126 Mohamed Salama 43:20 127 Michael Booth 43:21 128 Cesar Condori 45:31 129 Wong Keng Fai 49:51 130 Wong Wang Keung 52:19 — Delfim Conceição DNF — Edgardo Caban DNF — Byron Piedra DNF — Alejandro Suárez DNF — Buenaventura Yanez DNF — Abdellah Falil DNF — Egide Manirazika DNS — Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga DNS — Ghirma Woldu DNS — Yoshitaka Iwamizu DNS — Luis Alberto Miguel DNS — Julius Gidabuday DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Kenenisa Bekele 1 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 2 Sileshi Sihine 3 Yibeltal Admassu 8 (Tibebu Yenew) (15) (Ketema Nigusse) (36) 14 Eliud Kipchoge 4 Charles Kamathi 5 Wilberforce Talel 10 John Cheruiyot Korir 11 (Simion Tuitoek) (27) (Richard Limo) (32) 30 Zersenay Tadesse 6 Yonas Kifle 9 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 22 Samson Kiflemariam 29 (Tekle Menghisteab) (74) 66 4 Hicham Chatt 12 Abderrahim Goumri 14 Saïd El Wardi 16 Ahmed Baday 26 (Ridouane Harroufi) (63) (Abdellah Falil) (DNF) 68 5 Craig Mottram 13 Lee Troop 21 Steve Moneghetti 30 Brett Cartwright 37 (Andrew Letherby) (45) (Shane Nankervis) (92) 101 6 Fabiano Joseph 7 Stephen Rogart 20 Daniel Andrew Sipe 23 Musa Ninga 68 (Faustin Baha) (96) 118 7 Dieudonné Disi 18 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 35 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 49 Rachid Safari 62 (Valens Bivahagumye) (84) 164 8 Ricardo Serrano 33 Eliseo Martín 39 José Manuel Martínez 42 Alejandro Gómez 52 (Carles Castillejo) (57) 166 9 El Hassan Lahssini 17 Khalid Zoubaa 38 Augusto Gomes 54 Loïc Letellier 59 (Quentin Jarmuszewicz) (76) (Ahmed El Asery) (97) 168 10 Jon Brown 19 Ben Noad 43 Glynn Tromans 50 Rob Whalley 58 (Billy Farquharson) (91) (Chris Thompson) (98) 170 11 Abdi Abdirahman 34 Bob Kennedy 44 Richard Brinker 51 Dave Davis 82 (Nolan Swanson) (93) (Joshua Eberly) (108) 211 12 Tom Compernolle 31 Rik Ceulemans 60 Piet Desmet 64 Hans Janssens 69 (Krijn Van Koolwyk) (85) (Koen van Rie) (89) 224 13 Fernando Silva 47 Manuel Silva 56 Alfredo Bráz 61 Luís Feiteira 70 (Ricardo Ribas) (105) (Delfim Conceição) (DNF) 234 14 Boiphemelo Selagaboy 48 Kaelo Mosalagae 53 Gabalebe Moloko 71 Keenetse Moswasi 77 (Tiyapo Maso) (87) 249 15 Makoto Otsu 40 Yu Mitsuya 73 Kenta Oshima 78 Masayuki Obata 86 277 16 Obed Mutanya 55 Joseph Simuchimba 66 Vincent Hatuleke 94 Mcmillan Mwansa 109 324 17 Mark Kenneally 72 Peter Matthews 75 Vinny Mulvey 83 Dermot Donnelly 102 (Killian Lonergan) (106) 332 18 Joël Bourgeois 67 Matt Johnston 81 Jeremy Deere 107 Steve Osadiuk 110 (Taylor Murphy) (111) (Michael Booth) (127) 365 19 Han Gang 80 Chen Mingfu 101 Yang Weize 122 Deng Haiyang 123 426DNF (Richard Arias) (99) (Cesar Pilaluisa) (100) (Edgar Chancusig) (104) (Byron Piedra) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation According to an unofficial count, 136 athletes from 48 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from did not show.

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See also 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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