1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Kincsem Park on March 26, 1994. 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

Senior men's race (12.06 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time William Sigei 34:29 Simon Chemoiywo 34:30 Haile Gebrselassie 34:32 4 Paul Tergat 34:36 5 Khalid Skah 34:59 6 James Songok 35:02 7 Addis Abebe 35:11 8 Ayele Mezegebu 35:14 9 Shem Kororia 35:15 10 Mathias Ntawulikura 35:19 11 Salah Hissou 35:23 12 Dominic Kirui 35:26 13 Paulo Guerra 35:27 14 Elarbi Khattabi 35:34 15 Khaled Boulami 35:39 16 Mohamed Issangar 35:40 17 Wilson Omwoyo 35:41 18 Mustapha Essaïd 35:41 19 Pere Arco 35:42 20 Vincenzo Modica 35:42 21 Martín Fiz 35:43 22 Brahim Lahlafi 35:43 23 José Manuel García 35:44 24 Domingos Castro 35:48 25 Yahia Azaidj 35:56 26 Brahim Boutayeb 35:57 27 Carlos de la Torre 35:58 28 Róbert Štefko 35:58 29 Julian Paynter 35:59 30 William Kiptum 35:59 31 Hammou Boutayeb 35:59 32 John Nuttall 36:00 33 Alberto Maravilha 36:00 34 Antonio Martins 36:01 35 Ibrahim Seid 36:01 36 Ruddy Walem 36:02 37 Tegenu Abebe 36:05 38 Antonio Serrano 36:07 39 Thierry Pantel 36:08 40 Umberto Pusterla 36:09 41 Tendai Chimusasa 36:10 42 Fernando Couto 36:11 43 Lemi Erpassa 36:11 44 Owen MacHelm 36:12 45 Brighton Chipere 36:12 46 Henrique Crisostomo 36:13 47 Francisco Guerra 36:13 48 Joseph Kariuki 36:14 49 Bertrand Frechard 36:18 50 Marcel Versteeg 36:20 51 Francesco Panetta 36:20 52 Stefano Baldini 36:21 53 Sergey Fedotov 36:22 54 João Junqueira 36:23 55 Dave Clarke 36:24 56 Imre Berkovics 36:26 57 Yuriy Chizhov 36:27 58 Andrea Erni 36:27 59 Arnold Mächler 36:28 60 Tetiani Moyo 36:28 61 Oleg Strizhakov 36:28 62 Artur Castro 36:32 63 Vanderlei de Lima 36:32 64 Martin Jones 36:33 65 Alejandro Gómez 36:33 66 Antonio Pérez 36:35 67 Aloys Nyandwi 36:36 68 Adalberto Garcia 36:38 69 Mourad Bouldjadj 36:41 70 Arthur Osman 36:42 71 José Carlos Adán 36:43 72 Dominic Bannister 36:44 73 Benjamín Paredes 36:44 74 Salvatore Bettiol 36:45 75 Meshack Mogotsi 36:46 76 Yann Millon 36:48 77 Musa Gwanzura 36:48 78 Markku Hildén 36:49 79 Renato Gotti 36:49 80 Azzedine Sediki 36:50 81 Michal Kucera 36:50 82 Aleksandr Mikitenko 36:50 83 Yuichi Tajiri 36:51 84 Mikhail Dasko 36:52 85 Jillo Dube 36:52 86 Miroslav Vanko 36:53 87 Abundio Mondragon 36:53 88 Khristo Stefanov 36:53 89 Markus Graf 36:53 90 Wayne Larden 36:54 91 Paul Patrick 36:54 92 Seamus Power 36:54 93 Stephen Phofi 36:55 94 Melese Feissa 36:55 95 Shadrack Hoff 36:55 96 Eamonn Martin 36:56 97 Assefa Debele 36:56 98 Vladimir Afanasyev 36:56 99 Timothy Gargiulo 36:57 100 Rafael Muñoz 36:58 101 Gennadiy Panin 36:59 102 Keith Dowling 36:59 103 Piotr Gładki 37:00 104 Daniel Ferreira 37:02 105 Craig Dickson 37:02 106 François Barreau 37:02 107 Delmir dos Santos 37:03 108 Jeff Schiebler 37:05 109 Jan Mokhalo 37:05 110 Hans Ulin 37:06 111 José Santos 37:06 112 Krzysztof Baldyga 37:06 113 Winston Muzini 37:07 114 Antonio Ibañez 37:07 115 Ion Avramescu 37:09 116 Oscar Amaya 37:10 117 Jim Westphal 37:11 118 Farid Khayrullin 37:11 119 Jonathan Hume 37:13 120 Mohamed Ezzher 37:14 121 Andrey Kuznetsov 37:14 122 Mark Coogan 37:15 123 Tayeb Kalloud 37:15 124 Isaac Opperman 37:16 125 Barry Royden 37:16 126 Valery Chesak 37:16 127 Martin Rodriguez Flores 37:17 128 Viktor Rogovoy 37:19 129 Klaus-Peter Hansen 37:20 130 Laban Nkete 37:22 131 Leonardo Malgor 37:23 132 Yoshikazu Aizawa 37:23 133 Darren Mead 37:24 134 Kamel Zegaar 37:26 135 Vladimir Tsyamchik 37:27 136 Toshinori Tachizako 37:27 137 Ferenc Sági 37:29 138 Paolo Donati 37:29 139 Luc Krotwaar 37:30 140 Bruno Le Stum 37:30 141 Simon Modise 37:31 142 Tomix da Costa 37:31 143 Marco Gielen 37:32 144 Pasi Mattila 37:32 145 Silvio Guerra 37:33 146 Brad Barquist 37:33 147 Steve Tunstall 37:33 148 Doug Cronkite 37:33 149 Hideyuki Suzuki 37:34 150 Goran Raičević 37:34 151 Masafurai Nakano 37:35 152 Rod de Highden 37:35 153 Paul McCloy 37:35 154 Marcelo Cascabelo 37:35 155 Dmitriy Kapitonov 37:37 156 Dov Kremer 37:37 157 Belkheir Sayah 37:38 158 Andrey Zhulin 37:39 159 Mahieddine Belhadj 37:41 160 Marcel Laros 37:41 161 Eduardo do Nascimento 37:42 162 Peter Matthews 37:44 163 Mohamed Belabbès 37:46 164 Santos Ortega 37:47 165 Fritz Awoseb 37:47 166 Jamie Lewis 37:48 167 Daniel Castro 37:48 168 Norihiko Oda 37:48 169 Fraser Bertram 37:49 170 Tarek Zoghmar 37:49 171 Greg van Hest 37:49 172 Roberto Alonso 37:50 173 Bruno Heuberger 37:51 174 Vladimir Gusev 37:51 175 John Andrews 37:52 176 Péter Jager 37:52 177 Andrey Gladishev 37:52 178 Izudin Hrapic 37:54 179 Stane Rozman 37:55 180 Vladimir Kiselyov 37:57 181 Walter Durbano 38:02 182 Rodney Higgins 38:03 183 István Pintér 38:04 184 Florin Ionescu 38:05 185 Bahadur Prasad 38:06 186 Petros Dzadagu 38:08 187 Raishimane Kikina 38:09 188 Ray Boyd 38:10 189 Juan Juárez 38:10 190 Oleg Saveliey 38:11 191 Grigoriy Nikolayenya 38:12 192 Modise Mosarwa 38:13 193 Tibor Molnár 38:14 194 Jan Pesava 38:15 195 Ion Danou 38:15 196 Pasi Jeremejeff 38:16 197 Marius Hasler 38:16 198 Yoichiro Kan 38:17 199 Kasimir Kunz 38:18 200 Miroslav Vindis 38:18 201 Mikhail Berezin 38:18 202 Zoltán Kadlót 38:21 203 Sugar Singh 38:22 204 Aleksey Tarasyuk 38:23 205 Timo-Pekka Kalermo 38:23 206 Cheikh Boye 38:24 207 Rens Eising 38:25 208 Luis Reyes 38:26 209 John Scherer 38:27 210 József Kovács 38:27 211 Patrick Rama 38:28 212 Santtu Mäkinen 38:29 213 Jeff Campbell 38:29 214 Sasa Ljubojevic 38:30 215 Noel Richardson 38:31 216 Thierry Constantin 38:35 217 Allan Klassen 38:36 218 Gerry Healy 38:36 219 Roman Kejzar 38:37 220 Jean-Francois Cünnet 38:39 221 Pauric McKinney 38:41 222 Yuri Pushko 38:43 223 Vitaly Melcayev 38:44 224 Philip Rist 38:45 225 Sergey Polikarpov 38:46 226 Madan Singh 38:48 227 Anatoliy Bychaev 38:52 228 Muzaffer Cintimar 38:54 229 Tiyapo Maso 38:58 230 Aleksandr Kuzin 38:59 231 Marijan Krempl 39:02 232 Amit Ne'eman 39:06 233 Joseph Kibur 39:07 234 Antal Szücs 39:07 235 Sbaa Smati 39:08 236 Mehmet Günen 39:10 237 William Roldán 39:11 238 Rein Valdmaa 39:15 239 Arkadiy Nikitin 39:17 240 Nazirdin Akylbekov 39:18 241 Geza Grabar 39:18 242 Krishnan Shankar 39:19 243 Mansukh Singh 39:20 244 Muslim Shansharbekov 39:26 245 Patrick Ndayisenga 39:27 246 Marly Sopyev 39:29 247 Kailash Mane 39:30 248 Leonid Pykhteyev 39:37 249 Bonnie Gare 40:08 250 Sukru Onat 40:09 251 Jakob Kodric 40:14 252 Mike Felicite 40:21 253 Denis O'Mahony 40:24 254 Patrick Moonsamy 40:25 255 Lesedinyana Lekgoa 40:28 256 Mohamed Al-Hada 40:38 257 Gerben Ypelaar 40:51 258 Fouad Obad 40:57 259 Janik Lambert 41:13 260 Igor Surla 41:30 261 Lee Kar-Lun 41:56 262 Zachariah Ditetso 42:03 263 Christopher Blackburn 42:27 264 Sergey Kamayev 42:35 265 Tofik Inger 43:47 266 Makudi Mubenga 44:31 267 Gairat Nigmatov 44:46 — Abdellah Béhar DNF — Andy Bristow DNF — Ezequiel Canario DNF — Shaun Creighton DNF — Luis Jesús DNF — Clodoaldo do Carmo DNF — Antonio Silio DNF — Andrea Arlati DNF — Jari Venäläinen DNF — Khalid Al-Hajjar DNF — Nasser Al-Zahama DNF — Tamal Mahmood DNF — Mohamed Tubaila DNF — Mutaz Saidum DNF

Teams Rank Team Points William Sigei 1 Simon Chemoiywo 2 Paul Tergat 4 James Songok 6 Shem Kororia 9 Dominic Kirui 12 (Wilson Omwoyo) (17) (William Kiptum) (30) (Joseph Kariuki) (48) 34 Khalid Skah 5 Salah Hissou 11 Elarbi Khattabi 14 Khaled Boulami 15 Mohamed Issangar 16 Brahim Lahlafi 22 (Brahim Boutayeb) (26) (Hammou Boutayeb) (31) (Azzedine Sediki) (80) 83 Haile Gebrselassie 3 Addis Abebe 7 Ayele Mezegebu 8 Ibrahim Seid 35 Tegenu Abebe 37 Lemi Erpassa 43 (Jillo Dube) (85) (Melese Feissa) (94) (Assefa Debele) (97) 133 4 Pere Arco 19 Martín Fiz 21 José Manuel García 23 Carlos de la Torre 27 Antonio Serrano 38 Francisco Guerra 47 (Alejandro Gómez) (65) (Antonio Pérez) (66) (José Carlos Adán) (71) 175 5 Paulo Guerra 13 Domingos Castro 24 Alberto Maravilha 33 Fernando Couto 42 Henrique Crisostomo 46 João Junqueira 54 (José Santos) (111) (Ezequiel Canario) (DNF) (Luis Jesús) (DNF) 212 6 Vincenzo Modica 20 Umberto Pusterla 40 Francesco Panetta 51 Stefano Baldini 52 Salvatore Bettiol 74 Renato Gotti 79 (Paolo Donati) (138) (Walter Durbano) (181) (Andrea Arlati) (DNF) 316 7 Mustapha Essaïd 18 Antonio Martins 34 Thierry Pantel 39 Bertrand Frechard 49 Yann Millon 76 François Barreau 106 (Mohamed Ezzher) (120) (Bruno Le Stum) (140) (Abdellah Béhar) (DNF) 322 8 John Nuttall 32 Dave Clarke 55 Martin Jones 64 Dominic Bannister 72 Eamonn Martin 96 Barry Royden 125 (Darren Mead) (133) (Steve Tunstall) (147) (Andy Bristow) (DNF) 444 9 Sergey Fedotov 53 Yuriy Chizhov 57 Oleg Strizhakov 61 Mikhail Dasko 84 Vladimir Afanasyev 98 Gennadiy Panin 101 (Farid Khayrullin) (118) (Andrey Kuznetsov) (121) (Dmitriy Kapitonov) (155) 454 10 Tendai Chimusasa 41 Brighton Chipere 45 Tetiani Moyo 60 Musa Gwanzura 77 Winston Muzini 113 Petros Dzadagu 186 522 11 Owen MacHelm 44 Meshack Mogotsi 75 Stephen Phofi 93 Shadrack Hoff 95 Jan Mokhalo 109 Isaac Opperman 124 (Laban Nkete) (130) (Simon Modise) (141) (Patrick Rama) (211) 540 12 Artur Castro 62 Vanderlei de Lima 63 Adalberto Garcia 68 Daniel Ferreira 104 Delmir dos Santos 107 Tomix da Costa 142 (Eduardo do Nascimento) (161) (Clodoaldo do Carmo) (DNF) 546 13 Timothy Gargiulo 99 Keith Dowling 102 Craig Dickson 105 Jim Westphal 117 Jonathan Hume 119 Mark Coogan 122 (Brad Barquist) (146) (John Scherer) (209) (Jeff Campbell) (213) 664 14 Yahia Azaidj 25 Mourad Bouldjadj 69 Tayeb Kalloud 123 Kamel Zegaar 134 Belkheir Sayah 157 Mahieddine Belhadj 159 (Mohamed Belabbès) (163) (Tarek Zoghmar) (170) (Sbaa Smati) (235) 667 15 Julian Paynter 29 Wayne Larden 90 Paul Patrick 91 Rod de Highden 152 John Andrews 175 Rodney Higgins 182 (Ray Boyd) (188) (Shaun Creighton) (DNF) 719 16 Benjamín Paredes 73 Abundio Mondragon 87 Rafael Muñoz 100 Martin Rodriguez Flores 127 Santos Ortega 164 Roberto Alonso 172 (Luis Reyes) (208) 723 17 Andrea Erni 58 Arnold Mächler 59 Markus Graf 89 Bruno Heuberger 173 Marius Hasler 197 Kasimir Kunz 199 (Thierry Constantin) (216) (Jean-Francois Cünnet) (220) (Philip Rist) (224) 775 18 Yuichi Tajiri 83 Yoshikazu Aizawa 132 Toshinori Tachizako 136 Hideyuki Suzuki 149 Masafurai Nakano 151 Norihiko Oda 168 (Yoichiro Kan) (198) 819 19 Marcel Versteeg 50 Luc Krotwaar 139 Marco Gielen 143 Marcel Laros 160 Greg van Hest 171 Rens Eising 207 (Gerben Ypelaar) (257) 870 20 Antonio Ibañez 114 Oscar Amaya 116 Leonardo Malgor 131 Marcelo Cascabelo 154 Daniel Castro 167 Juan Juárez 189 (Antonio Silio) (DNF) 871 21 Imre Berkovics 56 Ferenc Sági 137 Péter Jager 176 István Pintér 183 Tibor Molnár 193 Zoltán Kadlót 202 (József Kovács) (210) (Antal Szücs) (234) 947 22 Jeff Schiebler 108 Doug Cronkite 148 Paul McCloy 153 Fraser Bertram 169 Allan Klassen 217 Joseph Kibur 233 (Janik Lambert) (259) 1028 23 Seamus Power 92 Peter Matthews 162 Jamie Lewis 166 Noel Richardson 215 Gerry Healy 218 Pauric McKinney 221 (Denis O'Mahony) (253) 1074 24 Aleksandr Mikitenko 82 Andre Zhulin 158 Vladimir Gusev 174 Sergey Polikarpov 225 Anatoliy Bychaev 227 Muslim Shansharbekov 244 1110 25 Vladimir Tsyamchik 135 Oleg Saveliey 190 Grigoriy Nikolayenya 191 Mikhail Berezin 201 Aleksey Tarasyuk 204 Yuri Pushko 222 1143 26 Valery Chesak 126 Viktor Rogovoy 128 Andrey Gladishev 177 Vitaly Melcayev 223 Aleksandr Kuzin 230 Igor Surla 260 1144 27 Izudin Hrapic 178 Stane Rozman 179 Miroslav Vindis 200 Roman Kejzar 219 Marijan Krempl 231 Geza Grabar 241 (Jakob Kodric) (251) 1248 28 Bahadur Prasad 185 Sugar Singh 203 Madan Singh 226 Krishnan Shankar 242 Mansukh Singh 243 Kailash Mane 247 1346 29 Raishimane Kikina 187 Modise Mosarwa 192 Tiyapo Maso 229 Bonnie Gare 249 Lesedinyana Lekgoa 255 Zachariah Ditetso 262 1374DNF (Markku Hildén) (78) (Pasi Mattila) (144) (Pasi Jeremejeff) (196) (Timo-Pekka Kalermo) (205) (Santtu Mäkinen) (212) (Jari Venäläinen) (DNF) DNF