The Senior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 1998. Reports on 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 were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Paul Tergat 34:01 Paul Koech 34:06 Assefa Mezegebu 34:28 4 Tom Nyariki 34:37 5 Wilson Boit Kipketer 34:38 6 Christopher Kelong 34:41 7 Ismael Kirui 34:41 8 Mohammed Mourhit 34:44 9 Domingos Castro 34:46 10 Fabián Roncero 34:50 11 Elarbi Khattabi 34:54 12 Paulo Guerra 34:59 13 Habte Jifar 35:08 14 Lahcen Benyoussef 35:11 15 Wilbroad Axweso 35:15 16 Bob Kennedy 35:18 17 Brahim Lahlafi 35:20 18 Khaled Boulami 35:21 19 Patrick Ndayisenga 35:23 20 Tesfaye Tola 35:24 21 Ayele Mezegebu 35:29 22 Shaun Creighton 35:33 23 Bruno Toledo 35:34 24 Abraham Assefa 35:35 25 Eduardo Henriques 35:36 26 Benedict Ako 35:37 27 Adam Goucher 35:39 28 José Regalo 35:40 29 José Manuel García 35:43 30 Hideaki Haraguchi 35:47 31 Reinholdt Iita 35:54 32 Alejandro Gómez 35:57 33 Toshinari Takaoka 35:58 34 Kamiel Maase 36:00 35 Tarek Zoghmar 36:04 36 Hendrick Ramaala 36:06 37 Rachid Berradi 36:14 38 Glynn Tromans 36:19 39 Alberto Maravilha 36:19 40 Cormac Finnerty 36:20 41 Tadeo Nada 36:23 42 Francesco Bennici 36:23 43 Sérgio da Silva 36:24 44 Keith Cullen 36:25 45 Seamus Power 36:26 46 Réda Benzine 36:26 47 Enoch Skosana 36:27 48 Samir Moussaoui 36:28 49 Kabo Gabaseme 36:31 50 Driss El Himer 36:32 51 Kudakwashe Shoko 36:32 52 Carlos Peña 36:35 53 Abdelilah El Manaia 36:35 54 Simone Zanon 36:36 55 Elijah Mutandiro 36:37 56 Jacinto Navarrete 36:38 57 Krzysztof Baldyga 36:38 58 Abdellah Béhar 36:39 59 Andrew Pearson 36:41 60 Lee Troop 36:46 61 Godfrey Koki 36:47 62 Tim Hacker 36:48 63 Julio Rey 36:49 64 Azzedine Sakhri 36:49 65 Tomohiro Seto 36:50 66 Alejandro Cuahtepizi 36:52 67 Diego Colorado 36:55 68 Chris Weber 36:58 69 Dragoslav Prpa 37:00 70 Daniel Ferreira 37:00 71 Michele Gamba 37:01 72 Billy Ntlogelang 37:02 73 Janko Bensa 37:03 74 Faustin Saktay 37:04 75 John Nuttall 37:06 76 Hendrick Khumalo 37:07 77 Viktor Röthlin 37:09 78 Mohamed Driouche 37:13 79 Lahbib Hanini 37:16 80 Martin Lauret 37:18 81 Elias Bastos 37:19 82 Ville Hautala 37:20 83 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 37:21 84 Dmitriy Maksimov 37:24 85 Pavel Loskutov 37:25 86 Santtu Mäkinen 37:25 87 Chris Robison 37:26 88 Gabriele De Nard 37:26 89 Pete Julian 37:30 90 Julian Dwyer 37:35 91 Mamo Kejela 37:35 92 Ayman Mahmoud 37:39 93 Mikaël Thomas 37:42 94 David Evans 37:44 95 Seiji Kushibe 37:46 96 René Godlieb 37:47 97 Ali El-Zaidi 37:48 98 Semyon Zhustin 37:49 99 Jussi Utriainen 37:50 100 Eric Quiros 37:53 101 Toomas Tarm 37:54 102 Imre Berkovics 37:58 103 Jose Duarte 38:01 104 Cian McLoughlin 38:02 105 Marcel Versteeg 38:03 106 Colin de Burca 38:04 107 Joseph Tjitunga 38:10 108 Kim Gillard 38:14 109 Juan Jaranillo 38:14 110 Martín Pitayo 38:16 111 Spencer Duval 38:16 112 Lesedinyana Lekgoa 38:23 113 Alphonse Munyeshyaka 38:28 114 Menon Ramsamy 38:32 115 Julián Berrio 38:33 116 Pacifique Ayabusa 38:37 117 Yan Orlandi 38:39 118 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 38:42 119 Jussi Virtanen 38:43 120 James Finlayson 38:45 121 Glody Dube 38:50 122 Ernest Ndjissipou 38:52 123 Heiki Sarapuu 38:54 124 Paddy McCluskey 38:56 125 Toni Bernadó 38:56 126 Soro Bassirima 39:02 127 Wael Anwar 39:03 128 Robert Gary 39:04 129 Pauric McKinney 39:14 130 Robert Smits 39:15 131 Graham Cocksedge 39:21 132 Tiyapo Maso 39:22 133 Fouly Salem 39:28 134 Farag Abdelnaby 39:36 135 Meelis Veilberg 39:38 136 Dieudonné Disi 39:45 137 Joseph Nsengiyumya 39:46 138 Bruno Le Stum 39:55 139 Margus Pirksaar 40:00 140 Mothusi Pelaelo 40:13 141 Jumaine Hakizimaha 40:22 142 Rachid Safari 40:23 143 Tiburce Mboumba 40:26 144 Tsunake Kalamori 40:33 145 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev 40:34 146 Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev 40:34 147 Abdullah Fergani 40:46 148 Leonard Madinda 41:15 149 Mahamed Kouerh 41:24 150 Basile Lendoye 41:24 151 Konan Severin N'dri 41:51 152 Younes Yousef 42:04 153 Loasis Boussougou 42:17 154 David Kanie 42:25 155 Sergey Zabavskiy 43:04 156 Souleymane Bamba 43:06 157 Guy Schultz 43:10 158 Gervais Yapo Yapi 43:34 159 Alphonse Miuoubi 43:41 160 Hugues Kombila 43:46 161 Lee Kar-Lun 43:52 162 Gumsie Taulobi 44:22 163 Ken Mova 45:05 — Alfredo Bráz DNF — Enrique Molina DNF — Pablo Olmedo DNF — Andrew Panga DNF — Smail Sghir DNF — Kamel Kohil DNF — Benoît Zwierzchiewski DNF — Abel Chimukoko DNF — Hayk Khojumyan DNF — Trent Harlow DNF — Sergio Couto DNF — David Rueben DNF — Robert Cook Jr. DNF — Michael Ngaaseke DNF — Shingirai Badza DNF — Ian Forsythe DNF — Gustav Hendricks DNF — Baimurad Achirmuradov DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Paul Tergat 1 Paul Koech 2 Tom Nyariki 4 Wilson Boit Kipketer 5 (Christopher Kelong) (6) (Ismael Kirui) (7) 12 Assefa Mezegebu 3 Habte Jifar 13 Tesfaye Tola 20 Ayele Mezegebu 21 (Abraham Assefa) (24) (Mamo Kejela) (91) 57 Elarbi Khattabi 11 Lahcen Benyoussef 14 Brahim Lahlafi 17 Khaled Boulami 18 (Abdelilah El Manaia) (53) (Smail Sghir) (DNF) 60 4 Domingos Castro 9 Paulo Guerra 12 Eduardo Henriques 25 José Regalo 28 (Alberto Maravilha) (39) (Alfredo Bráz) (DNF) 74 5 Fabián Roncero 10 Bruno Toledo 23 José Manuel García 29 Alejandro Gómez 32 (Julio Rey) (63) (Enrique Molina) (DNF) 94 6 Wilbroad Axweso 15 Benedict Ako 26 Tadeo Nada 41 Faustin Saktay 74 (Andrew Panga) (DNF) 156 7 Tarek Zoghmar 35 Réda Benzine 46 Samir Moussaoui 48 Azzedine Sakhri 64 (Mohamed Driouche) (78) (Kamel Kohil) (DNF) 193 8 Bob Kennedy 16 Adam Goucher 27 Tim Hacker 62 Pete Julian 89 (Robert Gary) (128) (Robert Cook Jr.) (DNF) 194 9 Rachid Berradi 37 Francesco Bennici 42 Simone Zanon 54 Michele Gamba 71 (Gabriele De Nard) (88) 204 10 Glynn Tromans 38 Keith Cullen 44 Andrew Pearson 59 John Nuttall 75 (Chris Robison) (87) (Spencer Duval) (111) 216 11 Hideaki Haraguchi 30 Toshinari Takaoka 33 Tomohiro Seto 65 Seiji Kushibe 95 223 12 Shaun Creighton 22 Lee Troop 60 Julian Dwyer 90 David Evans 94 (Kim Gillard) (108) (Trent Harlow) (DNF) 266 13 Driss El Himer 50 Abdellah Béhar 58 Lahbib Hanini 79 Mikaël Thomas 93 (Bruno Le Stum) (138) (Benoît Zwierzchiewski) (DNF) 280 14 Cormac Finnerty 40 Seamus Power 45 Cian McLoughlin 104 Colin de Burca 106 (Pauric McKinney) (129) 295 15 Hendrick Ramaala 36 Enoch Skosana 47 Hendrick Khumalo 76 Tsunake Kalamori 144 303 16 Kamiel Maase 34 Martin Lauret 80 René Godlieb 96 Marcel Versteeg 105 (Robert Smits) (130) 315 17 Carlos Peña 52 Alejandro Cuahtepizi 66 Jose Duarte 103 Martín Pitayo 110 (Pablo Olmedo) (DNF) 331 18 Jacinto Navarrete 56 Diego Colorado 67 Juan Jaranillo 109 Julián Berrio 115 347 19 Kabo Gabaseme 49 Billy Ntlogelang 72 Lesedinyana Lekgoa 112 Glody Dube 121 (Tiyapo Maso) (132) (Mothusi Pelaelo) (140) 354 20 Ville Hautala 82 Santtu Mäkinen 86 Jussi Utriainen 99 Jussi Virtanen 119 386 21 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 83 Ayman Mahmoud 92 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 118 Wael Anwar 127 (Fouly Salem) (133) (Farag Abdelnaby) (134) 420 22 Chris Weber 68 James Finlayson 120 Paddy McCluskey 124 Graham Cocksedge 131 (Guy Schultz) (157) (Ian Forsythe) (DNF) 443 23 Pavel Loskutov 85 Toomas Tarm 101 Heiki Sarapuu 123 Meelis Veilberg 135 (Margus Pirksaar) (139) 444 24 Alphonse Munyeshyaka 113 Pacifique Ayabusa 116 Dieudonné Disi 136 Joseph Nsengiyumya 137 (Jumaine Hakizimaha) (141) (Rachid Safari) (142) 502 25 Ali El-Zaidi 97 Abdullah Fergani 147 Mahamed Kouerh 149 Younes Yousef 152 545 26 Soro Bassirima 126 Konan Severin N'dri 151 Souleymane Bamba 156 Gervais Yapo Yapi 158 591 27 Tiburce Mboumba 143 Leonard Madinda 148 Basile Lendoye 150 Loasis Boussougou 153 (Alphonse Miuoubi) (159) (Hugues Kombila) (160) 594DNF (Kudakwashe Shoko) (51) (Elijah Mutandiro) (55) (Godfrey Koki) (61) (Abel Chimukoko) (DNF) (Michael Ngaaseke) (DNF) (Shingirai Badza) (DNF) DNFDNF (Sérgio da Silva) (43) (Daniel Ferreira) (70) (Elias Bastos) (81) (Sergio Couto) (DNF) DNFDNF (David Kanie) (154) (Gumsie Taulobi) (162) (Ken Mova) (163) (David Rueben) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 181 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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