The initial Men's short race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 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

Men's short race (4 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time John Kibowen 10:43 Daniel Komen 10:46 Paul Kosgei 10:50 4 Benjamin Limo 10:59 5 John Kosgei 11:04 6 Brahim Boulami 11:06 7 Marc Davis 11:08 8 Kipkirui Misoi 11:10 9 Hicham Bouaouiche 11:11 10 Maru Daba 11:11 11 Isaac Viciosa 11:13 12 Ali Ezzine 11:14 13 Mohamed Awol 11:14 14 Luis Jesús 11:16 15 Brahim Jabbour 11:17 16 Salah El Ghazi 11:19 17 Tewodros Shiferaw 11:19 18 El Hassan Lahssini 11:20 19 Alberto García 11:21 20 Simretu Alemayehu 11:21 21 Dan Browne 11:22 22 Hélder Ornelas 11:23 23 João Junqueira 11:23 24 Angelo Carosi 11:25 25 Laïd Bessou 11:26 26 Miroslav Vanko 11:26 27 Manuel Pancorbo 11:26 28 Daniel Middleman 11:27 29 João Leite 11:27 30 Anacleto Jiménez 11:27 31 Luciano Di Pardo 11:27 32 Kudakwashe Shoko 11:28 33 Rafał Wójcik 11:28 34 Andrea Arlati 11:29 35 Phil Mowbray 11:29 36 Mourad Benslimani 11:29 37 Rob Whalley 11:29 38 Abderahmane Djemadi 11:30 39 Michael Ngaaseke 11:30 40 Abiyote Abate 11:32 41 Joël Bourgeois 11:32 42 Mike Openshaw 11:33 43 Aleksey Gorbunov 11:34 44 Domenico D'Ambrosio 11:34 45 Massimo Pegoretti 11:35 46 Juan José Cruz 11:35 47 Saïd Chébili 11:36 48 Márcio da Silva 11:36 49 José Ramos 11:38 50 Moussa Barkaoui 11:38 51 Mekonen Daba 11:39 52 Panagiotis Papoulias 11:41 53 Marco Rufo 11:42 54 Blair Martin 11:43 55 Julian Moorhouse 11:43 56 Giuseppe Maffei 11:46 57 Mohamed Amer 11:46 58 Shingirai Badza 11:47 59 Ian Gillespie 11:49 60 Abdelmadjid Bouchamia 11:50 61 Teddy Mitchell 11:50 62 Vítor Almeida 11:50 63 Éric Dubus 11:51 64 Reyes Estévez 11:52 65 Scott Strand 11:53 66 Stéphane Renaud 11:54 67 Aleksey Shestakov 11:54 68 Mariano Tarilo 11:57 69 Kamel Boulahfane 12:00 70 Anthony Whiteman 12:00 71 Cândido Maia 12:00 72 Tamás Kliszek 12:01 73 Richard Tremain 12:01 74 Daniel das Neves 12:02 75 Ali Awad 12:02 76 Sander Schutgens 12:07 77 Miloud Abaoub 12:09 78 Ahto Tatter 12:09 79 Zenon Patino 12:10 80 Ricardo da Silva 12:11 81 Frédéric Chocteau 12:11 82 Abdul Sameer Moos 12:12 83 Elijah Mutandiro 12:13 84 Antonio Soliz 12:20 85 Jason Bodnar 12:27 86 Ali Al-Dosari 12:31 87 Arli Mandmets 12:33 88 Makoto Wakamatsu 12:36 89 Simon Labiche 12:42 90 Mestal El-Sahmarani 12:44 91 Mahmoud Ayach 13:07 92 Ken Mova 13:09 93 Selwyn Bonne 13:18 94 Djamched Rasulov 13:20 95 Mehdi Chebli 13:22 96 Norbert Hariba 13:27 97 Ronny Marie 13:30 98 David Kanie 13:49 99 Gumsie Taulobi 13:50 100 David Rueben 13:51 101 Anton Lopa 14:05 102 Jeffrey Kaile 15:12 — Gairat Nigmatov DNF

Teams Rank Team Points John Kibowen 1 Daniel Komen 2 Paul Kosgei 3 Benjamin Limo 4 (John Kosgei) (5) (Kipkirui Misoi) (8) 10 Brahim Boulami 6 Hicham Bouaouiche 9 Ali Ezzine 12 Brahim Jabbour 15 (Salah El Ghazi) (16) (El Hassan Lahssini) (18) 42 Maru Daba 10 Mohamed Awol 13 Tewodros Shiferaw 17 Simretu Alemayehu 20 (Abiyote Abate) (40) (Mekonen Daba) (51) 60 4 Isaac Viciosa 11 Alberto García 19 Manuel Pancorbo 27 Anacleto Jiménez 30 (Marco Rufo) (53) (Reyes Estévez) (64) 87 5 Luis Jesús 14 Hélder Ornelas 22 João Junqueira 23 José Ramos 49 (Vítor Almeida) (62) (Cândido Maia) (71) 108 6 Marc Davis 7 Dan Browne 21 Daniel Middleman 28 Teddy Mitchell 61 (Scott Strand) (65) (Jason Bodnar) (85) 117 7 Angelo Carosi 24 Luciano Di Pardo 31 Andrea Arlati 34 Domenico D'Ambrosio 44 (Massimo Pegoretti) (45) (Giuseppe Maffei) (56) 133 8 Laïd Bessou 25 Mourad Benslimani 36 Abderahmane Djemadi 38 Abdelmadjid Bouchamia 60 (Kamel Boulahfane) (69) (Miloud Abaoub) (77) 159 9 Phil Mowbray 35 Rob Whalley 37 Mike Openshaw 42 Julian Moorhouse 55 (Ian Gillespie) (59) (Anthony Whiteman) (70) 169 10 Kudakwashe Shoko 32 Michael Ngaaseke 39 Shingirai Badza 58 Elijah Mutandiro 83 212 11 Saïd Chébili 47 Moussa Barkaoui 50 Éric Dubus 63 Stéphane Renaud 66 (Frédéric Chocteau) (81) 226 12 João Leite 29 Márcio da Silva 48 Daniel das Neves 74 Ricardo da Silva 80 231 13 Juan José Cruz 46 Mariano Tarilo 68 Zenon Patino 79 Antonio Soliz 84 277 14 Ali Awad 75 Mestal El-Sahmarani 90 Mahmoud Ayach 91 Mehdi Chebli 95 351 15 Simon Labiche 89 Selwyn Bonne 93 Norbert Hariba 96 Ronny Marie 97 375 16 Ken Mova 92 David Kanie 98 Gumsie Taulobi 99 David Rueben 100 (Anton Lopa) (101) (Jeffrey Kaile) (102) 389 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 103 athletes from 31 countries in the Men's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's 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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