The Junior 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

Junior men's race (8 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Million Wolde 22:47 Richard Limo 22:50 Haylu Mekonnen 22:51 4 Yibeltal Admassu 22:53 5 Douglas Mumanyi 22:54 6 Reuben Kamzee 22:55 7 Titus Kipkemboi 23:02 8 Alene Emere 23:06 9 Yitbarek Eshetu 23:14 10 Adil Kaouch 23:17 11 Abraham Cherono 23:25 12 Geofrey Naibei 23:32 13 Mustapha Mellouk 23:55 14 Hailemariam Tegafaw 24:02 15 Job Sikoria 24:06 16 Jafred Lorone 24:07 17 Vincent Kuotane 24:13 18 Jeffrey Gwebu 24:21 19 Ryan Shay 24:22 20 Driss Benismail 24:22 21 Kenichiro Setoguchi 24:35 22 Ahmed Issaoui 24:38 23 Hicham Lamalem 24:39 24 Kazunobu Fuse 24:39 25 Kazuyoshi Tokumoto 24:40 26 Gabe Jennings 24:42 27 Takhir Mamashayev 24:43 28 Whitey Modibe 24:46 29 Miguel Angel Pinto 24:49 30 Yuji Ibi 24:53 31 Fethi Meftah 24:53 32 Mark Thompson 24:54 33 Francis Musani 24:54 34 Shinichiro Okuda 24:55 35 Tayeb Filali 24:57 36 Jorge Torres 24:58 37 Hebert Chokera 24:58 38 Wirimai Juwawo 24:59 39 George Mofokeng 25:01 40 Martin Toroitich 25:02 41 Iván Galán 25:03 42 Ouhand Madani 25:05 43 Georges Burrier 25:06 44 Gavin Thompson 25:07 45 Chris Thompson 25:08 46 Luiz Paula 25:10 47 Rafael Martin 25:12 48 Giovanni Gualdi 25:13 49 Ferenc Békési 25:14 50 Pedro Nimo 25:14 51 Antony Lokinyen 25:15 52 Ovidiu Tat 25:15 53 Mustafa Mohamed 25:16 54 Olivier Chardon 25:16 55 Nourreddine Bourfaa 25:17 56 Ahmed Naïli 25:19 57 Yousri Hamdi 25:19 58 Tomoki Sugiyama 25:23 59 Koen Raymaekers 25:24 60 Yusuf Zepak 25:27 61 Mircea Bota 25:28 62 Joseph Nsubuga 25:30 63 Andrey Kuznetsov 25:31 64 Carlo Schuff 25:32 65 Adelmir Maier 25:33 66 Barry Egan 25:33 67 Adrian Blincoe 25:34 68 Andrew Beckwith 25:35 69 Oleg Gutnik 25:36 70 Musa mukomazi 25:36 71 Nicolas Winkel 25:37 72 Fakureddine Romdhani 25:38 73 Adel Gharsalli 25:40 74 Raymond Fontaine 25:41 75 David Stanley 25:41 76 Enda Johnson 25:42 77 Arbey Rivera 25:45 78 Roberto Del Soglio 25:46 79 David Milne 25:48 80 Kevin Paulsen 25:49 81 Nick Mapp 25:50 82 Edegar Lobo 25:51 83 Marco Corino 25:51 84 Saïd Berrioui 25:52 85 Radhouane El Barni 25:54 86 Chad Roberts 25:55 87 Alvaro Jiménez 25:55 88 Omar Chavarría 25:56 89 Cedric Tentelier 25:57 90 Giovanni Catastimenti 25:59 91 Siyami Türkmen 26:01 92 Monel Sabou 26:01 93 Adrián Peña 26:03 94 Balázs László 26:06 95 Máté Németh 26:08 96 Turo Inkiläinen 26:09 97 Javier Guarin 26:10 98 Juan Hernandez 26:10 99 Jonathan Matos 26:11 100 Hikmat Dastan 26:11 101 Lachlan Chisholm 26:12 102 David Rodriquez 26:13 103 Martin Fedmowski 26:17 104 Slavko Petrović 26:19 105 Paul Morrison 26:30 106 Andres Mendoza 26:32 107 Joeri Jansen 26:37 108 Calin Macra 26:41 109 Sakir Kaya 26:43 110 Artyon Zhigalov 26:51 111 Jassim Mohammed 26:56 112 Steve Osadiuk 27:01 113 Norbert Csorba 27:06 114 Radu Stroia 27:07 115 João Varela 27:14 116 Willem Rooi 27:15 117 Cristiano Mauricio 27:21 118 Fabian Daza 27:27 119 Faustin Mukurarinda 27:29 120 Lorenzo Cannata 27:51 121 Willie McComb 28:15 122 Alistair Cragg 28:27 123 Mustapha Kharouf 28:28 124 Diyattin Koclardan 28:41 125 Youssef Karaki 29:26 126 Dovletmomed Nazarov 30:07 127 Abdel Salam Al-Dabajy 34:11 — Sam Haughian DNF — Pasqualino Zammataro DNF — Sylvester Mokalakane DNF — Farai Nemahwedza DNF — Mohamed Abdeloui DNF — Ahmed Baday DQ† †: Ahmed Baday of was the original 18th-place finisher in 24:18 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.

Teams Rank Team Points Million Wolde 1 Haylu Mekonnen 3 Yibeltal Admassu 4 Alene Emere 8 (Yitbarek Eshetu) (9) (Hailemariam Tegafaw) (14) 16 Richard Limo 2 Douglas Mumanyi 5 Reuben Kamzee 6 Titus Kipkemboi 7 (Abraham Cherono) (11) (Geofrey Naibei) (12) 20 Adil Kaouch 10 Mustapha Mellouk 13 Driss Benismail 20 Hicham Lamalem 23 (Saïd Berrioui) (84) 66 4 Kenichiro Setoguchi 21 Kazunobu Fuse 24 Kazuyoshi Tokumoto 25 Yuji Ibi 30 (Shinichiro Okuda) (34) (Tomoki Sugiyama) (58) 100 5 Vincent Kuotane 17 Jeffrey Gwebu 18 Whitey Modibe 28 George Mofokeng 39 (Alistair Cragg) (122) (Sylvester Mokalakane) (DNF) 102 6 Job Sikoria 15 Jafred Lorone 16 Francis Musani 33 Martin Toroitich 40 (Joseph Nsubuga) (62) 104 7 Ryan Shay 19 Gabe Jennings 26 Jorge Torres 36 Nicolas Winkel 71 (David Rodriquez) (102) 152 8 Fethi Meftah 31 Tayeb Filali 35 Ouhand Madani 42 Nourreddine Bourfaa 55 (Ahmed Naïli) (56) (Mohamed Abdeloui) (DNF) 163 9 Miguel Angel Pinto 29 Iván Galán 41 Rafael Martin 47 Pedro Nimo 50 (Alvaro Jiménez) (87) (Adrián Peña) (93) 167 10 Ahmed Issaoui 22 Yousri Hamdi 57 Fakureddine Romdhani 72 Adel Gharsalli 73 224 11 Gavin Thompson 44 Chris Thompson 45 Andrew Beckwith 68 David Stanley 75 (Nick Mapp) (81) (Sam Haughian) (DNF) 232 12 Georges Burrier 43 Olivier Chardon 54 Raymond Fontaine 74 Kevin Paulsen 80 (Radhouane El Barni) (85) (Cedric Tentelier) (89) 251 13 Luiz Paula 46 Adelmir Maier 65 Edegar Lobo 82 Jonathan Matos 99 292 14 Giovanni Gualdi 48 Roberto Del Soglio 78 Marco Corino 83 Giovanni Catastimenti 90 (Lorenzo Cannata) (120) (Pasqualino Zammataro) (DNF) 299 15 Ovidiu Tat 52 Mircea Bota 61 Monel Sabou 92 Calin Macra 108 (Radu Stroia) (114) 313 16 Mark Thompson 32 Chad Roberts 86 Lachlan Chisholm 101 Martin Fedmowski 103 322 17 Antony Lokinyen 51 David Milne 79 Paul Morrison 105 Steve Osadiuk 112 (Cristiano Mauricio) (117) (Willie McComb) (121) 347 18 Ferenc Békési 49 Balázs László 94 Máté Németh 95 Norbert Csorba 113 351 19 Yusuf Zepak 60 Siyami Türkmen 91 Hikmat Dastan 100 Sakir Kaya 109 (Diyattin Koclardan) (124) 360 20 Arbey Rivera 77 Javier Guarin 97 Juan Hernandez 98 Fabian Daza 118 390DNF Hebert Chokera (37) Wirimai Juwawo (38) Musa Nkomazi (70) Farai Nemahwedza (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 133 athletes from 40 countries in the Junior 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 – Senior men's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short 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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