The Men's short race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 27, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow Herald, and for the IAAF.

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

Race results

Men's short race (4.236 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Benjamin Limo 12:28 Paul Kosgei 12:31 Haylu Mekonnen 12:35 4 Million Wolde 12:36 5 James Koskei 12:38 6 Daniel Gachara 12:41 7 Abdellah Béhar 12:44 8 John Kosgei 12:45 9 El Hassan Lahssini 12:47 10 Mohamed Amyn 12:50 11 Adil Kaouch 12:52 12 Adam Goucher 12:53 13 Driss El Himer 12:56 14 Stephen Rerimoi 12:57 15 Ahmed Baday 12:58 16 Luciano Di Pardo 12:59 17 Laïd Bessou 13:00 18 Alene Emere 13:05 19 David Heath 13:05 20 Kamel Boulahfane 13:06 21 Mark Carroll 13:07 22 Hicham Bouaouiche 13:09 23 Miroslav Vanko 13:09 24 Azzedine Zerdoum 13:09 25 Mohamed Ezzher 13:10 26 Sam Haughian 13:11 27 Shadrack Hoff 13:12 28 Yousef El Nasri 13:12 29 Sean Kaley 13:13 30 Berhanu Addane 13:14 31 Isaac Viciosa 13:15 32 Fabrice Belot 13:15 33 Angelo Carosi 13:16 34 Mike Openshaw 13:17 35 Joël Bourgeois 13:18 36 Simone Zanon 13:19 37 Mustapha Essaïd 13:19 38 Jesús de la Fuente 13:19 39 Réda Benzine 13:20 40 Salvatore Vincenti 13:21 41 Paolo Doglio 13:22 42 Kevin Sullivan 13:23 43 Spencer Barden 13:23 44 Julian Moorhouse 13:23 45 Tom Nohilly 13:24 46 Vítor Almeida 13:24 47 Jason Stewart 13:25 48 Alberto García 13:26 49 John Morapedi 13:27 50 Enoch Skosana 13:27 51 Michael Ngaaseke 13:28 52 José Ramos 13:28 53 Djamel Selatnia 13:29 54 Angelo Pacheco 13:29 55 Daniel Gidombada 13:30 56 Jeff Schiebler 13:31 57 Daniel Middleman 13:34 58 Florin Ionescu 13:37 59 Adolphe Gahima 13:37 60 George Majaji 13:37 61 Ahmed Salman 13:37 62 Mohamed Khaldi 13:38 63 Metin Sazak 13:38 64 Gennaro Di Napoli 13:38 65 Domenico D'Ambrosio 13:40 66 Marco Rufo 13:41 67 Cormac Finnerty 13:41 68 Israel dos Anjos 13:41 69 Cormac Smith 13:41 70 Jeremy Deere 13:42 71 Javier Carriqueo 13:42 72 Debebe Lobegach 13:42 73 Abdelhak El Gorch 13:42 74 Brian Treacy 13:43 75 Hélder Ornelas 13:44 76 Dan Browne 13:45 77 Aaron Gabonewe 13:46 78 Stéphane Desaulty 13:46 79 Kudakwashe Shoko 13:46 80 Tsungai Mwanengeni 13:47 81 Delfim Conceição 13:47 82 Juan José Cruz 13:49 83 Leonardo Malgor 13:50 84 João Leite 13:51 85 Cian McLoughlin 13:52 86 Johan de Koning 13:53 87 Fatih Cintimar 13:54 88 Wael Anwar 13:55 89 Heiki Sarapuu 13:57 90 Márcio da Silva 13:58 91 Richard Mavuso 13:58 92 Viktor Lomonosov 13:59 93 Scott Strand 14:00 94 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 14:00 95 Maxwell Bangani 14:01 96 José de Oliveira 14:02 97 Zeki Öztürk 14:02 98 José Mansilla 14:02 99 Marko Koers 14:04 100 Phillip Tulba 14:05 101 Ricardo Franzon 14:06 102 Sergey Dubina 14:07 103 Simon Labiche 14:07 104 Abdul Abdullah 14:08 105 Seref Ali Imamoglu 14:09 106 Richard Tremain 14:10 107 Ahto Tatter 14:10 108 Igor Zhavaranak 14:12 109 Anwar O.M. Ali 14:13 110 Aleksey Shestakov 14:15 111 Ales Tomic 14:15 112 Mohamed Al-Khawlani 14:15 113 Yasunori Uchitomi 14:23 114 Sergey Zabavskiy 14:23 115 Satish Kumar 14:26 116 Raveendra Kurbagatti 14:26 117 Alibay Shukurov 14:33 118 Fouly Salem 14:33 119 Samer Al-Ifaai 14:36 120 Maximillian Iranqhe 14:53 121 Sanjay Gond 14:56 122 Ronny Marie 15:03 123 Walid Ibrahim 15:03 124 Sanjeev Nair 15:08 125 Vasiliy Andreyev 15:13 126 Djamched Rasulov 15:14 127 Isireli Naikelekelevesi 15:15 128 Aleksandr Titov 15:15 129 Chokirjon Irmatov 15:16 130 Selwyn Bonne 15:38 131 Bimiesh Kumar 15:45 132 Moses Zarak Khan 15:50 133 Alexandr Dyrov 15:56 134 Norbert Hariba 16:02 135 Niteshwar Prasad 16:04 136 Esala Talebula 16:05 137 Abhinesh Kumar Chand 16:41 138 Aleksandr Levdanskiy 17:15 139 Gairat Nigmatov 18:02 140 Baimurad Achirmuradov 18:32 141 Yevgeniy Nujdin 19:00 142 Satybek Chokayev 19:20 — Abel Chimukoko DNF — Mohamed Al-Bayed DNF — Alberto Maravilha DNS — José Luis Ebatela Nvó DNS — Manuel Pancorbo DNS — Antonio Fabián Silio DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Benjamin Limo 1 Paul Kosgei 2 James Koskei 5 Daniel Gachara 6 (John Kosgei) (8) (Stephen Rerimoi) (14) 14 El Hassan Lahssini 9 Mohamed Amyn 10 Adil Kaouch 11 Ahmed Baday 15 (Hicham Bouaouiche) (22) (Abdelhak El Gorch) (73) 45 Haylu Mekonnen 3 Million Wolde 4 Alene Emere 18 Berhanu Addane 30 (Debebe Lobegach) (72) 55 4 Abdellah Béhar 7 Driss El Himer 13 Mohamed Ezzher 25 Fabrice Belot 32 (Mustapha Essaïd) (37) (Stéphane Desaulty) (78) 77 5 Laïd Bessou 17 Kamel Boulahfane 20 Azzedine Zerdoum 24 Réda Benzine 39 (Djamel Selatnia) (53) (Mohamed Khaldi) (62) 100 6 David Heath 19 Sam Haughian 26 Mike Openshaw 34 Spencer Barden 43 (Julian Moorhouse) (44) (Phillip Tulba) (100) 122 7 Luciano Di Pardo 16 Angelo Carosi 33 Simone Zanon 36 Salvatore Vincenti 40 (Gennaro Di Napoli) (64) (Domenico D'Ambrosio) (65) 125 8 Yousef El Nasri 28 Isaac Viciosa 31 Jesús de la Fuente 38 Alberto García 48 (Marco Rufo) (66) 145 9 Adam Goucher 12 Tom Nohilly 45 Jason Stewart 47 Daniel Middleman 57 (Dan Browne) (76) (Scott Strand) (93) 161 10 Sean Kaley 29 Joël Bourgeois 35 Kevin Sullivan 42 Jeff Schiebler 56 (Jeremy Deere) (70) (Richard Tremain) (106) 162 11 Mark Carroll 21 Paolo Doglio 41 Cormac Finnerty 67 Cormac Smith 69 (Brian Treacy) (74) (Cian McLoughlin) (85) 198 12 Shadrack Hoff 27 John Morapedi 49 Enoch Skosana 50 Aaron Gabonewe 77 (Richard Mavuso) (91) 203 13 Vítor Almeida 46 José Ramos 52 Angelo Pacheco 54 Hélder Ornelas 75 (Delfim Conceição) (81) 227 14 Michael Ngaaseke 51 George Majaji 60 Kudakwashe Shoko 79 Tsungai Mwanengeni 80 (Maxwell Bangani) (95) (Abel Chimukoko) (DNF) 270 15 Javier Carriqueo 71 Juan José Cruz 82 Leonardo Malgor 83 José Mansilla 98 (Ricardo Franzon) (101) 334 16 Israel dos Anjos 68 João Leite 84 Márcio da Silva 90 José de Oliveira 96 338 17 Metin Sazak 63 Fatih Cintimar 87 Zeki Öztürk 97 Seref Ali Imamoglu 105 352 18 Ahmed Salman 61 Wael Anwar 88 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 94 Fouly Salem 118 361 19 Viktor Lomonosov 92 Sergey Dubina 102 Igor Zhavaranak 108 Aleksandr Titov 128 430 20 Abdul Abdullah 104 Anwar O.M. Ali 109 Mohamed Al-Khawlani 112 Samer Al-Ifaai 119 444 21 Satish Kumar 115 Raveendra Kurbagatti 116 Sanjay Gond 121 Sanjeev Nair 124 476 22 Simon Labiche 103 Ronny Marie 122 Selwyn Bonne 130 Norbert Hariba 134 489 23 Sergey Zabavskiy 114 Djamched Rasulov 126 Chokirjon Irmatov 129 Gairat Nigmatov 139 508 24 Isireli Naikelekelevesi 127 Bimiesh Kumar 131 Moses Zarak Khan 132 Niteshwar Prasad 135 (Esala Talebula) (136) (Abhinesh Kumar Chand) (137) 525 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 144 athletes from 38 countries in the Men's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from did not show.

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See also 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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