The Junior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of 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 who took part were published.

Race results

Junior men's race (7.974 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 23:18 Abel Cheruiyot 23:19 Boniface Kiprop 23:28 4 Thomas Kiplitan 23:33 5 Eliud Kipchoge 23:39 6 Sileshi Sihen 23:42 7 Nicholas Kemboi 23:48 8 Girma Assefa 23:49 9 Abebe Dinkessa 23:50 10 Moses Mosop 23:58 11 Martin Toroitich 24:05 12 Mike Kipyego 24:10 13 Tessema Absher 24:26 14 Nasdr Abdesa 24:26 15 Paul Wakou 24:26 16 Joseph Simuchimba 24:30 17 Francis Musani 24:36 18 Alfred Nkuyi 24:37 19 Samson Kiflemariam 24:51 20 Ryuji Sorayama 24:55 21 Richard Bwalya 24:56 22 Juan Luis Barrios 24:57 23 Ahmed El Radi 24:59 24 Atif Agebli 25:00 25 Masato Imai 25:01 26 Sandile Lembetha 25:03 27 Yoshiyuki Inai 25:04 28 Brahim Taleb 25:12 29 Lahoussine Dhame 25:13 30 Rod Koborsi 25:14 31 Tom Sharland 25:15 32 Yu Mitsuya 25:16 33 Billy Nelson (athlete) 25:18 34 Naoto Kato 25:19 35 Joseph Mwila 25:20 36 Mourad Naami 25:22 37 Driss Bensaïd 25:25 38 Atef Zaamouchi 25:26 39 Bobby Lockhart 25:26 40 Arkangelo Roko 25:28 41 Yong-Sung Leal 25:30 42 Philipo Yakobo 25:31 43 Halil Akkaş 25:33 44 Javier Guerra 25:33 45 Yassine Bensghir 25:33 46 Minoru Ikebe 25:34 47 Stefano Cugusi 25:36 48 Simon Tesfai 25:38 49 Rachid Soumati 25:41 50 Mohamed Chekalil 25:42 51 Johannes Komane 25:46 52 Joe Dionne 25:46 53 Fernando Fernandes 25:47 54 Timothy Moore 25:47 55 Clinton Perrett 25:48 56 Vanwell Bwale 25:51 57 Teshome Woldegaber 25:52 58 Stefano Scaini 25:52 59 Selahattin Selçuk 25:55 60 Aïssa Dahmar 25:56 61 Simon Bairu 25:57 62 Mohamed Fadil 25:59 63 Mandla Maseko 26:00 64 Arturo Merced 26:01 65 Antonio Vaquero 26:02 66 Carlos Silva 26:03 67 Radosław Popławski 26:04 68 Matthew Lole 26:05 69 Zaki Hussein 26:06 70 Julio César Martínez 26:08 71 Jan Mokwena 26:08 72 Fabiano Joseph 26:09 73 Hussein Ibrahim 26:11 74 Hamaza Hamid 26:13 75 Aleksandr Mikhaylov 26:15 76 Piet Desmet 26:18 77 Francesco Bona 26:21 78 Dylan Wykes 26:23 79 Amar Hellali 26:23 80 Arturo Casado 26:26 81 Zach Sabatino 26:26 82 Steven Ablitt 26:27 83 Mats Granström 26:29 84 Matthew Bowser 26:29 85 Yoan Meudec 26:32 86 Stijn van Es 26:34 87 Mark Christie 26:38 88 Santiago Navarro 26:39 89 Abdelkader Mahmoudi 26:40 90 William Harty 26:40 91 Adam Hortian 26:40 92 Samuel Moleshioa 26:44 93 Dereje Rabattoni 26:45 94 Philippe Le Ferrand 26:47 95 David Jones 26:50 96 Morgan Titus 26:50 97 Kristof Mouton 26:54 98 Dries Busselot 27:00 99 Kurt Benninger 27:03 100 Marcus van der Koelen 27:06 101 José Maria Estirado 27:08 102 Alexis Traub 27:08 103 Joseph Sweeney 27:12 104 Vitaliy Kolodin 27:21 105 Chris Watson 27:26 106 Denis Galerin 27:34 107 Kevin Seaward 27:41 108 Francisco Bachiller 27:42 109 Ghislain Guenier 27:46 110 Vadim Bezyanov 27:48 111 Alan McCormack 27:59 112 Eoin Higgins 28:13 113 Michael Sanchez 28:35 114 Antonio Trapani 29:16 115 Sherzod Poziljonov 29:31 116 Timur Isamutdinov 29:40 117 Lee Taylor 31:04 118 Ivan Morozov 31:07 119 Junior Hines 33:25 — Ali Omer DNF — Nozimjon Irmatov DNF — Abdil Ceylan DNF — Mohamed Abd El Bashir DNS — Hamisi Mori DNS — Moustafa Ahmed Shebto DNS — Moses Ndiema Kipsiro DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Abel Cheruiyot 2 Thomas Kiplitan 4 Eliud Kipchoge 5 Nicholas Kemboi 7 (Moses Mosop) (n/s) (Mike Kipyego) (n/s) 18 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 1 Sileshi Sihen 6 Girma Assefa 8 Abebe Dinkessa 9 (Tessema Absher) (n/s) (Nasdr Abdesa) (n/s) 24 Boniface Kiprop 3 Martin Toroitich 10 Paul Wakou 11 Francis Musani 13 37 4 Ryuji Sorayama 14 Masato Imai 18 Yoshiyuki Inai 20 Yu Mitsuya 25 (Naoto Kato) (n/s) (Minoru Ikebe) (n/s) 77 5 Atif Agebli 17 Brahim Taleb 21 Lahoussine Dhame 22 Driss Bensaïd 29 (Yassine Bensghir) (n/s) (Mohamed Fadil) (n/s) 89 6 Joseph Simuchimba 12 Richard Bwalya 15 Joseph Mwila 27 Vanwell Bwale 40 94 7 Rod Koborsi 23 Billy Nelson (athlete) 26 Bobby Lockhart 31 Yong-Sung Leal 33 (Timothy Moore) (n/s) (Zach Sabatino) (n/s) 113 8 Mourad Naami 28 Atef Zaamouchi 30 Rachid Soumati 36 Mohamed Chekalil 37 (Aïssa Dahmar) (n/s) (Amar Hellali) (n/s) 131 9 Ahmed El Radi 16 Arkangelo Roko 32 Hussein Ibrahim 47 Hamaza Hamid 48 (Ali Omer) (DNF) 143 10 Sandile Lembetha 19 Johannes Komane 38 Mandla Maseko 43 Jan Mokwena 46 (Samuel Moleshioa) (n/s) 146 11 Tom Sharland 24 Matthew Lole 45 Steven Ablitt 53 Matthew Bowser 54 (David Jones) (n/s) (Chris Watson) (n/s) 176 12 Javier Guerra 34 Antonio Vaquero 44 Arturo Casado 52 Santiago Navarro 58 (José Maria Estirado) (n/s) (Francisco Bachiller) (n/s) 188 13 Stefano Cugusi 35 Stefano Scaini 41 Francesco Bona 50 Dereje Rabattoni 62 (Antonio Trapani) (n/s) 188 14 Joe Dionne 39 Simon Bairu 42 Dylan Wykes 51 Adam Hortian 61 (Morgan Titus) (n/s) (Kurt Benninger) (n/s) 193 15 Piet Desmet 49 Stijn van Es 56 Kristof Mouton 64 Dries Busselot 65 (Denis Galerin) (n/s) 234 16 Yoan Meudec 55 Abdelkader Mahmoudi 59 Philippe Le Ferrand 63 Alexis Traub 66 (Ghislain Guenier) (n/s) 243 17 Mark Christie 57 William Harty 60 Joseph Sweeney 67 Kevin Seaward 68 (Alan McCormack) (n/s) (Eoin Higgins) (n/s) 252 18 Vadim Bezyanov 69 Sherzod Poziljonov 70 Timur Isamutdinov 71 Ivan Morozov 72 282 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 122 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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