The Senior men's race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on March 20, 2005. 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

Senior men's race (12.02 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 35:06 Zersenay Tadesse 35:20 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 35:34 4 Abebe Dinkessa 35:37 5 Eliud Kipchoge 35:37 6 Dejene Berhanu 35:42 7 Boniface Kiprop 35:45 8 Saif Saeed Shaheen 35:53 9 John Cheruiyot Korir 36:00 10 Charles Kamathi 36:03 11 Wilberforce Talel 36:07 12 Jamal Bilal Salem 36:28 13 Eshetu Gezhagne 36:31 14 Sergiy Lebid 36:33 15 Yonas Kifle 36:37 16 Cutbert Nyasango 36:39 17 Samson Kiflemariam 36:50 18 Moses Mosop 36:51 19 Ali Al-Dawoodi 36:58 20 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 37:02 21 Khalid El Amri 37:07 22 Craig Mottram 37:11 23 Abraham Cherono 37:15 24 Juan Carlos de la Ossa 37:17 25 Kaelo Mosalagae 37:20 26 Carles Castillejo 37:22 27 Azzedine Zerdoum 37:22 28 Majid Aman Awadh 37:25 29 Khalid Zoubaa 37:28 30 Tessema Absher 37:33 31 Ahmed Baday 37:37 32 Dieudonné Disi 37:41 33 Lewis Masunda 37:41 34 Patrick Nyangero 37:49 35 Mohamed Amyn 37:49 36 Wilson Busienei 37:50 37 Mo Farah 37:50 38 Alejandro Suárez 37:51 39 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 37:53 40 Mauricio Díaz 37:54 41 Kelvin Pangiso 37:55 42 Kensuke Takahashi 37:56 43 Gabriele De Nard 37:59 44 Yahia Azaidj 38:05 45 Ahmed Naïli 38:06 46 Fernando Silva 38:11 47 Maurizio Leone 38:14 48 Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga 38:17 49 Nchenami Siwane 38:18 50 Saïd Belaout 38:21 51 Stephen Rogart 38:23 52 Driss El Himer 38:24 53 Manuel Magalhães 38:24 54 Fethi Meftah 38:29 55 Gilbert Chirchir Kiptum 38:29 56 Ricardo Ribas 38:30 57 Alfredo Bráz 38:32 58 Hans Janssens 38:33 59 Egide Manirazika 38:36 60 Matt Withrow 38:41 61 Ian Dobson 38:45 62 Dathan Ritzenhein 38:46 63 Simon Field 38:46 64 Abdellah Béhar 38:49 65 Han Gang 38:51 66 Alejandro Gómez 38:52 67 Steffan White 38:52 68 Ignacio Cáceres 38:54 69 Kenichi Takahashi 38:56 70 Rachid Safari 38:56 71 Vinny Mulvey 38:58 72 Marcel Hewamudalige 39:00 73 Francis Robert Naali 39:05 74 Umberto Pusterla 39:07 75 Brahim Chettah 39:09 76 Masaru Takamizawa 39:09 77 Giuliano Battocletti 39:12 78 Andrew Smith 39:13 79 Matt Gabrielson 39:13 80 Jason Lehmkuhle 39:14 81 Hélder Ornelas 39:16 82 Yuki Matsuoka 39:17 83 Valens Bivahagumye 39:18 84 James Kibet 39:19 85 Rik Ceulemans 39:25 86 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 39:26 87 Isaya Deengw 39:29 88 Rees Buck 39:30 89 Mark Kenneally 39:31 90 José Semprun 39:32 91 Boiphemelo Selagaboy 39:37 92 Moeketsi Mosuhli 39:38 93 Remy Hayimana 39:39 94 Paul Kezes 39:41 95 Giovanni Gualdi 39:43 96 Róbert Štefko 39:47 97 Mark Tucker 39:52 98 Karl Keska 39:53 99 Reinholdt Iita 39:56 100 Yuki Nakamura 39:57 101 Richard Arias 40:00 102 Peter Nowill 40:01 103 Calvin Staples 40:06 104 Servando Rubío 40:07 105 Edgar Chancusig 40:10 106 Andrew Caine 40:15 107 Martin Toroitich 40:17 108 Keenetse Moswasi 40:17 109 Rui Vieira 40:18 110 Joe McAlister 40:21 111 William Naranjo 40:22 112 Mikaël Thomas 40:23 113 Terukazu Omori 40:23 114 Suliman Al-Ghodran 40:31 115 David Ruschena 40:41 116 Franklin Tenorio 40:45 117 Paul McNamara 41:04 118 Zhang Yunshan 41:07 119 James Nielsen 41:07 120 Gavin Thompson 41:20 121 Albert Donawa 41:22 122 Salah Juaim 41:25 123 Alfredo Arévalo 41:29 124 Silvio Guerra 41:34 125 Eric Gillis 41:46 126 Brent Corbitt 42:37 127 Kahsay Kidane 44:23 128 Sokhibdjan Sharipov 44:30 129 Konan Severin N'dri 46:58 — Eliseo Martín DNF — Ernest Ndjissipou DNF — Bouabdallah Tahri DNF — Glynn Tromans DNF — Abdelhadi Habassa DNF — Tom van Hooste DNF — Sultan Khamis Zaman DNF — Javier Guerra DNF — Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam DNF — Gary Murray DNF — Luigi La Bella DNF — Aziz Driouche DNF — Michael Ngaaseke DNF — Hicham Chatt DNF — Joachim Nshimirimana DNF — El-Mokhtar Benhari DNF — Andrey Karotska DNF — Richard Jeremiah DNS — Ruben IIndongo DNS — Motsehi Moeketsana DNS — Fabiano Joseph DNS — Cristián Rosales DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Kenenisa Bekele 1 Abebe Dinkessa 4 Dejene Berhanu 6 Eshetu Gezhagne 13 (Tessema Absher) (30) (Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam) (DNF) 24 Eliud Kipchoge 5 John Cheruiyot Korir 9 Charles Kamathi 10 Wilberforce Talel 11 (Moses Mosop) (18) (Abraham Cherono) (23) 35 Abdullah Ahmed Hassan 3 Saif Saeed Shaheen 8 Jamal Bilal Salem 12 Ali Al-Dawoodi 19 (Majid Aman Awadh) (28) (Sultan Khamis Zaman) (DNF) 42 4 Zersenay Tadesse 2 Yonas Kifle 15 Samson Kiflemariam 17 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 20 (Kahsay Kidane) (127) 54 5 Azzedine Zerdoum 27 Yahia Azaidj 44 Ahmed Naïli 45 Saïd Belaout 50 (Fethi Meftah) (54) (Brahim Chettah) (75) 166 6 Boniface Kiprop 7 Wilson Busienei 36 Gilbert Chirchir Kiptum 55 James Kibet 84 (Martin Toroitich) (107) 182 7 Juan Carlos de la Ossa 24 Carles Castillejo 26 Alejandro Gómez 66 Ignacio Cáceres 68 (Eliseo Martín) (DNF) (Javier Guerra) (DNF) 184 8 Fernando Silva 46 Manuel Magalhães 53 Ricardo Ribas 56 Alfredo Bráz 57 (Hélder Ornelas) (81) (Rui Vieira) (109) 212 9 Dieudonné Disi 32 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 39 Rachid Safari 70 Valens Bivahagumye 83 (Jean Bosco Ndagijimana) (86) 224 10 Gabriele De Nard 43 Maurizio Leone 47 Umberto Pusterla 74 Giuliano Battocletti 77 (Giovanni Gualdi) (95) (Luigi La Bella) (DNF) 241 11 Patrick Nyangero 34 Stephen Rogart 51 Francis Robert Naali 73 Isaya Deengw 87 245 12 Khalid Zoubaa 29 Driss El Himer 52 Abdellah Béhar 64 Mikaël Thomas 112 (Bouabdallah Tahri) (DNF) (El-Mokhtar Benhari) (DNF) 257 13 Matt Withrow 60 Ian Dobson 61 Dathan Ritzenhein 62 Matt Gabrielson 79 (Jason Lehmkuhle) (80) (Paul Kezes) (94) 262 14 Kensuke Takahashi 42 Kenichi Takahashi 69 Masaru Takamizawa 76 Yuki Matsuoka 82 (Yuki Nakamura) (100) (Terukazu Omori) (113) 269 15 Kaelo Mosalagae 25 Nchenami Siwane 49 Boiphemelo Selagaboy 91 Keenetse Moswasi 108 273 16 Craig Mottram 22 Simon Field 63 Mark Tucker 97 Peter Nowill 102 (David Ruschena) (115) 284 17 Mo Farah 37 Steffan White 67 Karl Keska 98 Andrew Caine 106 (Gavin Thompson) (120) (Glynn Tromans) (DNF) 308 18 Marcel Hewamudalige 72 Andrew Smith 78 Calvin Staples 103 James Nielsen 119 (Eric Gillis) (125) (Brent Corbitt) (126) 372 19 Vinny Mulvey 71 Mark Kenneally 89 Joe McAlister 110 Paul McNamara 117 (Gary Murray) (DNF) 387 20 Richard Arias 101 Edgar Chancusig 105 Franklin Tenorio 116 Silvio Guerra 124 446DNF (Khalid El Amri) (21) (Ahmed Baday) (31) (Mohamed Amyn) (35) (Abdelhadi Habassa) (DNF) (Aziz Driouche) (DNF) (Hicham Chatt) (DNF) DNFDNF (Cutbert Nyasango) (16) (Lewis Masunda) (33) (Kelvin Pangiso) (41) (Michael Ngaaseke) (DNF) DNFDNF (Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga) (48) (Egide Manirazika) (59) (Remy Hayimana) (93) (Joachim Nshimirimana) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 146 athletes from 42 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from and did not show.

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See also 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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