The Junior men's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 2, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, 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 (8 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Mang'ata Ndiwa 23:53 Leonard Patrick Komon 23:54 Tariku Bekele 23:56 4 Joseph Ebuya 23:59 5 Ibrahim Jellan 24:04 6 Habtamu Fikadu 24:04 7 Kamal Ali Thamer 24:05 8 Samuel Tsegay 24:06 9 Bernard Matheka 24:08 10 Tadesse Tola 24:09 11 Kidane Tadasse 24:21 12 Kiflom Slum 24:22 13 Teklemariam Medhin 24:26 14 Geoffrey Kusuro 24:30 15 Daniel Gitau 24:34 16 Demssew Tsega 24:36 17 Adam Khamees 24:41 18 Naser Jamal Naser 24:42 19 Fred Arapsudi 24:51 20 Mouhssine Cherkaoui 24:51 21 Belal Ali 24:52 22 Tsuyoshi Ugachi 24:52 23 Nicholas Kwemoi 24:55 24 Stephen Kiprotich 25:02 25 Saleh Bakheet 25:07 26 Saad Salem Malek 25:13 27 Takuya Fukatsu 25:16 28 Yuta Takahashi 25:18 29 Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere 25:24 30 Andrea Lalli 25:24 31 Mohamed Bouifalloussene 25:28 32 Mohammed Abduh Bakhet 25:29 33 Takafumi Yanase 25:30 34 Kiel Uhl 25:31 35 Kodai Matsumoto 25:31 36 Moussa Karich 25:36 37 Abaid Ezzamzami 25:36 38 Eshaaq Abdeen 25:40 39 Andrew Bumbalough 25:41 40 Aaron Arias 25:54 41 Ezechiel Nizigiyimana 25:56 42 Harutomo Kawano 25:57 43 Abdelghani Aït Bahmad 25:59 44 Jake Robertson 26:02 45 Adam Hickey 26:02 46 Diego Borrego 26:10 47 Scott Macpherson 26:13 48 Vitor Reis 26:16 49 Mohamed Kathari 26:16 50 Jordan McDougal 26:26 51 Junior Campos 26:27 52 Joilson da Silva 26:28 53 Ciprian Suhanea 26:35 54 Tim Hodge 26:35 55 Zamlandela Esau Nkosi 26:36 56 Simone Gariboldi 26:37 57 Antonio Garavello 26:39 58 Michael Eaton 26:39 59 Marcus Dillon 26:40 60 José Luis Galvan 26:41 61 Javier García 26:43 62 Lee Carey 26:45 63 Anton Popov 26:49 64 Alvaro Rodríguez 26:53 65 Shafat Salad 26:54 66 Lewis Timmins 26:55 67 Ronaldo Rocha 26:56 68 Alessandro Salsi 26:57 69 Iván Fernández 27:01 70 Nabil Ouhadi 27:06 71 Ryu Ji-San 27:07 72 Hayden McLaren 27:19 73 Sean Fleming 27:22 74 Siyabonga Nkonde 27:25 75 Allan Brett 27:27 76 Juan Antonio Pousa 27:28 77 Vincenzo Stola 27:29 78 Kris Gauson 27:32 79 Tom Boardman 27:38 80 Thuso Ishmael Phaswana 27:45 81 António Silva 27:46 82 Stephen Scullion 27:52 83 Antonio Domingos 27:56 84 Kyle Boorsma 28:00 85 Luigi Di Biseglie 28:04 86 Joseph Brunsting 28:05 87 Luis Barbosa 28:06 88 Nicholas Swinburn 28:30 89 Nozim Ummatov 29:23 90 Firdavs Azizov 31:08 — Stefan Patru DNF — Abdelghani Bensaadi DNF — Sergey Chabiarak DNF — Stefan Breit DNF — Cory Currie DNF — Chris Barnicle DNF — Thomas Longosiwa DQ† — Tareq Taher DQ† — Abera Ertiban DNS †: Thomas Longosiwa of originally finished 13th in 24:25 and Tareq Taher of originally finished 20th in 24:49, but were disqualified for age falsification.

Teams Rank Team Points Mang'ata Ndiwa 1 Leonard Patrick Komon 2 Joseph Ebuya 4 Bernard Matheka 9 (Daniel Gitau) (15) 16 Tariku Bekele 3 Ibrahim Jellan 5 Habtamu Fikadu 6 Tadesse Tola 10 (Demssew Tsega) (16) 24 Samuel Tsegay 8 Kidane Tadasse 11 Kiflom Slum 12 Teklemariam Medhin 13 44 4 Geoffrey Kusuro 14 Fred Arapsudi 19 Nicholas Kwemoi 23 Stephen Kiprotich 24 80 5 Kamal Ali Thamer 7 Naser Jamal Naser 18 Saad Salem Malek 26 Mohammed Abduh Bakhet 32 83 6 Adam Khamees 17 Belal Ali 21 Saleh Bakheet 25 Eshaaq Abdeen 38 101 7 Tsuyoshi Ugachi 22 Takuya Fukatsu 27 Yuta Takahashi 28 Takafumi Yanase 33 (Kodai Matsumoto) (35) (Harutomo Kawano) (42) 110 8 Mouhssine Cherkaoui 20 Mohamed Bouifalloussene 31 Moussa Karich 36 Abaid Ezzamzami 37 (Abdelghani Aït Bahmad) (43) (Nabil Ouhadi) (70) 124 9 Kiel Uhl 34 Andrew Bumbalough 39 Scott Macpherson 47 Jordan McDougal 50 (Michael Eaton) (58) (Chris Barnicle) (DNF) 170 10 Andrea Lalli 30 Simone Gariboldi 56 Antonio Garavello 57 Alessandro Salsi 68 (Vincenzo Stola) (77) (Luigi Di Biseglie) (85) 211 11 Mohamed Kathari 49 José Luis Galvan 60 Javier García 61 Alvaro Rodríguez 64 (Iván Fernández) (69) (Juan Antonio Pousa) (76) 234 12 Jake Robertson 44 Tim Hodge 54 Shafat Salad 65 Hayden McLaren 72 235 13 Adam Hickey 45 Lee Carey 62 Lewis Timmins 66 Kris Gauson 78 (Tom Boardman) (79) (Nicholas Swinburn) (88) 251 14 Junior Campos 51 Joilson da Silva 52 Ronaldo Rocha 67 Luis Barbosa 87 257 15 Marcus Dillon 59 Sean Fleming 73 Allan Brett 75 Kyle Boorsma 84 (Joseph Brunsting) (86) (Cory Currie) (DNF) 291 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 98 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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