The Junior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

Race results

Junior men's race (7.905 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Ibrahim Jeilan 22:38 Ayele Abshero 22:40 Lucas Kimeli Rotich 22:42 4 Benjamin Kiplagat 22:43 5 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei 22:45 6 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio 22:51 7 Peter Kimeli Some 22:55 8 Geofrey Kusuro 22:56 9 Amanuel Mesel 23:00 10 Levy Matebo Omari 23:03 11 Hunegnaw Mesfin 23:03 12 Stephen Kiprotich 23:09 13 Abraham Kiplimo 23:17 14 Feyisa Liesa 23:18 15 Charles Kibet Chepkurui 23:24 16 Issak Sibhatu 23:25 17 Tonny Wamulwa 23:26 18 Dejen Gebremeskel 23:34 19 Tsegai Tewelde 23:48 20 Hirotaka Tamura 23:55 21 Yetwale Kende 23:58 22 Ben Siwa 24:01 23 Sidi-Hassan Chahdi 24:04 24 David Forrester 24:14 25 German Fernandez 24:15 26 Emil Heineking 24:16 27 Youssef Nasir 24:18 28 Sondre Nordstad Moen 24:21 29 Adil Rached 24:22 30 Matthew Leeder 24:26 31 Ryan Gregson 24:28 32 Shun Kurihara 24:30 33 Hiroyuki Sasaki 24:31 34 Ryuji Kashiwabara 24:33 35 Kevin Williams 24:34 36 Charles Bett Koech 24:35 37 Akinobu Murasawa 24:36 38 Hasan Pak 24:37 39 Mohamed Mekkaoui 24:37 40 Dominic Channon 24:42 41 Abdelghani Aït Bahmad 24:42 42 Abdelmadjed Touil 24:45 43 Imad Touil 24:46 44 Kenta Chiba 24:49 45 Houssem Rouabhi 24:53 46 Hugo Beamish 24:55 47 Richard Everest 24:57 48 Craig Murphy 25:00 49 Cihat Ulus 25:01 50 Aleksandr Kuternin 25:02 51 Mohammed Ahmed 25:03 52 Ryan Sheridan 25:03 53 Bruno Albuquerque 25:04 54 Duer Yoa 25:05 55 Mitchell Goose 25:06 56 Ross Murray 25:10 57 Matthew Hughes 25:17 58 Abdellah Dacha 25:19 59 Vedat Gönen 25:19 60 Nyjal Majock 25:19 61 Daniel Mateo 25:19 62 José Márcio Da Silva 25:20 63 Gilberto Lopes 25:21 64 Simon Denissel 25:23 65 Mark Tolstikhin 25:26 66 Peter Corrigan 25:27 67 Dewi Griffiths 25:29 68 José Manuel González 25:32 69 Ahmed El Mazoury 25:34 70 Moussa Ziani 25:35 71 Krystian Zalewski 25:36 72 Benjamin Johnson 25:37 73 Evgeny Ryzhov 25:37 74 Paulo Carvalho 25:37 75 Michael Mulhare 25:38 76 Víctor Corrales 25:38 77 Abdelkader Khanous 25:40 78 François Leprovost 25:40 79 Paulo Pinheiro 25:40 80 Sityhilo Diko 25:45 81 Simon Horsfield 25:45 82 Senzo Nkosi 25:46 83 Benoit Calandreau 25:47 84 Sebastian Martos 25:47 85 Guillermo Durán 25:48 86 Robert Moldovan 25:49 87 Mohamed Mahcene 25:51 88 Hicham El Amrani 25:52 89 David Flynn 25:53 90 Ashley Watson 25:58 91 Liam Tremble 26:01 92 Carlos Alonso 26:02 93 Phillip Berntsen 26:06 94 Ian Ward 26:09 95 Houssem Bouallagui 26:11 96 Viacheslav Shalamov 26:13 97 Víctor Aravena 26:15 98 Anatoly Yakovlev 26:19 99 Patrick Hogan 26:23 100 Éderson Pereira 26:25 101 Yousef Al-Lathaa 26:30 102 Anthony Baumal 26:39 103 Jorge Santa Cruz 26:52 104 Sydney Ngwenya 26:57 105 Sven Spanic 27:11 106 Ivan Khitrov 28:19 107 Motasem Akkawi 29:40 108 Ahmed Taher 31:16 — Dmitry Zubkov DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Lucas Kimeli Rotich 3 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei 5 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio 6 Peter Kimeli Some 7 (Levy Matebo Omari) (10) (Charles Kibet Chepkurui) (15) 21 Ibrahim Jeilan 1 Ayele Abshero 2 Hunegnaw Mesfin 11 Feyisa Liesa 14 (Dejen Gebremeskel) (18) (Yetwale Kende) (21) 28 Benjamin Kiplagat 4 Geofrey Kusuro 8 Stephen Kiprotich 12 Abraham Kiplimo 13 (Ben Siwa) (22) 37 4 Hirotaka Tamura 20 Shun Kurihara 32 Hiroyuki Sasaki 33 Ryuji Kashiwabara 34 (Akinobu Murasawa) (37) (Kenta Chiba) (44) 119 5 Youssef Nasir 27 Adil Rached 29 Mohamed Mekkaoui 39 Abdelghani Aït Bahmad 41 (Abdellah Dacha) (58) (Hicham El Amrani) (88) 136 6 German Fernandez 25 Emil Heineking 26 Kevin Williams 35 Ryan Sheridan 52 (Benjamin Johnson) (72) (Robert Moldovan) (86) 138 7 Matthew Leeder 30 Aleksandr Kuternin 50 Mohammed Ahmed 51 Matthew Hughes 57 (Nyjal Majock) (60) (Peter Corrigan) (66) 188 8 Abdelmadjed Touil 42 Imad Touil 43 Houssem Rouabhi 45 Moussa Ziani 70 (Abdelkader Khanous) (77) (Mohamed Mahcene) (87) 200 9 David Forrester 24 Mitchell Goose 55 Ross Murray 56 Dewi Griffiths 67 (Simon Horsfield) (81) (Phillip Berntsen) (93) 202 10 Ryan Gregson 31 Richard Everest 47 Duer Yoa 54 Ashley Watson 90 222 11 Sidi-Hassan Chahdi 23 Simon Denissel 64 François Leprovost 78 Benoit Calandreau 83 (Houssem Bouallagui) (95) (Anthony Baumal) (102) 248 12 Daniel Mateo 61 José Manuel González 68 Víctor Corrales 76 Sebastian Martos 84 (Guillermo Durán) (85) (Carlos Alonso) (92) 289 13 José Márcio Da Silva 62 Gilberto Lopes 63 Paulo Carvalho 74 Éderson Pereira 100 299 14 Craig Murphy 48 Michael Mulhare 75 David Flynn 89 Liam Tremble 91 (Ian Ward) (94) (Patrick Hogan) (99) 303 15 Mark Tolstikhin 65 Evgeny Ryzhov 73 Viacheslav Shalamov 96 Anatoly Yakovlev 98 (Ivan Khitrov) (106) (Dmitry Zubkov) (DNF) 332 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 109 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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