The Senior men's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (11.764 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Khalid Skah 33:53 Moses Tanui 33:54 Simon Karori 33:54 4 Richard Chelimo 33:57 5 Ondoro Osoro† 33:57 6 Stephenson Nyamau 34:01 7 Chala Kelele 34:06 8 Ezequiel Bitok† 34:19 9 Addis Abebe 34:24 10 Hammou Boutayeb 34:28 11 Boniface Merande 34:31 12 William Mutwol 34:32 13 Melese Feissa 34:34 14 Alejandro Gómez 34:36 15 Steve Moneghetti 34:37 16 Joaquim Pinheiro 34:40 17 Antonio Silio 34:42 18 Mathias Ntawulikura 34:43 19 Eamonn Martin 34:45 20 Martín Fiz 34:47 21 Vincent Rousseau 34:49 22 Tekeye Gebrselassie 34:51 23 Bedile Kibret 34:52 24 William Koech 34:55 25 José Carlos Adán 34:56 26 Giuseppe Miccoli 34:57 27 Oleg Strizhakov 35:00 28 Dan Nelson 35:01 29 Tonnie Dirks 35:02 30 Habte Negash 35:04 31 José Manuel García 35:04 32 Mikhail Dasko 35:04 33 Domingos Castro 35:05 34 Andrew Masai 35:06 35 Mohamed El Massoudi 35:07 36 Dionísio Castro 35:08 37 Antonio Serrano 35:10 38 Christian Leuprecht 35:10 39 Tendai Chimusasa 35:13 40 Artur Castro 35:13 41 Andy Bristow 35:13 42 Ezequiel Canario 35:14 43 Mustapha Essaïd 35:14 44 Salvatore Bettiol 35:14 45 Henk Gommer 35:15 46 Antonio Martins 35:15 47 Peter Brett 35:16 48 Carey Nelson 35:16 49 John Nuttall 35:17 50 Henrique Crisostomo 35:17 51 Ibrahim Kinuthia† 35:18 52 Richard Nerurkar 35:18 53 Steve Tunstall 35:19 54 Ruddy Walem 35:19 55 Arnold Mächler 35:19 56 Juvenal Ribeiro 35:20 57 Jacinto Navarrete 35:20 58 Darren Klassen 35:23 59 Hamid Essebani 35:23 60 Carlo Terzer 35:24 61 Are Nakkim 35:25 62 Paul Williams 35:25 63 Phillip Clode 35:26 64 Manuel Matias 35:27 65 Benedito Gomes 35:28 66 Robert de Brouwer 35:28 67 Paul Roden 35:29 68 Pat Porter 35:29 69 Yosuke Osawa 35:30 70 Marcelo Cascabelo 35:31 71 Abel Antón 35:32 72 Boay Akoney 35:33 73 Aleksandr Burtsev 35:35 74 Mohamed Choumassi 35:36 75 John Halvorsen 35:36 76 Francesco Bennici 35:38 77 Luíz dos Santos 35:39 78 Dan Reese 35:39 79 Nikolay Chameyev 35:41 80 Nigousse Urge 35:41 81 Rodney Higgins 35:42 82 Rex Wilson 35:42 83 Bob Kempainen 35:43 84 Jos Maes 35:43 85 Mark Coogan 35:44 86 Mohammed Mourhit 35:45 87 Shozo Shimoju 35:45 88 Delmir dos Santos 35:46 89 Graeme Fell 35:46 90 Gennadiy Temnikov 35:47 91 Feyissa Abebe 35:48 92 Franco Boffi 35:49 93 Pat Carroll 35:50 94 Julio Hernandez 35:51 95 Rod de Highden 35:51 96 Róbert Stefko 35:52 97 Pierre Levisse 35:52 98 Antonio Prieto 35:52 99 Alberto Maravilha 35:53 100 Henrik Jørgensen 35:53 101 Felix Mbuye 35:54 102 Pascal Depret 35:55 103 Martin McLoughlin 35:56 104 Eddy de Pauw 35:56 105 Angelo Carosi 35:57 106 Kimball Reynierse 35:58 107 Rafael Zepeda 35:58 108 Mikhail Khramov 36:00 109 Abdallah Hafid 36:00 110 Diamantino dos Santos 36:01 111 Hansjörg Brücker 36:01 112 Clair Wathier 36:02 113 Carlos Grisales 36:03 114 Herman Hofstee 36:04 115 William Taylor 36:05 116 Brendan Matthias 36:05 117 Luis Ibarra 36:06 118 Paul Smith 36:06 119 Constantino Esparcia 36:07 120 Vincenzo Modica 36:08 121 Aaron Ramirez 36:09 122 Dave Lewis 36:10 123 Gerry Curtis 36:14 124 Juma Mnyampanda 36:14 125 Malcolm Norwood 36:15 126 Rafael Muñoz 36:16 127 Magnus Bergman 36:17 128 Akira Nakamura 36:18 129 Thomas Wood 36:18 130 Håvard Tveite 36:18 131 Othmar Schoop 36:19 132 Luis Soares 36:19 133 Oscar Amaya 36:20 134 Petr Pipa 36:20 135 Victor Ndlovu 36:21 136 Koji Hirata 36:22 137 Pyotr Sarafynyuk 36:23 138 Marc Vanderstraeten 36:23 139 Jiří Švec 36:23 140 Noel Richardson 36:24 141 Steven Brooks 36:24 142 Jacob Muunga 36:25 143 Shaun Creighton 36:26 144 Luc Krotwaar 36:27 145 Robert O'Donnell 36:28 146 Bjørn Nordheggen 36:28 147 Godfrey Siamusiye 36:29 148 Stig Nørregaard 36:30 149 Tetiani Moyo 36:30 150 Oleg Syroyezhko 36:34 151 Philippe Rémond 36:35 152 Terje Näss 36:36 153 Shivkumar Shreshta 36:37 154 Gerardo Reyes 36:37 155 Stanislav Tabor 36:38 156 Bernd Bürger 36:39 157 Raf Wijns 36:40 158 Jozef Vybostok 36:41 159 Diomede Cishahayo 36:42 160 Marcel Versteeg 36:44 161 Martin Ryan 36:46 162 Angel Cardenas 36:47 163 Juan Carlos Paul 36:47 164 Amar Benaceur 36:49 165 João Ataide 36:49 166 Wilson Theleso 36:50 167 Muchapiwa Mazano 36:50 168 Viktor Gural 36:51 169 Maximino Ayala 36:51 170 Vit Chrbolka 36:52 171 Cusimiro Reyes 36:53 172 Sean Wade 36:57 173 Ivan Uvizl 36:58 174 Brighton Chipere 36:59 175 Kasimir Kunz 37:02 176 Mickael Dufermont 37:03 177 Marius Hasler 37:04 178 Mark Furlan 37:05 179 Roy Dooney 37:07 180 Winford Munthali 37:09 181 Abhay Singh 37:11 182 Jean Mahatana 37:12 183 Lubos Cesnek 37:14 184 Ivo Claes 37:15 185 Dinesh Kumar 37:17 186 Raymond van Paemel 37:22 187 Udai Pratap Singh 37:23 188 René Godlieb 37:24 189 Leonardo Malgor 37:26 190 Adriano Pezzoli 37:27 191 Jose Duarte 37:28 192 Tom Maher 37:29 193 João N'tyamba 37:30 194 Rod DeHaven 37:34 195 Andrea Erni 37:35 196 Jafar Babakhani 37:39 197 Robbie Johnston 37:40 198 Dominique Chauvelier 37:41 199 Noel Cullen 37:42 200 Knut Bakken 37:48 201 Martin Simeon 37:50 202 Richard Charette 37:52 203 Redson Munsanje 37:53 204 Richard Potts 37:54 205 Marc van Rooy 37:54 206 Benjamin Keleketu 37:55 207 Gino van Geyte 37:57 208 Toribio Gutierres 38:05 209 Carlos Naput 38:08 210 Jamie Harrison 38:15 211 Alain Bordeleau 38:19 212 Mohinder Singh 38:20 213 Mike Felicite 38:24 214 Michel Jean-Louis 38:40 215 Hasan Sabzevari 38:46 216 Brian Gillatt 38:55 217 Ali Movahedpoor 39:01 218 Wang Chen-Hui 39:02 219 Hsu Gi-Sheng 39:11 220 Shiv Kumar Yadav 39:18 221 Hsu Yi-Chung 39:21 222 Patrick Moonsamy 39:25 223 Jean Newk-See 39:30 224 Clement Pirogue 39:33 225 Robert Kusi 39:36 226 Paddy McCluskey 39:53 227 Pascal Face 39:55 228 Ajay Chuttoo 40:03 229 Calvin Dallas 40:18 230 Dominique Huryl 40:19 — John Campbell DNF — Paul McCloy DNF — John Ngugi DNF — John Downes DNF — Bernt Eltervaag DNF — Tom Fineda DNF — Joaquim Silva DNF †: Athlete marked in the results list as nonscorer.

Teams Rank Team Points Moses Tanui 2 Simon Karori 3 Richard Chelimo 4 Stephenson Nyamau 6 Boniface Merande 11 William Mutwol 12 (William Koech) (24) (Andrew Masai) (34) (John Ngugi) (DNF) 38 Chala Kelele 7 Addis Abebe 9 Melese Feissa 13 Tekeye Gebrselassie 22 Bedile Kibret 23 Habte Negash 30 (Nigousse Urge) (80) (Feyissa Abebe) (91) 104 Alejandro Gómez 14 Martín Fiz 20 José Carlos Adán 25 José Manuel García 31 Antonio Serrano 37 Abel Antón 71 (Antonio Prieto) (98) (Constantino Esparcia) (119) (Juan Carlos Paul) (163) 198 4 Joaquim Pinheiro 16 Domingos Castro 33 Dionísio Castro 36 Ezequiel Canario 42 Henrique Crisostomo 50 Juvenal Ribeiro 56 (Manuel Matias) (64) (Alberto Maravilha) (99) (Joaquim Silva) (DNF) 233 5 Khalid Skah 1 Hammou Boutayeb 10 Mohamed El Massoudi 35 Hamid Essebani 59 Mohamed Choumassi 74 Mohammed Mourhit 86 (Abdallah Hafid) (109) 265 6 Eamonn Martin 19 Andy Bristow 41 John Nuttall 49 Richard Nerurkar 52 Steve Tunstall 53 Paul Roden 67 (Martin McLoughlin) (103) (Dave Lewis) (122) (Steven Brooks) (141) 281 7 Giuseppe Miccoli 26 Christian Leuprecht 38 Salvatore Bettiol 44 Carlo Terzer 60 Francesco Bennici 76 Franco Boffi 92 (Angelo Carosi) (105) (Vincenzo Modica) (120) (Adriano Pezzoli) (190) 336 8 Oleg Strizhakov 27 Mikhail Dasko 32 Aleksandr Burtsev 73 Nikolay Chameyev 79 Gennadiy Temnikov 90 Mikhail Khramov 108 (Pyotr Sarafynyuk) (137) (Oleg Syroyezhko) (150) (Viktor Gural) (168) 409 9 Steve Moneghetti 15 Peter Brett 47 Rodney Higgins 81 Pat Carroll 93 Rod de Highden 95 Malcolm Norwood 125 (Shaun Creighton) (143) (Robert O'Donnell) (145) (Jamie Harrison) (210) 456 10 Dan Nelson 28 Pat Porter 68 Dan Reese 78 Bob Kempainen 83 Mark Coogan 85 William Taylor 115 (Aaron Ramirez) (121) (Thomas Wood) (129) (Rod DeHaven) (194) 457 11 Artur Castro 40 Benedito Gomes 65 Luíz dos Santos 77 Delmir dos Santos 88 Diamantino dos Santos 110 Clair Wathier 112 (Luis Ibarra) (117) (João Ataide) (165) 492 12 Vincent Rousseau 21 Ruddy Walem 54 Jos Maes 84 Eddy de Pauw 104 Marc Vanderstraeten 138 Raf Wijns 157 (Ivo Claes) (184) (Raymond van Paemel) (186) (Gino van Geyte) (207) 558 13 Tonnie Dirks 29 Henk Gommer 45 Robert de Brouwer 66 Herman Hofstee 114 Luc Krotwaar 144 Marcel Versteeg 160 (René Godlieb) (188) (Marc van Rooy) (205) 558 14 Mustapha Essaïd 43 Antonio Martins 46 Pierre Levisse 97 Pascal Depret 102 Luis Soares 132 Philippe Rémond 151 (Amar Benaceur) (164) (Mickael Dufermont) (176) (Dominique Chauvelier) (198) 571 15 Carey Nelson 48 Darren Klassen 58 Paul Williams 62 Graeme Fell 89 Brendan Matthias 116 Richard Charette 202 (Alain Bordeleau) (211) (Paddy McCluskey) (226) (Paul McCloy) (DNF) 575 16 Are Nakkim 61 John Halvorsen 75 Håvard Tveite 130 Bjørn Nordheggen 146 Terje Näss 152 Knut Bakken 200 (Bernt Eltervaag) (DNF) 764 17 Phillip Clode 63 Rex Wilson 82 Paul Smith 118 Sean Wade 172 Mark Furlan 178 Robbie Johnston 197 (Richard Potts) (204) (Brian Gillatt) (216) (John Campbell) (DNF) 810 18 Antonio Silio 17 Marcelo Cascabelo 70 Oscar Amaya 133 Leonardo Malgor 189 Toribio Gutierres 208 Carlos Naput 209 826 19 Arnold Mächler 55 Hansjörg Brücker 111 Othmar Schoop 131 Kasimir Kunz 175 Marius Hasler 177 Andrea Erni 195 844 20 Róbert Stefko 96 Petr Pipa 134 Jiří Švec 139 Stanislav Tabor 155 Jozef Vybostok 158 Vit Chrbolka 170 (Ivan Uvizl) (173) (Lubos Cesnek) (183) 852 21 Rafael Zepeda 107 Rafael Muñoz 126 Gerardo Reyes 154 Maximino Ayala 169 Cusimiro Reyes 171 Jose Duarte 191 918 22 Gerry Curtis 123 Noel Richardson 140 Martin Ryan 161 Roy Dooney 179 Tom Maher 192 Noel Cullen 199 (John Downes) (DNF) 994 23 Shivkumar Shreshta 153 Abhay Singh 181 Dinesh Kumar 185 Udai Pratap Singh 187 Mohinder Singh 212 Shiv Kumar Yadav 220 1138 24 Mike Felicite 213 Michel Jean-Louis 214 Patrick Moonsamy 222 Jean Newk-See 223 Clement Pirogue 224 Pascal Face 227 (Ajay Chuttoo) (228) (Dominique Huryl) (230) 1323 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 237 athletes from 44 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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