The Senior men's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 28, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow 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 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Paul Tergat 38:28 Patrick Ivuti 38:32 Paulo Guerra 38:46 4 Joshua Chelanga 39:05 5 Evans Rutto 39:12 6 Paul Koech 39:51 7 Mohammed Mourhit 40:09 8 Jon Brown 40:09 9 Habte Jifar 40:21 10 Domingos Castro 40:25 11 Assefa Mezegebu 40:33 12 Róbert Štefko 40:39 13 Lahcen Benyoussef 40:42 14 Eduardo Henriques 40:46 15 Saïd El Wardi 40:53 16 Carsten Jørgensen 40:57 17 Girma Tolla 40:59 18 Kamel Kohil 41:04 19 Giuliano Battocletti 41:05 20 Tesfaye Tola 41:06 21 Alan Culpepper 41:10 22 Gary Stolz 41:12 23 Javier Cortés 41:14 24 Enrique Molina 41:17 25 Daniele Caimmi 41:20 26 Ayele Mezegebu 41:24 27 José Carlos Adán 41:25 28 Koen van Rie 41:29 29 José Manuel García 41:33 30 Fabián Roncero 41:37 31 Umberto Pusterla 41:39 32 Mauricio Díaz 41:41 33 Nicolae Negru 41:41 34 Keith Cullen 41:42 35 Kamiel Maase 41:43 36 Tony Cosey 41:47 37 Tegenu Abebe 41:51 38 Saïd Berrioui 42:02 39 Tom Nyariki 42:04 40 Faustin Saktay 42:05 41 Lee Troop 42:06 42 Smail Sghir 42:07 43 Mohamed Driouche 42:08 44 John Ferrin 42:12 45 Salaho Ngadi 42:13 46 Yahia Azaidj 42:16 47 Abel Chimukoko 42:17 48 David Galindo 42:21 49 Alberto Maravilha 42:23 50 Sebastiano Mazzara 42:26 51 Richard Potts 42:29 52 Glynn Tromans 42:30 53 Francis Robert Naali 42:30 54 Clint Wells 42:33 55 Marc Vanderstraeten 42:37 56 Dermot Donnelly 42:38 57 Abner Chipu 42:38 58 William Vasquez 42:39 59 Roman Kejzar 42:41 60 Jeff Schiebler 42:42 61 Marcel Versteeg 42:42 62 Dean Cavuoto 42:44 63 Patrick Kaotsane 42:47 64 Hendrick Ramaala 42:48 65 Andrew Pearson 42:48 66 Mehdi Khelifi 42:53 67 Pablo Olmedo 42:54 68 Alberto Chaíça 42:54 69 Michael Ngaaseke 43:00 70 Christopher Graff 43:00 71 João Junqueira 43:03 72 Luis Alberto Ochoa 43:05 73 Christian Stephenson 43:05 74 Jacinto Navarrete 43:06 75 Abdelilah El Manaia 43:13 76 Martin McCarthy 43:14 77 David Burke 43:15 78 Tetsuhiro Furuta 43:19 79 Jeremy Deere 43:19 80 Samir Moussaoui 43:20 81 Tarek Zoghmar 43:21 82 Darren Lynch 43:22 83 Zarislav Gapeyenko 43:23 84 Marilson dos Santos 43:28 85 Brett Cartwright 43:31 86 Sander Schutgens 43:35 87 Yoji Yamaguchi 43:37 88 Ovidiu Tat 43:38 89 Raymond Appenheimer 43:41 90 Paddy McCluskey 43:43 91 Azzedine Sakhri 43:48 92 Dominic Bannister 43:48 93 Ayele Setegne 43:51 94 Martin Dent 43:57 95 Pauric McKinney 44:06 96 Vincent Kuotane 44:09 97 Jussi Utriainen 44:10 98 José de Souza 44:10 99 Noel Cullen 44:10 100 Wellington Fraga 44:11 101 Chris Weber 44:14 102 Dmitry Dubovskiy 44:19 103 Naoki Mishiro 44:23 104 George Majaji 44:35 105 Arthur Osman 44:38 106 Craig Kirkwood 44:46 107 Sergio Couto 44:53 108 Vladimir Sivalobov 45:06 109 Juan Alejandro Perea 45:13 110 Tsungai Mwanengeni 45:15 111 Takhir Mamashayev 45:20 112 Toomas Tarm 45:21 113 Sergey Zabavskiy 45:25 114 Maxwell Bangani 45:30 115 Josep Sansa 45:37 116 Kudakwashe Shoko 45:43 117 Leonid Pykhteyev 45:46 118 Chris McGregor 45:47 119 Daisuke Arakawa 45:53 120 David Lorne 46:19 121 Rustam Radjapov 46:24 122 Menon Ramsamy 46:36 123 Gulab Chand 46:47 124 Alagawadi Shivananda 46:47 125 Uladzimir Dukhnovich 46:51 126 Sentso Retere 46:57 127 Bhairav Singh 46:58 128 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev 47:17 129 Khauta Ntsoele 47:21 130 Khasan Rakhimov 47:29 131 Nick Harrison 47:30 132 Tau Khotso 47:39 133 Nazirdin Akylbekov 47:44 134 José Amado García 47:52 135 Tebatso Motsotsoana 48:07 136 Albert Shamsiyev 48:13 137 Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev 48:26 138 Mpakeletsa Sephali 48:27 139 Anil Kumar 48:32 140 Kevin Musseliah 48:42 141 António Zeferino 48:44 142 Walid Ibrahim 48:44 143 Rinat Ablyayev 48:48 144 Amrlon Hernandez 49:21 145 Chokirjon Irmatov 49:31 146 Victor Velásquez 49:37 147 Ivan Kibiryov 49:43 148 Artyom Tetenkin 50:06 149 Ihab Salama 50:08 150 Moses Zarak Khan 50:31 151 Jean Paul Louise 50:41 152 Evilio Mijangos 50:59 153 Isireli Naikelekelevesi 51:11 154 Eric Vamben 51:25 155 Bimiesh Kumar 51:55 156 Mohamed Salama 52:25 157 Esala Talebula 52:37 158 Parasram Ramah 53:34 — Salah Hissou DNF — Rachid Berradi DNF — Andrea Arlati DNF — Abhinesh Kumar Chand DNF — Ergobert Robert Naali DNF — Niteshwar Prasad DNF — Julio Rey† DQ — Antonio Fabián Silio DNS †: Julio Rey of finished 24th in 41:15 min, but was disqualified.

Teams Rank Team Points Paul Tergat 1 Patrick Ivuti 2 Joshua Chelanga 4 Evans Rutto 5 (Paul Koech) (6) (Tom Nyariki) (39) 12 Habte Jifar 9 Assefa Mezegebu 11 Girma Tolla 17 Tesfaye Tola 20 (Ayele Mezegebu) (26) (Tegenu Abebe) (37) 57 Paulo Guerra 3 Domingos Castro 10 Eduardo Henriques 14 Alberto Maravilha 49 (Alberto Chaíça) (68) (João Junqueira) (71) 76 4 Javier Cortés 23 Enrique Molina 24 José Carlos Adán 27 José Manuel García 29 (Fabián Roncero) (30) 103 5 Lahcen Benyoussef 13 Saïd El Wardi 15 Saïd Berrioui 38 Smail Sghir 42 (Abdelilah El Manaia) (75) (Salah Hissou) (DNF) 108 6 Giuliano Battocletti 19 Daniele Caimmi 25 Umberto Pusterla 31 Sebastiano Mazzara 50 (Rachid Berradi) (DNF) (Andrea Arlati) (DNF) 125 7 Alan Culpepper 21 Gary Stolz 22 Tony Cosey 36 Clint Wells 54 (Christopher Graff) (70) (Raymond Appenheimer) (89) 133 8 Jon Brown 8 Keith Cullen 34 Glynn Tromans 52 Andrew Pearson 65 (Christian Stephenson) (73) (Dominic Bannister) (92) 159 9 Kamel Kohil 18 Mohamed Driouche 43 Yahia Azaidj 46 Samir Moussaoui 80 (Tarek Zoghmar) (81) (Azzedine Sakhri) (91) 187 10 John Ferrin 44 Dermot Donnelly 56 Martin McCarthy 76 David Burke 77 (Pauric McKinney) (95) (Noel Cullen) (99) 253 11 Lee Troop 41 Dean Cavuoto 62 Darren Lynch 82 Brett Cartwright 85 (Martin Dent) (94) (Nick Harrison) (131) 270 12 Abner Chipu 57 Patrick Kaotsane 63 Hendrick Ramaala 64 Vincent Kuotane 96 280 13 William Vasquez 58 Luis Alberto Ochoa 72 Jacinto Navarrete 74 Juan Alejandro Perea 109 313 14 Jeff Schiebler 60 Jeremy Deere 79 Paddy McCluskey 90 Chris Weber 101 (Chris McGregor) (118) (David Lorne) (120) 330 15 Abel Chimukoko 47 Michael Ngaaseke 69 George Majaji 104 Tsungai Mwanengeni 110 (Maxwell Bangani) (114) (Kudakwashe Shoko) (116) 330 16 Tetsuhiro Furuta 78 Yoji Yamaguchi 87 Naoki Mishiro 103 Daisuke Arakawa 119 387 17 Marilson dos Santos 84 José de Souza 98 Wellington Fraga 100 Sergio Couto 107 389 18 Zarislav Gapeyenko 83 Dmitry Dubovskiy 102 Vladimir Sivalobov 108 Uladzimir Dukhnovich 125 418 19 Gulab Chand 123 Alagawadi Shivananda 124 Bhairav Singh 127 Anil Kumar 139 513 20 Sentso Retere 126 Khauta Ntsoele 129 Tau Khotso 132 Tebatso Motsotsoana 135 (Mpakeletsa Sephali) (138) 522 21 Khasan Rakhimov 130 Albert Shamsiyev 136 Rinat Ablyayev 143 Ivan Kibiryov 147 556 22 Menon Ramsamy 122 Kevin Musseliah 140 Jean Paul Louise 151 Eric Vamben 154 (Parasram Ramah) (158) 567 23 José Amado García 134 Amrlon Hernandez 144 Victor Velásquez 146 Evilio Mijangos 152 576 24 Moses Zarak Khan 150 Isireli Naikelekelevesi 153 Bimiesh Kumar 155 Esala Talebula 157 (Abhinesh Kumar Chand) (DNF) (Niteshwar Prasad) (DNF) 615DNF (Faustin Saktay) (40) (Salaho Ngadi) (45) (Francis Robert Naali) (53) (Ergobert Robert Naali) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 165 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from did not show.

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See also 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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