The Junior 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 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

Junior men's race (8.012 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Haylu Mekonnen 25:38 Richard Limo 25:43 Kipchumba Mitei 25:45 4 Abiyote Abate 25:46 5 Albert Chepkurui 26:01 6 Sammy Kipketer 26:06 7 Duncan Lebo 26:14 8 Faustin Baha 26:15 9 Kenenisa Bekele 26:27 10 Yibeltal Admassu 26:28 11 Hailemariam Tegafaw 26:59 12 Alene Emere 27:00 13 Michael Hiiti 27:21 14 Christopher Soget 27:27 15 Martin Sulle 27:29 16 Driss Benismail 27:41 17 Craig Mottram 27:49 18 Ahmed El Hamzaoui 27:51 19 Aïssa Dghoughi 27:53 20 Fethi Meftah 27:54 21 Jeffrey Gwebu 27:58 22 Kazuyoshi Yamamoto 27:59 23 Seddik Sersar 28:01 24 Fasil Bizuneh 28:02 25 Martin Fedmowski 28:05 26 Abdelatif Chemlal 28:05 27 Gustav Svedbrant 28:08 28 Bencherki Kafkaf 28:10 29 Isaiah Festa 28:13 30 Filipe Pedro 28:15 31 Pedro Nimo 28:16 32 Steven Vernon 28:16 33 Luke Watson 28:18 34 Makoto Tobimatsu 28:18 35 Henrik Ahnström 28:18 36 Fernando Rey 28:19 37 Zolani Ntongana 28:24 38 Sofiane Beddiaf 28:28 39 Roberto González 28:29 40 Steve Slattery 28:29 41 Jumanne Tuluway 28:30 42 Aleksandr Sekletov 28:30 43 Joe McAlister 28:30 44 Ionut Bura 28:34 45 Nourreddine Bourfaa 28:35 46 Ricardo Franzon 28:38 47 Tomonori Onitsuka 28:38 48 Ridouane Harroufi 28:39 49 Kevin Paulsen 28:42 50 Oliver Laws 28:43 51 Hans Janssens 28:45 52 Timothy Clarke 28:45 53 Yousri Hamdi 28:46 54 Ricardo Serrano 28:47 55 Adam Tenforde 28:48 56 Alistair Cragg 28:48 57 Wirimai Juwawo 28:49 58 Gavin Thompson 28:52 59 Sakir Kaya 28:55 60 Lorenzo Perrone 28:56 61 James Vidal 28:57 62 Sedat Karatas 28:58 63 Willie McComb 29:00 64 Jorge Torres 29:01 65 Mattia Maccagnan 29:02 66 Christian Obrist 29:05 67 Abdelkrim Kabbouri 29:07 68 Turo Inkiläinen 29:09 69 Samuel Boden 29:10 70 Jaime Baquero 29:10 71 Bruno Mazzotta 29:10 72 Bahattin Ince 29:11 73 Radu Stroia 29:12 74 Koen Raymaekers 29:13 75 Shinichiro Okuda 29:14 76 Masataka Inaka 29:16 77 Robert Maycock 29:21 78 Yoshifumi Nomura 29:25 79 Rudy van der Oetelaar 29:25 80 Wajdi Adassi 29:26 81 Siyami Türkmen 29:27 82 Brian Keane 29:28 83 Lorenzo Cannata 29:30 84 Aman Saini 29:30 85 Boštjan Buč 29:31 86 Jamie Epp 29:34 87 Arbey Rivera 29:34 88 Reda Khaldi 29:39 89 Westley Alkin 29:39 90 Honest Dandara 29:40 91 Mohamed Ghodhbani 29:41 92 Ruben Díez 29:42 93 Lennon Wicks 29:43 94 Mika Oksanen 29:44 95 Guilherme Pizzirani 29:46 96 Gary Murray 29:46 97 Matthieu Vandiest 29:50 98 Sivuyile Dlongwana 29:51 99 Jonathan Matos 29:52 100 Esmail Al-Dawla 29:52 101 Ahmed Hussein 29:53 102 Beniamino Lubrini 29:54 103 Fergal Feeney 29:55 104 Stefan Beumer 29:57 105 Tuomas Inkiläinen 29:57 106 Sergey Denis 29:57 107 Chris Thompson 29:58 108 Lachlan Chisholm 30:03 109 Jukka Keskisalo 30:04 110 Joshua Zealand 30:06 111 Djamel Ahmadi 30:07 112 Klaas Ramulutsi 30:12 113 Mikko Suihkonen 30:14 114 Thiago Cecatto 30:16 115 Joep Tigchelaar 30:17 116 Sergio Solis 30:17 117 Lorris Williams 30:18 118 Sylvester Mokalakane 30:22 119 Francisco Alves 30:25 120 Fabio Lettieri 30:26 121 Kerem Karatas 30:28 122 Moti Mizrahy 30:33 123 Simon Ward 30:33 124 Shashi Prakash 30:36 125 Aleksey Volkov 30:37 126 Touhami Abassi 30:45 127 Noel Kavanagh 30:48 128 Denis Bagrev 30:50 129 Adel Gharsalli 30:56 130 Ala Al-Sakkaf 31:00 131 Mohamed Al-Bayed 31:01 132 Hassan Eisa 31:02 133 Siarhei Yudenkov 31:02 134 Sergey Milyutin 31:06 135 Farag Amer Fuad 31:10 136 Nabil Al-Soufi 31:12 137 Marcos Osorio 31:13 138 Dmitriy Baranovskiy 31:16 139 Awad Abdallah 31:23 140 Ivan Paz 31:26 141 Mobarock Mondal 31:35 142 Victor Ocampo 31:36 143 Mustafa Al-Muhaya 31:46 144 Manjunatha Basappa 31:56 145 Serdar Gandymov 32:08 146 Hoi Nam So 32:11 147 Nader Al-Nasry 32:50 148 Alex Lobos 32:50 149 Soondurnam Vardeyen 33:08 — André da Silva DNF — Slavko Petrovic DNF — Ruben Indonga DNF — Andrey Pleskach DNF — Mesfin Hailu DQ

Teams Rank Team Points Richard Limo 2 Kipchumba Mitei 3 Albert Chepkurui 5 Sammy Kipketer 6 (Duncan Lebo) (7) (Christopher Soget) (14) 16 Haylu Mekonnen 1 Abiyote Abate 4 Kenenisa Bekele 9 Yibeltal Admassu 10 (Hailemariam Tegafaw) (11) (Alene Emere) (12) 24 Faustin Baha 8 Michael Hiiti 13 Martin Sulle 15 Jumanne Tuluway 41 77 4 Driss Benismail 16 Ahmed El Hamzaoui 18 Aïssa Dghoughi 19 Abdelatif Chemlal 26 (Ridouane Harroufi) (48) (Abdelkrim Kabbouri) (67) 79 5 Fethi Meftah 20 Seddik Sersar 23 Bencherki Kafkaf 28 Nourreddine Bourfaa 45 (Reda Khaldi) (88) (Djamel Ahmadi) (111) 116 6 Fasil Bizuneh 24 Isaiah Festa 29 Luke Watson 33 Steve Slattery 40 (Adam Tenforde) (55) (Jorge Torres) (64) 126 7 Pedro Nimo 31 Fernando Rey 36 Roberto González 39 Ricardo Serrano 54 (Ruben Díez) (92) (Francisco Alves) (119) 160 8 Kazuyoshi Yamamoto 22 Makoto Tobimatsu 34 Tomonori Onitsuka 47 Shinichiro Okuda 75 (Masataka Inaka) (76) (Yoshifumi Nomura) (78) 178 9 Craig Mottram 17 Martin Fedmowski 25 Timothy Clarke 52 Lennon Wicks 93 (Lachlan Chisholm) (108) 187 10 Steven Vernon 32 Oliver Laws 50 Gavin Thompson 58 Samuel Boden 69 (Robert Maycock) (77) (Chris Thompson) (107) 209 11 Jeffrey Gwebu 21 Zolani Ntongana 37 Alistair Cragg 56 Sivuyile Dlongwana 98 (Klaas Ramulutsi) (112) (Sylvester Mokalakane) (118) 212 12 Sakir Kaya 59 Sedat Karatas 62 Bahattin Ince 72 Siyami Türkmen 81 (Kerem Karatas) (121) 274 13 Lorenzo Perrone 60 Mattia Maccagnan 65 Christian Obrist 66 Lorenzo Cannata 83 (Beniamino Lubrini) (102) (Fabio Lettieri) (120) 274 14 Willie McComb 63 Bruno Mazzotta 71 Jamie Epp 86 Westley Alkin 89 (Joshua Zealand) (110) (Lorris Williams) (117) 309 15 Joe McAlister 43 Brian Keane 82 Gary Murray 96 Fergal Feeney 103 (Simon Ward) (123) (Noel Kavanagh) (127) 324 16 Yousri Hamdi 53 Wajdi Adassi 80 Mohamed Ghodhbani 91 Touhami Abassi 126 (Adel Gharsalli) (129) 350 17 James Vidal 61 Jaime Baquero 70 Arbey Rivera 87 Victor Ocampo 142 360 18 Koen Raymaekers 74 Rudy van der Oetelaar 79 Stefan Beumer 104 Joep Tigchelaar 115 372 19 Turo Inkiläinen 68 Mika Oksanen 94 Tuomas Inkiläinen 105 Jukka Keskisalo 109 (Mikko Suihkonen) (113) 376 20 Aman Saini 84 Shashi Prakash 124 Mobarock Mondal 141 Manjunatha Basappa 144 493 21 Sergey Denis 106 Aleksey Volkov 125 Siarhei Yudenkov 133 Dmitriy Baranovskiy 138 502 22 Ahmed Hussein 101 Hassan Eisa 132 Farag Amer Fuad 135 Awad Abdallah 139 507 23 Esmail Al-Dawla 100 Ala Al-Sakkaf 130 Nabil Al-Soufi 136 Mustafa Al-Muhaya 143 509 24 Sergio Solis 116 Marcos Osorio 137 Ivan Paz 140 Alex Lobos 148 541DNF (Guilherme Pizzirani) (95) (Jonathan Matos) (99) (Thiago Cecatto) (114) (André da Silva) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 154 athletes from 43 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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