The Junior men's race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal, on March 19, 2000. 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

Junior men's race (8.08 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Robert Kipchumba 22:49 Duncan Lebo 22:52 John Cheruiyot Korir 22:55 4 Philemon Kemei 23:04 5 Martin Sulle 23:14 6 Faustin Baha 23:27 7 Edwin Koech 23:33 8 Beruk Debrework 23:40 9 Teref Dessalege 23:51 10 Kiplimo Muneria 24:03 11 Martin Toroitich 24:08 12 Alemayehu Lema 24:14 13 Aboubaker Kamal 24:19 14 Masakazu Fujiwara 24:20 15 Paul Wakou 24:23 16 Abdelkrim Kabbouri 24:23 17 Abdulaziz Al-Ameri 24:24 18 Midekssa Diriba 24:24 19 Sivuyile Dlongwana 24:27 20 Job Sikoria 24:29 21 Aleksandr Sekletov 24:29 22 Johnny Okello 24:29 23 Daniel Andrew Sipe 24:32 24 Khoudir Aggoune 24:34 25 Mo Farah 24:37 26 Abdelhakim Fahli 24:38 27 Boniface Kiprop 24:39 28 Franklin Sanchez 24:45 29 Ridouane Harroufi 24:52 30 Majid Aman Awadh 24:54 31 Demissie Girma 24:54 32 Sandile Lembetha 24:56 33 Yoshihiro Murata 24:57 34 Aissam Gtaib 24:58 35 Malik Balhoul 24:59 36 Masaru Takamizawa 25:02 37 Louis Luchini 25:09 38 Jamal Noor 25:11 39 Rabah Aboud 25:11 40 Chad Pearson 25:13 41 Chris Thompson 25:14 42 Shuichi Fujii 25:15 43 Nebay Habtegiorgis 25:17 44 Abdelatif Chemlal 25:19 45 Friedel Maans 25:20 46 Ionut Bura 25:22 47 Ryuji Sorayama 25:23 48 Gunnars Osmundsen 25:25 49 Robert Maycock 25:25 50 Elias Daudi 25:27 51 James Vidal 25:27 52 Bruno Silva 25:30 53 Aleksandr Orlov 25:31 54 Aleksandr Sergeyev 25:31 55 Jeffrey Gwebu 25:34 56 Bencherki Kafkaf 25:35 57 Tarek Boukensa 25:36 58 Guillaume Eraud 25:39 59 Andrey Khramov 25:40 60 Abderrezak Bahat 25:41 61 Mahmoud Deria 25:43 62 José Abascal 25:45 63 Adelino Monteiro 25:46 64 Naoto Kato 25:49 65 Tadesse Feyissa 25:49 66 Jason Hartmann 25:50 67 Benoit Charpantier 25:51 68 Jonathan Monje 25:52 69 Hugo Silveira 25:53 70 Yannick Cloux 25:55 71 Mark Smyth 25:56 72 Hakim Mokhtari 25:57 73 Krijn Van Koolwyk 25:59 74 Cesar Pilaluisa 25:59 75 Roberto González 26:00 76 Selim Issaoui 26:01 77 Vitaliy Moroz 26:01 78 Matthew Spring 26:02 79 Stefan Beumer 26:03 80 Lorenzo Perrone 26:04 81 Angel Campos 26:04 82 Gaym Berhane 26:04 83 Ala Al-Sakkaf 26:06 84 Juan Martínez 26:07 85 Ali Tachour 26:08 86 Esmail Al-Dawla 26:08 87 Byron Piedra 26:09 88 João Nunes 26:12 89 Andrea Sorgato 26:13 90 Patrick Stitzinger 26:15 91 Ryan Hayden 26:15 92 Victor Ocampo 26:16 93 Simon Bairu 26:16 94 Jaime Baquero 26:16 95 Mohamed Abu Hassira 26:19 96 Luigi La Bella 26:19 97 Nélson Oliveira 26:20 98 Valerio Gulli 26:21 99 Farid Kebaili 26:24 100 Cosimo Caliandro 26:28 101 Paul Shaw 26:29 102 David Solis 26:29 103 Andrew Alley 26:33 104 Moses Faku 26:35 105 Mirko Petrović 26:36 106 Salah Juaim 26:37 107 Ahmed Hussein 26:38 108 Koen Wilssens 26:40 109 Sergey Denis 26:41 110 Brandon Young 26:42 111 Andy Sherman 26:42 112 Rui Silva 26:46 113 Henrik Ahnström 26:47 114 Ayad Lamdassam 26:51 115 Abraham Gebreigziabhier 26:51 116 Nick McCormick 26:54 117 Mike Thorson 26:55 118 Ingemund Askeland 27:01 119 Tom van Rooy 27:04 120 José Luis Santos 27:07 121 Martin Fagan 27:08 122 Barend Derriks 27:09 123 Cristian Gaeta 27:09 124 Aleksey Volkov 27:10 125 Mesías Zapata 27:14 126 Santiago Curto 27:24 127 Patrick Guidera 27:26 128 Andrey Pleskach 27:27 129 Umit Koclardan 27:34 130 Mark Pacqué 27:35 131 Andrew Hill 27:35 132 Thomas Frazier 27:42 133 Damien Derobert 27:43 134 Borut Veber 27:49 135 Robert Connolly 27:55 136 Awadh Al-Sakkaf 28:00 137 Yamil Iskanderov 28:03 138 Nozimjon Irmatov 28:06 139 Anis Ltifi 28:08 140 Dmitriy Posled 28:20 141 Rasul Saydaliyev 28:22 142 Meretdurdy Kereguliev 28:36 143 Sodir Nabiyev 28:42 144 Khodor Abdou 28:48 145 Will Thrift 28:55 146 Dario Nemec 29:07 147 Jahongir Tolibjonov 29:07 148 Boris Spes 29:25 149 Roy Bilan 30:05 150 Jacques Francis 30:05 151 Rami Karlas 30:06 152 Ruslan Kurbanov 30:13 153 Helal Essa Saeed 30:37 154 Yevgeniy Trusov 30:42 155 Sopy Ashyrov 31:45 156 Michael Sanchez 32:40 157 Timothy Garcia 33:02 158 Lee Taylor 33:21 159 Dominic Carroll 34:55 — Jaihson Caucali DNF — Job Dusch DNF — José Moreno DNF — Sergio de León Solís DNS — Gonzalo Iquite DNS — Francisco José Sáenz DNS — Víctor Jacobo Solís DNS — Chithu Kumar DNS — Ajith Singh DNS — Joga Singh DNS — R. Yalappa DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Robert Kipchumba 1 Duncan Lebo 2 John Cheruiyot Korir 3 Philemon Kemei 4 (Edwin Koech) (7) (Kiplimo Muneria) (10) 10 Beruk Debrework 8 Teref Dessalege 9 Alemayehu Lema 12 Midekssa Diriba 18 (Demissie Girma) (31) (Tadesse Feyissa) (65) 47 Martin Toroitich 11 Paul Wakou 15 Job Sikoria 20 Johnny Okello 22 (Boniface Kiprop) (27) 68 4 Martin Sulle 5 Faustin Baha 6 Daniel Andrew Sipe 23 Elias Daudi 50 84 5 Aboubaker Kamal 13 Abdulaziz Al-Ameri 17 Majid Aman Awadh 30 Jamal Noor 38 (Mahmoud Deria) (61) (Helal Essa Saeed) (153) 98 6 Abdelkrim Kabbouri 16 Abdelhakim Fahli 26 Ridouane Harroufi 29 Aissam Gtaib 34 (Abdelatif Chemlal) (44) (Ayad Lamdassam) (114) 105 7 Masakazu Fujiwara 14 Yoshihiro Murata 33 Masaru Takamizawa 36 Shuichi Fujii 42 (Ryuji Sorayama) (47) (Naoto Kato) (64) 125 8 Sivuyile Dlongwana 19 Sandile Lembetha 32 Friedel Maans 45 Jeffrey Gwebu 55 (Moses Faku) (104) 151 9 Franklin Sanchez 28 Louis Luchini 37 Chad Pearson 40 Jason Hartmann 66 (Matthew Spring) (78) (Andrew Hill) (131) 171 10 Khoudir Aggoune 24 Rabah Aboud 39 Bencherki Kafkaf 56 Tarek Boukensa 57 (Abderrezak Bahat) (60) (Ali Tachour) (85) 176 11 Aleksandr Sekletov 21 Aleksandr Orlov 53 Aleksandr Sergeyev 54 Andrey Khramov 59 187 12 Mo Farah 25 Chris Thompson 41 Robert Maycock 49 Paul Shaw 101 (Andy Sherman) (111) (Nick McCormick) (116) 216 13 Malik Balhoul 35 Guillaume Eraud 58 Benoit Charpantier 67 Hakim Mokhtari 72 (Farid Kebaili) (99) (Damien Derobert) (133) 232 14 Bruno Silva 52 Adelino Monteiro 63 Hugo Silveira 69 João Nunes 88 (Nélson Oliveira) (97) (Rui Silva) (112) 272 15 José Abascal 62 Roberto González 75 Juan Martínez 84 David Solis 102 (Santiago Curto) (126) (José Moreno) (DNF) 323 16 Lorenzo Perrone 80 Andrea Sorgato 89 Luigi La Bella 96 Valerio Gulli 98 (Cosimo Caliandro) (100) (Cristian Gaeta) (123) 363 17 Cesar Pilaluisa 74 Angel Campos 81 Byron Piedra 87 Mesias Zapata 125 367 18 Yannick Cloux 70 Krijn Van Koolwyk 73 Koen Wilssens 108 Tom van Rooy 119 370 19 Ryan Hayden 91 Simon Bairu 93 Andrew Alley 103 Brandon Young 110 (Mike Thorson) (117) (Will Thrift) (145) 397 20 Ala Al-Sakkaf 83 Esmail Al-Dawla 86 Salah Juaim 106 Awadh Al-Sakkaf 136 411 21 Stefan Beumer 79 Patrick Stitzinger 90 Barend Derriks 122 Mark Pacqué 130 (Job Dusch) (DNF) 421 22 Vitaliy Moroz 77 Sergey Denis 109 Aleksey Volkov 124 Dmitriy Posled 140 450 23 Mark Smyth 71 Martin Fagan 121 Patrick Guidera 127 Thomas Frazier 132 (Robert Connolly) (135) 451 24 Andrey Pleskach 128 Meretdurdy Kereguliev 142 Ruslan Kurbanov 152 Sopy Ashyrov 155 577 25 Rasul Saydaliyev 141 Sodir Nabiyev 143 Jahongir Tolibjonov 147 Yevgeniy Trusov 154 585 26 Khodor Abdou 144 Roy Bilan 149 Jacques Francis 150 Rami Karlas 151 594 27 Michael Sanchez 156 Timothy Garcia 157 Lee Taylor 158 Dominic Carroll 159 630DNF (James Vidal) (51) (Victor Ocampo) (92) (Jaime Baquero) (94) (Jaihson Caucali) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 162 athletes from 43 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from and did not show.

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See also 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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