The Senior men's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 25, 2001. 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

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Mohammed Mourhit 39:53 Sergiy Lebid 40:03 Charles Kamathi 40:05 4 Paulo Guerra 40:06 5 Paul Kosgei 40:09 6 Driss El Himer 40:13 7 Patrick Ivuti 40:16 8 Hélder Ornelas 40:33 9 Alejandro Gómez 40:37 10 Róbert Štefko 40:41 11 Mustafa El Ahmadi 40:42 12 Bob Kennedy 40:43 13 Meb Keflezighi 40:46 14 Yibeltal Admassu 40:49 15 Abdi Abdirahman 40:54 16 Alberto García 40:57 17 Giuliano Battocletti 40:59 18 Enock Mitei 41:01 19 Michele Gamba 41:01 20 Tom van Hooste 41:02 21 Habte Jifar 41:04 22 Peter Matthews 41:04 23 Obed Mutanya 41:07 24 Keith Kelly 41:15 25 Lee Troop 41:18 26 Lyes Ramoul 41:21 27 John Yuda 41:22 28 John Cheruiyot Korir 41:25 29 Mikaël Thomas 41:27 30 Gabriele De Nard 41:29 31 Mauricio Díaz 41:30 32 Richard Limo 41:31 33 Claes Nyberg 41:32 34 Simon Mpholo 41:33 35 José Rios 41:36 36 Sergey Lukin 41:37 37 Maurizio Leone 41:38 38 Karl Keska 41:38 39 Samir Moussaoui 41:38 40 Alberto Juzdado 41:39 41 Steve Moneghetti 41:39 42 Yonas Kifle 41:44 43 Domingos Castro 41:49 44 Seamus Power 41:54 45 Paulo Gomes 41:56 46 Ahmed Naïli 41:59 47 Nick Rogers 41:59 48 Dominic Bannister 42:02 49 Zebedayo Bayo 42:06 50 José Carlos Adán 42:08 51 Gabalebe Moloko 42:13 52 Greg Jimmerson 42:14 53 Kheireddine Hamsi 42:15 54 Alberto Maravilha 42:17 55 Jerry van den Eede 42:20 56 Vinny Mulvey 42:21 57 Elenilson da Silva 42:26 58 Manuel Pacheco 42:28 59 Michael Aish 42:29 60 Yoji Yamaguchi 42:30 61 Glynn Tromans 42:33 62 Abdelkrim Benzai 42:34 63 Ruddy Walem 42:36 64 John Nada Saya 42:37 65 Matt O'Dowd 42:37 66 Michael Sarwath 42:38 67 Demissie Girma 42:38 68 Tegenu Abebe 42:39 69 Knut Erik Rame 42:42 70 Miloud Kalloud 42:54 71 Brett Cartwright 42:55 72 Mohamed Serbouti 43:05 73 Sisay Bezabeh 43:08 74 Koen van Rie 43:10 75 Graham Cocksedge 43:12 76 Medison Chibwe 43:12 77 Vital Gahungu 43:13 78 Vincent Hatuleke 43:19 79 Marc Vanderstraeten 43:21 80 Matt Downin 43:21 81 Kenichiro Setoguchi 43:23 82 Lambert Ndayikeza 43:28 83 Pasteur Nyabenda 43:28 84 Joseph Simuchimba 43:32 85 Nobuya Matsunaga 43:34 86 Jonathan Monje 43:40 87 Carlos Jaramillo 43:41 88 Larbi Zéroual 43:41 89 Daisuke Arakawa 43:42 90 Wirimai Juwawo 43:43 91 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 43:52 92 Adilson Ribeiro 43:53 93 Noel Berkeley 43:56 94 Matt Smith 43:58 95 Peter Cardle 43:59 96 Hugo Romero 44:00 97 Cristian Hidalgo 44:00 98 Marco Mazza 44:01 99 Kabo Gabaseme 44:14 100 Onèsphore Nkunzimana 44:15 101 Keenetse Moswasi 44:27 102 Cathal Lombard 44:30 103 Alex Hutchinson 44:39 104 James Finlayson 44:48 105 Mark Bomba 44:49 106 Fabián Roncero 44:53 107 Hamdi Kamel 44:56 108 Adamou Aboubakar 45:05 109 Sergey Sabaleyskiy 45:07 110 Molatelela Bosupeng 45:07 111 Tau Khotso 45:09 112 José Alberto Montenegro 45:09 113 Daniel Gidombada 45:12 114 Raúl Mora 45:14 115 Aman Saini 45:20 116 Andy Hahn 45:22 117 Fouly Salem 45:25 118 Siphesihle Mdluli 45:26 119 Wellington Fraga 45:32 120 Wael Anwar 45:35 121 Leonid Berasnyov 45:37 122 Isaac Gómez 45:40 123 Dragoslav Prpa 45:48 124 Josep Sansa 45:51 125 Thuso Dihoro 45:51 126 Rafael Muñoz 45:55 127 Sipho Dlamini 46:03 128 Djamched Rasulov 46:05 129 Perica Brkic 46:07 130 Tesfit Berhe 46:13 131 Vladimir Tonchinskiy 46:17 132 Jean-Paul Niyonsaba 46:21 133 Bhaskar Bhosale 46:21 134 Kaupo Tiislär 46:25 135 Mikhail Kanchak 46:30 136 Arkadiy Tolstyn 46:34 137 Sergey Zabavskiy 46:41 138 Vasiliy Medvedev 46:46 139 Jaanus Gross 46:49 140 Luke Madongo 46:51 141 Ahmed Salman 46:53 142 Sokhibdjan Sharipov 46:53 143 Leonardo da Silva 46:57 144 Bakhodur Boimuradov 47:00 145 Anil Kumar 47:02 146 Bhekumusa Simelane 47:07 147 Farag Abdelnaby 47:38 148 Mathieu Kouanotso 47:53 149 Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev 47:53 150 Ihab Salama 47:54 151 Vasiliy Andreyev 48:18 152 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev 48:50 153 Sopy Ashyrov 48:52 154 Chokirjon Irmatov 49:04 155 Agzam Aliyev 49:25 156 Bhairav Singh 49:53 157 Abduvahob Nizamov 50:05 158 Hoi To Ho 50:29 159 Dovletmomed Nazarov 51:28 — Keith Cullen DNF — Antonio Silio DNF — Oscar Cortínez DNF — Mostafa Errebbah DNF — Mohamed Driouche DNF — Fabián Campanini DNF — Javier Carriqueo DNF — José Mansilla DNF — Isidore Nizigiyimana DNF — Dejene Berhanu DNF — Sergio López DNS — Monday Danjuma DNS — Gideon Hagack DNS — Ahmed Saeed Hassan DNS — Phaustin Baha Sulle DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Charles Kamathi 3 Paul Kosgei 5 Patrick Ivuti 7 Enock Mitei 18 (John Cheruiyot Korir) (28) (Richard Limo) (32) 33 Driss El Himer 6 Mustafa El Ahmadi 11 Lyes Ramoul 26 Mikaël Thomas 29 (Mohamed Serbouti) (72) (Larbi Zéroual) (88) 72 Bob Kennedy 12 Meb Keflezighi 13 Abdi Abdirahman 15 Nick Rogers 47 (Greg Jimmerson) (52) (Matt Downin) (80) 87 4 Alejandro Gómez 9 Alberto García 16 José Rios 35 Alberto Juzdado 40 (José Carlos Adán) (50) (Fabián Roncero) (106) 100 5 Paulo Guerra 4 Hélder Ornelas 8 Domingos Castro 43 Paulo Gomes 45 (Alberto Maravilha) (54) (Manuel Pacheco) (58) 100 6 Giuliano Battocletti 17 Michele Gamba 19 Gabriele De Nard 30 Maurizio Leone 37 (Marco Mazza) (98) (Mostafa Errebbah) (DNF) 103 7 Mohammed Mourhit 1 Tom van Hooste 20 Jerry van den Eede 55 Ruddy Walem 63 (Koen van Rie) (74) (Marc Vanderstraeten) (79) 139 8 Peter Matthews 22 Keith Kelly 24 Seamus Power 44 Vinny Mulvey 56 (Noel Berkeley) (93) (Cathal Lombard) (102) 146 9 Yibeltal Admassu 14 Habte Jifar 21 Demissie Girma 67 Tegenu Abebe 68 (Dejene Berhanu) (DNF) 170 10 Samir Moussaoui 39 Ahmed Naïli 46 Kheireddine Hamsi 53 Abdelkrim Benzai 62 (Miloud Kalloud) (70) (Mohamed Driouche) (DNF) 200 11 John Yuda 27 Zebedayo Bayo 49 John Nada Saya 64 Michael Sarwath 66 (Daniel Gidombada) (113) 206 12 Lee Troop 25 Steve Moneghetti 41 Brett Cartwright 71 Sisay Bezabeh 73 210 13 Karl Keska 38 Dominic Bannister 48 Glynn Tromans 61 Matt O'Dowd 65 (Matt Smith) (94) (Keith Cullen) (DNF) 212 14 Obed Mutanya 23 Medison Chibwe 76 Vincent Hatuleke 78 Joseph Simuchimba 84 261 15 Mauricio Díaz 31 Jonathan Monje 86 Carlos Jaramillo 87 Cristian Hidalgo 97 (Raúl Mora) (114) 301 16 Yoji Yamaguchi 60 Kenichiro Setoguchi 81 Nobuya Matsunaga 85 Daisuke Arakawa 89 315 17 Vital Gahungu 77 Lambert Ndayikeza 82 Pasteur Nyabenda 83 Onèsphore Nkunzimana 100 (Jean-Paul Niyonsaba) (132) (Isidore Nizigiyimana) (DNF) 342 18 Gabalebe Moloko 51 Kabo Gabaseme 99 Keenetse Moswasi 101 Molatelela Bosupeng 110 (Thuso Dihoro) (125) 361 19 Graham Cocksedge 75 Peter Cardle 95 Alex Hutchinson 103 James Finlayson 104 (Mark Bomba) (105) (Andy Hahn) (116) 377 20 Elenilson da Silva 57 Adilson Ribeiro 92 Wellington Fraga 119 Leonardo da Silva 143 411 21 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 91 Hamdi Kamel 107 Fouly Salem 117 Wael Anwar 120 (Ahmed Salman) (141) (Farag Abdelnaby) (147) 435 22 Sergey Sabaleyskiy 109 Leonid Berasnyov 121 Vladimir Tonchinskiy 131 Mikhail Kanchak 135 496 23 Siphesihle Mdluli 118 Sipho Dlamini 127 Luke Madongo 140 Bhekumusa Simelane 146 531 24 Aman Saini 115 Bhaskar Bhosale 133 Anil Kumar 145 Bhairav Singh 156 549 25 Djamched Rasulov 128 Sergey Zabavskiy 137 Sokhibdjan Sharipov 142 Bakhodur Boimuradov 144 (Chokirjon Irmatov) (154) 551 26 Vasiliy Medvedev 138 Vasiliy Andreyev 151 Agzam Aliyev 155 Abduvahob Nizamov 157 601 27 Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev 149 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev 152 Sopy Ashyrov 153 Dovletmomed Nazarov 159 613DNF (José Alberto Montenegro) (112) (Antonio Silio) (DNF) (Oscar Cortínez) (DNF) (Fabián Campanini) (DNF) (Javier Carriqueo) (DNF) (José Mansilla) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 169 athletes from 47 countries in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from and did not show.

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See also 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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