The Men's short race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 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

Men's short race (4.1 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Enock Koech 12:40 Kenenisa Bekele 12:42 Benjamin Limo 12:43 4 Sammy Kipketer 12:44 5 Cyrus Kataron 12:45 6 Albert Chepkurui 12:46 7 John Kibowen 12:49 8 Craig Mottram 12:49 9 Brahim Boulami 13:00 10 Haylu Mekonnen 13:03 11 Adil Kaouch 13:06 12 Saïd El Wardi 13:08 13 Dagne Alemu 13:08 14 John Yuda 13:09 15 Brad Hauser 13:09 16 Mohamed Amyn 13:09 17 Alejandro Suárez 13:10 18 Tim Broe 13:10 19 Andy Downin 13:16 20 Luciano Di Pardo 13:18 21 Miroslav Vanko 13:19 22 Youssef Baba 13:19 23 Luis Jesús 13:20 24 Michael Power 13:21 25 Lotfi Turki 13:23 26 Alemayehu Girma 13:24 27 Spencer Barden 13:25 28 Wirimai Juwawo 13:26 29 Kevin Sullivan 13:27 30 Beruk Debrework 13:27 31 Antonio Jiménez 13:28 32 John Nada Saya 13:28 33 Samir Benfarès 13:29 34 Salvador Miranda 13:29 35 José Luis Blanco 13:29 36 Blair Martin 13:29 37 José Manuel Martínez 13:30 38 Christian Stephenson 13:30 39 Tony Cosey 13:30 40 Rustam Yakupov 13:31 41 Clint Wells 13:31 42 João Junqueira 13:32 43 Javier Carriqueo 13:32 44 Joël Bourgeois 13:33 45 Hamish Thorpe 13:34 46 Dmitriy Maksimov 13:34 47 Oscar Cortínez 13:35 48 José Ramos 13:35 49 Roland Weissteiner 13:35 50 Godfrey Khahohle 13:36 51 Sergey Lukin 13:36 52 Sean Kaley 13:37 53 Lorenzo Perrone 13:37 54 Gareth Turnbull 13:38 55 Badre din Zioini 13:38 56 Glen Stewart 13:38 57 Adrian Blincoe 13:41 58 Simon Maunder 13:43 59 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 13:43 60 Mykola Novytskyy 13:43 61 Sergey Drygin 13:44 62 Jeremy Deere 13:45 63 Pacifique Ayabusa 13:46 64 Fabrice Chomaud 13:47 65 Tom Compernolle 13:48 66 Rached Amor 13:49 67 Abdulkadir Türk 13:49 68 Anacleto Jiménez 13:49 69 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 13:50 70 Manuel Silva 13:50 71 Christian Obrist 13:50 72 Ahmed Issaoui 13:51 73 Hedi Khalfallah 13:52 74 Julius Gidabuday 13:54 75 Rob Whalley 13:55 76 Jeroen van Dijke 13:56 77 Angus MacLean 13:57 78 Matt Kerr 13:57 79 Musa Ninga 13:58 80 Jim Svenøy 13:58 81 Mesfin Hailu 13:58 82 Vijay Pal 13:59 83 Domenico D'Ambrosio 14:00 84 Fiachra Lombard 14:02 85 Dan Browne 14:02 86 Pablo Villalobos 14:03 87 Carlos Calado 14:04 88 Raúl Mora 14:05 89 Brahim Jabbour 14:05 90 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 14:06 91 Fabián Campanini 14:07 92 Makoto Michiura 14:07 93 Arun D'Souza 14:10 94 Carlos Jaramillo 14:11 95 Sander Schutgens 14:12 96 Ridouane Es-Saadi 14:13 97 Khalid Zoubaa 14:14 98 Kuldeep Kumar 14:14 99 Mauro Casagrande 14:14 100 Frédéric Desmedt 14:15 101 Maurice van Veldhoven 14:18 102 Víctor Martínez 14:19 103 Cristian Hidalgo 14:20 104 Jonathan Monje 14:21 105 Fouly Salem 14:22 106 Eelco de Voogt 14:22 107 Simon Labiche 14:23 108 Mehdi Khelifi 14:24 109 Ivan Kibiryov 14:24 110 Zigmund Zilbershtein 14:25 111 Jesús España 14:27 112 Aleksandr Busel 14:28 113 Patrick Grammens 14:29 114 Heiki Sarapuu 14:30 115 Ad Verweij 14:32 116 Daniel Gidombada 14:34 117 Toomas Tarm 14:35 118 José Mansilla 14:36 119 Jürgen Vandewiele 14:37 120 Mohamad Ayache 14:40 121 Sergey Zabavskiy 14:40 122 Joeri Jansen 14:46 123 Mostafa Shalaby 14:46 124 Viktor Vasilyonok 14:46 125 Denis Bagrev 14:47 126 Terukazu Omori 14:48 127 Yevgeniy Yurkevich 14:51 128 Bahadur Singh 14:52 129 Bakhodur Boimuradov 14:58 130 Mark Miles 14:58 131 Joel Rosario 15:04 132 Uldar Nuraliev 15:05 133 Mahmoud Ayach 15:05 134 Gairat Nigmatov 15:12 135 Albert Shamsiyev 15:19 136 Djamched Rasulov 15:21 137 Ahmad El Darkouchi 15:21 138 Aleksandr Voran 15:23 139 Fortunato Yaccob 15:26 140 Nozimjon Irmatov 15:34 141 Kemal Tuvakuliyev 15:37 142 Richard Muscat 15:42 143 Junji Konomi 15:44 144 Serdar Gandymov 15:53 145 Jacques Diab 15:57 146 Liam Byrne 15:57 147 Mohamed Al-Bayed 16:05 148 Nazar Begliyev 16:10 149 Sergey Yakovlev 16:19 150 Vladimir Escajadillo 16:27 151 Salimjon Ortykov 16:28 152 Desimir Gajic 17:16 153 Lee Calderon 17:30 154 Louis Chichon 17:41 155 James Parody 18:02 156 Yevgeniy Nujdin 18:54 — Sergio López DNF — Antonio Fabián Silio DNS — José Alberto Montenegro DNS — Jean-Paul Gahimbaré DNS — Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga DNS — Hilaire Ntirampeba DNS — Emmanuel Murenzi DNS — Jean Baptiste Simukeka DNS — Ahmed Saeed Hassan DNS — Maximillian Iranqe DNS — Alí Hakimi DNS — Mike Fokorani DNS — Farai Nemahwedza DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Enock Koech 1 Benjamin Limo 3 Sammy Kipketer 4 Cyrus Kataron 5 (Albert Chepkurui) (6) (John Kibowen) (7) 13 Brahim Boulami 9 Adil Kaouch 11 Saïd El Wardi 12 Mohamed Amyn 16 (Youssef Baba) (22) (Brahim Jabbour) (89) 48 Kenenisa Bekele 2 Haylu Mekonnen 10 Dagne Alemu 13 Alemayehu Girma 26 (Beruk Debrework) (30) (Mesfin Hailu) (81) 51 4 Brad Hauser 15 Tim Broe 18 Andy Downin 19 Tony Cosey 39 (Clint Wells) (41) (Dan Browne) (85) 91 5 Antonio Jiménez 31 José Luis Blanco 35 José Manuel Martínez 37 Anacleto Jiménez 68 (Pablo Villalobos) (86) (Jesús España) (111) 171 6 Luis Jesús 23 João Junqueira 42 José Ramos 48 Manuel Silva 70 (Carlos Calado) (87) 183 7 Kevin Sullivan 29 Joël Bourgeois 44 Sean Kaley 52 Jeremy Deere 62 (Matt Kerr) (78) 187 8 Luciano Di Pardo 20 Roland Weissteiner 49 Lorenzo Perrone 53 Christian Obrist 71 (Domenico D'Ambrosio) (83) (Mauro Casagrande) (99) 193 9 Blair Martin 36 Hamish Thorpe 45 Adrian Blincoe 57 Simon Maunder 58 196 10 Spencer Barden 27 Christian Stephenson 38 Glen Stewart 56 Rob Whalley 75 (Angus MacLean) (77) (Mark Miles) (130) 196 11 Rustam Yakupov 40 Dmitriy Maksimov 46 Sergey Lukin 51 Sergey Drygin 61 198 12 John Yuda 14 John Nada Saya 32 Julius Gidabuday 74 Musa Ninga 79 (Daniel Gidombada) (116) 199 13 Lotfi Turki 25 Rached Amor 66 Ahmed Issaoui 72 Hedi Khalfallah 73 (Mehdi Khelifi) (108) 236 14 Samir Benfarès 33 Badre din Zioini 55 Fabrice Chomaud 64 Khalid Zoubaa 97 249 15 Javier Carriqueo 43 Oscar Cortínez 47 Fabián Campanini 91 José Mansilla 118 299 16 Tom Compernolle 65 Ridouane Es-Saadi 96 Frédéric Desmedt 100 Patrick Grammens 113 (Jürgen Vandewiele) (119) (Joeri Jansen) (122) 374 17 Jeroen van Dijke 76 Sander Schutgens 95 Maurice van Veldhoven 101 Eelco de Voogt 106 (Ad Verweij) (115) 378 18 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 69 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 90 Fouly Salem 105 Mostafa Shalaby 123 387 19 Raúl Mora 88 Carlos Jaramillo 94 Cristian Hidalgo 103 Jonathan Monje 104 (Sergio López) (DNF) 389 20 Vijay Pal 82 Arun D'Souza 93 Kuldeep Kumar 98 Bahadur Singh 128 401 21 Aleksandr Busel 112 Viktor Vasilyonok 124 Yevgeniy Yurkevich 127 Aleksandr Voran 138 501 22 Sergey Zabavskiy 121 Bakhodur Boimuradov 129 Gairat Nigmatov 134 Djamched Rasulov 136 (Nozimjon Irmatov) (140) (Salimjon Ortykov) (151) 520 23 Ivan Kibiryov 109 Uldar Nuraliev 132 Albert Shamsiyev 135 Yevgeniy Nujdin 156 532 24 Mohamad Ayache 120 Mahmoud Ayach 133 Ahmad El Darkouchi 137 Jacques Diab 145 535 25 Kemal Tuvakuliyev 141 Serdar Gandymov 144 Nazar Begliyev 148 Sergey Yakovlev 149 582 26 Richard Muscat 142 Liam Byrne 146 Lee Calderon 153 Louis Chichon 154 (James Parody) (155) 595 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 157 athletes from 47 countries in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from and did not show.

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See also 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's 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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