The Men's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, 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 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 10:54 Isaac Songok 10:55 Adil Kaouch 10:57 4 Benjamin Limo 11:00 5 Ali Abdosh 11:01 6 Adam Goucher 11:02 7 Augustine Choge 11:03 8 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 11:06 9 Saif Saeed Shaheen 11:08 10 Sultan Khamis Zaman 11:08 11 Craig Mottram 11:10 12 Sileshi Sihine 11:12 13 Kevin Sullivan 11:14 14 Hicham Bellani 11:15 15 Khalid El Amri 11:16 16 Khoudir Aggoune 11:17 17 Wilson Busienei 11:17 18 Brimin Kipruto 11:17 19 Ryan Hall 11:18 20 Yusuf Kibet Biwot 11:18 21 Hamid Ezzine 11:19 22 Alejandro Suárez 11:19 23 Jamal Bilal Salem 11:20 24 Musa Amer Obaid 11:20 25 Habtai Kifletsion 11:21 26 Amanuel Waldeselassie 11:21 27 Jorge Torres 11:21 28 Daniel Lincoln 11:21 29 Moses Kipsiro 11:22 30 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 11:22 31 Juan Carlos Higuero 11:24 32 Sébastien Cosson 11:24 33 Ian Dobson 11:25 34 José Luis Blanco 11:25 35 Essa Ismail Rashed 11:25 36 Tarek Boukensa 11:25 37 Carlos García 11:26 38 Mariano Villarubia 11:26 39 Abebe Dinkessa 11:26 40 Mo Farah 11:27 41 David Galván 11:28 42 Martin Dent 11:28 43 James Kwalia 11:29 44 Roberto García 11:30 45 Teodoro Vega 11:30 46 Simon Ayeko 11:30 47 Anis Selmouni 11:30 48 Zenbaba Yegezu 11:30 49 Loïc Letellier 11:30 50 Benjamin Kiplagat 11:31 51 Manuel Damião 11:31 52 Rabah Aboud 11:32 53 Hais Welday 11:33 54 Ali Saïdi-Sief 11:34 55 Gabriele De Nard 11:34 56 Mark Wharmby 11:34 57 Luke Watson 11:35 58 Jeremy Roff 11:35 59 Gian Marco Buttazzo 11:36 60 Kazuhiro Maeda 11:36 61 Ryan McKenzie 11:37 62 Juan Barrios 11:37 63 Moussa Barkaoui 11:38 64 Ben Siwa 11:39 65 Hassan Oubassour 11:44 66 Han Gang 11:44 67 Makoto Tobimatsu 11:45 68 Angus MacLean 11:46 69 Tefai Felfele Yohannes 11:46 70 Luciano Di Pardo 11:47 71 Sello Mahase 11:48 72 Philipp Bandi 11:49 73 Eric Gillis 11:49 74 Giovanni Gualdi 11:50 75 Antar Zerguelaïne 11:50 76 Badre din Zioini 11:50 77 Stefano Scaini 11:50 78 Michal Kaczmarek 11:51 79 Hudson de Souza 11:52 80 Jonathan Monje 11:53 81 Nourreddine Bourfaa 11:54 82 Denis Bagrev 11:56 83 Kazuki Ikenaga 11:56 84 Roberto Echeverría 11:57 85 Rui Silva 11:58 86 Koichiro Nagata 11:58 87 David Byrne 11:59 88 Cristiano Mauricio 12:00 89 Steven Vernon 12:02 90 Marcin Lewandowski 12:03 91 Ma Jifu 12:04 92 Stephanus Steenkamp 12:04 93 Alastair Stevenson 12:04 94 Mandla Maseko 12:06 95 Fabio Cesari 12:06 96 Sergio Lobos 12:06 97 Chen Mingfu 12:07 98 Reid Coolsaet 12:07 99 Modike Lucky Mohale 12:07 100 Pule Hlabahlaba 12:08 101 Li Youcai 12:09 102 Su Wei 12:12 103 Li Zhuhong 12:13 104 Kamil Murzyn 12:14 105 Chris Davies 12:15 106 Yoshitaka Iwamizu 12:17 107 Artem Kossinov 12:20 108 Vincent Kuotane 12:23 109 Ajmal Amirov 12:27 110 Michael Tomlin 12:27 111 Marat Nizamov 12:28 112 Yuichiro Ueno 12:32 113 Enzo Yañez 12:35 114 Amir Garifullin 12:36 115 Marcin Urbanowski 12:39 116 Taylor Milne 12:47 117 Denides Vélez 12:50 118 Alain Kra Kouadio 12:50 119 Kevin Campbell 12:51 120 Kirk Brown 12:52 121 Kashinath T. Aswale 12:54 122 Noce Matital 12:55 123 Wainard Talbert 12:58 124 Hurley Stewart 13:04 125 Juan Almonte 13:05 126 Phillip Edward 13:19 — Alibay Shukurov DNF — Alexander Greaux DNF — Buenaventura Yanez DNS — Andrew Baddeley DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Isaac Songok 2 Benjamin Limo 4 Augustine Choge 7 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 8 (Brimin Kipruto) (18) (Yusuf Kibet Biwot) (20) 21 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Ali Abdosh 5 Sileshi Sihine 12 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 30 (Abebe Dinkessa) (39) (Zenbaba Yegezu) (48) 48 Adil Kaouch 3 Hicham Bellani 14 Khalid El Amri 15 Hamid Ezzine 21 (Anis Selmouni) (47) 53 4 Saif Saeed Shaheen 9 Sultan Khamis Zaman 10 Jamal Bilal Salem 23 Musa Amer Obaid 24 (Essa Ismail Rashed) (35) (James Kwalia) (43) 66 5 Adam Goucher 6 Ryan Hall 19 Jorge Torres 27 Daniel Lincoln 28 (Ian Dobson) (33) (Luke Watson) (57) 80 6 Juan Carlos Higuero 31 José Luis Blanco 34 Carlos García 37 Mariano Villarubia 38 (Roberto García) (44) 140 7 Wilson Busienei 17 Moses Kipsiro 29 Simon Ayeko 46 Benjamin Kiplagat 50 (Ben Siwa) (64) 142 8 Khoudir Aggoune 16 Tarek Boukensa 36 Rabah Aboud 52 Ali Saïdi-Sief 54 (Antar Zerguelaïne) (75) (Nourreddine Bourfaa) (81) 158 9 Alejandro Suárez 22 David Galván 41 Teodoro Vega 45 Juan Barrios 62 170 10 Habtai Kifletsion 25 Amanuel Waldeselassie 26 Hais Welday 53 Tefai Felfele Yohannes 69 173 11 Craig Mottram 11 Martin Dent 42 Jeremy Roff 58 David Byrne 87 (Alastair Stevenson) (93) 198 12 Sébastien Cosson 32 Loïc Letellier 49 Moussa Barkaoui 63 Hassan Oubassour 65 (Badre din Zioini) (76) 209 13 Kevin Sullivan 13 Ryan McKenzie 61 Eric Gillis 73 Cristiano Mauricio 88 (Reid Coolsaet) (98) (Taylor Milne) (116) 235 14 Mo Farah 40 Mark Wharmby 56 Angus MacLean 68 Steven Vernon 89 (Chris Davies) (105) 253 15 Gabriele De Nard 55 Gian Marco Buttazzo 59 Luciano Di Pardo 70 Giovanni Gualdi 74 (Stefano Scaini) (77) (Fabio Cesari) (95) 258 16 Kazuhiro Maeda 60 Makoto Tobimatsu 67 Kazuki Ikenaga 83 Koichiro Nagata 86 (Yoshitaka Iwamizu) (106) (Yuichiro Ueno) (112) 296 17 Han Gang 66 Ma Jifu 91 Chen Mingfu 97 Li Youcai 101 (Su Wei) (102) (Li Zhuhong) (103) 355 18 Sello Mahase 71 Stephanus Steenkamp 92 Mandla Maseko 94 Modike Lucky Mohale 99 (Pule Hlabahlaba) (100) (Vincent Kuotane) (108) 356 19 Jonathan Monje 80 Roberto Echeverria 84 Sergio Lobos 96 Enzo Yañez 113 373 20 Michal Kaczmarek 78 Marcin Lewandowski 90 Kamil Murzyn 104 Marcin Urbanowski 115 387 21 Michael Tomlin 110 Kevin Campbell 119 Kirk Brown 120 Wainard Talbert 123 (Hurley Stewart) (124) (Phillip Edward) (126) 472 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 128 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athlete from did not show.

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See also 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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