2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race explained
The Men's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. 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 (4.208 km)
Individual
| width=5% | Rank | width=20% | Athlete | width=15% | Country | width=10% | Time |
|---|
| align=left | | align=left |  | 12:11 |
| align=left | | align=left |  | 12:18 |
| align=left | | align=left | | 12:20 |
| 4 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:26 |
| 5 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:27 |
| 6 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:30 |
| 7 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:30 |
| 8 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:32 |
| 9 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:33 |
| 10 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:34 |
| 11 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:35 |
| 12 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:35 |
| 13 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:38 |
| 14 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:39 |
| 15 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:39 |
| 16 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:40 |
| 17 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:41 |
| 18 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:42 |
| 19 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:42 |
| 20 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:43 |
| 21 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:43 |
| 22 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:44 |
| 23 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:44 |
| 24 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:45 |
| 25 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:45 |
| 26 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:47 |
| 27 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:49 |
| 28 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:49 |
| 29 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:49 |
| 30 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:50 |
| 31 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:50 |
| 32 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:50 |
| 33 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:51 |
| 34 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:51 |
| 35 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:52 |
| 36 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:52 |
| 37 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:53 |
| 38 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:53 |
| 39 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:53 |
| 40 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:53 |
| 41 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:53 |
| 42 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:54 |
| 43 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:54 |
| 44 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:54 |
| 45 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:54 |
| 46 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:55 |
| 47 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:57 |
| 48 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:57 |
| 49 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:57 |
| 50 | align=left | | align=left |  | 12:58 |
| 51 | align=left | | align=left | | 12:59 |
| 52 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:00 |
| 53 | align=left | | align=left |  | 13:01 |
| 54 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:01 |
| 55 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:01 |
| 56 | align=left | | align=left |  | 13:01 |
| 57 | align=left | | align=left |  | 13:02 |
| 58 | align=left | | align=left |  | 13:02 |
| 59 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:02 |
| 60 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:02 |
| 61 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:03 |
| 62 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:03 |
| 63 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:04 |
| 64 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:04 |
| 65 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:04 |
| 66 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:04 |
| 67 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:06 |
| 68 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:06 |
| 69 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:07 |
| 70 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:08 |
| 71 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:10 |
| 72 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:10 |
| 73 | align=left | | align=left |  | 13:11 |
| 74 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:11 |
| 75 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:12 |
| 76 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:12 |
| 77 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:12 |
| 78 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:13 |
| 79 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:13 |
| 80 | align=left | | align=left |  | 13:14 |
| 81 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:16 |
| 82 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:17 |
| 83 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:18 |
| 84 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:19 |
| 85 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:20 |
| 86 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:21 |
| 87 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:22 |
| 88 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:24 |
| 89 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:24 |
| 90 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:24 |
| 91 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:24 |
| 92 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:25 |
| 93 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:26 |
| 94 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:26 |
| 95 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:26 |
| 96 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:27 |
| 97 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:28 |
| 98 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:28 |
| 99 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:31 |
| 100 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:31 |
| 101 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:37 |
| 102 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:39 |
| 103 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:41 |
| 104 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:45 |
| 105 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:48 |
| 106 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:52 |
| 107 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:55 |
| 108 | align=left | | align=left | | 13:57 |
| 109 | align=left | | align=left |  | 13:58 |
| 110 | align=left | | align=left | | 14:03 |
| 111 | align=left | | align=left |  | 14:08 |
| 112 | align=left | | align=left |  | 14:10 |
| 113 | align=left | | align=left | | 14:11 |
| 114 | align=left | | align=left |  | 14:14 |
| 115 | align=left | | align=left | | 14:16 |
| 116 | align=left | | align=left | | 14:37 |
| 117 | align=left | | align=left | | 14:52 |
| 118 | align=left | | align=left |  | 15:06 |
| 119 | align=left | | align=left | | 15:45 |
| 120 | align=left | | align=left | | 15:46 |
| 121 | align=left | | align=left | | 15:49 |
| 122 | align=left | | align=left |  | 16:18 |
| 123 | align=left | | align=left | | 16:29 |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNF |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left |  | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left | | DNS |
| — | align=left | | align=left |  | DNS | |
Teams
| width=10% | Rank | width=30% | Team | width=10% | Points |
|---|
| align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 2 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 4 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 6 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 8 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Abraham Chebii) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Sammy Kiplagat) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 20 |
| align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 1 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 3 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 13 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 15 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Million Wolde) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Berhanu Addane) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 32 |
| align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 7 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 14 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 16 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 20 | | align=left style="border:0" | (José Luis Blanco) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Iván Hierro) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 57 |
| 4 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 9 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 12 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 24 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 33 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Youssef Baba) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Ali Ezzine) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 78 |
| 5 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 11 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 17 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 36 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 49 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Tony Cosey) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Jonathon Riley) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 113 |
| 6 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 10 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 27 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 28 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 52 | |
| 117 |
| 7 | align=left |  United Kingdom
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 21 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 26 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 35 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 38 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Rob Whalley) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Ben Whitby) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 120 |
| 8 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 5 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 19 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 43 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 53 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Mark Thompson) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 120 |
| 9 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 18 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 25 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 29 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 51 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Salvatore Vincenti) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Angelo Iannelli) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 123 |
| 10 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 23 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 30 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 32 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 44 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Ghalem Allah Djellal) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Merzak Ouldbouchiba) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 129 |
| 11 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 31 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 40 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 41 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 61 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Peter Cardle) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 173 |
| 12 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 22 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 48 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 58 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 62 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Mark Kenneally) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | | align=left style="border:0" | (Gareth Coughlan) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 190 |
| 13 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 39 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 47 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 50 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 55 | | align=left style="border:0" | (Sergey Ivanov) | align=right style="border:0" | (n/s) | |
| 191 |
| 14 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 37 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 42 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 54 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 59 | |
| 192 |
| 15 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 34 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 46 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 56 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 60 | |
| 196 |
| 16 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 45 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 57 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 63 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 64 | |
| 229 |
| 17 | align=left |
| align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 65 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 66 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 67 | | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 68 | |
| 266 | |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 124 athletes from 38 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from,,, and did not show.
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- United Kingdom (6)
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See also
