The Senior men's race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan, on March 28, 2009. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

Race results Senior men's race (12 km) Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 35:02 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 35:04 Zersenay Tadese 35:04 4 Leonard Patrick Komon 35:05 5 Habtamu Fikadu 35:06 6 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio 35:08 7 Mark Kosgey Kiptoo 35:11 8 Chakir Boujattaoui 35:12 9 Teklemariam Medhin 35:14 10 Hunegnaw Mesfin 35:16 11 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop 35:17 12 Feyisa Lilesa 35:22 13 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 35:28 14 Mangata Kimai Ndiwa 35:32 15 Dino Sefir 35:49 16 Samuel Tsegay 35:51 17 Tadese Tola 35:52 18 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah 36:04 19 Geofrey Kusuro 36:07 20 Felix Kikwai Kibore 36:14 21 Nicholas Kiprono 36:16 22 Samson Kiflemariam 36:20 23 Stephen Kiprotich 36:23 24 Issak Sibhatu 36:25 25 Linus Kipwambok Chumba 36:29 26 Carles Castillejo 36:30 27 Ahmed Baday 36:35 28 Gamal Belal Salem 36:37 29 Collis Birmingham 36:38 30 Ayad Lamdassem 36:39 31 Alemayehu Bezabeh 36:41 32 Stephen Mokoka 36:47 33 Ryan Vail 36:54 34 Brahim Beloua 36:55 35 Khoudir Aggoune 36:55 36 Michael Shelley 36:58 37 Robert Curtis 37:00 38 Mouhssin Moubssit 37:02 39 Faustin Musa 37:03 40 Max King 37:05 41 Moorosi Soke 37:05 42 Gervais Hakizimana 37:07 43 Ben Siwa 37:07 44 Felix Ntirenganya 37:07 45 José Rocha 37:09 46 Mourad Marofit 37:10 47 Suehiro Ishikawa 37:11 48 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 37:17 49 Javier Carriqueo 37:20 50 Jeffrey Gwebu 37:21 51 Tshamano Setone 37:27 52 Sylvain Rukundo 37:29 53 Francisco Javier López 37:31 54 Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah 37:32 55 Essa Ismail Rashed 37:36 56 Kidane Tadasse 37:37 57 Elisante William 37:38 58 Edwardo Torres 37:38 59 Seigo Ikegami 37:38 60 Ed Moran 37:42 61 Gabriele De Nard 37:43 62 José Luis Blanco 37:44 63 Morhad Amdouni 37:45 64 Hiroyoshi Umegae 37:47 65 Adilson Dolberth 37:48 66 Tonny Wamulwa 37:49 67 Manuel Ángel Penas 37:49 68 Mark Kenneally 37:50 69 Liam Adams 37:50 70 Suliman Alghodran 37:55 71 Chauncy Master 37:57 72 Licinio Pimentel 37:57 73 El-Mokhtar Benhari 37:57 74 Frank Tickner 37:58 75 Brett Gotcher 38:01 76 Naoki Okamoto 38:02 77 Ihar Tsetserukou 38:04 78 Andrew Vernon 38:04 79 Eduardo Mbengani 38:05 80 James Kibet 38:06 81 Benjamin Malaty 38:08 82 Eric Sebahire 38:11 83 Manuel Damião 38:11 84 Claudir Rodrigues 38:13 85 Peter Sulle 38:13 86 Philip Nicholls 38:15 87 Michael Skinner 38:22 88 Cheng Tao 38:29 89 Methkal Abu Drais 38:30 90 Denis Mayaud 38:33 91 Lee Merrien 38:35 92 Sérgio Da Silva 38:40 93 Musa Amer Obaid 38:42 94 Makoto Fukui 38:43 95 Sibusiso Nzima 39:03 96 Keith Gerrard 39:03 97 Miguel Barzola 39:09 98 Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud 39:11 99 Shepherd Kenatshele 39:14 100 Kaelo Mosalagae 39:22 101 Richard Kalumba 39:23 102 Yohan Durand 39:25 103 Linos Chintali 39:28 104 Sebastian Hallmann 39:29 105 Saheed Khan 39:30 106 Ayman Al Rubaiat 39:30 107 Kgosi Tsosane 39:31 108 Abdel Fattah Zaki Abdelhalem 39:34 109 Alex Genest 39:34 110 Joël Bourgeois 39:42 111 Sevak Yeghikyan 39:43 112 Ahmed Hassein Hassein 39:44 113 Ramoseka Raobine 39:54 114 Rached Amor 40:02 115 Unaswi Dambe 40:14 116 Lin Xiangqian 40:15 117 Hussein Momani 40:21 118 Hassan Hirt 40:29 119 Sotyvoldy Khaitov 40:34 120 Yovanny Adames 40:53 121 Hamza Al-Madahna 40:54 122 Ahmed Bakry 41:12 123 Khaled Giaeda 41:24 124 Hassan Marzouk Eisa 41:35 125 Mahmood Alrashedi 41:38 126 Derek Nakluski 41:40 127 Raouf Boubaker 41:55 128 Jeiran Khoperia 42:02 129 Ahmad Alibrahim 42:17 130 Ahmad Aljafal 42:34 131 Qais Salim Al-Mahroqi 42:40 132 Mohammad Moharm Hmadallah 42:44 133 Antoine Simon Labiche 42:50 134 Noori Al-Darraji 43:05 135 Samir Pashayev 43:16 136 Ali Salih 43:27 137 Abdulzahra Al-Mohammedawi 44:29 — Abdel Naser Mohamed Awajna DNF — Marvin Blanco DNF — Bashar Mahmoud Irheil Al-Kufrini DNF — Hélder Ornelas DNF — Abdelrhani El Aouad DNF — Daniel Da Silva DNF — Rui Pedro Silva DNF — Gladson Barbosa DNF — Oliver Kandiero DNS — Jonathan Chinyoka DNS — Elmore Sibanda DNS — Samwel Shauri DNS — Cuthbert Nyasango DNS — Ezekiel Jafari Ngimba DNS — Wirimai Juwawo DNS — Nkosiyazi Sibanda DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Leonard Patrick Komon 4 Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio 6 Mark Kosgey Kiptoo 7 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop 11 (Mangata Kimai Ndiwa) (14) (Linus Kipwambok Chumba) (25) 28 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 1 Habtamu Fikadu 5 Hunegnaw Mesfin 10 Feyisa Lilesa 12 (Dino Sefir) (15) (Tadese Tola) (17) 28 Zersenay Tadese 3 Teklemariam Medhin 9 Samuel Tsegay 16 Samson Kiflemariam 22 (Issak Sibhatu) (24) (Kidane Tadasse) (56) 50 4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 2 Geofrey Kusuro 19 Nicholas Kiprono 21 Stephen Kiprotich 23 (Ben Siwa) (43) (James Kibet) (80) (65) 5 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 13 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah 18 Felix Kikwai Kibore 20 Gamal Belal Salem 28 (Essa Ismail Rashed) (55) (Musa Amer Obaid) (93) 79 6 Chakir Boujattaoui 8 Ahmed Baday 27 Brahim Beloua 34 Mouhssin Moubssit 38 (Mourad Marofit) (46) (Abdelrhani El Aouad) (DNF) 107 7 Carles Castillejo 26 Ayad Lamdassem 30 Alemayehu Bezabeh 31 Francisco Javier López 53 (José Luis Blanco) (62) (Manuel Ángel Penas) (67) 140 8 Ryan Vail 33 Robert Curtis 37 Max King 40 Edwardo Torres 58 (Ed Moran) (60) (Brett Gotcher) (75) 168 9 Stephen Mokoka 32 Moorosi Soke 41 Jeffrey Gwebu 50 Tshamano Setone 51 (Sibusiso Nzima) (95) (Kgosi Tsosane) (107) 174 10 Gervais Hakizimana 42 Felix Ntirenganya 44 Jean Baptiste Simukeka 48 Sylvain Rukundo 52 (Eric Sebahire) (82) 186 11 Suehiro Ishikawa 47 Seigo Ikegami 59 Hiroyoshi Umegae 64 Naoki Okamoto 76 (Makoto Fukui) (94) 246 12 José Rocha 45 Licinio Pimentel 72 Eduardo Mbengani 79 Manuel Damião 83 (Hélder Ornelas) (DNF) (Rui Pedro Silva) (DNF) 279 13 Morhad Amdouni 63 El-Mokhtar Benhari 73 Benjamin Malaty 81 Denis Mayaud 90 (Yohan Durand) (102) (Hassan Hirt) (118) 307 14 Frank Tickner 74 Andrew Vernon 78 Philip Nicholls 86 Michael Skinner 87 (Lee Merrien) (91) (Keith Gerrard) (96) 325 15 Suliman Alghodran 70 Methkal Abu Drais 89 Ayman Al Rubaiat 106 Hussein Momani 117 (Hamza Al-Madahna) (121) (Bashar Mahmoud Irheil Al-Kufrini) (DNF) 382 16 Shepherd Kenatshele 99 Kaelo Mosalagae 100 Ramoseka Raobine 113 Unaswi Dambe 115 427 17 Saheed Khan 105 Alex Genest 109 Joël Bourgeois 110 Derek Nakluski 126 450 18 Abdel Fattah Zaki Abdelhalem 108 Ahmed Hassein Hassein 112 Ahmed Bakry 122 Hassan Marzouk Eisa 124 (Mohammad Moharm Hmadallah) (132) 466 19 Mahmood Alrashedi 125 Noori Al-Darraji 134 Ali Salih 136 Abdulzahra Al-Mohammedawi 137 532 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 145 athletes from 44 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from did not show.

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See also 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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