2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 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.

Individual
†: Hamid El Mouaziz from 🇲🇦 finished 44th in 36:57 min, but was disqualified.

Teams

 * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 141 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from, , 🇸🇱, and 🇹🇯 did not show.


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 * 🇦🇺 australia (5)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (6)
 * 🇧🇮 burundi (3)
 * 🇨🇦 canada (6)
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 * 🇨🇩 congo (1)
 * 🇪🇷 eritrea (5)
 * 🇪🇹 ethiopia (6)
 * 🇫🇷 france (6)
 * 🇮🇪 ireland (6)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (6)
 * 🇯🇵 japan (6)
 * 🇰🇿 kazakhstan (2)
 * 🇰🇪 kenya (6)
 * 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan (1)
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 * 🇲🇽 mexico (2)
 * 🇲🇦 morocco (6)
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 * 🇷🇼 rwanda (4)
 * 🇸🇰 slovakia (1)
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 * 🇪🇸 spain (6)
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 * 🇸🇿 swaziland (1)
 * 🇸🇪 sweden (1)
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 * 🇺🇦 ukraine (3)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (6)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (6)
 * 🇺🇿 uzbekistan (4)
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