1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warszawa, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]

Senior men's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition15th
DateMarch 22
Host cityWarszawa, Poland Poland
VenueSłużewiec Racecourse
Events1
Distances11.95 km – Senior men
Participation278 athletes from
38 nations

Complete results,[3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes[5] were published.

Race results edit

Senior men's race (11.95 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  John Ngugi   Kenya 36:07
  Paul Kipkoech   Kenya 36:07
  Paul Arpin   France 36:51
4 Abebe Mekonnen   Ethiopia 36:53
5 Some Muge   Kenya 36:54
6 Andrew Masai   Kenya 37:01
7 Pat Porter   United States 37:04
8 Paul McCloy   Canada 37:08
9 Bruno Le Stum   France 37:09
10 Dave Clarke   England 37:10
11 Steve Moneghetti   Australia 37:11
12 Ed Eyestone   United States 37:11
13 Francesco Panetta   Italy 37:12
14 José Regalo   Portugal 37:13
15 Pierre Levisse   France 37:13
16 John Halvorsen   Norway 37:14
17 Haji Bulbula   Ethiopia 37:14
18 Moses Tanui   Kenya 37:17
19 Vincent Rousseau   Belgium 37:25
20 Carl Thackery   England 37:25
21 Sisa Kirati   Kenya 37:28
22 Kevin Forster   England 37:30
23 Steve Binns   England 37:31
24 Steve Plasencia   United States 37:31
25 Constantino Esparcia   Spain 37:31
26 Gelindo Bordin   Italy 37:33
27 Wodajo Bulti   Ethiopia 37:37
28 Vicente Polo   Spain 37:38
29 Wolde Silasse Melkessa   Ethiopia 37:39
30 David Burridge   New Zealand 37:42
31 Stanley Mandebele   Zimbabwe 37:42
32 Marco Gozzano   Italy 37:43
33 Craig Mochrie   England 37:43
34 Kazuya Nishimoto   Japan 37:43
35 John Woods   Ireland 37:44
36 Severino Bernardini   Italy 37:45
37 Fernando Mamede   Portugal 37:46
38 Jonathan Richards   England 37:47
39 Melese Feissa   Ethiopia 37:48
40 Nat Muir   Scotland 37:49
41 Joaquim Pinheiro   Portugal 37:49
42 Abel Antón   Spain 37:51
43 Tim Hutchings   England 37:51
44 Konrad Dobler   West Germany 37:52
45 Bekele Debele   Ethiopia 37:53
46 Paul Roden   England 37:56
47 Jos Maes   Belgium 37:57
48 Boniface Merande   Kenya 37:57
49 Habib Romdani   Tunisia 37:58
50 Ezequiel Canario   Portugal 37:59
51 El Hachami Abdenouz   Algeria 38:00
52 Arnold Mächler    Switzerland 38:01
53 Habte Negash   Ethiopia 38:01
54 Salvatore Bettiol   Italy 38:02
55 Emmanuel Goulin   France 38:02
56 Fethi Manai   Tunisia 38:03
57 Lars-Erik Nilsson   Sweden 38:04
58 Jarl Gaute Aase   Norway 38:04
59 Martin McLoughlin   England 38:05
60 Krzysztof Wesołowski   Poland 38:08
61 Juan José Rosario   Spain 38:08
62 Franco Boffi   Italy 38:09
63 Dionísio Castro   Portugal 38:10
64 Eddy De Pauw   Belgium 38:11
65 Peter Butler   Canada 38:11
66 Abderrazak Gtari   Tunisia 38:11
67 Samuel Nyangincha   Kenya 38:11
68 Thierry Pantel   France 38:12
69 Martin Vrabel   Czechoslovakia 38:12
70 Chala Urgessa   Ethiopia 38:12
71 Kozu Akutsu   Japan 38:14
72 Ralf Salzmann   West Germany 38:15
73 Erik De Beck   Belgium 38:16
74 Ken Moloney   New Zealand 38:17
75 Shuichi Yoneshige   Japan 38:17
76 John Jenkins   Wales 38:18
77 Mats Erixon   Sweden 38:18
78 Peter Van de Kerkhove   Belgium 38:19
79 Rex Wilson   New Zealand 38:19
80 Mahieddine Belhadj   Algeria 38:20
81 Valentin Rodríguez   Spain 38:22
82 Bogusław Mamiński   Poland 38:26
83 Jan Huruk   Poland 38:27
84 Peter Brett   Australia 38:28
85 Bernd Bürger   West Germany 38:30
86 Helge Dolsvåg   Norway 38:30
87 George Nicholas   United States 38:30
88 Shuzo Nakajima   Japan 38:31
89 Mahmoud Hazzazi   Algeria 38:33
90 Jan Hagelbrand   Sweden 38:34
91 Gregor Cameron   New Zealand 38:34
92 Paul O'Callaghan   Ireland 38:35
93 Tonnie Dirks   Netherlands 38:36
94 Art Boileau   Canada 38:36
95 Jean-Yves Berau   France 38:36
96 Negatu Seyoum   Ethiopia 38:36
97 William Vanhuylenbroek   Belgium 38:37
98 Graeme Fell   Canada 38:37
99 Paul Wheeler   Wales 38:38
100 Roy Dooney   Ireland 38:38
101 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann   West Germany 38:39
102 Abdelhak Henane   Algeria 38:40
103 Santiago Llorente   Spain 38:42
104 António Pinto   Portugal 38:43
105 Aart Stigter   Netherlands 38:44
106 Cándido Alario   Spain 38:45
107 Steve Jones   Wales 38:45
108 Brad Camp   Australia 38:46
109 Rob Lonergan   Canada 38:46
110 Diamantino dos Santos   Brazil 38:46
111 Giuseppe Miccoli   Italy 38:47
112 Zdenek Mezulianik   Czechoslovakia 38:47
113 Doug Cronkite   Canada 38:47
114 Alejandro Gómez   Spain 38:48
115 Spiridon Andreopoulos   Greece 38:49
116 Lasmani Merzougui   Algeria 38:49
117 Marc Borghans   Netherlands 38:49
118 Axel Hardy   West Germany 38:50
119 Sławomir Gurny   Poland 38:50
120 Mike Bishop   Wales 38:50
121 Dag Øxnevad   Norway 38:50
122 Jonny Danielson   Sweden 38:51
123 Vincent Kibiwott   Kenya 38:51
124 Mohamed Difallah   Algeria 38:52
125 Truls Nygaard   Norway 38:52
126 Gianni Demadonna   Italy 38:52
127 David Barney   United States 38:54
128 Peter McColgan   Northern Ireland 38:54
129 Fernando Couto   Portugal 38:55
130 Mohamed Salah Rajhi   Tunisia 38:56
131 Antonio Prieto   Spain 38:57
132 Melusi Ndhlela   Zimbabwe 38:57
133 Farai Kamucheka   Zimbabwe 38:59
134 Chris Buckley   Wales 39:02
135 Willy Goddaert   Belgium 39:03
136 Ieuan Ellis   Wales 39:03
137 Terence Mitchell   Scotland 39:07
138 Jacques Krähenbühl    Switzerland 39:09
139 Gerry Deegan   Ireland 39:09
140 Patric Nilsson   Sweden 39:10
141 Herman Hofstee   Netherlands 39:10
142 Zdenek Moravcik   Czechoslovakia 39:10
143 Alain Bordeleau   Canada 39:12
144 Brahim Ayachi   Tunisia 39:12
145 Bogusław Psujek   Poland 39:14
146 John Robson   Scotland 39:15
147 Pierre-Andre Gobet    Switzerland 39:16
148 Michel Franssen   Netherlands 39:19
149 Chris Robison   Scotland 39:19
150 Cyrille Laventure   France 39:20
151 Rebai Settouh   Algeria 39:20
152 Tommy Murray   Scotland 39:20
153 Tadayoshi Kametaka   Japan 39:22
154 James Fallon   Ireland 39:22
155 David Rush   New Zealand 39:23
156 Adam Hoyle   Australia 39:23
157 Andrzej Malicki   Poland 39:23
158 Oddmund Roalkvam   Norway 39:26
159 Adelaziz Bouguerra   Tunisia 39:26
160 Marius Hasler    Switzerland 39:26
161 Douglas Tolson   United States 39:30
162 Brahim Boudina   Algeria 39:30
163 Miroslav Bauckmann   Czechoslovakia 39:31
164 Kazimierz Lasecki   Poland 39:31
165 Håkan Börjesson   Sweden 39:31
166 Martin Stock   Australia 39:32
167 Niels Kim Hjorth   Denmark 39:33
168 Rainer Gutschank   West Germany 39:34
169 Gentil de Mello   Brazil 39:35
170 Kerry Rodger   New Zealand 39:36
171 Fotios Kourtis   Greece 39:37
172 Nicos Vasiliou   Cyprus 39:38
173 Luis Horta   Portugal 39:39
174 Thierry Watrice   France 39:42
175 James Mutsimba   Zimbabwe 39:43
176 Nicolas Nyengerai   Zimbabwe 39:43
177 Gerard Barrett   Australia 39:44
178 Gerry Craig   Ireland 39:46
179 Chris Tobin   New Zealand 39:48
180 Neil Tennant   Scotland 39:48
181 Charles Haskett   Scotland 39:49
182 Shane Marshall   New Zealand 39:54
183 Khristos Papakhristos   Greece 39:55
184 Satoshi Yano   Japan 39:55
185 Clovis Estevam   Brazil 39:56
186 Alberto Cova   Italy 39:57
187 Konstantin Kyriazis   Greece 39:58
188 Mark Kirk   Northern Ireland 39:59
189 Markus Graf    Switzerland 40:00
190 Deon McNeilly   Northern Ireland 40:01
191 Geoffrey Wade   Northern Ireland 40:03
192 Ross Copestake   Scotland 40:04
193 Norman Tinkham   Canada 40:05
194 Thomas Sørensen   Denmark 40:08
195 Raymond Pannier   France 40:09
196 Allister Hutton   Scotland 40:10
197 Zephaniah Ncube   Zimbabwe 40:10
198 Robert Hodge   United States 40:13
199 Tony Simmons   Wales 40:16
200 Hichem Oueslati   Tunisia 40:19
201 Peter Govaerts   Belgium 40:19
202 Jolar de Azevedo   Brazil 40:20
203 Hari Singh   India 40:21
204 John Christiansen   Denmark 40:24
205 Gerald Neely   Northern Ireland 40:25
206 Emmanuel Handzos   Greece 40:25
207 Elias de Moura   Brazil 40:26
208 Philippe Lahuerte   Canada 40:28
209 Romuald Krupanek   Poland 40:29
210 Richard Mulligan   Ireland 40:29
211 Tomasz Kozłowski   Poland 40:31
212 Brendan Downey   Ireland 40:33
213 Kurt Huerst    Switzerland 40:33
214 Markus Hacksteiner    Switzerland 40:36
215 Ezzedine Amdouni   Tunisia 40:36
216 Zeki Öztürk   Turkey 40:37
217 John McDowell   Northern Ireland 40:39
218 Jamie Harrison   Australia 40:39
219 Anastasiou Psathas   Greece 40:44
220 Jan-Erik Arvidsson   Sweden 40:45
221 Guido Sasse   Netherlands 40:47
222 Chauhan Jagat Singh   India 40:49
223 Randy Reina   United States 40:51
224 Mohamed Hammami   Tunisia 40:57
225 Hsu Gi-Sheng   Chinese Taipei 41:01
226 Gregorio Lavandoski   Brazil 41:06
227 Savas Koubouras   Greece 41:08
228 Basil Brown   Jamaica 41:09
229 Marc van Rooy   Netherlands 41:11
230 Gerard Kiernan   Ireland 41:13
231 Ernie Cunningham   Northern Ireland 41:14
232 Shivkumar Shreshta   India 41:15
233 Amit Ne'eman   Israel 41:31
234 Linton McKenzie   Jamaica 41:37
235 Mohamed Idriss   Egypt 41:39
236 Ashok Kumar   India 41:40
237 Isao Saito   Japan 41:40
238 Surender Pal Singh   India 41:41
239 Prem Singh   India 41:43
240 Fotios Bourkoulas   Greece 41:51
241 Liu Chang-Chung   Chinese Taipei 41:56
242 João Pereira   Brazil 41:58
243 Pyara Singh   India 41:59
244 Derick Adamson   Jamaica 42:03
245 Nigel Adams   Wales 42:05
246 Ho Hsin-Ye   Chinese Taipei 42:06
247 David Lonnen   Northern Ireland 42:08
248 Kenji Ide   Japan 42:21
249 Mark Elliott   Jamaica 42:39
250 Chou Hsien-Kuang   Chinese Taipei 42:48
251 Tim Soutar   Hong Kong 42:56
252 Demetrios Thephylactou   Cyprus 42:57
253 Lee Yin-Sheng   Chinese Taipei 43:05
254 Cebert Cooper   Jamaica 43:12
255 Vasilios Chimonis   Cyprus 43:14
256 Kharalambos Pratsis   Cyprus 43:20
257 Wu Yu-Chia   Chinese Taipei 43:42
258 Kamel Amine Taha   Egypt 43:43
259 John Walsh   Northern Ireland 43:44
260 Mohamed Haremes   Egypt 43:50
261 Efthymious Loizi   Cyprus 43:52
262 Joseph Crossley   Hong Kong 43:55
263 Maurice Szeto-Jan   Hong Kong 44:05
264 Paul Smith   Jamaica 44:13
265 Nikólaos Leonidou   Cyprus 44:18
266 Alvin Bernard   Jamaica 44:23
267 Hsu Kuang-Piao   Chinese Taipei 44:37
268 Wong Chung Man   Hong Kong 45:00
269 Hon Kwai Kwok   Hong Kong 45:13
270 Andreas Anastasoiu   Cyprus 45:24
271 Wong Ip Chor   Hong Kong 45:27
272 Georgios Kyriacou   Cyprus 45:37
273 Wong Sai Hine   Hong Kong 45:39
274 Ming Kuen Hon   Hong Kong 46:31
Domingos Castro   Portugal DNF
Peder Poulsen   Sweden DNF
Engelbert Franz   West Germany DNF
Thorsten Jakobsson   Sweden DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
John Ngugi 1
Paul Kipkoech 2
Some Muge 5
Andrew Masai 6
Moses Tanui 18
Sisa Kirati 21
(Boniface Merande) (48)
(Samuel Nyangincha) (67)
(Vincent Kibiwott) (123)
53
    England
Dave Clarke 10
Carl Thackery 20
Kevin Forster 22
Steve Binns 23
Craig Mochrie 33
Jonathan Richards 38
(Tim Hutchings) (43)
(Paul Roden) (46)
(Martin McLoughlin) (59)
146
    Ethiopia
Abebe Mekonnen 4
Haji Bulbula 17
Wodajo Bulti 27
Wolde Silasse Melkessa 29
Melese Feissa 39
Bekele Debele 45
(Habte Negash) (53)
(Chala Urgessa) (70)
(Negatu Seyoum) (96)
161
4   Italy
Francesco Panetta 13
Gelindo Bordin 26
Marco Gozzano 32
Severino Bernardini 36
Salvatore Bettiol 54
Franco Boffi 62
(Giuseppe Miccoli) (111)
(Gianni Demadonna) (126)
(Alberto Cova) (186)
223
5   France
Paul Arpin 3
Bruno Le Stum 9
Pierre Levisse 15
Emmanuel Goulin 55
Thierry Pantel 68
Jean-Yves Berau 95
(Cyrille Laventure) (150)
(Thierry Watrice) (174)
(Raymond Pannier) (195)
245
6   Portugal
José Regalo 14
Fernando Mamede 37
Joaquim Pinheiro 41
Ezequiel Canario 50
Dionísio Castro 63
António Pinto 104
(Fernando Couto) (129)
(Luis Horta) (173)
(Domingos Castro) (DNF)
309
7   Spain
Constantino Esparcia 25
Vicente Polo 28
Abel Antón 42
Juan José Rosario 61
Valentin Rodríguez 81
Santiago Llorente 103
(Cándido Alario) (106)
(Alejandro Gómez) (114)
(Antonio Prieto) (131)
340
8   Belgium
Vincent Rousseau 19
Jos Maes 47
Eddy de Pauw 64
Eric de Beck 73
Peter Van de Kerkhove 78
Willy van Huylenbroeck 97
(Willy Goddaert) (135)
(Peter Govaerts) (201)
378
9   United States
Pat Porter 7
Ed Eyestone 12
Steve Plasencia 24
George Nicholas 87
David Barney 127
Douglas Tolson 161
(Robert Hodge) (198)
(Randy Reina) (223)
418
10   Canada
Paul McCloy 8
Peter Butler 65
Art Boileau 94
Graeme Fell 98
Rob Lonergan 109
Doug Cronkite 113
(Alain Bordeleau) (143)
(Norman Tinkham) (193)
(Philippe Lahuerte) (208)
487
11   Algeria
El Hachami Abdenouz 51
Mahieddine Belhadj 80
Mahmoud Hazzazi 89
Abdelhak Henane 102
Lasmani Merzougui 116
Mohamed Difallah 124
(Rebai Settouh) (151)
(Brahim Boudina) (162)
562
12   Norway
John Halvorsen 16
Jarl Gaute Aase 58
Helge Dolsvåg 86
Dag Øxnevad 121
Truls Nygaard 125
Oddmund Roalkvam 158
564
13   West Germany
Konrad Dobler 44
Ralf Salzmann 72
Bernd Bürger 85
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 101
Axel Hardy 118
Rainer Gutschank 168
(Engelbert Franz) (DNF)
588
14   New Zealand
David Burridge 30
Ken Moloney 74
Rex Wilson 79
Gregor Cameron 91
David Rush 155
Kerry Rodger 170
(Chris Tobin) (179)
(Shane Marshall) (182)
599
15   Tunisia
Habib Romdani 49
Fethi Manai 56
Abderrazak Gtari 66
Mohamed Salah Rajhi 130
Brahim Ayachi 144
Adelaziz Bouguerra 159
(Hichem Oueslati) (200)
(Ezzedine Amdouni) (215)
(Mohamed Hammami) (224)
604
16   Japan
Kazuya Nishimoto 34
Kozu Akutsu 71
Shuichi Yoneshige 75
Shuzo Nakajima 88
Tadayoshi Kametaka 153
Satoshi Yano 184
(Isao Saito) (237)
(Kenji Ide) (248)
605
17   Poland
Krzysztof Wesołowski 60
Bogusław Mamiński 82
Jan Huruk 83
Sławomir Gurny 119
Bogusław Psujek 145
Andrzej Malicki 157
(Kazimierz Lasecki) (164)
(Romuald Krupanek) (209)
(Tomasz Kozłowski) (211)
646
18   Sweden
Lars-Erik Nilsson 57
Mats Erixon 77
Jan Hagelbrand 90
Jonny Danielson 122
Patric Nilsson 140
Håkan Börjesson 165
(Jan-Erik Arvidsson) (220)
(Peder Poulsen) (DNF)
(Thorsten Jakobsson) (DNF)
651
19   Wales
John Jenkins 76
Paul Wheeler 99
Steve Jones 107
Mike Bishop 120
Chris Buckley 134
Ieuan Ellis 136
(Tony Simmons) (199)
(Nigel Adams) (245)
672
20   Ireland
John Woods 35
Paul O'Callaghan 92
Roy Dooney 100
Gerry Deegan 139
James Fallon 154
Gerry Craig 178
(Richard Mulligan) (210)
(Brendan Downey) (212)
(Gerard Kiernan) (230)
698
21   Australia
Steve Moneghetti 11
Peter Brett 84
Brad Camp 108
Adam Hoyle 156
Martin Stock 166
Gerard Barrett 177
(Jamie Harrison) (218)
702
22   Scotland
Nat Muir 40
Terence Mitchell 137
John Robson 146
Chris Robison 149
Tommy Murray 152
Neil Tennant 180
(Charles Haskett) (181)
(Ross Copestake) (192)
(Allister Hutton) (196)
804
23   Netherlands
Tonnie Dirks 93
Aart Stigter 105
Marc Borghans 117
Herman Hofstee 141
Michel Franssen 148
Guido Sasse 221
(Marc van Rooy) (229)
825
24   Zimbabwe
Stanley Mandebele 31
Melusi Ndhlela 132
Farai Kamucheka 133
James Mutsimba 175
Nicolas Nyengerai 176
Zephaniah Ncube 197
844
25    Switzerland
Arnold Mächler 52
Jacques Krähenbühl 138
Pierre-Andre Gobet 147
Marius Hasler 160
Markus Graf 189
Kurt Huerst 213
(Markus Hacksteiner) (214)
899
26   Greece
Spiridon Andreopoulos 115
Fotios Kourtis 171
Khristos Papakhristos 183
Konstantin Kyriazis 187
Emmanuel Handzos 206
Anastasiou Psathas 219
(Savas Koubouras) (227)
(Fotios Bourkoulas) (240)
1081
27   Brazil
Diamantino dos Santos 110
Gentil de Mello 169
Clovis Estevam 185
Jolar de Azevedo 202
Elias de Moura 207
Gregorio Lavandoski 226
(João Pereira) (242)
1099
28   Northern Ireland
Peter McColgan 128
Mark Kirk 188
Deon McNeilly 190
Geoffrey Wade 191
Gerald Neely 205
John McDowell 217
(Ernie Cunningham) (231)
(David Lonnen) (247)
(John Walsh) (259)
1119
29   India
Hari Singh 203
Chauhan Jagat Singh 222
Shivkumar Shreshta 232
Ashok Kumar 236
Surender Pal Singh 238
Prem Singh 239
(Pyara Singh) (243)
1370
30   Cyprus
Nicos Vasiliou 172
Demetrios Thephylactou 252
Vasilios Chimonis 255
Kharalambos Pratsis 256
Efthymious Loizi 261
Nikólaos Leonidou 265
(Andreas Anastasoiu) (270)
(Georgios Kyriacou) (272)
1461
31   Chinese Taipei
Hsu Gi-Sheng 225
Liu Chang-Chung 241
Ho Hsin-Ye 246
Chou Hsien-Kuang 250
Lee Yin-Sheng 253
Wu Yu-Chia 257
(Hsu Kuang-Piao) (267)
1472
32   Jamaica
Basil Brown 228
Linton McKenzie 234
Derick Adamson 244
Mark Elliott 249
Cebert Cooper 254
Paul Smith 264
(Alvin Bernard) (266)
1473
33   Hong Kong
Tim Soutar 251
Joseph Crossley 262
Maurice Szeto-Jan 263
Wong Chung Man 268
Hon Kwai Kwok 269
Wong Ip Chor 271
(Wong Sai Hine) (273)
(Ming Kuen Hon) (274)
1584
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 278 athletes from 38 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1987), Lynch's supreme effort just fails in Polish mud - Liz Lynch gave everything she had, and then found a little more, but it was not quite enough to capture the world cross-country title on the freezing muddy wastes of Sluzewiac racecourse this afternoon..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 22, 2013
  2. ^ Sad Lynch comes out second best - Not even the consolidation of the silver medal could bring a smile to the face of Scotland's Liz Lynch after the World Cross Cross Country Championships in Warsaw.., Evening Times, March 23, 1987, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Warszawa Sluzewiec Date: Sunday, March 22, 1987, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
  4. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  5. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013