1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	16th
Date	March 26
Host city	Auckland, New Zealand
Venue	Ellerslie Racecourse
Events	3
Distances	12 km – Senior men ; 8.031 km – Junior men ; 5.962 km – Senior women
Participation	441 athletes from ; 41 nations
	← 1987 Warszawa 1989 Stavanger →

The 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results for men,^[2] junior men,^[3] women,^[4] medallists, ^[5] and the results of British athletes^[6] were published.

Medallists edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	John Ngugi Kenya	34:32	Paul Kipkoech Kenya	34:54	Kipsubai Koskei Kenya	35:07
Junior men (8.031 km)	Wilfred Kirochi Kenya	23:25	Alfonce Muindi Kenya	23:39	Bedile Kibret Ethiopia	23:41
Senior women (5.962 km)	Ingrid Kristiansen Norway	19:04	Angela Tooby United Kingdom	19:23	Annette Sergent France	19:29
Team
Senior men	Kenya	23	Ethiopia	103	France	134
Junior men	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	33	Spain	61
Senior women	Soviet Union	51	United Kingdom	61	France	72

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12 km) edit

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Ngugi	Kenya	34:32
	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	34:54
	Kipsubai Koskei	Kenya	35:07
4	Boniface Merande	Kenya	35:22
5	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	35:25
6	Moses Tanui	Kenya	35:25
7	Joseph Kiptum	Kenya	35:46
8	Kip Rono	Kenya	35:46
9	Some Muge	Kenya	35:48
10	Haji Bulbula	Ethiopia	35:49
11	Paul Arpin	France	35:51
12	Habte Negash	Ethiopia	35:54
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

John Ngugi	1
Paul Kipkoech	2
Kipsubai Koskei	3
Boniface Merande	4
Moses Tanui	6
Joseph Kiptum	7
(Kip Rono)	(8)
(Some Muge)	(9)
(Daniel Mutai)	(99)

23

Ethiopia

Abebe Mekonnen	5
Haji Bulbula	10
Habte Negash	12
Debebe Demisse	20
Melese Feissa	23
Chala Kelele	33
(Tena Negere)	(38)
(Wolde Silasse Melkessa)	(64)
(Bekele Debele)	(83)

103

France

Paul Arpin	11
Steve Tunstall	14
Jean-Louis Prianon	17
Joël Lucas	25
Cyrille Laventure	30
Bruno Levant	37
(Thierry Pantel)	(39)
(Dominique Delattre)	(56)
(Pierre Levisse)	(146)

134

4

United Kingdom

228

5

Italy

272

6

Spain

277

7

United States

285

8

Australia

292

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.031 km) edit

Individual race^†
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Wilfred Kirochi	Kenya	23:25
	Alfonce Muindi	Kenya	23:39
	Bedile Kibret	Ethiopia	23:41
4	Mathew Rono	Kenya	23:51
5	Thomas Makini	Kenya	23:54
6	William Koskei Chemitei	Kenya	24:03
7	Demeke Bekele	Ethiopia	24:17
8	Juan Abad	Spain	24:35
9	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	24:45
10	Tadelle Abebe	Ethiopia	24:48
11	Zoltán Káldy	Hungary	24:52
12	Andrea Erni	Switzerland	24:56
Full results

^†:Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified.

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Wilfred Kirochi	1
Alfonce Muindi	2
Mathew Rono	4
Thomas Makini	5
(William Koskei Chemitei)	(6)

12

Ethiopia

Bedile Kibret	3
Demeke Bekele	7
Tadelle Abebe	10
Lemi Erpassa	13
(Tesfayi Dadi)	(17)

33

Spain

Juan Abad	8
Fermín Cacho	15
Mariano Campal	16
Jesús Gálvez	22
(Ricardo Castaño)	(41)
(David Pujolar)	(53)

61

4

Japan

83

5

United States

115

6

Australia

128

7

New Zealand

152

8

Algeria

152

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5.962 km) edit

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	19:04
	Angela Tooby	United Kingdom	19:23
	Annette Sergent	France	19:29
4	Lynn Jennings	United States	19:38
5	Albertina Machado	Portugal	19:38
6	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	19:41
7	Regina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	19:41
8	Liève Slegers	Belgium	19:44
9	Jill Hunter	United Kingdom	19:46
10	Maria Curatolo	Italy	19:46
11	Marie-Pierre Duros	France	19:49
12	Susan Sirma	Kenya	19:50
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Yelena Romanova	6
Regina Chistyakova	7
Marina Rodchenkova	18
Olga Bondarenko	20
(Natalya Lagunkova)	(39)
(Lyudmila Matveyeva)	(59)

51

United Kingdom

Angela Tooby	2
Jill Hunter	9
Susan Tooby	16
Fiona Truman	34
(Sonia Vinall)	(48)
(Laura Wight)	(84)

61

France

Annette Sergent	3
Marie-Pierre Duros	11
Patricia Demilly	28
Rosario Murcia	30
(Maria Lelut)	(35)
(Christine Loiseau)	(75)

72

4

United States

88

5

Canada

91

6

Kenya

122

7

Portugal

126

8

China

152

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial) edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	4	2	1	7
2	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
2	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	1
4	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	2	1	3
5	United Kingdom (UKB)	0	2	0	2
6	France (FRA)	0	0	3	3
7	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 4401 athletes from 41 countries, two athletes (senior men) less than the official number published.^[6]