1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Senior men's race at the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	17th
Date	March 19
Host city	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Venue	Scanvest Ring
Events	1
Distances	12 km – Senior men
Participation	200 athletes from 35 nations
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Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Ngugi	Kenya	39:42
	Tim Hutchings	United Kingdom	40:10
	Wilfred Kirochi	Kenya	40:21
4	Steve Moneghetti	Australia	40:24
5	Tesfaye Tafa	Ethiopia	40:26
6	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	40:29
7	Andrew Masai	Kenya	40:32
8	Kipkemboi Kimeli	Kenya	40:34
9	Moses Tanui	Kenya	40:42
10	John Halvorsen	Norway	40:45
11	Bruno Le Stum	France	40:48
12	Francesco Panetta	Italy	40:51
13	Bekele Debele	Ethiopia	40:53
14	Gary Staines	United Kingdom	40:55
15	Dave Clarke	United Kingdom	40:56
16	Joseph Kiptum	Kenya	40:57
17	Salvatore Bettiol	Italy	41:00
18	Constantino Esparcia	Spain	41:02
19	Thierry Pantel	France	41:03
20	Francisco Alario	Spain	41:07
21	Pierre Levisse	France	41:09
22	Craig Mochrie	United Kingdom	41:13
23	Haydar Dogan	Turkey	41:21
24	Vicente Polo	Spain	41:22
25	Boniface Merande	Kenya	41:23
26	Dionísio Castro	Portugal	41:24
27	Wolde Silasse Melkessa	Ethiopia	41:25
28	Carlo Terzer	Italy	41:26
29	Artur Castro	Brazil	41:30
30	Ed Eyestone	United States	41:31
31	Pat Porter	United States	41:31
32	Leszek Bebło	Poland	41:42
33	Melese Feissa	Ethiopia	41:43
34	Raf Wijns	Belgium	41:44
35	Gerry Curtis	Ireland	41:44
36	Jackson Ruto	Kenya	41:45
37	Debebe Demisse	Ethiopia	41:46
38	Dominique Chauvelier	France	41:47
39	Mark Coogan	United States	41:49
40	Mathias Ntawulikura	Rwanda	41:49
41	Joaquim Silva	Portugal	41:50
42	Darren Wilson	Australia	41:51
43	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	41:51
44	Ibrahim Kinuthia	Kenya	41:53
45	Dave Lewis	United Kingdom	41:54
46	Cyrille Laventure	France	41:58
47	Haji Bulbula	Ethiopia	41:59
48	Manuel Matias	Portugal	42:00
49	Richard Nerurkar	United Kingdom	42:00
50	Risto Ulmala	Finland	42:01
51	Aart Stigter	Netherlands	42:02
52	Bruno Levant	France	42:03
53	Rex Wilson	New Zealand	42:05
54	François Barreau	France	42:06
55	Hammou Boutayeb	Morocco	42:07
56	Khalid Skah	Morocco	42:09
57	Andrew Lloyd	Australia	42:11
58	José Carlos Adán	Spain	42:12
59	Malcolm Norwood	Australia	42:15
60	Nick de Castella	Australia	42:16
61	Doug Cronkite	Canada	42:17
62	Adam Hoyle	Australia	42:17
63	Martín Fiz	Spain	42:18
64	Shozo Shimoju	Japan	42:19
65	Derrick Lakeman	United States	42:22
66	Lars-Erik Nilsson	Sweden	42:23
67	Marcel Versteeg	Netherlands	42:24
68	Raffaello Alliegro	Italy	42:24
69	Karol Dolega	Poland	42:25
70	Håkan Börjesson	Sweden	42:26
71	Vanderlei de Lima	Brazil	42:28
72	Joaquim Pinheiro	Portugal	42:29
73	Antonio Serrano	Spain	42:30
74	Ravil Kashapov	Soviet Union	42:30
75	Domingos Castro	Portugal	42:31
76	Jean Lagarde	Canada	42:32
77	Bedile Kibret	Ethiopia	42:36
78	Severino Bernardini	Italy	42:38
79	John Woods	Ireland	42:40
80	Paul Williams	Canada	42:43
81	Tom Ansberry	United States	42:44
82	Aaron Ramirez	United States	42:45
83	Simon Gutierrez	United States	42:46
84	Fernando Couto	Portugal	42:46
85	Antonio Prieto	Spain	42:47
86	Jonny Danielson	Sweden	42:48
87	Jos Maes	Belgium	42:48
88	Miroslaw Golebiewski	Poland	42:49
89	Roger Gjøvaag	Norway	42:50
90	Luc Peerlinck	Belgium	42:51
91	Yevgeniy Okorokov	Soviet Union	42:51
92	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	42:52
93	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	42:52
94	Mohamed El Massoudi	Morocco	42:53
95	Johni Pazin	Brazil	42:55
96	Peter Brett	Australia	42:55
97	Demeke Bekele	Ethiopia	42:56
98	Sanshiro Kasama	Japan	42:57
99	Marti ten Kate	Netherlands	42:58
100	Markus Graf	Switzerland	42:59
101	Mikhail Dasko	Soviet Union	42:59
102	Willy van Huylenbroeck	Belgium	43:00
103	Harri Hänninen	Finland	43:00
104	Espen Borge	Norway	43:01
105	Mads Jacobsen	Denmark	43:04
106	Andy Ronan	Ireland	43:05
107	Kozu Akutsu	Japan	43:11
108	Vesa Siivonen	Finland	43:12
109	Herman Decoux	Belgium	43:13
110	Kazunichi Yamada	Japan	43:13
111	Thierry Watrice	France	43:14
112	Diamantino dos Santos	Brazil	43:14
113	Håkan Eriksson	Sweden	43:16
114	Jean-Louis Prianon	France	43:19
115	Stefano Mei	Italy	43:21
116	John Vermeule	Netherlands	43:22
117	Bo Reed	United States	43:23
118	Henryk Jankowski	Poland	43:23
119	Thomas Sørensen	Denmark	43:24
120	Henk Gommer	Netherlands	43:26
121	Yevgeniy Leontyev	Soviet Union	43:27
122	Graeme Fell	Canada	43:27
123	Sergey Maksimov	Soviet Union	43:28
124	Roy Dooney	Ireland	43:29
125	Habte Negash	Ethiopia	43:31
126	Angelo Carosi	Italy	43:32
127	Tom Maher	Ireland	43:33
128	João de Sousa	Brazil	43:33
129	Toshiyuki Hayata	Japan	43:34
130	Antonio da Silva	Brazil	43:34
131	Are Nakkim	Norway	43:35
132	Oleg Syroyezhko	Soviet Union	43:36
133	Takehiko Miura	Japan	43:38
134	Terje Näss	Norway	43:40
135	Art Boileau	Canada	43:42
136	Geoff Turnbull	United Kingdom	43:43
137	José Manuel Albentosa	Spain	43:45
138	Patric Nilsson	Sweden	43:47
139	Slawomir Majusiak	Poland	43:50
140	Akira Nakamura	Japan	43:51
141	Dag Øxnevad	Norway	43:52
142	Håvard Tveite	Norway	43:54
143	Antonio Humberto	Colombia	43:55
144	Mark Stickley	United States	43:56
145	Mark Furlan	New Zealand	43:56
146	Jörgen Salo	Finland	44:03
147	Stig Nørregaard	Denmark	44:13
148	Allen Hugli	Canada	44:15
149	Jan Huruk	Poland	44:22
150	David Carrie	Ireland	44:23
151	Kenji Ayabe	Japan	44:24
152	Steen Christensen	Denmark	44:26
153	Eirik Hansen	Norway	44:30
154	Jari Venäläinen	Finland	44:33
155	Sabag Shemtov	Israel	44:36
156	Ahmed Chantibou	Morocco	44:39
157	Patrik Merup	Sweden	44:45
158	John Fitzgerald	Ireland	44:47
159	German Peña	Colombia	44:57
160	Jukka Tammisuo	Finland	45:01
161	Jamie Harrison	Australia	45:03
162	Arcario Tamayo	Venezuela	45:05
163	David Rush	New Zealand	45:12
164	Niels Kim Hjorth	Denmark	45:17
165	Jyrki Ojennus	Finland	45:17
166	Örjan Hemström	Sweden	45:18
167	Roger Jaspers	Netherlands	45:22
168	Peter Würtz	Denmark	45:31
169	Søren Munch	Denmark	45:34
170	Nicos Vasiliou	Cyprus	45:38
171	Junichi Takita	Japan	45:39
172	Oscar González	Venezuela	45:41
173	Visa Orttenvuori	Finland	45:42
174	Mohamed Moujani	Morocco	45:42
175	John Sheehan	Australia	45:57
176	Peter Troldborg	Denmark	46:02
177	Zeki Öztürk	Turkey	46:08
178	Clive Hamilton	Jamaica	46:08
179	Valdenor dos Santos	Brazil	46:25
180	Johann Ingibergsson	Iceland	46:31
181	Frimann Hreinsson	Iceland	46:35
182	Ho Hsin-Ye	Chinese Taipei	46:39
183	Driss Hamdi	Morocco	46:48
184	Chou Hsien-Kuang	Chinese Taipei	46:50
185	Derick Adamson	Jamaica	46:55
186	James Stafford	Canada	47:00
187	Gunnlaugur Skulason	Iceland	47:03
188	Mohamed Nasser Al-Zaidi	North Yemen	47:19
189	Linton McKenzie	Jamaica	47:21
190	Agust Thorsteinsson	Iceland	47:46
191	Sigurdur Sigmundsson	Iceland	48:32
192	Daniel Gudmundsson	Iceland	48:58
193	Mohamed Ahmed Shared	North Yemen	49:47
194	Kristjan Skuli Asgeirsson	Iceland	51:09
195	Naraindra Chutto	Mauritius	51:21
—	Ezequiel Canario	Portugal	DNF
—	Roger Hackney	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Carlos Monteiro	Portugal	DNF
—	Pär Wallin	Sweden	DNF
—	Walter Merlo	Italy	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya John Ngugi 1 Wilfred Kirochi 3 Andrew Masai 7 Kipkemboi Kimeli 8 Moses Tanui 9 Joseph Kiptum 16 (Boniface Merande) (25) (Jackson Ruto) (36) (Ibrahim Kinuthia) (44)	44
	United Kingdom Tim Hutchings 2 Gary Staines 14 Dave Clarke 15 Craig Mochrie 22 Dave Lewis 45 Richard Nerurkar 49 (Eamonn Martin) (93) (Geoff Turnbull) (136) (Roger Hackney) (DNF)	147
	Ethiopia Tesfaye Tafa 5 Bekele Debele 13 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 27 Melese Feissa 33 Debebe Demisse 37 Haji Bulbula 47 (Bedile Kibret) (77) (Demeke Bekele) (97) (Habte Negash) (125)	162
4	France Bruno Le Stum 11 Thierry Pantel 19 Pierre Levisse 21 Dominique Chauvelier 38 Cyrille Laventure 46 Bruno Levant 52 (François Barreau) (54) (Thierry Watrice) (111) (Jean-Louis Prianon) (114)	187
5	Spain Alejandro Gómez 6 Constantino Esparcia 18 Francisco Alario 20 Vicente Polo 24 José Carlos Adán 58 Martín Fiz 63 (Antonio Serrano) (73) (Antonio Prieto) (85) (José Manuel Albentosa) (137)	189
6	Australia Steve Moneghetti 4 Darren Wilson 42 Andrew Lloyd 57 Malcolm Norwood 59 Nick de Castella 60 Adam Hoyle 62 (Peter Brett) (96) (Jamie Harrison) (161) (John Sheehan) (175)	284
7	Portugal Dionísio Castro 26 Joaquim Silva 41 Fernando Mamede 43 Manuel Matias 48 Joaquim Pinheiro 72 Domingos Castro 75 (Fernando Couto) (84) (Ezequiel Canario) (DNF) (Carlos Monteiro) (DNF)	305
8	Italy Francesco Panetta 12 Salvatore Bettiol 17 Carlo Terzer 28 Raffaello Alliegro 68 Severino Bernardini 78 Stefano Mei 115 (Angelo Carosi) (126) (Walter Merlo) (DNF)	318
9	United States Ed Eyestone 30 Pat Porter 31 Mark Coogan 39 Derrick Lakeman 65 Tom Ansberry 81 Aaron Ramirez 82 (Simon Gutierrez) (83) (Bo Reed) (117) (Mark Stickley) (144)	328
10	Brazil Artur Castro 29 Vanderlei de Lima 71 Johni Pazin 95 Diamantino dos Santos 112 João de Sousa 128 Antonio da Silva 130 (Valdenor dos Santos) (179)	565
11	Poland Leszek Bebło 32 Karol Dolega 69 Miroslaw Golebiewski 88 Henryk Jankowski 118 Slawomir Majusiak 139 Jan Huruk 149	595
12	Norway John Halvorsen 10 Roger Gjøvaag 89 Espen Borge 104 Are Nakkim 131 Terje Näss 134 Dag Øxnevad 141 (Håvard Tveite) (142) (Eirik Hansen) (153)	609
13	Netherlands Aart Stigter 51 Marcel Versteeg 67 Martin ten Kate 99 John Vermeule 116 Henk Gommer 120 Roger Jaspers 167	620
14	Ireland Gerry Curtis 35 John Woods 79 Andy Ronan 106 Roy Dooney 124 Tom Maher 127 David Carrie 150 (John Fitzgerald) (158)	621
15	Canada Doug Cronkite 61 Jean Lagarde 76 Paul Williams 80 Graeme Fell 122 Art Boileau 135 Allen Hugli 148 (James Stafford) (186)	622
16	Sweden Lars-Erik Nilsson 66 Håkan Börjesson 70 Jonny Danielson 86 Håkan Eriksson 113 Patric Nilsson 138 Patrik Merup 157 (Örjan Hemström) (166) (Pär Wallin) (DNF)	630
17	Japan Shozo Shimoju 64 Sanshiro Kasama 98 Kozu Akutsu 107 Kazunichi Yamada 110 Toshiyuki Hayata 129 Takehiko Miura 133 (Akira Nakamura) (140) (Kenji Ayabe) (151) (Junichi Takita) (171)	641
18	Soviet Union Ravil Kashapov 74 Yevgeniy Okorokov 91 Mikhail Dasko 101 Yevgeniy Leontyev 121 Sergey Maksimov 123 Oleg Syroyezhko 132	642
19	Finland Risto Ulmala 50 Tommy Ekblom 92 Harri Hänninen 103 Vesa Siivonen 108 Jörgen Salo 146 Jari Venäläinen 154 (Jukka Tammisuo) (160) (Jyrki Ojennus) (165) (Visa Orttenvuori) (173)	653
20	Morocco Hammou Boutayeb 55 Khalid Skah 56 Mohamed El Massoudi 94 Ahmed Chantibou 156 Mohamed Moujani 174 Driss Hamdi 183	718
21	Denmark Mads Jacobsen 105 Thomas Sørensen 119 Stig Nørregaard 147 Steen Christensen 152 Niels Kim Hjorth 164 Peter Würtz 168 (Søren Munch) (169) (Peter Troldborg) (176)	855
22	Iceland Johann Ingibergsson 180 Frimann Hreinsson 181 Gunnlaugur Skulason 187 Agust Thorsteinsson 190 Sigurdur Sigmundsson 191 Daniel Gudmundsson 192 (Kristjan Skuli Asgeirsson) (194)	1121

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 200 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• Australia (9)
• Belgium (5)
• Brazil (7)
• Canada (7)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Colombia (2)
• Cyprus (1)
• Denmark (8)
• Ethiopia (9)
• Finland (9)
• France (9)
• Iceland (7)
• Ireland (7)
• Israel (1)
• Italy (8)
• Jamaica (3)
• Japan (9)
• Kenya (9)
• Mauritius (1)
• Morocco (6)
• Netherlands (6)
• New Zealand (3)
• North Yemen (2)
• Norway (8)
• Poland (6)
• Portugal (9)
• Rwanda (1)
• Soviet Union (6)
• Spain (9)
• Sweden (8)
• Switzerland (1)
• Turkey (2)
• United Kingdom (9)
• United States (9)
• Venezuela (2)

See also

• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race