1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Planeyse Colombier on March 23, 1986. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]

Senior men's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition14th
DateMarch 23
Host cityColombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Switzerland
VenuePlaneyse Colombier
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation337 athletes from
50 nations

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

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  John Ngugi   Kenya 35:32.9
  Abebe Mekonnen   Ethiopia 35:34.8
  Joseph Kiptum   Kenya 35:39.8
4 Bekele Debele   Ethiopia 35:42.6
5 Paul Kipkoech   Kenya 35:47.2
6 Pat Porter   United States 35:48.4
7 Kipsubai Koskei   Kenya 35:54.8
8 Some Muge   Kenya 35:55.7
9 Alberto Cova   Italy 35:58.8
10 John Easker   United States 35:59.9
11 Ezequiel Canario   Portugal 36:03.9
12 Thierry Watrice   France 36:05
13 Ed Eyestone   United States 36:05.9
14 Rob de Castella   Australia 36:10.9
15 Bruce Bickford   United States 36:12.1
16 Dave Clarke   England 36:14.4
17 Paul McCloy   Canada 36:16.3
18 Dionísio Castro   Portugal 36:17.4
19 John Woods   Ireland 36:19.8
20 Santiago Llorente   Spain 36:22.5
21 Andrew Masai   Kenya 36:23.9
22 Steve Moneghetti   Australia 36:25.2
23 Gelindo Bordin   Italy 36:26.4
24 Paul Arpin   France 36:28.1
25 Steve Binns   England 36:29.4
26 Wolde Silasse Melkessa   Ethiopia 36:32.6
27 Mohammed Kedir   Ethiopia 36:33.5
28 Wodajo Bulti   Ethiopia 36:34.9
29 Geir Kvernmo   Norway 36:35.7
30 Adam Hoyle   Australia 36:36.4
31 Domingos Castro   Portugal 36:36.9
32 Haji Bulbula   Ethiopia 36:37.4
33 Pierre Levisse   France 36:38.4
34 Stefano Mei   Italy 36:38.9
35 Boniface Merande   Kenya 36:39.5
36 Chala Urgessa   Ethiopia 36:40.1
37 Shuichi Yoneshige   Japan 36:42.3
38 Roy Andersen   Norway 36:43
39 José da Silva   Brazil 36:43.8
40 David Burridge   New Zealand 36:44.9
41 Francisco Sánchez   Spain 36:45.5
42 Vicente Polo   Spain 36:47
43 Joshua Kipkemboi   Kenya 36:47.5
44 Giuseppe Miccoli   Italy 36:48.3
45 Sisa Kirati   Kenya 36:49.9
46 Mats Erixon   Sweden 36:50.9
47 Pascal Debacker   France 36:54
48 Markus Ryffel    Switzerland 36:55
49 Lars-Erik Nilsson   Sweden 36:55.9
50 Constantino Esparcia   Spain 36:56.3
51 João Campos   Portugal 36:56.7
52 Vincent Rousseau   Belgium 36:57
53 Zhang Guowei   China 36:57.7
54 Jean-Louis Prianon   France 36:58.3
55 Tony Milovsorov   England 36:59.2
56 Stane Rozman   Yugoslavia 37:00.5
57 Abderrazak Gtari   Tunisia 37:01.8
58 Eddy de Pauw   Belgium 37:03.2
59 Antonio Humberto   Colombia 37:03.7
60 Larbi El Mouadden   Morocco 37:04
61 Tonnie Dirks   Netherlands 37:04.3
62 Salvatore Bettiol   Italy 37:04.7
63 Dereje Nedi   Ethiopia 37:04.9
64 Joaquim Silva   Portugal 37:05.2
65 Jan Hagelbrand   Sweden 37:05.6
66 Shozo Shimoju   Japan 37:05.9
67 Alfonso Alvarez   Spain 37:08
68 Adauto Domingues   Brazil 37:08.9
69 Art Boileau   Canada 37:09
70 Jari Nurmisto   Finland 37:09.7
71 Xing Zhenglang   China 37:10.4
72 Paul O'Callaghan   Ireland 37:11.3
73 Niels Kim Hjorth   Denmark 37:11.9
74 Tim Hutchings   England 37:12.4
75 Garry Henry   Australia 37:12.9
76 Karol Dolega   Poland 37:14.1
77 Antonio Lupianez   Spain 37:15.4
78 Mohamed Salah Rajhi   Tunisia 37:16.1
79 Alan Scharsu   United States 37:25.7
80 Dave Lewis   England 37:26.1
81 Craig Virgin   United States 37:26.4
82 Kozu Akutsu   Japan 37:26.7
83 Eloi Schleder   Brazil 37:27
84 Marco Gozzano   Italy 37:27.3
85 Jean-Yves Berau   France 37:27.6
86 Fethi Manai   Tunisia 37:28
87 Jeff Drenth   United States 37:28.7
88 Joaquim Pinheiro   Portugal 37:30.1
89 Martin Vrabel   Czechoslovakia 37:30.5
90 Ivan Konovalov   Soviet Union 37:30.8
91 Jef Gees   Belgium 37:31.7
92 Salvatore Nicosia   Italy 37:32.7
93 Javier Sanmartin   Spain 37:34.1
94 Ranieri Carenza   Italy 37:35
95 Jean-Pierre Paumen   Belgium 37:36.2
96 Terry Greene   Northern Ireland 37:36.2
97 John Bowden   New Zealand 37:36.2
98 Michael Scheytt   West Germany 37:36.3
99 Randy Reina   United States 37:36.3
100 Paul Wheeler   Wales 37:36.3
101 Thierry Pantel   France 37:36.4
102 Volker Welzel   West Germany 37:36.6
103 Abdellah El Hatimi   Morocco 37:37
104 Dominique Coux   France 37:37.1
105 Tadayoshi Kametaka   Japan 37:37.1
106 Peter Renner   New Zealand 37:37.1
107 Geoff Shaw   New Zealand 37:37.2
108 Habib Romdani   Tunisia 37:37.9
109 João de Sousa   Brazil 37:38.1
110 Andrew Wilton   England 37:38.4
111 Alain Bordeleau   Canada 37:38.9
112 Valentin Rodríguez   Spain 37:39
113 Willy Goddaert   Belgium 37:39.2
114 Kerry Rodger   New Zealand 37:39.4
115 Oddmund Roalkvam   Norway 37:39.5
116 Peter Wirz    Switzerland 37:39.5
117 Kevin Capper   England 37:39.7
118 Richard O'Flynn   Ireland 37:40
119 Satoshi Kato   Japan 37:40.4
120 Diamantino dos Santos   Brazil 37:40.7
121 Rheal Desjardins   Canada 37:41
122 John Robson   Scotland 37:41.3
123 Mohamed El Bali   Morocco 37:41.9
124 Kimball Reynierse   Netherlands 37:56.6
125 Willy van Huylenbroeck   Belgium 37:57
126 Lakbir Ghanmi   Morocco 37:58.2
127 Karel Lismont   Belgium 37:58.5
128 Wami Alemayehu   Ethiopia 37:58.8
129 John Treacy   Ireland 37:59.3
130 Marc de Blander   Belgium 37:59.7
131 Boguslaw Psujek   Poland 38:00.1
132 Peter Brett   Australia 38:00.3
133 Farai Kamucheka   Zimbabwe 38:00.6
134 Terence Mitchell   Scotland 38:00.9
135 Henrik Albahn   Denmark 38:01.2
136 Lars Sörensen   Finland 38:01.7
137 Abdellah Boubia   Morocco 38:02
138 Markus Hacksteiner    Switzerland 38:03.4
139 Danny Boltz   Australia 38:03.9
140 Martti Vainio   Finland 38:04.5
141 Werner Grommisch   West Germany 38:07.7
142 Noel Harvey   Ireland 38:08.8
143 Kazimierz Lasecki   Poland 38:09.3
144 Cui Yulin   China 38:10.1
145 Hichem Oueslati   Tunisia 38:10.6
146 Jiu Shangxuan   China 38:11
147 Charles Haskett   Scotland 38:11.1
148 Shuzo Nakajima   Japan 38:11.1
149 Jari Hemmilä   Finland 38:11.1
150 Graham Clews   Australia 38:11.1
151 Engelbert Franz   West Germany 38:11.1
152 Roy Dooney   Ireland 38:11.1
153 Arnold Mächler    Switzerland 38:11.1
154 Bob Treadwell   England 38:11.1
155 Henryk Lupa   Poland 38:11.1
156 Waldemar Niklewicz   Poland 38:11.2
157 Gerry Deegan   Ireland 38:12
158 Juhani Holopainen   Finland 38:12
159 Doug Cronkite   Canada 38:12
160 James Gombedza   Zimbabwe 38:12
161 Ahmed Chantibou   Morocco 38:12
162 Kenneth Davies   Wales 38:12
163 Herbert Stephan   West Germany 38:12
164 Mike Quinn   Hong Kong 38:12
165 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 38:13.9
166 Ken Moloney   New Zealand 38:14.5
167 Keld Johnsen   Denmark 38:15.5
168 Tommy Persson   Sweden 38:16.9
169 Deon McNeilly   Northern Ireland 38:17.6
170 Chris Robison   Scotland 38:18.1
171 Bill Britton   Canada 38:18.6
172 Abdelrahman Massad   Sudan 38:19.5
173 Fraser Clyne   Scotland 38:20.9
174 Brahim Ayachi   Tunisia 38:21.6
175 Ole Hansen   Denmark 38:22.2
176 Pierre-Andre Gobet    Switzerland 38:22.6
177 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann   West Germany 38:23
178 Claudio Ribeiro   Brazil 38:23.3
179 Rex Wilson   New Zealand 38:25.4
180 Peder Poulsen   Sweden 38:26.1
181 Stig Nørregaard   Denmark 38:26.5
182 Romauld Krupanek   Poland 38:26.9
183 Ian Damian   Belgium 38:27.2
184 Timo Järvinen   Sweden 38:27.6
185 Ieuan Ellis   Wales 38:28.4
186 Masaru Matsuda   Japan 38:29.3
187 Gentil de Mello   Brazil 38:30
188 Mehmet Terzi   Turkey 38:30.6
189 Féthi Baccouche   Tunisia 38:32.4
190 Markus Graf    Switzerland 38:33.5
191 Aart Stigter   Netherlands 38:35.7
192 Filippos Filippou   Cyprus 38:37.6
193 Adrian Callan   Scotland 38:38
194 Truls Nygaard   Norway 38:38.7
195 Herman Hofstee   Netherlands 38:39.7
196 James Stafford   Canada 38:40.1
197 Garry Briggs   Australia 38:40.4
198 Luciano Carchesio   Italy 38:41.1
199 Chris Buckley   Wales 38:41.6
200 Esa Liedes   Finland 38:42
201 Keijo Kanniainen   Finland 38:42.6
202 Bruno Lafranchi    Switzerland 38:45.3
203 Ivan Uvizl   Czechoslovakia 38:46.5
204 Wiktor Sawicki   Poland 38:47.3
205 Zeki Atli   Turkey 38:47.7
206 Masami Otsuka   Japan 38:48.3
207 José Bautista   Colombia 38:49.3
208 Richard Mulligan   Ireland 38:49.6
209 Michael Spöttel   West Germany 38:49.9
210 Sun Zhiqing   China 38:50.5
211 Bruce Wainman   Canada 38:51
212 Sadik Salman   Turkey 38:51.7
213 Hwang Wen-Cheng   Chinese Taipei 38:51.8
214 Mike Bishop   Wales 38:53.8
215 K. Babu   India 38:57.9
216 Salem Majdoubi   Morocco 38:58.7
217 Steven Doig   Scotland 39:01.1
218 Slawomir Gurny   Poland 39:01.5
219 Joseph Mitshipsi   Zimbabwe 39:02
220 Ahmet Altun   Turkey 39:03.9
221 Jørn Holmen   Norway 39:04.5
222 Basir Hammad   Sudan 39:05.9
223 Robert de Brouwer   Netherlands 39:07
224 Dale Rixon   Wales 39:08.6
225 Michael Délèze    Switzerland 39:09.2
226 Tomasz Zimny   Poland 39:10.1
227 Viday Dhar   India 39:10.6
228 Marcel Versteeg   Netherlands 39:10.9
229 Gord Christie   Canada 39:11.2
230 Svein Erik Eide   Norway 39:19.8
231 Anour Hak   Sudan 39:20.7
232 Jens Hansen   Denmark 39:21.7
233 Adrie Hartveld   Netherlands 39:22.3
234 Esau Magwaza   Zimbabwe 39:23.9
235 Steve Begen   Scotland 39:29.7
236 Ahmed Adam   Sudan 39:32.5
237 Jacques Krähenbühl    Switzerland 39:34.7
238 Mehmet Genc   Turkey 39:36.8
239 Swarn Singh   India 39:37.2
240 John Walsh   Northern Ireland 39:37.7
241 Alfredo Castro   Puerto Rico 39:39
242 John Campbell   New Zealand 39:39.6
243 Musa Gouda   Sudan 39:40.7
244 T. Shamsuddin   India 39:41.9
245 Jabbar Abdul   Sudan 39:43
246 Tom Breen   Northern Ireland 39:44.3
247 Eddie Oxlade   Northern Ireland 39:49.5
248 Liu Chang-Chung   Chinese Taipei 39:50.9
249 Tapfumanei Jonga   Zimbabwe 39:51.5
250 Paulo Catarino   Portugal 39:53.4
251 Salih Nour   Sudan 39:54
252 Alan Cole   Wales 39:54.6
253 Ernie Cunningham   Northern Ireland 39:55.2
254 Mohamed Nekkachi   Morocco 39:56.5
255 Raul Rivera   Puerto Rico 39:58.2
256 Aita Bdr. Limbu   Hong Kong 40:00
257 Tommy Nordh   Sweden 40:00.5
258 Patrick Nyambariro-Nhauro   Zimbabwe 40:02.9
259 Keith Cawley   Hong Kong 40:03.8
260 Suresh Pandey   India 40:11
261 Steve Smith   Wales 40:12.7
262 Joseph Cross   Jamaica 40:14.3
263 Faycal M'hamdi   Tunisia 40:15.7
264 John Doyle   Ireland 40:23.5
265 Nicos Vasiliou   Cyprus 40:26.9
266 Anna Durai   India 40:27.3
267 Chang Yung-Cheng   Chinese Taipei 40:30.9
268 Paul Lawther   Northern Ireland 40:38.3
269 Mbiganyi Thee   Botswana 40:38.8
270 Hsu Gi-Sheng   Chinese Taipei 40:52.1
271 Robert Jhurrea   Mauritius 40:53.1
272 Vasilios Chimonis   Cyprus 40:57.5
273 Bruno Le Stum   France 40:58.7
274 Baldev Singh   India 40:59.4
275 Paul Spowage   Hong Kong 41:01.7
276 Ali Sofyan Siregar   Indonesia 41:04.4
277 Spyros Spyrou   Cyprus 41:06.9
278 Hon Kwai Kwok   Hong Kong 41:08.2
279 Ahmad Gharib   Kuwait 41:09
280 Nihat Yaylali   Turkey 41:11.2
281 Mohiyi el Din El Sayed   Egypt 41:15.8
282 Lee Yin-Sheng   Chinese Taipei 41:17.1
283 Demetrios Thephylactou   Cyprus 41:18.2
284 Chauderanoth Tengar   Mauritius 41:23
285 Mkondya Deo   Tanzania 41:36.6
286 Ja.I. Singh   India 41:40.2
287 Vijay Kumar Mishra   India 41:41.9
288 Wilson Theleso   Botswana 41:42.5
289 Ho Hsin-Ye   Chinese Taipei 41:42.9
290 Jean Fasnacht   Hong Kong 41:45.3
291 Mohamed Idriss   Egypt 41:45.7
292 Charles Portelli   Malta 41:48
293 Juan Velez   Puerto Rico 41:49
294 Cebert Cooper   Jamaica 41:57.8
295 Paul Smith   Jamaica 42:09.3
296 Samuel Doherty   Northern Ireland 42:17.2
297 Pradeed Gohkool   Mauritius 42:18.6
298 Jairo Correa   Colombia 42:20.1
299 Saleh Haji Ali   Kuwait 42:20.7
300 Wageh Hafez   Egypt 42:26.7
301 Chou Hsien-Kuang   Chinese Taipei 42:28
302 Kharalambos Pratsis   Cyprus 42:30.9
303 Marlon Williams   U.S. Virgin Islands 42:33.3
304 Joseph Crossley   Hong Kong 42:36.2
305 Efthymious Loizi   Cyprus 42:38.9
306 Benjamin Arthe   Mauritius 42:42.3
307 Linton McKenzie   Jamaica 42:42.3
308 Mario Hammett   Malta 42:56.6
309 Patrick Pirante   Mauritius 43:00.2
310 Ahmad Al-Hajry   Kuwait 43:02
311 Gatol Sudarsono   Indonesia 43:07
312 Ahmed Mohamed Elwan   Egypt 43:11.3
313 Maurice Szeto-Jan   Hong Kong 43:13.2
314 Gerard Degaetano   Malta 43:14.8
315 Satish Huryl   Mauritius 43:17.5
316 Badr Aly Aly   Egypt 43:22.9
317 Chris Casser Torregiano   Malta 43:45.5
318 Mohamed Mohsen Sayed   Egypt 44:03.7
319 Roger Taylor   Jamaica 44:09.8
320 Gladstone Jones   Jamaica 44:21.7
321 Joe Micallef   Malta 44:26.1
322 Costanzi Peter Borg   Malta 44:36.1
323 Saleh Darwish Ismail   Kuwait 44:54.5
324 Manahy Falah Al-Azhni   Kuwait 44:56.5
325 Marios Patsalides   Cyprus 44:58.9
326 Joseph Farrugia   Malta 45:03.9
327 Wallace Williams   U.S. Virgin Islands 45:51.7
328 Frans Abela   Malta 46:03.8
Keith Brantly   United States DNF
Åke Eriksson   Sweden DNF
Antonio Leitão   Portugal DNF
Fernando Mamede   Portugal DNF
Mike McLeod   England DNF
Luis Adsuara   Spain DNF
Lars Ericsson   Sweden DNF
Neil Tennant   Scotland DNF
John Jenkins   Wales DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
John Ngugi 1
Joseph Kiptum 3
Paul Kipkoech 5
Kipsubai Koskei 7
Some Muge 8
Andrew Masai 21
(Boniface Merande) (35)
(Joshua Kipkemboi) (43)
(Sisa Kirati) (45)
45
    Ethiopia
Abebe Mekonnen 2
Bekele Debele 4
Wolde Silasse Melkessa 26
Mohammed Kedir 27
Wodajo Bulti 28
Haji Bulbula 32
(Chala Urgessa) (36)
(Dereje Nedi) (63)
(Wami Alemayehu) (128)
119
    United States
Pat Porter 6
John Easker 10
Ed Eyestone 13
Bruce Bickford 15
Alan Scharsu 79
Craig Virgin 81
(Jeff Drenth) (87)
(Randy Reina) (99)
(Keith Brantly) (DNF)
204
4   France
Thierry Watrice 12
Paul Arpin 24
Pierre Levisse 33
Pascal Debacker 47
Jean-Louis Prianon 54
Jean-Yves Berau 85
(Thierry Pantel) (101)
(Dominique Coux) (104)
(Bruno Le Stum) (273)
255
5   Italy
Alberto Cova 9
Gelindo Bordin 23
Stefano Mei 34
Giuseppe Miccoli 44
Salvatore Bettiol 62
Marco Gozzano 84
(Salvatore Nicosia) (92)
(Ranieri Carenza) (94)
(Luciano Carchesio) (198)
256
6   Portugal
Ezequiel Canario 11
Dionísio Castro 18
Domingos Castro 31
João Campos 51
Joaquim Silva 64
Joaquim Pinheiro 88
(Paulo Catarino) (250)
(Antonio Leitão) (DNF)
(Fernando Mamede) (DNF)
263
7   Spain
Santiago Llorente 20
Francisco Sánchez 41
Vicente Polo 42
Constantino Esparcia 50
Alfonso Alvarez 67
Antonio Lupianez 77
(Javier Sanmartin) (93)
(Valentin Rodríguez) (112)
(Luis Adsuara) (DNF)
297
8   England
Dave Clarke 16
Steve Binns 25
Tony Milovsorov 55
Tim Hutchings 74
Dave Lewis 80
Andrew Wilton 110
(Kevin Capper) (117)
(Bob Treadwell) (154)
(Mike McLeod) (DNF)
360
9   Australia
Rob de Castella 14
Steve Moneghetti 22
Adam Hoyle 30
Garry Henry 75
Peter Brett 132
Danny Boltz 139
(Graham Clews) (150)
(Garry Briggs) (197)
412
10   Belgium
Vincent Rousseau 52
Eddy de Pauw 58
Jef Gees 91
Jean-Pierre Paumen 95
Willy Goddaert 113
Willy van Huylenbroeck 125
(Karel Lismont) (127)
(Marc de Blander) (130)
(Ian Damian) (183)
534
11   Japan
Shuichi Yoneshige 37
Shozo Shimoju 66
Kozu Akutsu 82
Tadayoshi Kametaka 105
Satoshi Kato 119
Shuzo Nakajima 148
(Masaru Matsuda) (186)
(Masami Otsuka) (206)
557
12   Brazil
José da Silva 39
Adauto Domingues 68
Eloi Schleder 83
João de Sousa 109
Diamantino dos Santos 120
Claudio Ribeiro 178
(Gentil de Mello) (187)
597
13   New Zealand
David Burridge 40
John Bowden 97
Peter Renner 106
Geoff Shaw 107
Kerry Rodger 114
Ken Moloney 166
(Rex Wilson) (179)
(John Campbell) (242)
630
14   Ireland
John Woods 19
Paul O'Callaghan 72
Richard O'Flynn 118
John Treacy 129
Noel Harvey 142
Roy Dooney 152
(Gerry Deegan) (157)
(Richard Mulligan) (208)
(John Doyle) (264)
632
15   Canada
Paul McCloy 17
Art Boileau 69
Alain Bordeleau 111
Rheal Desjardins 121
Doug Cronkite 159
Bill Britton 171
(James Stafford) (196)
(Bruce Wainman) (211)
(Gord Christie) (229)
648
16   Tunisia
Abderrazak Gtari 57
Mohamed Salah Rajhi 78
Fethi Manai 86
Habib Romdani 108
Hichem Oueslati 145
Brahim Ayachi 174
(Féthi Baccouche) (189)
(Faycal M'hamdi) (263)
648
17   Sweden
Mats Erixon 46
Lars-Erik Nilsson 49
Jan Hagelbrand 65
Tommy Persson 168
Peder Poulsen 180
Timo Järvinen 184
(Tommy Nordh) (257)
(Åke Eriksson) (DNF)
(Lars Ericsson) (DNF)
692
18   Morocco
Larbi El Mouadden 60
Abdellah El Hatimi 103
Mohamed El Bali 123
Lakbir Ghanmi 126
Abdellah Boubia 137
Ahmed Chantibou 161
(Salem Majdoubi) (216)
(Mohamed Nekkachi) (254)
710
19   Finland
Jari Nurmisto 70
Lars Sörensen 136
Martti Vainio 140
Jari Hemmilä 149
Juhani Holopainen 158
Tommy Ekblom 165
(Esa Liedes) (200)
(Keijo Kanniainen) (201)
818
20    Switzerland
Markus Ryffel 48
Peter Wirz 116
Markus Hacksteiner 138
Arnold Mächler 153
Pierre-Andre Gobet 176
Markus Graf 190
(Bruno Lafranchi) (202)
(Michael Délèze) (225)
(Jacques Krähenbühl) (237)
821
21   Norway
Geir Kvernmo 29
Roy Andersen 38
Oddmund Roalkvam 115
Truls Nygaard 194
Jørn Holmen 221
Svein Erik Eide 230
827
22   West Germany
Michael Scheytt 98
Volker Welzel 102
Werner Grommisch 141
Engelbert Franz 151
Herbert Stephan 163
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 177
(Michael Spöttel) (209)
832
23   Poland
Karol Dolega 76
Boguslaw Psujek 131
Kazimierz Lasecki 143
Henryk Lupa 155
Waldemar Niklewicz 156
Romauld Krupanek 182
(Wiktor Sawicki) (204)
(Slawomir Gurny) (218)
(Tomasz Zimny) (226)
843
24   Scotland
John Robson 122
Terence Mitchell 134
Charles Haskett 147
Chris Robison 170
Fraser Clyne 173
Adrian Callan 193
(Steven Doig) (217)
(Steve Begen) (235)
(Neil Tennant) (DNF)
939
25   Denmark
Niels Kim Hjorth 73
Henrik Albahn 135
Keld Johnsen 167
Ole Hansen 175
Stig Nørregaard 181
Jens Hansen 232
963
26   Netherlands
Tonnie Dirks 61
Kimball Reynierse 124
Aart Stigter 191
Herman Hofstee 195
Robert de Brouwer 223
Marcel Versteeg 228
(Adrie Hartveld) (233)
1022
27   Wales
Paul Wheeler 100
Kenneth Davies 162
Ieuan Ellis 185
Chris Buckley 199
Mike Bishop 214
Dale Rixon 224
(Alan Cole) (252)
(Steve Smith) (261)
(John Jenkins) (DNF)
1084
28   Northern Ireland
Terry Greene 96
Deon McNeilly 169
John Walsh 240
Tom Breen 246
Eddie Oxlade 247
Ernie Cunningham 253
(Paul Lawther) (268)
(Samuel Doherty) (296)
1251
29   Zimbabwe
Farai Kamucheka 133
James Gombedza 160
Joseph Mitshipsi 219
Esau Magwaza 234
Tapfumanei Jonga 249
Patrick Nyambariro-Nhauro 258
1253
30   Turkey
Mehmet Terzi 188
Zeki Atli 205
Sadik Salman 212
Ahmet Altun 220
Mehmet Genc 238
Nihat Yaylali 280
1343
31   Sudan
Abdelrahman Massad 172
Basir Hammad 222
Anour Hak 231
Ahmed Adam 236
Musa Gouda 243
Jabbar Abdul 245
(Salih Nour) (251)
1349
32   India
K. Babu 215
Viday Dhar 227
Swarn Singh 239
T. Shamsuddin 244
Suresh Pandey 260
Anna Durai 266
(Baldev Singh) (274)
(Ja.I. Singh) (286)
(Vijay Kumar Mishra) (287)
1451
33   Hong Kong
Mike Quinn 164
Aita Bdr. Limbu 256
Keith Cawley 259
Paul Spowage 275
Hon Kwai Kwok 278
Jean Fasnacht 290
(Joseph Crossley) (304)
(Maurice Szeto-Jan) (313)
1522
34   Chinese Taipei
Hwang Wen-Cheng 213
Liu Chang-Chung 248
Chang Yung-Cheng 267
Hsu Gi-Sheng 270
Lee Yin-Sheng 282
Ho Hsin-Ye 289
(Chou Hsien-Kuang) (301)
1569
35   Cyprus
Filippos Filippou 192
Nicos Vasiliou 265
Vasilios Chimonis 272
Spyros Spyrou 277
Demetrios Thephylactou 283
Kharalambos Pratsis 302
(Efthymious Loizi) (305)
(Marios Patsalides) (325)
1591
36   Mauritius
Robert Jhurrea 271
Chauderanoth Tengar 284
Pradeed Gohkool 297
Benjamin Arthe 306
Patrick Pirante 309
Satish Huryl 315
1782
37   Jamaica
Joseph Cross 262
Cebert Cooper 294
Paul Smith 295
Linton McKenzie 307
Roger Taylor 319
Gladstone Jones 320
1797
38   Egypt
Mohiyi el Din El Sayed 281
Mohamed Idriss 291
Wageh Hafez 300
Ahmed Mohamed Elwan 312
Badr Aly Aly 316
Mohamed Mohsen Sayed 318
1818
39   Malta
Charles Portelli 292
Mario Hammett 308
Gerard Degaetano 314
Chris Casser Torregiano 317
Joe Micallef 321
Costanzi Peter Borg 322
(Joseph Farrugia) (326)
(Frans Abela) (328)
1874
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 337 athletes from 50 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[5]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ Runaway Zola win - Zola Budd led from start to finish to retain her world cross country championship at Neuchatel, Switzerland..., Evening Times, March 24, 1986, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013
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  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