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
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

Senior men's race (11.95 km)

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
John Ngugi Kenya36:07
Paul Kipkoech Kenya36:07
Paul Arpin France36:51
4Abebe Mekonnen Ethiopia36:53
5Some Muge Kenya36:54
6Andrew Masai Kenya37:01
7Pat Porter United States37:04
8Paul McCloy Canada37:08
9Bruno Le Stum France37:09
10Dave Clarke England37:10
11Steve Moneghetti Australia37:11
12Ed Eyestone United States37:11
13Francesco Panetta Italy37:12
14José Regalo Portugal37:13
15Pierre Levisse France37:13
16John Halvorsen Norway37:14
17Haji Bulbula Ethiopia37:14
18Moses Tanui Kenya37:17
19Vincent Rousseau Belgium37:25
20Carl Thackery England37:25
21Sisa Kirati Kenya37:28
22Kevin Forster England37:30
23Steve Binns England37:31
24Steve Plasencia United States37:31
25Constantino Esparcia Spain37:31
26Gelindo Bordin Italy37:33
27Wodajo Bulti Ethiopia37:37
28Vicente Polo Spain37:38
29Wolde Silasse Melkessa Ethiopia37:39
30David Burridge New Zealand37:42
31Stanley Mandebele Zimbabwe37:42
32Marco Gozzano Italy37:43
33Craig Mochrie England37:43
34Kazuya Nishimoto Japan37:43
35John Woods Ireland37:44
36Severino Bernardini Italy37:45
37Fernando Mamede Portugal37:46
38Jonathan Richards England37:47
39Melese Feissa Ethiopia37:48
40Nat Muir Scotland37:49
41Joaquim Pinheiro Portugal37:49
42Abel Antón Spain37:51
43Tim Hutchings England37:51
44Konrad Dobler West Germany37:52
45Bekele Debele Ethiopia37:53
46Paul Roden England37:56
47Jos Maes Belgium37:57
48Boniface Merande Kenya37:57
49Habib Romdani Tunisia37:58
50Ezequiel Canario Portugal37:59
51El Hachami Abdenouz Algeria38:00
52Arnold Mächler  Switzerland38:01
53Habte Negash Ethiopia38:01
54Salvatore Bettiol Italy38:02
55Emmanuel Goulin France38:02
56Fethi Manai Tunisia38:03
57Lars-Erik Nilsson Sweden38:04
58Jarl Gaute Aase Norway38:04
59Martin McLoughlin England38:05
60Krzysztof Wesołowski Poland38:08
61Juan José Rosario Spain38:08
62Franco Boffi Italy38:09
63Dionísio Castro Portugal38:10
64Eddy De Pauw Belgium38:11
65Peter Butler Canada38:11
66Abderrazak Gtari Tunisia38:11
67Samuel Nyangincha Kenya38:11
68Thierry Pantel France38:12
69Martin Vrabel Czechoslovakia38:12
70Chala Urgessa Ethiopia38:12
71Kozu Akutsu Japan38:14
72Ralf Salzmann West Germany38:15
73Erik De Beck Belgium38:16
74Ken Moloney New Zealand38:17
75Shuichi Yoneshige Japan38:17
76John Jenkins Wales38:18
77Mats Erixon Sweden38:18
78Peter Van de Kerkhove Belgium38:19
79Rex Wilson New Zealand38:19
80Mahieddine Belhadj Algeria38:20
81Valentin Rodríguez Spain38:22
82Bogusław Mamiński Poland38:26
83Jan Huruk Poland38:27
84Peter Brett Australia38:28
85Bernd Bürger West Germany38:30
86Helge Dolsvåg Norway38:30
87George Nicholas United States38:30
88Shuzo Nakajima Japan38:31
89Mahmoud Hazzazi Algeria38:33
90Jan Hagelbrand Sweden38:34
91Gregor Cameron New Zealand38:34
92Paul O'Callaghan Ireland38:35
93Tonnie Dirks Netherlands38:36
94Art Boileau Canada38:36
95Jean-Yves Berau France38:36
96Negatu Seyoum Ethiopia38:36
97William Vanhuylenbroek Belgium38:37
98Graeme Fell Canada38:37
99Paul Wheeler Wales38:38
100Roy Dooney Ireland38:38
101Hans-Jürgen Orthmann West Germany38:39
102Abdelhak Henane Algeria38:40
103Santiago Llorente Spain38:42
104António Pinto Portugal38:43
105Aart Stigter Netherlands38:44
106Cándido Alario Spain38:45
107Steve Jones Wales38:45
108Brad Camp Australia38:46
109Rob Lonergan Canada38:46
110Diamantino dos Santos Brazil38:46
111Giuseppe Miccoli Italy38:47
112Zdenek Mezulianik Czechoslovakia38:47
113Doug Cronkite Canada38:47
114Alejandro Gómez Spain38:48
115Spiridon Andreopoulos Greece38:49
116Lasmani Merzougui Algeria38:49
117Marc Borghans Netherlands38:49
118Axel Hardy West Germany38:50
119Sławomir Gurny Poland38:50
120Mike Bishop Wales38:50
121Dag Øxnevad Norway38:50
122Jonny Danielson Sweden38:51
123Vincent Kibiwott Kenya38:51
124Mohamed Difallah Algeria38:52
125Truls Nygaard Norway38:52
126Gianni Demadonna Italy38:52
127David Barney United States38:54
128Peter McColgan Northern Ireland38:54
129Fernando Couto Portugal38:55
130Mohamed Salah Rajhi Tunisia38:56
131Antonio Prieto Spain38:57
132Melusi Ndhlela Zimbabwe38:57
133Farai Kamucheka Zimbabwe38:59
134Chris Buckley Wales39:02
135Willy Goddaert Belgium39:03
136Ieuan Ellis Wales39:03
137Terence Mitchell Scotland39:07
138Jacques Krähenbühl  Switzerland39:09
139Gerry Deegan Ireland39:09
140Patric Nilsson Sweden39:10
141Herman Hofstee Netherlands39:10
142Zdenek Moravcik Czechoslovakia39:10
143Alain Bordeleau Canada39:12
144Brahim Ayachi Tunisia39:12
145Bogusław Psujek Poland39:14
146John Robson Scotland39:15
147Pierre-Andre Gobet  Switzerland39:16
148Michel Franssen Netherlands39:19
149Chris Robison Scotland39:19
150Cyrille Laventure France39:20
151Rebai Settouh Algeria39:20
152Tommy Murray Scotland39:20
153Tadayoshi Kametaka Japan39:22
154James Fallon Ireland39:22
155David Rush New Zealand39:23
156Adam Hoyle Australia39:23
157Andrzej Malicki Poland39:23
158Oddmund Roalkvam Norway39:26
159Adelaziz Bouguerra Tunisia39:26
160Marius Hasler  Switzerland39:26
161Douglas Tolson United States39:30
162Brahim Boudina Algeria39:30
163Miroslav Bauckmann Czechoslovakia39:31
164Kazimierz Lasecki Poland39:31
165Håkan Börjesson Sweden39:31
166Martin Stock Australia39:32
167Niels Kim Hjorth Denmark39:33
168Rainer Gutschank West Germany39:34
169Gentil de Mello Brazil39:35
170Kerry Rodger New Zealand39:36
171Fotios Kourtis Greece39:37
172Nicos Vasiliou Cyprus39:38
173Luis Horta Portugal39:39
174Thierry Watrice France39:42
175James Mutsimba Zimbabwe39:43
176Nicholas Nyengerai Zimbabwe39:43
177Gerard Barrett Australia39:44
178Gerry Craig Ireland39:46
179Chris Tobin New Zealand39:48
180Neil Tennant Scotland39:48
181Charles Haskett Scotland39:49
182Shane Marshall New Zealand39:54
183Khristos Papakhristos Greece39:55
184Satoshi Yano Japan39:55
185Clovis Estevam Brazil39:56
186Alberto Cova Italy39:57
187Konstantin Kyriazis Greece39:58
188Mark Kirk Northern Ireland39:59
189Markus Graf  Switzerland40:00
190Deon McNeilly Northern Ireland40:01
191Geoffrey Wade Northern Ireland40:03
192Ross Copestake Scotland40:04
193Norman Tinkham Canada40:05
194Thomas Sørensen Denmark40:08
195Raymond Pannier France40:09
196Allister Hutton Scotland40:10
197Zephaniah Ncube Zimbabwe40:10
198Robert Hodge United States40:13
199Tony Simmons Wales40:16
200Hichem Oueslati Tunisia40:19
201Peter Govaerts Belgium40:19
202Jolar de Azevedo Brazil40:20
203Hari Singh India40:21
204John Christiansen Denmark40:24
205Gerald Neely Northern Ireland40:25
206Emmanuel Handzos Greece40:25
207Elias de Moura Brazil40:26
208Philippe Lahuerte Canada40:28
209Romuald Krupanek Poland40:29
210Richard Mulligan Ireland40:29
211Tomasz Kozłowski Poland40:31
212Brendan Downey Ireland40:33
213Kurt Huerst  Switzerland40:33
214Markus Hacksteiner  Switzerland40:36
215Ezzedine Amdouni Tunisia40:36
216Zeki Öztürk Turkey40:37
217John McDowell Northern Ireland40:39
218Jamie Harrison Australia40:39
219Anastasiou Psathas Greece40:44
220Jan-Erik Arvidsson Sweden40:45
221Guido Sasse Netherlands40:47
222Chauhan Jagat Singh India40:49
223Randy Reina United States40:51
224Mohamed Hammami Tunisia40:57
225Hsu Gi-Sheng Chinese Taipei41:01
226Gregorio Lavandoski Brazil41:06
227Savas Koubouras Greece41:08
228Basil Brown Jamaica41:09
229Marc van Rooy Netherlands41:11
230Gerard Kiernan Ireland41:13
231Ernie Cunningham Northern Ireland41:14
232Shivkumar Shreshta India41:15
233Amit Ne'eman Israel41:31
234Linton McKenzie Jamaica41:37
235Mohamed Idriss Egypt41:39
236Ashok Kumar India41:40
237Isao Saito Japan41:40
238Surender Pal Singh India41:41
239Prem Singh India41:43
240Fotios Bourkoulas Greece41:51
241Liu Chang-Chung Chinese Taipei41:56
242João Pereira Brazil41:58
243Pyara Singh India41:59
244Derrick Adamson Jamaica42:03
245Nigel Adams Wales42:05
246Ho Hsin-Ye Chinese Taipei42:06
247David Lonnen Northern Ireland42:08
248Kenji Ide Japan42:21
249Mark Elliott Jamaica42:39
250Chou Hsien-Kuang Chinese Taipei42:48
251Tim Soutar Hong Kong42:56
252Demetrios Thephylactou Cyprus42:57
253Lee Yin-Sheng Chinese Taipei43:05
254Cebert Cooper Jamaica43:12
255Vasilios Chimonis Cyprus43:14
256Kharalambos Pratsis Cyprus43:20
257Wu Yu-Chia Chinese Taipei43:42
258Kamel Amine Taha Egypt43:43
259John Walsh Northern Ireland43:44
260Mohamed Haremes Egypt43:50
261Efthymious Loizi Cyprus43:52
262Joseph Crossley Hong Kong43:55
263Maurice Szeto-Jan Hong Kong44:05
264Paul Smith Jamaica44:13
265Nikólaos Leonidou Cyprus44:18
266Alvin Bernard Jamaica44:23
267Hsu Kuang-Piao Chinese Taipei44:37
268Wong Chung Man Hong Kong45:00
269Hon Kwai Kwok Hong Kong45:13
270Andreas Anastasoiu Cyprus45:24
271Wong Ip Chor Hong Kong45:27
272Georgios Kyriacou Cyprus45:37
273Wong Sai Hine Hong Kong45:39
274Ming Kuen Hon Hong Kong46:31
—Domingos Castro PortugalDNF
—Peder Poulsen SwedenDNF
—Engelbert Franz West GermanyDNF
—Thorsten Jakobsson SwedenDNF

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Kenya
John Ngugi1
Paul Kipkoech2
Some Muge5
Andrew Masai6
Moses Tanui18
Sisa Kirati21
(Boniface Merande)(48)
(Samuel Nyangincha)(67)
(Vincent Kibiwott)(123)
 53
 England
Dave Clarke10
Carl Thackery20
Kevin Forster22
Steve Binns23
Craig Mochrie33
Jonathan Richards38
(Tim Hutchings)(43)
(Paul Roden)(46)
(Martin McLoughlin)(59)
 146
 Ethiopia
Abebe Mekonnen4
Haji Bulbula17
Wodajo Bulti27
Wolde Silasse Melkessa29
Melese Feissa39
Bekele Debele45
(Habte Negash)(53)
(Chala Urgessa)(70)
(Negatu Seyoum)(96)
 161
4 Italy
Francesco Panetta13
Gelindo Bordin26
Marco Gozzano32
Severino Bernardini36
Salvatore Bettiol54
Franco Boffi62
(Giuseppe Miccoli)(111)
(Gianni Demadonna)(126)
(Alberto Cova)(186)
 223
5 France
Paul Arpin3
Bruno Le Stum9
Pierre Levisse15
Emmanuel Goulin55
Thierry Pantel68
Jean-Yves Berau95
(Cyrille Laventure)(150)
(Thierry Watrice)(174)
(Raymond Pannier)(195)
 245
6 Portugal
José Regalo14
Fernando Mamede37
Joaquim Pinheiro41
Ezequiel Canario50
Dionísio Castro63
António Pinto104
(Fernando Couto)(129)
(Luis Horta)(173)
(Domingos Castro)(DNF)
 309
7 Spain
Constantino Esparcia25
Vicente Polo28
Abel Antón42
Juan José Rosario61
Valentin Rodríguez81
Santiago Llorente103
(Cándido Alario)(106)
(Alejandro Gómez)(114)
(Antonio Prieto)(131)
 340
8 Belgium
Vincent Rousseau19
Jos Maes47
Eddy de Pauw64
Eric de Beck73
Peter Van de Kerkhove78
Willy van Huylenbroeck97
(Willy Goddaert)(135)
(Peter Govaerts)(201)
 378
9 United States
Pat Porter7
Ed Eyestone12
Steve Plasencia24
George Nicholas87
David Barney127
Douglas Tolson161
(Robert Hodge)(198)
(Randy Reina)(223)
 418
10 Canada
Paul McCloy8
Peter Butler65
Art Boileau94
Graeme Fell98
Rob Lonergan109
Doug Cronkite113
(Alain Bordeleau)(143)
(Norman Tinkham)(193)
(Philippe Lahuerte)(208)
 487
11 Algeria
El Hachami Abdenouz51
Mahieddine Belhadj80
Mahmoud Hazzazi89
Abdelhak Henane102
Lasmani Merzougui116
Mohamed Difallah124
(Rebai Settouh)(151)
(Brahim Boudina)(162)
 562
12 Norway
John Halvorsen16
Jarl Gaute Aase58
Helge Dolsvåg86
Dag Øxnevad121
Truls Nygaard125
Oddmund Roalkvam158
 564
13 West Germany
Konrad Dobler44
Ralf Salzmann72
Bernd Bürger85
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann101
Axel Hardy118
Rainer Gutschank168
(Engelbert Franz)(DNF)
 588
14 New Zealand
David Burridge30
Ken Moloney74
Rex Wilson79
Gregor Cameron91
David Rush155
Kerry Rodger170
(Chris Tobin)(179)
(Shane Marshall)(182)
 599
15 Tunisia
Habib Romdani49
Fethi Manai56
Abderrazak Gtari66
Mohamed Salah Rajhi130
Brahim Ayachi144
Adelaziz Bouguerra159
(Hichem Oueslati)(200)
(Ezzedine Amdouni)(215)
(Mohamed Hammami)(224)
 604
16 Japan
Kazuya Nishimoto34
Kozu Akutsu71
Shuichi Yoneshige75
Shuzo Nakajima88
Tadayoshi Kametaka153
Satoshi Yano184
(Isao Saito)(237)
(Kenji Ide)(248)
 605
17 Poland
Krzysztof Wesołowski60
Bogusław Mamiński82
Jan Huruk83
Sławomir Gurny119
Bogusław Psujek145
Andrzej Malicki157
(Kazimierz Lasecki)(164)
(Romuald Krupanek)(209)
(Tomasz Kozłowski)(211)
 646
18 Sweden
Lars-Erik Nilsson57
Mats Erixon77
Jan Hagelbrand90
Jonny Danielson122
Patric Nilsson140
Håkan Börjesson165
(Jan-Erik Arvidsson)(220)
(Peder Poulsen)(DNF)
(Thorsten Jakobsson)(DNF)
 651
19 Wales
John Jenkins76
Paul Wheeler99
Steve Jones107
Mike Bishop120
Chris Buckley134
Ieuan Ellis136
(Tony Simmons)(199)
(Nigel Adams)(245)
 672
20 Ireland
John Woods35
Paul O'Callaghan92
Roy Dooney100
Gerry Deegan139
James Fallon154
Gerry Craig178
(Richard Mulligan)(210)
(Brendan Downey)(212)
(Gerard Kiernan)(230)
 698
21 Australia
Steve Moneghetti11
Peter Brett84
Brad Camp108
Adam Hoyle156
Martin Stock166
Gerard Barrett177
(Jamie Harrison)(218)
 702
22 Scotland
Nat Muir40
Terence Mitchell137
John Robson146
Chris Robison149
Tommy Murray152
Neil Tennant180
(Charles Haskett)(181)
(Ross Copestake)(192)
(Allister Hutton)(196)
 804
23 Netherlands
Tonnie Dirks93
Aart Stigter105
Marc Borghans117
Herman Hofstee141
Michel Franssen148
Guido Sasse221
(Marc van Rooy)(229)
 825
24 Zimbabwe
Stanley Mandebele31
Melusi Ndhlela132
Farai Kamucheka133
James Mutsimba175
Nicholas Nyengerai176
Zephaniah Ncube197
 844
25  Switzerland
Arnold Mächler52
Jacques Krähenbühl138
Pierre-Andre Gobet147
Marius Hasler160
Markus Graf189
Kurt Huerst213
(Markus Hacksteiner)(214)
 899
26 Greece
Spiridon Andreopoulos115
Fotios Kourtis171
Khristos Papakhristos183
Konstantin Kyriazis187
Emmanuel Handzos206
Anastasiou Psathas219
(Savas Koubouras)(227)
(Fotios Bourkoulas)(240)
 1081
27 Brazil
Diamantino dos Santos110
Gentil de Mello169
Clovis Estevam185
Jolar de Azevedo202
Elias de Moura207
Gregorio Lavandoski226
(João Pereira)(242)
 1099
28 Northern Ireland
Peter McColgan128
Mark Kirk188
Deon McNeilly190
Geoffrey Wade191
Gerald Neely205
John McDowell217
(Ernie Cunningham)(231)
(David Lonnen)(247)
(John Walsh)(259)
 1119
29 India
Hari Singh203
Chauhan Jagat Singh222
Shivkumar Shreshta232
Ashok Kumar236
Surender Pal Singh238
Prem Singh239
(Pyara Singh)(243)
 1370
30 Cyprus
Nicos Vasiliou172
Demetrios Thephylactou252
Vasilios Chimonis255
Kharalambos Pratsis256
Efthymious Loizi261
Nikólaos Leonidou265
(Andreas Anastasoiu)(270)
(Georgios Kyriacou)(272)
 1461
31 Chinese Taipei
Hsu Gi-Sheng225
Liu Chang-Chung241
Ho Hsin-Ye246
Chou Hsien-Kuang250
Lee Yin-Sheng253
Wu Yu-Chia257
(Hsu Kuang-Piao)(267)
 1472
32 Jamaica
Basil Brown228
Linton McKenzie234
Derrick Adamson244
Mark Elliott249
Cebert Cooper254
Paul Smith264
(Alvin Bernard)(266)
 1473
33 Hong Kong
Tim Soutar251
Joseph Crossley262
Maurice Szeto-Jan263
Wong Chung Man268
Hon Kwai Kwok269
Wong Ip Chor271
(Wong Sai Hine)(273)
(Ming Kuen Hon)(274)
 1584
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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

References
  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. 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
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