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

Senior men's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	14th
Date	March 23
Host city	Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Venue
Events	1
Distances	12 km – Senior men
Participation	337 athletes from 50 nations
← 1985 Lisbon 1987 Warszawa →

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

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

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual[]

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		United States	35:59.9
11	Ezequiel Canario	Portugal	36:03.9
12		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		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		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		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		Ethiopia	36:40.1
37	Shuichi Yoneshige	Japan	36:42.3
38	Roy Andersen	Norway	36:43
39		Brazil	36:43.8
40		New Zealand	36:44.9
41	Francisco Sánchez	Spain	36:45.5
42		Spain	36:47
43	Joshua Kipkemboi	Kenya	36:47.5
44	Giuseppe Miccoli	Italy	36:48.3
45		Kenya	36:49.9
46	Mats Erixon	Sweden	36:50.9
47	Pascal Debacker	France	36:54
48	Markus Ryffel	Switzerland	36:55
49		Sweden	36:55.9
50		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		England	36:59.2
56		Yugoslavia	37:00.5
57		Tunisia	37:01.8
58		Belgium	37:03.2
59		Colombia	37:03.7
60		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		Sweden	37:05.6
66		Japan	37:05.9
67		Spain	37:08
68	Adauto Domingues	Brazil	37:08.9
69	Art Boileau	Canada	37:09
70		Finland	37:09.7
71		China	37:10.4
72		Ireland	37:11.3
73		Denmark	37:11.9
74	Tim Hutchings	England	37:12.4
75		Australia	37:12.9
76		Poland	37:14.1
77		Spain	37:15.4
78		Tunisia	37:16.1
79		United States	37:25.7
80		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		France	37:27.6
86		Tunisia	37:28
87		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		Belgium	37:31.7
92	Salvatore Nicosia	Italy	37:32.7
93		Spain	37:34.1
94	Ranieri Carenza	Italy	37:35
95		Belgium	37:36.2
96		Northern Ireland	37:36.2
97		New Zealand	37:36.2
98		West Germany	37:36.3
99		United States	37:36.3
100		Wales	37:36.3
101	Thierry Pantel	France	37:36.4
102		West Germany	37:36.6
103		Morocco	37:37
104		France	37:37.1
105		Japan	37:37.1
106	Peter Renner	New Zealand	37:37.1
107		New Zealand	37:37.2
108		Tunisia	37:37.9
109		Brazil	37:38.1
110		England	37:38.4
111	Alain Bordeleau	Canada	37:38.9
112		Spain	37:39
113		Belgium	37:39.2
114		New Zealand	37:39.4
115		Norway	37:39.5
116	Peter Wirz	Switzerland	37:39.5
117		England	37:39.7
118		Ireland	37:40
119		Japan	37:40.4
120	Diamantino dos Santos	Brazil	37:40.7
121		Canada	37:41
122	John Robson	Scotland	37:41.3
123		Morocco	37:41.9
124		Netherlands	37:56.6
125	Willy van Huylenbroeck	Belgium	37:57
126		Morocco	37:58.2
127	Karel Lismont	Belgium	37:58.5
128		Ethiopia	37:58.8
129	John Treacy	Ireland	37:59.3
130		Belgium	37:59.7
131	Boguslaw Psujek	Poland	38:00.1
132		Australia	38:00.3
133		Zimbabwe	38:00.6
134	Terence Mitchell	Scotland	38:00.9
135		Denmark	38:01.2
136		Finland	38:01.7
137		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		West Germany	38:07.7
142		Ireland	38:08.8
143		Poland	38:09.3
144		China	38:10.1
145		Tunisia	38:10.6
146		China	38:11
147		Scotland	38:11.1
148		Japan	38:11.1
149		Finland	38:11.1
150		Australia	38:11.1
151		West Germany	38:11.1
152	Roy Dooney	Ireland	38:11.1
153		Switzerland	38:11.1
154		England	38:11.1
155		Poland	38:11.1
156		Poland	38:11.2
157		Ireland	38:12
158		Finland	38:12
159		Canada	38:12
160	James Gombedza	Zimbabwe	38:12
161		Morocco	38:12
162		Wales	38:12
163		West Germany	38:12
164		Hong Kong	38:12
165	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	38:13.9
166		New Zealand	38:14.5
167		Denmark	38:15.5
168	Tommy Persson	Sweden	38:16.9
169		Northern Ireland	38:17.6
170		Scotland	38:18.1
171	Bill Britton	Canada	38:18.6
172		Sudan	38:19.5
173		Scotland	38:20.9
174		Tunisia	38:21.6
175		Denmark	38:22.2
176		Switzerland	38:22.6
177	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	38:23
178		Brazil	38:23.3
179	Rex Wilson	New Zealand	38:25.4
180		Sweden	38:26.1
181		Denmark	38:26.5
182		Poland	38:26.9
183		Belgium	38:27.2
184	Timo Järvinen	Sweden	38:27.6
185		Wales	38:28.4
186		Japan	38:29.3
187		Brazil	38:30
188	Mehmet Terzi	Turkey	38:30.6
189	Féthi Baccouche	Tunisia	38:32.4
190		Switzerland	38:33.5
191		Netherlands	38:35.7
192	Filippos Filippou	Cyprus	38:37.6
193		Scotland	38:38
194		Norway	38:38.7
195		Netherlands	38:39.7
196		Canada	38:40.1
197		Australia	38:40.4
198		Italy	38:41.1
199		Wales	38:41.6
200		Finland	38:42
201		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		Turkey	38:47.7
206		Japan	38:48.3
207		Colombia	38:49.3
208		Ireland	38:49.6
209	Michael Spöttel	West Germany	38:49.9
210		China	38:50.5
211		Canada	38:51
212		Turkey	38:51.7
213		Chinese Taipei	38:51.8
214		Wales	38:53.8
215		India	38:57.9
216		Morocco	38:58.7
217		Scotland	39:01.1
218		Poland	39:01.5
219		Zimbabwe	39:02
220	Ahmet Altun	Turkey	39:03.9
221		Norway	39:04.5
222		Sudan	39:05.9
223		Netherlands	39:07
224		Wales	39:08.6
225		Switzerland	39:09.2
226		Poland	39:10.1
227		India	39:10.6
228	Marcel Versteeg	Netherlands	39:10.9
229		Canada	39:11.2
230		Norway	39:19.8
231		Sudan	39:20.7
232		Denmark	39:21.7
233		Netherlands	39:22.3
234		Zimbabwe	39:23.9
235		Scotland	39:29.7
236	Ahmed Adam	Sudan	39:32.5
237		Switzerland	39:34.7
238		Turkey	39:36.8
239		India	39:37.2
240		Northern Ireland	39:37.7
241		Puerto Rico	39:39
242	John Campbell	New Zealand	39:39.6
243	Musa Gouda	Sudan	39:40.7
244		India	39:41.9
245		Sudan	39:43
246		Northern Ireland	39:44.3
247		Northern Ireland	39:49.5
248		Chinese Taipei	39:50.9
249		Zimbabwe	39:51.5
250	Paulo Catarino	Portugal	39:53.4
251		Sudan	39:54
252		Wales	39:54.6
253		Northern Ireland	39:55.2
254		Morocco	39:56.5
255		Puerto Rico	39:58.2
256		Hong Kong	40:00
257		Sweden	40:00.5
258		Zimbabwe	40:02.9
259		Hong Kong	40:03.8
260		India	40:11
261		Wales	40:12.7
262		Jamaica	40:14.3
263		Tunisia	40:15.7
264		Ireland	40:23.5
265		Cyprus	40:26.9
266		India	40:27.3
267		Chinese Taipei	40:30.9
268		Northern Ireland	40:38.3
269	Mbiganyi Thee	Botswana	40:38.8
270	Hsu Gi-Sheng	Chinese Taipei	40:52.1
271		Mauritius	40:53.1
272		Cyprus	40:57.5
273	Bruno Le Stum	France	40:58.7
274		India	40:59.4
275		Hong Kong	41:01.7
276		Indonesia	41:04.4
277	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	41:06.9
278		Hong Kong	41:08.2
279		Kuwait	41:09
280		Turkey	41:11.2
281		Egypt	41:15.8
282		Chinese Taipei	41:17.1
283		Cyprus	41:18.2
284		Mauritius	41:23
285		Tanzania	41:36.6
286		India	41:40.2
287		India	41:41.9
288	Wilson Theleso	Botswana	41:42.5
289		Chinese Taipei	41:42.9
290		Hong Kong	41:45.3
291		Egypt	41:45.7
292		Malta	41:48
293		Puerto Rico	41:49
294		Jamaica	41:57.8
295		Jamaica	42:09.3
296		Northern Ireland	42:17.2
297		Mauritius	42:18.6
298	Jairo Correa	Colombia	42:20.1
299		Kuwait	42:20.7
300		Egypt	42:26.7
301		Chinese Taipei	42:28
302		Cyprus	42:30.9
303	Marlon Williams	U.S. Virgin Islands	42:33.3
304		Hong Kong	42:36.2
305		Cyprus	42:38.9
306		Mauritius	42:42.3
307		Jamaica	42:42.3
308		Malta	42:56.6
309		Mauritius	43:00.2
310		Kuwait	43:02
311		Indonesia	43:07
312		Egypt	43:11.3
313		Hong Kong	43:13.2
314		Malta	43:14.8
315		Mauritius	43:17.5
316		Egypt	43:22.9
317		Malta	43:45.5
318		Egypt	44:03.7
319		Jamaica	44:09.8
320		Jamaica	44:21.7
321		Malta	44:26.1
322		Malta	44:36.1
323		Kuwait	44:54.5
324		Kuwait	44:56.5
325		Cyprus	44:58.9
326	Joseph Farrugia	Malta	45:03.9
327	Wallace Williams	U.S. Virgin Islands	45:51.7
328		Malta	46:03.8
—	Keith Brantly	United States	DNF
—		Sweden	DNF
—	Antonio Leitão	Portugal	DNF
—	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	DNF
—	Mike McLeod	England	DNF
—		Spain	DNF
—		Sweden	DNF
—		Scotland	DNF
—		Wales	DNF

Teams[]

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) () (45)	45
	Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen 2 Bekele Debele 4 26 Mohammed Kedir 27 Wodajo Bulti 28 Haji Bulbula 32 () (36) (Dereje Nedi) (63) () (128)	119
	United States Pat Porter 6 10 Ed Eyestone 13 Bruce Bickford 15 79 Craig Virgin 81 () (87) () (99) (Keith Brantly) (DNF)	204
4	France 12 Paul Arpin 24 Pierre Levisse 33 Pascal Debacker 47 Jean-Louis Prianon 54 85 (Thierry Pantel) (101) () (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) () (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 20 Francisco Sánchez 41 42 50 67 77 () (93) () (112) () (DNF)	297
8	England Dave Clarke 16 Steve Binns 25 55 Tim Hutchings 74 80 110 () (117) () (154) (Mike McLeod) (DNF)	360
9	Australia Rob de Castella 14 Steve Moneghetti 22 30 75 132 Danny Boltz 139 () (150) () (197)	412
10	Belgium Vincent Rousseau 52 58 91 95 113 Willy van Huylenbroeck 125 (Karel Lismont) (127) () (130) () (183)	534
11	Japan Shuichi Yoneshige 37 66 Kozu Akutsu 82 105 119 148 () (186) () (206)	557
12	Brazil 39 Adauto Domingues 68 Eloi Schleder 83 109 Diamantino dos Santos 120 178 () (187)	597
13	New Zealand 40 97 Peter Renner 106 107 114 166 (Rex Wilson) (179) (John Campbell) (242)	630
14	Ireland John Woods 19 72 118 John Treacy 129 142 Roy Dooney 152 () (157) () (208) () (264)	632
15	Canada Paul McCloy 17 Art Boileau 69 Alain Bordeleau 111 121 159 Bill Britton 171 () (196) () (211) () (229)	648
16	Tunisia 57 78 86 108 145 174 (Féthi Baccouche) (189) () (263)	648
17	Sweden Mats Erixon 46 49 65 Tommy Persson 168 180 Timo Järvinen 184 () (257) () (DNF) () (DNF)	692
18	Morocco 60 103 123 126 137 161 () (216) () (254)	710
19	Finland 70 136 Martti Vainio 140 149 158 Tommy Ekblom 165 () (200) () (201)	818
20	Switzerland Markus Ryffel 48 Peter Wirz 116 Markus Hacksteiner 138 153 176 190 (Bruno Lafranchi) (202) () (225) () (237)	821
21	Norway Geir Kvernmo 29 Roy Andersen 38 115 194 221 230	827
22	West Germany 98 102 141 151 163 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 177 (Michael Spöttel) (209)	832
23	Poland 76 Boguslaw Psujek 131 143 155 156 182 (Wiktor Sawicki) (204) () (218) () (226)	843
24	Scotland John Robson 122 Terence Mitchell 134 147 170 173 193 () (217) () (235) () (DNF)	939
25	Denmark 73 135 167 175 181 232	963
26	Netherlands Tonnie Dirks 61 124 191 195 223 Marcel Versteeg 228 () (233)	1022
27	Wales 100 162 185 199 214 224 () (252) () (261) () (DNF)	1084
28	Northern Ireland 96 169 240 246 247 253 () (268) () (296)	1251
29	Zimbabwe 133 James Gombedza 160 219 234 249 258	1253
30	Turkey Mehmet Terzi 188 205 212 Ahmet Altun 220 238 280	1343
31	Sudan 172 222 231 Ahmed Adam 236 Musa Gouda 243 245 () (251)	1349
32	India 215 227 239 244 260 266 () (274) () (286) () (287)	1451
33	Hong Kong 164 256 259 275 278 290 () (304) () (313)	1522
34	Chinese Taipei 213 248 267 Hsu Gi-Sheng 270 282 289 () (301)	1569
35	Cyprus Filippos Filippou 192 265 272 Spyros Spyrou 277 283 302 () (305) () (325)	1591
36	Mauritius 271 284 297 306 309 315	1782
37	Jamaica 262 294 295 307 319 320	1797
38	Egypt 281 291 300 312 316 318	1818
39	Malta 292 308 314 317 321 322 (Joseph Farrugia) (326) () (328)	1874

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

Participation[]

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[]

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

References[]