1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

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Senior men's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition15th
DateMarch 22
Host cityWarszawa, Poland Poland
VenueSłużewiec Racecourse
Events1
Distances11.95 km – Senior men
Participation278 athletes from
38 nations

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]

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

Race results[]

Senior men's race (11.95 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ngugi  Kenya 36:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Kipkoech  Kenya 36:07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Arpin  France 36:51
4 Abebe Mekonnen  Ethiopia 36:53
5 Some Muge  Kenya 36:54
6 Andrew Masai  Kenya 37:01
7 Pat Porter  United States 37:04
8 Paul McCloy  Canada 37:08
9 Bruno Le Stum  France 37:09
10 Dave Clarke  England 37:10
11 Steve Moneghetti  Australia 37:11
12 Ed Eyestone  United States 37:11
13 Francesco Panetta  Italy 37:12
14 José Regalo  Portugal 37:13
15 Pierre Levisse  France 37:13
16 John Halvorsen  Norway 37:14
17 Haji Bulbula  Ethiopia 37:14
18 Moses Tanui  Kenya 37:17
19 Vincent Rousseau  Belgium 37:25
20 Carl Thackery  England 37:25
21  Kenya 37:28
22 Kevin Forster  England 37:30
23 Steve Binns  England 37:31
24 Steve Plasencia  United States 37:31
25  Spain 37:31
26 Gelindo Bordin  Italy 37:33
27 Wodajo Bulti  Ethiopia 37:37
28  Spain 37:38
29  Ethiopia 37:39
30  New Zealand 37:42
31 Stanley Mandebele  Zimbabwe 37:42
32 Marco Gozzano  Italy 37:43
33  England 37:43
34  Japan 37:43
35 John Woods  Ireland 37:44
36 Severino Bernardini  Italy 37:45
37 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 37:46
38  England 37:47
39 Melese Feissa  Ethiopia 37:48
40 Nat Muir  Scotland 37:49
41 Joaquim Pinheiro  Portugal 37:49
42 Abel Antón  Spain 37:51
43 Tim Hutchings  England 37:51
44 Konrad Dobler  West Germany 37:52
45 Bekele Debele  Ethiopia 37:53
46  England 37:56
47  Belgium 37:57
48 Boniface Merande  Kenya 37:57
49  Tunisia 37:58
50 Ezequiel Canario  Portugal 37:59
51  Algeria 38:00
52   Switzerland 38:01
53 Habte Negash  Ethiopia 38:01
54 Salvatore Bettiol  Italy 38:02
55  France 38:02
56  Tunisia 38:03
57  Sweden 38:04
58  Norway 38:04
59  England 38:05
60 Krzysztof Wesołowski  Poland 38:08
61  Spain 38:08
62 Franco Boffi  Italy 38:09
63 Dionísio Castro  Portugal 38:10
64  Belgium 38:11
65 Peter Butler  Canada 38:11
66  Tunisia 38:11
67  Kenya 38:11
68 Thierry Pantel  France 38:12
69 Martin Vrabel  Czechoslovakia 38:12
70  Ethiopia 38:12
71 Kozu Akutsu  Japan 38:14
72 Ralf Salzmann  West Germany 38:15
73 Erik De Beck  Belgium 38:16
74  New Zealand 38:17
75 Shuichi Yoneshige  Japan 38:17
76  Wales 38:18
77 Mats Erixon  Sweden 38:18
78  Belgium 38:19
79 Rex Wilson  New Zealand 38:19
80  Algeria 38:20
81  Spain 38:22
82 Bogusław Mamiński  Poland 38:26
83 Jan Huruk  Poland 38:27
84  Australia 38:28
85  West Germany 38:30
86  Norway 38:30
87  United States 38:30
88  Japan 38:31
89  Algeria 38:33
90  Sweden 38:34
91 Gregor Cameron  New Zealand 38:34
92  Ireland 38:35
93 Tonnie Dirks  Netherlands 38:36
94 Art Boileau  Canada 38:36
95  France 38:36
96  Ethiopia 38:36
97 William Vanhuylenbroek  Belgium 38:37
98 Graeme Fell  Canada 38:37
99  Wales 38:38
100 Roy Dooney  Ireland 38:38
101 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany 38:39
102  Algeria 38:40
103  Spain 38:42
104 António Pinto  Portugal 38:43
105  Netherlands 38:44
106  Spain 38:45
107 Steve Jones  Wales 38:45
108 Brad Camp  Australia 38:46
109  Canada 38:46
110 Diamantino dos Santos  Brazil 38:46
111 Giuseppe Miccoli  Italy 38:47
112  Czechoslovakia 38:47
113  Canada 38:47
114 Alejandro Gómez  Spain 38:48
115  Greece 38:49
116  Algeria 38:49
117 Marc Borghans  Netherlands 38:49
118  West Germany 38:50
119  Poland 38:50
120  Wales 38:50
121  Norway 38:50
122 Jonny Danielson  Sweden 38:51
123  Kenya 38:51
124  Algeria 38:52
125  Norway 38:52
126 Gianni Demadonna  Italy 38:52
127  United States 38:54
128 Peter McColgan  Northern Ireland 38:54
129 Fernando Couto  Portugal 38:55
130  Tunisia 38:56
131 Antonio Prieto  Spain 38:57
132  Zimbabwe 38:57
133  Zimbabwe 38:59
134  Wales 39:02
135  Belgium 39:03
136  Wales 39:03
137 Terence Mitchell  Scotland 39:07
138   Switzerland 39:09
139  Ireland 39:09
140  Sweden 39:10
141  Netherlands 39:10
142  Czechoslovakia 39:10
143 Alain Bordeleau  Canada 39:12
144  Tunisia 39:12
145 Bogusław Psujek  Poland 39:14
146 John Robson  Scotland 39:15
147   Switzerland 39:16
148  Netherlands 39:19
149  Scotland 39:19
150 Cyrille Laventure  France 39:20
151  Algeria 39:20
152  Scotland 39:20
153  Japan 39:22
154  Ireland 39:22
155  New Zealand 39:23
156  Australia 39:23
157  Poland 39:23
158  Norway 39:26
159  Tunisia 39:26
160   Switzerland 39:26
161  United States 39:30
162  Algeria 39:30
163  Czechoslovakia 39:31
164  Poland 39:31
165  Sweden 39:31
166  Australia 39:32
167  Denmark 39:33
168  West Germany 39:34
169  Brazil 39:35
170  New Zealand 39:36
171  Greece 39:37
172  Cyprus 39:38
173  Portugal 39:39
174  France 39:42
175  Zimbabwe 39:43
176 Nicolas Nyengerai  Zimbabwe 39:43
177 Gerard Barrett  Australia 39:44
178  Ireland 39:46
179  New Zealand 39:48
180  Scotland 39:48
181  Scotland 39:49
182  New Zealand 39:54
183  Greece 39:55
184  Japan 39:55
185  Brazil 39:56
186 Alberto Cova  Italy 39:57
187  Greece 39:58
188  Northern Ireland 39:59
189   Switzerland 40:00
190  Northern Ireland 40:01
191  Northern Ireland 40:03
192  Scotland 40:04
193  Canada 40:05
194  Denmark 40:08
195 Raymond Pannier  France 40:09
196 Allister Hutton  Scotland 40:10
197 Zephaniah Ncube  Zimbabwe 40:10
198 Robert Hodge  United States 40:13
199 Tony Simmons  Wales 40:16
200  Tunisia 40:19
201  Belgium 40:19
202  Brazil 40:20
203 Hari Singh  India 40:21
204 John Christiansen  Denmark 40:24
205  Northern Ireland 40:25
206  Greece 40:25
207  Brazil 40:26
208  Canada 40:28
209  Poland 40:29
210  Ireland 40:29
211  Poland 40:31
212  Ireland 40:33
213   Switzerland 40:33
214 Markus Hacksteiner   Switzerland 40:36
215  Tunisia 40:36
216 Zeki Öztürk  Turkey 40:37
217  Northern Ireland 40:39
218  Australia 40:39
219  Greece 40:44
220  Sweden 40:45
221  Netherlands 40:47
222  India 40:49
223  United States 40:51
224  Tunisia 40:57
225 Hsu Gi-Sheng  Chinese Taipei 41:01
226  Brazil 41:06
227  Greece 41:08
228  Jamaica 41:09
229  Netherlands 41:11
230  Ireland 41:13
231  Northern Ireland 41:14
232  India 41:15
233  Israel 41:31
234  Jamaica 41:37
235  Egypt 41:39
236  India 41:40
237  Japan 41:40
238 Surender Pal Singh  India 41:41
239  India 41:43
240  Greece 41:51
241  Chinese Taipei 41:56
242  Brazil 41:58
243  India 41:59
244 Derick Adamson  Jamaica 42:03
245  Wales 42:05
246  Chinese Taipei 42:06
247  Northern Ireland 42:08
248  Japan 42:21
249  Jamaica 42:39
250  Chinese Taipei 42:48
251 Tim Soutar  Hong Kong 42:56
252  Cyprus 42:57
253  Chinese Taipei 43:05
254  Jamaica 43:12
255  Cyprus 43:14
256  Cyprus 43:20
257  Chinese Taipei 43:42
258  Egypt 43:43
259  Northern Ireland 43:44
260  Egypt 43:50
261  Cyprus 43:52
262  Hong Kong 43:55
263  Hong Kong 44:05
264  Jamaica 44:13
265  Cyprus 44:18
266  Jamaica 44:23
267  Chinese Taipei 44:37
268  Hong Kong 45:00
269  Hong Kong 45:13
270  Cyprus 45:24
271  Hong Kong 45:27
272  Cyprus 45:37
273  Hong Kong 45:39
274  Hong Kong 46:31
— Domingos Castro  Portugal DNF
—  Sweden DNF
—  West Germany DNF
—  Sweden DNF

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
John Ngugi 1
Paul Kipkoech 2
Some Muge 5
Andrew Masai 6
Moses Tanui 18
21
(Boniface Merande) (48)
() (67)
() (123)
53
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England
Dave Clarke 10
Carl Thackery 20
Kevin Forster 22
Steve Binns 23
33
38
(Tim Hutchings) (43)
() (46)
() (59)
146
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Abebe Mekonnen 4
Haji Bulbula 17
Wodajo Bulti 27
29
Melese Feissa 39
Bekele Debele 45
(Habte Negash) (53)
() (70)
() (96)
161
4  Italy
Francesco Panetta 13
Gelindo Bordin 26
Marco Gozzano 32
Severino Bernardini 36
Salvatore Bettiol 54
Franco Boffi 62
(Giuseppe Miccoli) (111)
(Gianni Demadonna) (126)
(Alberto Cova) (186)
223
5  France
Paul Arpin 3
Bruno Le Stum 9
Pierre Levisse 15
55
Thierry Pantel 68
95
(Cyrille Laventure) (150)
() (174)
(Raymond Pannier) (195)
245
6  Portugal
José Regalo 14
Fernando Mamede 37
Joaquim Pinheiro 41
Ezequiel Canario 50
Dionísio Castro 63
António Pinto 104
(Fernando Couto) (129)
() (173)
(Domingos Castro) (DNF)
309
7  Spain
25
28
Abel Antón 42
61
81
103
() (106)
(Alejandro Gómez) (114)
(Antonio Prieto) (131)
340
8  Belgium
Vincent Rousseau 19
47
64
Eric de Beck 73
78
Willy van Huylenbroeck 97
() (135)
() (201)
378
9  United States
Pat Porter 7
Ed Eyestone 12
Steve Plasencia 24
87
127
161
(Robert Hodge) (198)
() (223)
418
10  Canada
Paul McCloy 8
Peter Butler 65
Art Boileau 94
Graeme Fell 98
109
113
(Alain Bordeleau) (143)
() (193)
() (208)
487
11  Algeria
51
80
89
102
116
124
() (151)
() (162)
562
12  Norway
John Halvorsen 16
58
86
121
125
158
564
13  West Germany
Konrad Dobler 44
Ralf Salzmann 72
85
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 101
118
168
() (DNF)
588
14  New Zealand
30
74
Rex Wilson 79
Gregor Cameron 91
155
170
() (179)
() (182)
599
15  Tunisia
49
56
66
130
144
159
() (200)
() (215)
() (224)
604
16  Japan
34
Kozu Akutsu 71
Shuichi Yoneshige 75
88
153
184
() (237)
() (248)
605
17  Poland
Krzysztof Wesołowski 60
Bogusław Mamiński 82
Jan Huruk 83
119
Bogusław Psujek 145
157
() (164)
() (209)
() (211)
646
18  Sweden
57
Mats Erixon 77
90
Jonny Danielson 122
140
165
() (220)
() (DNF)
() (DNF)
651
19  Wales
76
99
Steve Jones 107
120
134
136
(Tony Simmons) (199)
() (245)
672
20  Ireland
John Woods 35
92
Roy Dooney 100
139
154
178
() (210)
() (212)
() (230)
698
21  Australia
Steve Moneghetti 11
84
Brad Camp 108
156
166
Gerard Barrett 177
() (218)
702
22  Scotland
Nat Muir 40
Terence Mitchell 137
John Robson 146
149
152
180
() (181)
() (192)
(Allister Hutton) (196)
804
23  Netherlands
Tonnie Dirks 93
105
Marc Borghans 117
141
148
221
() (229)
825
24  Zimbabwe
Stanley Mandebele 31
132
133
175
Nicolas Nyengerai 176
Zephaniah Ncube 197
844
25   Switzerland
52
138
147
160
189
213
(Markus Hacksteiner) (214)
899
26  Greece
115
171
183
187
206
219
() (227)
() (240)
1081
27  Brazil
Diamantino dos Santos 110
169
185
202
207
226
() (242)
1099
28  Northern Ireland
Peter McColgan 128
188
190
191
205
217
() (231)
() (247)
() (259)
1119
29  India
Hari Singh 203
222
232
236
Surender Pal Singh 238
239
() (243)
1370
30  Cyprus
172
252
255
256
261
265
() (270)
() (272)
1461
31  Chinese Taipei
Hsu Gi-Sheng 225
241
246
250
253
257
() (267)
1472
32  Jamaica
228
234
Derick Adamson 244
249
254
264
() (266)
1473
33  Hong Kong
Tim Soutar 251
262
263
268
269
271
() (273)
() (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. ^ 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
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