International athletics championship event
1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 16th Date March 26 Host city Auckland , New Zealand Venue Ellerslie Racecourse Events 3 Distances 12 km – Senior men 8.031 km – Junior men 5.962 km – Senior women Participation 441 athletes from 41 nations ← 1987 Warszawa
1989 Stavanger →
The 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland , New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald .[1]
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists,
[5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists [ ]
Race results [ ]
Senior men's race (12 km) [ ]
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
23
Ethiopia
Abebe Mekonnen
5
Haji Bulbula
10
Habte Negash
12
Debebe Demisse
20
Melese Feissa
23
Chala Kelele
33
(Tena Negere )
(38)
()
(64)
(Bekele Debele )
(83)
103
France
134
4
United Kingdom
228
5
Italy
272
6
Spain
277
7
United States
285
8
Australia
292
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8.031 km) [ ]
Individual race†
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Wilfred Kirochi
Kenya
23:25
Kenya
23:39
Ethiopia
23:41
4
Kenya
23:51
5
Kenya
23:54
6
William Koskei Chemitei
Kenya
24:03
7
Ethiopia
24:17
8
Spain
24:35
9
Noureddine Morceli
Algeria
24:45
10
Ethiopia
24:48
11
Zoltán Káldy
Hungary
24:52
12
Switzerland
24:56
Full results
† :Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified.
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
12
Ethiopia
33
Spain
61
4
Japan
83
5
United States
115
6
Australia
128
7
New Zealand
152
8
Algeria
152
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5.962 km) [ ]
Individual race
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Ingrid Kristiansen
Norway
19:04
Angela Tooby
United Kingdom
19:23
Annette Sergent
France
19:29
4
Lynn Jennings
United States
19:38
5
Albertina Machado
Portugal
19:38
6
Yelena Romanova
Soviet Union
19:41
7
Regina Chistyakova
Soviet Union
19:41
8
Liève Slegers
Belgium
19:44
9
Jill Hunter
United Kingdom
19:46
10
Maria Curatolo
Italy
19:46
11
Marie-Pierre Duros
France
19:49
12
Susan Sirma
Kenya
19:50
Full results
Teams
Rank
Team
Points
Soviet Union
Yelena Romanova
6
Regina Chistyakova
7
18
Olga Bondarenko
20
()
(39)
(Lyudmila Matveyeva )
(59)
51
United Kingdom
Angela Tooby
2
Jill Hunter
9
Susan Tooby
16
34
()
(48)
()
(84)
61
France
Annette Sergent
3
Marie-Pierre Duros
11
Patricia Demilly
28
Rosario Murcia
30
(Maria Lelut )
(35)
()
(75)
72
4
United States
88
5
Canada
91
6
Kenya
122
7
Portugal
126
8
China
152
Full results
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial) [ ]
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation [ ]
An unofficial count yields the participation of 4401 athletes from 41 countries, two athletes (senior men) less than the official number published.[6]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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Gillon, Doug (March 28, 1988), Cross-country in Britain could be running out of time - The World Championships in Auckland may have signalled the beginning of the death of cross-country running in Britain... , Glasgow Herald , p. 9, retrieved October 23, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988 , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988 , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988 , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS , Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
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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
External links [ ]
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