1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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Junior men's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition16th
DateMarch 26
Host cityAuckland, New Zealand New Zealand
VenueEllerslie Racecourse
Events1
Distances8.031 km – Junior men
Participation96 athletes from
25 nations

The Junior men's race at 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,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results[]

Junior men's race (8.031 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya 23:25
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya 23:39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
13  Ethiopia 25:06
14 Todd Williams  United States 25:08
15 Fermín Cacho  Spain 25:09
16  Spain 25:10
17  Ethiopia 25:12
18  Japan 25:18
19 Rod de Highden  Australia 25:22
20  Japan 25:22
21  Japan 25:26
22  Spain 25:28
23  Portugal 25:28
24  Japan 25:31
25  New Zealand 25:32
26  United Kingdom 25:32
27 Julian Paynter  Australia 25:38
28  New Zealand 25:38
29  Japan 25:40
30  Canada 25:41
31  United States 25:43
32  West Germany 25:45
33  United States 25:46
34  Canada 25:47
35  Ireland 25:47
36  Italy 25:48
37  United States 25:50
38 Alex Davey  Australia 25:55
39  Italy 25:55
40  Italy 25:58
41  Spain 26:01
42  Algeria 26:03
43  Japan 26:04
44  Australia 26:10
45  Italy 26:10
46  Algeria 26:11
47  Canada 26:13
48  United States 26:16
49  New Zealand 26:19
50  New Zealand 26:21
51  United Kingdom 26:22
52  United Kingdom 26:28
53  Spain 26:30
54  India 26:31
55  Algeria 26:31
56  United Kingdom 26:33
57  Ireland 26:34
58  United States 26:35
59  Portugal 26:36
60  Norway 26:39
61  United Kingdom 26:40
62  Algeria 26:42
63  Canada 26:48
64  New Zealand 26:48
65  Mauritius 26:48
66  Chinese Taipei 26:53
67  Australia 27:01
68 Spencer Duval  United Kingdom 27:01
69  Chinese Taipei 27:02
70  Canada 27:04
71  Ireland 27:05
72  India 27:06
73  Ireland 27:14
74  Ireland 27:17
75  Norway 27:25
76  New Zealand 27:27
77  Norway 27:32
78  Italy 28:22
79    Nepal 28:23
80    Nepal 28:46
81  Israel 28:58
82  Vanuatu 29:26
83 Ancel Nalau  Vanuatu 29:31
84  Fiji 29:46
85 Brendan Matthias  Canada 29:52
86  India 29:55
87    Nepal 30:22
88    Nepal 30:35
89  Fiji 30:40
90  Fiji 30:52
91  Vanuatu 31:13
92  Fiji 31:32
93    Nepal 33:40
94  Western Samoa 39:10
95  Western Samoa 47:30
— Cosmas Ndeti  Kenya DQ†

†:Cosmas Ndeti of  Kenya finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified.

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Wilfred Kirochi 1
2
4
5
(William Koskei Chemitei) (6)
12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
3
7
10
13
() (17)
33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
8
Fermín Cacho 15
16
22
() (41)
() (53)
61
4  Japan
18
20
21
24
() (29)
() (43)
83
5  United States
Todd Williams 14
31
33
37
() (48)
() (58)
115
6  Australia
Rod de Highden 19
Julian Paynter 27
Alex Davey 38
44
() (67)
128
7  New Zealand
25
28
49
50
() (64)
() (76)
152
8  Algeria
Noureddine Morceli 9
42
46
55
() (62)
152
9  Italy
36
39
40
45
() (78)
160
10  Canada
30
34
47
63
() (70)
(Brendan Matthias) (85)
174
11  United Kingdom
26
51
52
56
() (61)
(Spencer Duval) (68)
185
12  Ireland
35
57
71
73
() (74)
236
13    Nepal
79
80
87
88
() (93)
334
14  Fiji
84
89
90
92
355
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 96 athletes from 25 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ 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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