1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Junior men's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	19th
Date	March 24
Host city	Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Venue	Linkeroever Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	8.415 km – Junior men
Participation	143 athletes from 31 nations
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The Junior men's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.^[1]

Complete results,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Race results[]

Junior men's race (8.415 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Andrew Sambu	Tanzania	23:59
		Kenya	24:04
	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	24:04
4	Joseph Kibor	Kenya	24:09
5		Ethiopia	24:12
6	Josephat Kiprono	Kenya	24:17
7	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	24:19
8	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	24:23
9		Kenya	24:23
10	Desta Asgedom	Ethiopia	24:29
11	Abraham Assefa	Ethiopia	24:29
12		Tanzania	25:07
13	Ayele Mezegebu	Ethiopia	25:07
14	Salah Hissou	Morocco	25:14
15		Morocco	25:15
16		Algeria	25:16
17		Japan	25:16
18		Tanzania	25:25
19	Keith Cullen	United Kingdom	25:30
20		Japan	25:37
21		Morocco	25:40
22		Czechoslovakia	25:42
23		Tanzania	25:44
24		Algeria	25:45
25		Ireland	25:46
26		Morocco	25:46
27		Japan	25:48
28		Soviet Union	25:49
29		New Zealand	25:49
30		Algeria	25:51
31		Canada	25:52
32		Morocco	25:54
33		United Kingdom	25:55
34		Spain	25:56
35	Mark Carroll	Ireland	26:02
36	Mateo Cañellas	Spain	26:06
37	Sergey Fedotov	Soviet Union	26:08
38		Japan	26:09
39		Algeria	26:10
40		United States	26:11
41		Japan	26:15
42	William Roldán	Colombia	26:16
43		Algeria	26:18
44	Piotr Gladki	Poland	26:19
45		France	26:20
46		Brazil	26:20
47		Australia	26:21
48		Spain	26:21
49		Czechoslovakia	26:22
50		Algeria	26:22
51		Soviet Union	26:23
52	Jonathan Wyatt	New Zealand	26:27
53		United States	26:27
54	Michael Gottschalk	Germany	26:29
55		United Kingdom	26:31
56		Morocco	26:35
57		Spain	26:36
58	Colin Walker	United Kingdom	26:37
59		France	26:37
60		United Kingdom	26:38
61		Brazil	26:39
62	Danilo Goffi	Italy	26:40
63		India	26:41
64		United States	26:42
65		Portugal	26:45
66	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	26:47
67		France	26:47
68		Mexico	26:48
69		Netherlands	26:48
70		Belgium	26:48
71		Italy	26:49
72		Italy	26:49
73		India	26:50
74		Netherlands	26:53
75		Australia	26:54
76		United Kingdom	26:56
77		India	26:58
78		Canada	27:00
79		Mexico	27:00
80		Japan	27:01
81		Colombia	27:01
82	André Green	Germany	27:02
83		Brazil	27:02
84		United States	27:03
85		Germany	27:03
86	Jeff Schiebler	Canada	27:04
87		Switzerland	27:04
88		Ireland	27:05
89		United States	27:07
90		Ireland	27:08
91		Brazil	27:09
92		Italy	27:11
93		Sweden	27:11
94		France	27:13
95		Czechoslovakia	27:17
96		Italy	27:21
97		Spain	27:22
98		Australia	27:24
99		Germany	27:26
100		Switzerland	27:26
101		India	27:27
102		Belgium	27:33
103		Switzerland	27:36
104		Belgium	27:36
105	Chris Unthank	Australia	27:37
106		Spain	27:37
107	Dale Warrander	New Zealand	27:39
108		Sweden	27:41
109		Belgium	27:44
110		Sweden	27:49
111		Italy	27:52
112		Switzerland	27:54
113		Germany	27:55
114	Marcel Matanin	Czechoslovakia	27:56
115		Belgium	28:00
116		Netherlands	28:01
117		Australia	28:14
118		Sweden	28:21
119	Marko Koers	Netherlands	28:22
120		United States	28:22
121		Belgium	28:23
122	Greg van Hest	Netherlands	28:40
123	Richard Muscat	Gibraltar	28:48
124		Gibraltar	28:56
125		Mauritius	29:00
126		Canada	29:16
127		Australia	29:24
128		Gibraltar	29:30
129		Switzerland	29:33
130		Mauritius	29:35
131		Canada	29:45
132		Gibraltar	29:53
133		Gibraltar	29:54
134		Ireland	30:00
135		Mauritius	31:09
136		Gibraltar	31:33
137		Guam	31:53
138		Guam	32:05
139		Guam	33:28
—		France	DNF
—		Ethiopia	DNF
—		Germany	DNF
—		France	DNF

Teams[]

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya 2 Joseph Kibor 4 Josephat Kiprono 6 Ismael Kirui 7 () (9)	19
	Ethiopia Fita Bayissa 3 5 Haile Gebrselassie 8 Desta Asgedom 10 (Abraham Assefa) (11) (Ayele Mezegebu) (13) () (DNF)	26
	Tanzania Andrew Sambu 1 12 18 23	54
4	Morocco Salah Hissou 14 15 21 26 () (32) () (56)	76
5	Japan 17 20 27 38 () (41) () (80)	102
6	Algeria 16 24 30 39 () (43) () (50)	109
7	United Kingdom Keith Cullen 19 33 55 Colin Walker 58 () (60) () (76)	165
8	Spain 34 Mateo Cañellas 36 48 57 () (97) () (106)	175
9	Ireland 25 Mark Carroll 35 88 90 () (134)	238
10	United States 40 53 64 84 () (89) () (120)	241
11	Canada 31 Kevin Sullivan 66 78 Jeff Schiebler 86 () (126) () (131)	261
12	France 45 59 67 94 () (DNF) () (DNF)	265
13	Czechoslovakia 22 49 95 Marcel Matanin 114	280
14	Brazil 46 61 83 91	281
15	Italy Danilo Goffi 62 71 72 92 () (96) () (111)	297
16	India 63 73 77 101	314
17	Germany Michael Gottschalk 54 André Green 82 85 99 () (113) () (DNF)	320
18	Australia 47 75 98 Chris Unthank 105 () (117) () (127)	325
19	Netherlands 69 74 116 Marko Koers 119 (Greg van Hest) (122)	378
20	Belgium 70 102 104 109 () (115) () (121)	385
21	Switzerland 87 100 103 112 () (129)	402
22	Sweden 93 108 110 118	429
23	Gibraltar Richard Muscat 123 124 128 132 () (133) () (136)	507

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 143 athletes from 31 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

See also[]

• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

References[]