International athletics championship event
Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 25th Date March 23 Host city Torino , Piemonte , Italy Venue Parco del Valentino Events 1 Distances 8.511 km – Junior men Participation 160 athletes from 48 nations
The Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino , Italy , at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times ,[1] in the Herald ,[2] and for the IAAF .[3]
Complete results,[4] [5] medallists,[6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.
Race results [ ]
Junior men's race (8.511 km) [ ]
Individual [ ]
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Kenya
24:21
Million Wolde
Ethiopia
24:28
Paul Kosgei
Kenya
24:29
4
John Gwako
Kenya
24:58
5
Kenya
25:02
6
Patrick Ivuti
Kenya
25:06
7
Ethiopia
25:10
8
Uganda
25:14
9
Kenya
25:20
10
Yibeltal Admassu
Ethiopia
25:22
11
Ali Ezzine
Morocco
25:24
12
Ethiopia
25:25
13
Uganda
25:37
14
Ethiopia
25:38
15
Japan
25:50
16
Ethiopia
25:51
17
Ali Saïdi-Sief
Algeria
25:55
18
Japan
25:55
19
Adil Kaouch
Morocco
25:58
20
Yemen
26:02
21
Morocco
26:02
22
Bouabdallah Tahri
France
26:03
23
Morocco
26:03
24
Zimbabwe
26:08
25
Japan
26:10
26
Juan Carlos Higuero
Spain
26:12
27
Japan
26:14
28
Spain
26:17
29
Morocco
26:17
30
South Africa
26:19
31
Japan
26:22
32
Uganda
26:24
33
Italy
26:25
34
South Africa
26:26
35
South Africa
26:28
36
Pablo Villalobos
Spain
26:34
37
Australia
26:36
38
Jussi Utriainen
Finland
26:37
39
Morocco
26:39
40
Japan
26:40
41
Roman Usov
Russia
26:43
42
Glody Dube
Botswana
26:44
43
Brazil
26:45
44
Mexico
26:46
45
Algeria
26:50
46
Romania
26:50
47
Italy
26:52
48
South Africa
26:54
49
Hungary
26:57
50
Tanzania
26:57
51
United States
26:58
52
Mexico
26:58
53
Mexico
26:59
54
Spain
27:03
55
Lesotho
27:04
56
Gareth Turnbull
Ireland
27:04
57
Italy
27:05
58
Hungary
27:07
59
Yemen
27:08
60
Israel
27:08
61
Spain
27:09
62
Italy
27:11
63
Algeria
27:12
64
United Kingdom
27:12
65
United States
27:13
66
United Kingdom
27:15
67
Algeria
27:17
68
Algeria
27:17
69
Brazil
27:19
70
Turkey
27:20
71
Canada
27:21
72
Poland
27:23
73
France
27:24
74
Argentina
27:24
75
Manuel Damião
Portugal
27:25
76
Australia
27:27
77
Belarus
27:27
78
South Africa
27:27
79
United States
27:28
80
France
27:30
81
Paul Fenn
Australia
27:30
82
Uganda
27:31
83
United Kingdom
27:31
84
Belarus
27:32
85
Takhir Mamashayev
Kazakhstan
27:33
86
Namibia
27:33
87
France
27:34
88
France
27:35
89
Finland
27:36
90
Turkey
27:37
91
United Kingdom
27:40
92
United States
27:41
93
Spain
27:43
94
Argentina
27:44
95
United States
27:44
96
Martin Dent
Australia
27:46
97
Namibia
27:47
98
United Kingdom
27:48
99
Turkey
27:49
100
Lesotho
27:50
101
Finland
27:51
102
Belgium
27:51
103
Belgium
27:52
104
India
27:53
105
Andorra
27:54
106
Finland
27:56
107
Italy
27:57
108
Canada
27:58
109
Netherlands
27:59
110
Yemen
27:59
111
Lesotho
28:00
112
Algeria
28:02
113
Yemen
28:03
114
Brazil
28:04
115
Canada
28:06
116
India
28:07
117
Switzerland
28:07
118
Czech Republic
28:08
119
Imre Szabó
Hungary
28:09
120
Italy
28:10
121
César Villanueva
Mexico
28:11
122
Switzerland
28:13
123
Brazil
28:15
124
Czech Republic
28:17
125
Namibia
28:17
126
Switzerland
28:18
127
Michal Šneberger
Czech Republic
28:18
128
Belarus
28:19
129
Mehdi Baala
France
28:20
130
Croatia
28:21
131
Yemen
28:23
132
India
28:28
133
India
28:29
134
South Africa
28:37
135
United Kingdom
28:45
136
Canada
28:46
137
Hungary
28:50
138
Canada
28:51
139
Belgium
28:54
140
Switzerland
28:59
141
Argentina
28:59
142
Malta
29:11
143
Belarus
29:15
144
Mindaugas Pukstas
Lithuania
29:19
145
Turkey
29:20
146
Estonia
29:20
147
Canada
29:20
148
Mauritius
29:24
149
Gabe Jennings
United States
29:26
150
Switzerland
29:29
151
Czech Republic
30:06
152
Mauritius
30:28
153
Palestine
30:50
154
Seychelles
31:18
155
Mauritius
31:28
156
Lesotho
31:38
157
Palestine
32:20
158
Mauritius
33:16
159
Palestine
36:04
—
Slovenia
DNF
—
Hungary
DNS
—
Palestine
DNS
—
Palestine
DNS
Teams [ ]
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
13
Ethiopia
31
Morocco
74
4
Japan
15
18
25
27
()
(31)
()
(40)
85
5
Uganda
135
6
Spain
144
7
South Africa
30
34
35
48
()
(78)
()
(134)
147
8
Algeria
192
9
Italy
33
47
57
62
()
(107)
()
(120)
199
10
France
Bouabdallah Tahri
22
73
80
87
()
(88)
(Mehdi Baala )
(129)
262
11
Mexico
270
12
United States
51
65
79
92
()
(95)
(Gabe Jennings )
(149)
287
13
Australia
37
76
Paul Fenn
81
Martin Dent
96
290
14
Yemen
302
15
United Kingdom
64
66
83
91
()
(98)
()
(135)
304
16
Finland
Jussi Utriainen
38
89
101
106
334
17
Brazil
349
18
Hungary
363
19
Turkey
404
20
Lesotho
422
21
Canada
71
108
115
136
()
(138)
()
(147)
430
22
Belarus
432
23
India
485
24
Switzerland
505
25
Czech Republic
520
26
Mauritius
613
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation [ ]
An unofficial count yields the participation of 160 athletes from 48 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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"Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory" , The New York Times , March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
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Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place , Herald , retrieved October 27, 2013
^ Wallace-Jones, Sean, Report for Junior races - Victory take two for Kenya , IAAF , archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved October 27, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.5km CC Men - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997 , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 27, 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
^ Cross Junior Men - 23-03-97 - Results , IAAF , March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
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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
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