1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition25th
DateMarch 23
Host cityTorino, Piemonte, Italy Italy
VenueParco del Valentino
Events1
Distances8.511 km – Junior men
Participation160 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya 24:21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Million Wolde  Ethiopia 24:28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
1
Paul Kosgei 3
John Gwako 4
5
(Patrick Ivuti) (6)
() (9)
13
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Million Wolde 2
7
Yibeltal Admassu 10
12
() (14)
() (16)
31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
Ali Ezzine 11
Adil Kaouch 19
21
23
() (29)
() (39)
74
4  Japan
15
18
25
27
() (31)
() (40)
85
5  Uganda
8
13
32
82
135
6  Spain
Juan Carlos Higuero 26
28
Pablo Villalobos 36
54
() (61)
() (93)
144
7  South Africa
30
34
35
48
() (78)
() (134)
147
8  Algeria
Ali Saïdi-Sief 17
45
63
67
() (68)
() (112)
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
44
52
53
César Villanueva 121
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
20
59
110
113
() (131)
302
15  United Kingdom
64
66
83
91
() (98)
() (135)
304
16  Finland
Jussi Utriainen 38
89
101
106
334
17  Brazil
43
69
114
123
349
18  Hungary
49
58
Imre Szabó 119
137
363
19  Turkey
70
90
99
145
404
20  Lesotho
55
100
111
156
422
21  Canada
71
108
115
136
() (138)
() (147)
430
22  Belarus
77
84
128
143
432
23  India
104
116
132
133
485
24   Switzerland
117
122
126
140
() (150)
505
25  Czech Republic
118
124
Michal Šneberger 127
151
520
26  Mauritius
148
152
155
158
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[]

  1. ^ "Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory", The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Cross Junior Men - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. ^ 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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