International athletics championship event
Senior 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 12.333 km – Senior men Participation 280 athletes from 58 nations
The Senior 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 [ ]
Senior men's race (12.333 km) [ ]
Individual [ ]
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Paul Tergat
Kenya
35:11
Salah Hissou
Morocco
35:13
Tom Nyariki
Kenya
35:20
4
Paul Koech
Kenya
35:23
5
Mohammed Mourhit
Belgium
35:35
6
Bernard Barmasai †
Kenya
35:35
7
Joseph Kibor
Kenya
35:37
8
Smail Sghir
Morocco
35:56
9
Julio Rey
Spain
35:57
10
Khaled Boulami
Morocco
35:59
11
Habte Jifar
Ethiopia
35:59
12
El Hassan Lahssini
Morocco
36:01
13
Assefa Mezegebu
Ethiopia
36:06
14
Jon Brown
United Kingdom
36:08
15
Domingos Castro
Portugal
36:16
16
Elarbi Khattabi
Morocco
36:18
17
Joshua Chelanga
Kenya
36:19
18
Ayele Mezegebu
Ethiopia
36:33
19
Shem Kororia
Kenya
36:34
20
Abdellah Béhar
France
36:37
21
José Manuel García
Spain
36:38
22
Brahim Boulami
Morocco
36:40
23
Abraham Assefa
Ethiopia
36:40
24
Kenya
36:43
25
Benedict Ako
Tanzania
36:43
26
Paulo Guerra
Portugal
36:46
27
Girma Tolla
Ethiopia
36:47
28
Kenya
36:47
29
Mustapha Essaïd
France
36:47
30
Eduardo Henriques
Portugal
36:48
31
Kamiel Maase
Netherlands
36:49
32
Giuliano Battocletti
Italy
36:56
33
Ethiopia
37:00
34
Abel Chimukoko
Zimbabwe
37:02
35
Abderrahim Zitouna
Morocco
37:04
36
Ethiopia
37:04
37
Elenilson da Silva
Brazil
37:05
38
Christian Stephenson
United Kingdom
37:05
39
Alejandro Gómez
Spain
37:07
40
Simone Zanon
Italy
37:08
41
Tanzania
37:09
42
José Manuel Martínez
Spain
37:09
43
United Kingdom
37:10
44
Japan
37:10
45
Azzedine Sakhri
Algeria
37:10
46
Steve Moneghetti
Australia
37:11
47
John Kosgei
Kenya
37:12
48
Brazil
37:13
49
South Africa
37:14
50
Ireland
37:14
51
United States
37:15
52
Umberto Pusterla
Italy
37:15
53
Portugal
37:16
54
Gabino Apolonio
Mexico
37:16
55
Shaun Creighton
Australia
37:17
56
Andrew Pearson
United Kingdom
37:18
57
Mark Coogan
United States
37:19
58
Namibia
37:22
59
Hungary
37:24
60
Algeria
37:24
61
South Africa
37:25
62
France
37:26
63
Algeria
37:27
64
Róbert Štefko
Slovakia
37:28
65
Rachid Berradi
Italy
37:28
66
Vítor Almeida
Portugal
37:31
67
Netherlands
37:31
68
Ethiopia
37:32
69
United Kingdom
37:32
70
Abdelaziz Sahere
Morocco
37:33
71
Sergey Fedotov
Russia
37:34
72
Tanzania
37:35
73
Portugal
37:35
74
South Africa
37:36
75
Portugal
37:36
76
Gabriele De Nard
Italy
37:37
77
Samir Moussaoui
Algeria
37:38
78
Mexico
37:38
79
Vincenzo Modica
Italy
37:39
80
José Carlos Adán
Spain
37:39
81
South Africa
37:39
82
Mustapha Bamouh
Morocco
37:40
83
Claes Nyberg
Sweden
37:40
84
Spain
37:41
85
United States
37:42
86
Pete Julian
United States
37:42
87
Algeria
37:42
88
Mexico
37:43
89
Switzerland
37:44
90
Australia
37:44
91
Réda Benzine
Algeria
37:44
92
Jacinto Navarrete
Colombia
37:45
93
Patrick Ndayisenga
Burundi
37:46
94
Portugal
37:47
95
South Africa
37:47
96
Portugal
37:48
97
Mexico
37:49
98
Brian Baker
United States
37:50
99
New Zealand
37:51
100
Australia
37:51
101
Belgium
37:53
102
Japan
37:53
103
France
37:54
104
Ville Hautala
Finland
37:54
105
United Kingdom
37:55
106
Finland
37:55
107
Tanzania
37:58
108
Japan
37:59
109
Canada
37:59
110
United States
38:00
111
Pablo Olmedo
Mexico
38:01
112
Japan
38:02
113
Greg van Hest
Netherlands
38:02
114
China
38:03
115
John Morapedi
South Africa
38:03
116
United Kingdom
38:04
117
New Zealand
38:04
118
Brazil
38:04
119
France
38:05
120
Rod de Highden
Australia
38:06
121
New Zealand
38:07
122
Tanzania
38:07
123
Rwanda
38:08
124
Netherlands
38:08
125
Brazil
38:09
126
South Africa
38:09
127
China
38:10
128
Rwanda
38:11
129
Ethiopia
38:11
130
France
38:12
131
South Africa
38:18
132
Domenico D'Ambrosio
Italy
38:19
133
Belgium
38:21
134
United States
38:22
135
Brazil
38:23
136
Tanzania
38:24
137
Sean Quilty
Australia
38:29
138
France
38:30
139
India
38:31
140
New Zealand
38:31
141
Bruno Toledo
Spain
38:34
142
Aleksandr Kuzin
Ukraine
38:34
143
Belgium
38:36
144
Botswana
38:37
145
Zoltán Káldy
Hungary
38:38
146
Mexico
38:39
147
Joël Bourgeois
Canada
38:41
148
Turkey
38:42
149
Simon Vroemen
Netherlands
38:43
150
Hungary
38:44
151
New Zealand
38:46
152
Algeria
38:47
153
Ayele Setegne
Israel
38:48
154
Australia
38:49
155
Netherlands
38:50
156
Canada
38:51
157
Gianni Crepaldi
Italy
38:54
158
United States
38:55
159
Finland
38:56
160
Colombia
38:56
161
Glynn Tromans
United Kingdom
38:57
162
Angola
38:59
163
Slovenia
39:00
164
Finland
39:06
165
Colombia
39:07
166
China
39:07
167
Hendrick Ramaala
South Africa
39:08
168
Viktor Röthlin
Switzerland
39:10
169
Ernest Ndjissipou
Central African Republic
39:11
170
Finland
39:13
171
Alphonse Munyeshyaka
Rwanda
39:13
172
Lesotho
39:16
173
United States
39:18
174
Finland
39:18
175
Hungary
39:20
176
Namibia
39:21
177
Canada
39:21
178
India
39:22
179
Australia
39:23
180
Hungary
39:23
181
Algeria
39:30
182
Botswana
39:32
183
Turkey
39:32
184
Ireland
39:33
185
Turkey
39:34
186
Canada
39:34
187
Hungary
39:36
188
Canada
39:37
189
Estonia
39:41
190
Mauritius
39:44
191
China
39:44
192
Patrick Ishyaka
Rwanda
39:44
193
Rwanda
39:53
194
Estonia
39:54
195
Colombia
39:55
196
Turkmenistan
39:57
197
France
40:02
198
Khristo Stefanov
Bulgaria
40:03
199
Lesotho
40:07
200
Thabiso Moqhali
Lesotho
40:09
201
Cameroon
40:10
202
Canada
40:12
203
China
40:14
204
India
40:15
205
Turkey
40:16
206
Nazirdin Akylbekov
Kyrgyzstan
40:19
207
Mexico
40:22
208
Turkey
40:24
209
India
40:27
210
Canada
40:31
211
Finland
40:33
212
Côte d'Ivoire
40:34
213
Mexico
40:35
214
India
40:35
215
Kyrgyzstan
40:41
216
Turkey
40:41
217
Cameroon
40:44
218
Netherlands
40:45
219
Kyrgyzstan
40:46
220
India
40:50
221
Seychelles
40:54
222
Namibia
40:56
223
Namibia
40:56
224
Colombia
40:58
225
Cameroon
41:04
226
Turkmenistan
41:06
227
Namibia
41:08
228
Croatia
41:10
229
Malta
41:15
230
Yemen
41:32
231
Mauritius
41:33
232
Estonia
41:37
233
Xandru Grech
Malta
41:40
234
Cameroon
41:40
235
Estonia
41:41
236
Yemen
41:54
237
Mauritius
41:57
238
William Roldán
Colombia
42:02
239
Congo
42:04
240
Malta
42:06
241
Mauritius
42:10
242
Estonia
42:11
243
Turkey
42:16
244
Anwar Al-Harazi
Yemen
42:18
245
Lesotho
42:20
246
Lesotho
42:27
247
Estonia
42:37
248
Sergey Zabavskiy
Tajikistan
42:51
249
Côte d'Ivoire
43:02
250
Lesotho
43:03
251
Yemen
43:03
252
Malta
43:10
253
Cameroon
43:12
254
Mauritius
43:17
255
Yemen
43:19
256
Cameroon
43:23
257
Mauritius
43:48
258
Malta
43:53
259
Hong Kong
44:04
260
Malta
44:11
261
Yemen
44:28
262
Malta
44:38
263
Equatorial Guinea
44:52
264
Seychelles
45:08
265
Seychelles
45:10
—
Tendai Chimusasa
Zimbabwe
DNF
—
Keith Cullen
United Kingdom
DNF
—
Gennaro Di Napoli
Italy
DNF
—
Mohamed Ezzher
France
DNF
—
Mathias Ntawulikura
Rwanda
DNF
—
Julian Paynter
Australia
DNF
—
Miroslav Vanko
Slovakia
DNF
—
Kamel Kohil
Algeria
DNF
—
Brazil
DNF
—
Jamaica
DNF
—
Spain
DNF
—
Brazil
DNF
—
Hungary
DNF
—
Turkmenistan
DNF
—
Tajikistan
DNF
—
Carlos de la Torre
Spain
DNS
—
Palestine
DNS
—
Sierra Leone
DNS
—
Sierra Leone
DNS
—
Sierra Leone
DNS
—
Sierra Leone
DNS
† : Athlete marked in the results list[4] as nonscorer.
Teams [ ]
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
51
Morocco
Salah Hissou
2
Smail Sghir
8
Khaled Boulami
10
El Hassan Lahssini
12
Elarbi Khattabi
16
Brahim Boulami
22
(Abderrahim Zitouna )
(35)
(Abdelaziz Sahere )
(70)
(Mustapha Bamouh )
(82)
70
Ethiopia
Habte Jifar
11
Assefa Mezegebu
13
Ayele Mezegebu
18
Abraham Assefa
23
Girma Tolla
27
33
()
(36)
()
(68)
()
(129)
125
4
Portugal
263
5
Spain
275
6
United Kingdom
Jon Brown
14
Christian Stephenson
38
43
Andrew Pearson
56
69
105
()
(116)
(Glynn Tromans )
(161)
(Keith Cullen )
(DNF)
325
7
Italy
344
8
Algeria
423
9
France
463
10
South Africa
49
61
74
81
95
John Morapedi
115
()
(126)
()
(131)
(Hendrick Ramaala )
(167)
475
11
United States
51
Mark Coogan
57
85
Pete Julian
86
Brian Baker
98
110
()
(134)
()
(158)
()
(173)
487
12
Tanzania
503
13
Australia
Steve Moneghetti
46
Shaun Creighton
55
90
100
Rod de Highden
120
Sean Quilty
137
()
(154)
()
(179)
(Julian Paynter )
(DNF)
548
14
Mexico
574
15
Netherlands
639
16
Finland
Ville Hautala
104
106
159
164
170
174
()
(211)
877
17
Hungary
896
18
Canada
963
19
Colombia
1074
20
Turkey
148
183
185
205
208
216
()
(243)
1145
21
India
1164
22
Lesotho
172
199
Thabiso Moqhali
200
245
246
250
1312
23
Estonia
1339
24
Cameroon
1386
25
Mauritius
1410
26
Malta
229
Xandru Grech
233
240
252
258
260
()
(262)
1472
27
Yemen
1477
DNF
Brazil
(Elenilson da Silva )
(37)
()
(48)
()
(118)
()
(125)
()
(135)
()
(DNF)
()
(DNF)
DNF
DNF
Rwanda
()
(123)
()
(128)
(Alphonse Munyeshyaka )
(171)
(Patrick Ishyaka )
(192)
()
(193)
(Mathias Ntawulikura )
(DNF)
DNF
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation [ ]
An unofficial count yields the participation of 280 athletes from 58 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7] Although announced, athletes from Sierra Leone did not show.[5]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^
"Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory" , The New York Times , March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
^
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
^ Reineri, Giorgio, Report for Senior races - Men's race - Paul Tergat (KEN) has won his third world cross country champion title , IAAF , archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
^ a b
Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.3km 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 )
^ a b Cross Senior Men - 23-03-97 - Results , IAAF , March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
^
IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS , Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ 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
Editions Races
Senior men's Senior women's Men's short Women's short Junior men's Junior women's Mixed relay
International cross country running championships
World Continental Regional