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

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) Alfonce Muindi  Kenya 23:39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bedile Kibret  Ethiopia 23:41
4 Mathew Rono  Kenya 23:51
5 Thomas Makini  Kenya 23:54
6 William Koskei Chemitei  Kenya 24:03
7 Demeke Bekele  Ethiopia 24:17
8 Juan Abad  Spain 24:35
9 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 24:45
10 Tadelle Abebe  Ethiopia 24:48
11 Zoltán Káldy  Hungary 24:52
12 Andrea Erni   Switzerland 24:56
13 Lemi Erpassa  Ethiopia 25:06
14 Todd Williams  United States 25:08
15 Fermín Cacho  Spain 25:09
16 Mariano Campal  Spain 25:10
17 Tesfayi Dadi  Ethiopia 25:12
18 Naoki Yamagata  Japan 25:18
19 Rod de Highden  Australia 25:22
20 Jun Hiratsuka  Japan 25:22
21 Hirokazu Tatsumi  Japan 25:26
22 Jesús Gálvez  Spain 25:28
23 Carlos Calado  Portugal 25:28
24 Hideyuki Matsumoto  Japan 25:31
25 Ross Wilson  New Zealand 25:32
26 Neil Panchen  United Kingdom 25:32
27 Julian Paynter  Australia 25:38
28 Richard Lindroos  New Zealand 25:38
29 Akio Ishizaki  Japan 25:40
30 Rorri Currie  Canada 25:41
31 John Myers  United States 25:43
32 Carsten Arndt  West Germany 25:45
33 Ernest Shephard  United States 25:46
34 Jason Bunston  Canada 25:47
35 Frank Hanley  Ireland 25:47
36 Sarinuto Zandonella  Italy 25:48
37 Jeffrey Pajak  United States 25:50
38 Alex Davey  Australia 25:55
39 Savino Tondo  Italy 25:55
40 Fabio Caldirolli  Italy 25:58
41 Ricardo Castaño  Spain 26:01
42 Ferhat Zaidi  Algeria 26:03
43 Shinya Kitahara  Japan 26:04
44 Dean Rose  Australia 26:10
45 Fabrizio de Vincenzi  Italy 26:10
46 Mohamed Arab Tadjer  Algeria 26:11
47 Nick Tsioros  Canada 26:13
48 Andrew Hudson  United States 26:16
49 Michael Johnston  New Zealand 26:19
50 Jeremy Forbes  New Zealand 26:21
51 Clarke Murphy  United Kingdom 26:22
52 Jon Dennis  United Kingdom 26:28
53 David Pujolar  Spain 26:30
54 Kameshwar Ravidas  India 26:31
55 Kamel Khellaf  Algeria 26:31
56 Steven Brooks  United Kingdom 26:33
57 Noel Cullen  Ireland 26:34
58 Daniel Maas  United States 26:35
59 Baltazar Sousa  Portugal 26:36
60 John Hansen  Norway 26:39
61 Chris Roberts  United Kingdom 26:40
62 Faycal Menasria  Algeria 26:42
63 Alan Lewis  Canada 26:48
64 Glen le Gros  New Zealand 26:48
65 Shyan Boodnah  Mauritius 26:48
66 Tsai Ching-Chou  Chinese Taipei 26:53
67 Greg Collier  Australia 27:01
68 Spencer Duval  United Kingdom 27:01
69 Hwang Chiu-Ping  Chinese Taipei 27:02
70 John Bowden  Canada 27:04
71 Paul Logan  Ireland 27:05
72 Fajinder Rathor  India 27:06
73 Kevin Gavin  Ireland 27:14
74 Seamus Power  Ireland 27:17
75 Eiliv Gjesdal  Norway 27:25
76 Dean Ogilvie  New Zealand 27:27
77 Julius Solheim  Norway 27:32
78 Luca Serena  Italy 28:22
79 Bishen Rouvat    Nepal 28:23
80 Rajan Khatri    Nepal 28:46
81 Ithai Luria  Israel 28:58
82 Henry Iata  Vanuatu 29:26
83 Ancel Nalau  Vanuatu 29:31
84 Uraia Koroi  Fiji 29:46
85 Brendan Matthias  Canada 29:52
86 Anand Kumar  India 29:55
87 Dhani Chowdhary    Nepal 30:22
88 Lok Rokaya    Nepal 30:35
89 Shalendra Sagar  Fiji 30:40
90 Nilesh Narayan  Fiji 30:52
91 Michael Cecil  Vanuatu 31:13
92 Usman Kutty  Fiji 31:32
93 Chandra Karki    Nepal 33:40
94 Paul Young  Western Samoa 39:10
95 Darren Young  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
Alfonce Muindi 2
Mathew Rono 4
Thomas Makini 5
(William Koskei Chemitei) (6)
12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Bedile Kibret 3
Demeke Bekele 7
Tadelle Abebe 10
Lemi Erpassa 13
(Tesfayi Dadi) (17)
33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
Juan Abad 8
Fermín Cacho 15
Mariano Campal 16
Jesús Gálvez 22
(Ricardo Castaño) (41)
(David Pujolar) (53)
61
4  Japan
Naoki Yamagata 18
Jun Hiratsuka 20
Hirokazu Tatsumi 21
Hideyuki Matsumoto 24
(Akio Ishizaki) (29)
(Shinya Kitahara) (43)
83
5  United States
Todd Williams 14
John Myers 31
Ernest Shephard 33
Jeffrey Pajak 37
(Andrew Hudson) (48)
(Daniel Maas) (58)
115
6  Australia
Rod de Highden 19
Julian Paynter 27
Alex Davey 38
Dean Rose 44
(Greg Collier) (67)
128
7  New Zealand
Ross Wilson 25
Richard Lindroos 28
Michael Johnston 49
Jeremy Forbes 50
(Glen le Gros) (64)
(Dean Ogilvie) (76)
152
8  Algeria
Noureddine Morceli 9
Ferhat Zaidi 42
Mohamed Arab Tadjer 46
Kamel Khellaf 55
(Faycal Menasria) (62)
152
9  Italy
Sarinuto Zandonella 36
Savino Tondo 39
Fabio Caldirolli 40
Fabrizio de Vincenzi 45
(Luca Serena) (78)
160
10  Canada
Rorri Currie 30
Jason Bunston 34
Nick Tsioros 47
Alan Lewis 63
(John Bowden) (70)
(Brendan Matthias) (85)
174
11  United Kingdom
Neil Panchen 26
Clarke Murphy 51
Jon Dennis 52
Steven Brooks 56
(Chris Roberts) (61)
(Spencer Duval) (68)
185
12  Ireland
Frank Hanley 35
Noel Cullen 57
Paul Logan 71
Kevin Gavin 73
(Seamus Power) (74)
236
13    Nepal
Bishen Rouvat 79
Rajan Khatri 80
Dhani Chowdhary 87
Lok Rokaya 88
(Chandra Karki) (93)
334
14  Fiji
Uraia Koroi 84
Shalendra Sagar 89
Nilesh Narayan 90
Usman Kutty 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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 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