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

Senior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 25th March 23 Turin, Italy Parco del Valentino 58 280 1 12.333 km – Senior men 1996 Stellenbosch 1998 Marrakesh The Senior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times, March 24, 1997 Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/24/sports/tergat-leads-kenyans-with-dramatic-victory.html The New York Times October 27, 2013 in the Herald, Gillon Doug March 24, 1997 Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/tulu-swoops-late-to-take-title-but-british-runner-still-happy-radcliffe-joy-as-she-runs-into-medal-place-1.406714 Herald October 27, 2013 and for the IAAF. Reineri Giorgio Report for Senior races - Men's race - Paul Tergat (KEN) has won his third world cross country champion title http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/reports/reportsenior.html IAAF October 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190119/http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/reports/reportsenior.html 2013-10-29 dead Complete results,Magnusson Tomas September 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.3km CC Men - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1997S.html Athchamps (archived) October 27, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110608/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1997S.html October 16, 2007 March 23, 1997 Cross Senior Men - 23-03-97 - Results http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/results/m/xs/rf.html IAAF October 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200713/http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/results/m/xs/rf.html 2013-10-29 dead medallists, IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm Athletics Weekly October 9, 2013 and the results of British athletes36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf IAAF 2ff October 9, 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf September 27, 2013 were published. Race results Senior men's race (12.333 km) Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Paul Tergat KEN 35:11 Salah Hissou MAR 35:13 Tom Nyariki KEN 35:20 4 Paul Koech KEN 35:23 5 Mohammed Mourhit BEL 35:35 6 Bernard Barmasai† KEN 35:35 7 Joseph Kibor KEN 35:37 8 Smail Sghir MAR 35:56 9 Julio Rey ESP 35:57 10 Khaled Boulami MAR 35:59 11 Habte Jifar ETH 35:59 12 El Hassan Lahssini MAR 36:01 13 Assefa Mezegebu ETH 36:06 14 Jon Brown United Kingdom 36:08 15 Domingos Castro POR 36:16 16 Elarbi Khattabi MAR 36:18 17 Joshua Chelanga KEN 36:19 18 Ayele Mezegebu ETH 36:33 19 Shem Kororia KEN 36:34 20 Abdellah Béhar FRA 36:37 21 José Manuel García ESP 36:38 22 Brahim Boulami MAR 36:40 23 Abraham Assefa ETH 36:40 24 Benjamin Koskei KEN 36:43 25 Benedict Ako TAN 36:43 26 Paulo Guerra POR 36:46 27 Girma Tolla ETH 36:47 28 William Kiptum KEN 36:47 29 Mustapha Essaïd FRA 36:47 30 Eduardo Henriques POR 36:48 31 Kamiel Maase NED 36:49 32 Giuliano Battocletti ITA 36:56 33 Tegenu Abebe ETH 37:00 34 Abel Chimukoko ZIM 37:02 35 Abderrahim Zitouna MAR 37:04 36 Ibrahim Seid ETH 37:04 37 Elenilson da Silva BRA 37:05 38 Christian Stephenson United Kingdom 37:05 39 Alejandro Gómez ESP 37:07 40 Simone Zanon ITA 37:08 41 Faustin Saktay TAN 37:09 42 José Manuel Martínez ESP 37:09 43 Steffan White United Kingdom 37:10 44 Yoshinori Shindo JPN 37:10 45 Azzedine Sakhri ALG 37:10 46 Steve Moneghetti AUS 37:11 47 John Kosgei KEN 37:12 48 Sérgio da Silva BRA 37:13 49 Patrick Kaotsane RSA 37:14 50 Seamus Power IRL 37:14 51 Scott Larson USA 37:15 52 Umberto Pusterla ITA 37:15 53 Alfredo Bráz POR 37:16 54 Gabino Apolonio MEX 37:16 55 Shaun Creighton AUS 37:17 56 Andrew Pearson United Kingdom 37:18 57 Mark Coogan USA 37:19 58 Reinholdt Iita NAM 37:22 59 Imre Berkovics HUN 37:24 60 Abdelhak Lebouazda ALG 37:24 61 Laban Nkete RSA 37:25 62 Mikaël Thomas FRA 37:26 63 Yahia Azaidj ALG 37:27 64 Róbert Štefko SVK 37:28 65 Rachid Berradi ITA 37:28 66 Vítor Almeida POR 37:31 67 René Godlieb NED 37:31 68 Lemi Erpassa ETH 37:32 69 Andy Bristow United Kingdom 37:32 70 Abdelaziz Sahere MAR 37:33 71 Sergey Fedotov RUS 37:34 72 Tadeo Nada TAN 37:35 73 Rui Vieira POR 37:35 74 Ezael Thlobo RSA 37:36 75 José Santos POR 37:36 76 Gabriele De Nard ITA 37:37 77 Samir Moussaoui ALG 37:38 78 Alejandro Méndez MEX 37:38 79 Vincenzo Modica ITA 37:39 80 José Carlos Adán ESP 37:39 81 Adam Motlagale RSA 37:39 82 Mustapha Bamouh MAR 37:40 83 Claes Nyberg SWE 37:40 84 Andrés Pérez ESP 37:41 85 Joseph LeMay USA 37:42 86 Pete Julian USA 37:42 87 Sid-Ali Sakhri ALG 37:42 88 Alejandro Cuahtepizi MEX 37:43 89 Jürg Stalder SUI 37:44 90 Darren Wilson AUS 37:44 91 Réda Benzine ALG 37:44 92 Jacinto Navarrete COL 37:45 93 Patrick Ndayisenga BDI 37:46 94 Pedro Cunha POR 37:47 95 Makhosonke Fika RSA 37:47 96 Alberto Maravilha POR 37:48 97 José Villanueva MEX 37:49 98 Brian Baker USA 37:50 99 Jason Cameron NZL 37:51 100 Julian Dwyer AUS 37:51 101 Tom van Hooste BEL 37:53 102 Daisuke Arakawa JPN 37:53 103 Jean-François Bertron FRA 37:54 104 Ville Hautala FIN 37:54 105 Justin Pugsley United Kingdom 37:55 106 Santtu Mäkinen FIN 37:55 107 John Gilay TAN 37:58 108 Yoshinori Yokota JPN 37:59 109 Chris Weber CAN 37:59 110 Tim Hacker USA 38:00 111 Pablo Olmedo MEX 38:01 112 Yuki Yamamoto JPN 38:02 113 Greg van Hest NED 38:02 114 Xia Fengyuan CHN 38:03 115 John Morapedi RSA 38:03 116 Paul Roden United Kingdom 38:04 117 Duncan Ross NZL 38:04 118 Benedito Gomes BRA 38:04 119 Cedric Dehouck FRA 38:05 120 Rod de Highden AUS 38:06 121 Paul Smith NZL 38:07 122 Julius Gidabuday TAN 38:07 123 Pacifique Ayabusa RWA 1962 38:08 124 Marcel Laros NED 38:08 125 Sergio Couto BRA 38:09 126 Stephen Phofi RSA 38:09 127 Cao Changhai CHN 38:10 128 Joseph Nsengiyumya RWA 1962 38:11 129 Tesgie Legesse ETH 38:11 130 Yann Millon FRA 38:12 131 Tsunake Kalamori RSA 38:18 132 Domenico D'Ambrosio ITA 38:19 133 Tim de Cock BEL 38:21 134 Shawn Found USA 38:22 135 Elias Bastos BRA 38:23 136 Neema Tuluway TAN 38:24 137 Sean Quilty AUS 38:29 138 Loïc van Mackenbergh FRA 38:30 139 Amrish Kumar IND 38:31 140 Philip Starr NZL 38:31 141 Bruno Toledo ESP 38:34 142 Aleksandr Kuzin UKR 38:34 143 Eric Bouffioux BEL 38:36 144 Kabo Gabaseme BOT 38:37 145 Zoltán Káldy HUN 38:38 146 Carlos Peña MEX 38:39 147 Joël Bourgeois CAN 38:41 148 Abdulkadir Türk TUR 38:42 149 Simon Vroemen NED 38:43 150 Péter Jager HUN 38:44 151 Phil Costley NZL 38:46 152 Abdelkrim Benzai ALG 38:47 153 Ayele Setegne ISR 38:48 154 Steve Isbel AUS 38:49 155 Martin Lauret NED 38:50 156 Fraser Bertram CAN 38:51 157 Gianni Crepaldi ITA 38:54 158 Robert Cook Jr. USA 38:55 159 Juuso Rainio FIN 38:56 160 William Vasquez COL 38:56 161 Glynn Tromans United Kingdom 38:57 162 José Amaro Lourenço ANG 38:59 163 Igor Salamun SLO 39:00 164 Jussi Virtanen FIN 39:06 165 Mauricio Ladino COL 39:07 166 Wang Zhicheng CHN 39:07 167 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 39:08 168 Viktor Röthlin SUI 39:10 169 Ernest Ndjissipou CAF 39:11 170 Pasi Mattila FIN 39:13 171 Alphonse Munyeshyaka RWA 1962 39:13 172 Percy Sephoda LES 1987 39:16 173 Keith Dowling USA 39:18 174 Marko Kotila FIN 39:18 175 Zoltán Kadlót HUN 39:20 176 Aron Shipanga NAM 39:21 177 Guy Schultz CAN 39:21 178 Bhairav Singh IND 39:22 179 Trent Harlow AUS 39:23 180 Zoltán Holba HUN 39:23 181 Salah Zereg ALG 39:30 182 Lesedinyana Lekgoa BOT 39:32 183 Sukru Onat TUR 39:32 184 Tom McGrath IRL 39:33 185 Nihat Bagci TUR 39:34 186 Jason Bunston CAN 39:34 187 János Szemán HUN 39:36 188 Kevin Christiani CAN 39:37 189 Toomas Tarm EST 39:41 190 Menon Ramsamy MRI 39:44 191 Ma Hongsheng CHN 39:44 192 Patrick Ishyaka RWA 1962 39:44 193 Justin Rutaba RWA 1962 39:53 194 Heiki Sarapuu EST 39:54 195 Julián Berrio COL 39:55 196 Rustam Radjapov TKM 1997 39:57 197 Samir Benfarès FRA 40:02 198 Khristo Stefanov BUL 40:03 199 Khauta Ntsoele LES 1987 40:07 200 Thabiso Moqhali LES 1987 40:09 201 Adamou Aboubakar CMR 40:10 202 Jeremy Deere CAN 40:12 203 Min Ahebaike CHN 40:14 204 Alagawadi Shivananda IND 40:15 205 Mehmet Günen TUR 40:16 206 Nazirdin Akylbekov KGZ 40:19 207 Francisco Mondragon MEX 40:22 208 Satilmis Atmaca TUR 40:24 209 Manbir Singh IND 40:27 210 Peter Cardle CAN 40:31 211 Pasi Jeremejeff FIN 40:33 212 Soro Bassirima Côte d'Ivoire 40:34 213 David Galindo MEX 40:35 214 Dashrath Tigga IND 40:35 215 Leonid Pykhteyev KGZ 40:41 216 Remzi Atli TUR 40:41 217 Mathieu Kouanotso CMR 40:44 218 Michiel Otten NED 40:45 219 Bayan Batyrbekov KGZ 40:46 220 Lalan Kumar IND 40:50 221 Simon Labiche SEY 40:54 222 Petrus Adolf NAM 40:56 223 Bethold Karumendu NAM 40:56 224 Jacinto López COL 40:58 225 Pierre Foka CMR 41:04 226 Atadjan Duzdyev TKM 1997 41:06 227 Bertus Bock NAM 41:08 228 Nedeljko Ravic CRO 41:10 229 Frederick Baldacchino MLT 41:15 230 Mohamed Al-Malki YEM 41:32 231 Abdul Sameer Moos MRI 41:33 232 Risto Utsmuts EST 41:37 233 Xandru Grech MLT 41:40 234 Pierre Kenzo CMR 41:40 235 Urmas Sadam EST 41:41 236 Mohamed Al-Atashi YEM 41:54 237 Bruno Armance MRI 41:57 238 William Roldán COL 42:02 239 Gustave Ombouma CGO 42:04 240 John Buhagiar MLT 42:06 241 Patrick Moonsamy MRI 42:10 242 Jaanus Gross EST 42:11 243 Fatih Cintimar TUR 42:16 244 Anwar Al-Harazi YEM 42:18 245 Sentso Retere LES 1987 42:20 246 Khauta Khotle LES 1987 42:27 247 Meelis Minn EST 42:37 248 Sergey Zabavskiy TJK 42:51 249 Gervais Yapo Yapi Côte d'Ivoire 43:02 250 Kopamo Pekile LES 1987 43:03 251 Mohamed Al-Hada YEM 43:03 252 Robert Attard MLT 43:10 253 Andrew Tafagnda CMR 43:12 254 Jean Paul Louise MRI 43:17 255 Ali Yahya YEM 43:19 256 Celestin Nguepnang CMR 43:23 257 Christopher Blackburn MRI 43:48 258 Joseph Pace MLT 43:53 259 Lee Kar-Lun HKG 1959 44:04 260 Peter Azzopardi MLT 44:11 261 Goim Hussein YEM 44:28 262 André Camilleri MLT 44:38 263 Diosdado Ndemensogo GEQ 44:52 264 Norbert Hariba SEY 45:08 265 Salim Servina SEY 45:10 — Tendai Chimusasa ZIM DNF — Keith Cullen United Kingdom DNF — Gennaro Di Napoli ITA DNF — Mohamed Ezzher FRA DNF — Mathias Ntawulikura RWA 1962 DNF — Julian Paynter AUS DNF — Miroslav Vanko SVK DNF — Kamel Kohil ALG DNF — Leonardo Guedes BRA DNF — Linton McKenzie JAM DNF — Antonio Pérez ESP DNF — Emerson Bem BRA DNF — Ferenc Sági HUN DNF — Sergey Kamayev TKM 1997 DNF — Gairat Nigmatov TJK DNF — Carlos de la Torre ESP DNS — Ihab Abdalah Salama PLE DNS — Francis Akpan SLE DNS — Mohamed Bangura SLE DNS — Alfred Dura SLE DNS — Peter Kanyako SLE DNS †: Athlete marked in the results list as nonscorer. Teams Rank Team Points KEN Paul Tergat 1 Tom Nyariki 3 Paul Koech 4 Joseph Kibor 7 Joshua Chelanga 17 Shem Kororia 19 (Benjamin Koskei) (24) (William Kiptum) (28) (John Kosgei) (47) 51 MAR 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 ETH Habte Jifar 11 Assefa Mezegebu 13 Ayele Mezegebu 18 Abraham Assefa 23 Girma Tolla 27 Tegenu Abebe 33 (Ibrahim Seid) (36) (Lemi Erpassa) (68) (Tesgie Legesse) (129) 125 4 POR Domingos Castro 15 Paulo Guerra 26 Eduardo Henriques 30 Alfredo Bráz 53 Vítor Almeida 66 Rui Vieira 73 (José Santos) (75) (Pedro Cunha) (94) (Alberto Maravilha) (96) 263 5 ESP Julio Rey 9 José Manuel García 21 Alejandro Gómez 39 José Manuel Martínez 42 José Carlos Adán 80 Andrés Pérez 84 (Bruno Toledo) (141) (Antonio Pérez) (DNF) 275 6 United Kingdom Jon Brown 14 Christian Stephenson 38 Steffan White 43 Andrew Pearson 56 Andy Bristow 69 Justin Pugsley 105 (Paul Roden) (116) (Glynn Tromans) (161) (Keith Cullen) (DNF) 325 7 ITA Giuliano Battocletti 32 Simone Zanon 40 Umberto Pusterla 52 Rachid Berradi 65 Gabriele De Nard 76 Vincenzo Modica 79 (Domenico D'Ambrosio) (132) (Gianni Crepaldi) (157) (Gennaro Di Napoli) (DNF) 344 8 ALG Azzedine Sakhri 45 Abdelhak Lebouazda 60 Yahia Azaidj 63 Samir Moussaoui 77 Sid-Ali Sakhri 87 Réda Benzine 91 (Abdelkrim Benzai) (152) (Salah Zereg) (181) (Kamel Kohil) (DNF) 423 9 FRA Abdellah Béhar 20 Mustapha Essaïd 29 Mikaël Thomas 62 Jean-François Bertron 103 Cedric Dehouck 119 Yann Millon 130 (Loïc van Mackenbergh) (138) (Samir Benfarès) (197) (Mohamed Ezzher) (DNF) 463 10 RSA Patrick Kaotsane 49 Laban Nkete 61 Ezael Thlobo 74 Adam Motlagale 81 Makhosonke Fika 95 John Morapedi 115 (Stephen Phofi) (126) (Tsunake Kalamori) (131) (Hendrick Ramaala) (167) 475 11 USA Scott Larson 51 Mark Coogan 57 Joseph LeMay 85 Pete Julian 86 Brian Baker 98 Tim Hacker 110 (Shawn Found) (134) (Robert Cook Jr.) (158) (Keith Dowling) (173) 487 12 TAN Benedict Ako 25 Faustin Saktay 41 Tadeo Nada 72 John Gilay 107 Julius Gidabuday 122 Neema Tuluway 136 503 13 AUS Steve Moneghetti 46 Shaun Creighton 55 Darren Wilson 90 Julian Dwyer 100 Rod de Highden 120 Sean Quilty 137 (Steve Isbel) (154) (Trent Harlow) (179) (Julian Paynter) (DNF) 548 14 MEX Gabino Apolonio 54 Alejandro Méndez 78 Alejandro Cuahtepizi 88 José Villanueva 97 Pablo Olmedo 111 Carlos Peña 146 (Francisco Mondragon) (207) (David Galindo) (213) 574 15 NED Kamiel Maase 31 René Godlieb 67 Greg van Hest 113 Marcel Laros 124 Simon Vroemen 149 Martin Lauret 155 (Michiel Otten) (218) 639 16 FIN Ville Hautala 104 Santtu Mäkinen 106 Juuso Rainio 159 Jussi Virtanen 164 Pasi Mattila 170 Marko Kotila 174 (Pasi Jeremejeff) (211) 877 17 HUN Imre Berkovics 59 Zoltán Káldy 145 Péter Jager 150 Zoltán Kadlót 175 Zoltán Holba 180 János Szemán 187 (Ferenc Sági) (DNF) 896 18 CAN Chris Weber 109 Joël Bourgeois 147 Fraser Bertram 156 Guy Schultz 177 Jason Bunston 186 Kevin Christiani 188 (Jeremy Deere) (202) (Peter Cardle) (210) 963 19 COL Jacinto Navarrete 92 William Vasquez 160 Mauricio Ladino 165 Julián Berrio 195 Jacinto López 224 William Roldán 238 1074 20 TUR Abdulkadir Türk 148 Sukru Onat 183 Nihat Bagci 185 Mehmet Günen 205 Satilmis Atmaca 208 Remzi Atli 216 (Fatih Cintimar) (243) 1145 21 IND Amrish Kumar 139 Bhairav Singh 178 Alagawadi Shivananda 204 Manbir Singh 209 Dashrath Tigga 214 Lalan Kumar 220 1164 22 LES 1987 Percy Sephoda 172 Khauta Ntsoele 199 Thabiso Moqhali 200 Sentso Retere 245 Khauta Khotle 246 Kopamo Pekile 250 1312 23 EST Toomas Tarm 189 Heiki Sarapuu 194 Risto Utsmuts 232 Urmas Sadam 235 Jaanus Gross 242 Meelis Minn 247 1339 24 CMR Adamou Aboubakar 201 Mathieu Kouanotso 217 Pierre Foka 225 Pierre Kenzo 234 Andrew Tafagnda 253 Celestin Nguepnang 256 1386 25 MRI Menon Ramsamy 190 Abdul Sameer Moos 231 Bruno Armance 237 Patrick Moonsamy 241 Jean Paul Louise 254 Christopher Blackburn 257 1410 26 MLT Frederick Baldacchino 229 Xandru Grech 233 John Buhagiar 240 Robert Attard 252 Joseph Pace 258 Peter Azzopardi 260 (André Camilleri) (262) 1472 27 YEM Mohamed Al-Malki 230 Mohamed Al-Atashi 236 Anwar Al-Harazi 244 Mohamed Al-Hada 251 Ali Yahya 255 Goim Hussein 261 1477DNF BRA (Elenilson da Silva) (37) (Sérgio da Silva) (48) (Benedito Gomes) (118) (Sergio Couto) (125) (Elias Bastos) (135) (Leonardo Guedes) (DNF) (Emerson Bem) (DNF) DNFDNF RWA 1962 (Pacifique Ayabusa) (123) (Joseph Nsengiyumya) (128) (Alphonse Munyeshyaka) (171) (Patrick Ishyaka) (192) (Justin Rutaba) (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. Although announced, athletes from did not show. 22em ALG (9) ANG (1) AUS (9) BEL (4) BOT (2) BRA (7) BUL (1) BDI (1) CMR (6) CAN (8) CAF (1) CHN (5) COL (6) CGO (1) Côte d'Ivoire (2) CRO (1) GEQ (1) EST (6) ETH (9) FIN (7) FRA (9) HKG 1959 (1) HUN (7) IND (6) IRL (2) ISR (1) ITA (9) JAM (1) JPN (4) KEN (10) KGZ (3) LES 1987 (6) MLT (7) MRI (6) MEX (8) MAR (9) NAM (5) NED (7) NZL (5) POR (9) RUS (1) RWA 1962 (6) SEY (3) SVK (2) SLO (1) RSA (9) ESP (8) SWE (1) SUI (2) TJK (2) TAN (6) TUR (7) TKM 1997 (3) UKR (1) United Kingdom (9) USA (9) YEM (6) ZIM (2) See also 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race References Category:Senior men's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships IAAF Category:1997 in men's international sport