1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 16th March 26 Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand Ellerslie Racecourse 41 441 3 12 km – Senior men 8.031 km – Junior men 5.962 km – Senior women 1987 Warszawa 1989 Stavanger 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. 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... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DDlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2005%2C7619502 Glasgow Herald 9 October 23, 2013 Complete results for men,Magnusson Tomas March 24, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1988S.html Athchamps (archived) October 23, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110522/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1988S.html October 16, 2007 junior men,Magnusson Tomas September 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1988S.html Athchamps (archived) October 23, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110047/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1988S.html October 16, 2007 women,Magnusson Tomas September 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1988S.html Athchamps (archived) October 23, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110906/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1988S.html October 16, 2007 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. Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)John NgugiKEN 34:32Paul KipkoechKEN 34:54Kipsubai KoskeiKEN 35:07Junior men(8.031 km)Wilfred KirochiKEN 23:25Alfonce MuindiKEN 23:39Bedile KibretETH 1987 23:41Senior women(5.962 km)Ingrid KristiansenNOR 19:04Angela ToobyUnited Kingdom 19:23Annette SergentFRA 19:29 TeamSenior menKEN 23ETH 1987 103FRA 134Junior menKEN 12ETH 1987 33ESP 61Senior womenURS 51United Kingdom 61FRA 72 Race results Senior men's race (12 km) 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time John Ngugi KEN 34:32 Paul Kipkoech KEN 34:54 Kipsubai Koskei KEN 35:07 4 Boniface Merande KEN 35:22 5 Abebe Mekonnen ETH 1987 35:25 6 Moses Tanui KEN 35:25 7 Joseph Kiptum KEN 35:46 8 Kip Rono KEN 35:46 9 Some Muge KEN 35:48 10 Haji Bulbula ETH 1987 35:49 11 Paul Arpin FRA 35:51 12 Habte Negash ETH 1987 35:54 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points KEN John Ngugi 1 Paul Kipkoech 2 Kipsubai Koskei 3 Boniface Merande 4 Moses Tanui 6 Joseph Kiptum 7 (Kip Rono) (8) (Some Muge) (9) (Daniel Mutai) (99) 23 ETH 1987 Abebe Mekonnen 5 Haji Bulbula 10 Habte Negash 12 Debebe Demisse 20 Melese Feissa 23 Chala Kelele 33 (Tena Negere) (38) (Wolde Silasse Melkessa) (64) (Bekele Debele) (83) 103 FRA Paul Arpin 11 Steve Tunstall 14 Jean-Louis Prianon 17 Joël Lucas 25 Cyrille Laventure 30 Bruno Levant 37 (Thierry Pantel) (39) (Dominique Delattre) (56) (Pierre Levisse) (146) 134 4 United Kingdom 228 5 ITA 272 6 ESP 277 7 USA 285 8 AUS 292 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (8.031 km) 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race +Individual race†Rank Athlete Country Time Wilfred Kirochi KEN 23:25 Alfonce Muindi KEN 23:39 Bedile Kibret ETH 1987 23:41 4 Mathew Rono KEN 23:51 5 Thomas Makini KEN 23:54 6 William Koskei Chemitei KEN 24:03 7 Demeke Bekele ETH 1987 24:17 8 Juan Abad ESP 24:35 9 Noureddine Morceli ALG 24:45 10 Tadelle Abebe ETH 1987 24:48 11 Zoltán Káldy HUN 1957 24:52 12 Andrea Erni SUI 24:56 Full results †:Cosmas Ndeti of finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified. +TeamsRank Team Points KEN Wilfred Kirochi 1 Alfonce Muindi 2 Mathew Rono 4 Thomas Makini 5 (William Koskei Chemitei) (6) 12 ETH 1987 Bedile Kibret 3 Demeke Bekele 7 Tadelle Abebe 10 Lemi Erpassa 13 (Tesfayi Dadi) (17) 33 ESP Juan Abad 8 Fermín Cacho 15 Mariano Campal 16 Jesús Gálvez 22 (Ricardo Castaño) (41) (David Pujolar) (53) 61 4 JPN 83 5 USA 115 6 AUS 128 7 NZL 152 8 ALG 152 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (5.962 km) 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 19:04 Angela Tooby United Kingdom 19:23 Annette Sergent FRA 19:29 4 Lynn Jennings USA 19:38 5 Albertina Machado POR 19:38 6 Yelena Romanova URS 19:41 7 Regina Chistyakova URS 19:41 8 Liève Slegers BEL 19:44 9 Jill Hunter United Kingdom 19:46 10 Maria Curatolo ITA 19:46 11 Marie-Pierre Duros FRA 19:49 12 Susan Sirma KEN 19:50 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points URS Yelena Romanova 6 Regina Chistyakova 7 Marina Rodchenkova 18 Olga Bondarenko 20 (Natalya Lagunkova) (39) (Lyudmila Matveyeva) (59) 51 United Kingdom Angela Tooby 2 Jill Hunter 9 Susan Tooby 16 Fiona Truman 34 (Sonia Vinall) (48) (Laura Wight) (84) 61 FRA Annette Sergent 3 Marie-Pierre Duros 11 Patricia Demilly 28 Rosario Murcia 30 (Maria Lelut) (35) (Christine Loiseau) (75) 72 4 USA 88 5 CAN 91 6 KEN 122 7 POR 126 8 CHN 152 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 ETH 1987 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal. Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 4401 athletes from 41 countries, two athletes (senior men) less than the official number published. 22em ALG (13) ATG (2) ARG (7) AUS (20) AUT (1) BEL (10) BRA (11) CAN (19) CHN (6) TPE (5) DEN (10) ETH 1987 (14) FIJ (16) FIN (10) FRA (15) HKG 1959 (6) HUN 1957 (1) IND (14) IRL (18) ISR (2) ITA (20) JPN (20) KEN (21) LIE (1) MRI (3) NEP (15) NZL (21) NOR (15) POL (2) POR (16) URS (6) ESP (21) SWE (6) SUI (7) United Kingdom (21) USA (21) VAN (4) Western Samoa (4) FRG (11) ZAM 1964 (4) ZIM (2) See also 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1988 in athletics (track and field) References External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics Category:World Athletics Cross Country Championships Iaaf C Category:International athletics competitions hosted by New Zealand Category:Sports competitions in Auckland Category:Cross country running in New Zealand Category:March 1988 sports events in Oceania Category:1980s in Auckland Category:1988 in international sports