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1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers IAAF
Edition16th
DateMarch 26
Host city Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand
Venue Ellerslie Racecourse
Events3
Distances12 km – Senior men
8.031 km – Junior men
5.962 km – Senior women
Participation441 athletes from
41 nations

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 for men, [2] junior men, [3] women, [4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes [6] were published.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km) 		John Ngugi
  Kenya		 34:32 Paul Kipkoech
  Kenya		 34:54 Kipsubai Koskei
  Kenya		 35:07
Junior men
(8.031 km) 		Wilfred Kirochi
  Kenya		 23:25 Alfonce Muindi
  Kenya		 23:39 Bedile Kibret
  Ethiopia		 23:41
Senior women
(5.962 km) 		Ingrid Kristiansen
  Norway		 19:04 Angela Tooby
  United Kingdom		 19:23 Annette Sergent
  France		 19:29
Team
Senior men   Kenya 23   Ethiopia 103   France 134
Junior men   Kenya 12   Ethiopia 33   Spain 61
Senior women   Soviet Union 51   United Kingdom 61   France 72

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Main article: 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ngugi   Kenya 34:32
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Kipkoech   Kenya 34:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kipsubai Koskei   Kenya 35:07
4 Boniface Merande   Kenya 35:22
5 Abebe Mekonnen   Ethiopia 35:25
6 Moses Tanui   Kenya 35:25
7 Joseph Kiptum   Kenya 35:46
8 Kip Rono   Kenya 35:46
9 Some Muge   Kenya 35:48
10 Haji Bulbula   Ethiopia 35:49
11 Paul Arpin   France 35:51
12 Habte Negash   Ethiopia 35:54
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Kenya
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
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Ethiopia
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
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   France
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   Italy 272
6   Spain 277
7   United States 285
8   Australia 292
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.031 km)

Main article: 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race†
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
Full results

†: 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 83
5   United States 115
6   Australia 128
7   New Zealand 152
8   Algeria 152
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5.962 km)

Main article: 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 19:04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Angela Tooby   United Kingdom 19:23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annette Sergent   France 19:29
4 Lynn Jennings   United States 19:38
5 Albertina Machado   Portugal 19:38
6 Yelena Romanova   Soviet Union 19:41
7 Regina Chistyakova   Soviet Union 19:41
8 Liève Slegers   Belgium 19:44
9 Jill Hunter   United Kingdom 19:46
10 Maria Curatolo   Italy 19:46
11 Marie-Pierre Duros   France 19:49
12 Susan Sirma   Kenya 19:50
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Soviet Union
Yelena Romanova 6
Regina Chistyakova 7
Marina Rodchenkova 18
Olga Bondarenko 20
( Natalya Lagunkova) (39)
( Lyudmila Matveyeva) (59)
51
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   United Kingdom
Angela Tooby 2
Jill Hunter 9
Susan Tooby 16
Fiona Truman 34
( Sonia Vinall) (48)
( Laura Wight) (84)
61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   France
Annette Sergent 3
Marie-Pierre Duros 11
Patricia Demilly 28
Rosario Murcia 30
( Maria Lelut) (35)
( Christine Loiseau) (75)
72
4   United States 88
5   Canada 91
6   Kenya 122
7   Portugal 126
8   China 152
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Kenya (KEN)4217
2  Norway (NOR)1001
  Soviet Union (URS)1001
4  Ethiopia (ETH)0213
5  United Kingdom (UKB)0202
6  France (FRA)0033
7  Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (7 entries)66618
  • 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. [6]

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 (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km 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. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - 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)
  5. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  6. ^ 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

External links

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