The 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warszawa, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]
1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 15th |
Date | March 22 |
Host city | Warszawa, Poland |
Venue | Służewiec Racecourse |
Events | 3 |
Distances | 11.95 km – Senior men 7.05 km – Junior men 5.05 km – Senior women |
Participation | 576 athletes from 47 nations |
Complete results for men,[3] junior men,[4] women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.
Medallists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (11.95 km) |
John Ngugi |
36:07 | Paul Kipkoech |
36:07 | Paul Arpin |
36:51 |
Junior men (7.05 km) |
Wilfred Kirochi |
22:18 | Demeke Bekele |
22:18 | Debebe Demisse |
22:20 |
Senior women (5.05 km) |
Annette Sergent |
16:46 | Liz Lynch |
16:48 | Ingrid Kristiansen |
16:51 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | 53 | 146 | 161 | |||
Junior men | 19 | 20 | 73 | |||
Senior women | 46 | 50 | 55 |
Race results
editSenior men's race (11.95 km)
editRank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
John Ngugi | 36:07 | ||
Paul Kipkoech | 36:07 | ||
Paul Arpin | 36:51 | ||
4 | Abebe Mekonnen | 36:53 | |
5 | Some Muge | 36:54 | |
6 | Andrew Masai | 37:01 | |
7 | Pat Porter | 37:04 | |
8 | Paul McCloy | 37:08 | |
9 | Bruno Le Stum | 37:09 | |
10 | Dave Clarke | 37:10 | |
11 | Steve Moneghetti | 37:11 | |
12 | Ed Eyestone | 37:11 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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|
53 | |||||||||||||||||||
|
146 | |||||||||||||||||||
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161 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | 223 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 245 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 309 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 340 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | 378 | |||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.05 km)
editRank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Wilfred Kirochi | 22:18 | ||
Demeke Bekele | 22:18 | ||
Debebe Demisse | 22:20 | ||
4 | William Koskei Chemitei | 22:27 | |
5 | Mathew Rono | 22:28 | |
6 | Aligaz Alemayehu | 22:28 | |
7 | Simon Mugglestone | 22:33 | |
8 | Bedile Kibret | 22:37 | |
9 | Ararse Fuffa | 22:39 | |
10 | Thomas Osano | 22:55 | |
11 | Abel Gisemba | 23:01 | |
12 | Haydar Dogan | 23:07 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19 | |||||||||||||
|
20 | |||||||||||||
|
73 | |||||||||||||
4 | 120 | |||||||||||||
5 | 124 | |||||||||||||
6 | 125 | |||||||||||||
7 | 171 | |||||||||||||
8 | 171 | |||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5.05 km)
editRank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Annette Sergent | 16:46 | ||
Liz Lynch | 16:48 | ||
Ingrid Kristiansen | 16:51 | ||
4 | Lynn Jennings | 16:55 | |
5 | Lesley Lehane | 16:57 | |
6 | Mariana Stanescu | 17:04 | |
7 | Cornelia Bürki | 17:08 | |
8 | Krishna Wood | 17:11 | |
9 | Paula Ivan | 17:12 | |
10 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | 17:13 | |
11 | Margaret Wairimu | 17:14 | |
12 | Martine Fays | 17:19 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
46 | |||||||||||||
|
50 | |||||||||||||
|
55 | |||||||||||||
4 | 94 | |||||||||||||
5 | 117 | |||||||||||||
6 | 143 | |||||||||||||
7 | 152 | |||||||||||||
8 | 159 | |||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
editAn unofficial count yields the participation of 576 athletes from 47 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]
Algeria (14)
Australia (18)
Belgium (20)
Brazil (11)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (20)
China (3)
Chinese Taipei (7)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (8)
Czechoslovakia (6)
Denmark (3)
Egypt (3)
England (21)
Ethiopia (20)
France (20)
Greece (9)
Hong Kong (8)
Hungary (6)
India (14)
Ireland (21)
Israel (3)
Italy (21)
Jamaica (7)
Japan (19)
Kenya (21)
Luxembourg (1)
Morocco (6)
Netherlands (7)
New Zealand (14)
Northern Ireland (20)
North Yemen (2)
Norway (10)
Poland (20)
Portugal (15)
Romania (5)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (11)
Spain (21)
Sweden (21)
Switzerland (10)
Tunisia (14)
Turkey (6)
United States (20)
Wales (19)
West Germany (17)
Zimbabwe (6)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1987), Lynch's supreme effort just fails in Polish mud - Liz Lynch gave everything she had, and then found a little more, but it was not quite enough to capture the world cross-country title on the freezing muddy wastes of Sluzewiac racecourse this afternoon..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 22, 2013
- ^ Sad Lynch comes out second best - Not even the consolidation of the silver medal could bring a smile to the face of Scotland's Liz Lynch after the World Cross Cross Country Championships in Warsaw.., Evening Times, March 23, 1987, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Warszawa Sluzewiec Date: Sunday, March 22, 1987, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
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- ^ 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