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]
1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 16th |
Date | March 26 |
Host city | Auckland, New Zealand |
Venue | Ellerslie Racecourse |
Events | 3 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men 8.031 km – Junior men 5.962 km – Senior women |
Participation | 441 athletes from 41 nations |
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12 km) |
John Ngugi |
34:32 | Paul Kipkoech |
34:54 | Kipsubai Koskei |
35:07 |
Junior men (8.031 km) |
Wilfred Kirochi |
23:25 | Alfonce Muindi |
23:39 | Bedile Kibret |
23:41 |
Senior women (5.962 km) |
Ingrid Kristiansen |
19:04 | Angela Tooby |
19:23 | Annette Sergent |
19:29 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | 23 | 103 | 134 | |||
Junior men | 12 | 33 | 61 | |||
Senior women | 51 | 61 | 72 |
Race results
editSenior men's race (12 km)
editRank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
John Ngugi | 34:32 | ||
Paul Kipkoech | 34:54 | ||
Kipsubai Koskei | 35:07 | ||
4 | Boniface Merande | 35:22 | |
5 | Abebe Mekonnen | 35:25 | |
6 | Moses Tanui | 35:25 | |
7 | Joseph Kiptum | 35:46 | |
8 | Kip Rono | 35:46 | |
9 | Some Muge | 35:48 | |
10 | Haji Bulbula | 35:49 | |
11 | Paul Arpin | 35:51 | |
12 | Habte Negash | 35:54 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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23 | |||||||||||||||||||
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103 | |||||||||||||||||||
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134 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | 228 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 272 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 277 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 285 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | 292 | |||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8.031 km)
editRank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Wilfred Kirochi | 23:25 | ||
Alfonce Muindi | 23:39 | ||
Bedile Kibret | 23:41 | ||
4 | Mathew Rono | 23:51 | |
5 | Thomas Makini | 23:54 | |
6 | William Koskei Chemitei | 24:03 | |
7 | Demeke Bekele | 24:17 | |
8 | Juan Abad | 24:35 | |
9 | Noureddine Morceli | 24:45 | |
10 | Tadelle Abebe | 24:48 | |
11 | Zoltán Káldy | 24:52 | |
12 | Andrea Erni | 24:56 | |
Full results |
†:Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified.
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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12 | |||||||||||||
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33 | |||||||||||||
|
61 | |||||||||||||
4 | 83 | |||||||||||||
5 | 115 | |||||||||||||
6 | 128 | |||||||||||||
7 | 152 | |||||||||||||
8 | 152 | |||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5.962 km)
editRank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Ingrid Kristiansen | 19:04 | ||
Angela Tooby | 19:23 | ||
Annette Sergent | 19:29 | ||
4 | Lynn Jennings | 19:38 | |
5 | Albertina Machado | 19:38 | |
6 | Yelena Romanova | 19:41 | |
7 | Regina Chistyakova | 19:41 | |
8 | Liève Slegers | 19:44 | |
9 | Jill Hunter | 19:46 | |
10 | Maria Curatolo | 19:46 | |
11 | Marie-Pierre Duros | 19:49 | |
12 | Susan Sirma | 19:50 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
51 | |||||||||||||
|
61 | |||||||||||||
|
72 | |||||||||||||
4 | 88 | |||||||||||||
5 | 91 | |||||||||||||
6 | 122 | |||||||||||||
7 | 126 | |||||||||||||
8 | 152 | |||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 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 4401 athletes from 41 countries, two athletes (senior men) less than the official number published.[6]
Algeria (13)
Antigua and Barbuda (2)
Argentina (7)
Australia (20)
Austria (1)
Belgium (10)
Brazil (11)
Canada (19)
China (6)
Chinese Taipei (5)
Denmark (10)
Ethiopia (14)
Fiji (16)
Finland (10)
France (15)
Hong Kong (6)
Hungary (1)
India (14)
Ireland (18)
Israel (2)
Italy (20)
Japan (20)
Kenya (21)
Liechtenstein (1)
Mauritius (3)
Nepal (15)
New Zealand (21)
Norway (15)
Poland (2)
Portugal (16)
Soviet Union (6)
Spain (21)
Sweden (6)
Switzerland (7)
United Kingdom (21)
United States (21)
Vanuatu (4)
Western Samoa (4)
West Germany (11)
Zambia (4)
Zimbabwe (2)
See also
editReferences
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