World Cross Country Championships 1987

The 15th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 22. March 1987 at the Racecourse Służewiec in Warsaw ( Poland instead).

The men started over a distance of 11.95 km, the women over 5.05 km and the juniors over 7.05 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Ngugi	KEN	36:07
2	Paul Kipkoech	KEN	36:07
3	Paul Arpin	FRA	36:51
4th	Abebe Mekonnen	ETH	36:53
5	Some muge	KEN	36:54
6th	Andrew Masai	KEN	37:01
7th	Pat Porter	United States	37:04
8th	Paul McCloy	CAN	37:08

Of the 278 athletes who started, 274 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 44: Konrad Dobler ( FRG ), 37:52
• 52: Arnold Mächler ( SUI ), 38:01
• 72: Ralf Salzmann ( FRG ), 38:15
• 85: Heinz-Bernd Bürger ( FRG ), 38:30
• 101: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 38:39
• 118: Axel Hardy ( FRG ), 38:50
• 138: Jacques Krähenbühl ( SUI ), 39:09
• 147: Pierre-Andre Gobet ( SUI ), 39:16
• 160: Marius Hasler ( SUI ), 39:26
• 168: Reiner Gutschank ( FRG ), 39:34
• 189: Markus Graf ( FRG ), 40:00
• 213: Kurt Hürst ( SUI ), 40:33
• 214: Markus Hacksteiner ( SUI ), 40:36
• DNF: Engelbert Franz ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya John Ngugi Paul Kipkoech Some Muge Andrew Masai Moses Tanui Sisa Kirati	053 1 2 5 6 18 21 00 00 00 00 0 0
2	England David Clarke Carl Thackery Kevin Forster Steve Binns Craig Mochrie Jonathan Richards	146 0 10 020 022 023 033 038
3	Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen Haji Bulbula Wodajo Bulti Wolde Silasse Melkessa Melese Feissa Bekele Debele	161 4 17 27 29 39 45 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 33 teams were rated. The German team came in 13th with 588 points, the Swiss team in 25th place with 899 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Annette Sergent	FRA	16:46
2	Liz Lynch	SCO	16:48
3	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	16:51
4th	Lynn Jennings	United States	16:55
5	Lesley Lehane	United States	16:57
6th	Mariana Stanescu	ROU	17:04
7th	Cornelia Bürki	SUI	17:08
8th	Krishna Wood	OUT	17:11

Of 152 athletes who started, 150 made it to the finish line.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 46: Iris Biba ( FRG ), 17:55
• 49: Sabine Knetsch ( FRG ), 17:56
• 58: Christina Mai ( FRG ), 18:02
• 74: Danièle Kaber ( LUX ), 18:09
• 78: Antje Winkelmann ( FRG ), 18:12
• 89: Isabella Moretti ( SUI ), 18:18
• 108: Astrid Schmidt ( FRG ), 18:37

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Lynn Jennings Lesley Lehane Mary Knisely Janet Smith	46 0 4 05 14 23
2	France Annette Sergent Martine Fays Anne Viallix Maria Lelut	50 0 1 12 18 19
3	Soviet Union Natalja Sorokiwskaja Olga Bondarenko Jelena Romanowa Marina Rodchenkoova	55 10 13 15 17

A total of 26 teams were rated. The German team took twelfth place with 231 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilfred Kirochi	KEN	22:18
2	Demeke Bekele	ETH	22:18
3	Debebe demisse	ETH	22:20

All 146 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 57: Robert Langfeld ( FRG ), 24:11
• 61: Carsten Arndt ( FRG ), 24:13
• 70: Markus Tischler ( FRG ), 24:21
• 81: Christoph Rüttimann ( SUI ), 24:28
• 99: Bernd Jähnke ( FRG ), 24:45
• 113: Lars Richter ( FRG ), 25:03

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Demeke Bekele Debebe Demisse Aligaz Alemayehu Bedile Kibret	19 0 2 03 06 08
2	Kenya Wilfred Kirochi William Koskei Mathew Rono Thomas Osano	20 0 1 04 05 10
3	Japan Kenji Ayabe Yoshinori Yokota Masaki Yamamoto Hideyuki Matsumoto	73 14 18 20 21

A total of 24 teams were rated. The German team took 18th place with 287 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website