1988 World Cross Country Championships

The 16th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 26. March 1988 at the Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland ( New Zealand instead).

The men started over a distance of 12 km, the women over 5.962 km and the juniors over 8.031 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Ngugi	KEN	34:32
2	Paul Kipkoech	KEN	34:54
3	Kipsubai Koskei	KEN	35:07
4th	Boniface Merande	KEN	35:22
5	Abebe Mekonnen	ETH	35:25
6th	Moses Tanui	KEN	35:25
7th	Joseph Kiptum	KEN	35:46
8th	Kiprotich Rono	KEN	35:46

Out of 204 athletes who started, 199 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 82: Konrad Dobler ( FRG ), 37:23
• 89: Ralf Salzmann ( FRG ), 37:30
• 96: Robert Schneider ( FRG ), 37:36
• 118: Marius Hasler ( SUI ), 38:04
• 122: Eberhard Weyel ( FRG ), 38:06
• 145: Axel Hardy ( FRG ), 38:45
• 152: Arnold Mächler ( SUI ), 39:05
• 158: Engelbert Franz ( FRG ), 39:16

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya John Ngugi Paul Kipkoech Kipsubai Koskei Boniface Merande Moses Tanui Joseph Kiptum	023 1 2 3 4 6 7 00 00 00 00 00 00
2	Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen Haji Bulbula Habte Negash Debebe Demisse Melese Feissa Chala Kelele	103 0 5 10 12 20 23 33
3	France Paul Arpin Steve Tunstall Jean-Louis Prianon Joël Lucas Cyrille Laventure Bruno Levant	134 11 14 17 25 30 37

A total of 22 teams were rated. The German team finished 15th with 692 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	19:04
2	Angela Tooby	GBR	19:23
3	Annette Sergent	FRA	19:29
4th	Lynn Jennings	United States	19:38
5	Albertina Machado	POR	19:38
6th	Elena Romanova	URS	19:41
7th	Regina Čistiakova	URS	19:41
8th	Liève Slegers	BEL	19:44

Out of 141 athletes who started, 139 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 38: Kerstin Preßler ( FRG ), 8:16 pm
• 46: Martine Oppliger ( SUI ), 20:24
• 51: Isabella Moretti ( SUI ), 20:26
• 52: Antje Winkelmann ( FRG ), 20:26
• 90: Genoveva Eichenmann ( SUI ), 21:10
• 94: Gabriela Wolf ( FRG ), 21:17
• 98: Anni Müller ( AUT ), 21:23
• 106: Daria Nauer ( SUI ), 21:36
• 109: Sabine Knetsch ( FRG ), 21:44
• 124: Maria Ritter ( LIE ), 22:59

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union Jelena Romanowa Regina Tschistjakowa Marina Rodchenkoova Olga Bondarenko	51 0 6 07 18 20
2	United Kingdom Angela Tooby Jill Hunter Susan Tooby Fiona Truman	61 0 2 09 16 34
3	France Annette Sergent Marie-Pierre Duros Patricia Demilly Rosario Murcia	72 0 3 11 28 30

A total of 26 teams were rated. The Swiss team came in 18th with 293 points, the German team in 19th place with 293 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilfred Kirochi	KEN	23:25
2	Alfonce Muindi	KEN	23:39
3	Bedile Kibret	ETH	23:41

All 96 athletes who started reached the finish. The second-placed Kenyan Cosmas Ndeti (23:31) was disqualified.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 12: Andrea Erni ( SUI ), 24:56
• 32: Carsten Arndt ( FRG ), 25:45

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Wilfred Kirochi Alfonce Muindi Mathew Rono Thomas Makini	12 0 1 02 04 050
2	Ethiopia Bedile Kibret Demeke Bekele Tadelle Abebe Lemi Erpassa	33 0 3 07 10 13
3	Spain Juan Abad Fermín Cacho Mariano Campal Jesús Gálvez	61 0 8 15 16 22

A total of 14 teams were rated.

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