World Cross Country Championships 1989

The 17th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 19th March 1989 on the Scanvest ring in Stavanger ( Norway instead). For the first time, a race for juniors was part of the program.

The men started over a distance of 12 km, the women over 6 km, the juniors over 8 km and the juniors over 4 km.

Results

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Ngugi	Kenya KEN	39:42
2	Tim Hutchings	United Kingdom GBR	40:10
3	Wilfred Kirochi	Kenya KEN	40:21
4th	Steve Moneghetti	Australia OUT	40:24
5	Tesfaye Tafa	Ethiopia People's Democratic Republic ETH	40:26
6th	Alejandro Gomez	Spain ESP	40:29
7th	Andrew Masai	Kenya KEN	40:32
8th	Kipkemboi Kimeli	Kenya KEN	40:34

Of the 200 athletes who started, 195 made it to the finish line.

As the only participant from a German-speaking country, the Swiss Markus Graf finished 100th in 42:59.

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Kenya John Ngugi Wilfred Kirochi Andrew Masai Kipkemboi Kimeli Moses Tanui Joseph Kiptum	044 1 3 7 8 9 16 00 00 00 00 00 0
2	United Kingdom United Kingdom Tim Hutchings Gary Staines David Clarke Craig Mochrie Dave Lewis Richard Nerurkar	147 2 14 15 22 45 49 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	Ethiopia People's Democratic Republic Ethiopia Tesfaye Tafa Bekele Debele Wolde Silasse Melkessa Melese Feissa Debebe Demisse Haji Bulbula	162 5 13 27 33 37 47 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 22 teams were rated.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Annette Sergent	France FRA	22:27
2	Nadezhda Stepanova	Soviet Union URS	22:34
3	Lynn Kanuka-Williams	Canada CAN	22:41
4th	Jane Ngotho	Kenya KEN	22:57
5	Jackie Perkins	Australia OUT	22:59
6th	Lynn Jennings	United States United States	22:59
7th	Jill Hunter	United Kingdom GBR	23:00
8th	Véronique Collard	Belgium BEL	23:01

Of 120 athletes who started, 118 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union Soviet Union Nadeschda Stepanowa Jelena Romanowa Natalja Sorokiwskaja Regina Tschistjakowa	58 0 2 09 20 27
2	France France Annette Sergent Maria Lelut Martine Fays Marie-Pierre Duros	60 0 1 10 17 32
3	United States United States Lynn Jennings Margaret Groos Carla Borovicka Annette Hand	68 0 6 16 21 25

A total of 19 teams were rated.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia People's Democratic Republic ETH	25:07
2	Kipyego Kororia	Kenya KEN	25:31
3	Stephenson Nyamau	Kenya KEN	25:33

All 134 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Kenya Kipyego Kororia Stephenson Nyamau Thomas Osano William Koskei	14 0 2 03 04 05
2	Ethiopia People's Democratic Republic Ethiopia Addis Abebe Dube Jillo Tesgie Legesse Tesfaye Bekele	22 0 1 06 07 08
3	Italy Italy Christian Leuprecht Vincenzo Modica Francesco Bennici Angelo Giardiello	76 0 9 17 23 27

A total of 24 teams were rated. The German team came in 13th with 257 points, the Swiss team in 16th place with 284 points.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden SWE	15:23
2	Olga Nazarkina	Soviet Union URS	3:30 p.m.
3	Esther Saina	Kenya KEN	15:41

All 114 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Kenya Esther Saina Ann Mwangi Jane Auro Ekimat Tegla Loroupe	40 0 3 04 05 28
2	Soviet Union Soviet Union Olga Nazarkina Jelena Chaliman Larissa Alexejewa Swetlana Jepischkina	68 0 2 18 21 27
3	Portugal Portugal Monica Gáma Carla Sacramento Carla Machado Luisa Diaz	84 0 8 17 20 39

A total of 19 teams were rated.