World Cross Country Championships 1992

The 20th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 21st March 1992 in Franklin Park from Boston ( United States instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.53 km, the women over 6.37 km, the juniors over 7.8 km and the juniors over 4.005 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Ngugi	KEN	37:05
2	William Mutwol	KEN	37:17
3	Fita Bayisa	ETH	37:18
4th	Khalid Skah	MAR	37:20
5	Richard Chelimo	KEN	37:21
6th	Steve Moneghetti	OUT	37:23
7th	Dominic Kirui	KEN	37:26
8th	William Sigei	KEN	37:27

Out of 233 athletes who started, 219 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 30: Rainer Wachenbrunner ( GER ), 38:02
• 50: Heinz-Bernd Bürger ( GER ), 38:25
• 52: Dieter Baumann ( GER ), 38:29
• 78: Markus Graf ( SUI ), 38:46
• 79: Jens Karraß ( GER ), 38:46
• 110: Steffen Dittmann ( GER ), 39:14
• 111: Werner Schildhauer ( GER ), 39:15
• 117: Andrea Erni ( SUI ), 39:21
• 121: Martin Bremer ( GER ), 39:24
• 130: Hansjörg Brücker ( SUI ), 39:41
• 145: Arnold Mächler ( SUI ), 39:55
• 149: Sven Schottmann ( GER ), 39:58
• 157: Jürg Stalder ( SUI ), 40:03
• 167: Stéphane Franke ( GER ), 40:35

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya John Ngugi William Mutwol Richard Chelimo Dominic Kirui William Sigei Ondoro Osoro	046 1 2 5 7 8 23 00 00 00 00 00 0
2	France Thierry Pantel Bruno Le Stum Antonio Martins Pascal Thiébaut Jean-Louis Prianon Antonio Rapisarda	145 9 10 12 21 45 48 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	United Kingdom Richard Nerurkar Eamonn Martin David Clarke Andy Bristow Paul Dugdale Mark Dalloway	147 0 15 017 020 026 033 036

A total of 22 teams were rated. The German team finished twelfth with 432 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lynn Jennings	United States	21:16
2	Catherina McKiernan	IRL	21:18
3	Albertina slides	POR	21:19
4th	Vicki Huber	United States	21:34
5	Nadia Dandolo	ITA	21:35
6th	Qu Yunxia	CHN	21:36
7th	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	21:37
8th	Jill Hunter	GBR	21:39

Of the 127 female athletes who started, 121 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 21: Daria Nauer ( SUI ), 22:03
• 37: Nelly Glauser ( SUI ), 22:19

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Susan Sirma Hellen Kimaiyo Kipkoskei Jane Ngotho Hellen Chepngeno	47 0 9 11 12 15
2	United States Lynn Jennings Vicki Huber Annette Peters Sylvia Mosqueda	77 0 1 04 30 42
3	Ethiopia Luchia Yishak Merima Denboba Getenesh Urge Berhane Adere	96 10 20 28 38

A total of 19 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ismael Kirui	KEN	23:27
2	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	23:35
3	Josephat Machuka	KEN	23:37

Of 114 athletes who started, 110 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 41: Oliver Wirz ( SUI ), 25:04
• 47: Steffen Brandis ( GER ), 25:11
• 53: Viktor Röthlin ( SUI ), 25:15
• 58: André Green ( GER ), 25:20
• 61: Heinz Lehmann ( SUI ), 25:23
• 66: Guido Streit ( GER ), 25:27
• 79: Thomas Fuchs ( SUI ), 25:44
• 96: Mark Ostendarp ( GER ), 26:31
• 104: Michael Lemmer ( SUI ), 27:11
• DNF: Dirk Berger ( GER )
• DNF: Rico Hohenberger ( GER )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Kenya Ismael Kirui Josephat Machuka Josephat Kiprono Samuel Otieno	18 0 1 03 04 10
2	Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Tegenu Abebe Gerbaba Eticha Tesgie Legesse	28 0 2 05 08 13
3	Japan Yasuyuki Watanabe Kazuhiro Kawauchi Masaki Yamamoto Daisuke Isomatsu	90 0 7 12 32 39

A total of 19 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished 13th with 234 points, the German team 15th with 267 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	13:30
2	Wang Junxia	CHN	13:35
3	Lydia Cheromei	KEN	13:43

Of the 106 athletes who started, 104 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 25: Dörte Köster ( GER ), 14:20
• 26: Christine Hofmeier ( SUI ), 14:21
• 50: Constanze Effler ( GER ), 14:50
• 51: Marie-Luce Romanens ( SUI ), 14:51
• 58: Heike Hoffmann ( GER ), 14:58
• 60: Friederike Schmidt ( GER ), 14:59
• 69: Susanne Hornung ( GER ), 15:05

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Gete Wami Emebet Shiferaw Genet Gebregiorgis Kore Alemu	55 0 9 11 17 18
2	Romania Elena Cosoveanu Denisa Costescu Gabriela Szabo Ileana Dorca	59 0 7 10 20 22
3	Kenya Lydia Cheromei Ruth Biwott Susan Chepkemei Pamela Chepchumba	59 0 3 13 16 27

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team finished eleventh with 193 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 ), Junior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website