1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald^[1] and in the Evening Times.^[2]

1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	15th
Date	March 22
Host city	Warsaw, Poland
Venue	Służewiec Racecourse
Events	3
Distances	11.95 km – Senior men 7.05 km – Junior men 5.05 km – Senior women
Participation	576 athletes from 47 nations
← 1986 Colombier 1988 Auckland →

Complete results for men,^[3] junior men,^[4] women,^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (11.95 km)	John Ngugi  Kenya	36:07	Paul Kipkoech  Kenya	36:07	Paul Arpin  France	36:51
Junior men (7.05 km)	Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya	22:18	Demeke Bekele  Ethiopia	22:18	Debebe Demisse  Ethiopia	22:20
Senior women (5.05 km)	Annette Sergent  France	16:46	Liz Lynch  Scotland	16:48	Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway	16:51
Team
Senior men	Kenya	53	England	146	Ethiopia	161
Junior men	Ethiopia	19	Kenya	20	Japan	73
Senior women	United States	46	France	50	Soviet Union	55

Race results

Senior men's race (11.95 km)

Main article: 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Ngugi	Kenya	36:07
	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	36:07
	Paul Arpin	France	36:51
4	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	36:53
5	Some Muge	Kenya	36:54
6	Andrew Masai	Kenya	37:01
7	Pat Porter	United States	37:04
8	Paul McCloy	Canada	37:08
9	Bruno Le Stum	France	37:09
10	Dave Clarke	England	37:10
11	Steve Moneghetti	Australia	37:11
12	Ed Eyestone	United States	37:11
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya John Ngugi 1 Paul Kipkoech 2 Some Muge 5 Andrew Masai 6 Moses Tanui 18 Sisa Kirati 21 (Boniface Merande) (48) (Samuel Nyangincha) (67) (Vincent Kibiwott) (123)	53
	England Dave Clarke 10 Carl Thackery 20 Kevin Forster 22 Steve Binns 23 Craig Mochrie 33 Jonathan Richards 38 (Tim Hutchings) (43) (Paul Roden) (46) (Martin McLoughlin) (59)	146
	Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen 4 Haji Bulbula 17 Wodajo Bulti 27 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 29 Melese Feissa 39 Bekele Debele 45 (Habte Negash) (53) (Chala Urgessa) (70) (Negatu Seyoum) (96)	161
4	Italy	223
5	France	245
6	Portugal	309
7	Spain	340
8	Belgium	378
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.05 km)

Main article: 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Wilfred Kirochi	Kenya	22:18
	Demeke Bekele	Ethiopia	22:18
	Debebe Demisse	Ethiopia	22:20
4	William Koskei Chemitei	Kenya	22:27
5	Mathew Rono	Kenya	22:28
6	Aligaz Alemayehu	Ethiopia	22:28
7	Simon Mugglestone	England	22:33
8	Bedile Kibret	Ethiopia	22:37
9	Ararse Fuffa	Ethiopia	22:39
10	Thomas Osano	Kenya	22:55
11	Abel Gisemba	Kenya	23:01
12	Haydar Dogan	Turkey	23:07
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Demeke Bekele 2 Debebe Demisse 3 Aligaz Alemayehu 6 Bedile Kibret 8 (Ararse Fuffa) (9) (Tesfayi Dadi) (63)	19
	Kenya Wilfred Kirochi 1 William Koskei Chemitei 4 Mathew Rono 5 Thomas Osano 10 (Abel Gisemba) (11) (Joseph Otwori) (13)	20
	Japan Kenji Ayabe 14 Yoshinori Yokota 18 Masaki Yamamoto 20 Hideyuki Matsumoto 21 (Riyouki Murakami) (85) (Yohinori Sato) (92)	73
4	United States	120
5	Canada	124
6	Spain	125
7	Italy	171
8	Soviet Union	171
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5.05 km)

Main article: 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Annette Sergent	France	16:46
	Liz Lynch	Scotland	16:48
	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	16:51
4	Lynn Jennings	United States	16:55
5	Lesley Lehane	United States	16:57
6	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	17:04
7	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	17:08
8	Krishna Wood	Australia	17:11
9	Paula Ivan	Romania	17:12
10	Natalya Sorokivskaya	Soviet Union	17:13
11	Margaret Wairimu	Kenya	17:14
12	Martine Fays	France	17:19
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	United States Lynn Jennings 4 Lesley Lehane 5 Mary Knisely 14 Janet Smith 23 (Suzanne Girard) (44) (Sabrina Dornhoefer) (53)	46
	France Annette Sergent 1 Martine Fays 12 Anne Viallix 18 Maria Lelut 19 (Patricia Demilly) (25) (Christine Loiseau) (128)	50
	Soviet Union Natalya Sorokivskaya 10 Olga Bondarenko 13 Yelena Romanova 15 Marina Rodchenkova 17 (Svetlana Ulmasova) (34) (Natalya Lagunkova) (62)	55
4	Romania	94
5	Kenya	117
6	Norway	143
7	England	152
8	Portugal	159
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	3	2	0	5
2	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	1	2	4
3	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
4	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
5	England (ENG)	0	1	0	1
	Scotland (SCO)	0	1	0	1
7	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		6	6	6	18

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 576 athletes from 47 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7]

•  Algeria (14)
•  Australia (18)
•  Belgium (20)
•  Brazil (11)
•  Bulgaria (5)
•  Canada (20)
•  China (3)
•  Chinese Taipei (7)
•  Cuba (2)
•  Cyprus (8)
•  Czechoslovakia (6)
•  Denmark (3)
•  Egypt (3)
•  England (21)
•  Ethiopia (20)
•  France (20)
•  Greece (9)
•  Hong Kong (8)
•  Hungary (6)
•  India (14)
•  Ireland (21)
•  Israel (3)
•  Italy (21)
•  Jamaica (7)
•  Japan (19)
•  Kenya (21)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Morocco (6)
•  Netherlands (7)
•  New Zealand (14)
•  Northern Ireland (20)
•  North Yemen (2)
•  Norway (10)
•  Poland (20)
•  Portugal (15)
•  Romania (5)
•  Scotland (21)
•  Soviet Union (11)
•  Spain (21)
•  Sweden (21)
•   Switzerland (10)
•  Tunisia (14)
•  Turkey (6)
•  United States (20)
•  Wales (19)
•  West Germany (17)
•  Zimbabwe (6)

See also

• 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1987 in athletics (track and field)