1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, at the Franklin Park on March 21, 1992. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.^[1]

1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	20th
Date	March 21
Host city	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Venue	Franklin Park
Events	4
Distances	12.53 km – Senior men 7.8 km – Junior men 6.37 km – Senior women 4.005 km – Junior women
Participation	580 athletes from 53 nations
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Complete results for senior men,^[2] junior men,^[3] senior women,^[4] junior women,^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.53 km)	John Ngugi  Kenya	37:05	William Mutwol  Kenya	37:17	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	37:18
Junior men (7.8 km)	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	23:27	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	23:35	Josephat Machuka  Kenya	23:37
Senior women (6.37 km)	Lynn Jennings  United States	21:16	Catherina McKiernan  Ireland	21:18	Albertina Dias  Portugal	21:19
Junior women (4.005 km)	Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom	13:30	Wang Junxia  China	13:35	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	13:43
Team
Senior men	Kenya	46	France	145	United Kingdom	147
Junior men	Kenya	18	Ethiopia	28	Japan	90
Senior women	Kenya	47	United States	77	Ethiopia	96
Junior women	Ethiopia	55	Romania	59	Kenya	59

Race results

Senior men's race (12.53 km)

Main article: 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Ngugi	Kenya	37:05
	William Mutwol	Kenya	37:17
	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	37:18
4	Khalid Skah	Morocco	37:20
5	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	37:21
6	Steve Moneghetti	Australia	37:23
7	Dominic Kirui	Kenya	37:26
8	William Sigei	Kenya	37:27
9	Thierry Pantel	France	37:30
10	Bruno Le Stum	France	37:33
11	Domingos Castro	Portugal	37:35
12	Antonio Martins	France	37:37
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya John Ngugi 1 William Mutwol 2 Richard Chelimo 5 Dominic Kirui 7 William Sigei 8 Ondoro Osoro 23 (Sammy Lelei) (77)	46
	France Thierry Pantel 9 Bruno Le Stum 10 Antonio Martins 12 Pascal Thiébaut 21 Jean-Louis Prianon 45 Antonio Rapisarda 48 (Pascal Fetizon) (173) (Paul Arpin) (DNF) (Mickael Dufermont) (DNF)	145
	United Kingdom Richard Nerurkar 15 Eamonn Martin 17 Dave Clarke 20 Andy Bristow 26 Paul Dugdale 33 Mark Dalloway 36 (Paul Roden) (85) (Tommy Murray) (104) (Chris Robison) (115)	147
4	Spain	171
5	Italy	246
6	Morocco	247
7	Portugal	249
8	United States	263
Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.8 km)

Main article: 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	23:27
	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	23:35
	Josephat Machuka	Kenya	23:37
4	Josephat Kiprono	Kenya	23:45
5	Tegenu Abebe	Ethiopia	23:50
6	Francis Nade	Tanzania	23:54
7	Yasuyuki Watanabe	Japan	23:58
8	Gerbaba Eticha	Ethiopia	24:16
9	Antony Mwingereza	Tanzania	24:19
10	Samuel Otieno	Kenya	24:20
11	Mark Kipsang Too	Kenya	24:22
12	Kazuhiro Kawauchi	Japan	24:23
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Ismael Kirui 1 Josephat Machuka 3 Josephat Kiprono 4 Samuel Otieno 10 (Mark Kipsang Too) (11)	18
	Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie 2 Tegenu Abebe 5 Gerbaba Eticha 8 Tesgie Legesse 13	28
	Japan Yasuyuki Watanabe 7 Kazuhiro Kawauchi 12 Masaki Yamamoto 32 Daisuke Isomatsu 39 (Ryoji Maeda) (42) (Shigekazu Taguchi) (49)	90
4	Morocco	103
5	Italy	128
6	United Kingdom	135
7	Tanzania	135
8	Spain	149
Full results

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

Senior women's race (6.37 km)

Main article: 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lynn Jennings	United States	21:16
	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	21:18
	Albertina Dias	Portugal	21:19
4	Vicki Huber	United States	21:34
5	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	21:35
6	Qu Yunxia	China	21:36
7	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	21:37
8	Jill Hunter	United Kingdom	21:39
9	Susan Sirma	Kenya	21:40
10	Luchia Yeshak	Ethiopia	21:42
11	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenya	21:45
12	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	21:47
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Susan Sirma 9 Hellen Kimaiyo 11 Jane Ngotho 12 Hellen Chepngeno 15 (Pauline Konga) (90)	47
	United States Lynn Jennings 1 Vicki Huber 4 Annette Peters 30 Sylvia Mosqueda 42 (Melinda Schmidt) (47) (Lisa Karnopp) (89)	77
	Ethiopia Luchia Yeshak 10 Merima Denboba 20 Getenesh Urge 28 Berhane Adere 38 (Tigist Moreda) (DNF) (Derartu Tulu) (DNF)	96
4	Ireland	103
5	Portugal	115
6	Romania	129
7	United Kingdom	129
8	Spain	138
Full results

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

Junior women's race (4.005 km)

Main article: 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	13:30
	Wang Junxia	China	13:35
	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	13:43
4	Jennifer Clague	United Kingdom	13:44
5	Anja Smolders	Belgium	13:58
6	Janeth Caizalitín	Ecuador	14:00
7	Elena Cosoveanu	Romania	14:02
8	Zhang Lirong	China	14:03
9	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	14:04
10	Denisa Costescu	Romania	14:05
11	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	14:06
12	Susie Power	Australia	14:06
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Gete Wami 9 Emebet Shiferaw 11 Genet Gebregiorgis 17 Kore Alemu 18 (Askale Bereda) (34) (Alemitu Bekele) (79)	55
	Romania Elena Cosoveanu 7 Denisa Costescu 10 Gabriela Szabo 20 Ileana Dorca 22 (Ana Nanu) (70)	59
	Kenya Lydia Cheromei 3 Ruth Biwott 13 Susan Chepkemei 16 Pamela Chepchumba 27 (Catherine Kirui) (59)	59
4	United Kingdom	61
5	China	78
6	Japan	103
7	Spain	165
8	France	166
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	5	1	3	9
2	Ethiopia	1	2	2	5
3	United States*	1	1	0	2
4	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
5	China	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
9	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		8	8	8	24

• 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 580 athletes from 53 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7]

•  Algeria (7)
•  Argentina (9)
•  Australia (17)
•  Belgium (12)
•  Bermuda (2)
•  Botswana (4)
•  Brazil (19)
•  Burundi (2)
•  Canada (26)
•  China (6)
•  Chinese Taipei (3)
•  Colombia (4)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (12)
•  Costa Rica (4)
•  Cyprus (7)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  Denmark (8)
•  Ecuador (6)
•  Ethiopia (25)
•  Fiji (7)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (27)
•  Germany (20)
•  Hong Kong (2)
•  Hungary (5)
•  Iceland (4)
•  India (19)
•  Indonesia (6)
•  Ireland (21)
•  Israel (4)
•  Italy (23)
•  Jamaica (10)
•  Japan (24)
•  Kenya (22)
•  Lithuania (5)
•  Mauritius (3)
•  Mexico (13)
•  Morocco (17)
•  Netherlands (14)
•  New Zealand (4)
•  Norway (2)
•  Peru (1)
•  Poland (8)
•  Portugal (17)
•  Romania (10)
•  Rwanda (1)
•  Spain (27)
•   Switzerland (14)
•  Tanzania (10)
• United Kingdom (27)
•  United States (27)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  Zimbabwe (6)

See also

• 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1992 in athletics (track and field)