1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

International athletics championship event
1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition17th
DateMarch 19
Host cityStavanger, Rogaland, Norway Norway
VenueScanvest Ring
Events4
Distances12 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men
6 km – Senior women
4 km – Junior women
Participation568 athletes from
41 nations

The 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

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 km) 		John Ngugi
 Kenya		 39:42 Tim Hutchings
 United Kingdom		 40:10 Wilfred Kirochi
 Kenya		 40:21
Junior men
(8 km) 		Addis Abebe
 Ethiopia		 25:07 Kipyego Kororia
 Kenya		 25:31 Stephenson Nyamau
 Kenya		 25:33
Senior women
(6 km) 		Annette Sergent
 France		 22:27 Nadezhda Stepanova
 Soviet Union		 22:34 Lynn Williams
 Canada		 22:41
Junior women
(4 km) 		Malin Ewerlöf
 Sweden		 15:23 Olga Nazarkina
 Soviet Union		 15:30 Esther Saina
 Kenya		 15:41
Team
Senior men  Kenya 44  United Kingdom 147  Ethiopia 162
Junior men  Kenya 14  Ethiopia 22  Italy 76
Senior women  Soviet Union 58  France 60  United States 68
Junior women  Kenya 40  Soviet Union 68  Portugal 84

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ngugi  Kenya 39:42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tim Hutchings  United Kingdom 40:10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya 40:21
4 Steve Moneghetti  Australia 40:24
5 Tesfaye Tafa  Ethiopia 40:26
6 Alejandro Gómez  Spain 40:29
7 Andrew Masai  Kenya 40:32
8 Kipkemboi Kimeli  Kenya 40:34
9 Moses Tanui  Kenya 40:42
10 John Halvorsen  Norway 40:45
11 Bruno Le Stum  France 40:48
12 Francesco Panetta  Italy 40:51
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
John Ngugi 1
Wilfred Kirochi 3
Andrew Masai 7
Kipkemboi Kimeli 8
Moses Tanui 9
Joseph Kiptum 16
(Boniface Merande) (25)
(Jackson Ruto) (36)
(Ibrahim Kinuthia) (44)
44
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom
Tim Hutchings 2
Gary Staines 14
Dave Clarke 15
Craig Mochrie 22
Dave Lewis 45
Richard Nerurkar 49
(Eamonn Martin) (93)
(Geoff Turnbull) (136)
(Roger Hackney) (DNF)
147
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Tesfaye Tafa 5
Bekele Debele 13
Wolde Silasse Melkessa 27
Melese Feissa 33
Debebe Demisse 37
Haji Bulbula 47
(Bedile Kibret) (77)
(Demeke Bekele) (97)
(Habte Negash) (125)
162
4  France 187
5  Spain 189
6  Australia 284
7  Portugal 305
8  Italy 318
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Addis Abebe  Ethiopia 25:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kipyego Kororia  Kenya 25:31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephenson Nyamau  Kenya 25:33
4 Thomas Osano  Kenya 25:33
5 William Koskei Chemitei  Kenya 25:36
6 Dube Jillo  Ethiopia 25:40
7 Tesgie Legesse  Ethiopia 25:52
8 Tesfaye Bekele  Ethiopia 26:03
9 Christian Leuprecht  Italy 26:07
10 Lemi Erpassa  Ethiopia 26:18
11 Assefa Gebremedhin  Ethiopia 26:29
12 Spencer Duval  United Kingdom 26:32
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Kipyego Kororia 2
Stephenson Nyamau 3
Thomas Osano 4
William Koskei Chemitei 5
(Jonah Birir) (13)
14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Addis Abebe 1
Dube Jillo 6
Tesgie Legesse 7
Tesfaye Bekele 8
(Lemi Erpassa) (10)
(Assefa Gebremedhin) (11)
22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
Christian Leuprecht 9
Vincenzo Modica 17
Francesco Bennici 23
Angelo Giardiello 27
(Antonello Barretta) (110)
(Sabino Francavilla) (121)
76
4  United Kingdom 95
5  Poland 131
6  Spain 147
7  Japan 170
8  Algeria 172
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (6 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Annette Sergent  France 22:27
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nadezhda Stepanova  Soviet Union 22:34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lynn Williams  Canada 22:41
4 Jane Ngotho  Kenya 22:57
5 Jackie Perkins  Australia 22:59
6 Lynn Jennings  United States 22:59
7 Jill Hunter  United Kingdom 23:00
8 Véronique Collard  Belgium 23:01
9 Yelena Romanova  Soviet Union 23:02
10 Maria Lelut  France 23:03
11 Luchia Yeshak  Ethiopia 23:04
12 Conceição Ferreira  Portugal 23:13
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Nadezhda Stepanova 2
Yelena Romanova 9
Natalya Sorokivskaya 20
Regina Chistyakova 27
(Natalya Artyomova) (67)
(Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (69)
58
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France
Annette Sergent 1
Maria Lelut 10
Martine Fays 17
Marie-Pierre Duros 32
(Patricia Demilly) (53)
(Rosario Murcia) (93)
60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
Lynn Jennings 6
Margaret Groos 16
Carla Borovicka 21
Annette Hand 25
(Sabrina Dornhoefer) (29)
(Shelly Steely) (86)
68
4  Portugal 84
5  Ethiopia 98
6  United Kingdom 99
7  Australia 130
8  Canada 133
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (4 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden 15:23
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Nazarkina  Soviet Union 15:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Esther Saina  Kenya 15:41
4 Ann Mwangi  Kenya 15:59
5 Jane Ekimat  Kenya 16:01
6 Lisa Harvey  Canada 16:03
7 Shiki Terasaki  Japan 16:04
8 Mónica Gama  Portugal 16:12
9 Suzy Walsham  Australia 16:14
10 Tina Hall  United States 16:15
11 Yumi Osaki  Japan 16:16
12 Nicole Corbin  Australia 16:20
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Esther Saina 3
Ann Mwangi 4
Jane Ekimat 5
Tegla Loroupe 28
40
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Olga Nazarkina 2
Elena Khaliman 18
Larisa Alekseyeva 21
Svetlana Yepishkina 27
(Svetlana Nesterova) (29)
(Olga Bogdanova) (32)
68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal
Mónica Gama 8
Carla Sacramento 17
Carla Machado 20
Luisa Diaz 39
(Carla Azeitero) (54)
(Ana Oliveira) (74)
84
4  Japan 90
5  Canada 103
6  United States 104
7  Spain 125
8  France 149
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kenya (KEN)4138
2 Soviet Union (URS)1304
3 Ethiopia (ETH)1113
4 France (FRA)1102
5 Sweden (SWE)1001
6 United Kingdom (UKB)0202
7 Canada (CAN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (10 entries)88824
  • 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 568 athletes from 41 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ngugi wins unprecedented fourth title - Despite a gallant chase by Britain's Tim Hutchings, the World Cross-Country Championships in Norway yesterday turned into a Kenyan festival..., Glasgow Herald, March 20, 1989, p. 20, retrieved October 23, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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