1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race explained

Senior men's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	16th
Date:	March 26
Host City:	Auckland, New Zealand
Location:	Ellerslie Racecourse
Nations Participating:	35
Athletes Participating:	204
Races:	1
Distances:	12 km – Senior men
Previous:	1987 Warszawa
Next:	1989 Stavanger

The Senior men's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		34:32
	align=left		align=left		34:54
	align=left		align=left		35:07
4	align=left		align=left		35:22
5	align=left		align=left		35:25
6	align=left		align=left		35:25
7	align=left		align=left		35:46
8	align=left		align=left		35:46
9	align=left		align=left		35:48
10	align=left		align=left		35:49
11	align=left		align=left		35:51
12	align=left		align=left		35:54
13	align=left		align=left		35:59
14	align=left		align=left		36:04
15	align=left		align=left		36:07
16	align=left		align=left		36:12
17	align=left		align=left		36:12
18	align=left		align=left		36:14
19	align=left		align=left		36:15
20	align=left		align=left		36:15
21	align=left		align=left		36:16
22	align=left		align=left		36:19
23	align=left		align=left		36:23
24	align=left		align=left		36:24
25	align=left		align=left		36:24
26	align=left		align=left		36:25
27	align=left		align=left		36:26
28	align=left		align=left		36:26
29	align=left		align=left		36:28
30	align=left		align=left		36:29
31	align=left		align=left		36:30
32	align=left		align=left		36:32
33	align=left		align=left		36:33
34	align=left		align=left		36:34
35	align=left		align=left		36:35
36	align=left		align=left		36:35
37	align=left		align=left		36:37
38	align=left		align=left		36:39
39	align=left		align=left		36:41
40	align=left		align=left		36:43
41	align=left		align=left		36:45
42	align=left		align=left		36:45
43	align=left		align=left		36:46
44	align=left		align=left		36:46
45	align=left		align=left		36:47
46	align=left		align=left		36:47
47	align=left		align=left		36:47
48	align=left		align=left		36:48
49	align=left		align=left		36:49
50	align=left		align=left		36:50
51	align=left		align=left		36:55
52	align=left		align=left		36:57
53	align=left		align=left		36:58
54	align=left		align=left		36:59
55	align=left		align=left		36:59
56	align=left		align=left		37:00
57	align=left		align=left		37:01
58	align=left		align=left		37:02
59	align=left		align=left		37:03
60	align=left		align=left		37:05
61	align=left		align=left		37:05
62	align=left		align=left		37:06
63	align=left		align=left		37:07
64	align=left		align=left		37:08
65	align=left		align=left		37:09
66	align=left		align=left		37:10
67	align=left		align=left		37:12
68	align=left		align=left		37:14
69	align=left		align=left		37:15
70	align=left		align=left		37:16
71	align=left		align=left		37:16
72	align=left		align=left		37:16
73	align=left		align=left		37:16
74	align=left		align=left		37:17
75	align=left		align=left		37:18
76	align=left		align=left		37:18
77	align=left		align=left		37:19
78	align=left		align=left		37:19
79	align=left		align=left		37:19
80	align=left		align=left		37:20
81	align=left		align=left		37:22
82	align=left		align=left		37:23
83	align=left		align=left		37:25
84	align=left		align=left		37:26
85	align=left		align=left		37:26
86	align=left		align=left		37:27
87	align=left		align=left		37:28
88	align=left		align=left		37:29
89	align=left		align=left		37:30
90	align=left		align=left		37:31
91	align=left		align=left		37:32
92	align=left		align=left		37:33
93	align=left		align=left		37:34
94	align=left		align=left		37:34
95	align=left		align=left		37:35
96	align=left		align=left		37:36
97	align=left		align=left		37:38
98	align=left		align=left		37:38
99	align=left		align=left		37:39
100	align=left		align=left		37:39
101	align=left		align=left		37:40
102	align=left		align=left		37:40
103	align=left		align=left		37:40
104	align=left		align=left		37:42
105	align=left		align=left		37:42
106	align=left		align=left		37:43
107	align=left		align=left		37:43
108	align=left		align=left		37:44
109	align=left		align=left		37:51
110	align=left		align=left		37:52
111	align=left		align=left		37:54
112	align=left		align=left		37:56
113	align=left		align=left		37:57
114	align=left		align=left		37:57
115	align=left		align=left		38:00
116	align=left		align=left		38:01
117	align=left		align=left		38:03
118	align=left		align=left		38:04
119	align=left		align=left		38:05
120	align=left		align=left		38:05
121	align=left		align=left		38:05
122	align=left		align=left		38:06
123	align=left		align=left		38:07
124	align=left		align=left		38:09
125	align=left		align=left		38:10
126	align=left		align=left		38:11
127	align=left		align=left		38:12
128	align=left		align=left		38:12
129	align=left		align=left		38:13
130	align=left		align=left		38:14
131	align=left		align=left		38:22
132	align=left		align=left		38:23
133	align=left		align=left		38:25
134	align=left		align=left		38:27
135	align=left		align=left		38:28
136	align=left		align=left		38:29
137	align=left		align=left		38:29
138	align=left		align=left		38:32
139	align=left		align=left		38:33
140	align=left		align=left		38:34
141	align=left		align=left		38:36
142	align=left		align=left		38:38
143	align=left		align=left		38:39
144	align=left		align=left		38:40
145	align=left		align=left		38:45
146	align=left		align=left		38:46
147	align=left		align=left		38:48
148	align=left		align=left		38:56
149	align=left		align=left		38:56
150	align=left		align=left		38:59
151	align=left		align=left		39:01
152	align=left		align=left		39:05
153	align=left		align=left		39:07
154	align=left		align=left		39:09
155	align=left		align=left		39:12
156	align=left		align=left		39:13
157	align=left		align=left		39:13
158	align=left		align=left		39:16
159	align=left		align=left		39:16
160	align=left		align=left		39:26
161	align=left		align=left		39:28
162	align=left		align=left		39:29
163	align=left		align=left		39:35
164	align=left		align=left		39:38
165	align=left		align=left		39:44
166	align=left		align=left		39:44
167	align=left		align=left		40:02
168	align=left		align=left		40:19
169	align=left		align=left		40:21
170	align=left		align=left		40:21
171	align=left		align=left		40:28
172	align=left		align=left		40:30
173	align=left		align=left		40:35
174	align=left		align=left		40:39
175	align=left		align=left		40:42
176	align=left		align=left		40:58
177	align=left		align=left		41:20
178	align=left		align=left		41:27
179	align=left		align=left		41:32
180	align=left		align=left		41:56
181	align=left		align=left		41:57
182	align=left		align=left		42:02
183	align=left		align=left		42:30
184	align=left		align=left		42:32
185	align=left		align=left		42:46
186	align=left		align=left		43:14
187	align=left		align=left		43:35
188	align=left		align=left		43:56
189	align=left		align=left		44:34
190	align=left		align=left		44:47
191	align=left		align=left		44:47
192	align=left		align=left		44:58
193	align=left		align=left		45:20
194	align=left		align=left		45:40
195	align=left		align=left		46:13
196	align=left		align=left		46:16
197	align=left		align=left		47:12
198	align=left		align=left		48:41
199	align=left		align=left		49:10
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	align=left		align=left		DNF

Teams

width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" (Kip Rono) align=right style="border:0" (8) align=left style="border:0" (Some Muge) align=right style="border:0" (9) align=left style="border:0" (Daniel Mutai) align=right style="border:0" (99)	23
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" (Tena Negere) align=right style="border:0" (38) align=left style="border:0" (Wolde Silasse Melkessa) align=right style="border:0" (64) align=left style="border:0" (Bekele Debele) align=right style="border:0" (83)	103
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 25 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 30 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 37 align=left style="border:0" (Thierry Pantel) align=right style="border:0" (39) align=left style="border:0" (Dominique Delattre) align=right style="border:0" (56) align=left style="border:0" (Pierre Levisse) align=right style="border:0" (146)	134
4	align=left	United Kingdom align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 27 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 34 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 43 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 53 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 58 align=left style="border:0" (Jonathan Richards) align=right style="border:0" (76) align=left style="border:0" (Chris Robison) align=right style="border:0" (109) align=left style="border:0" (Deon McNeilly) align=right style="border:0" (135)	228
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 35 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 49 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 51 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 52 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 63 align=left style="border:0" (Ranieri Carenza) align=right style="border:0" (101) align=left style="border:0" (Marco Gozzano) align=right style="border:0" (126) align=left style="border:0" (Stefano Mei) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	272
6	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 40 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 41 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 48 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 95 align=left style="border:0" (Constantino Esparcia) align=right style="border:0" (119) align=left style="border:0" (Francisco Sánchez) align=right style="border:0" (130) align=left style="border:0" (Abel Antón) align=right style="border:0" (177)	277
7	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 28 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 31 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 45 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 46 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 62 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 73 align=left style="border:0" (Mark Stickley) align=right style="border:0" (88) align=left style="border:0" (Craig Virgin) align=right style="border:0" (102) align=left style="border:0" (David O'Keefe) align=right style="border:0" (140)	285
8	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 21 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 32 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 42 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 44 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 75 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 78 align=left style="border:0" (Martin Stock) align=right style="border:0" (80) align=left style="border:0" (Peter Brett) align=right style="border:0" (105) align=left style="border:0" (Rob de Castella) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	292
9	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 26 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 60 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 71 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 72 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 91 align=left style="border:0" (António Pinto) align=right style="border:0" (100) align=left style="border:0" (Ezequiel Canario) align=right style="border:0" (DNF) align=left style="border:0" (Dionísio Castro) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	336
10	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 55 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 66 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 68 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 115 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 125 align=left style="border:0" (Satoshi Kato) align=right style="border:0" (151) align=left style="border:0" (Hirozumi Kato) align=right style="border:0" (167)	448
11	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 36 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 74 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 77 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 90 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 94 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 103 align=left style="border:0" (Derek Froude) align=right style="border:0" (110) align=left style="border:0" (Rod Dixon) align=right style="border:0" (117) align=left style="border:0" (Ken Moloney) align=right style="border:0" (171)	474
12	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 92 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 93 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 104 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 112 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 127 align=left style="border:0" (Richard O'Flynn) align=right style="border:0" (131)	543
13	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 65 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 69 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 70 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 116 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 120 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 128 align=left style="border:0" (El Hadj Mendes) align=right style="border:0" (150) align=left style="border:0" (Abdelrazzak Bounour) align=right style="border:0" (161)	568
14	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 50 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 61 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 81 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 121 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 136 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 141	590
15	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 82 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 89 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 96 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 122 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 145 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 158	692
16	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 86 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 87 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 98 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 124 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 142 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 159	696
17	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 97 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 106 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 107 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 108 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 132 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 153 align=left style="border:0" (Allen Hugli) align=right style="border:0" (164) align=left style="border:0" (Alain Boucher) align=right style="border:0" (165)	703
18	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 59 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 111 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 123 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 129 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 156 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 162	740
19	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 85 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 139 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 147 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 149 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 154 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 157 align=left style="border:0" (Lars Bøgh) align=right style="border:0" (160)	831
20	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 114 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 133 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 137 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 143 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 166 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 170 align=left style="border:0" (Anna Durai) align=right style="border:0" (172)	863
21	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 180 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 185 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 188 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 189 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 190 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 192 align=left style="border:0" (Semi Vuetibau) align=right style="border:0" (194) align=left style="border:0" (Ashok Kumar) align=right style="border:0" (197)	1124
22	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 178 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 183 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 186 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 191 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 193 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 196	1127
DNF	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" (18) align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" (67) align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" (144) align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" (148) align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" (155) align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	DNF

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 204 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race, two athletes less than the official number published.

• (8)
• (2)
• (3)
• (9)
• (6)
• (6)
• (8)
• (2)
• (3)
• (7)
• (9)
• (8)
• (6)
• (9)
• (2)
• (7)
• (7)
• (1)
• (9)
• (8)
• (9)
• (1)
• (6)
• (9)
• (6)
• (9)
• (9)
• (4)
• (2)
• United Kingdom (9)
• (9)
• (1)
• (2)
• (6)
• (2)

See also

• 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race