1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race explained

Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	25th
Date:	March 23
Host City:	Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Location:	Parco del Valentino
Nations Participating:	48
Athletes Participating:	160
Races:	1
Distances:	8.511 km – Junior men
Previous:	1996 Stellenbosch
Next:	1998 Marrakesh

The Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

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

Race results

Junior men's race (8.511 km)

Individual

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

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" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" (Patrick Ivuti) align=right style="border:0" (6) align=left style="border:0" (Kipchumba Mitei) align=right style="border:0" (9)	13
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 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" (Dereje Tadesse) align=right style="border:0" (14) align=left style="border:0" (Mohamed Awol) align=right style="border:0" (16)	31
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 21 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" (Aziz El Makhrout) align=right style="border:0" (29) align=left style="border:0" (Ahmed Ezzobayry) align=right style="border:0" (39)	74
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 25 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 27 align=left style="border:0" (Tomoki Sugiyama) align=right style="border:0" (31) align=left style="border:0" (Shoji Miyai) align=right style="border:0" (40)	85
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 32 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 82	135
6	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 26 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 28 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 36 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 54 align=left style="border:0" (Adria García) align=right style="border:0" (61) align=left style="border:0" (Iván Hierro) align=right style="border:0" (93)	144
7	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 30 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 34 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 35 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 48 align=left style="border:0" (Makhubalo Mngomezulu) align=right style="border:0" (78) align=left style="border:0" (Simo Simatu) align=right style="border:0" (134)	147
8	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 45 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 63 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 67 align=left style="border:0" (Said Ali Hadji) align=right style="border:0" (68) align=left style="border:0" (Latamene Oumouhand) align=right style="border:0" (112)	192
9	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 47 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 57 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 62 align=left style="border:0" (Pietro Pelusi) align=right style="border:0" (107) align=left style="border:0" (Pasqualino Zammataro) align=right style="border:0" (120)	199
10	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 73 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 80 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 87 align=left style="border:0" (Olivier Mignon) align=right style="border:0" (88) align=left style="border:0" (Mehdi Baala) align=right style="border:0" (129)	262
11	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 44 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 52 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 53 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 121	270
12	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 51 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 65 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 79 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 92 align=left style="border:0" (Thomas Murley) align=right style="border:0" (95) align=left style="border:0" (Gabe Jennings) align=right style="border:0" (149)	287
13	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 37 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 76 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 81 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 96	290
14	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 59 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 110 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 113 align=left style="border:0" (Fouad Obad) align=right style="border:0" (131)	302
15	align=left	United Kingdom align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 64 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 66 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 83 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 91 align=left style="border:0" (Simon Burton) align=right style="border:0" (98) align=left style="border:0" (Matthew Mechin) align=right style="border:0" (135)	304
16	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 38 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 89 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 101 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 106	334
17	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 43 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 69 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 114 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 123	349
18	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 49 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 58 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 119 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 137	363
19	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 70 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 90 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 99 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 145	404
20	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 55 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 100 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 111 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 156	422
21	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 71 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 108 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 115 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 136 align=left style="border:0" (Steve Osadiuk) align=right style="border:0" (138) align=left style="border:0" (Scott Allison) align=right style="border:0" (147)	430
22	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 77 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 84 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 128 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 143	432
23	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 104 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 116 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 132 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 133	485
24	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 117 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 122 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 126 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 140 align=left style="border:0" (Pascal Berger) align=right style="border:0" (150)	505
25	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 118 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 124 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 127 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 151	520
26	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 148 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 152 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 155 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 158	613

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 160 athletes from 48 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• (6)
• (1)
• (3)
• (4)
• (4)
• (3)
• (1)
• (4)
• (6)
• (1)
• (4)
• (1)
• (6)
• (4)
• (6)
• (4)
• (4)
• (1)
• (1)
• (6)
• (6)
• (1)
• (6)
• (4)
• (1)
• (1)
• (4)
• (4)
• (6)
• (3)
• (1)
• (3)
• (1)
• (1)
• (1)
• (1)
• (1)
• (1)
• (6)
• (6)
• (5)
• (1)
• (4)
• (4)
• United Kingdom (6)
• (6)
• (5)
• (1)

See also

• 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race