1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Long race men 1.1.1 Individual 1.1.2 Team 1.2 Junior Race Men 1.2.1 Individual 1.2.2 Team 1.3 Long Race Women 1.3.1 Individual 1.3.2 Team 2 See also 3 External links

The 15th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held on March 22, 1987 in Warsaw, Poland. There were a total number of 576 participating athletes from 47 countries.

Results

Long race men

Individual

Place	Athlete	Time
1.	John Ngugi (KEN)	36:07
2.	Paul Kipkoech (KEN)	36:07
3.	Paul Arpin (FRA)	36:51
4.	Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	36:53
5.	Some Muge (KEN)	36:54
6.	Andrew Masai (KEN)	37:01
7.	Pat Porter (USA)	37:04
8.	Paul McCloy (CAN)	37:08

Team

Medal	Country	Mark
Gold	Kenya John Ngugi (1st) Paul Kipkoech (2nd) Some Muge (5th) Andrew Masai (6th) Moses Tanui (18th) Sisa Kirati (21st)	53 pts
Silver	England Dave Clarke (10th) Carl Thackery (20th) Kevin Forster (22nd) Steve Binns (23rd) Craig Mochrie (33rd) Jonathan Richards (38th)	146 pts
Bronze	Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen (4th) Haji Bulbula (17th) Wodajo Bulti (27th) Wolde Silasse Melkessa (29th) Melese Feissa (39th) Bekele Debele (45th)	161 pts

Junior Race Men

Individual

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)	22:18 min
Silver	Demeke Bekele (ETH)	22:18 min
Bronze	Debebe Demisse (ETH)	22:20 min

Team

Medal	Country	Mark
Gold	Ethiopia Demeke Bekele (2.) Debebe Demisse (3.) Aligaz Alemayehu (6.) Bedile Kibret (8.)	19 pts
Silver	Kenya Wilfred Kirochi (1.) William Koskei (4.) Mathew Rono (5.) Thomas Osano (10.)	20 pts
Bronze	Japan Kenji Ayabe (14.) Yoshinori Yokota (18.) Masaki Yamamoto (20.) Hideyuki Matsumoto (21.)	73 pts

Long Race Women

Individual

Place	Athlete	Time
1.	Annette Sergent (FRA)	16:46
2.	Liz Lynch (SCO)	16:48
3.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	16:51
4.	Lynn Jennings (USA)	16:55
5.	Lesley Lehane (USA)	16:57
6.	Mariana Stanescu (ROU)	17:04
7.	Cornelia Bürki (SUI)	17:08
8.	Krishna Wood (AUS)	17:11

Team

Medal	Country	Mark
Gold	United States Lynn Jennings (4th) Lesley Lehane (5th) Mary Knisely (14th) Janet Smith (23rd)	46 pts
Silver	France Annette Sergent (1st) Martine Fays (12th) Anne Viallix (18th) Maria Rebelo-Lelut (19th)	50 pts
Bronze	Soviet Union Natalya Sorokivskaya (10th) Olga Bondarenko (13th) Yelena Romanova (15th) Marina Rodchenkova (17th)	55 pts

See also

• 1987 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005
• GBRathletics
• Athletics Australia

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