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

The Senior 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,[1] in the Herald,[2] and for the IAAF.[3]

Senior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition25th
DateMarch 23
Host cityTorino, Piemonte, Italy Italy
VenueParco del Valentino
Events1
Distances12.333 km – Senior men
Participation280 athletes from
58 nations

Complete results,[4][5] medallists,[6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.

Race results

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Senior men's race (12.333 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
  Paul Tergat   Kenya 35:11
  Salah Hissou   Morocco 35:13
  Tom Nyariki   Kenya 35:20
4 Paul Koech   Kenya 35:23
5 Mohammed Mourhit   Belgium 35:35
6 Bernard Barmasai   Kenya 35:35
7 Joseph Kibor   Kenya 35:37
8 Smail Sghir   Morocco 35:56
9 Julio Rey   Spain 35:57
10 Khaled Boulami   Morocco 35:59
11 Habte Jifar   Ethiopia 35:59
12 El Hassan Lahssini   Morocco 36:01
13 Assefa Mezegebu   Ethiopia 36:06
14 Jon Brown   United Kingdom 36:08
15 Domingos Castro   Portugal 36:16
16 Elarbi Khattabi   Morocco 36:18
17 Joshua Chelanga   Kenya 36:19
18 Ayele Mezegebu   Ethiopia 36:33
19 Shem Kororia   Kenya 36:34
20 Abdellah Béhar   France 36:37
21 José Manuel García   Spain 36:38
22 Brahim Boulami   Morocco 36:40
23 Abraham Assefa   Ethiopia 36:40
24 Benjamin Koskei   Kenya 36:43
25 Benedict Ako   Tanzania 36:43
26 Paulo Guerra   Portugal 36:46
27 Girma Tolla   Ethiopia 36:47
28 William Kiptum   Kenya 36:47
29 Mustapha Essaïd   France 36:47
30 Eduardo Henriques   Portugal 36:48
31 Kamiel Maase   Netherlands 36:49
32 Giuliano Battocletti   Italy 36:56
33 Tegenu Abebe   Ethiopia 37:00
34 Abel Chimukoko   Zimbabwe 37:02
35 Abderrahim Zitouna   Morocco 37:04
36 Ibrahim Seid   Ethiopia 37:04
37 Elenilson da Silva   Brazil 37:05
38 Christian Stephenson   United Kingdom 37:05
39 Alejandro Gómez   Spain 37:07
40 Simone Zanon   Italy 37:08
41 Faustin Saktay   Tanzania 37:09
42 José Manuel Martínez   Spain 37:09
43 Steffan White   United Kingdom 37:10
44 Yoshinori Shindo   Japan 37:10
45 Azzedine Sakhri   Algeria 37:10
46 Steve Moneghetti   Australia 37:11
47 John Kosgei   Kenya 37:12
48 Sérgio da Silva   Brazil 37:13
49 Patrick Kaotsane   South Africa 37:14
50 Seamus Power   Ireland 37:14
51 Scott Larson   United States 37:15
52 Umberto Pusterla   Italy 37:15
53 Alfredo Bráz   Portugal 37:16
54 Gabino Apolonio   Mexico 37:16
55 Shaun Creighton   Australia 37:17
56 Andrew Pearson   United Kingdom 37:18
57 Mark Coogan   United States 37:19
58 Reinholdt Iita   Namibia 37:22
59 Imre Berkovics   Hungary 37:24
60 Abdelhak Lebouazda   Algeria 37:24
61 Laban Nkete   South Africa 37:25
62 Mikaël Thomas   France 37:26
63 Yahia Azaidj   Algeria 37:27
64 Róbert Štefko   Slovakia 37:28
65 Rachid Berradi   Italy 37:28
66 Vítor Almeida   Portugal 37:31
67 René Godlieb   Netherlands 37:31
68 Lemi Erpassa   Ethiopia 37:32
69 Andy Bristow   United Kingdom 37:32
70 Abdelaziz Sahere   Morocco 37:33
71 Sergey Fedotov   Russia 37:34
72 Tadeo Nada   Tanzania 37:35
73 Rui Vieira   Portugal 37:35
74 Ezael Thlobo   South Africa 37:36
75 José Santos   Portugal 37:36
76 Gabriele De Nard   Italy 37:37
77 Samir Moussaoui   Algeria 37:38
78 Alejandro Méndez   Mexico 37:38
79 Vincenzo Modica   Italy 37:39
80 José Carlos Adán   Spain 37:39
81 Adam Motlagale   South Africa 37:39
82 Mustapha Bamouh   Morocco 37:40
83 Claes Nyberg   Sweden 37:40
84 Andrés Pérez   Spain 37:41
85 Joseph LeMay   United States 37:42
86 Pete Julian   United States 37:42
87 Sid-Ali Sakhri   Algeria 37:42
88 Alejandro Cuahtepizi   Mexico 37:43
89 Jürg Stalder    Switzerland 37:44
90 Darren Wilson   Australia 37:44
91 Réda Benzine   Algeria 37:44
92 Jacinto Navarrete   Colombia 37:45
93 Patrick Ndayisenga   Burundi 37:46
94 Pedro Cunha   Portugal 37:47
95 Makhosonke Fika   South Africa 37:47
96 Alberto Maravilha   Portugal 37:48
97 José Villanueva   Mexico 37:49
98 Brian Baker   United States 37:50
99 Jason Cameron   New Zealand 37:51
100 Julian Dwyer   Australia 37:51
101 Tom van Hooste   Belgium 37:53
102 Daisuke Arakawa   Japan 37:53
103 Jean-François Bertron   France 37:54
104 Ville Hautala   Finland 37:54
105 Justin Pugsley   United Kingdom 37:55
106 Santtu Mäkinen   Finland 37:55
107 John Gilay   Tanzania 37:58
108 Yoshinori Yokota   Japan 37:59
109 Chris Weber   Canada 37:59
110 Tim Hacker   United States 38:00
111 Pablo Olmedo   Mexico 38:01
112 Yuki Yamamoto   Japan 38:02
113 Greg van Hest   Netherlands 38:02
114 Xia Fengyuan   China 38:03
115 John Morapedi   South Africa 38:03
116 Paul Roden   United Kingdom 38:04
117 Duncan Ross   New Zealand 38:04
118 Benedito Gomes   Brazil 38:04
119 Cedric Dehouck   France 38:05
120 Rod de Highden   Australia 38:06
121 Paul Smith   New Zealand 38:07
122 Julius Gidabuday   Tanzania 38:07
123 Pacifique Ayabusa   Rwanda 38:08
124 Marcel Laros   Netherlands 38:08
125 Sergio Couto   Brazil 38:09
126 Stephen Phofi   South Africa 38:09
127 Cao Changhai   China 38:10
128 Joseph Nsengiyumya   Rwanda 38:11
129 Tesgie Legesse   Ethiopia 38:11
130 Yann Millon   France 38:12
131 Tsunake Kalamori   South Africa 38:18
132 Domenico D'Ambrosio   Italy 38:19
133 Tim de Cock   Belgium 38:21
134 Shawn Found   United States 38:22
135 Elias Bastos   Brazil 38:23
136 Neema Tuluway   Tanzania 38:24
137 Sean Quilty   Australia 38:29
138 Loïc van Mackenbergh   France 38:30
139 Amrish Kumar   India 38:31
140 Philip Starr   New Zealand 38:31
141 Bruno Toledo   Spain 38:34
142 Aleksandr Kuzin   Ukraine 38:34
143 Eric Bouffioux   Belgium 38:36
144 Kabo Gabaseme   Botswana 38:37
145 Zoltán Káldy   Hungary 38:38
146 Carlos Peña   Mexico 38:39
147 Joël Bourgeois   Canada 38:41
148 Abdulkadir Türk   Turkey 38:42
149 Simon Vroemen   Netherlands 38:43
150 Péter Jager   Hungary 38:44
151 Phil Costley   New Zealand 38:46
152 Abdelkrim Benzai   Algeria 38:47
153 Ayele Setegne   Israel 38:48
154 Steve Isbel   Australia 38:49
155 Martin Lauret   Netherlands 38:50
156 Fraser Bertram   Canada 38:51
157 Gianni Crepaldi   Italy 38:54
158 Robert Cook Jr.   United States 38:55
159 Juuso Rainio   Finland 38:56
160 William Vasquez   Colombia 38:56
161 Glynn Tromans   United Kingdom 38:57
162 José Amaro Lourenço   Angola 38:59
163 Igor Salamun   Slovenia 39:00
164 Jussi Virtanen   Finland 39:06
165 Mauricio Ladino   Colombia 39:07
166 Wang Zhicheng   China 39:07
167 Hendrick Ramaala   South Africa 39:08
168 Viktor Röthlin    Switzerland 39:10
169 Ernest Ndjissipou   Central African Republic 39:11
170 Pasi Mattila   Finland 39:13
171 Alphonse Munyeshyaka   Rwanda 39:13
172 Percy Sephoda   Lesotho 39:16
173 Keith Dowling   United States 39:18
174 Marko Kotila   Finland 39:18
175 Zoltán Kadlót   Hungary 39:20
176 Aron Shipanga   Namibia 39:21
177 Guy Schultz   Canada 39:21
178 Bhairav Singh   India 39:22
179 Trent Harlow   Australia 39:23
180 Zoltán Holba   Hungary 39:23
181 Salah Zereg   Algeria 39:30
182 Lesedinyana Lekgoa   Botswana 39:32
183 Sukru Onat   Turkey 39:32
184 Tom McGrath   Ireland 39:33
185 Nihat Bagci   Turkey 39:34
186 Jason Bunston   Canada 39:34
187 János Szemán   Hungary 39:36
188 Kevin Christiani   Canada 39:37
189 Toomas Tarm   Estonia 39:41
190 Menon Ramsamy   Mauritius 39:44
191 Ma Hongsheng   China 39:44
192 Patrick Ishyaka   Rwanda 39:44
193 Justin Rutaba   Rwanda 39:53
194 Heiki Sarapuu   Estonia 39:54
195 Julián Berrio   Colombia 39:55
196 Rustam Radjapov   Turkmenistan 39:57
197 Samir Benfarès   France 40:02
198 Khristo Stefanov   Bulgaria 40:03
199 Khauta Ntsoele   Lesotho 40:07
200 Thabiso Moqhali   Lesotho 40:09
201 Adamou Aboubakar   Cameroon 40:10
202 Jeremy Deere   Canada 40:12
203 Min Ahebaike   China 40:14
204 Alagawadi Shivananda   India 40:15
205 Mehmet Günen   Turkey 40:16
206 Nazirdin Akylbekov   Kyrgyzstan 40:19
207 Francisco Mondragon   Mexico 40:22
208 Satilmis Atmaca   Turkey 40:24
209 Manbir Singh   India 40:27
210 Peter Cardle   Canada 40:31
211 Pasi Jeremejeff   Finland 40:33
212 Soro Bassirima   Côte d'Ivoire 40:34
213 David Galindo   Mexico 40:35
214 Dashrath Tigga   India 40:35
215 Leonid Pykhteyev   Kyrgyzstan 40:41
216 Remzi Atli   Turkey 40:41
217 Mathieu Kouanotso   Cameroon 40:44
218 Michiel Otten   Netherlands 40:45
219 Bayan Batyrbekov   Kyrgyzstan 40:46
220 Lalan Kumar   India 40:50
221 Simon Labiche   Seychelles 40:54
222 Petrus Adolf   Namibia 40:56
223 Bethold Karumendu   Namibia 40:56
224 Jacinto López   Colombia 40:58
225 Pierre Foka   Cameroon 41:04
226 Atadjan Duzdyev   Turkmenistan 41:06
227 Bertus Bock   Namibia 41:08
228 Nedeljko Ravic   Croatia 41:10
229 Frederick Baldacchino   Malta 41:15
230 Mohamed Al-Malki   Yemen 41:32
231 Abdul Sameer Moos   Mauritius 41:33
232 Risto Utsmuts   Estonia 41:37
233 Xandru Grech   Malta 41:40
234 Pierre Kenzo   Cameroon 41:40
235 Urmas Sadam   Estonia 41:41
236 Mohamed Al-Atashi   Yemen 41:54
237 Bruno Armance   Mauritius 41:57
238 William Roldán   Colombia 42:02
239 Gustave Ombouma   Congo 42:04
240 John Buhagiar   Malta 42:06
241 Patrick Moonsamy   Mauritius 42:10
242 Jaanus Gross   Estonia 42:11
243 Fatih Cintimar   Turkey 42:16
244 Anwar Al-Harazi   Yemen 42:18
245 Sentso Retere   Lesotho 42:20
246 Khauta Khotle   Lesotho 42:27
247 Meelis Minn   Estonia 42:37
248 Sergey Zabavskiy   Tajikistan 42:51
249 Gervais Yapo Yapi   Côte d'Ivoire 43:02
250 Kopamo Pekile   Lesotho 43:03
251 Mohamed Al-Hada   Yemen 43:03
252 Robert Attard   Malta 43:10
253 Andrew Tafagnda   Cameroon 43:12
254 Jean Paul Louise   Mauritius 43:17
255 Ali Yahya   Yemen 43:19
256 Celestin Nguepnang   Cameroon 43:23
257 Christopher Blackburn   Mauritius 43:48
258 Joseph Pace   Malta 43:53
259 Lee Kar-Lun   Hong Kong 44:04
260 Peter Azzopardi   Malta 44:11
261 Goim Hussein   Yemen 44:28
262 André Camilleri   Malta 44:38
263 Diosdado Ndemensogo   Equatorial Guinea 44:52
264 Norbert Hariba   Seychelles 45:08
265 Salim Servina   Seychelles 45:10
Tendai Chimusasa   Zimbabwe DNF
Keith Cullen   United Kingdom DNF
Gennaro Di Napoli   Italy DNF
Mohamed Ezzher   France DNF
Mathias Ntawulikura   Rwanda DNF
Julian Paynter   Australia DNF
Miroslav Vanko   Slovakia DNF
Kamel Kohil   Algeria DNF
Leonardo Guedes   Brazil DNF
Linton McKenzie   Jamaica DNF
Antonio Pérez   Spain DNF
Emerson Bem   Brazil DNF
Ferenc Sági   Hungary DNF
Sergey Kamayev   Turkmenistan DNF
Gairat Nigmatov   Tajikistan DNF
Carlos de la Torre   Spain DNS
Ihab Abdalah Salama   Palestine DNS
Francis Akpan   Sierra Leone DNS
Mohamed Bangura   Sierra Leone DNS
Alfred Dura   Sierra Leone DNS
Peter Kanyako   Sierra Leone DNS

: Athlete marked in the results list[4] as nonscorer.

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Paul Tergat 1
Tom Nyariki 3
Paul Koech 4
Joseph Kibor 7
Joshua Chelanga 17
Shem Kororia 19
(Benjamin Koskei) (24)
(William Kiptum) (28)
(John Kosgei) (47)
51
    Morocco
Salah Hissou 2
Smail Sghir 8
Khaled Boulami 10
El Hassan Lahssini 12
Elarbi Khattabi 16
Brahim Boulami 22
(Abderrahim Zitouna) (35)
(Abdelaziz Sahere) (70)
(Mustapha Bamouh) (82)
70
    Ethiopia
Habte Jifar 11
Assefa Mezegebu 13
Ayele Mezegebu 18
Abraham Assefa 23
Girma Tolla 27
Tegenu Abebe 33
(Ibrahim Seid) (36)
(Lemi Erpassa) (68)
(Tesgie Legesse) (129)
125
4   Portugal
Domingos Castro 15
Paulo Guerra 26
Eduardo Henriques 30
Alfredo Bráz 53
Vítor Almeida 66
Rui Vieira 73
(José Santos) (75)
(Pedro Cunha) (94)
(Alberto Maravilha) (96)
263
5   Spain
Julio Rey 9
José Manuel García 21
Alejandro Gómez 39
José Manuel Martínez 42
José Carlos Adán 80
Andrés Pérez 84
(Bruno Toledo) (141)
(Antonio Pérez) (DNF)
275
6   United Kingdom
Jon Brown 14
Christian Stephenson 38
Steffan White 43
Andrew Pearson 56
Andy Bristow 69
Justin Pugsley 105
(Paul Roden) (116)
(Glynn Tromans) (161)
(Keith Cullen) (DNF)
325
7   Italy
Giuliano Battocletti 32
Simone Zanon 40
Umberto Pusterla 52
Rachid Berradi 65
Gabriele De Nard 76
Vincenzo Modica 79
(Domenico D'Ambrosio) (132)
(Gianni Crepaldi) (157)
(Gennaro Di Napoli) (DNF)
344
8   Algeria
Azzedine Sakhri 45
Abdelhak Lebouazda 60
Yahia Azaidj 63
Samir Moussaoui 77
Sid-Ali Sakhri 87
Réda Benzine 91
(Abdelkrim Benzai) (152)
(Salah Zereg) (181)
(Kamel Kohil) (DNF)
423
9   France
Abdellah Béhar 20
Mustapha Essaïd 29
Mikaël Thomas 62
Jean-François Bertron 103
Cedric Dehouck 119
Yann Millon 130
(Loïc van Mackenbergh) (138)
(Samir Benfarès) (197)
(Mohamed Ezzher) (DNF)
463
10   South Africa
Patrick Kaotsane 49
Laban Nkete 61
Ezael Thlobo 74
Adam Motlagale 81
Makhosonke Fika 95
John Morapedi 115
(Stephen Phofi) (126)
(Tsunake Kalamori) (131)
(Hendrick Ramaala) (167)
475
11   United States
Scott Larson 51
Mark Coogan 57
Joseph LeMay 85
Pete Julian 86
Brian Baker 98
Tim Hacker 110
(Shawn Found) (134)
(Robert Cook Jr.) (158)
(Keith Dowling) (173)
487
12   Tanzania
Benedict Ako 25
Faustin Saktay 41
Tadeo Nada 72
John Gilay 107
Julius Gidabuday 122
Neema Tuluway 136
503
13   Australia
Steve Moneghetti 46
Shaun Creighton 55
Darren Wilson 90
Julian Dwyer 100
Rod de Highden 120
Sean Quilty 137
(Steve Isbel) (154)
(Trent Harlow) (179)
(Julian Paynter) (DNF)
548
14   Mexico
Gabino Apolonio 54
Alejandro Méndez 78
Alejandro Cuahtepizi 88
José Villanueva 97
Pablo Olmedo 111
Carlos Peña 146
(Francisco Mondragon) (207)
(David Galindo) (213)
574
15   Netherlands
Kamiel Maase 31
René Godlieb 67
Greg van Hest 113
Marcel Laros 124
Simon Vroemen 149
Martin Lauret 155
(Michiel Otten) (218)
639
16   Finland
Ville Hautala 104
Santtu Mäkinen 106
Juuso Rainio 159
Jussi Virtanen 164
Pasi Mattila 170
Marko Kotila 174
(Pasi Jeremejeff) (211)
877
17   Hungary
Imre Berkovics 59
Zoltán Káldy 145
Péter Jager 150
Zoltán Kadlót 175
Zoltán Holba 180
János Szemán 187
(Ferenc Sági) (DNF)
896
18   Canada
Chris Weber 109
Joël Bourgeois 147
Fraser Bertram 156
Guy Schultz 177
Jason Bunston 186
Kevin Christiani 188
(Jeremy Deere) (202)
(Peter Cardle) (210)
963
19   Colombia
Jacinto Navarrete 92
William Vasquez 160
Mauricio Ladino 165
Julián Berrio 195
Jacinto López 224
William Roldán 238
1074
20   Turkey
Abdulkadir Türk 148
Sukru Onat 183
Nihat Bagci 185
Mehmet Günen 205
Satilmis Atmaca 208
Remzi Atli 216
(Fatih Cintimar) (243)
1145
21   India
Amrish Kumar 139
Bhairav Singh 178
Alagawadi Shivananda 204
Manbir Singh 209
Dashrath Tigga 214
Lalan Kumar 220
1164
22   Lesotho
Percy Sephoda 172
Khauta Ntsoele 199
Thabiso Moqhali 200
Sentso Retere 245
Khauta Khotle 246
Kopamo Pekile 250
1312
23   Estonia
Toomas Tarm 189
Heiki Sarapuu 194
Risto Utsmuts 232
Urmas Sadam 235
Jaanus Gross 242
Meelis Minn 247
1339
24   Cameroon
Adamou Aboubakar 201
Mathieu Kouanotso 217
Pierre Foka 225
Pierre Kenzo 234
Andrew Tafagnda 253
Celestin Nguepnang 256
1386
25   Mauritius
Menon Ramsamy 190
Abdul Sameer Moos 231
Bruno Armance 237
Patrick Moonsamy 241
Jean Paul Louise 254
Christopher Blackburn 257
1410
26   Malta
Frederick Baldacchino 229
Xandru Grech 233
John Buhagiar 240
Robert Attard 252
Joseph Pace 258
Peter Azzopardi 260
(André Camilleri) (262)
1472
27   Yemen
Mohamed Al-Malki 230
Mohamed Al-Atashi 236
Anwar Al-Harazi 244
Mohamed Al-Hada 251
Ali Yahya 255
Goim Hussein 261
1477
DNF   Brazil
(Elenilson da Silva) (37)
(Sérgio da Silva) (48)
(Benedito Gomes) (118)
(Sergio Couto) (125)
(Elias Bastos) (135)
(Leonardo Guedes) (DNF)
(Emerson Bem) (DNF)
DNF
DNF   Rwanda
(Pacifique Ayabusa) (123)
(Joseph Nsengiyumya) (128)
(Alphonse Munyeshyaka) (171)
(Patrick Ishyaka) (192)
(Justin Rutaba) (193)
(Mathias Ntawulikura) (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 280 athletes from 58 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7] Although announced, athletes from   Sierra Leone did not show.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory", The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
  2. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013
  3. ^ Reineri, Giorgio, Report for Senior races - Men's race - Paul Tergat (KEN) has won his third world cross country champion title, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
  4. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.3km CC Men - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 27, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ a b Cross Senior Men - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
  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