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
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

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Paul Tergat Kenya35:11
Salah Hissou Morocco35:13
Tom Nyariki Kenya35:20
4Paul Koech Kenya35:23
5Mohammed Mourhit Belgium35:35
6Bernard Barmasai† Kenya35:35
7Joseph Kibor Kenya35:37
8Smail Sghir Morocco35:56
9Julio Rey Spain35:57
10Khaled Boulami Morocco35:59
11Habte Jifar Ethiopia35:59
12El Hassan Lahssini Morocco36:01
13Assefa Mezegebu Ethiopia36:06
14Jon Brown United Kingdom36:08
15Domingos Castro Portugal36:16
16Elarbi Khattabi Morocco36:18
17Joshua Chelanga Kenya36:19
18Ayele Mezegebu Ethiopia36:33
19Shem Kororia Kenya36:34
20Abdellah Béhar France36:37
21José Manuel García Spain36:38
22Brahim Boulami Morocco36:40
23Abraham Assefa Ethiopia36:40
24Benjamin Koskei Kenya36:43
25Benedict Ako Tanzania36:43
26Paulo Guerra Portugal36:46
27Girma Tolla Ethiopia36:47
28William Kiptum Kenya36:47
29Mustapha Essaïd France36:47
30Eduardo Henriques Portugal36:48
31Kamiel Maase Netherlands36:49
32Giuliano Battocletti Italy36:56
33Tegenu Abebe Ethiopia37:00
34Abel Chimukoko Zimbabwe37:02
35Abderrahim Zitouna Morocco37:04
36Ibrahim Seid Ethiopia37:04
37Elenilson da Silva Brazil37:05
38Christian Stephenson United Kingdom37:05
39Alejandro Gómez Spain37:07
40Simone Zanon Italy37:08
41Faustin Saktay Tanzania37:09
42José Manuel Martínez Spain37:09
43Steffan White United Kingdom37:10
44Yoshinori Shindo Japan37:10
45Azzedine Sakhri Algeria37:10
46Steve Moneghetti Australia37:11
47John Kosgei Kenya37:12
48Sérgio da Silva Brazil37:13
49Patrick Kaotsane South Africa37:14
50Seamus Power Ireland37:14
51Scott Larson United States37:15
52Umberto Pusterla Italy37:15
53Alfredo Bráz Portugal37:16
54Gabino Apolonio Mexico37:16
55Shaun Creighton Australia37:17
56Andrew Pearson United Kingdom37:18
57Mark Coogan United States37:19
58Reinholdt Iita Namibia37:22
59Imre Berkovics Hungary37:24
60Abdelhak Lebouazda Algeria37:24
61Laban Nkete South Africa37:25
62Mikaël Thomas France37:26
63Yahia Azaidj Algeria37:27
64Róbert Štefko Slovakia37:28
65Rachid Berradi Italy37:28
66Vítor Almeida Portugal37:31
67René Godlieb Netherlands37:31
68Lemi Erpassa Ethiopia37:32
69Andy Bristow United Kingdom37:32
70Abdelaziz Sahere Morocco37:33
71Sergey Fedotov Russia37:34
72Tadeo Nada Tanzania37:35
73Rui Vieira Portugal37:35
74Ezael Thlobo South Africa37:36
75José Santos Portugal37:36
76Gabriele De Nard Italy37:37
77Samir Moussaoui Algeria37:38
78Alejandro Méndez Mexico37:38
79Vincenzo Modica Italy37:39
80José Carlos Adán Spain37:39
81Adam Motlagale South Africa37:39
82Mustapha Bamouh Morocco37:40
83Claes Nyberg Sweden37:40
84Andrés Pérez Spain37:41
85Joseph LeMay United States37:42
86Pete Julian United States37:42
87Sid-Ali Sakhri Algeria37:42
88Alejandro Cuahtepizi Mexico37:43
89Jürg Stalder  Switzerland37:44
90Darren Wilson Australia37:44
91Réda Benzine Algeria37:44
92Jacinto Navarrete Colombia37:45
93Patrick Ndayisenga Burundi37:46
94Pedro Cunha Portugal37:47
95Makhosonke Fika South Africa37:47
96Alberto Maravilha Portugal37:48
97José Villanueva Mexico37:49
98Brian Baker United States37:50
99Jason Cameron New Zealand37:51
100Julian Dwyer Australia37:51
101Tom van Hooste Belgium37:53
102Daisuke Arakawa Japan37:53
103Jean-François Bertron France37:54
104Ville Hautala Finland37:54
105Justin Pugsley United Kingdom37:55
106Santtu Mäkinen Finland37:55
107John Gilay Tanzania37:58
108Yoshinori Yokota Japan37:59
109Chris Weber Canada37:59
110Tim Hacker United States38:00
111Pablo Olmedo Mexico38:01
112Yuki Yamamoto Japan38:02
113Greg van Hest Netherlands38:02
114Xia Fengyuan China38:03
115John Morapedi South Africa38:03
116Paul Roden United Kingdom38:04
117Duncan Ross New Zealand38:04
118Benedito Gomes Brazil38:04
119Cedric Dehouck France38:05
120Rod de Highden Australia38:06
121Paul Smith New Zealand38:07
122Julius Gidabuday Tanzania38:07
123Pacifique Ayabusa Rwanda38:08
124Marcel Laros Netherlands38:08
125Sergio Couto Brazil38:09
126Stephen Phofi South Africa38:09
127Cao Changhai China38:10
128Joseph Nsengiyumya Rwanda38:11
129Tesgie Legesse Ethiopia38:11
130Yann Millon France38:12
131Tsunake Kalamori South Africa38:18
132Domenico D'Ambrosio Italy38:19
133Tim de Cock Belgium38:21
134Shawn Found United States38:22
135Elias Bastos Brazil38:23
136Neema Tuluway Tanzania38:24
137Sean Quilty Australia38:29
138Loïc van Mackenbergh France38:30
139Amrish Kumar India38:31
140Philip Starr New Zealand38:31
141Bruno Toledo Spain38:34
142Aleksandr Kuzin Ukraine38:34
143Eric Bouffioux Belgium38:36
144Kabo Gabaseme Botswana38:37
145Zoltán Káldy Hungary38:38
146Carlos Peña Mexico38:39
147Joël Bourgeois Canada38:41
148Abdulkadir Türk Turkey38:42
149Simon Vroemen Netherlands38:43
150Péter Jager Hungary38:44
151Phil Costley New Zealand38:46
152Abdelkrim Benzai Algeria38:47
153Ayele Setegne Israel38:48
154Steve Isbel Australia38:49
155Martin Lauret Netherlands38:50
156Fraser Bertram Canada38:51
157Gianni Crepaldi Italy38:54
158Robert Cook Jr. United States38:55
159Juuso Rainio Finland38:56
160William Vasquez Colombia38:56
161Glynn Tromans United Kingdom38:57
162José Amaro Lourenço Angola38:59
163Igor Salamun Slovenia39:00
164Jussi Virtanen Finland39:06
165Mauricio Ladino Colombia39:07
166Wang Zhicheng China39:07
167Hendrick Ramaala South Africa39:08
168Viktor Röthlin  Switzerland39:10
169Ernest Ndjissipou Central African Republic39:11
170Pasi Mattila Finland39:13
171Alphonse Munyeshyaka Rwanda39:13
172Percy Sephoda Lesotho39:16
173Keith Dowling United States39:18
174Marko Kotila Finland39:18
175Zoltán Kadlót Hungary39:20
176Aron Shipanga Namibia39:21
177Guy Schultz Canada39:21
178Bhairav Singh India39:22
179Trent Harlow Australia39:23
180Zoltán Holba Hungary39:23
181Salah Zereg Algeria39:30
182Lesedinyana Lekgoa Botswana39:32
183Sukru Onat Turkey39:32
184Tom McGrath Ireland39:33
185Nihat Bagci Turkey39:34
186Jason Bunston Canada39:34
187János Szemán Hungary39:36
188Kevin Christiani Canada39:37
189Toomas Tarm Estonia39:41
190Menon Ramsamy Mauritius39:44
191Ma Hongsheng China39:44
192Patrick Ishyaka Rwanda39:44
193Justin Rutaba Rwanda39:53
194Heiki Sarapuu Estonia39:54
195Julián Berrio Colombia39:55
196Rustam Radjapov Turkmenistan39:57
197Samir Benfarès France40:02
198Khristo Stefanov Bulgaria40:03
199Khauta Ntsoele Lesotho40:07
200Thabiso Moqhali Lesotho40:09
201Adamou Aboubakar Cameroon40:10
202Jeremy Deere Canada40:12
203Min Ahebaike China40:14
204Alagawadi Shivananda India40:15
205Mehmet Günen Turkey40:16
206Nazirdin Akylbekov Kyrgyzstan40:19
207Francisco Mondragon Mexico40:22
208Satilmis Atmaca Turkey40:24
209Manbir Singh India40:27
210Peter Cardle Canada40:31
211Pasi Jeremejeff Finland40:33
212Soro Bassirima Côte d'Ivoire40:34
213David Galindo Mexico40:35
214Dashrath Tigga India40:35
215Leonid Pykhteyev Kyrgyzstan40:41
216Remzi Atli Turkey40:41
217Mathieu Kouanotso Cameroon40:44
218Michiel Otten Netherlands40:45
219Bayan Batyrbekov Kyrgyzstan40:46
220Lalan Kumar India40:50
221Simon Labiche Seychelles40:54
222Petrus Adolf Namibia40:56
223Bethold Karumendu Namibia40:56
224Jacinto López Colombia40:58
225Pierre Foka Cameroon41:04
226Atadjan Duzdyev Turkmenistan41:06
227Bertus Bock Namibia41:08
228Nedeljko Ravic Croatia41:10
229Frederick Baldacchino Malta41:15
230Mohamed Al-Malki Yemen41:32
231Abdul Sameer Moos Mauritius41:33
232Risto Utsmuts Estonia41:37
233Xandru Grech Malta41:40
234Pierre Kenzo Cameroon41:40
235Urmas Sadam Estonia41:41
236Mohamed Al-Atashi Yemen41:54
237Bruno Armance Mauritius41:57
238William Roldán Colombia42:02
239Gustave Ombouma Congo42:04
240John Buhagiar Malta42:06
241Patrick Moonsamy Mauritius42:10
242Jaanus Gross Estonia42:11
243Fatih Cintimar Turkey42:16
244Anwar Al-Harazi Yemen42:18
245Sentso Retere Lesotho42:20
246Khauta Khotle Lesotho42:27
247Meelis Minn Estonia42:37
248Sergey Zabavskiy Tajikistan42:51
249Gervais Yapo Yapi Côte d'Ivoire43:02
250Kopamo Pekile Lesotho43:03
251Mohamed Al-Hada Yemen43:03
252Robert Attard Malta43:10
253Andrew Tafagnda Cameroon43:12
254Jean Paul Louise Mauritius43:17
255Ali Yahya Yemen43:19
256Celestin Nguepnang Cameroon43:23
257Christopher Blackburn Mauritius43:48
258Joseph Pace Malta43:53
259Lee Kar-Lun Hong Kong44:04
260Peter Azzopardi Malta44:11
261Goim Hussein Yemen44:28
262André Camilleri Malta44:38
263Diosdado Ndemensogo Equatorial Guinea44:52
264Norbert Hariba Seychelles45:08
265Salim Servina Seychelles45:10
—Tendai Chimusasa ZimbabweDNF
—Keith Cullen United KingdomDNF
—Gennaro Di Napoli ItalyDNF
—Mohamed Ezzher FranceDNF
—Mathias Ntawulikura RwandaDNF
—Julian Paynter AustraliaDNF
—Miroslav Vanko SlovakiaDNF
—Kamel Kohil AlgeriaDNF
—Leonardo Guedes BrazilDNF
—Linton McKenzie JamaicaDNF
—Antonio Pérez SpainDNF
—Emerson Bem BrazilDNF
—Ferenc Sági HungaryDNF
—Sergey Kamayev TurkmenistanDNF
—Gairat Nigmatov TajikistanDNF
—Carlos de la Torre SpainDNS
—Ihab Abdalah Salama PalestineDNS
—Francis Akpan Sierra LeoneDNS
—Mohamed Bangura Sierra LeoneDNS
—Alfred Dura Sierra LeoneDNS
—Peter Kanyako Sierra LeoneDNS

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

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Kenya
Paul Tergat1
Tom Nyariki3
Paul Koech4
Joseph Kibor7
Joshua Chelanga17
Shem Kororia19
(Benjamin Koskei)(24)
(William Kiptum)(28)
(John Kosgei)(47)
 51
 Morocco
Salah Hissou2
Smail Sghir8
Khaled Boulami10
El Hassan Lahssini12
Elarbi Khattabi16
Brahim Boulami22
(Abderrahim Zitouna)(35)
(Abdelaziz Sahere)(70)
(Mustapha Bamouh)(82)
 70
 Ethiopia
Habte Jifar11
Assefa Mezegebu13
Ayele Mezegebu18
Abraham Assefa23
Girma Tolla27
Tegenu Abebe33
(Ibrahim Seid)(36)
(Lemi Erpassa)(68)
(Tesgie Legesse)(129)
 125
4 Portugal
Domingos Castro15
Paulo Guerra26
Eduardo Henriques30
Alfredo Bráz53
Vítor Almeida66
Rui Vieira73
(José Santos)(75)
(Pedro Cunha)(94)
(Alberto Maravilha)(96)
 263
5 Spain
Julio Rey9
José Manuel García21
Alejandro Gómez39
José Manuel Martínez42
José Carlos Adán80
Andrés Pérez84
(Bruno Toledo)(141)
(Antonio Pérez)(DNF)
 275
6 United Kingdom
Jon Brown14
Christian Stephenson38
Steffan White43
Andrew Pearson56
Andy Bristow69
Justin Pugsley105
(Paul Roden)(116)
(Glynn Tromans)(161)
(Keith Cullen)(DNF)
 325
7 Italy
Giuliano Battocletti32
Simone Zanon40
Umberto Pusterla52
Rachid Berradi65
Gabriele De Nard76
Vincenzo Modica79
(Domenico D'Ambrosio)(132)
(Gianni Crepaldi)(157)
(Gennaro Di Napoli)(DNF)
 344
8 Algeria
Azzedine Sakhri45
Abdelhak Lebouazda60
Yahia Azaidj63
Samir Moussaoui77
Sid-Ali Sakhri87
Réda Benzine91
(Abdelkrim Benzai)(152)
(Salah Zereg)(181)
(Kamel Kohil)(DNF)
 423
9 France
Abdellah Béhar20
Mustapha Essaïd29
Mikaël Thomas62
Jean-François Bertron103
Cedric Dehouck119
Yann Millon130
(Loïc van Mackenbergh)(138)
(Samir Benfarès)(197)
(Mohamed Ezzher)(DNF)
 463
10 South Africa
Patrick Kaotsane49
Laban Nkete61
Ezael Thlobo74
Adam Motlagale81
Makhosonke Fika95
John Morapedi115
(Stephen Phofi)(126)
(Tsunake Kalamori)(131)
(Hendrick Ramaala)(167)
 475
11 United States
Scott Larson51
Mark Coogan57
Joseph LeMay85
Pete Julian86
Brian Baker98
Tim Hacker110
(Shawn Found)(134)
(Robert Cook Jr.)(158)
(Keith Dowling)(173)
 487
12 Tanzania
Benedict Ako25
Faustin Saktay41
Tadeo Nada72
John Gilay107
Julius Gidabuday122
Neema Tuluway136
 503
13 Australia
Steve Moneghetti46
Shaun Creighton55
Darren Wilson90
Julian Dwyer100
Rod de Highden120
Sean Quilty137
(Steve Isbel)(154)
(Trent Harlow)(179)
(Julian Paynter)(DNF)
 548
14 Mexico
Gabino Apolonio54
Alejandro Méndez78
Alejandro Cuahtepizi88
José Villanueva97
Pablo Olmedo111
Carlos Peña146
(Francisco Mondragon)(207)
(David Galindo)(213)
 574
15 Netherlands
Kamiel Maase31
René Godlieb67
Greg van Hest113
Marcel Laros124
Simon Vroemen149
Martin Lauret155
(Michiel Otten)(218)
 639
16 Finland
Ville Hautala104
Santtu Mäkinen106
Juuso Rainio159
Jussi Virtanen164
Pasi Mattila170
Marko Kotila174
(Pasi Jeremejeff)(211)
 877
17 Hungary
Imre Berkovics59
Zoltán Káldy145
Péter Jager150
Zoltán Kadlót175
Zoltán Holba180
János Szemán187
(Ferenc Sági)(DNF)
 896
18 Canada
Chris Weber109
Joël Bourgeois147
Fraser Bertram156
Guy Schultz177
Jason Bunston186
Kevin Christiani188
(Jeremy Deere)(202)
(Peter Cardle)(210)
 963
19 Colombia
Jacinto Navarrete92
William Vasquez160
Mauricio Ladino165
Julián Berrio195
Jacinto López224
William Roldán238
 1074
20 Turkey
Abdulkadir Türk148
Sukru Onat183
Nihat Bagci185
Mehmet Günen205
Satilmis Atmaca208
Remzi Atli216
(Fatih Cintimar)(243)
 1145
21 India
Amrish Kumar139
Bhairav Singh178
Alagawadi Shivananda204
Manbir Singh209
Dashrath Tigga214
Lalan Kumar220
 1164
22 Lesotho
Percy Sephoda172
Khauta Ntsoele199
Thabiso Moqhali200
Sentso Retere245
Khauta Khotle246
Kopamo Pekile250
 1312
23 Estonia
Toomas Tarm189
Heiki Sarapuu194
Risto Utsmuts232
Urmas Sadam235
Jaanus Gross242
Meelis Minn247
 1339
24 Cameroon
Adamou Aboubakar201
Mathieu Kouanotso217
Pierre Foka225
Pierre Kenzo234
Andrew Tafagnda253
Celestin Nguepnang256
 1386
25 Mauritius
Menon Ramsamy190
Abdul Sameer Moos231
Bruno Armance237
Patrick Moonsamy241
Jean Paul Louise254
Christopher Blackburn257
 1410
26 Malta
Frederick Baldacchino229
Xandru Grech233
John Buhagiar240
Robert Attard252
Joseph Pace258
Peter Azzopardi260
(André Camilleri)(262)
 1472
27 Yemen
Mohamed Al-Malki230
Mohamed Al-Atashi236
Anwar Al-Harazi244
Mohamed Al-Hada251
Ali Yahya255
Goim Hussein261
 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

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

References
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  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. 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, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  6. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. 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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