1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition17th
DateMarch 19
Host cityStavanger, Rogaland, Norway Norway
VenueScanvest Ring
Events4
Distances12 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men
6 km – Senior women
4 km – Junior women
Participation568 athletes from
41 nations

The 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Complete results for senior men,[2] junior men,[3] senior women,[4] junior women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km)		 John Ngugi
 Kenya		39:42 Tim Hutchings
 United Kingdom		40:10 Wilfred Kirochi
 Kenya		40:21
Junior men
(8 km)		 Addis Abebe
 Ethiopia		25:07 Kipyego Kororia
 Kenya		25:31 Stephenson Nyamau
 Kenya		25:33
Senior women
(6 km)		 Annette Sergent
 France		22:27 Nadezhda Stepanova
 Soviet Union		22:34 Lynn Williams
 Canada		22:41
Junior women
(4 km)		 Malin Ewerlöf
 Sweden		15:23 Olga Nazarkina
 Soviet Union		15:30 Esther Saina
 Kenya		15:41
Team
Senior men  Kenya44  United Kingdom147  Ethiopia162
Junior men  Kenya14  Ethiopia22  Italy76
Senior women  Soviet Union58  France60  United States68
Junior women  Kenya40  Soviet Union68  Portugal84

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)John Ngugi Kenya39:42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Tim Hutchings United Kingdom40:10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Wilfred Kirochi Kenya40:21
4Steve Moneghetti Australia40:24
5Tesfaye Tafa Ethiopia40:26
6Alejandro Gómez Spain40:29
7Andrew Masai Kenya40:32
8Kipkemboi Kimeli Kenya40:34
9Moses Tanui Kenya40:42
10John Halvorsen Norway40:45
11Bruno Le Stum France40:48
12Francesco Panetta Italy40:51
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenya
John Ngugi1
Wilfred Kirochi3
Andrew Masai7
Kipkemboi Kimeli8
Moses Tanui9
Joseph Kiptum16
(Boniface Merande)(25)
(Jackson Ruto)(36)
(Ibrahim Kinuthia)(44)
 44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United Kingdom
Tim Hutchings2
Gary Staines14
Dave Clarke15
Craig Mochrie22
Dave Lewis45
Richard Nerurkar49
(Eamonn Martin)(93)
(Geoff Turnbull)(136)
(Roger Hackney)(DNF)
 147
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ethiopia
Tesfaye Tafa5
Bekele Debele13
Wolde Silasse Melkessa27
Melese Feissa33
Debebe Demisse37
Haji Bulbula47
(Bedile Kibret)(77)
(Demeke Bekele)(97)
(Habte Negash)(125)
 162
4 France187
5 Spain189
6 Australia284
7 Portugal305
8 Italy318
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8 km)

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Addis Abebe Ethiopia25:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Kipyego Kororia Kenya25:31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Stephenson Nyamau Kenya25:33
4Thomas Osano Kenya25:33
5William Koskei Chemitei Kenya25:36
6Dube Jillo Ethiopia25:40
7Tesgie Legesse Ethiopia25:52
8Tesfaye Bekele Ethiopia26:03
9Christian Leuprecht Italy26:07
10Lemi Erpassa Ethiopia26:18
11Assefa Gebremedhin Ethiopia26:29
12Spencer Duval United Kingdom26:32
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenya
Kipyego Kororia2
Stephenson Nyamau3
Thomas Osano4
William Koskei Chemitei5
(Jonah Birir)(13)
 14
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ethiopia
Addis Abebe1
Dube Jillo6
Tesgie Legesse7
Tesfaye Bekele8
(Lemi Erpassa)(10)
(Assefa Gebremedhin)(11)
 22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italy
Christian Leuprecht9
Vincenzo Modica17
Francesco Bennici23
Angelo Giardiello27
(Antonello Barretta)(110)
(Sabino Francavilla)(121)
 76
4 United Kingdom95
5 Poland131
6 Spain147
7 Japan170
8 Algeria172
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (6 km)

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Annette Sergent France22:27
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Nadezhda Stepanova Soviet Union22:34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Lynn Williams Canada22:41
4Jane Ngotho Kenya22:57
5Jackie Perkins Australia22:59
6Lynn Jennings United States22:59
7Jill Hunter United Kingdom23:00
8Véronique Collard Belgium23:01
9Yelena Romanova Soviet Union23:02
10Maria Lelut France23:03
11Luchia Yeshak Ethiopia23:04
12Conceição Ferreira Portugal23:13
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) Soviet Union
Nadezhda Stepanova2
Yelena Romanova9
Natalya Sorokivskaya20
Regina Chistyakova27
(Natalya Artyomova)(67)
(Tatyana Pozdnyakova)(69)
 58
2nd place, silver medalist(s) France
Annette Sergent1
Maria Lelut10
Martine Fays17
Marie-Pierre Duros32
(Patricia Demilly)(53)
(Rosario Murcia)(93)
 60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States
Lynn Jennings6
Margaret Groos16
Carla Borovicka21
Annette Hand25
(Sabrina Dornhoefer)(29)
(Shelly Steely)(86)
 68
4 Portugal84
5 Ethiopia98
6 United Kingdom99
7 Australia130
8 Canada133
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (4 km)

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Malin Ewerlöf Sweden15:23
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Olga Nazarkina Soviet Union15:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Esther Saina Kenya15:41
4Ann Mwangi Kenya15:59
5Jane Ekimat Kenya16:01
6Lisa Harvey Canada16:03
7Shiki Terasaki Japan16:04
8Mónica Gama Portugal16:12
9Suzy Walsham Australia16:14
10Tina Hall United States16:15
11Yumi Osaki Japan16:16
12Nicole Corbin Australia16:20
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenya
Esther Saina3
Ann Mwangi4
Jane Ekimat5
Tegla Loroupe28
 40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Soviet Union
Olga Nazarkina2
Elena Khaliman18
Larisa Alekseyeva21
Svetlana Yepishkina27
(Svetlana Nesterova)(29)
(Olga Bogdanova)(32)
 68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Portugal
Mónica Gama8
Carla Sacramento17
Carla Machado20
Luisa Diaz39
(Carla Azeitero)(54)
(Ana Oliveira)(74)
 84
4 Japan90
5 Canada103
6 United States104
7 Spain125
8 France149
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kenya (KEN)4138
2 Soviet Union (URS)1304
3 Ethiopia (ETH)1113
4 France (FRA)1102
5 Sweden (SWE)1001
6 United Kingdom (UKB)0202
7 Canada (CAN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (10 entries)88824
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 568 athletes from 41 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ngugi wins unprecedented fourth title - Despite a gallant chase by Britain's Tim Hutchings, the World Cross-Country Championships in Norway yesterday turned into a Kenyan festival..., Glasgow Herald, March 20, 1989, p. 20, retrieved October 23, 2013
  2. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. 1 2 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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