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

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

Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition25th
DateMarch 23
Host cityTorino, Piemonte, Italy Italy
VenueParco del Valentino
Events1
Distances8.511 km – Junior men
Participation160 athletes from
48 nations

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

Race results

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Junior men's race (8.511 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
  Elijah Korir   Kenya 24:21
  Million Wolde   Ethiopia 24:28
  Paul Kosgei   Kenya 24:29
4 John Gwako   Kenya 24:58
5 Charles Kwambai   Kenya 25:02
6 Patrick Ivuti   Kenya 25:06
7 Alene Emere   Ethiopia 25:10
8 Godfrey Nyombi   Uganda 25:14
9 Kipchumba Mitei   Kenya 25:20
10 Yibeltal Admassu   Ethiopia 25:22
11 Ali Ezzine   Morocco 25:24
12 Haylu Mekonnen   Ethiopia 25:25
13 Jafred Lorone   Uganda 25:37
14 Dereje Tadesse   Ethiopia 25:38
15 Hiroyuki Ogawa   Japan 25:50
16 Mohamed Awol   Ethiopia 25:51
17 Ali Saïdi-Sief   Algeria 25:55
18 Shinichi Shibata   Japan 25:55
19 Adil Kaouch   Morocco 25:58
20 Anwar O.M. Ali   Yemen 26:02
21 Abderahim Bouchlouch   Morocco 26:02
22 Bouabdallah Tahri   France 26:03
23 Hicham Lamalem   Morocco 26:03
24 George Majaji   Zimbabwe 26:08
25 Yuji Ibi   Japan 26:10
26 Juan Carlos Higuero   Spain 26:12
27 Koichiro Koike   Japan 26:14
28 Juan José Lozano   Spain 26:17
29 Aziz El Makhrout   Morocco 26:17
30 Richard Mavuso   South Africa 26:19
31 Tomoki Sugiyama   Japan 26:22
32 Ben Chesang   Uganda 26:24
33 Nicolò Rotondo   Italy 26:25
34 Vincent Kuotane   South Africa 26:26
35 Khaya Gqotso   South Africa 26:28
36 Pablo Villalobos   Spain 26:34
37 Mark Thompson   Australia 26:36
38 Jussi Utriainen   Finland 26:37
39 Ahmed Ezzobayry   Morocco 26:39
40 Shoji Miyai   Japan 26:40
41 Roman Usov   Russia 26:43
42 Glody Dube   Botswana 26:44
43 Luiz Paula   Brazil 26:45
44 Cayetano Hernandez   Mexico 26:46
45 Abdelkarim Bouchamia   Algeria 26:50
46 Ovidiu Tat   Romania 26:50
47 Alberto Mosca   Italy 26:52
48 Ben Mogola   South Africa 26:54
49 Levente Timár   Hungary 26:57
50 Marko Hwahu   Tanzania 26:57
51 Abdul Alizindani   United States 26:58
52 Teodoro Barradas   Mexico 26:58
53 Gonzalo Gutierrez   Mexico 26:59
54 José Bastos   Spain 27:03
55 Kelebone Makoetlane   Lesotho 27:04
56 Gareth Turnbull   Ireland 27:04
57 Giuseppe Minici   Italy 27:05
58 Ferenc Békési   Hungary 27:07
59 Abdulaziz Abdulrahman   Yemen 27:08
60 Mukat Derbe   Israel 27:08
61 Adria García   Spain 27:09
62 Claudio Brandalise   Italy 27:11
63 Kais Bouziane   Algeria 27:12
64 Sam Haughian   United Kingdom 27:12
65 Steve Leuer   United States 27:13
66 Gavin Thompson   United Kingdom 27:15
67 Yazid Zidani   Algeria 27:17
68 Said Ali Hadji   Algeria 27:17
69 Paulo Almeida   Brazil 27:19
70 Halil Tekin   Turkey 27:20
71 Paul Morrison   Canada 27:21
72 Marcin Grzegorzewski   Poland 27:23
73 Raymond Fontaine   France 27:24
74 Juan Carlos de Bastos   Argentina 27:24
75 Manuel Damião   Portugal 27:25
76 Clinton Mackevicius   Australia 27:27
77 Igor Teteryukov   Belarus 27:27
78 Makhubalo Mngomezulu   South Africa 27:27
79 Robert Leblanc   United States 27:28
80 Hicham Anique   France 27:30
81 Paul Fenn   Australia 27:30
82 Vincent Moroga   Uganda 27:31
83 Alister Moses   United Kingdom 27:31
84 Viktor Lomonosov   Belarus 27:32
85 Takhir Mamashayev   Kazakhstan 27:33
86 Michael Endjala   Namibia 27:33
87 Damien Rouquet   France 27:34
88 Olivier Mignon   France 27:35
89 Jari Matinlauri   Finland 27:36
90 Dilaver Kanber   Turkey 27:37
91 David Mitchinson   United Kingdom 27:40
92 Kevin Koeper   United States 27:41
93 Iván Hierro   Spain 27:43
94 Augusto Simón Veuthey   Argentina 27:44
95 Thomas Murley   United States 27:44
96 Martin Dent   Australia 27:46
97 Willem Rooi   Namibia 27:47
98 Simon Burton   United Kingdom 27:48
99 Yusuf Zepak   Turkey 27:49
100 Mokhejano Lesenyeho   Lesotho 27:50
101 Mikael Talasjoki   Finland 27:51
102 Jerome van de Meerssche   Belgium 27:51
103 Nick Govaerts   Belgium 27:52
104 Arun D'Souza   India 27:53
105 Josep Sansa   Andorra 27:54
106 Mikko Ristimäki   Finland 27:56
107 Pietro Pelusi   Italy 27:57
108 Drew Graham   Canada 27:58
109 Rob Detert   Netherlands 27:59
110 Mohamed Al-Khawlani   Yemen 27:59
111 Tsiliso Raletsatsi   Lesotho 28:00
112 Latamene Oumouhand   Algeria 28:02
113 Khaled Al-Atashi   Yemen 28:03
114 Jonathan Matos   Brazil 28:04
115 Bruce Wright   Canada 28:06
116 Ganpati Bhusanur   India 28:07
117 Jérôme Schaffner    Switzerland 28:07
118 Libor Flemr   Czech Republic 28:08
119 Imre Szabó   Hungary 28:09
120 Pasqualino Zammataro   Italy 28:10
121 César Villanueva   Mexico 28:11
122 Pierre-André Ramuz    Switzerland 28:13
123 André da Silva   Brazil 28:15
124 David Arabasz   Czech Republic 28:17
125 Rudolf Cloete   Namibia 28:17
126 Mikael Aigroz    Switzerland 28:18
127 Michal Šneberger   Czech Republic 28:18
128 Oleg Gutnik   Belarus 28:19
129 Mehdi Baala   France 28:20
130 Slavko Petrović   Croatia 28:21
131 Fouad Obad   Yemen 28:23
132 G.S. Hariraju   India 28:28
133 P.K. Mishra   India 28:29
134 Simo Simatu   South Africa 28:37
135 Matthew Mechin   United Kingdom 28:45
136 Jeff Gorman   Canada 28:46
137 Norbert Kömüves   Hungary 28:50
138 Steve Osadiuk   Canada 28:51
139 Omar Bekkali   Belgium 28:54
140 Peter Knuchel    Switzerland 28:59
141 Cristobal Valenzuela   Argentina 28:59
142 Kevin Zammit   Malta 29:11
143 Sergey Sviridenok   Belarus 29:15
144 Mindaugas Pukstas   Lithuania 29:19
145 Hikmat Dastan   Turkey 29:20
146 Kaupo Tiislär   Estonia 29:20
147 Scott Allison   Canada 29:20
148 Desiré Tandrayen   Mauritius 29:24
149 Gabe Jennings   United States 29:26
150 Pascal Berger    Switzerland 29:29
151 Daniel Fekl   Czech Republic 30:06
152 Patrick Albert   Mauritius 30:28
153 Baker Khadora   Palestine 30:50
154 Selwyn Bonne   Seychelles 31:18
155 Jean-Marc Dambra   Mauritius 31:28
156 Mokoilane Mojela   Lesotho 31:38
157 Abdel Awajna   Palestine 32:20
158 Ajay Bheekarry   Mauritius 33:16
159 Ala Al-Deen Fhidat   Palestine 36:04
Saso Njenjic   Slovenia DNF
Roland Kis   Hungary DNS
Abdel Salam Al Debjy   Palestine DNS
Samy Asad Nateel   Palestine DNS

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Elijah Korir 1
Paul Kosgei 3
John Gwako 4
Charles Kwambai 5
(Patrick Ivuti) (6)
(Kipchumba Mitei) (9)
13
    Ethiopia
Million Wolde 2
Alene Emere 7
Yibeltal Admassu 10
Haylu Mekonnen 12
(Dereje Tadesse) (14)
(Mohamed Awol) (16)
31
    Morocco
Ali Ezzine 11
Adil Kaouch 19
Abderahim Bouchlouch 21
Hicham Lamalem 23
(Aziz El Makhrout) (29)
(Ahmed Ezzobayry) (39)
74
4   Japan
Hiroyuki Ogawa 15
Shinichi Shibata 18
Yuji Ibi 25
Koichiro Koike 27
(Tomoki Sugiyama) (31)
(Shoji Miyai) (40)
85
5   Uganda
Godfrey Nyombi 8
Jafred Lorone 13
Ben Chesang 32
Vincent Moroga 82
135
6   Spain
Juan Carlos Higuero 26
Juan José Lozano 28
Pablo Villalobos 36
José Bastos 54
(Adria García) (61)
(Iván Hierro) (93)
144
7   South Africa
Richard Mavuso 30
Vincent Kuotane 34
Khaya Gqotso 35
Ben Mogola 48
(Makhubalo Mngomezulu) (78)
(Simo Simatu) (134)
147
8   Algeria
Ali Saïdi-Sief 17
Abdelkarim Bouchamia 45
Kais Bouziane 63
Yazid Zidani 67
(Said Ali Hadji) (68)
(Latamene Oumouhand) (112)
192
9   Italy
Nicolò Rotondo 33
Alberto Mosca 47
Giuseppe Minici 57
Claudio Brandalise 62
(Pietro Pelusi) (107)
(Pasqualino Zammataro) (120)
199
10   France
Bouabdallah Tahri 22
Raymond Fontaine 73
Hicham Anique 80
Damien Rouquet 87
(Olivier Mignon) (88)
(Mehdi Baala) (129)
262
11   Mexico
Cayetano Hernandez 44
Teodoro Barradas 52
Gonzalo Gutierrez 53
César Villanueva 121
270
12   United States
Abdul Alizindani 51
Steve Leuer 65
Robert Leblanc 79
Kevin Koeper 92
(Thomas Murley) (95)
(Gabe Jennings) (149)
287
13   Australia
Mark Thompson 37
Clinton Mackevicius 76
Paul Fenn 81
Martin Dent 96
290
14   Yemen
Anwar O.M. Ali 20
Abdulaziz Abdulrahman 59
Mohamed Al-Khawlani 110
Khaled Al-Atashi 113
(Fouad Obad) (131)
302
15   United Kingdom
Sam Haughian 64
Gavin Thompson 66
Alister Moses 83
David Mitchinson 91
(Simon Burton) (98)
(Matthew Mechin) (135)
304
16   Finland
Jussi Utriainen 38
Jari Matinlauri 89
Mikael Talasjoki 101
Mikko Ristimäki 106
334
17   Brazil
Luiz Paula 43
Paulo Almeida 69
Jonathan Matos 114
André da Silva 123
349
18   Hungary
Levente Timár 49
Ferenc Békési 58
Imre Szabó 119
Norbert Kömüves 137
363
19   Turkey
Halil Tekin 70
Dilaver Kanber 90
Yusuf Zepak 99
Hikmat Dastan 145
404
20   Lesotho
Kelebone Makoetlane 55
Mokhejano Lesenyeho 100
Tsiliso Raletsatsi 111
Mokoilane Mojela 156
422
21   Canada
Paul Morrison 71
Drew Graham 108
Bruce Wright 115
Jeff Gorman 136
(Steve Osadiuk) (138)
(Scott Allison) (147)
430
22   Belarus
Igor Teteryukov 77
Viktor Lomonosov 84
Oleg Gutnik 128
Sergey Sviridenok 143
432
23   India
Arun D'Souza 104
Ganpati Bhusanur 116
G.S. Hariraju 132
P.K. Mishra 133
485
24    Switzerland
Jérôme Schaffner 117
Pierre-André Ramuz 122
Mikael Aigroz 126
Peter Knuchel 140
(Pascal Berger) (150)
505
25   Czech Republic
Libor Flemr 118
David Arabasz 124
Michal Šneberger 127
Daniel Fekl 151
520
26   Mauritius
Desiré Tandrayen 148
Patrick Albert 152
Jean-Marc Dambra 155
Ajay Bheekarry 158
613
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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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.[7]

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. ^ Wallace-Jones, Sean, Report for Junior races - Victory take two for Kenya, IAAF, archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved October 27, 2013
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.5km 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. ^ Cross Junior 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