title: 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
text: # 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
  
  The Senior men's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
  
  Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
  
  ## Race results
  
  ### Senior men's race (12 km)
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | John Ngugi | Kenya | 34:32 |
  | | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 34:54 |
  | | Kipsubai Koskei | Kenya | 35:07 |
  | 4 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 35:22 |
  | 5 | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 35:25 |
  | 6 | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 35:25 |
  | 7 | Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 35:46 |
  | 8 | Kip Rono | Kenya | 35:46 |
  | 9 | Some Muge | Kenya | 35:48 |
  | 10 | Haji Bulbula | Ethiopia | 35:49 |
  | 11 | Paul Arpin | France | 35:51 |
  | 12 | Habte Negash | Ethiopia | 35:54 |
  | 13 | Roger Hackney | United Kingdom | 35:59 |
  | 14 | Steve Tunstall | France | 36:04 |
  | 15 | John Woods | Ireland | 36:07 |
  | 16 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 36:12 |
  | 17 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 36:12 |
  | 18 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 36:14 |
  | 19 | Kozu Akutsu | Japan | 36:15 |
  | 20 | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 36:15 |
  | 21 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 36:16 |
  | 22 | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy | 36:19 |
  | 23 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 36:23 |
  | 24 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 36:24 |
  | 25 | Joël Lucas | France | 36:24 |
  | 26 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 36:25 |
  | 27 | Steve Binns | United Kingdom | 36:26 |
  | 28 | Pat Porter | United States | 36:26 |
  | 29 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 36:28 |
  | 30 | Cyrille Laventure | France | 36:29 |
  | 31 | Harry Green | United States | 36:30 |
  | 32 | Jamie Harrison | Australia | 36:32 |
  | 33 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 36:33 |
  | 34 | David Buzza | United Kingdom | 36:34 |
  | 35 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 36:35 |
  | 36 | John Campbell | New Zealand | 36:35 |
  | 37 | Bruno Levant | France | 36:37 |
  | 38 | Tena Negere | Ethiopia | 36:39 |
  | 39 | Thierry Pantel | France | 36:41 |
  | 40 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 36:43 |
  | 41 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 36:45 |
  | 42 | John Andrews | Australia | 36:45 |
  | 43 | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | 36:46 |
  | 44 | Malcolm Norwood | Australia | 36:46 |
  | 45 | Derrick Lakeman | United States | 36:47 |
  | 46 | George Nicholas | United States | 36:47 |
  | 47 | Antonio Silio | Argentina | 36:47 |
  | 48 | José Manuel Albentosa | Spain | 36:48 |
  | 49 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 36:49 |
  | 50 | João de Sousa | Brazil | 36:50 |
  | 51 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 36:55 |
  | 52 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 36:57 |
  | 53 | Mark Dalloway | United Kingdom | 36:58 |
  | 54 | Zhang Guowei | China | 36:59 |
  | 55 | Kazuya Wakakura | Japan | 36:59 |
  | 56 | Dominique Delattre | France | 37:00 |
  | 57 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 37:01 |
  | 58 | Andy Bristow | United Kingdom | 37:02 |
  | 59 | John Halvorsen | Norway | 37:03 |
  | 60 | José Regalo | Portugal | 37:05 |
  | 61 | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 37:05 |
  | 62 | Jeff Cannada | United States | 37:06 |
  | 63 | Raffaello Alliegro | Italy | 37:07 |
  | 64 | Wolde Silasse Melkessa | Ethiopia | 37:08 |
  | 65 | Mahieddine Belhadj | Algeria | 37:09 |
  | 66 | Masaru Matsuda | Japan | 37:10 |
  | 67 | Martti Vainio | Finland | 37:12 |
  | 68 | Kazuya Nishimoto | Japan | 37:14 |
  | 69 | El Hachami Abdenouz | Algeria | 37:15 |
  | 70 | Aissa Remel | Algeria | 37:16 |
  | 71 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 37:16 |
  | 72 | Eliseo Rios | Portugal | 37:16 |
  | 73 | Arthur Waddle | United States | 37:16 |
  | 74 | Chris Pilone | New Zealand | 37:17 |
  | 75 | Brad Camp | Australia | 37:18 |
  | 76 | Jonathan Richards | United Kingdom | 37:18 |
  | 77 | John Bowden | New Zealand | 37:19 |
  | 78 | Pat Carroll | Australia | 37:19 |
  | 79 | Stanley Mandebele | Zimbabwe | 37:19 |
  | 80 | Martin Stock | Australia | 37:20 |
  | 81 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 37:22 |
  | 82 | Konrad Dobler | West Germany | 37:23 |
  | 83 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 37:25 |
  | 84 | Dov Kremer | Israel | 37:26 |
  | 85 | Allan Zachariasen | Denmark | 37:26 |
  | 86 | Peter Van de Kerkhove | Belgium | 37:27 |
  | 87 | Werner Mory | Belgium | 37:28 |
  | 88 | Mark Stickley | United States | 37:29 |
  | 89 | Ralf Salzmann | West Germany | 37:30 |
  | 90 | Tom Birnie | New Zealand | 37:31 |
  | 91 | Henrique Crisostomo | Portugal | 37:32 |
  | 92 | Dave Taylor | Ireland | 37:33 |
  | 93 | Gerry Curtis | Ireland | 37:34 |
  | 94 | Phillip Clode | New Zealand | 37:34 |
  | 95 | Juan José Rosario | Spain | 37:35 |
  | 96 | Robert Schneider | West Germany | 37:36 |
  | 97 | Doug Cronkite | Canada | 37:38 |
  | 98 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 37:38 |
  | 99 | Daniel Mutai | Kenya | 37:39 |
  | 100 | António Pinto | Portugal | 37:39 |
  | 101 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | 37:40 |
  | 102 | Craig Virgin | United States | 37:40 |
  | 103 | Chris Tobin | New Zealand | 37:40 |
  | 104 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 37:42 |
  | 105 | Peter Brett | Australia | 37:42 |
  | 106 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 37:43 |
  | 107 | Darren Klassen | Canada | 37:43 |
  | 108 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 37:44 |
  | 109 | Chris Robison | United Kingdom | 37:51 |
  | 110 | Derek Froude | New Zealand | 37:52 |
  | 111 | Håvard Tveite | Norway | 37:54 |
  | 112 | Brendan Quinn | Ireland | 37:56 |
  | 113 | Patric Nilsson | Sweden | 37:57 |
  | 114 | Danvir Singh | India | 37:57 |
  | 115 | Sanshiro Kasama | Japan | 38:00 |
  | 116 | Miloud Djellal | Algeria | 38:01 |
  | 117 | Rod Dixon | New Zealand | 38:03 |
  | 118 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 38:04 |
  | 119 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 38:05 |
  | 120 | Lasmani Merzougui | Algeria | 38:05 |
  | 121 | Ivo Rodrigues | Brazil | 38:05 |
  | 122 | Eberhard Weyel | West Germany | 38:06 |
  | 123 | Eirik Hansen | Norway | 38:07 |
  | 124 | Benny Pollentier | Belgium | 38:09 |
  | 125 | Kazuhito Yamada | Japan | 38:10 |
  | 126 | Marco Gozzano | Italy | 38:11 |
  | 127 | John Treacy | Ireland | 38:12 |
  | 128 | Abbès Téhami | Algeria | 38:12 |
  | 129 | Helge Dolsvåg | Norway | 38:13 |
  | 130 | Francisco Sánchez | Spain | 38:14 |
  | 131 | Richard O'Flynn | Ireland | 38:22 |
  | 132 | John Bolger | Canada | 38:23 |
  | 133 | Gurbachan Singh | India | 38:25 |
  | 134 | Guo Yijiang | China | 38:27 |
  | 135 | Deon McNeilly | United Kingdom | 38:28 |
  | 136 | Damiao Silva | Brazil | 38:29 |
  | 137 | Udai Pratap Singh | India | 38:29 |
  | 138 | Pär Wallin | Sweden | 38:32 |
  | 139 | Thomas Sørensen | Denmark | 38:33 |
  | 140 | David O'Keefe | United States | 38:34 |
  | 141 | Elói Schleder | Brazil | 38:36 |
  | 142 | Peter Govaerts | Belgium | 38:38 |
  | 143 | Vijay Kumar Mishra | India | 38:39 |
  | 144 | Ari Paunonen | Finland | 38:40 |
  | 145 | Axel Hardy | West Germany | 38:45 |
  | 146 | Pierre Levisse | France | 38:46 |
  | 147 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 38:48 |
  | 148 | Jari Venäläinen | Finland | 38:56 |
  | 149 | Stig Nørregaard | Denmark | 38:56 |
  | 150 | El Hadj Mendes | Algeria | 38:59 |
  | 151 | Satoshi Kato | Japan | 39:01 |
  | 152 | Arnold Mächler | Switzerland | 39:05 |
  | 153 | Norman Tinkham | Canada | 39:07 |
  | 154 | Jan Ikov | Denmark | 39:09 |
  | 155 | Jörgen Salo | Finland | 39:12 |
  | 156 | Truls Nygaard | Norway | 39:13 |
  | 157 | Michael Halvorsen | Denmark | 39:13 |
  | 158 | Engelbert Franz | West Germany | 39:16 |
  | 159 | Herman Decoux | Belgium | 39:16 |
  | 160 | Lars Bøgh | Denmark | 39:26 |
  | 161 | Abdelrazzak Bounour | Algeria | 39:28 |
  | 162 | Svein Erik Eide | Norway | 39:29 |
  | 163 | Peder Poulsen | Sweden | 39:35 |
  | 164 | Allen Hugli | Canada | 39:38 |
  | 165 | Alain Boucher | Canada | 39:44 |
  | 166 | E. Rajender | India | 39:44 |
  | 167 | Hirozumi Kato | Japan | 40:02 |
  | 168 | Zephaniah Ncube | Zimbabwe | 40:19 |
  | 169 | Marcelo Cascabelo | Argentina | 40:21 |
  | 170 | Shivkumar Shreshta | India | 40:21 |
  | 171 | Ken Moloney | New Zealand | 40:28 |
  | 172 | Anna Durai | India | 40:30 |
  | 173 | Hsu Gi-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 40:35 |
  | 174 | Chou Hsien-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | 40:39 |
  | 175 | Julio César Gómez | Argentina | 40:42 |
  | 176 | Michel Jean-Louis | Mauritius | 40:58 |
  | 177 | Abel Antón | Spain | 41:20 |
  | 178 | Baikuntha Manandhar | Nepal | 41:27 |
  | 179 | Tim Soutar | Hong Kong | 41:32 |
  | 180 | Shri Chand | Fiji | 41:56 |
  | 181 | Cordova Simon | Antigua and Barbuda | 41:57 |
  | 182 | Wong Chung Man | Hong Kong | 42:02 |
  | 183 | Krishna Bahadur Basnet | Nepal | 42:30 |
  | 184 | Lee Yin-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 42:32 |
  | 185 | Bobby Singh | Fiji | 42:46 |
  | 186 | Dac Bahadur Thapa | Nepal | 43:14 |
  | 187 | Fitzroy Browne | Antigua and Barbuda | 43:35 |
  | 188 | Davendra Pradesh Singh | Fiji | 43:56 |
  | 189 | Ganesh Prasad | Fiji | 44:34 |
  | 190 | Vikash Kumar Singh | Fiji | 44:47 |
  | 191 | Chandra Bahadur Gurung | Nepal | 44:47 |
  | 192 | Moses Zarak Khan | Fiji | 44:58 |
  | 193 | Hari Bahadur Barwal | Nepal | 45:20 |
  | 194 | Semi Vuetibau | Fiji | 45:40 |
  | 195 | John Lorri | Vanuatu | 46:13 |
  | 196 | Pushpa Raj Ojha | Nepal | 46:16 |
  | 197 | Ashok Kumar | Fiji | 47:12 |
  | 198 | Samuelu Samuelu | Western Samoa | 48:41 |
  | 199 | Esau Polutu | Western Samoa | 49:10 |
  | — | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | DNF |
  | — | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | DNF |
  | — | Rob de Castella | Australia | DNF |
  | — | Stefano Mei | Italy | DNF |
  | — | Risto Ulmala | Finland | DNF |
  
  **Teams**
  
  | Rank | Team | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Kenya John Ngugi1 Paul Kipkoech2 Kipsubai Koskei3 Boniface Merande4 Moses Tanui6 Joseph Kiptum7 (Kip Rono)(8) (Some Muge)(9) (Daniel Mutai)(99) | 23 |
  | | Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen5 Haji Bulbula10 Habte Negash12 Debebe Demisse20 Melese Feissa23 Chala Kelele33 (Tena Negere)(38) (Wolde Silasse Melkessa)(64) (Bekele Debele)(83) | 103 |
  | | France Paul Arpin11 Steve Tunstall14 Jean-Louis Prianon17 Joël Lucas25 Cyrille Laventure30 Bruno Levant37 (Thierry Pantel)(39) (Dominique Delattre)(56) (Pierre Levisse)(146) | 134 |
  | 4 | United Kingdom Roger Hackney13 Steve Binns27 David Buzza34 Eamonn Martin43 Mark Dalloway53 Andy Bristow58 (Jonathan Richards)(76) (Chris Robison)(109) (Deon McNeilly)(135) | 228 |
  | 5 | Italy Giuseppe Miccoli22 Salvatore Antibo35 Salvatore Bettiol49 Franco Boffi51 Francesco Panetta52 Raffaello Alliegro63 (Ranieri Carenza)(101) (Marco Gozzano)(126) (Stefano Mei)(DNF) | 272 |
  | 6 | Spain Alejandro Gómez24 Antonio Prieto29 Vicente Polo40 Antonio Serrano41 José Manuel Albentosa48 Juan José Rosario95 (Constantino Esparcia)(119) (Francisco Sánchez)(130) (Abel Antón)(177) | 277 |
  | 7 | United States Pat Porter28 Harry Green31 Derrick Lakeman45 George Nicholas46 Jeff Cannada62 Arthur Waddle73 (Mark Stickley)(88) (Craig Virgin)(102) (David O'Keefe)(140) | 285 |
  | 8 | Australia Steve Moneghetti21 Jamie Harrison32 John Andrews42 Malcolm Norwood44 Brad Camp75 Pat Carroll78 (Martin Stock)(80) (Peter Brett)(105) (Rob de Castella)(DNF) | 292 |
  | 9 | Portugal Domingos Castro16 Joaquim Pinheiro26 José Regalo60 Fernando Mamede71 Eliseo Rios72 Henrique Crisostomo91 (António Pinto)(100) (Ezequiel Canario)(DNF) (Dionísio Castro)(DNF) | 336 |
  | 10 | Japan Kozu Akutsu19 Kazuya Wakakura55 Masaru Matsuda66 Kazuya Nishimoto68 Sanshiro Kasama115 Kazuhito Yamada125 (Satoshi Kato)(151) (Hirozumi Kato)(167) | 448 |
  | 11 | New Zealand John Campbell36 Chris Pilone74 John Bowden77 Tom Birnie90 Phillip Clode94 Chris Tobin103 (Derek Froude)(110) (Rod Dixon)(117) (Ken Moloney)(171) | 474 |
  | 12 | Ireland John Woods15 Dave Taylor92 Gerry Curtis93 Roy Dooney104 Brendan Quinn112 John Treacy127 (Richard O'Flynn)(131) | 543 |
  | 13 | Algeria Mahieddine Belhadj65 El Hachami Abdenouz69 Aissa Remel70 Miloud Djellal116 Lasmani Merzougui120 Abbès Téhami128 (El Hadj Mendes)(150) (Abdelrazzak Bounour)(161) | 568 |
  | 14 | Brazil João de Sousa50 Adauto Domingues61 Artur Castro81 Ivo Rodrigues121 Damiao Silva136 Elói Schleder141 | 590 |
  | 15 | West Germany Konrad Dobler82 Ralf Salzmann89 Robert Schneider96 Eberhard Weyel122 Axel Hardy145 Engelbert Franz158 | 692 |
  | 16 | Belgium Peter Van de Kerkhove86 Werner Mory87 Jos Maes98 Benny Pollentier124 Peter Govaerts142 Herman Decoux159 | 696 |
  | 17 | Canada Doug Cronkite97 Carey Nelson106 Darren Klassen107 Paul McCloy108 John Bolger132 Norman Tinkham153 (Allen Hugli)(164) (Alain Boucher)(165) | 703 |
  | 18 | Norway John Halvorsen59 Håvard Tveite111 Eirik Hansen123 Helge Dolsvåg129 Truls Nygaard156 Svein Erik Eide162 | 740 |
  | 19 | Denmark Allan Zachariasen85 Thomas Sørensen139 Niels Kim Hjorth147 Stig Nørregaard149 Jan Ikov154 Michael Halvorsen157 (Lars Bøgh)(160) | 831 |
  | 20 | India Danvir Singh114 Gurbachan Singh133 Udai Pratap Singh137 Vijay Kumar Mishra143 E. Rajender166 Shivkumar Shreshta170 (Anna Durai)(172) | 863 |
  | 21 | Fiji Shri Chand180 Bobby Singh185 Davendra Pradesh Singh188 Ganesh Prasad189 Vikash Kumar Singh190 Moses Zarak Khan192 (Semi Vuetibau)(194) (Ashok Kumar)(197) | 1124 |
  | 22 | Nepal Baikuntha Manandhar178 Krishna Bahadur Basnet183 Dac Bahadur Thapa186 Chandra Bahadur Gurung191 Hari Bahadur Barwal193 Pushpa Raj Ojha196 | 1127 |
  | DNF | Finland Tommy Ekblom(18) Martti Vainio(67) Ari Paunonen(144) Jari Venäläinen(148) Jörgen Salo(155) Risto Ulmala(DNF) | DNF |
  
  * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
  
  ## Participation
  
  An unofficial count yields the participation of 204 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race, two athletes less than the official number published.
  
  * Algeria (8)
  * Antigua and Barbuda (2)
  * Argentina (3)
  * Australia (9)
  * Belgium (6)
  * Brazil (6)
  * Canada (8)
  * China (2)
  * Chinese Taipei (3)
  * Denmark (7)
  * Ethiopia (9)
  * Fiji (8)
  * Finland (6)
  * France (9)
  * Hong Kong (2)
  * India (7)
  * Ireland (7)
  * Israel (1)
  * Italy (9)
  * Japan (8)
  * Kenya (9)
  * Mauritius (1)
  * Nepal (6)
  * New Zealand (9)
  * Norway (6)
  * Portugal (9)
  * Spain (9)
  * Sweden (4)
  * Switzerland (2)
  * United Kingdom (9)
  * United States (9)
  * Vanuatu (1)
  * Western Samoa (2)
  * West Germany (6)
  * Zimbabwe (2)
  