title: 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
text: # 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
  
  The Junior men's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warszawa, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.
  
  Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
  
  ## Race results
  
  ### Junior men's race (7.05 km)
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Wilfred Kirochi | Kenya | 22:18 |
  | | Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 22:18 |
  | | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 22:20 |
  | 4 | William Koskei Chemitei | Kenya | 22:27 |
  | 5 | Mathew Rono | Kenya | 22:28 |
  | 6 | Aligaz Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 22:28 |
  | 7 | Simon Mugglestone | England | 22:33 |
  | 8 | Bedile Kibret | Ethiopia | 22:37 |
  | 9 | Ararse Fuffa | Ethiopia | 22:39 |
  | 10 | Thomas Osano | Kenya | 22:55 |
  | 11 | Abel Gisemba | Kenya | 23:01 |
  | 12 | Haydar Dogan | Turkey | 23:07 |
  | 13 | Joseph Otwori | Kenya | 23:11 |
  | 14 | Kenji Ayabe | Japan | 23:13 |
  | 15 | Mourad Bouldjadj | Algeria | 23:19 |
  | 16 | Darren Klassen | Canada | 23:19 |
  | 17 | Luc Peerlinck | Belgium | 23:23 |
  | 18 | Yoshinori Yokota | Japan | 23:24 |
  | 19 | Didier Sainthorand | France | 23:25 |
  | 20 | Masaki Yamamoto | Japan | 23:26 |
  | 21 | Hideyuki Matsumoto | Japan | 23:26 |
  | 22 | Zoltán Káldy | Hungary | 23:28 |
  | 23 | Todd Williams | United States | 23:30 |
  | 24 | Valery Chesak | Soviet Union | 23:31 |
  | 25 | Marc Pujol | Spain | 23:31 |
  | 26 | Marco Rufo | Spain | 23:31 |
  | 27 | Wayne Larden | Australia | 23:32 |
  | 28 | Timothy Gargiulo | United States | 23:34 |
  | 29 | Robert Henes | United States | 23:35 |
  | 30 | Mikhail Puzniak | Soviet Union | 23:36 |
  | 31 | Alan Lewis | Canada | 23:37 |
  | 32 | David Wilson | Ireland | 23:38 |
  | 33 | Luca Barzaghi | Italy | 23:40 |
  | 34 | Clayton Clews | Australia | 23:40 |
  | 35 | Jesús Gálvez | Spain | 23:40 |
  | 36 | Alex Mowatt | Canada | 23:44 |
  | 37 | Mohamed Choumassi | Morocco | 23:44 |
  | 38 | Giuliano Baccani | Italy | 23:45 |
  | 39 | Francisco Rivera | Spain | 23:46 |
  | 40 | Marc Davis | United States | 23:47 |
  | 41 | Brendan Matthias | Canada | 23:48 |
  | 42 | Abdelaziz Mahjoubi | Morocco | 23:53 |
  | 43 | James Hynes | Ireland | 23:54 |
  | 44 | Moulay Ali Ouadih | Morocco | 23:56 |
  | 45 | Marco Di Lieto | Italy | 23:56 |
  | 46 | Salem Chilah | Tunisia | 23:57 |
  | 47 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 23:58 |
  | 48 | Vladimir Kilnesov | Soviet Union | 23:59 |
  | 49 | Zoltán Gergely | Hungary | 23:59 |
  | 50 | Martin Amor | England | 24:00 |
  | 51 | Greg Andersen | Canada | 24:05 |
  | 52 | Mohamed El Bachir | Algeria | 24:07 |
  | 53 | Mehmet Bayram | Turkey | 24:08 |
  | 54 | Brahim Lahlafi | Morocco | 24:09 |
  | 55 | Mauro Biagetti | Italy | 24:10 |
  | 56 | Károly Vajkovics | Hungary | 24:10 |
  | 57 | Robert Langfeld | West Germany | 24:11 |
  | 58 | Nicholas McCaffrey | England | 24:11 |
  | 59 | Julian Gentry | England | 24:12 |
  | 60 | Miroslaw Plawgo | Poland | 24:13 |
  | 61 | Carsten Arndt | West Germany | 24:13 |
  | 62 | Mark Mastalir | United States | 24:15 |
  | 63 | Tesfayi Dadi | Ethiopia | 24:16 |
  | 64 | Bernard Bourke | Australia | 24:17 |
  | 65 | Seamus O'Loan | Ireland | 24:18 |
  | 66 | Davey Wilson | Northern Ireland | 24:18 |
  | 67 | Jan Jonsson | Sweden | 24:20 |
  | 68 | Waldemar Glinka | Poland | 24:21 |
  | 69 | Valeriy Fedotov | Soviet Union | 24:21 |
  | 70 | Markus Tischler | West Germany | 24:21 |
  | 71 | Fabian Lacan | France | 24:22 |
  | 72 | Amar Ouerfelli | Tunisia | 24:22 |
  | 73 | Rik Stepman | Belgium | 24:22 |
  | 74 | Abderrahim Cherkaoui | Morocco | 24:23 |
  | 75 | Remzi Atli | Turkey | 24:24 |
  | 76 | Zoltán Holba | Hungary | 24:24 |
  | 77 | Justin Hobbs | Wales | 24:25 |
  | 78 | Philip Hennessy | England | 24:26 |
  | 79 | Laurent Delacenserie | France | 24:26 |
  | 80 | Ali Canpolat | Turkey | 24:27 |
  | 81 | Christoph Ruettiman | Switzerland | 24:28 |
  | 82 | Tayeb Benaiche | Algeria | 24:29 |
  | 83 | Andrew Edge | Wales | 24:30 |
  | 84 | Alastair Russell | Scotland | 24:30 |
  | 85 | Riyouki Murakami | Japan | 24:31 |
  | 86 | Rafal Walczak | Poland | 24:32 |
  | 87 | Kevin McKay | England | 24:33 |
  | 88 | Marc Vanderstraeten | Belgium | 24:33 |
  | 89 | Wilfried Liers | Belgium | 24:34 |
  | 90 | Nick Tsioros | Canada | 24:34 |
  | 91 | Jonas Larsson | Sweden | 24:36 |
  | 92 | Yohinori Sato | Japan | 24:37 |
  | 93 | Allan Carman | Australia | 24:38 |
  | 94 | Geoffrey Sheehan | Ireland | 24:40 |
  | 95 | Mariusz Lamch | Poland | 24:40 |
  | 96 | Mabrouk Trimèche | Algeria | 24:41 |
  | 97 | Lotfi Aoua | Tunisia | 24:43 |
  | 98 | Bousmaha Saidi | Algeria | 24:43 |
  | 99 | Bernd Jähnke | West Germany | 24:45 |
  | 100 | Eric Mastalir | United States | 24:47 |
  | 101 | Luigi Teodori | Italy | 24:48 |
  | 102 | Talat Gökce | Turkey | 24:50 |
  | 103 | Craig McFadzean | Scotland | 24:51 |
  | 104 | Mickael Dufermont | France | 24:55 |
  | 105 | Niklas Johnsson | Sweden | 24:56 |
  | 106 | Ferenc Sági | Hungary | 24:57 |
  | 107 | Bobby Farren | Northern Ireland | 24:58 |
  | 108 | Dean Rose | Australia | 24:59 |
  | 109 | David Jones | Ireland | 24:59 |
  | 110 | Yaswant Rawat Singh | India | 24:59 |
  | 111 | Anatoliy Dimitrov | Soviet Union | 25:00 |
  | 112 | Juan Abad | Spain | 25:00 |
  | 113 | Lars Richter | West Germany | 25:03 |
  | 114 | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria | 25:04 |
  | 115 | Robert Jay | Wales | 25:06 |
  | 116 | Jamal Ali Al-Hakim | North Yemen | 25:08 |
  | 117 | Naceur Hamed | Tunisia | 25:09 |
  | 118 | Justin Chaston | Wales | 25:10 |
  | 119 | Andreas Ahl | Sweden | 25:11 |
  | 120 | Szabolcs Jámbor | Hungary | 25:12 |
  | 121 | David Beyssac | France | 25:13 |
  | 122 | Wendy Hermans | Belgium | 25:14 |
  | 123 | Slim Chérif | Tunisia | 25:16 |
  | 124 | Mark Wallace | Scotland | 25:17 |
  | 125 | Per Stjernberg | Sweden | 25:18 |
  | 126 | Hardev Singh | India | 25:18 |
  | 127 | Mel Hilliard | Ireland | 25:24 |
  | 128 | Hans van der Hoeven | Belgium | 25:25 |
  | 129 | Radek Bily | Czechoslovakia | 25:25 |
  | 130 | Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | 25:29 |
  | 131 | Slawomir Swieczkowski | Poland | 25:31 |
  | 132 | Cairan McGivern | Northern Ireland | 25:34 |
  | 133 | Piotr Prusik | Poland | 25:35 |
  | 134 | Hukum Singh | India | 25:35 |
  | 135 | Mohamed Nasser Al-Zaidi | North Yemen | 25:39 |
  | 136 | Declan Caddell | Northern Ireland | 25:42 |
  | 137 | Jan Arvidsson | Sweden | 25:44 |
  | 138 | David Donnett | Scotland | 25:49 |
  | 139 | Philip Healey | Northern Ireland | 25:51 |
  | 140 | David Arnott | Scotland | 25:59 |
  | 141 | Steven Tagg | Australia | 26:17 |
  | 142 | Ithai Luria | Israel | 26:17 |
  | 143 | Stuart Kennedy | Northern Ireland | 26:18 |
  | 144 | Dafydd Hughes | Wales | 26:24 |
  | 145 | John Quinn | Scotland | 26:28 |
  | 146 | Gerallt Owen | Wales | 27:30 |
  
  **Teams**
  
  | Rank | Team | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Ethiopia Demeke Bekele2 Debebe Demisse3 Aligaz Alemayehu6 Bedile Kibret8 (Ararse Fuffa)(9) (Tesfayi Dadi)(63) | 19 |
  | | Kenya Wilfred Kirochi1 William Koskei Chemitei4 Mathew Rono5 Thomas Osano10 (Abel Gisemba)(11) (Joseph Otwori)(13) | 20 |
  | | Japan Kenji Ayabe14 Yoshinori Yokota18 Masaki Yamamoto20 Hideyuki Matsumoto21 (Riyouki Murakami)(85) (Yohinori Sato)(92) | 73 |
  | 4 | United States Todd Williams23 Timothy Gargiulo28 Robert Henes29 Marc Davis40 (Mark Mastalir)(62) (Eric Mastalir)(100) | 120 |
  | 5 | Canada Darren Klassen16 Alan Lewis31 Alex Mowatt36 Brendan Matthias41 (Greg Andersen)(51) (Nick Tsioros)(90) | 124 |
  | 6 | Spain Marc Pujol25 Marco Rufo26 Jesús Gálvez35 Francisco Rivera39 (Fermín Cacho)(47) (Juan Abad)(112) | 125 |
  | 7 | Italy Luca Barzaghi33 Giuliano Baccani38 Marco Di Lieto45 Mauro Biagetti55 (Luigi Teodori)(101) (Gennaro Di Napoli)(130) | 171 |
  | 8 | Soviet Union Valery Chesak24 Mikhail Puzniak30 Vladimir Kilnesov48 Valeriy Fedotov69 (Anatoliy Dimitrov)(111) | 171 |
  | 9 | England Simon Mugglestone7 Martin Amor50 Nicholas McCaffrey58 Julian Gentry59 (Philip Hennessy)(78) (Kevin McKay)(87) | 174 |
  | 10 | Morocco Mohamed Choumassi37 Abdelaziz Mahjoubi42 Moulay Ali Ouadih44 Brahim Lahlafi54 (Abderrahim Cherkaoui)(74) | 177 |
  | 11 | Hungary Zoltán Káldy22 Zoltán Gergely49 Károly Vajkovics56 Zoltán Holba76 (Ferenc Sági)(106) (Szabolcs Jámbor)(120) | 203 |
  | 12 | Australia Wayne Larden27 Clayton Clews34 Bernard Bourke64 Allan Carman93 (Dean Rose)(108) (Steven Tagg)(141) | 218 |
  | 13 | Turkey Haydar Dogan12 Mehmet Bayram53 Remzi Atli75 Ali Canpolat80 (Talat Gökce)(102) | 220 |
  | 14 | Ireland David Wilson32 James Hynes43 Seamus O'Loan65 Geoffrey Sheehan94 (David Jones)(109) (Mel Hilliard)(127) | 234 |
  | 15 | Algeria Mourad Bouldjadj15 Mohamed El Bachir52 Tayeb Benaiche82 Mabrouk Trimèche96 (Bousmaha Saidi)(98) (Azzedine Sakhri)(114) | 245 |
  | 16 | Belgium Luc Peerlinck17 Rik Stepman73 Marc Vanderstraeten88 Wilfried Liers89 (Wendy Hermans)(122) (Hans van der Hoeven)(128) | 267 |
  | 17 | France Didier Sainthorand19 Fabian Lacan71 Laurent Delacenserie79 Mickael Dufermont104 (David Beyssac)(121) | 273 |
  | 18 | West Germany Robert Langfeld57 Carsten Arndt61 Markus Tischler70 Bernd Jähnke99 (Lars Richter)(113) | 287 |
  | 19 | Poland Miroslaw Plawgo60 Waldemar Glinka68 Rafal Walczak86 Mariusz Lamch95 (Slawomir Swieczkowski)(131) (Piotr Prusik)(133) | 309 |
  | 20 | Tunisia Salem Chilah46 Amar Ouerfelli72 Lotfi Aoua97 Naceur Hamed117 (Slim Chérif)(123) | 332 |
  | 21 | Sweden Jan Jonsson67 Jonas Larsson91 Niklas Johnsson105 Andreas Ahl119 (Per Stjernberg)(125) (Jan Arvidsson)(137) | 382 |
  | 22 | Wales Justin Hobbs77 Andrew Edge83 Robert Jay115 Justin Chaston118 (Dafydd Hughes)(144) (Gerallt Owen)(146) | 393 |
  | 23 | Northern Ireland Davey Wilson66 Bobby Farren107 Cairan McGivern132 Declan Caddell136 (Philip Healey)(139) (Stuart Kennedy)(143) | 441 |
  | 24 | Scotland Alastair Russell84 Craig McFadzean103 Mark Wallace124 David Donnett138 (David Arnott)(140) (John Quinn)(145) | 449 |
  
  * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
  
  ## Participation
  
  An unofficial count yields the participation of 146 athletes from 29 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
  
  * Algeria (6)
  * Australia (6)
  * Belgium (6)
  * Canada (6)
  * Czechoslovakia (1)
  * England (6)
  * Ethiopia (6)
  * France (5)
  * Hungary (6)
  * India (3)
  * Ireland (6)
  * Israel (1)
  * Italy (6)
  * Japan (6)
  * Kenya (6)
  * Morocco (5)
  * Northern Ireland (6)
  * North Yemen (2)
  * Poland (6)
  * Scotland (6)
  * Soviet Union (5)
  * Spain (6)
  * Sweden (6)
  * Switzerland (1)
  * Tunisia (5)
  * Turkey (5)
  * United States (6)
  * Wales (6)
  * West Germany (5)
  