1989 Iaaf World Cross Country Championships

A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	17th
Date	March 19
Host city	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Venue	Scanvest Ring
Events	4
Distances	12 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 6 km – Senior women 4 km – Junior women
Participation	568 athletes from 41 nations
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Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Ngugi	Kenya	39:42
	Tim Hutchings	United Kingdom	40:10
	Wilfred Kirochi	Kenya	40:21
4	Steve Moneghetti	Australia	40:24
5	Tesfaye Tafa	Ethiopia	40:26
6	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	40:29
7	Andrew Masai	Kenya	40:32
8	Kipkemboi Kimeli	Kenya	40:34
9	Moses Tanui	Kenya	40:42
10	John Halvorsen	Norway	40:45
11	Bruno Le Stum	France	40:48
12	Francesco Panetta	Italy	40:51
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya John Ngugi 1 Wilfred Kirochi 3 Andrew Masai 7 Kipkemboi Kimeli 8 Moses Tanui 9 Joseph Kiptum 16 (Boniface Merande) (25) (Jackson Ruto) (36) (Ibrahim Kinuthia) (44)	44
	United Kingdom Tim Hutchings 2 Gary Staines 14 Dave Clarke 15 Craig Mochrie 22 Dave Lewis 45 Richard Nerurkar 49 (Eamonn Martin) (93) (Geoff Turnbull) (136) (Roger Hackney) (DNF)	147
	Ethiopia Tesfaye Tafa 5 Bekele Debele 13 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 27 Melese Feissa 33 Debebe Demisse 37 Haji Bulbula 47 (Bedile Kibret) (77) (Demeke Bekele) (97) (Habte Negash) (125)	162
4	France	187
5	Spain	189
6	Australia	284
7	Portugal	305
8	Italy	318
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	25:07
	Kipyego Kororia	Kenya	25:31
	Stephenson Nyamau	Kenya	25:33
4	Thomas Osano	Kenya	25:33
5	William Koskei Chemitei	Kenya	25:36
6	Dube Jillo	Ethiopia	25:40
7	Tesgie Legesse	Ethiopia	25:52
8	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	26:03
9	Christian Leuprecht	Italy	26:07
10	Lemi Erpassa	Ethiopia	26:18
11	Assefa Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	26:29
12	Spencer Duval	United Kingdom	26:32
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Kipyego Kororia 2 Stephenson Nyamau 3 Thomas Osano 4 William Koskei Chemitei 5 (Jonah Birir) (13)	14
	Ethiopia Addis Abebe 1 Dube Jillo 6 Tesgie Legesse 7 Tesfaye Bekele 8 (Lemi Erpassa) (10) (Assefa Gebremedhin) (11)	22
	Italy Christian Leuprecht 9 Vincenzo Modica 17 Francesco Bennici 23 Angelo Giardiello 27 (Antonello Barretta) (110) (Sabino Francavilla) (121)	76
4	United Kingdom	95
5	Poland	131
6	Spain	147
7	Japan	170
8	Algeria	172
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (6 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Annette Sergent	France	22:27
	Nadezhda Stepanova	Soviet Union	22:34
	Lynn Williams	Canada	22:41
4	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	22:57
5	Jackie Perkins	Australia	22:59
6	Lynn Jennings	United States	22:59
7	Jill Hunter	United Kingdom	23:00
8	Véronique Collard	Belgium	23:01
9	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	23:02
10	Maria Lelut	France	23:03
11	Luchia Yeshak	Ethiopia	23:04
12	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	23:13
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union Nadezhda Stepanova 2 Yelena Romanova 9 Natalya Sorokivskaya 20 Regina Chistyakova 27 (Natalya Artyomova) (67) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (69)	58
	France Annette Sergent 1 Maria Lelut 10 Martine Fays 17 Marie-Pierre Duros 32 (Patricia Demilly) (53) (Rosario Murcia) (93)	60
	United States Lynn Jennings 6 Margaret Groos 16 Carla Borovicka 21 Annette Hand 25 (Sabrina Dornhoefer) (29) (Shelly Steely) (86)	68
4	Portugal	84
5	Ethiopia	98
6	United Kingdom	99
7	Australia	130
8	Canada	133
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	15:23
	Olga Nazarkina	Soviet Union	15:30
	Esther Saina	Kenya	15:41
4	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	15:59
5	Jane Ekimat	Kenya	16:01
6	Lisa Harvey	Canada	16:03
7	Shiki Terasaki	Japan	16:04
8	Mónica Gama	Portugal	16:12
9	Suzy Walsham	Australia	16:14
10	Tina Hall	United States	16:15
11	Yumi Osaki	Japan	16:16
12	Nicole Corbin	Australia	16:20
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Esther Saina 3 Ann Mwangi 4 Jane Ekimat 5 Tegla Loroupe 28	40
	Soviet Union Olga Nazarkina 2 Elena Khaliman 18 Larisa Alekseyeva 21 Svetlana Yepishkina 27 (Svetlana Nesterova) (29) (Olga Bogdanova) (32)	68
	Portugal Mónica Gama 8 Carla Sacramento 17 Carla Machado 20 Luisa Diaz 39 (Carla Azeitero) (54) (Ana Oliveira) (74)	84
4	Japan	90
5	Canada	103
6	United States	104
7	Spain	125
8	France	149
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	4	1	3	8
2	Soviet Union (URS)	1	3	0	4
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	1	1	3
4	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
6	United Kingdom (UKB)	0	2	0	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		8	8	8	24

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

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

• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
• 1989 in athletics (track and field)