1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Appearance
Senior men's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 15th |
Date | March 22 |
Host city | Warsaw, Poland |
Venue | Służewiec Racecourse |
Events | 1 |
Distances | 11.95 km – Senior men |
Participation | 278 athletes from 38 nations |
The Senior men's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]
Complete results,[3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes[5] were published.
Race results
[edit]Senior men's race (11.95 km)
[edit]Individual
[edit]Teams
[edit]- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation
[edit]An unofficial count yields the participation of 278 athletes from 38 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[5]
- Algeria (8)
- Australia (7)
- Belgium (8)
- Brazil (7)
- Canada (9)
- Chinese Taipei (7)
- Cyprus (8)
- Czechoslovakia (4)
- Denmark (3)
- Egypt (3)
- England (9)
- Ethiopia (9)
- France (9)
- Greece (8)
- Hong Kong (8)
- India (7)
- Ireland (9)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (9)
- Jamaica (7)
- Japan (8)
- Kenya (9)
- Netherlands (7)
- New Zealand (8)
- Northern Ireland (9)
- Norway (6)
- Poland (9)
- Portugal (9)
- Scotland (9)
- Spain (9)
- Sweden (9)
- Switzerland (7)
- Tunisia (9)
- Turkey (1)
- United States (8)
- Wales (8)
- West Germany (7)
- Zimbabwe (6)
See also
[edit]- 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
- 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
References
[edit]- ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1987), Lynch's supreme effort just fails in Polish mud - Liz Lynch gave everything she had, and then found a little more, but it was not quite enough to capture the world cross-country title on the freezing muddy wastes of Sluzewiac racecourse this afternoon..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 22, 2013
- ^ Sad Lynch comes out second best - Not even the consolidation of the silver medal could bring a smile to the face of Scotland's Liz Lynch after the World Cross Cross Country Championships in Warsaw., Evening Times, March 23, 1987, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Warszawa Sluzewiec Date: Sunday, March 22, 1987, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
- ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- ^ 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