1986_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
International athletics championship event
The 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Planeyse Colombier on March 23, 1986. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]
Quick Facts Organisers, Edition ...
1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 14th |
Date | March 23 |
Host city | Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Venue | Planeyse Colombier |
Events | 3 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7.75 km – Junior men 4.65 km – Senior women |
Participation | 670 athletes from 57 nations |
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Complete results for men,[3] junior men,[4] women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.
More information Event, Gold ...
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Senior men (12 km) |
John Ngugi Kenya | 35:32.9 | Abebe Mekonnen Ethiopia | 35:34.8 | Joseph Kiptum Kenya | 35:39.8 |
Junior men (7.75 km) |
Melese Feissa Ethiopia | 22:47.6 | Sammy Bitok Kenya | 22:52.7 | Demeke Bekele Ethiopia | 22:56 |
Senior women (4.65 km) |
Zola Budd England | 14:49.6 | Lynn Jennings United States | 15:07.8 | Annette Sergent France | 15:12.2 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Kenya | 45 | Ethiopia | 119 | United States | 204 |
Junior men | Ethiopia | 13 | Kenya | 32 | Spain | 52 |
Senior women | England | 65 | New Zealand | 67 | France | 76 |
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Senior men's race (12 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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John Ngugi | Kenya | 35:32.9 | |
Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 35:34.8 | |
Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 35:39.8 | |
4 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 35:42.6 |
5 | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 35:47.2 |
6 | Pat Porter | United States | 35:48.4 |
7 | Kipsubai Koskei | Kenya | 35:54.8 |
8 | Some Muge | Kenya | 35:55.7 |
9 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 35:58.8 |
10 | John Easker | United States | 35:59.9 |
11 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 36:03.9 |
12 | Thierry Watrice | France | 36:05 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya
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45 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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119 | |||||||||||||||||||
United States
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204 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | France | 255 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Italy | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Portugal | 263 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Spain | 297 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | England | 360 | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.75 km)
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Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 22:47.6 | |
Sammy Bitok | Kenya | 22:52.7 | |
Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 22:56 | |
4 | Rafera Workench | Ethiopia | 22:57.4 |
5 | Ararse Fuffa | Ethiopia | 23:06.1 |
6 | Habte Negash | Ethiopia | 23:07.4 |
7 | Brahim Boutayeb | Morocco | 23:09.4 |
8 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 23:17.3 |
9 | William Mutwol | Kenya | 23:21.6 |
10 | Peter Rono | Kenya | 23:33.7 |
11 | David Onwonga | Kenya | 23:35.9 |
12 | José Gruneiro | Spain | 23:41.8 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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13 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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32 | |||||||||||||
Spain
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52 | |||||||||||||
4 | Australia | 91 | ||||||||||||
5 | United States | 94 | ||||||||||||
6 | Morocco | 137 | ||||||||||||
7 | Japan | 152 | ||||||||||||
8 | Belgium | 159 | ||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.65 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Zola Budd | England | 14:49.6 | |
Lynn Jennings | United States | 15:07.8 | |
Annette Sergent | France | 15:12.2 | |
4 | Martine Fays | France | 15:14.3 |
5 | Rosa Mota | Portugal | 15:18.5 |
6 | Nan Doak | United States | 15:22.8 |
7 | Christine McMiken | New Zealand | 15:23.6 |
8 | Albertina Machado | Portugal | 15:24.4 |
9 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 15:25.3 |
10 | Carole Bradford | England | 15:27.5 |
11 | Liève Slegers | Belgium | 15:28.3 |
12 | Lyudmila Matveyeva | Soviet Union | 15:28.6 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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England
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65 | |||||||||||||
New Zealand
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67 | |||||||||||||
France
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76 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Portugal | 118 | ||||||||||||
6 | West Germany | 129 | ||||||||||||
7 | Soviet Union | 140 | ||||||||||||
8 | Romania | 140 | ||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
More information Rank, Nation ...
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
3 | England (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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- 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 670 athletes from 57 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]
- Algeria (7)
- Australia (20)
- Austria (5)
- Belgium (20)
- Botswana (2)
- Brazil (11)
- Canada (21)
- China (7)
- Chinese Taipei (7)
- Colombia (3)
- Cyprus (8)
- Czechoslovakia (3)
- Denmark (13)
- Djibouti (6)
- Egypt (6)
- England (20)
- Ethiopia (19)
- Finland (10)
- France (21)
- Hong Kong (8)
- Hungary (6)
- India (21)
- Indonesia (4)
- Ireland (21)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (20)
- Jamaica (6)
- Japan (19)
- Kenya (14)
- Kuwait (11)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Malta (8)
- Mauritius (7)
- Morocco (19)
- Netherlands (14)
- New Zealand (14)
- Northern Ireland (18)
- Norway (10)
- Poland (21)
- Portugal (21)
- Puerto Rico (7)
- Romania (5)
- Scotland (21)
- Soviet Union (10)
- Spain (21)
- Sudan (7)
- Sweden (16)
- Switzerland (21)
- Tanzania (1)
- Tunisia (13)
- Turkey (6)
- United States (21)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (3)
- Wales (21)
- West Germany (17)
- Yugoslavia (1)
- Zimbabwe (6)
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