1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	25th
Date	March 23
Host city	Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Location	Parco del Valentino
Nations participating	48
Athletes participating	160
Races	1
Distances	8.511 km – Junior men
← 1996 Stellenbosch 1998 Marrakesh →

The Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in the New York Times,^[1] in the Herald,^[2] and for the IAAF.^[3]

Complete results,^[4]^[5] medallists,^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Race results

Junior men's race (8.511 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Elijah Korir	Kenya	24:21
02 !	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	24:28
03 !	Paul Kosgei	Kenya	24:29
4	John Gwako	Kenya	24:58
5	Charles Kwambai	Kenya	25:02
6	Patrick Ivuti	Kenya	25:06
7	Alene Emere	Ethiopia	25:10
8	Godfrey Nyombi	Uganda	25:14
9	Kipchumba Mitei	Kenya	25:20
10	Yibeltal Admassu	Ethiopia	25:22
11	Ali Ezzine	Morocco	25:24
12	Haylu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	25:25
13	Jafred Lorone	Uganda	25:37
14	Dereje Tadesse	Ethiopia	25:38
15	Hiroyuki Ogawa	Japan	25:50
16	Mohamed Awol	Ethiopia	25:51
17	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	25:55
18	Shinichi Shibata	Japan	25:55
19	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	25:58
20	Anwar O.M. Ali	Yemen	26:02
21	Abderahim Bouchlouch	Morocco	26:02
22	Bouabdallah Tahri	France	26:03
23	Hicham Lamalem	Morocco	26:03
24	George Majaji	Zimbabwe	26:08
25	Yuji Ibi	Japan	26:10
26	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	26:12
27	Koichiro Koike	Japan	26:14
28	Juan José Lozano	Spain	26:17
29	Aziz El Makhrout	Morocco	26:17
30	Richard Mavuso	South Africa	26:19
31	Tomoki Sugiyama	Japan	26:22
32	Ben Chesang	Uganda	26:24
33	Nicolò Rotondo	Italy	26:25
34	Vincent Kuotane	South Africa	26:26
35	Khaya Gqotso	South Africa	26:28
36	Pablo Villalobos	Spain	26:34
37	Mark Thompson	Australia	26:36
38	Jussi Utriainen	Finland	26:37
39	Ahmed Ezzobayry	Morocco	26:39
40	Shoji Miyai	Japan	26:40
41	Roman Usov	Russia	26:43
42	Glody Dube	Botswana	26:44
43	Luiz Paula	Brazil	26:45
44	Cayetano Hernandez	Mexico	26:46
45	Abdelkarim Bouchamia	Algeria	26:50
46	Ovidiu Tat	Romania	26:50
47	Alberto Mosca	Italy	26:52
48	Ben Mogola	South Africa	26:54
49	Levente Timár	Hungary	26:57
50	Marko Hwahu	Tanzania	26:57
51	Abdul Alizindani	United States	26:58
52	Teodoro Barradas	Mexico	26:58
53	Gonzalo Gutierrez	Mexico	26:59
54	José Bastos	Spain	27:03
55	Kelebone Makoetlane	Lesotho	27:04
56	Gareth Turnbull	Ireland	27:04
57	Giuseppe Minici	Italy	27:05
58	Ferenc Békési	Hungary	27:07
59	Abdulaziz Abdulrahman	Yemen	27:08
60	Mukat Derbe	Israel	27:08
61	Adria García	Spain	27:09
62	Claudio Brandalise	Italy	27:11
63	Kais Bouziane	Algeria	27:12
64	Sam Haughian	United Kingdom	27:12
65	Steve Leuer	United States	27:13
66	Gavin Thompson	United Kingdom	27:15
67	Yazid Zidani	Algeria	27:17
68	Said Ali Hadji	Algeria	27:17
69	Paulo Almeida	Brazil	27:19
70	Halil Tekin	Turkey	27:20
71	Paul Morrison	Canada	27:21
72	Marcin Grzegorzewski	Poland	27:23
73	Raymond Fontaine	France	27:24
74	Juan Carlos de Bastos	Argentina	27:24
75	Manuel Damião	Portugal	27:25
76	Clinton Mackevicius	Australia	27:27
77	Igor Teteryukov	Belarus	27:27
78	Makhubalo Mngomezulu	South Africa	27:27
79	Robert Leblanc	United States	27:28
80	Hicham Anique	France	27:30
81	Paul Fenn	Australia	27:30
82	Vincent Moroga	Uganda	27:31
83	Alister Moses	United Kingdom	27:31
84	Viktor Lomonosov	Belarus	27:32
85	Takhir Mamashayev	Kazakhstan	27:33
86	Michael Endjala	Namibia	27:33
87	Damien Rouquet	France	27:34
88	Olivier Mignon	France	27:35
89	Jari Matinlauri	Finland	27:36
90	Dilaver Kanber	Turkey	27:37
91	David Mitchinson	United Kingdom	27:40
92	Kevin Koeper	United States	27:41
93	Iván Hierro	Spain	27:43
94	Augusto Simón Veuthey	Argentina	27:44
95	Thomas Murley	United States	27:44
96	Martin Dent	Australia	27:46
97	Willem Rooi	Namibia	27:47
98	Simon Burton	United Kingdom	27:48
99	Yusuf Zepak	Turkey	27:49
100	Mokhejano Lesenyeho	Lesotho	27:50
101	Mikael Talasjoki	Finland	27:51
102	Jerome van de Meerssche	Belgium	27:51
103	Nick Govaerts	Belgium	27:52
104	Arun D'Souza	India	27:53
105	Josep Sansa	Andorra	27:54
106	Mikko Ristimäki	Finland	27:56
107	Pietro Pelusi	Italy	27:57
108	Drew Graham	Canada	27:58
109	Rob Detert	Netherlands	27:59
110	Mohamed Al-Khawlani	Yemen	27:59
111	Tsiliso Raletsatsi	Lesotho	28:00
112	Latamene Oumouhand	Algeria	28:02
113	Khaled Al-Atashi	Yemen	28:03
114	Jonathan Matos	Brazil	28:04
115	Bruce Wright	Canada	28:06
116	Ganpati Bhusanur	India	28:07
117	Jérôme Schaffner	Switzerland	28:07
118	Libor Flemr	Czech Republic	28:08
119	Imre Szabó	Hungary	28:09
120	Pasqualino Zammataro	Italy	28:10
121	César Villanueva	Mexico	28:11
122	Pierre-André Ramuz	Switzerland	28:13
123	André da Silva	Brazil	28:15
124	David Arabasz	Czech Republic	28:17
125	Rudolf Cloete	Namibia	28:17
126	Mikael Aigroz	Switzerland	28:18
127	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	28:18
128	Oleg Gutnik	Belarus	28:19
129	Mehdi Baala	France	28:20
130	Slavko Petrović	Croatia	28:21
131	Fouad Obad	Yemen	28:23
132	G.S. Hariraju	India	28:28
133	P.K. Mishra	India	28:29
134	Simo Simatu	South Africa	28:37
135	Matthew Mechin	United Kingdom	28:45
136	Jeff Gorman	Canada	28:46
137	Norbert Kömüves	Hungary	28:50
138	Steve Osadiuk	Canada	28:51
139	Omar Bekkali	Belgium	28:54
140	Peter Knuchel	Switzerland	28:59
141	Cristobal Valenzuela	Argentina	28:59
142	Kevin Zammit	Malta	29:11
143	Sergey Sviridenok	Belarus	29:15
144	Mindaugas Pukstas	Lithuania	29:19
145	Hikmat Dastan	Turkey	29:20
146	Kaupo Tiislär	Estonia	29:20
147	Scott Allison	Canada	29:20
148	Desiré Tandrayen	Mauritius	29:24
149	Gabe Jennings	United States	29:26
150	Pascal Berger	Switzerland	29:29
151	Daniel Fekl	Czech Republic	30:06
152	Patrick Albert	Mauritius	30:28
153	Baker Khadora	Palestine	30:50
154	Selwyn Bonne	Seychelles	31:18
155	Jean-Marc Dambra	Mauritius	31:28
156	Mokoilane Mojela	Lesotho	31:38
157	Abdel Awajna	Palestine	32:20
158	Ajay Bheekarry	Mauritius	33:16
159	Ala Al-Deen Fhidat	Palestine	36:04
—	Saso Njenjic	Slovenia	DNF
—	Roland Kis	Hungary	DNS
—	Abdel Salam Al Debjy	Palestine	DNS
—	Samy Asad Nateel	Palestine	DNS

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Elijah Korir	1
Paul Kosgei	3
John Gwako	4
Charles Kwambai	5
(Patrick Ivuti)	(6)
(Kipchumba Mitei)	(9)

Ethiopia

Million Wolde	2
Alene Emere	7
Yibeltal Admassu	10
Haylu Mekonnen	12
(Dereje Tadesse)	(14)
(Mohamed Awol)	(16)

Morocco

Ali Ezzine	11
Adil Kaouch	19
Abderahim Bouchlouch	21
Hicham Lamalem	23
(Aziz El Makhrout)	(29)
(Ahmed Ezzobayry)	(39)

Japan

Hiroyuki Ogawa	15
Shinichi Shibata	18
Yuji Ibi	25
Koichiro Koike	27
(Tomoki Sugiyama)	(31)
(Shoji Miyai)	(40)

Uganda

Godfrey Nyombi	8
Jafred Lorone	13
Ben Chesang	32
Vincent Moroga	82

135

Spain

Juan Carlos Higuero	26
Juan José Lozano	28
Pablo Villalobos	36
José Bastos	54
(Adria García)	(61)
(Iván Hierro)	(93)

144

South Africa

Richard Mavuso	30
Vincent Kuotane	34
Khaya Gqotso	35
Ben Mogola	48
(Makhubalo Mngomezulu)	(78)
(Simo Simatu)	(134)

147

Algeria

Ali Saïdi-Sief	17
Abdelkarim Bouchamia	45
Kais Bouziane	63
Yazid Zidani	67
(Said Ali Hadji)	(68)
(Latamene Oumouhand)	(112)

192

Italy

Nicolò Rotondo	33
Alberto Mosca	47
Giuseppe Minici	57
Claudio Brandalise	62
(Pietro Pelusi)	(107)
(Pasqualino Zammataro)	(120)

199

France

Bouabdallah Tahri	22
Raymond Fontaine	73
Hicham Anique	80
Damien Rouquet	87
(Olivier Mignon)	(88)
(Mehdi Baala)	(129)

262

Mexico

Cayetano Hernandez	44
Teodoro Barradas	52
Gonzalo Gutierrez	53
César Villanueva	121

270

United States

Abdul Alizindani	51
Steve Leuer	65
Robert Leblanc	79
Kevin Koeper	92
(Thomas Murley)	(95)
(Gabe Jennings)	(149)

287

Australia

Mark Thompson	37
Clinton Mackevicius	76
Paul Fenn	81
Martin Dent	96

290

Yemen

Anwar O.M. Ali	20
Abdulaziz Abdulrahman	59
Mohamed Al-Khawlani	110
Khaled Al-Atashi	113
(Fouad Obad)	(131)

302

United Kingdom

Sam Haughian	64
Gavin Thompson	66
Alister Moses	83
David Mitchinson	91
(Simon Burton)	(98)
(Matthew Mechin)	(135)

304

Finland

Jussi Utriainen	38
Jari Matinlauri	89
Mikael Talasjoki	101
Mikko Ristimäki	106

334

Brazil

Luiz Paula	43
Paulo Almeida	69
Jonathan Matos	114
André da Silva	123

349

Hungary

Levente Timár	49
Ferenc Békési	58
Imre Szabó	119
Norbert Kömüves	137

363

Turkey

Halil Tekin	70
Dilaver Kanber	90
Yusuf Zepak	99
Hikmat Dastan	145

404

Lesotho

Kelebone Makoetlane	55
Mokhejano Lesenyeho	100
Tsiliso Raletsatsi	111
Mokoilane Mojela	156

422

Canada

Paul Morrison	71
Drew Graham	108
Bruce Wright	115
Jeff Gorman	136
(Steve Osadiuk)	(138)
(Scott Allison)	(147)

430

Belarus

Igor Teteryukov	77
Viktor Lomonosov	84
Oleg Gutnik	128
Sergey Sviridenok	143

432

India

Arun D'Souza	104
Ganpati Bhusanur	116
G.S. Hariraju	132
P.K. Mishra	133

485

Switzerland

Jérôme Schaffner	117
Pierre-André Ramuz	122
Mikael Aigroz	126
Peter Knuchel	140
(Pascal Berger)	(150)

505

Czech Republic

Libor Flemr	118
David Arabasz	124
Michal Šneberger	127
Daniel Fekl	151

520

Mauritius

Desiré Tandrayen	148
Patrick Albert	152
Jean-Marc Dambra	155
Ajay Bheekarry	158

613

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 160 athletes from 48 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7]

Algeria (6)
Andorra (1)
Argentina (3)
Australia (4)
Belarus (4)
Belgium (3)
Botswana (1)
Brazil (4)
Canada (6)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (4)
Estonia (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (4)
France (6)
Hungary (4)

India (4)
Ireland (1)
Israel (1)
Italy (6)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kenya (6)
Lesotho (4)
Lithuania (1)
Malta (1)
Mauritius (4)
Mexico (4)
Morocco (6)
Namibia (3)
Netherlands (1)
Palestine (3)

Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Romania (1)
Russia (1)
Seychelles (1)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (6)
Spain (6)
Switzerland (5)
Tanzania (1)
Turkey (4)
Uganda (4)
United Kingdom (6)
United States (6)
Yemen (5)
Zimbabwe (1)

References

↑ Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory, New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ Wallace-Jones, Sean, Report for Junior races - Victory take two for Kenya, IAAF, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.5km CC Men - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ Cross Junior Men - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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