# 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 Warsaw, 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)