# 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Aix-les-Bains, France, at the Hippodrome de Marlioz on March 25, 1990. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Senior men (12.2 km) | Khalid Skah Morocco | 34:21 | Moses Tanui Kenya | 34:21 | Julius M. Korir Kenya | 34:22 |
| Junior men (8 km) | Kipyego Kororia Kenya | 22:13 | Richard Chelimo Kenya | 22:14 | Fita Bayissa Ethiopia | 22:24 |
| Senior women (6 km) | Lynn Jennings United States | 19:21 | Albertina Dias Portugal | 19:33 | Yelena Romanova Soviet Union | 19:33 |
| Junior women (4.4 km) | Liu Shixiang China | 14:19 | Yan Qinglan China | 14:20 | Susan Chepkemei Kenya | 14:22 |
| Team |||||||
| Senior men | Kenya | 42 | Ethiopia | 96 | Spain | 176 |
| Junior men | Kenya | 12 | Ethiopia | 27 | Italy | 85 |
| Senior women | Soviet Union | 37 | Ethiopia | 75 | Portugal | 80 |
| Junior women | Kenya | 20 | Japan | 44 | China | 68 |

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12.2 km)

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

### Junior men's race (8 km)

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

### Senior women's race (6 km)

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

### Junior women's race (4.4 km)

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

## Medal table (unofficial)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 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.

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 617 athletes from 59 countries, one athlete (senior men) less than the official number published.
* Albania (5)
* Algeria (16)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (13)
* Belgium (26)
* Botswana (3)
* Brazil (16)
* Canada (27)
* China (5)
* Chinese Taipei (4)
* Colombia (1)
* Cyprus (5)
* Czechoslovakia (7)
* Denmark (4)
* East Germany (5)
* Ecuador (6)
* Ethiopia (21)
* Finland (9)
* France (27)
* Gibraltar (6)
* Hungary (5)
* Iceland (1)
* India (17)
* Iran (3)
* Ireland (26)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (27)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (24)
* Kenya (26)
* Lebanon (1)
* Mauritius (3)
* Mexico (16)
* Monaco (1)
* Morocco (16)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (12)
* New Zealand (4)
* North Yemen (6)
* Norway (8)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (9)
* Portugal (27)
* Romania (11)
* Rwanda (2)
* San Marino (1)
* Soviet Union (23)
* Spain (27)
* Sweden (6)
* Switzerland (11)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (7)
* United Kingdom (25)
* United States (27)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
* West Germany (16)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zaire (1)
* Zambia (4)