# 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at 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, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

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

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Khalid Skah | Morocco | 34:21 |
| | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 34:21 |
| | Julius M. Korir | Kenya | 34:22 |
| 4 | Haji Bulbula | Ethiopia | 34:25 |
| 5 | William Mutwol | Kenya | 34:26 |
| 6 | Ibrahim Kinuthia | Kenya | 34:30 |
| 7 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 34:45 |
| 8 | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 34:49 |
| 9 | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 34:50 |
| 10 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 34:52 |
| 11 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 34:55 |
| 12 | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 34:55 |
| 13 | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | 34:57 |
| 14 | Tesfaye Tafa | Ethiopia | 34:57 |
| 15 | Martín Fiz | Spain | 35:02 |
| 16 | Marti ten Kate | Netherlands | 35:07 |
| 17 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 35:08 |
| 18 | Richard Nerurkar | United Kingdom | 35:12 |
| 19 | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 35:13 |
| 20 | John Ngugi | Kenya | 35:14 |
| 21 | Paul Arpin | France | 35:14 |
| 22 | Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 35:16 |
| 23 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 35:16 |
| 24 | Jillo Dube | Ethiopia | 35:17 |
| 25 | Samuel Nyangincha | Kenya | 35:18 |
| 26 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 35:19 |
| 27 | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 35:19 |
| 28 | Adrian Passey | United Kingdom | 35:20 |
| 29 | Mohamed El Massoudi | Morocco | 35:20 |
| 30 | Brahim Lahlafi | Morocco | 35:21 |
| 31 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 35:22 |
| 32 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 35:24 |
| 33 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 35:24 |
| 34 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 35:25 |
| 35 | António Pinto | Portugal | 35:27 |
| 36 | José Manuel García | Spain | 35:28 |
| 37 | Aaron Ramirez | United States | 35:29 |
| 38 | Abel Antón | Spain | 35:31 |
| 39 | Oleg Strizhakov | Soviet Union | 35:32 |
| 40 | Mikhail Khramov | Soviet Union | 35:33 |
| 41 | Francisco Pacheco | Mexico | 35:35 |
| 42 | Pat Carroll | Australia | 35:36 |
| 43 | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy | 35:36 |
| 44 | Francis Mukuka | Zambia | 35:37 |
| 45 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 35:37 |
| 46 | Peter Brett | Australia | 35:38 |
| 47 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 35:41 |
| 48 | Jamie Harrison | Australia | 35:42 |
| 49 | Oleg Syroyezhko | Soviet Union | 35:42 |
| 50 | Henrique Crisostomo | Portugal | 35:43 |
| 51 | Carlo Terzer | Italy | 35:45 |
| 52 | Gino van Geyte | Belgium | 35:46 |
| 53 | Miloud Djellal | Algeria | 35:46 |
| 54 | Pablo Cerón | Mexico | 35:47 |
| 55 | Zdenek Mezulianik | Czechoslovakia | 35:47 |
| 56 | Hideyuki Suzuki | Japan | 35:47 |
| 57 | Naomi Okabe | Japan | 35:48 |
| 58 | Manuel Matias | Portugal | 35:48 |
| 59 | Bob Kempainen | United States | 35:49 |
| 60 | Yevgeniy Zherebin | Soviet Union | 35:51 |
| 61 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 35:51 |
| 62 | Phillip Clode | New Zealand | 35:52 |
| 63 | Johni Pazin | Brazil | 35:53 |
| 64 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 35:56 |
| 65 | Bertrand Itsweire | France | 35:58 |
| 66 | Are Nakkim | Norway | 36:00 |
| 67 | Martin Vrabel | Czechoslovakia | 36:01 |
| 68 | Gerry Curtis | Ireland | 36:01 |
| 69 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 36:01 |
| 70 | Andy Bristow | United Kingdom | 36:01 |
| 71 | Stephen Bwalya | Zambia | 36:02 |
| 72 | Frank O'Mara | Ireland | 36:02 |
| 73 | Raffaello Alliegro | Italy | 36:02 |
| 74 | Wami Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 36:03 |
| 75 | Ivan Uvizl | Czechoslovakia | 36:03 |
| 76 | Noel Berkeley | Ireland | 36:03 |
| 77 | Thierry Watrice | France | 36:04 |
| 78 | Sergey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 36:05 |
| 79 | William Taylor | United States | 36:06 |
| 80 | Ivo Claes | Belgium | 36:06 |
| 81 | Håvard Tveite | Norway | 36:08 |
| 82 | Abundio Mondragon | Mexico | 36:08 |
| 83 | Adalberto Velez | Mexico | 36:09 |
| 84 | John Woods | Ireland | 36:10 |
| 85 | Sid-Ali Sakhri | Algeria | 36:12 |
| 86 | Haydar Dogan | Turkey | 36:14 |
| 87 | Wilson Theleso | Botswana | 36:14 |
| 88 | Markus Graf | Switzerland | 36:15 |
| 89 | Markus Pingpank | West Germany | 36:15 |
| 90 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 36:15 |
| 91 | Chris Robison | United Kingdom | 36:16 |
| 92 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 36:16 |
| 93 | Mark Furlan | New Zealand | 36:17 |
| 94 | Khaled Boulami | Morocco | 36:17 |
| 95 | Darren Klassen | Canada | 36:17 |
| 96 | Juvenal Ribeiro | Portugal | 36:18 |
| 97 | Marcelo Cascabelo | Argentina | 36:18 |
| 98 | José da Silva | Brazil | 36:19 |
| 99 | Thierry Pantel | France | 36:19 |
| 100 | Shozo Shimoju | Japan | 36:21 |
| 101 | Nikolay Chameyev | Soviet Union | 36:21 |
| 102 | Hamid Oubadriss | Morocco | 36:22 |
| 103 | Roberto Ramirez | Mexico | 36:24 |
| 104 | Salem Majdoubi | Morocco | 36:25 |
| 105 | Eddy Hellebuyck | Belgium | 36:25 |
| 106 | Walter Durbano | Italy | 36:26 |
| 107 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 36:27 |
| 108 | Mohamed Difallah | Algeria | 36:29 |
| 109 | Colin Dalton | Australia | 36:29 |
| 110 | Terry Croyle | United States | 36:30 |
| 111 | Clair Wathier | Brazil | 36:30 |
| 112 | Hansjörg Brücker | Switzerland | 36:31 |
| 113 | Adriano Pezzoli | Italy | 36:34 |
| 114 | Jari Venäläinen | Finland | 36:34 |
| 115 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 36:35 |
| 116 | Herman Hofstee | Netherlands | 36:36 |
| 117 | Shaun Creighton | Australia | 36:36 |
| 118 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 36:37 |
| 119 | Goran Raičević | Yugoslavia | 36:38 |
| 120 | Chris Weber | Canada | 36:38 |
| 121 | Mark King | United Kingdom | 36:39 |
| 122 | Vesa Siivonen | Finland | 36:39 |
| 123 | René Godlieb | Netherlands | 36:39 |
| 124 | Pierre Levisse | France | 36:41 |
| 125 | Diamantino dos Santos | Brazil | 36:42 |
| 126 | Geraldo Francisco de Assis | Brazil | 36:44 |
| 127 | Mamix Declercq | Belgium | 36:44 |
| 128 | Jonny Danielson | Sweden | 36:45 |
| 129 | Peter Zrastak | Czechoslovakia | 36:45 |
| 130 | Joseph Mahmoud | France | 36:48 |
| 131 | Vijay Kumar Mishra | India | 36:49 |
| 132 | Aissa Remel | Algeria | 36:50 |
| 133 | William Mangan | United States | 36:51 |
| 134 | Dennis Leck | United States | 36:52 |
| 135 | Shojiro Maeda | Japan | 36:53 |
| 136 | Suresh Pandey | India | 36:53 |
| 137 | Helge Dolsvåg | Norway | 36:54 |
| 138 | John Christiansen | Denmark | 36:55 |
| 139 | Luciano Flores | Mexico | 36:58 |
| 140 | João de Sousa | Brazil | 36:58 |
| 141 | Sefa Het | Turkey | 36:58 |
| 142 | Jerry Kooymans | Canada | 36:59 |
| 143 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 37:00 |
| 144 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 37:01 |
| 145 | Norman Tinkham | Canada | 37:01 |
| 146 | Örjan Hemström | Sweden | 37:02 |
| 147 | Arto Kuusisto | Finland | 37:03 |
| 148 | Roberto Alonso | Mexico | 37:03 |
| 149 | Shivkumar Shreshta | India | 37:04 |
| 150 | Tonnie Dirks | Netherlands | 37:04 |
| 151 | Gennadiy Temnikov | Soviet Union | 37:04 |
| 152 | Willy Goddaert | Belgium | 37:06 |
| 153 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 37:07 |
| 154 | Mohamed Taher Kebaili | Algeria | 37:07 |
| 155 | Antonio Martins | France | 37:09 |
| 156 | Claus Clausen | Denmark | 37:09 |
| 157 | Eirik Hansen | Norway | 37:10 |
| 158 | John Lenihan | Ireland | 37:10 |
| 159 | Rorri Currie | Canada | 37:14 |
| 160 | Nigel Adams | United Kingdom | 37:15 |
| 161 | Lubomir Tesacek | Czechoslovakia | 37:16 |
| 162 | Moulay Ali Ouadih | Morocco | 37:16 |
| 163 | Terje Näss | Norway | 37:17 |
| 164 | Jukka Tammisuo | Finland | 37:24 |
| 165 | Lahcene Babaci | Algeria | 37:25 |
| 166 | Mahieddine Belhadj | Algeria | 37:25 |
| 167 | Brian Rushworth | United Kingdom | 37:29 |
| 168 | Ruddy Walem | Belgium | 37:33 |
| 169 | Gabriel Awaseb | Namibia | 37:33 |
| 170 | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 37:33 |
| 171 | Mark Coogan | United States | 37:34 |
| 172 | Tomihiro Umetsu | Japan | 37:36 |
| 173 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 37:39 |
| 174 | Petr Pipa | Czechoslovakia | 37:40 |
| 175 | Julio César Gómez | Argentina | 37:40 |
| 176 | Martin Ryan | Ireland | 37:42 |
| 177 | Craig Dickson | United States | 37:43 |
| 178 | Pat Meffan | New Zealand | 37:44 |
| 179 | Seyed Hamid Sadjadi | Iran | 37:47 |
| 180 | Nihat Bagci | Turkey | 37:49 |
| 181 | Aart Stigter | Netherlands | 37:52 |
| 182 | Jörgen Salo | Finland | 37:52 |
| 183 | Mourad Bouldjadj | Algeria | 37:52 |
| 184 | Mohinder Singh | India | 37:53 |
| 185 | John Vermeule | Netherlands | 37:53 |
| 186 | Jørn Holmen | Norway | 37:54 |
| 187 | Nick de Castella | Australia | 37:54 |
| 188 | Kaj Ådjers | Finland | 37:55 |
| 189 | Henk Gommer | Netherlands | 37:57 |
| 190 | Deon McNeilly | United Kingdom | 37:57 |
| 191 | Ebrahim Etta-Ati | Iran | 37:58 |
| 192 | Ahmet Altun | Turkey | 37:59 |
| 193 | Tsutomu Yuda | Japan | 37:59 |
| 194 | Richard Charette | Canada | 38:04 |
| 195 | Detlef Schwarz | West Germany | 38:05 |
| 196 | Bernd Bürger | West Germany | 38:06 |
| 197 | Gunnar Skånøy | Norway | 38:15 |
| 198 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 38:24 |
| 199 | Mohamed Belabbès | Algeria | 38:25 |
| 200 | Raishimane Kikina | Botswana | 38:26 |
| 201 | John Downes | Ireland | 38:30 |
| 202 | Fateh Singh | India | 38:33 |
| 203 | Manuel Mendoza | Mexico | 38:36 |
| 204 | Hasan Sabzevari | Iran | 38:41 |
| 205 | Kamel Bouhaloufa | France | 38:44 |
| 206 | Turgay Mese | Turkey | 38:45 |
| 207 | Leela Ram | India | 38:47 |
| 208 | Peter Govaerts | Belgium | 38:52 |
| 209 | Gian Luigi Macina | San Marino | 38:53 |
| 210 | Robert Kusi | Botswana | 39:08 |
| 211 | Tsai Ching-Chou | Chinese Taipei | 39:10 |
| 212 | Fatih Cintimar | Turkey | 39:26 |
| 213 | Enda Fitzpatrick | Ireland | 39:26 |
| 214 | Chou Hsien-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | 39:40 |
| 215 | Pascal Face | Mauritius | 39:42 |
| 216 | Calvin Dallas | U.S. Virgin Islands | 39:45 |
| 217 | Garry Henry | Australia | 39:58 |
| 218 | Kao Chuan-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | 39:59 |
| 219 | Francisco Figueredo | Paraguay | 40:34 |
| 220 | Garfield Westgate | Canada | 40:42 |
| 221 | Sudhir Kumar Singh | India | 40:56 |
| 222 | Mike Felicite | Mauritius | 40:59 |
| 223 | Patrick Moonsamy | Mauritius | 41:23 |
| 224 | Fady Khoury | Lebanon | 42:30 |
| 225 | Greg Johnson | U.S. Virgin Islands | 43:11 |
| 226 | Makudi Mubenga | Zaire | 48:37 |
| — | Carlos Monteiro | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Risto Ulmala | Finland | DNF |
| — | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Paul Taylor | United Kingdom | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Moses Tanui2 Julius M. Korir3 William Mutwol5 Ibrahim Kinuthia6 Paul Kipkoech9 Boniface Merande17 (John Ngugi)(20) (Joseph Kiptum)(22) (Samuel Nyangincha)(25) | 42 |
| | Ethiopia Haji Bulbula4 Abebe Mekonnen8 Tesfaye Tafa14 Addis Abebe19 Jillo Dube24 Debebe Demisse27 (Chala Kelele)(33) (Wami Alemayehu)(74) (Melese Feissa)(90) | 96 |
| | Spain Antonio Prieto10 Martín Fiz15 Alejandro Gómez32 José Manuel García36 Abel Antón38 Constantino Esparcia45 (Antonio Serrano)(61) (Vicente Polo)(69) (José Carlos Adán)(153) | 176 |
| 4 | Portugal Domingos Castro7 Dionísio Castro13 Ezequiel Canario31 António Pinto35 Henrique Crisostomo50 Manuel Matias58 (Juvenal Ribeiro)(96) (Carlos Monteiro)(DNF) (Joaquim Silva)(DNF) | 194 |
| 5 | Morocco Khalid Skah1 Hammou Boutayeb12 Mohamed El Massoudi29 Brahim Lahlafi30 Khaled Boulami94 Hamid Oubadriss102 (Salem Majdoubi)(104) (Moulay Ali Ouadih)(162) | 268 |
| 6 | Italy Salvatore Antibo11 Giuseppe Miccoli43 Salvatore Bettiol47 Carlo Terzer51 Angelo Carosi64 Raffaello Alliegro73 (Walter Durbano)(106) (Adriano Pezzoli)(113) (Franco Boffi)(118) | 289 |
| 7 | Soviet Union Oleg Strizhakov39 Mikhail Khramov40 Oleg Syroyezhko49 Yevgeniy Zherebin60 Sergey Smirnov78 Nikolay Chameyev101 (Gennadiy Temnikov)(151) | 367 |
| 8 | United States Ed Eyestone23 Aaron Ramirez37 Bob Kempainen59 William Taylor79 Terry Croyle110 William Mangan133 (Dennis Leck)(134) (Mark Coogan)(171) (Craig Dickson)(177) | 441 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Richard Nerurkar18 Adrian Passey28 Andy Bristow70 Chris Robison91 Mark King121 Nigel Adams160 (Brian Rushworth)(167) (Deon McNeilly)(190) (Paul Taylor)(DNF) | 488 |
| 10 | Mexico Francisco Pacheco41 Pablo Cerón54 Abundio Mondragon82 Adalberto Velez83 Roberto Ramirez103 Luciano Flores139 (Roberto Alonso)(148) (Manuel Mendoza)(203) | 502 |
| 11 | France Paul Arpin21 Bertrand Itsweire65 Thierry Watrice77 Thierry Pantel99 Pierre Levisse124 Joseph Mahmoud130 (Bruno Le Stum)(144) (Antonio Martins)(155) (Kamel Bouhaloufa)(205) | 516 |
| 12 | Belgium Jos Maes26 Gino van Geyte52 Ivo Claes80 Eddy Hellebuyck105 Mamix Declercq127 Willy Goddaert152 (Ruddy Walem)(168) (Peter Govaerts)(208) | 542 |
| 13 | Australia Pat Carroll42 Peter Brett46 Jamie Harrison48 Colin Dalton109 Shaun Creighton117 Nick de Castella187 (Garry Henry)(217) | 549 |
| 14 | Canada Carey Nelson34 Paul McCloy92 Darren Klassen95 Chris Weber120 Jerry Kooymans142 Norman Tinkham145 (Rorri Currie)(159) (Richard Charette)(194) (Garfield Westgate)(220) | 628 |
| 15 | Brazil Johni Pazin63 José da Silva98 Artur Castro107 Clair Wathier111 Diamantino dos Santos125 Geraldo Francisco de Assis126 (João de Sousa)(140) (Valdenor dos Santos)(170) | 630 |
| 16 | Ireland Gerry Curtis68 Frank O'Mara72 Noel Berkeley76 John Woods84 John Lenihan158 Roy Dooney173 (Martin Ryan)(176) (John Downes)(201) (Enda Fitzpatrick)(213) | 631 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia Zdenek Mezulianik55 Martin Vrabel67 Ivan Uvizl75 Peter Zrastak129 Lubomir Tesacek161 Petr Pipa174 | 661 |
| 18 | Algeria Miloud Djellal53 Sid-Ali Sakhri85 Mohamed Difallah108 Aissa Remel132 Mohamed Taher Kebaili154 Lahcene Babaci165 (Mahieddine Belhadj)(166) (Mourad Bouldjadj)(183) (Mohamed Belabbès)(199) | 697 |
| 19 | Japan Hideyuki Suzuki56 Naomi Okabe57 Shozo Shimoju100 Shojiro Maeda135 Tomihiro Umetsu172 Tsutomu Yuda193 | 713 |
| 20 | Netherlands Martin ten Kate16 Herman Hofstee116 René Godlieb123 Tonnie Dirks150 Aart Stigter181 John Vermeule185 (Henk Gommer)(189) | 771 |
| 21 | Norway Are Nakkim66 Håvard Tveite81 Helge Dolsvåg137 Eirik Hansen157 Terje Näss163 Jørn Holmen186 (Gunnar Skånøy)(197) | 790 |
| 22 | Finland Jari Venäläinen114 Vesa Siivonen122 Arto Kuusisto147 Jukka Tammisuo164 Jörgen Salo182 Kaj Ådjers188 (Tommy Ekblom)(198) (Risto Ulmala)(DNF) | 917 |
| 23 | India Vijay Kumar Mishra131 Suresh Pandey136 Shivkumar Shreshta149 Mohinder Singh184 Fateh Singh202 Leela Ram207 (Sudhir Kumar Singh)(221) | 1009 |
| 24 | Turkey Haydar Dogan86 Sefa Het141 Nihat Bagci180 Ahmet Altun192 Turgay Mese206 Fatih Cintimar212 | 1017 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 230 athletes from 43 countries in the Senior men's race, one athlete (senior men) less than the official number published.
* Algeria (9)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (7)
* Belgium (8)
* Botswana (3)
* Brazil (8)
* Canada (9)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Czechoslovakia (6)
* Denmark (2)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (8)
* France (9)
* India (7)
* Iran (3)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (9)
* Lebanon (1)
* Mauritius (3)
* Mexico (8)
* Morocco (8)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (3)
* Norway (7)
* Paraguay (1)
* Portugal (9)
* Rwanda (1)
* San Marino (1)
* Soviet Union (7)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (3)
* Turkey (6)
* United Kingdom (9)
* United States (9)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zaire (1)
* Zambia (2)