# 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. 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 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | John Ngugi | Kenya | 34:32 |
| | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 34:54 |
| | Kipsubai Koskei | Kenya | 35:07 |
| 4 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 35:22 |
| 5 | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 35:25 |
| 6 | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 35:25 |
| 7 | Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 35:46 |
| 8 | Kip Rono | Kenya | 35:46 |
| 9 | Some Muge | Kenya | 35:48 |
| 10 | Haji Bulbula | Ethiopia | 35:49 |
| 11 | Paul Arpin | France | 35:51 |
| 12 | Habte Negash | Ethiopia | 35:54 |
| 13 | Roger Hackney | United Kingdom | 35:59 |
| 14 | Steve Tunstall | France | 36:04 |
| 15 | John Woods | Ireland | 36:07 |
| 16 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 36:12 |
| 17 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 36:12 |
| 18 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 36:14 |
| 19 | Kozu Akutsu | Japan | 36:15 |
| 20 | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 36:15 |
| 21 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 36:16 |
| 22 | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy | 36:19 |
| 23 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 36:23 |
| 24 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 36:24 |
| 25 | Joël Lucas | France | 36:24 |
| 26 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 36:25 |
| 27 | Steve Binns | United Kingdom | 36:26 |
| 28 | Pat Porter | United States | 36:26 |
| 29 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 36:28 |
| 30 | Cyrille Laventure | France | 36:29 |
| 31 | Harry Green | United States | 36:30 |
| 32 | Jamie Harrison | Australia | 36:32 |
| 33 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 36:33 |
| 34 | David Buzza | United Kingdom | 36:34 |
| 35 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 36:35 |
| 36 | John Campbell | New Zealand | 36:35 |
| 37 | Bruno Levant | France | 36:37 |
| 38 | Tena Negere | Ethiopia | 36:39 |
| 39 | Thierry Pantel | France | 36:41 |
| 40 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 36:43 |
| 41 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 36:45 |
| 42 | John Andrews | Australia | 36:45 |
| 43 | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | 36:46 |
| 44 | Malcolm Norwood | Australia | 36:46 |
| 45 | Derrick Lakeman | United States | 36:47 |
| 46 | George Nicholas | United States | 36:47 |
| 47 | Antonio Silio | Argentina | 36:47 |
| 48 | José Manuel Albentosa | Spain | 36:48 |
| 49 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 36:49 |
| 50 | João de Sousa | Brazil | 36:50 |
| 51 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 36:55 |
| 52 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 36:57 |
| 53 | Mark Dalloway | United Kingdom | 36:58 |
| 54 | Zhang Guowei | China | 36:59 |
| 55 | Kazuya Wakakura | Japan | 36:59 |
| 56 | Dominique Delattre | France | 37:00 |
| 57 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 37:01 |
| 58 | Andy Bristow | United Kingdom | 37:02 |
| 59 | John Halvorsen | Norway | 37:03 |
| 60 | José Regalo | Portugal | 37:05 |
| 61 | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 37:05 |
| 62 | Jeff Cannada | United States | 37:06 |
| 63 | Raffaello Alliegro | Italy | 37:07 |
| 64 | Wolde Silasse Melkessa | Ethiopia | 37:08 |
| 65 | Mahieddine Belhadj | Algeria | 37:09 |
| 66 | Masaru Matsuda | Japan | 37:10 |
| 67 | Martti Vainio | Finland | 37:12 |
| 68 | Kazuya Nishimoto | Japan | 37:14 |
| 69 | El Hachami Abdenouz | Algeria | 37:15 |
| 70 | Aissa Remel | Algeria | 37:16 |
| 71 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 37:16 |
| 72 | Eliseo Rios | Portugal | 37:16 |
| 73 | Arthur Waddle | United States | 37:16 |
| 74 | Chris Pilone | New Zealand | 37:17 |
| 75 | Brad Camp | Australia | 37:18 |
| 76 | Jonathan Richards | United Kingdom | 37:18 |
| 77 | John Bowden | New Zealand | 37:19 |
| 78 | Pat Carroll | Australia | 37:19 |
| 79 | Stanley Mandebele | Zimbabwe | 37:19 |
| 80 | Martin Stock | Australia | 37:20 |
| 81 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 37:22 |
| 82 | Konrad Dobler | West Germany | 37:23 |
| 83 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 37:25 |
| 84 | Dov Kremer | Israel | 37:26 |
| 85 | Allan Zachariasen | Denmark | 37:26 |
| 86 | Peter Van de Kerkhove | Belgium | 37:27 |
| 87 | Werner Mory | Belgium | 37:28 |
| 88 | Mark Stickley | United States | 37:29 |
| 89 | Ralf Salzmann | West Germany | 37:30 |
| 90 | Tom Birnie | New Zealand | 37:31 |
| 91 | Henrique Crisostomo | Portugal | 37:32 |
| 92 | Dave Taylor | Ireland | 37:33 |
| 93 | Gerry Curtis | Ireland | 37:34 |
| 94 | Phillip Clode | New Zealand | 37:34 |
| 95 | Juan José Rosario | Spain | 37:35 |
| 96 | Robert Schneider | West Germany | 37:36 |
| 97 | Doug Cronkite | Canada | 37:38 |
| 98 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 37:38 |
| 99 | Daniel Mutai | Kenya | 37:39 |
| 100 | António Pinto | Portugal | 37:39 |
| 101 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | 37:40 |
| 102 | Craig Virgin | United States | 37:40 |
| 103 | Chris Tobin | New Zealand | 37:40 |
| 104 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 37:42 |
| 105 | Peter Brett | Australia | 37:42 |
| 106 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 37:43 |
| 107 | Darren Klassen | Canada | 37:43 |
| 108 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 37:44 |
| 109 | Chris Robison | United Kingdom | 37:51 |
| 110 | Derek Froude | New Zealand | 37:52 |
| 111 | Håvard Tveite | Norway | 37:54 |
| 112 | Brendan Quinn | Ireland | 37:56 |
| 113 | Patric Nilsson | Sweden | 37:57 |
| 114 | Danvir Singh | India | 37:57 |
| 115 | Sanshiro Kasama | Japan | 38:00 |
| 116 | Miloud Djellal | Algeria | 38:01 |
| 117 | Rod Dixon | New Zealand | 38:03 |
| 118 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 38:04 |
| 119 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 38:05 |
| 120 | Lasmani Merzougui | Algeria | 38:05 |
| 121 | Ivo Rodrigues | Brazil | 38:05 |
| 122 | Eberhard Weyel | West Germany | 38:06 |
| 123 | Eirik Hansen | Norway | 38:07 |
| 124 | Benny Pollentier | Belgium | 38:09 |
| 125 | Kazuhito Yamada | Japan | 38:10 |
| 126 | Marco Gozzano | Italy | 38:11 |
| 127 | John Treacy | Ireland | 38:12 |
| 128 | Abbès Téhami | Algeria | 38:12 |
| 129 | Helge Dolsvåg | Norway | 38:13 |
| 130 | Francisco Sánchez | Spain | 38:14 |
| 131 | Richard O'Flynn | Ireland | 38:22 |
| 132 | John Bolger | Canada | 38:23 |
| 133 | Gurbachan Singh | India | 38:25 |
| 134 | Guo Yijiang | China | 38:27 |
| 135 | Deon McNeilly | United Kingdom | 38:28 |
| 136 | Damiao Silva | Brazil | 38:29 |
| 137 | Udai Pratap Singh | India | 38:29 |
| 138 | Pär Wallin | Sweden | 38:32 |
| 139 | Thomas Sørensen | Denmark | 38:33 |
| 140 | David O'Keefe | United States | 38:34 |
| 141 | Elói Schleder | Brazil | 38:36 |
| 142 | Peter Govaerts | Belgium | 38:38 |
| 143 | Vijay Kumar Mishra | India | 38:39 |
| 144 | Ari Paunonen | Finland | 38:40 |
| 145 | Axel Hardy | West Germany | 38:45 |
| 146 | Pierre Levisse | France | 38:46 |
| 147 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 38:48 |
| 148 | Jari Venäläinen | Finland | 38:56 |
| 149 | Stig Nørregaard | Denmark | 38:56 |
| 150 | El Hadj Mendes | Algeria | 38:59 |
| 151 | Satoshi Kato | Japan | 39:01 |
| 152 | Arnold Mächler | Switzerland | 39:05 |
| 153 | Norman Tinkham | Canada | 39:07 |
| 154 | Jan Ikov | Denmark | 39:09 |
| 155 | Jörgen Salo | Finland | 39:12 |
| 156 | Truls Nygaard | Norway | 39:13 |
| 157 | Michael Halvorsen | Denmark | 39:13 |
| 158 | Engelbert Franz | West Germany | 39:16 |
| 159 | Herman Decoux | Belgium | 39:16 |
| 160 | Lars Bøgh | Denmark | 39:26 |
| 161 | Abdelrazzak Bounour | Algeria | 39:28 |
| 162 | Svein Erik Eide | Norway | 39:29 |
| 163 | Peder Poulsen | Sweden | 39:35 |
| 164 | Allen Hugli | Canada | 39:38 |
| 165 | Alain Boucher | Canada | 39:44 |
| 166 | E. Rajender | India | 39:44 |
| 167 | Hirozumi Kato | Japan | 40:02 |
| 168 | Zephaniah Ncube | Zimbabwe | 40:19 |
| 169 | Marcelo Cascabelo | Argentina | 40:21 |
| 170 | Shivkumar Shreshta | India | 40:21 |
| 171 | Ken Moloney | New Zealand | 40:28 |
| 172 | Anna Durai | India | 40:30 |
| 173 | Hsu Gi-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 40:35 |
| 174 | Chou Hsien-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | 40:39 |
| 175 | Julio César Gómez | Argentina | 40:42 |
| 176 | Michel Jean-Louis | Mauritius | 40:58 |
| 177 | Abel Antón | Spain | 41:20 |
| 178 | Baikuntha Manandhar | Nepal | 41:27 |
| 179 | Tim Soutar | Hong Kong | 41:32 |
| 180 | Shri Chand | Fiji | 41:56 |
| 181 | Cordova Simon | Antigua and Barbuda | 41:57 |
| 182 | Wong Chung Man | Hong Kong | 42:02 |
| 183 | Krishna Bahadur Basnet | Nepal | 42:30 |
| 184 | Lee Yin-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 42:32 |
| 185 | Bobby Singh | Fiji | 42:46 |
| 186 | Dac Bahadur Thapa | Nepal | 43:14 |
| 187 | Fitzroy Browne | Antigua and Barbuda | 43:35 |
| 188 | Davendra Pradesh Singh | Fiji | 43:56 |
| 189 | Ganesh Prasad | Fiji | 44:34 |
| 190 | Vikash Kumar Singh | Fiji | 44:47 |
| 191 | Chandra Bahadur Gurung | Nepal | 44:47 |
| 192 | Moses Zarak Khan | Fiji | 44:58 |
| 193 | Hari Bahadur Barwal | Nepal | 45:20 |
| 194 | Semi Vuetibau | Fiji | 45:40 |
| 195 | John Lorri | Vanuatu | 46:13 |
| 196 | Pushpa Raj Ojha | Nepal | 46:16 |
| 197 | Ashok Kumar | Fiji | 47:12 |
| 198 | Samuelu Samuelu | Western Samoa | 48:41 |
| 199 | Esau Polutu | Western Samoa | 49:10 |
| — | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Rob de Castella | Australia | DNF |
| — | Stefano Mei | Italy | DNF |
| — | Risto Ulmala | Finland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya John Ngugi1 Paul Kipkoech2 Kipsubai Koskei3 Boniface Merande4 Moses Tanui6 Joseph Kiptum7 (Kip Rono)(8) (Some Muge)(9) (Daniel Mutai)(99) | 23 |
| | Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen5 Haji Bulbula10 Habte Negash12 Debebe Demisse20 Melese Feissa23 Chala Kelele33 (Tena Negere)(38) (Wolde Silasse Melkessa)(64) (Bekele Debele)(83) | 103 |
| | France Paul Arpin11 Steve Tunstall14 Jean-Louis Prianon17 Joël Lucas25 Cyrille Laventure30 Bruno Levant37 (Thierry Pantel)(39) (Dominique Delattre)(56) (Pierre Levisse)(146) | 134 |
| 4 | United Kingdom Roger Hackney13 Steve Binns27 David Buzza34 Eamonn Martin43 Mark Dalloway53 Andy Bristow58 (Jonathan Richards)(76) (Chris Robison)(109) (Deon McNeilly)(135) | 228 |
| 5 | Italy Giuseppe Miccoli22 Salvatore Antibo35 Salvatore Bettiol49 Franco Boffi51 Francesco Panetta52 Raffaello Alliegro63 (Ranieri Carenza)(101) (Marco Gozzano)(126) (Stefano Mei)(DNF) | 272 |
| 6 | Spain Alejandro Gómez24 Antonio Prieto29 Vicente Polo40 Antonio Serrano41 José Manuel Albentosa48 Juan José Rosario95 (Constantino Esparcia)(119) (Francisco Sánchez)(130) (Abel Antón)(177) | 277 |
| 7 | United States Pat Porter28 Harry Green31 Derrick Lakeman45 George Nicholas46 Jeff Cannada62 Arthur Waddle73 (Mark Stickley)(88) (Craig Virgin)(102) (David O'Keefe)(140) | 285 |
| 8 | Australia Steve Moneghetti21 Jamie Harrison32 John Andrews42 Malcolm Norwood44 Brad Camp75 Pat Carroll78 (Martin Stock)(80) (Peter Brett)(105) (Rob de Castella)(DNF) | 292 |
| 9 | Portugal Domingos Castro16 Joaquim Pinheiro26 José Regalo60 Fernando Mamede71 Eliseo Rios72 Henrique Crisostomo91 (António Pinto)(100) (Ezequiel Canario)(DNF) (Dionísio Castro)(DNF) | 336 |
| 10 | Japan Kozu Akutsu19 Kazuya Wakakura55 Masaru Matsuda66 Kazuya Nishimoto68 Sanshiro Kasama115 Kazuhito Yamada125 (Satoshi Kato)(151) (Hirozumi Kato)(167) | 448 |
| 11 | New Zealand John Campbell36 Chris Pilone74 John Bowden77 Tom Birnie90 Phillip Clode94 Chris Tobin103 (Derek Froude)(110) (Rod Dixon)(117) (Ken Moloney)(171) | 474 |
| 12 | Ireland John Woods15 Dave Taylor92 Gerry Curtis93 Roy Dooney104 Brendan Quinn112 John Treacy127 (Richard O'Flynn)(131) | 543 |
| 13 | Algeria Mahieddine Belhadj65 El Hachami Abdenouz69 Aissa Remel70 Miloud Djellal116 Lasmani Merzougui120 Abbès Téhami128 (El Hadj Mendes)(150) (Abdelrazzak Bounour)(161) | 568 |
| 14 | Brazil João de Sousa50 Adauto Domingues61 Artur Castro81 Ivo Rodrigues121 Damiao Silva136 Elói Schleder141 | 590 |
| 15 | West Germany Konrad Dobler82 Ralf Salzmann89 Robert Schneider96 Eberhard Weyel122 Axel Hardy145 Engelbert Franz158 | 692 |
| 16 | Belgium Peter Van de Kerkhove86 Werner Mory87 Jos Maes98 Benny Pollentier124 Peter Govaerts142 Herman Decoux159 | 696 |
| 17 | Canada Doug Cronkite97 Carey Nelson106 Darren Klassen107 Paul McCloy108 John Bolger132 Norman Tinkham153 (Allen Hugli)(164) (Alain Boucher)(165) | 703 |
| 18 | Norway John Halvorsen59 Håvard Tveite111 Eirik Hansen123 Helge Dolsvåg129 Truls Nygaard156 Svein Erik Eide162 | 740 |
| 19 | Denmark Allan Zachariasen85 Thomas Sørensen139 Niels Kim Hjorth147 Stig Nørregaard149 Jan Ikov154 Michael Halvorsen157 (Lars Bøgh)(160) | 831 |
| 20 | India Danvir Singh114 Gurbachan Singh133 Udai Pratap Singh137 Vijay Kumar Mishra143 E. Rajender166 Shivkumar Shreshta170 (Anna Durai)(172) | 863 |
| 21 | Fiji Shri Chand180 Bobby Singh185 Davendra Pradesh Singh188 Ganesh Prasad189 Vikash Kumar Singh190 Moses Zarak Khan192 (Semi Vuetibau)(194) (Ashok Kumar)(197) | 1124 |
| 22 | Nepal Baikuntha Manandhar178 Krishna Bahadur Basnet183 Dac Bahadur Thapa186 Chandra Bahadur Gurung191 Hari Bahadur Barwal193 Pushpa Raj Ojha196 | 1127 |
| DNF | Finland Tommy Ekblom(18) Martti Vainio(67) Ari Paunonen(144) Jari Venäläinen(148) Jörgen Salo(155) Risto Ulmala(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 204 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race, two athletes less than the official number published.
* Algeria (8)
* Antigua and Barbuda (2)
* Argentina (3)
* Australia (9)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (6)
* Canada (8)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Denmark (7)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Fiji (8)
* Finland (6)
* France (9)
* Hong Kong (2)
* India (7)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (8)
* Kenya (9)
* Mauritius (1)
* Nepal (6)
* New Zealand (9)
* Norway (6)
* Portugal (9)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (2)
* United Kingdom (9)
* United States (9)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Western Samoa (2)
* West Germany (6)
* Zimbabwe (2)