# 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior 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
### Senior men's race (11.95 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | John Ngugi | Kenya | 36:07 |
| | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 36:07 |
| | Paul Arpin | France | 36:51 |
| 4 | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 36:53 |
| 5 | Some Muge | Kenya | 36:54 |
| 6 | Andrew Masai | Kenya | 37:01 |
| 7 | Pat Porter | United States | 37:04 |
| 8 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 37:08 |
| 9 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 37:09 |
| 10 | Dave Clarke | England | 37:10 |
| 11 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 37:11 |
| 12 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 37:11 |
| 13 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 37:12 |
| 14 | José Regalo | Portugal | 37:13 |
| 15 | Pierre Levisse | France | 37:13 |
| 16 | John Halvorsen | Norway | 37:14 |
| 17 | Haji Bulbula | Ethiopia | 37:14 |
| 18 | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 37:17 |
| 19 | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 37:25 |
| 20 | Carl Thackery | England | 37:25 |
| 21 | Sisa Kirati | Kenya | 37:28 |
| 22 | Kevin Forster | England | 37:30 |
| 23 | Steve Binns | England | 37:31 |
| 24 | Steve Plasencia | United States | 37:31 |
| 25 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 37:31 |
| 26 | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | 37:33 |
| 27 | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 37:37 |
| 28 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 37:38 |
| 29 | Wolde Silasse Melkessa | Ethiopia | 37:39 |
| 30 | David Burridge | New Zealand | 37:42 |
| 31 | Stanley Mandebele | Zimbabwe | 37:42 |
| 32 | Marco Gozzano | Italy | 37:43 |
| 33 | Craig Mochrie | England | 37:43 |
| 34 | Kazuya Nishimoto | Japan | 37:43 |
| 35 | John Woods | Ireland | 37:44 |
| 36 | Severino Bernardini | Italy | 37:45 |
| 37 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 37:46 |
| 38 | Jonathan Richards | England | 37:47 |
| 39 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 37:48 |
| 40 | Nat Muir | Scotland | 37:49 |
| 41 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 37:49 |
| 42 | Abel Antón | Spain | 37:51 |
| 43 | Tim Hutchings | England | 37:51 |
| 44 | Konrad Dobler | West Germany | 37:52 |
| 45 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 37:53 |
| 46 | Paul Roden | England | 37:56 |
| 47 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 37:57 |
| 48 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 37:57 |
| 49 | Habib Romdani | Tunisia | 37:58 |
| 50 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 37:59 |
| 51 | El Hachami Abdenouz | Algeria | 38:00 |
| 52 | Arnold Mächler | Switzerland | 38:01 |
| 53 | Habte Negash | Ethiopia | 38:01 |
| 54 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 38:02 |
| 55 | Emmanuel Goulin | France | 38:02 |
| 56 | Fethi Manai | Tunisia | 38:03 |
| 57 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 38:04 |
| 58 | Jarl Gaute Aase | Norway | 38:04 |
| 59 | Martin McLoughlin | England | 38:05 |
| 60 | Krzysztof Wesołowski | Poland | 38:08 |
| 61 | Juan José Rosario | Spain | 38:08 |
| 62 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 38:09 |
| 63 | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | 38:10 |
| 64 | Eddy De Pauw | Belgium | 38:11 |
| 65 | Peter Butler | Canada | 38:11 |
| 66 | Abderrazak Gtari | Tunisia | 38:11 |
| 67 | Samuel Nyangincha | Kenya | 38:11 |
| 68 | Thierry Pantel | France | 38:12 |
| 69 | Martin Vrabel | Czechoslovakia | 38:12 |
| 70 | Chala Urgessa | Ethiopia | 38:12 |
| 71 | Kozu Akutsu | Japan | 38:14 |
| 72 | Ralf Salzmann | West Germany | 38:15 |
| 73 | Erik De Beck | Belgium | 38:16 |
| 74 | Ken Moloney | New Zealand | 38:17 |
| 75 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 38:17 |
| 76 | John Jenkins | Wales | 38:18 |
| 77 | Mats Erixon | Sweden | 38:18 |
| 78 | Peter Van de Kerkhove | Belgium | 38:19 |
| 79 | Rex Wilson | New Zealand | 38:19 |
| 80 | Mahieddine Belhadj | Algeria | 38:20 |
| 81 | Valentin Rodríguez | Spain | 38:22 |
| 82 | Bogusław Mamiński | Poland | 38:26 |
| 83 | Jan Huruk | Poland | 38:27 |
| 84 | Peter Brett | Australia | 38:28 |
| 85 | Bernd Bürger | West Germany | 38:30 |
| 86 | Helge Dolsvåg | Norway | 38:30 |
| 87 | George Nicholas | United States | 38:30 |
| 88 | Shuzo Nakajima | Japan | 38:31 |
| 89 | Mahmoud Hazzazi | Algeria | 38:33 |
| 90 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 38:34 |
| 91 | Gregor Cameron | New Zealand | 38:34 |
| 92 | Paul O'Callaghan | Ireland | 38:35 |
| 93 | Tonnie Dirks | Netherlands | 38:36 |
| 94 | Art Boileau | Canada | 38:36 |
| 95 | Jean-Yves Berau | France | 38:36 |
| 96 | Negatu Seyoum | Ethiopia | 38:36 |
| 97 | William Vanhuylenbroek | Belgium | 38:37 |
| 98 | Graeme Fell | Canada | 38:37 |
| 99 | Paul Wheeler | Wales | 38:38 |
| 100 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 38:38 |
| 101 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 38:39 |
| 102 | Abdelhak Henane | Algeria | 38:40 |
| 103 | Santiago Llorente | Spain | 38:42 |
| 104 | António Pinto | Portugal | 38:43 |
| 105 | Aart Stigter | Netherlands | 38:44 |
| 106 | Cándido Alario | Spain | 38:45 |
| 107 | Steve Jones | Wales | 38:45 |
| 108 | Brad Camp | Australia | 38:46 |
| 109 | Rob Lonergan | Canada | 38:46 |
| 110 | Diamantino dos Santos | Brazil | 38:46 |
| 111 | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy | 38:47 |
| 112 | Zdenek Mezulianik | Czechoslovakia | 38:47 |
| 113 | Doug Cronkite | Canada | 38:47 |
| 114 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 38:48 |
| 115 | Spiridon Andreopoulos | Greece | 38:49 |
| 116 | Lasmani Merzougui | Algeria | 38:49 |
| 117 | Marc Borghans | Netherlands | 38:49 |
| 118 | Axel Hardy | West Germany | 38:50 |
| 119 | Sławomir Gurny | Poland | 38:50 |
| 120 | Mike Bishop | Wales | 38:50 |
| 121 | Dag Øxnevad | Norway | 38:50 |
| 122 | Jonny Danielson | Sweden | 38:51 |
| 123 | Vincent Kibiwott | Kenya | 38:51 |
| 124 | Mohamed Difallah | Algeria | 38:52 |
| 125 | Truls Nygaard | Norway | 38:52 |
| 126 | Gianni Demadonna | Italy | 38:52 |
| 127 | David Barney | United States | 38:54 |
| 128 | Peter McColgan | Northern Ireland | 38:54 |
| 129 | Fernando Couto | Portugal | 38:55 |
| 130 | Mohamed Salah Rajhi | Tunisia | 38:56 |
| 131 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 38:57 |
| 132 | Melusi Ndhlela | Zimbabwe | 38:57 |
| 133 | Farai Kamucheka | Zimbabwe | 38:59 |
| 134 | Chris Buckley | Wales | 39:02 |
| 135 | Willy Goddaert | Belgium | 39:03 |
| 136 | Ieuan Ellis | Wales | 39:03 |
| 137 | Terence Mitchell | Scotland | 39:07 |
| 138 | Jacques Krähenbühl | Switzerland | 39:09 |
| 139 | Gerry Deegan | Ireland | 39:09 |
| 140 | Patric Nilsson | Sweden | 39:10 |
| 141 | Herman Hofstee | Netherlands | 39:10 |
| 142 | Zdenek Moravcik | Czechoslovakia | 39:10 |
| 143 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 39:12 |
| 144 | Brahim Ayachi | Tunisia | 39:12 |
| 145 | Bogusław Psujek | Poland | 39:14 |
| 146 | John Robson | Scotland | 39:15 |
| 147 | Pierre-Andre Gobet | Switzerland | 39:16 |
| 148 | Michel Franssen | Netherlands | 39:19 |
| 149 | Chris Robison | Scotland | 39:19 |
| 150 | Cyrille Laventure | France | 39:20 |
| 151 | Rebai Settouh | Algeria | 39:20 |
| 152 | Tommy Murray | Scotland | 39:20 |
| 153 | Tadayoshi Kametaka | Japan | 39:22 |
| 154 | James Fallon | Ireland | 39:22 |
| 155 | David Rush | New Zealand | 39:23 |
| 156 | Adam Hoyle | Australia | 39:23 |
| 157 | Andrzej Malicki | Poland | 39:23 |
| 158 | Oddmund Roalkvam | Norway | 39:26 |
| 159 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | 39:26 |
| 160 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 39:26 |
| 161 | Douglas Tolson | United States | 39:30 |
| 162 | Brahim Boudina | Algeria | 39:30 |
| 163 | Miroslav Bauckmann | Czechoslovakia | 39:31 |
| 164 | Kazimierz Lasecki | Poland | 39:31 |
| 165 | Håkan Börjesson | Sweden | 39:31 |
| 166 | Martin Stock | Australia | 39:32 |
| 167 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 39:33 |
| 168 | Rainer Gutschank | West Germany | 39:34 |
| 169 | Gentil de Mello | Brazil | 39:35 |
| 170 | Kerry Rodger | New Zealand | 39:36 |
| 171 | Fotios Kourtis | Greece | 39:37 |
| 172 | Nicos Vasiliou | Cyprus | 39:38 |
| 173 | Luis Horta | Portugal | 39:39 |
| 174 | Thierry Watrice | France | 39:42 |
| 175 | James Mutsimba | Zimbabwe | 39:43 |
| 176 | Nicolas Nyengerai | Zimbabwe | 39:43 |
| 177 | Gerard Barrett | Australia | 39:44 |
| 178 | Gerry Craig | Ireland | 39:46 |
| 179 | Chris Tobin | New Zealand | 39:48 |
| 180 | Neil Tennant | Scotland | 39:48 |
| 181 | Charles Haskett | Scotland | 39:49 |
| 182 | Shane Marshall | New Zealand | 39:54 |
| 183 | Khristos Papakhristos | Greece | 39:55 |
| 184 | Satoshi Yano | Japan | 39:55 |
| 185 | Clovis Estevam | Brazil | 39:56 |
| 186 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 39:57 |
| 187 | Konstantin Kyriazis | Greece | 39:58 |
| 188 | Mark Kirk | Northern Ireland | 39:59 |
| 189 | Markus Graf | Switzerland | 40:00 |
| 190 | Deon McNeilly | Northern Ireland | 40:01 |
| 191 | Geoffrey Wade | Northern Ireland | 40:03 |
| 192 | Ross Copestake | Scotland | 40:04 |
| 193 | Norman Tinkham | Canada | 40:05 |
| 194 | Thomas Sørensen | Denmark | 40:08 |
| 195 | Raymond Pannier | France | 40:09 |
| 196 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | 40:10 |
| 197 | Zephaniah Ncube | Zimbabwe | 40:10 |
| 198 | Robert Hodge | United States | 40:13 |
| 199 | Tony Simmons | Wales | 40:16 |
| 200 | Hichem Oueslati | Tunisia | 40:19 |
| 201 | Peter Govaerts | Belgium | 40:19 |
| 202 | Jolar de Azevedo | Brazil | 40:20 |
| 203 | Hari Singh | India | 40:21 |
| 204 | John Christiansen | Denmark | 40:24 |
| 205 | Gerald Neely | Northern Ireland | 40:25 |
| 206 | Emmanuel Handzos | Greece | 40:25 |
| 207 | Elias de Moura | Brazil | 40:26 |
| 208 | Philippe Lahuerte | Canada | 40:28 |
| 209 | Romuald Krupanek | Poland | 40:29 |
| 210 | Richard Mulligan | Ireland | 40:29 |
| 211 | Tomasz Kozłowski | Poland | 40:31 |
| 212 | Brendan Downey | Ireland | 40:33 |
| 213 | Kurt Huerst | Switzerland | 40:33 |
| 214 | Markus Hacksteiner | Switzerland | 40:36 |
| 215 | Ezzedine Amdouni | Tunisia | 40:36 |
| 216 | Zeki Öztürk | Turkey | 40:37 |
| 217 | John McDowell | Northern Ireland | 40:39 |
| 218 | Jamie Harrison | Australia | 40:39 |
| 219 | Anastasiou Psathas | Greece | 40:44 |
| 220 | Jan-Erik Arvidsson | Sweden | 40:45 |
| 221 | Guido Sasse | Netherlands | 40:47 |
| 222 | Chauhan Jagat Singh | India | 40:49 |
| 223 | Randy Reina | United States | 40:51 |
| 224 | Mohamed Hammami | Tunisia | 40:57 |
| 225 | Hsu Gi-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 41:01 |
| 226 | Gregorio Lavandoski | Brazil | 41:06 |
| 227 | Savas Koubouras | Greece | 41:08 |
| 228 | Basil Brown | Jamaica | 41:09 |
| 229 | Marc van Rooy | Netherlands | 41:11 |
| 230 | Gerard Kiernan | Ireland | 41:13 |
| 231 | Ernie Cunningham | Northern Ireland | 41:14 |
| 232 | Shivkumar Shreshta | India | 41:15 |
| 233 | Amit Ne'eman | Israel | 41:31 |
| 234 | Linton McKenzie | Jamaica | 41:37 |
| 235 | Mohamed Idriss | Egypt | 41:39 |
| 236 | Ashok Kumar | India | 41:40 |
| 237 | Isao Saito | Japan | 41:40 |
| 238 | Surender Pal Singh | India | 41:41 |
| 239 | Prem Singh | India | 41:43 |
| 240 | Fotios Bourkoulas | Greece | 41:51 |
| 241 | Liu Chang-Chung | Chinese Taipei | 41:56 |
| 242 | João Pereira | Brazil | 41:58 |
| 243 | Pyara Singh | India | 41:59 |
| 244 | Derick Adamson | Jamaica | 42:03 |
| 245 | Nigel Adams | Wales | 42:05 |
| 246 | Ho Hsin-Ye | Chinese Taipei | 42:06 |
| 247 | David Lonnen | Northern Ireland | 42:08 |
| 248 | Kenji Ide | Japan | 42:21 |
| 249 | Mark Elliott | Jamaica | 42:39 |
| 250 | Chou Hsien-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | 42:48 |
| 251 | Tim Soutar | Hong Kong | 42:56 |
| 252 | Demetrios Thephylactou | Cyprus | 42:57 |
| 253 | Lee Yin-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 43:05 |
| 254 | Cebert Cooper | Jamaica | 43:12 |
| 255 | Vasilios Chimonis | Cyprus | 43:14 |
| 256 | Kharalambos Pratsis | Cyprus | 43:20 |
| 257 | Wu Yu-Chia | Chinese Taipei | 43:42 |
| 258 | Kamel Amine Taha | Egypt | 43:43 |
| 259 | John Walsh | Northern Ireland | 43:44 |
| 260 | Mohamed Haremes | Egypt | 43:50 |
| 261 | Efthymious Loizi | Cyprus | 43:52 |
| 262 | Joseph Crossley | Hong Kong | 43:55 |
| 263 | Maurice Szeto-Jan | Hong Kong | 44:05 |
| 264 | Paul Smith | Jamaica | 44:13 |
| 265 | Nikólaos Leonidou | Cyprus | 44:18 |
| 266 | Alvin Bernard | Jamaica | 44:23 |
| 267 | Hsu Kuang-Piao | Chinese Taipei | 44:37 |
| 268 | Wong Chung Man | Hong Kong | 45:00 |
| 269 | Hon Kwai Kwok | Hong Kong | 45:13 |
| 270 | Andreas Anastasoiu | Cyprus | 45:24 |
| 271 | Wong Ip Chor | Hong Kong | 45:27 |
| 272 | Georgios Kyriacou | Cyprus | 45:37 |
| 273 | Wong Sai Hine | Hong Kong | 45:39 |
| 274 | Ming Kuen Hon | Hong Kong | 46:31 |
| — | Domingos Castro | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Peder Poulsen | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Engelbert Franz | West Germany | DNF |
| — | Thorsten Jakobsson | Sweden | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya John Ngugi1 Paul Kipkoech2 Some Muge5 Andrew Masai6 Moses Tanui18 Sisa Kirati21 (Boniface Merande)(48) (Samuel Nyangincha)(67) (Vincent Kibiwott)(123) | 53 |
| | England Dave Clarke10 Carl Thackery20 Kevin Forster22 Steve Binns23 Craig Mochrie33 Jonathan Richards38 (Tim Hutchings)(43) (Paul Roden)(46) (Martin McLoughlin)(59) | 146 |
| | Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen4 Haji Bulbula17 Wodajo Bulti27 Wolde Silasse Melkessa29 Melese Feissa39 Bekele Debele45 (Habte Negash)(53) (Chala Urgessa)(70) (Negatu Seyoum)(96) | 161 |
| 4 | Italy Francesco Panetta13 Gelindo Bordin26 Marco Gozzano32 Severino Bernardini36 Salvatore Bettiol54 Franco Boffi62 (Giuseppe Miccoli)(111) (Gianni Demadonna)(126) (Alberto Cova)(186) | 223 |
| 5 | France Paul Arpin3 Bruno Le Stum9 Pierre Levisse15 Emmanuel Goulin55 Thierry Pantel68 Jean-Yves Berau95 (Cyrille Laventure)(150) (Thierry Watrice)(174) (Raymond Pannier)(195) | 245 |
| 6 | Portugal José Regalo14 Fernando Mamede37 Joaquim Pinheiro41 Ezequiel Canario50 Dionísio Castro63 António Pinto104 (Fernando Couto)(129) (Luis Horta)(173) (Domingos Castro)(DNF) | 309 |
| 7 | Spain Constantino Esparcia25 Vicente Polo28 Abel Antón42 Juan José Rosario61 Valentin Rodríguez81 Santiago Llorente103 (Cándido Alario)(106) (Alejandro Gómez)(114) (Antonio Prieto)(131) | 340 |
| 8 | Belgium Vincent Rousseau19 Jos Maes47 Eddy de Pauw64 Eric de Beck73 Peter Van de Kerkhove78 Willy van Huylenbroeck97 (Willy Goddaert)(135) (Peter Govaerts)(201) | 378 |
| 9 | United States Pat Porter7 Ed Eyestone12 Steve Plasencia24 George Nicholas87 David Barney127 Douglas Tolson161 (Robert Hodge)(198) (Randy Reina)(223) | 418 |
| 10 | Canada Paul McCloy8 Peter Butler65 Art Boileau94 Graeme Fell98 Rob Lonergan109 Doug Cronkite113 (Alain Bordeleau)(143) (Norman Tinkham)(193) (Philippe Lahuerte)(208) | 487 |
| 11 | Algeria El Hachami Abdenouz51 Mahieddine Belhadj80 Mahmoud Hazzazi89 Abdelhak Henane102 Lasmani Merzougui116 Mohamed Difallah124 (Rebai Settouh)(151) (Brahim Boudina)(162) | 562 |
| 12 | Norway John Halvorsen16 Jarl Gaute Aase58 Helge Dolsvåg86 Dag Øxnevad121 Truls Nygaard125 Oddmund Roalkvam158 | 564 |
| 13 | West Germany Konrad Dobler44 Ralf Salzmann72 Bernd Bürger85 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann101 Axel Hardy118 Rainer Gutschank168 (Engelbert Franz)(DNF) | 588 |
| 14 | New Zealand David Burridge30 Ken Moloney74 Rex Wilson79 Gregor Cameron91 David Rush155 Kerry Rodger170 (Chris Tobin)(179) (Shane Marshall)(182) | 599 |
| 15 | Tunisia Habib Romdani49 Fethi Manai56 Abderrazak Gtari66 Mohamed Salah Rajhi130 Brahim Ayachi144 Adelaziz Bouguerra159 (Hichem Oueslati)(200) (Ezzedine Amdouni)(215) (Mohamed Hammami)(224) | 604 |
| 16 | Japan Kazuya Nishimoto34 Kozu Akutsu71 Shuichi Yoneshige75 Shuzo Nakajima88 Tadayoshi Kametaka153 Satoshi Yano184 (Isao Saito)(237) (Kenji Ide)(248) | 605 |
| 17 | Poland Krzysztof Wesołowski60 Bogusław Mamiński82 Jan Huruk83 Sławomir Gurny119 Bogusław Psujek145 Andrzej Malicki157 (Kazimierz Lasecki)(164) (Romuald Krupanek)(209) (Tomasz Kozłowski)(211) | 646 |
| 18 | Sweden Lars-Erik Nilsson57 Mats Erixon77 Jan Hagelbrand90 Jonny Danielson122 Patric Nilsson140 Håkan Börjesson165 (Jan-Erik Arvidsson)(220) (Peder Poulsen)(DNF) (Thorsten Jakobsson)(DNF) | 651 |
| 19 | Wales John Jenkins76 Paul Wheeler99 Steve Jones107 Mike Bishop120 Chris Buckley134 Ieuan Ellis136 (Tony Simmons)(199) (Nigel Adams)(245) | 672 |
| 20 | Ireland John Woods35 Paul O'Callaghan92 Roy Dooney100 Gerry Deegan139 James Fallon154 Gerry Craig178 (Richard Mulligan)(210) (Brendan Downey)(212) (Gerard Kiernan)(230) | 698 |
| 21 | Australia Steve Moneghetti11 Peter Brett84 Brad Camp108 Adam Hoyle156 Martin Stock166 Gerard Barrett177 (Jamie Harrison)(218) | 702 |
| 22 | Scotland Nat Muir40 Terence Mitchell137 John Robson146 Chris Robison149 Tommy Murray152 Neil Tennant180 (Charles Haskett)(181) (Ross Copestake)(192) (Allister Hutton)(196) | 804 |
| 23 | Netherlands Tonnie Dirks93 Aart Stigter105 Marc Borghans117 Herman Hofstee141 Michel Franssen148 Guido Sasse221 (Marc van Rooy)(229) | 825 |
| 24 | Zimbabwe Stanley Mandebele31 Melusi Ndhlela132 Farai Kamucheka133 James Mutsimba175 Nicolas Nyengerai176 Zephaniah Ncube197 | 844 |
| 25 | Switzerland Arnold Mächler52 Jacques Krähenbühl138 Pierre-Andre Gobet147 Marius Hasler160 Markus Graf189 Kurt Huerst213 (Markus Hacksteiner)(214) | 899 |
| 26 | Greece Spiridon Andreopoulos115 Fotios Kourtis171 Khristos Papakhristos183 Konstantin Kyriazis187 Emmanuel Handzos206 Anastasiou Psathas219 (Savas Koubouras)(227) (Fotios Bourkoulas)(240) | 1081 |
| 27 | Brazil Diamantino dos Santos110 Gentil de Mello169 Clovis Estevam185 Jolar de Azevedo202 Elias de Moura207 Gregorio Lavandoski226 (João Pereira)(242) | 1099 |
| 28 | Northern Ireland Peter McColgan128 Mark Kirk188 Deon McNeilly190 Geoffrey Wade191 Gerald Neely205 John McDowell217 (Ernie Cunningham)(231) (David Lonnen)(247) (John Walsh)(259) | 1119 |
| 29 | India Hari Singh203 Chauhan Jagat Singh222 Shivkumar Shreshta232 Ashok Kumar236 Surender Pal Singh238 Prem Singh239 (Pyara Singh)(243) | 1370 |
| 30 | Cyprus Nicos Vasiliou172 Demetrios Thephylactou252 Vasilios Chimonis255 Kharalambos Pratsis256 Efthymious Loizi261 Nikólaos Leonidou265 (Andreas Anastasoiu)(270) (Georgios Kyriacou)(272) | 1461 |
| 31 | Chinese Taipei Hsu Gi-Sheng225 Liu Chang-Chung241 Ho Hsin-Ye246 Chou Hsien-Kuang250 Lee Yin-Sheng253 Wu Yu-Chia257 (Hsu Kuang-Piao)(267) | 1472 |
| 32 | Jamaica Basil Brown228 Linton McKenzie234 Derick Adamson244 Mark Elliott249 Cebert Cooper254 Paul Smith264 (Alvin Bernard)(266) | 1473 |
| 33 | Hong Kong Tim Soutar251 Joseph Crossley262 Maurice Szeto-Jan263 Wong Chung Man268 Hon Kwai Kwok269 Wong Ip Chor271 (Wong Sai Hine)(273) (Ming Kuen Hon)(274) | 1584 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 278 athletes from 38 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (8)
* Australia (7)
* Belgium (8)
* Brazil (7)
* Canada (9)
* Chinese Taipei (7)
* Cyprus (8)
* Czechoslovakia (4)
* Denmark (3)
* Egypt (3)
* England (9)
* Ethiopia (9)
* France (9)
* Greece (8)
* Hong Kong (8)
* India (7)
* Ireland (9)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (9)
* Jamaica (7)
* Japan (8)
* Kenya (9)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (8)
* Northern Ireland (9)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (9)
* Portugal (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (7)
* Tunisia (9)
* Turkey (1)
* United States (8)
* Wales (8)
* West Germany (7)
* Zimbabwe (6)