# 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. 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 | 39:42 |
| | Tim Hutchings | United Kingdom | 40:10 |
| | Wilfred Kirochi | Kenya | 40:21 |
| 4 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 40:24 |
| 5 | Tesfaye Tafa | Ethiopia | 40:26 |
| 6 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 40:29 |
| 7 | Andrew Masai | Kenya | 40:32 |
| 8 | Kipkemboi Kimeli | Kenya | 40:34 |
| 9 | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 40:42 |
| 10 | John Halvorsen | Norway | 40:45 |
| 11 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 40:48 |
| 12 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 40:51 |
| 13 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 40:53 |
| 14 | Gary Staines | United Kingdom | 40:55 |
| 15 | Dave Clarke | United Kingdom | 40:56 |
| 16 | Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 40:57 |
| 17 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 41:00 |
| 18 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 41:02 |
| 19 | Thierry Pantel | France | 41:03 |
| 20 | Francisco Alario | Spain | 41:07 |
| 21 | Pierre Levisse | France | 41:09 |
| 22 | Craig Mochrie | United Kingdom | 41:13 |
| 23 | Haydar Dogan | Turkey | 41:21 |
| 24 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 41:22 |
| 25 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 41:23 |
| 26 | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | 41:24 |
| 27 | Wolde Silasse Melkessa | Ethiopia | 41:25 |
| 28 | Carlo Terzer | Italy | 41:26 |
| 29 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 41:30 |
| 30 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 41:31 |
| 31 | Pat Porter | United States | 41:31 |
| 32 | Leszek Bebło | Poland | 41:42 |
| 33 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 41:43 |
| 34 | Raf Wijns | Belgium | 41:44 |
| 35 | Gerry Curtis | Ireland | 41:44 |
| 36 | Jackson Ruto | Kenya | 41:45 |
| 37 | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 41:46 |
| 38 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | 41:47 |
| 39 | Mark Coogan | United States | 41:49 |
| 40 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 41:49 |
| 41 | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | 41:50 |
| 42 | Darren Wilson | Australia | 41:51 |
| 43 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 41:51 |
| 44 | Ibrahim Kinuthia | Kenya | 41:53 |
| 45 | Dave Lewis | United Kingdom | 41:54 |
| 46 | Cyrille Laventure | France | 41:58 |
| 47 | Haji Bulbula | Ethiopia | 41:59 |
| 48 | Manuel Matias | Portugal | 42:00 |
| 49 | Richard Nerurkar | United Kingdom | 42:00 |
| 50 | Risto Ulmala | Finland | 42:01 |
| 51 | Aart Stigter | Netherlands | 42:02 |
| 52 | Bruno Levant | France | 42:03 |
| 53 | Rex Wilson | New Zealand | 42:05 |
| 54 | François Barreau | France | 42:06 |
| 55 | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 42:07 |
| 56 | Khalid Skah | Morocco | 42:09 |
| 57 | Andrew Lloyd | Australia | 42:11 |
| 58 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 42:12 |
| 59 | Malcolm Norwood | Australia | 42:15 |
| 60 | Nick de Castella | Australia | 42:16 |
| 61 | Doug Cronkite | Canada | 42:17 |
| 62 | Adam Hoyle | Australia | 42:17 |
| 63 | Martín Fiz | Spain | 42:18 |
| 64 | Shozo Shimoju | Japan | 42:19 |
| 65 | Derrick Lakeman | United States | 42:22 |
| 66 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 42:23 |
| 67 | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | 42:24 |
| 68 | Raffaello Alliegro | Italy | 42:24 |
| 69 | Karol Dolega | Poland | 42:25 |
| 70 | Håkan Börjesson | Sweden | 42:26 |
| 71 | Vanderlei de Lima | Brazil | 42:28 |
| 72 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 42:29 |
| 73 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 42:30 |
| 74 | Ravil Kashapov | Soviet Union | 42:30 |
| 75 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 42:31 |
| 76 | Jean Lagarde | Canada | 42:32 |
| 77 | Bedile Kibret | Ethiopia | 42:36 |
| 78 | Severino Bernardini | Italy | 42:38 |
| 79 | John Woods | Ireland | 42:40 |
| 80 | Paul Williams | Canada | 42:43 |
| 81 | Tom Ansberry | United States | 42:44 |
| 82 | Aaron Ramirez | United States | 42:45 |
| 83 | Simon Gutierrez | United States | 42:46 |
| 84 | Fernando Couto | Portugal | 42:46 |
| 85 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 42:47 |
| 86 | Jonny Danielson | Sweden | 42:48 |
| 87 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 42:48 |
| 88 | Miroslaw Golebiewski | Poland | 42:49 |
| 89 | Roger Gjøvaag | Norway | 42:50 |
| 90 | Luc Peerlinck | Belgium | 42:51 |
| 91 | Yevgeniy Okorokov | Soviet Union | 42:51 |
| 92 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 42:52 |
| 93 | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | 42:52 |
| 94 | Mohamed El Massoudi | Morocco | 42:53 |
| 95 | Johni Pazin | Brazil | 42:55 |
| 96 | Peter Brett | Australia | 42:55 |
| 97 | Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 42:56 |
| 98 | Sanshiro Kasama | Japan | 42:57 |
| 99 | Marti ten Kate | Netherlands | 42:58 |
| 100 | Markus Graf | Switzerland | 42:59 |
| 101 | Mikhail Dasko | Soviet Union | 42:59 |
| 102 | Willy van Huylenbroeck | Belgium | 43:00 |
| 103 | Harri Hänninen | Finland | 43:00 |
| 104 | Espen Borge | Norway | 43:01 |
| 105 | Mads Jacobsen | Denmark | 43:04 |
| 106 | Andy Ronan | Ireland | 43:05 |
| 107 | Kozu Akutsu | Japan | 43:11 |
| 108 | Vesa Siivonen | Finland | 43:12 |
| 109 | Herman Decoux | Belgium | 43:13 |
| 110 | Kazunichi Yamada | Japan | 43:13 |
| 111 | Thierry Watrice | France | 43:14 |
| 112 | Diamantino dos Santos | Brazil | 43:14 |
| 113 | Håkan Eriksson | Sweden | 43:16 |
| 114 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 43:19 |
| 115 | Stefano Mei | Italy | 43:21 |
| 116 | John Vermeule | Netherlands | 43:22 |
| 117 | Bo Reed | United States | 43:23 |
| 118 | Henryk Jankowski | Poland | 43:23 |
| 119 | Thomas Sørensen | Denmark | 43:24 |
| 120 | Henk Gommer | Netherlands | 43:26 |
| 121 | Yevgeniy Leontyev | Soviet Union | 43:27 |
| 122 | Graeme Fell | Canada | 43:27 |
| 123 | Sergey Maksimov | Soviet Union | 43:28 |
| 124 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 43:29 |
| 125 | Habte Negash | Ethiopia | 43:31 |
| 126 | Angelo Carosi | Italy | 43:32 |
| 127 | Tom Maher | Ireland | 43:33 |
| 128 | João de Sousa | Brazil | 43:33 |
| 129 | Toshiyuki Hayata | Japan | 43:34 |
| 130 | Antonio da Silva | Brazil | 43:34 |
| 131 | Are Nakkim | Norway | 43:35 |
| 132 | Oleg Syroyezhko | Soviet Union | 43:36 |
| 133 | Takehiko Miura | Japan | 43:38 |
| 134 | Terje Näss | Norway | 43:40 |
| 135 | Art Boileau | Canada | 43:42 |
| 136 | Geoff Turnbull | United Kingdom | 43:43 |
| 137 | José Manuel Albentosa | Spain | 43:45 |
| 138 | Patric Nilsson | Sweden | 43:47 |
| 139 | Slawomir Majusiak | Poland | 43:50 |
| 140 | Akira Nakamura | Japan | 43:51 |
| 141 | Dag Øxnevad | Norway | 43:52 |
| 142 | Håvard Tveite | Norway | 43:54 |
| 143 | Antonio Humberto | Colombia | 43:55 |
| 144 | Mark Stickley | United States | 43:56 |
| 145 | Mark Furlan | New Zealand | 43:56 |
| 146 | Jörgen Salo | Finland | 44:03 |
| 147 | Stig Nørregaard | Denmark | 44:13 |
| 148 | Allen Hugli | Canada | 44:15 |
| 149 | Jan Huruk | Poland | 44:22 |
| 150 | David Carrie | Ireland | 44:23 |
| 151 | Kenji Ayabe | Japan | 44:24 |
| 152 | Steen Christensen | Denmark | 44:26 |
| 153 | Eirik Hansen | Norway | 44:30 |
| 154 | Jari Venäläinen | Finland | 44:33 |
| 155 | Sabag Shemtov | Israel | 44:36 |
| 156 | Ahmed Chantibou | Morocco | 44:39 |
| 157 | Patrik Merup | Sweden | 44:45 |
| 158 | John Fitzgerald | Ireland | 44:47 |
| 159 | German Peña | Colombia | 44:57 |
| 160 | Jukka Tammisuo | Finland | 45:01 |
| 161 | Jamie Harrison | Australia | 45:03 |
| 162 | Arcario Tamayo | Venezuela | 45:05 |
| 163 | David Rush | New Zealand | 45:12 |
| 164 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 45:17 |
| 165 | Jyrki Ojennus | Finland | 45:17 |
| 166 | Örjan Hemström | Sweden | 45:18 |
| 167 | Roger Jaspers | Netherlands | 45:22 |
| 168 | Peter Würtz | Denmark | 45:31 |
| 169 | Søren Munch | Denmark | 45:34 |
| 170 | Nicos Vasiliou | Cyprus | 45:38 |
| 171 | Junichi Takita | Japan | 45:39 |
| 172 | Oscar González | Venezuela | 45:41 |
| 173 | Visa Orttenvuori | Finland | 45:42 |
| 174 | Mohamed Moujani | Morocco | 45:42 |
| 175 | John Sheehan | Australia | 45:57 |
| 176 | Peter Troldborg | Denmark | 46:02 |
| 177 | Zeki Öztürk | Turkey | 46:08 |
| 178 | Clive Hamilton | Jamaica | 46:08 |
| 179 | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 46:25 |
| 180 | Johann Ingibergsson | Iceland | 46:31 |
| 181 | Frimann Hreinsson | Iceland | 46:35 |
| 182 | Ho Hsin-Ye | Chinese Taipei | 46:39 |
| 183 | Driss Hamdi | Morocco | 46:48 |
| 184 | Chou Hsien-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | 46:50 |
| 185 | Derick Adamson | Jamaica | 46:55 |
| 186 | James Stafford | Canada | 47:00 |
| 187 | Gunnlaugur Skulason | Iceland | 47:03 |
| 188 | Mohamed Nasser Al-Zaidi | North Yemen | 47:19 |
| 189 | Linton McKenzie | Jamaica | 47:21 |
| 190 | Agust Thorsteinsson | Iceland | 47:46 |
| 191 | Sigurdur Sigmundsson | Iceland | 48:32 |
| 192 | Daniel Gudmundsson | Iceland | 48:58 |
| 193 | Mohamed Ahmed Shared | North Yemen | 49:47 |
| 194 | Kristjan Skuli Asgeirsson | Iceland | 51:09 |
| 195 | Naraindra Chutto | Mauritius | 51:21 |
| — | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Roger Hackney | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Carlos Monteiro | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Pär Wallin | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Walter Merlo | Italy | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya John Ngugi1 Wilfred Kirochi3 Andrew Masai7 Kipkemboi Kimeli8 Moses Tanui9 Joseph Kiptum16 (Boniface Merande)(25) (Jackson Ruto)(36) (Ibrahim Kinuthia)(44) | 44 |
| | United Kingdom Tim Hutchings2 Gary Staines14 Dave Clarke15 Craig Mochrie22 Dave Lewis45 Richard Nerurkar49 (Eamonn Martin)(93) (Geoff Turnbull)(136) (Roger Hackney)(DNF) | 147 |
| | Ethiopia Tesfaye Tafa5 Bekele Debele13 Wolde Silasse Melkessa27 Melese Feissa33 Debebe Demisse37 Haji Bulbula47 (Bedile Kibret)(77) (Demeke Bekele)(97) (Habte Negash)(125) | 162 |
| 4 | France Bruno Le Stum11 Thierry Pantel19 Pierre Levisse21 Dominique Chauvelier38 Cyrille Laventure46 Bruno Levant52 (François Barreau)(54) (Thierry Watrice)(111) (Jean-Louis Prianon)(114) | 187 |
| 5 | Spain Alejandro Gómez6 Constantino Esparcia18 Francisco Alario20 Vicente Polo24 José Carlos Adán58 Martín Fiz63 (Antonio Serrano)(73) (Antonio Prieto)(85) (José Manuel Albentosa)(137) | 189 |
| 6 | Australia Steve Moneghetti4 Darren Wilson42 Andrew Lloyd57 Malcolm Norwood59 Nick de Castella60 Adam Hoyle62 (Peter Brett)(96) (Jamie Harrison)(161) (John Sheehan)(175) | 284 |
| 7 | Portugal Dionísio Castro26 Joaquim Silva41 Fernando Mamede43 Manuel Matias48 Joaquim Pinheiro72 Domingos Castro75 (Fernando Couto)(84) (Ezequiel Canario)(DNF) (Carlos Monteiro)(DNF) | 305 |
| 8 | Italy Francesco Panetta12 Salvatore Bettiol17 Carlo Terzer28 Raffaello Alliegro68 Severino Bernardini78 Stefano Mei115 (Angelo Carosi)(126) (Walter Merlo)(DNF) | 318 |
| 9 | United States Ed Eyestone30 Pat Porter31 Mark Coogan39 Derrick Lakeman65 Tom Ansberry81 Aaron Ramirez82 (Simon Gutierrez)(83) (Bo Reed)(117) (Mark Stickley)(144) | 328 |
| 10 | Brazil Artur Castro29 Vanderlei de Lima71 Johni Pazin95 Diamantino dos Santos112 João de Sousa128 Antonio da Silva130 (Valdenor dos Santos)(179) | 565 |
| 11 | Poland Leszek Bebło32 Karol Dolega69 Miroslaw Golebiewski88 Henryk Jankowski118 Slawomir Majusiak139 Jan Huruk149 | 595 |
| 12 | Norway John Halvorsen10 Roger Gjøvaag89 Espen Borge104 Are Nakkim131 Terje Näss134 Dag Øxnevad141 (Håvard Tveite)(142) (Eirik Hansen)(153) | 609 |
| 13 | Netherlands Aart Stigter51 Marcel Versteeg67 Martin ten Kate99 John Vermeule116 Henk Gommer120 Roger Jaspers167 | 620 |
| 14 | Ireland Gerry Curtis35 John Woods79 Andy Ronan106 Roy Dooney124 Tom Maher127 David Carrie150 (John Fitzgerald)(158) | 621 |
| 15 | Canada Doug Cronkite61 Jean Lagarde76 Paul Williams80 Graeme Fell122 Art Boileau135 Allen Hugli148 (James Stafford)(186) | 622 |
| 16 | Sweden Lars-Erik Nilsson66 Håkan Börjesson70 Jonny Danielson86 Håkan Eriksson113 Patric Nilsson138 Patrik Merup157 (Örjan Hemström)(166) (Pär Wallin)(DNF) | 630 |
| 17 | Japan Shozo Shimoju64 Sanshiro Kasama98 Kozu Akutsu107 Kazunichi Yamada110 Toshiyuki Hayata129 Takehiko Miura133 (Akira Nakamura)(140) (Kenji Ayabe)(151) (Junichi Takita)(171) | 641 |
| 18 | Soviet Union Ravil Kashapov74 Yevgeniy Okorokov91 Mikhail Dasko101 Yevgeniy Leontyev121 Sergey Maksimov123 Oleg Syroyezhko132 | 642 |
| 19 | Finland Risto Ulmala50 Tommy Ekblom92 Harri Hänninen103 Vesa Siivonen108 Jörgen Salo146 Jari Venäläinen154 (Jukka Tammisuo)(160) (Jyrki Ojennus)(165) (Visa Orttenvuori)(173) | 653 |
| 20 | Morocco Hammou Boutayeb55 Khalid Skah56 Mohamed El Massoudi94 Ahmed Chantibou156 Mohamed Moujani174 Driss Hamdi183 | 718 |
| 21 | Denmark Mads Jacobsen105 Thomas Sørensen119 Stig Nørregaard147 Steen Christensen152 Niels Kim Hjorth164 Peter Würtz168 (Søren Munch)(169) (Peter Troldborg)(176) | 855 |
| 22 | Iceland Johann Ingibergsson180 Frimann Hreinsson181 Gunnlaugur Skulason187 Agust Thorsteinsson190 Sigurdur Sigmundsson191 Daniel Gudmundsson192 (Kristjan Skuli Asgeirsson)(194) | 1121 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 200 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Australia (9)
* Belgium (5)
* Brazil (7)
* Canada (7)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Colombia (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (8)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (9)
* France (9)
* Iceland (7)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (8)
* Jamaica (3)
* Japan (9)
* Kenya (9)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (6)
* New Zealand (3)
* North Yemen (2)
* Norway (8)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (9)
* Rwanda (1)
* Soviet Union (6)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (2)
* United Kingdom (9)
* United States (9)
* Venezuela (2)