# 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Planeyse Colombier on March 23, 1986. 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 (12 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | John Ngugi | Kenya | 35:32.9 |
| | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 35:34.8 |
| | Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 35:39.8 |
| 4 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 35:42.6 |
| 5 | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 35:47.2 |
| 6 | Pat Porter | United States | 35:48.4 |
| 7 | Kipsubai Koskei | Kenya | 35:54.8 |
| 8 | Some Muge | Kenya | 35:55.7 |
| 9 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 35:58.8 |
| 10 | John Easker | United States | 35:59.9 |
| 11 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 36:03.9 |
| 12 | Thierry Watrice | France | 36:05 |
| 13 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 36:05.9 |
| 14 | Rob de Castella | Australia | 36:10.9 |
| 15 | Bruce Bickford | United States | 36:12.1 |
| 16 | Dave Clarke | England | 36:14.4 |
| 17 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 36:16.3 |
| 18 | Dionísio Castro | Portugal | 36:17.4 |
| 19 | John Woods | Ireland | 36:19.8 |
| 20 | Santiago Llorente | Spain | 36:22.5 |
| 21 | Andrew Masai | Kenya | 36:23.9 |
| 22 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 36:25.2 |
| 23 | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | 36:26.4 |
| 24 | Paul Arpin | France | 36:28.1 |
| 25 | Steve Binns | England | 36:29.4 |
| 26 | Wolde Silasse Melkessa | Ethiopia | 36:32.6 |
| 27 | Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | 36:33.5 |
| 28 | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 36:34.9 |
| 29 | Geir Kvernmo | Norway | 36:35.7 |
| 30 | Adam Hoyle | Australia | 36:36.4 |
| 31 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 36:36.9 |
| 32 | Haji Bulbula | Ethiopia | 36:37.4 |
| 33 | Pierre Levisse | France | 36:38.4 |
| 34 | Stefano Mei | Italy | 36:38.9 |
| 35 | Boniface Merande | Kenya | 36:39.5 |
| 36 | Chala Urgessa | Ethiopia | 36:40.1 |
| 37 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 36:42.3 |
| 38 | Roy Andersen | Norway | 36:43 |
| 39 | José da Silva | Brazil | 36:43.8 |
| 40 | David Burridge | New Zealand | 36:44.9 |
| 41 | Francisco Sánchez | Spain | 36:45.5 |
| 42 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 36:47 |
| 43 | Joshua Kipkemboi | Kenya | 36:47.5 |
| 44 | Giuseppe Miccoli | Italy | 36:48.3 |
| 45 | Sisa Kirati | Kenya | 36:49.9 |
| 46 | Mats Erixon | Sweden | 36:50.9 |
| 47 | Pascal Debacker | France | 36:54 |
| 48 | Markus Ryffel | Switzerland | 36:55 |
| 49 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 36:55.9 |
| 50 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 36:56.3 |
| 51 | João Campos | Portugal | 36:56.7 |
| 52 | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 36:57 |
| 53 | Zhang Guowei | China | 36:57.7 |
| 54 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 36:58.3 |
| 55 | Tony Milovsorov | England | 36:59.2 |
| 56 | Stane Rozman | Yugoslavia | 37:00.5 |
| 57 | Abderrazak Gtari | Tunisia | 37:01.8 |
| 58 | Eddy de Pauw | Belgium | 37:03.2 |
| 59 | Antonio Humberto | Colombia | 37:03.7 |
| 60 | Larbi El Mouadden | Morocco | 37:04 |
| 61 | Tonnie Dirks | Netherlands | 37:04.3 |
| 62 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 37:04.7 |
| 63 | Dereje Nedi | Ethiopia | 37:04.9 |
| 64 | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | 37:05.2 |
| 65 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 37:05.6 |
| 66 | Shozo Shimoju | Japan | 37:05.9 |
| 67 | Alfonso Alvarez | Spain | 37:08 |
| 68 | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 37:08.9 |
| 69 | Art Boileau | Canada | 37:09 |
| 70 | Jari Nurmisto | Finland | 37:09.7 |
| 71 | Xing Zhenglang | China | 37:10.4 |
| 72 | Paul O'Callaghan | Ireland | 37:11.3 |
| 73 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 37:11.9 |
| 74 | Tim Hutchings | England | 37:12.4 |
| 75 | Garry Henry | Australia | 37:12.9 |
| 76 | Karol Dolega | Poland | 37:14.1 |
| 77 | Antonio Lupianez | Spain | 37:15.4 |
| 78 | Mohamed Salah Rajhi | Tunisia | 37:16.1 |
| 79 | Alan Scharsu | United States | 37:25.7 |
| 80 | Dave Lewis | England | 37:26.1 |
| 81 | Craig Virgin | United States | 37:26.4 |
| 82 | Kozu Akutsu | Japan | 37:26.7 |
| 83 | Eloi Schleder | Brazil | 37:27 |
| 84 | Marco Gozzano | Italy | 37:27.3 |
| 85 | Jean-Yves Berau | France | 37:27.6 |
| 86 | Fethi Manai | Tunisia | 37:28 |
| 87 | Jeff Drenth | United States | 37:28.7 |
| 88 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 37:30.1 |
| 89 | Martin Vrabel | Czechoslovakia | 37:30.5 |
| 90 | Ivan Konovalov | Soviet Union | 37:30.8 |
| 91 | Jef Gees | Belgium | 37:31.7 |
| 92 | Salvatore Nicosia | Italy | 37:32.7 |
| 93 | Javier Sanmartin | Spain | 37:34.1 |
| 94 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | 37:35 |
| 95 | Jean-Pierre Paumen | Belgium | 37:36.2 |
| 96 | Terry Greene | Northern Ireland | 37:36.2 |
| 97 | John Bowden | New Zealand | 37:36.2 |
| 98 | Michael Scheytt | West Germany | 37:36.3 |
| 99 | Randy Reina | United States | 37:36.3 |
| 100 | Paul Wheeler | Wales | 37:36.3 |
| 101 | Thierry Pantel | France | 37:36.4 |
| 102 | Volker Welzel | West Germany | 37:36.6 |
| 103 | Abdellah El Hatimi | Morocco | 37:37 |
| 104 | Dominique Coux | France | 37:37.1 |
| 105 | Tadayoshi Kametaka | Japan | 37:37.1 |
| 106 | Peter Renner | New Zealand | 37:37.1 |
| 107 | Geoff Shaw | New Zealand | 37:37.2 |
| 108 | Habib Romdani | Tunisia | 37:37.9 |
| 109 | João de Sousa | Brazil | 37:38.1 |
| 110 | Andrew Wilton | England | 37:38.4 |
| 111 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 37:38.9 |
| 112 | Valentin Rodríguez | Spain | 37:39 |
| 113 | Willy Goddaert | Belgium | 37:39.2 |
| 114 | Kerry Rodger | New Zealand | 37:39.4 |
| 115 | Oddmund Roalkvam | Norway | 37:39.5 |
| 116 | Peter Wirz | Switzerland | 37:39.5 |
| 117 | Kevin Capper | England | 37:39.7 |
| 118 | Richard O'Flynn | Ireland | 37:40 |
| 119 | Satoshi Kato | Japan | 37:40.4 |
| 120 | Diamantino dos Santos | Brazil | 37:40.7 |
| 121 | Rheal Desjardins | Canada | 37:41 |
| 122 | John Robson | Scotland | 37:41.3 |
| 123 | Mohamed El Bali | Morocco | 37:41.9 |
| 124 | Kimball Reynierse | Netherlands | 37:56.6 |
| 125 | Willy van Huylenbroeck | Belgium | 37:57 |
| 126 | Lakbir Ghanmi | Morocco | 37:58.2 |
| 127 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 37:58.5 |
| 128 | Wami Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 37:58.8 |
| 129 | John Treacy | Ireland | 37:59.3 |
| 130 | Marc de Blander | Belgium | 37:59.7 |
| 131 | Boguslaw Psujek | Poland | 38:00.1 |
| 132 | Peter Brett | Australia | 38:00.3 |
| 133 | Farai Kamucheka | Zimbabwe | 38:00.6 |
| 134 | Terence Mitchell | Scotland | 38:00.9 |
| 135 | Henrik Albahn | Denmark | 38:01.2 |
| 136 | Lars Sörensen | Finland | 38:01.7 |
| 137 | Abdellah Boubia | Morocco | 38:02 |
| 138 | Markus Hacksteiner | Switzerland | 38:03.4 |
| 139 | Danny Boltz | Australia | 38:03.9 |
| 140 | Martti Vainio | Finland | 38:04.5 |
| 141 | Werner Grommisch | West Germany | 38:07.7 |
| 142 | Noel Harvey | Ireland | 38:08.8 |
| 143 | Kazimierz Lasecki | Poland | 38:09.3 |
| 144 | Cui Yulin | China | 38:10.1 |
| 145 | Hichem Oueslati | Tunisia | 38:10.6 |
| 146 | Jiu Shangxuan | China | 38:11 |
| 147 | Charles Haskett | Scotland | 38:11.1 |
| 148 | Shuzo Nakajima | Japan | 38:11.1 |
| 149 | Jari Hemmilä | Finland | 38:11.1 |
| 150 | Graham Clews | Australia | 38:11.1 |
| 151 | Engelbert Franz | West Germany | 38:11.1 |
| 152 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 38:11.1 |
| 153 | Arnold Mächler | Switzerland | 38:11.1 |
| 154 | Bob Treadwell | England | 38:11.1 |
| 155 | Henryk Lupa | Poland | 38:11.1 |
| 156 | Waldemar Niklewicz | Poland | 38:11.2 |
| 157 | Gerry Deegan | Ireland | 38:12 |
| 158 | Juhani Holopainen | Finland | 38:12 |
| 159 | Doug Cronkite | Canada | 38:12 |
| 160 | James Gombedza | Zimbabwe | 38:12 |
| 161 | Ahmed Chantibou | Morocco | 38:12 |
| 162 | Kenneth Davies | Wales | 38:12 |
| 163 | Herbert Stephan | West Germany | 38:12 |
| 164 | Mike Quinn | Hong Kong | 38:12 |
| 165 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 38:13.9 |
| 166 | Ken Moloney | New Zealand | 38:14.5 |
| 167 | Keld Johnsen | Denmark | 38:15.5 |
| 168 | Tommy Persson | Sweden | 38:16.9 |
| 169 | Deon McNeilly | Northern Ireland | 38:17.6 |
| 170 | Chris Robison | Scotland | 38:18.1 |
| 171 | Bill Britton | Canada | 38:18.6 |
| 172 | Abdelrahman Massad | Sudan | 38:19.5 |
| 173 | Fraser Clyne | Scotland | 38:20.9 |
| 174 | Brahim Ayachi | Tunisia | 38:21.6 |
| 175 | Ole Hansen | Denmark | 38:22.2 |
| 176 | Pierre-Andre Gobet | Switzerland | 38:22.6 |
| 177 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 38:23 |
| 178 | Claudio Ribeiro | Brazil | 38:23.3 |
| 179 | Rex Wilson | New Zealand | 38:25.4 |
| 180 | Peder Poulsen | Sweden | 38:26.1 |
| 181 | Stig Nørregaard | Denmark | 38:26.5 |
| 182 | Romauld Krupanek | Poland | 38:26.9 |
| 183 | Ian Damian | Belgium | 38:27.2 |
| 184 | Timo Järvinen | Sweden | 38:27.6 |
| 185 | Ieuan Ellis | Wales | 38:28.4 |
| 186 | Masaru Matsuda | Japan | 38:29.3 |
| 187 | Gentil de Mello | Brazil | 38:30 |
| 188 | Mehmet Terzi | Turkey | 38:30.6 |
| 189 | Féthi Baccouche | Tunisia | 38:32.4 |
| 190 | Markus Graf | Switzerland | 38:33.5 |
| 191 | Aart Stigter | Netherlands | 38:35.7 |
| 192 | Filippos Filippou | Cyprus | 38:37.6 |
| 193 | Adrian Callan | Scotland | 38:38 |
| 194 | Truls Nygaard | Norway | 38:38.7 |
| 195 | Herman Hofstee | Netherlands | 38:39.7 |
| 196 | James Stafford | Canada | 38:40.1 |
| 197 | Garry Briggs | Australia | 38:40.4 |
| 198 | Luciano Carchesio | Italy | 38:41.1 |
| 199 | Chris Buckley | Wales | 38:41.6 |
| 200 | Esa Liedes | Finland | 38:42 |
| 201 | Keijo Kanniainen | Finland | 38:42.6 |
| 202 | Bruno Lafranchi | Switzerland | 38:45.3 |
| 203 | Ivan Uvizl | Czechoslovakia | 38:46.5 |
| 204 | Wiktor Sawicki | Poland | 38:47.3 |
| 205 | Zeki Atli | Turkey | 38:47.7 |
| 206 | Masami Otsuka | Japan | 38:48.3 |
| 207 | José Bautista | Colombia | 38:49.3 |
| 208 | Richard Mulligan | Ireland | 38:49.6 |
| 209 | Michael Spöttel | West Germany | 38:49.9 |
| 210 | Sun Zhiqing | China | 38:50.5 |
| 211 | Bruce Wainman | Canada | 38:51 |
| 212 | Sadik Salman | Turkey | 38:51.7 |
| 213 | Hwang Wen-Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 38:51.8 |
| 214 | Mike Bishop | Wales | 38:53.8 |
| 215 | K. Babu | India | 38:57.9 |
| 216 | Salem Majdoubi | Morocco | 38:58.7 |
| 217 | Steven Doig | Scotland | 39:01.1 |
| 218 | Slawomir Gurny | Poland | 39:01.5 |
| 219 | Joseph Mitshipsi | Zimbabwe | 39:02 |
| 220 | Ahmet Altun | Turkey | 39:03.9 |
| 221 | Jørn Holmen | Norway | 39:04.5 |
| 222 | Basir Hammad | Sudan | 39:05.9 |
| 223 | Robert de Brouwer | Netherlands | 39:07 |
| 224 | Dale Rixon | Wales | 39:08.6 |
| 225 | Michael Délèze | Switzerland | 39:09.2 |
| 226 | Tomasz Zimny | Poland | 39:10.1 |
| 227 | Viday Dhar | India | 39:10.6 |
| 228 | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | 39:10.9 |
| 229 | Gord Christie | Canada | 39:11.2 |
| 230 | Svein Erik Eide | Norway | 39:19.8 |
| 231 | Anour Hak | Sudan | 39:20.7 |
| 232 | Jens Hansen | Denmark | 39:21.7 |
| 233 | Adrie Hartveld | Netherlands | 39:22.3 |
| 234 | Esau Magwaza | Zimbabwe | 39:23.9 |
| 235 | Steve Begen | Scotland | 39:29.7 |
| 236 | Ahmed Adam | Sudan | 39:32.5 |
| 237 | Jacques Krähenbühl | Switzerland | 39:34.7 |
| 238 | Mehmet Genc | Turkey | 39:36.8 |
| 239 | Swarn Singh | India | 39:37.2 |
| 240 | John Walsh | Northern Ireland | 39:37.7 |
| 241 | Alfredo Castro | Puerto Rico | 39:39 |
| 242 | John Campbell | New Zealand | 39:39.6 |
| 243 | Musa Gouda | Sudan | 39:40.7 |
| 244 | T. Shamsuddin | India | 39:41.9 |
| 245 | Jabbar Abdul | Sudan | 39:43 |
| 246 | Tom Breen | Northern Ireland | 39:44.3 |
| 247 | Eddie Oxlade | Northern Ireland | 39:49.5 |
| 248 | Liu Chang-Chung | Chinese Taipei | 39:50.9 |
| 249 | Tapfumanei Jonga | Zimbabwe | 39:51.5 |
| 250 | Paulo Catarino | Portugal | 39:53.4 |
| 251 | Salih Nour | Sudan | 39:54 |
| 252 | Alan Cole | Wales | 39:54.6 |
| 253 | Ernie Cunningham | Northern Ireland | 39:55.2 |
| 254 | Mohamed Nekkachi | Morocco | 39:56.5 |
| 255 | Raul Rivera | Puerto Rico | 39:58.2 |
| 256 | Aita Bdr. Limbu | Hong Kong | 40:00 |
| 257 | Tommy Nordh | Sweden | 40:00.5 |
| 258 | Patrick Nyambariro-Nhauro | Zimbabwe | 40:02.9 |
| 259 | Keith Cawley | Hong Kong | 40:03.8 |
| 260 | Suresh Pandey | India | 40:11 |
| 261 | Steve Smith | Wales | 40:12.7 |
| 262 | Joseph Cross | Jamaica | 40:14.3 |
| 263 | Faycal M'hamdi | Tunisia | 40:15.7 |
| 264 | John Doyle | Ireland | 40:23.5 |
| 265 | Nicos Vasiliou | Cyprus | 40:26.9 |
| 266 | Anna Durai | India | 40:27.3 |
| 267 | Chang Yung-Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 40:30.9 |
| 268 | Paul Lawther | Northern Ireland | 40:38.3 |
| 269 | Mbiganyi Thee | Botswana | 40:38.8 |
| 270 | Hsu Gi-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 40:52.1 |
| 271 | Robert Jhurrea | Mauritius | 40:53.1 |
| 272 | Vasilios Chimonis | Cyprus | 40:57.5 |
| 273 | Bruno Le Stum | France | 40:58.7 |
| 274 | Baldev Singh | India | 40:59.4 |
| 275 | Paul Spowage | Hong Kong | 41:01.7 |
| 276 | Ali Sofyan Siregar | Indonesia | 41:04.4 |
| 277 | Spyros Spyrou | Cyprus | 41:06.9 |
| 278 | Hon Kwai Kwok | Hong Kong | 41:08.2 |
| 279 | Ahmad Gharib | Kuwait | 41:09 |
| 280 | Nihat Yaylali | Turkey | 41:11.2 |
| 281 | Mohiyi el Din El Sayed | Egypt | 41:15.8 |
| 282 | Lee Yin-Sheng | Chinese Taipei | 41:17.1 |
| 283 | Demetrios Thephylactou | Cyprus | 41:18.2 |
| 284 | Chauderanoth Tengar | Mauritius | 41:23 |
| 285 | Mkondya Deo | Tanzania | 41:36.6 |
| 286 | Ja.I. Singh | India | 41:40.2 |
| 287 | Vijay Kumar Mishra | India | 41:41.9 |
| 288 | Wilson Theleso | Botswana | 41:42.5 |
| 289 | Ho Hsin-Ye | Chinese Taipei | 41:42.9 |
| 290 | Jean Fasnacht | Hong Kong | 41:45.3 |
| 291 | Mohamed Idriss | Egypt | 41:45.7 |
| 292 | Charles Portelli | Malta | 41:48 |
| 293 | Juan Velez | Puerto Rico | 41:49 |
| 294 | Cebert Cooper | Jamaica | 41:57.8 |
| 295 | Paul Smith | Jamaica | 42:09.3 |
| 296 | Samuel Doherty | Northern Ireland | 42:17.2 |
| 297 | Pradeed Gohkool | Mauritius | 42:18.6 |
| 298 | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 42:20.1 |
| 299 | Saleh Haji Ali | Kuwait | 42:20.7 |
| 300 | Wageh Hafez | Egypt | 42:26.7 |
| 301 | Chou Hsien-Kuang | Chinese Taipei | 42:28 |
| 302 | Kharalambos Pratsis | Cyprus | 42:30.9 |
| 303 | Marlon Williams | U.S. Virgin Islands | 42:33.3 |
| 304 | Joseph Crossley | Hong Kong | 42:36.2 |
| 305 | Efthymious Loizi | Cyprus | 42:38.9 |
| 306 | Benjamin Arthe | Mauritius | 42:42.3 |
| 307 | Linton McKenzie | Jamaica | 42:42.3 |
| 308 | Mario Hammett | Malta | 42:56.6 |
| 309 | Patrick Pirante | Mauritius | 43:00.2 |
| 310 | Ahmad Al-Hajry | Kuwait | 43:02 |
| 311 | Gatol Sudarsono | Indonesia | 43:07 |
| 312 | Ahmed Mohamed Elwan | Egypt | 43:11.3 |
| 313 | Maurice Szeto-Jan | Hong Kong | 43:13.2 |
| 314 | Gerard Degaetano | Malta | 43:14.8 |
| 315 | Satish Huryl | Mauritius | 43:17.5 |
| 316 | Badr Aly Aly | Egypt | 43:22.9 |
| 317 | Chris Casser Torregiano | Malta | 43:45.5 |
| 318 | Mohamed Mohsen Sayed | Egypt | 44:03.7 |
| 319 | Roger Taylor | Jamaica | 44:09.8 |
| 320 | Gladstone Jones | Jamaica | 44:21.7 |
| 321 | Joe Micallef | Malta | 44:26.1 |
| 322 | Costanzi Peter Borg | Malta | 44:36.1 |
| 323 | Saleh Darwish Ismail | Kuwait | 44:54.5 |
| 324 | Manahy Falah Al-Azhni | Kuwait | 44:56.5 |
| 325 | Marios Patsalides | Cyprus | 44:58.9 |
| 326 | Joseph Farrugia | Malta | 45:03.9 |
| 327 | Wallace Williams | U.S. Virgin Islands | 45:51.7 |
| 328 | Frans Abela | Malta | 46:03.8 |
| — | Keith Brantly | United States | DNF |
| — | Åke Eriksson | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Antonio Leitão | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Mike McLeod | England | DNF |
| — | Luis Adsuara | Spain | DNF |
| — | Lars Ericsson | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Neil Tennant | Scotland | DNF |
| — | John Jenkins | Wales | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya John Ngugi1 Joseph Kiptum3 Paul Kipkoech5 Kipsubai Koskei7 Some Muge8 Andrew Masai21 (Boniface Merande)(35) (Joshua Kipkemboi)(43) (Sisa Kirati)(45) | 45 |
| | Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen2 Bekele Debele4 Wolde Silasse Melkessa26 Mohammed Kedir27 Wodajo Bulti28 Haji Bulbula32 (Chala Urgessa)(36) (Dereje Nedi)(63) (Wami Alemayehu)(128) | 119 |
| | United States Pat Porter6 John Easker10 Ed Eyestone13 Bruce Bickford15 Alan Scharsu79 Craig Virgin81 (Jeff Drenth)(87) (Randy Reina)(99) (Keith Brantly)(DNF) | 204 |
| 4 | France Thierry Watrice12 Paul Arpin24 Pierre Levisse33 Pascal Debacker47 Jean-Louis Prianon54 Jean-Yves Berau85 (Thierry Pantel)(101) (Dominique Coux)(104) (Bruno Le Stum)(273) | 255 |
| 5 | Italy Alberto Cova9 Gelindo Bordin23 Stefano Mei34 Giuseppe Miccoli44 Salvatore Bettiol62 Marco Gozzano84 (Salvatore Nicosia)(92) (Ranieri Carenza)(94) (Luciano Carchesio)(198) | 256 |
| 6 | Portugal Ezequiel Canario11 Dionísio Castro18 Domingos Castro31 João Campos51 Joaquim Silva64 Joaquim Pinheiro88 (Paulo Catarino)(250) (Antonio Leitão)(DNF) (Fernando Mamede)(DNF) | 263 |
| 7 | Spain Santiago Llorente20 Francisco Sánchez41 Vicente Polo42 Constantino Esparcia50 Alfonso Alvarez67 Antonio Lupianez77 (Javier Sanmartin)(93) (Valentin Rodríguez)(112) (Luis Adsuara)(DNF) | 297 |
| 8 | England Dave Clarke16 Steve Binns25 Tony Milovsorov55 Tim Hutchings74 Dave Lewis80 Andrew Wilton110 (Kevin Capper)(117) (Bob Treadwell)(154) (Mike McLeod)(DNF) | 360 |
| 9 | Australia Rob de Castella14 Steve Moneghetti22 Adam Hoyle30 Garry Henry75 Peter Brett132 Danny Boltz139 (Graham Clews)(150) (Garry Briggs)(197) | 412 |
| 10 | Belgium Vincent Rousseau52 Eddy de Pauw58 Jef Gees91 Jean-Pierre Paumen95 Willy Goddaert113 Willy van Huylenbroeck125 (Karel Lismont)(127) (Marc de Blander)(130) (Ian Damian)(183) | 534 |
| 11 | Japan Shuichi Yoneshige37 Shozo Shimoju66 Kozu Akutsu82 Tadayoshi Kametaka105 Satoshi Kato119 Shuzo Nakajima148 (Masaru Matsuda)(186) (Masami Otsuka)(206) | 557 |
| 12 | Brazil José da Silva39 Adauto Domingues68 Eloi Schleder83 João de Sousa109 Diamantino dos Santos120 Claudio Ribeiro178 (Gentil de Mello)(187) | 597 |
| 13 | New Zealand David Burridge40 John Bowden97 Peter Renner106 Geoff Shaw107 Kerry Rodger114 Ken Moloney166 (Rex Wilson)(179) (John Campbell)(242) | 630 |
| 14 | Ireland John Woods19 Paul O'Callaghan72 Richard O'Flynn118 John Treacy129 Noel Harvey142 Roy Dooney152 (Gerry Deegan)(157) (Richard Mulligan)(208) (John Doyle)(264) | 632 |
| 15 | Canada Paul McCloy17 Art Boileau69 Alain Bordeleau111 Rheal Desjardins121 Doug Cronkite159 Bill Britton171 (James Stafford)(196) (Bruce Wainman)(211) (Gord Christie)(229) | 648 |
| 16 | Tunisia Abderrazak Gtari57 Mohamed Salah Rajhi78 Fethi Manai86 Habib Romdani108 Hichem Oueslati145 Brahim Ayachi174 (Féthi Baccouche)(189) (Faycal M'hamdi)(263) | 648 |
| 17 | Sweden Mats Erixon46 Lars-Erik Nilsson49 Jan Hagelbrand65 Tommy Persson168 Peder Poulsen180 Timo Järvinen184 (Tommy Nordh)(257) (Åke Eriksson)(DNF) (Lars Ericsson)(DNF) | 692 |
| 18 | Morocco Larbi El Mouadden60 Abdellah El Hatimi103 Mohamed El Bali123 Lakbir Ghanmi126 Abdellah Boubia137 Ahmed Chantibou161 (Salem Majdoubi)(216) (Mohamed Nekkachi)(254) | 710 |
| 19 | Finland Jari Nurmisto70 Lars Sörensen136 Martti Vainio140 Jari Hemmilä149 Juhani Holopainen158 Tommy Ekblom165 (Esa Liedes)(200) (Keijo Kanniainen)(201) | 818 |
| 20 | Switzerland Markus Ryffel48 Peter Wirz116 Markus Hacksteiner138 Arnold Mächler153 Pierre-Andre Gobet176 Markus Graf190 (Bruno Lafranchi)(202) (Michael Délèze)(225) (Jacques Krähenbühl)(237) | 821 |
| 21 | Norway Geir Kvernmo29 Roy Andersen38 Oddmund Roalkvam115 Truls Nygaard194 Jørn Holmen221 Svein Erik Eide230 | 827 |
| 22 | West Germany Michael Scheytt98 Volker Welzel102 Werner Grommisch141 Engelbert Franz151 Herbert Stephan163 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann177 (Michael Spöttel)(209) | 832 |
| 23 | Poland Karol Dolega76 Boguslaw Psujek131 Kazimierz Lasecki143 Henryk Lupa155 Waldemar Niklewicz156 Romauld Krupanek182 (Wiktor Sawicki)(204) (Slawomir Gurny)(218) (Tomasz Zimny)(226) | 843 |
| 24 | Scotland John Robson122 Terence Mitchell134 Charles Haskett147 Chris Robison170 Fraser Clyne173 Adrian Callan193 (Steven Doig)(217) (Steve Begen)(235) (Neil Tennant)(DNF) | 939 |
| 25 | Denmark Niels Kim Hjorth73 Henrik Albahn135 Keld Johnsen167 Ole Hansen175 Stig Nørregaard181 Jens Hansen232 | 963 |
| 26 | Netherlands Tonnie Dirks61 Kimball Reynierse124 Aart Stigter191 Herman Hofstee195 Robert de Brouwer223 Marcel Versteeg228 (Adrie Hartveld)(233) | 1022 |
| 27 | Wales Paul Wheeler100 Kenneth Davies162 Ieuan Ellis185 Chris Buckley199 Mike Bishop214 Dale Rixon224 (Alan Cole)(252) (Steve Smith)(261) (John Jenkins)(DNF) | 1084 |
| 28 | Northern Ireland Terry Greene96 Deon McNeilly169 John Walsh240 Tom Breen246 Eddie Oxlade247 Ernie Cunningham253 (Paul Lawther)(268) (Samuel Doherty)(296) | 1251 |
| 29 | Zimbabwe Farai Kamucheka133 James Gombedza160 Joseph Mitshipsi219 Esau Magwaza234 Tapfumanei Jonga249 Patrick Nyambariro-Nhauro258 | 1253 |
| 30 | Turkey Mehmet Terzi188 Zeki Atli205 Sadik Salman212 Ahmet Altun220 Mehmet Genc238 Nihat Yaylali280 | 1343 |
| 31 | Sudan Abdelrahman Massad172 Basir Hammad222 Anour Hak231 Ahmed Adam236 Musa Gouda243 Jabbar Abdul245 (Salih Nour)(251) | 1349 |
| 32 | India K. Babu215 Viday Dhar227 Swarn Singh239 T. Shamsuddin244 Suresh Pandey260 Anna Durai266 (Baldev Singh)(274) (Ja.I. Singh)(286) (Vijay Kumar Mishra)(287) | 1451 |
| 33 | Hong Kong Mike Quinn164 Aita Bdr. Limbu256 Keith Cawley259 Paul Spowage275 Hon Kwai Kwok278 Jean Fasnacht290 (Joseph Crossley)(304) (Maurice Szeto-Jan)(313) | 1522 |
| 34 | Chinese Taipei Hwang Wen-Cheng213 Liu Chang-Chung248 Chang Yung-Cheng267 Hsu Gi-Sheng270 Lee Yin-Sheng282 Ho Hsin-Ye289 (Chou Hsien-Kuang)(301) | 1569 |
| 35 | Cyprus Filippos Filippou192 Nicos Vasiliou265 Vasilios Chimonis272 Spyros Spyrou277 Demetrios Thephylactou283 Kharalambos Pratsis302 (Efthymious Loizi)(305) (Marios Patsalides)(325) | 1591 |
| 36 | Mauritius Robert Jhurrea271 Chauderanoth Tengar284 Pradeed Gohkool297 Benjamin Arthe306 Patrick Pirante309 Satish Huryl315 | 1782 |
| 37 | Jamaica Joseph Cross262 Cebert Cooper294 Paul Smith295 Linton McKenzie307 Roger Taylor319 Gladstone Jones320 | 1797 |
| 38 | Egypt Mohiyi el Din El Sayed281 Mohamed Idriss291 Wageh Hafez300 Ahmed Mohamed Elwan312 Badr Aly Aly316 Mohamed Mohsen Sayed318 | 1818 |
| 39 | Malta Charles Portelli292 Mario Hammett308 Gerard Degaetano314 Chris Casser Torregiano317 Joe Micallef321 Costanzi Peter Borg322 (Joseph Farrugia)(326) (Frans Abela)(328) | 1874 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 337 athletes from 50 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Australia (8)
* Belgium (9)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (7)
* Canada (9)
* China (5)
* Chinese Taipei (7)
* Colombia (3)
* Cyprus (8)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (6)
* Egypt (6)
* England (9)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (8)
* France (9)
* Hong Kong (8)
* India (9)
* Indonesia (2)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (9)
* Jamaica (6)
* Japan (8)
* Kenya (9)
* Kuwait (5)
* Malta (8)
* Mauritius (6)
* Morocco (8)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (8)
* Northern Ireland (8)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (9)
* Portugal (9)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Sudan (7)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (9)
* Tanzania (1)
* Tunisia (8)
* Turkey (6)
* United States (9)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
* Wales (9)
* West Germany (7)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zimbabwe (6)