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

The Junior 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 Herald and in the Evening Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.75 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 22:47.6 |
| | Sammy Bitok | Kenya | 22:52.7 |
| | Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 22:56 |
| 4 | Rafera Workench | Ethiopia | 22:57.4 |
| 5 | Ararse Fuffa | Ethiopia | 23:06.1 |
| 6 | Habte Negash | Ethiopia | 23:07.4 |
| 7 | Brahim Boutayeb | Morocco | 23:09.4 |
| 8 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 23:17.3 |
| 9 | William Mutwol | Kenya | 23:21.6 |
| 10 | Peter Rono | Kenya | 23:33.7 |
| 11 | David Onwonga | Kenya | 23:35.9 |
| 12 | José Gruneiro | Spain | 23:41.8 |
| 13 | Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 23:42.4 |
| 14 | Anthony Ford | Australia | 23:51.5 |
| 15 | Scott Fry | United States | 23:54.3 |
| 16 | Belayneh Tadesse | Ethiopia | 23:57.2 |
| 17 | Andrey Usachov | Soviet Union | 24:02.7 |
| 18 | Mark Dani | United States | 24:03.4 |
| 19 | José Carlos Adán | Spain | 24:08.6 |
| 20 | Eric de Tier | Belgium | 24:09.9 |
| 21 | Jason Agosta | Australia | 24:10.8 |
| 22 | Stephen Spiers | Australia | 24:11.3 |
| 23 | Jan Jonsson | Sweden | 24:11.7 |
| 24 | Chris Borsa | United States | 24:12.1 |
| 25 | Umberto Pusterla | Italy | 24:14.7 |
| 26 | Zoltán Káldy | Hungary | 24:16.1 |
| 27 | Ruddy Walem | Belgium | 24:17 |
| 28 | John Kiptum | Kenya | 24:20.1 |
| 29 | Akira Nakamura | Japan | 24:20.6 |
| 30 | Viktor Shevlyakov | Soviet Union | 24:20.9 |
| 31 | Junichi Takita | Japan | 24:21.5 |
| 32 | Hoche Yayeh | Djibouti | 24:22 |
| 33 | Tahar Benajem | Morocco | 24:23 |
| 34 | Mark Vassallo | Australia | 24:23.7 |
| 35 | John Nuttall | England | 24:24.4 |
| 36 | Raimundo Santos | Portugal | 24:25.7 |
| 37 | Harry Green | United States | 24:26.7 |
| 38 | Yosuke Osawa | Japan | 24:27.3 |
| 39 | Darren Mead | England | 24:28.2 |
| 40 | Omar Abdillahi | Djibouti | 24:29 |
| 41 | Abdelmaleh Amanallah | Morocco | 24:29.4 |
| 42 | Gao Baoxian | China | 24:29.8 |
| 43 | Bouazza Noualla | Algeria | 24:30.2 |
| 44 | Eyob Muller | Netherlands | 24:30.9 |
| 45 | Stephen Connell | Canada | 24:31.4 |
| 46 | Manuel Martín | Spain | 24:32.2 |
| 47 | Reuben Reina | United States | 24:32.9 |
| 48 | József Kovács | Hungary | 24:33.6 |
| 49 | Ulf Petäjä | Sweden | 24:34.7 |
| 50 | Mariano Campal | Spain | 24:35.9 |
| 51 | Mourad Bouldjadj | Algeria | 24:36.7 |
| 52 | David Burke | Ireland | 24:37.3 |
| 53 | José Sobral | Portugal | 24:38.6 |
| 54 | Masanobu Yamaguchi | Japan | 24:40.3 |
| 55 | Stephan Paessens | Belgium | 24:41.3 |
| 56 | Mustapha Aakik | Morocco | 24:42.7 |
| 57 | Gino van Geyte | Belgium | 24:43.4 |
| 58 | Kristofer Prander | Sweden | 24:43.7 |
| 59 | Alastair Russell | Scotland | 24:44.3 |
| 60 | Richard Charette | Canada | 24:44.8 |
| 61 | Robert Carey | Scotland | 24:45.3 |
| 62 | Hamed Hamdouni | Tunisia | 24:45.7 |
| 63 | Greg Webster | Australia | 24:46.1 |
| 64 | Darrell Smith | England | 24:46.8 |
| 65 | Vittorio Di Saverio | Italy | 24:47.2 |
| 66 | Nourredine Kamoun | Tunisia | 24:47.7 |
| 67 | Slim Chérif | Tunisia | 24:49.4 |
| 68 | Khalid Skah | Morocco | 24:49.9 |
| 69 | Richard Birembaux | France | 24:50.3 |
| 70 | Martin Ryan | Ireland | 24:50.6 |
| 71 | Alexander Gunkel | West Germany | 24:51 |
| 72 | Luigi Teodori | Italy | 24:51.5 |
| 73 | Christoph Blum | West Germany | 24:51.9 |
| 74 | Justin Hobbs | Wales | 24:54 |
| 75 | Sándor Barcza | Hungary | 24:54.8 |
| 76 | Greg Whiteley | United States | 24:56.6 |
| 77 | Thierry Bertin | France | 24:57.2 |
| 78 | Bruno Léger | France | 24:57.8 |
| 79 | Rui Viegas | Portugal | 24:58.2 |
| 80 | Rob Whalley | England | 24:58.8 |
| 81 | Steven Halliday | England | 25:00.4 |
| 82 | Azat Rakipov | Soviet Union | 25:01 |
| 83 | John Downes | Ireland | 25:01.3 |
| 84 | Davey Wilson | Northern Ireland | 25:01.9 |
| 85 | Giuliano Baccani | Italy | 25:02.3 |
| 86 | Eike Hugo | West Germany | 25:02.8 |
| 87 | Daniel Hacksteiner | Switzerland | 25:04.3 |
| 88 | Joaquim Figueiredo | Portugal | 25:04.7 |
| 89 | Noui Hadj Nedjai | Algeria | 25:05.1 |
| 90 | Houssein Ahmed Robleh | Djibouti | 25:05.5 |
| 91 | Brahim El Ghazali | Morocco | 25:05.9 |
| 92 | Sebastian Epiney | Switzerland | 25:06.7 |
| 93 | Duan Xiuquan | China | 25:08.7 |
| 94 | Mohamed Idriss Djama | Djibouti | 25:10.7 |
| 95 | Yoshinori Yokota | Japan | 25:11.4 |
| 96 | Luc Peerlinck | Belgium | 25:11.7 |
| 97 | Didier Sainthorand | France | 25:12 |
| 98 | Laredj Behri | Algeria | 25:15 |
| 99 | Paul Williams | Wales | 25:16.3 |
| 100 | Andreas Ahl | Sweden | 25:18.5 |
| 101 | John Gill | Canada | 25:19.6 |
| 102 | Thomas Hearle | Scotland | 25:20.6 |
| 103 | Serge Barrault | France | 25:21.1 |
| 104 | Mads Jacobsen | Denmark | 25:21.6 |
| 105 | Dean Paulin | Australia | 25:21.9 |
| 106 | Henry Klassen | Canada | 25:22.2 |
| 107 | Greg Andersen | Canada | 25:24.1 |
| 108 | Andrew Hollens | England | 25:24.8 |
| 109 | Zdzislaw Wlodarczyk | Poland | 25:25.8 |
| 110 | Karsten Müller | West Germany | 25:26.2 |
| 111 | Károly Vajkovics | Hungary | 25:26.7 |
| 112 | Hiroshi Konno | Japan | 25:27.1 |
| 113 | Eduard Nabunone | Indonesia | 25:27.6 |
| 114 | Mohamed Laouni | Algeria | 25:29.6 |
| 115 | Cairan McGivern | Northern Ireland | 25:32 |
| 116 | Geoffrey Sheehan | Ireland | 25:32.8 |
| 117 | Erik Jylling | Denmark | 25:33.8 |
| 118 | Luca Barzaghi | Italy | 25:34.4 |
| 119 | Tomasz Szablinski | Poland | 25:36.1 |
| 120 | Frank Möller | West Germany | 25:36.6 |
| 121 | Rocco Taminelli | Switzerland | 25:38.2 |
| 122 | Gabriel Nyström | Sweden | 25:38.7 |
| 123 | Marco Di Lieto | Italy | 25:39.9 |
| 124 | Jerzy Kowalski | Poland | 25:43.1 |
| 125 | Tibor Bárdos | Hungary | 25:44.7 |
| 126 | Ivan Horsfall-Turner | Wales | 25:46.1 |
| 127 | Gilbert Dura | France | 25:49 |
| 128 | Christian Riedel | Switzerland | 25:49.6 |
| 129 | Vyacheslav Koshelev | Soviet Union | 25:50.2 |
| 130 | Tom Bessai | Canada | 25:50.6 |
| 131 | Bhim Lal | India | 25:50.9 |
| 132 | Mariusz Lamch | Poland | 25:54.7 |
| 133 | Taoufik Boukrouma | Tunisia | 25:55.4 |
| 134 | Tom Hanlon | Scotland | 25:57.4 |
| 135 | James Bell | Scotland | 25:59.3 |
| 136 | José Dias | Portugal | 26:00.6 |
| 137 | Patrick Hoare | Wales | 26:01.2 |
| 138 | David Wilson | Ireland | 26:01.9 |
| 139 | Daniel Hotz | Switzerland | 26:02.9 |
| 140 | Vinrender Singh | India | 26:04.8 |
| 141 | Naceur Hamed | Tunisia | 26:07.2 |
| 142 | Philippe Hubacher | Switzerland | 26:10.4 |
| 143 | Steve Gibbons | Ireland | 26:13.8 |
| 144 | Omar Daher | Djibouti | 26:15.1 |
| 145 | Arthur Gölly | Austria | 26:22.4 |
| 146 | Werner Edler-Muhr | Austria | 26:23.6 |
| 147 | Kevin Blake | Wales | 26:25 |
| 148 | Ilan Benishti | Israel | 26:26.9 |
| 149 | Luc Krotwaar | Netherlands | 26:30.8 |
| 150 | Róbert Banai | Hungary | 26:34.6 |
| 151 | Justin Reid | Northern Ireland | 26:37 |
| 152 | Nicholas Melling | Wales | 26:39.2 |
| 153 | Adam Mandl | Austria | 26:44.5 |
| 154 | Bernhard Jerovcic | Austria | 27:02 |
| 155 | Declan Caddell | Northern Ireland | 27:06.3 |
| 156 | Amarjetti Singh | India | 27:08.2 |
| 157 | Roland Kloss | Austria | 27:17 |
| 158 | João Lopes | Portugal | 27:19.1 |
| 159 | Gavin Wilson | Northern Ireland | 27:20.2 |
| 160 | Abdul Faisal | Kuwait | 27:34 |
| 161 | Dariusz Krawieci | Poland | 27:42 |
| 162 | Anup Singh | India | 27:43.3 |
| 163 | Meva Lal | India | 27:56.4 |
| 164 | A.Abdullah Honeitem | Kuwait | 28:17.9 |
| 165 | Grzegorz Gajdus | Poland | 28:21.7 |
| 166 | Junnappa | India | 28:23.8 |
| 167 | Egueh Houssein Djama | Djibouti | 28:29.7 |
| 168 | Sayer Hamden | Kuwait | 28:45.2 |
| 169 | Khalid Awad Bassam | Kuwait | 28:45.6 |
| 170 | Ali Sultan Ahmed | Kuwait | 28:57.8 |
| 171 | Abdul Houssein Yousef | Kuwait | 29:02.7 |
| — | Paul Mayles | Scotland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Melese Feissa1 Demeke Bekele3 Rafera Workench4 Ararse Fuffa5 (Habte Negash)(6) (Belayneh Tadesse)(16) | 13 |
| | Kenya Sammy Bitok2 William Mutwol9 Peter Rono10 David Onwonga11 (John Kiptum)(28) | 32 |
| | Spain Alejandro Gómez8 José Gruneiro12 Anacleto Jiménez13 José Carlos Adán19 (Manuel Martín)(46) (Mariano Campal)(50) | 52 |
| 4 | Australia Anthony Ford14 Jason Agosta21 Stephen Spiers22 Mark Vassallo34 (Greg Webster)(63) (Dean Paulin)(105) | 91 |
| 5 | United States Scott Fry15 Mark Dani18 Chris Borsa24 Harry Green37 (Reuben Reina)(47) (Greg Whiteley)(76) | 94 |
| 6 | Morocco Brahim Boutayeb7 Tahar Benajem33 Abdelmaleh Amanallah41 Mustapha Aakik56 (Khalid Skah)(68) (Brahim El Ghazali)(91) | 137 |
| 7 | Japan Akira Nakamura29 Junichi Takita31 Yosuke Osawa38 Masanobu Yamaguchi54 (Yoshinori Yokota)(95) (Hiroshi Konno)(112) | 152 |
| 8 | Belgium Eric de Tier20 Ruddy Walem27 Stephan Paessens55 Gino van Geyte57 (Luc Peerlinck)(96) | 159 |
| 9 | England John Nuttall35 Darren Mead39 Darrell Smith64 Rob Whalley80 (Steven Halliday)(81) (Andrew Hollens)(108) | 218 |
| 10 | Sweden Jan Jonsson23 Ulf Petäjä49 Kristofer Prander58 Andreas Ahl100 (Gabriel Nyström)(122) | 230 |
| 11 | Italy Umberto Pusterla25 Vittorio Di Saverio65 Luigi Teodori72 Giuliano Baccani85 (Luca Barzaghi)(118) (Marco Di Lieto)(123) | 247 |
| 12 | Portugal Raimundo Santos36 José Sobral53 Rui Viegas79 Joaquim Figueiredo88 (José Dias)(136) (João Lopes)(158) | 256 |
| 13 | Djibouti Hoche Yayeh32 Omar Abdillahi40 Houssein Ahmed Robleh90 Mohamed Idriss Djama94 (Omar Daher)(144) (Egueh Houssein Djama)(167) | 256 |
| 14 | Soviet Union Andrey Usachov17 Viktor Shevlyakov30 Azat Rakipov82 Vyacheslav Koshelev129 | 258 |
| 15 | Hungary Zoltán Káldy26 József Kovács48 Sándor Barcza75 Károly Vajkovics111 (Tibor Bárdos)(125) (Róbert Banai)(150) | 260 |
| 16 | Algeria Bouazza Noualla43 Mourad Bouldjadj51 Noui Hadj Nedjai89 Laredj Behri98 (Mohamed Laouni)(114) | 281 |
| 17 | Canada Stephen Connell45 Richard Charette60 John Gill101 Henry Klassen106 (Greg Andersen)(107) (Tom Bessai)(130) | 312 |
| 18 | France Richard Birembaux69 Thierry Bertin77 Bruno Léger78 Didier Sainthorand97 (Serge Barrault)(103) (Gilbert Dura)(127) | 321 |
| 19 | Ireland David Burke52 Martin Ryan70 John Downes83 Geoffrey Sheehan116 (David Wilson)(138) (Steve Gibbons)(143) | 321 |
| 20 | Tunisia Hamed Hamdouni62 Nourredine Kamoun66 Slim Chérif67 Taoufik Boukrouma133 (Naceur Hamed)(141) | 328 |
| 21 | West Germany Alexander Gunkel71 Christoph Blum73 Eike Hugo86 Karsten Müller110 (Frank Möller)(120) | 340 |
| 22 | Scotland Alastair Russell59 Robert Carey61 Thomas Hearle102 Tom Hanlon134 (James Bell)(135) (Paul Mayles)(DNF) | 356 |
| 23 | Switzerland Daniel Hacksteiner87 Sebastian Epiney92 Rocco Taminelli121 Christian Riedel128 (Daniel Hotz)(139) (Philippe Hubacher)(142) | 428 |
| 24 | Wales Justin Hobbs74 Paul Williams99 Ivan Horsfall-Turner126 Patrick Hoare137 (Kevin Blake)(147) (Nicholas Melling)(152) | 436 |
| 25 | Poland Zdzislaw Wlodarczyk109 Tomasz Szablinski119 Jerzy Kowalski124 Mariusz Lamch132 (Dariusz Krawieci)(161) (Grzegorz Gajdus)(165) | 484 |
| 26 | Northern Ireland Davey Wilson84 Cairan McGivern115 Justin Reid151 Declan Caddell155 (Gavin Wilson)(159) | 505 |
| 27 | India Bhim Lal131 Vinrender Singh140 Amarjetti Singh156 Anup Singh162 (Meva Lal)(163) (Junnappa)(166) | 589 |
| 28 | Austria Arthur Gölly145 Werner Edler-Muhr146 Adam Mandl153 Bernhard Jerovcic154 (Roland Kloss)(157) | 598 |
| 29 | Kuwait Abdul Faisal160 A.Abdullah Honeitem164 Sayer Hamden168 Khalid Awad Bassam169 (Ali Sultan Ahmed)(170) (Abdul Houssein Yousef)(171) | 661 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 172 athletes from 34 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.
* Algeria (5)
* Australia (6)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (5)
* Canada (6)
* China (2)
* Denmark (2)
* Djibouti (6)
* England (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Hungary (6)
* India (6)
* Indonesia (1)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (5)
* Kuwait (6)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (2)
* Northern Ireland (5)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (6)
* Scotland (6)
* Soviet Union (4)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (6)
* Tunisia (5)
* United States (6)
* Wales (6)
* West Germany (5)