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

The Junior 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
### Junior men's race (8.031 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Wilfred Kirochi | Kenya | 23:25 |
| | Alfonce Muindi | Kenya | 23:39 |
| | Bedile Kibret | Ethiopia | 23:41 |
| 4 | Mathew Rono | Kenya | 23:51 |
| 5 | Thomas Makini | Kenya | 23:54 |
| 6 | William Koskei Chemitei | Kenya | 24:03 |
| 7 | Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 24:17 |
| 8 | Juan Abad | Spain | 24:35 |
| 9 | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria | 24:45 |
| 10 | Tadelle Abebe | Ethiopia | 24:48 |
| 11 | Zoltán Káldy | Hungary | 24:52 |
| 12 | Andrea Erni | Switzerland | 24:56 |
| 13 | Lemi Erpassa | Ethiopia | 25:06 |
| 14 | Todd Williams | United States | 25:08 |
| 15 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 25:09 |
| 16 | Mariano Campal | Spain | 25:10 |
| 17 | Tesfayi Dadi | Ethiopia | 25:12 |
| 18 | Naoki Yamagata | Japan | 25:18 |
| 19 | Rod de Highden | Australia | 25:22 |
| 20 | Jun Hiratsuka | Japan | 25:22 |
| 21 | Hirokazu Tatsumi | Japan | 25:26 |
| 22 | Jesús Gálvez | Spain | 25:28 |
| 23 | Carlos Calado | Portugal | 25:28 |
| 24 | Hideyuki Matsumoto | Japan | 25:31 |
| 25 | Ross Wilson | New Zealand | 25:32 |
| 26 | Neil Panchen | United Kingdom | 25:32 |
| 27 | Julian Paynter | Australia | 25:38 |
| 28 | Richard Lindroos | New Zealand | 25:38 |
| 29 | Akio Ishizaki | Japan | 25:40 |
| 30 | Rorri Currie | Canada | 25:41 |
| 31 | John Myers | United States | 25:43 |
| 32 | Carsten Arndt | West Germany | 25:45 |
| 33 | Ernest Shephard | United States | 25:46 |
| 34 | Jason Bunston | Canada | 25:47 |
| 35 | Frank Hanley | Ireland | 25:47 |
| 36 | Sarinuto Zandonella | Italy | 25:48 |
| 37 | Jeffrey Pajak | United States | 25:50 |
| 38 | Alex Davey | Australia | 25:55 |
| 39 | Savino Tondo | Italy | 25:55 |
| 40 | Fabio Caldirolli | Italy | 25:58 |
| 41 | Ricardo Castaño | Spain | 26:01 |
| 42 | Ferhat Zaidi | Algeria | 26:03 |
| 43 | Shinya Kitahara | Japan | 26:04 |
| 44 | Dean Rose | Australia | 26:10 |
| 45 | Fabrizio de Vincenzi | Italy | 26:10 |
| 46 | Mohamed Arab Tadjer | Algeria | 26:11 |
| 47 | Nick Tsioros | Canada | 26:13 |
| 48 | Andrew Hudson | United States | 26:16 |
| 49 | Michael Johnston | New Zealand | 26:19 |
| 50 | Jeremy Forbes | New Zealand | 26:21 |
| 51 | Clarke Murphy | United Kingdom | 26:22 |
| 52 | Jon Dennis | United Kingdom | 26:28 |
| 53 | David Pujolar | Spain | 26:30 |
| 54 | Kameshwar Ravidas | India | 26:31 |
| 55 | Kamel Khellaf | Algeria | 26:31 |
| 56 | Steven Brooks | United Kingdom | 26:33 |
| 57 | Noel Cullen | Ireland | 26:34 |
| 58 | Daniel Maas | United States | 26:35 |
| 59 | Baltazar Sousa | Portugal | 26:36 |
| 60 | John Hansen | Norway | 26:39 |
| 61 | Chris Roberts | United Kingdom | 26:40 |
| 62 | Faycal Menasria | Algeria | 26:42 |
| 63 | Alan Lewis | Canada | 26:48 |
| 64 | Glen le Gros | New Zealand | 26:48 |
| 65 | Shyan Boodnah | Mauritius | 26:48 |
| 66 | Tsai Ching-Chou | Chinese Taipei | 26:53 |
| 67 | Greg Collier | Australia | 27:01 |
| 68 | Spencer Duval | United Kingdom | 27:01 |
| 69 | Hwang Chiu-Ping | Chinese Taipei | 27:02 |
| 70 | John Bowden | Canada | 27:04 |
| 71 | Paul Logan | Ireland | 27:05 |
| 72 | Fajinder Rathor | India | 27:06 |
| 73 | Kevin Gavin | Ireland | 27:14 |
| 74 | Seamus Power | Ireland | 27:17 |
| 75 | Eiliv Gjesdal | Norway | 27:25 |
| 76 | Dean Ogilvie | New Zealand | 27:27 |
| 77 | Julius Solheim | Norway | 27:32 |
| 78 | Luca Serena | Italy | 28:22 |
| 79 | Bishen Rouvat | Nepal | 28:23 |
| 80 | Rajan Khatri | Nepal | 28:46 |
| 81 | Ithai Luria | Israel | 28:58 |
| 82 | Henry Iata | Vanuatu | 29:26 |
| 83 | Ancel Nalau | Vanuatu | 29:31 |
| 84 | Uraia Koroi | Fiji | 29:46 |
| 85 | Brendan Matthias | Canada | 29:52 |
| 86 | Anand Kumar | India | 29:55 |
| 87 | Dhani Chowdhary | Nepal | 30:22 |
| 88 | Lok Rokaya | Nepal | 30:35 |
| 89 | Shalendra Sagar | Fiji | 30:40 |
| 90 | Nilesh Narayan | Fiji | 30:52 |
| 91 | Michael Cecil | Vanuatu | 31:13 |
| 92 | Usman Kutty | Fiji | 31:32 |
| 93 | Chandra Karki | Nepal | 33:40 |
| 94 | Paul Young | Western Samoa | 39:10 |
| 95 | Darren Young | Western Samoa | 47:30 |
| — | Cosmas Ndeti | Kenya | DQ$^†$ |
$^†$:Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Wilfred Kirochi1 Alfonce Muindi2 Mathew Rono4 Thomas Makini5 (William Koskei Chemitei)(6) | 12 |
| | Ethiopia Bedile Kibret3 Demeke Bekele7 Tadelle Abebe10 Lemi Erpassa13 (Tesfayi Dadi)(17) | 33 |
| | Spain Juan Abad8 Fermín Cacho15 Mariano Campal16 Jesús Gálvez22 (Ricardo Castaño)(41) (David Pujolar)(53) | 61 |
| 4 | Japan Naoki Yamagata18 Jun Hiratsuka20 Hirokazu Tatsumi21 Hideyuki Matsumoto24 (Akio Ishizaki)(29) (Shinya Kitahara)(43) | 83 |
| 5 | United States Todd Williams14 John Myers31 Ernest Shephard33 Jeffrey Pajak37 (Andrew Hudson)(48) (Daniel Maas)(58) | 115 |
| 6 | Australia Rod de Highden19 Julian Paynter27 Alex Davey38 Dean Rose44 (Greg Collier)(67) | 128 |
| 7 | New Zealand Ross Wilson25 Richard Lindroos28 Michael Johnston49 Jeremy Forbes50 (Glen le Gros)(64) (Dean Ogilvie)(76) | 152 |
| 8 | Algeria Noureddine Morceli9 Ferhat Zaidi42 Mohamed Arab Tadjer46 Kamel Khellaf55 (Faycal Menasria)(62) | 152 |
| 9 | Italy Sarinuto Zandonella36 Savino Tondo39 Fabio Caldirolli40 Fabrizio de Vincenzi45 (Luca Serena)(78) | 160 |
| 10 | Canada Rorri Currie30 Jason Bunston34 Nick Tsioros47 Alan Lewis63 (John Bowden)(70) (Brendan Matthias)(85) | 174 |
| 11 | United Kingdom Neil Panchen26 Clarke Murphy51 Jon Dennis52 Steven Brooks56 (Chris Roberts)(61) (Spencer Duval)(68) | 185 |
| 12 | Ireland Frank Hanley35 Noel Cullen57 Paul Logan71 Kevin Gavin73 (Seamus Power)(74) | 236 |
| 13 | Nepal Bishen Rouvat79 Rajan Khatri80 Dhani Chowdhary87 Lok Rokaya88 (Chandra Karki)(93) | 334 |
| 14 | Fiji Uraia Koroi84 Shalendra Sagar89 Nilesh Narayan90 Usman Kutty92 | 355 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 96 athletes from 25 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.
* Algeria (5)
* Australia (5)
* Canada (6)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Ethiopia (5)
* Fiji (4)
* Hungary (1)
* India (3)
* Ireland (5)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Mauritius (1)
* Nepal (5)
* New Zealand (6)
* Norway (3)
* Portugal (2)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Vanuatu (3)
* Western Samoa (2)
* West Germany (1)