# 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Aix-les-Bains, France, at the Hippodrome de Marlioz on March 25, 1990. 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 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kipyego Kororia | Kenya | 22:13 |
| | Richard Chelimo | Kenya | 22:14 |
| | Fita Bayissa | Ethiopia | 22:24 |
| 4 | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 22:32 |
| 5 | Samuel Otieno | Kenya | 22:35 |
| 6 | Matthew Birir | Kenya | 22:47 |
| 7 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia | 22:58 |
| 8 | Assefa Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 23:04 |
| 9 | Tesgie Legesse | Ethiopia | 23:07 |
| 10 | Dadi Tamrat | Ethiopia | 23:20 |
| 11 | Yahia Azaidj | Algeria | 23:26 |
| 12 | Salah Hissou | Morocco | 23:27 |
| 13 | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 23:30 |
| 14 | Lemi Erpassa | Ethiopia | 23:35 |
| 15 | Seiji Kushibe | Japan | 23:38 |
| 16 | Ion Avramescu | Romania | 23:39 |
| 17 | Vincenzo Modica | Italy | 23:39 |
| 18 | Francisco Munuera | Spain | 23:40 |
| 19 | Mark Carroll | Ireland | 23:42 |
| 20 | Mark Johansen | United States | 23:43 |
| 21 | Javier Cortés | Spain | 23:43 |
| 22 | Ryuji Takei | Japan | 23:44 |
| 23 | Javier Caballero | Spain | 23:54 |
| 24 | Claes Nyberg | Sweden | 23:55 |
| 25 | Robinson Semolini | Brazil | 23:56 |
| 26 | Abdelkrim Benzai | Algeria | 23:57 |
| 27 | Francesco Bennici | Italy | 23:57 |
| 28 | Christian Leuprecht | Italy | 23:59 |
| 29 | Hiroyuki Nakamura | Japan | 24:02 |
| 30 | Osamu Nara | Japan | 24:02 |
| 31 | Brahim Sassi | Tunisia | 24:05 |
| 32 | Joël Bourgeois | Canada | 24:08 |
| 33 | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | 24:08 |
| 34 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 24:13 |
| 35 | Steve Green | United Kingdom | 24:16 |
| 36 | Jon Gascoyne | United Kingdom | 24:17 |
| 37 | John Coyle | United States | 24:18 |
| 38 | Hirofumi Katafuchi | Japan | 24:19 |
| 39 | Stephane Picard | France | 24:20 |
| 40 | Rodolfo Lopes | Portugal | 24:20 |
| 41 | Mark Burdis | Ireland | 24:21 |
| 42 | Andrew Pearson | United Kingdom | 24:21 |
| 43 | Stanislav Yordanov | Soviet Union | 24:23 |
| 44 | Janik Lambert | Canada | 24:26 |
| 45 | Nasradine Cherifi | France | 24:27 |
| 46 | Abich Benkhelifa | Tunisia | 24:28 |
| 47 | Malcolm Campbell | United Kingdom | 24:28 |
| 48 | Kazuhiro Kawauchi | Japan | 24:29 |
| 49 | Jason Bunston | Canada | 24:32 |
| 50 | Kamel Kohil | Algeria | 24:33 |
| 51 | Philippe Jacquemin | Belgium | 24:33 |
| 52 | Vladimir Golyas | Soviet Union | 24:33 |
| 53 | Dhahbi Anizi | Tunisia | 24:36 |
| 54 | Kent Claesson | Sweden | 24:39 |
| 55 | José Luis Francisco | Spain | 24:40 |
| 56 | Ryad Gatte | Algeria | 24:41 |
| 57 | Rainer Huth | West Germany | 24:41 |
| 58 | Hartmut Merl | West Germany | 24:42 |
| 59 | Alexandr Litvinov | Soviet Union | 24:43 |
| 60 | Bryan Conway | Ireland | 24:44 |
| 61 | Tom van Hooste | Belgium | 24:45 |
| 62 | Jaroslaw Cichocki | Poland | 24:45 |
| 63 | Marc Dauer | West Germany | 24:45 |
| 64 | Oscar Gilotti | Italy | 24:45 |
| 65 | Chadli Mastouri | France | 24:47 |
| 66 | Paul Logan | Ireland | 24:47 |
| 67 | Roman Korzh | Soviet Union | 24:48 |
| 68 | Awad Saleh Ahmed | North Yemen | 24:53 |
| 69 | Colin de Burca | Ireland | 24:56 |
| 70 | Fabrice Chomaud | France | 24:56 |
| 71 | Stathis Stasi | Cyprus | 24:56 |
| 72 | Krzysztof Baldyga | Poland | 24:57 |
| 73 | David Bretel | France | 24:57 |
| 74 | Jeff Campbell | United States | 24:58 |
| 75 | Antonio Ciucio | Italy | 24:58 |
| 76 | Paul Stoneham | United States | 25:00 |
| 77 | Anatoly Yefremov | Soviet Union | 25:01 |
| 78 | Sami Alanen | Finland | 25:03 |
| 79 | Stelios Marneros | Cyprus | 25:03 |
| 80 | Apolinar Caudillo | Mexico | 25:04 |
| 81 | Abdelhak Lebouazda | Algeria | 25:09 |
| 82 | Graham Hood | Canada | 25:09 |
| 83 | Germano Neves | Portugal | 25:12 |
| 84 | Delfim Conceição | Portugal | 25:17 |
| 85 | Ridha Ghuizani | Tunisia | 25:18 |
| 86 | Jacky Lovis | Switzerland | 25:19 |
| 87 | Elisardo de la Torre | Spain | 25:20 |
| 88 | Alvaro Ramalhete | Portugal | 25:25 |
| 89 | Anwar Al-Harazi | North Yemen | 25:25 |
| 90 | Mokhtar Belaid | Algeria | 25:26 |
| 91 | Jaroslaw Sitarz | Poland | 25:26 |
| 92 | Goim Hussein | North Yemen | 25:28 |
| 93 | Jason Mohr | United States | 25:29 |
| 94 | Donald van Boven | Belgium | 25:29 |
| 95 | Luis Suárez | Spain | 25:30 |
| 96 | Georgios Loucaides | Cyprus | 25:30 |
| 97 | Nicos Marcou | Cyprus | 25:31 |
| 98 | Holger Ahrenberg | West Germany | 25:31 |
| 99 | Bhairav Singh | India | 25:31 |
| 100 | Shawn McKay | Canada | 25:35 |
| 101 | Rachid Benmohamed | Belgium | 25:37 |
| 102 | Jan Everyman | Belgium | 25:40 |
| 103 | Marcio Pazin | Brazil | 25:43 |
| 104 | Jamey Harris | United States | 25:44 |
| 105 | Frank Schouren | West Germany | 25:47 |
| 106 | Mounir Dellali | Tunisia | 26:01 |
| 107 | Nimrod Branka | Israel | 26:07 |
| 108 | Ali Harezi Al-Ghazali | North Yemen | 26:07 |
| 109 | Abdelghawi Fisal | North Yemen | 26:15 |
| 110 | Mario Figueiredo | Portugal | 26:21 |
| 111 | Patrick Grammens | Belgium | 26:26 |
| 112 | Kevin Toher | United Kingdom | 26:29 |
| 113 | Remzi Atli | Turkey | 26:31 |
| 114 | Ahmed Al-Saqaf | North Yemen | 26:32 |
| 115 | Mikaël Thomas | France | 26:39 |
| 116 | K.M. Chinnappa | India | 27:07 |
| 117 | Grzegorz Krystek | Poland | 27:20 |
| 118 | Paul Ignacio | Gibraltar | 27:21 |
| 119 | Tyrone Cano | Gibraltar | 27:39 |
| 120 | Wiktor Malina | Poland | 28:03 |
| 121 | Darren McComb | Gibraltar | 28:11 |
| 122 | Richard Muscat | Gibraltar | 28:13 |
| 123 | Stavros Panagiotou | Cyprus | 28:44 |
| 124 | Gareth Cano | Gibraltar | 29:14 |
| 125 | Anthony Kiprono | Kenya | 33:52 |
| 126 | Damien Muscat | Gibraltar | 33:52 |
| — | Julio Figueiredo | Portugal | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Kipyego Kororia1 Richard Chelimo2 Ismael Kirui4 Samuel Otieno5 (Matthew Birir)(6) (Anthony Kiprono)(125) | 12 |
| | Ethiopia Fita Bayissa3 Abraham Assefa7 Assefa Gebremedhin8 Tesgie Legesse9 (Dadi Tamrat)(10) (Lemi Erpassa)(14) | 27 |
| | Italy Stefano Baldini13 Vincenzo Modica17 Francesco Bennici27 Christian Leuprecht28 (Oscar Gilotti)(64) (Antonio Ciucio)(75) | 85 |
| 4 | Japan Seiji Kushibe15 Ryuji Takei22 Hiroyuki Nakamura29 Osamu Nara30 (Hirofumi Katafuchi)(38) (Kazuhiro Kawauchi)(48) | 96 |
| 5 | Spain Francisco Munuera18 Javier Cortés21 Javier Caballero23 José Luis Francisco55 (Elisardo de la Torre)(87) (Luis Suárez)(95) | 117 |
| 6 | Algeria Yahia Azaidj11 Abdelkrim Benzai26 Kamel Kohil50 Ryad Gatte56 (Abdelhak Lebouazda)(81) (Mokhtar Belaid)(90) | 143 |
| 7 | Ireland Mark Carroll19 Niall Bruton34 Mark Burdis41 Bryan Conway60 (Paul Logan)(66) (Colin de Burca)(69) | 154 |
| 8 | Canada Joël Bourgeois32 Kevin Sullivan33 Janik Lambert44 Jason Bunston49 (Graham Hood)(82) (Shawn McKay)(100) | 158 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Steve Green35 Jon Gascoyne36 Andrew Pearson42 Malcolm Campbell47 (Kevin Toher)(112) | 160 |
| 10 | United States Mark Johansen20 John Coyle37 Jeff Campbell74 Paul Stoneham76 (Jason Mohr)(93) (James Harris)(104) | 207 |
| 11 | Tunisia Brahim Sassi31 Abich Benkhelifa46 Dhahbi Anizi53 Ridha Ghuizani85 (Mounir Dellali)(106) | 215 |
| 12 | France Stephane Picard39 Nasradine Cherifi45 Chadli Mastouri65 Fabrice Chomaud70 (David Bretel)(73) (Mikaël Thomas)(115) | 219 |
| 13 | Soviet Union Stanislav Yordanov43 Vladimir Golyas52 Alexandr Litvinov59 Roman Korzh67 (Anatoly Yefremov)(77) | 221 |
| 14 | West Germany Rainer Huth57 Hartmut Merl58 Marc Dauer63 Holger Ahrenberg98 (Frank Schouren)(105) | 276 |
| 15 | Portugal Rodolfo Lopes40 Germano Neves83 Delfim Conceição84 Alvaro Ramalhete88 (Mario Figueiredo)(110) (Julio Figueiredo)(DNF) | 295 |
| 16 | Belgium Philippe Jacquemin51 Tom van Hooste61 Donald van Boven94 Rachid Benmohamed101 (Jan Everyman)(102) (Patrick Grammens)(111) | 307 |
| 17 | Poland Jaroslaw Cichocki62 Krzysztof Baldyga72 Jaroslaw Sitarz91 Grzegorz Krystek117 (Wiktor Malina)(120) | 342 |
| 18 | Cyprus Stathis Stasi71 Stelios Marneros79 Georgios Loucaides96 Nicos Marcou97 (Stavros Panagiotou)(123) | 343 |
| 19 | North Yemen Awad Saleh Ahmed68 Anwar Al-Harazi89 Goim Hussein92 Ali Harezi Al-Ghazali108 (Abdelghawi Fisal)(109) (Ahmed Al-Saqaf)(114) | 357 |
| 20 | Gibraltar Paul Ignacio118 Tyrone Cano119 Darren McComb121 Richard Muscat122 (Gareth Cano)(124) (Damien Muscat)(126) | 480 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 127 athletes from 30 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (6)
* Cyprus (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (6)
* Gibraltar (6)
* India (2)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (1)
* North Yemen (6)
* Poland (5)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* West Germany (5)