1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	18th
Date	March 25
Host city	Aix-les-Bains, Rhône-Alpes, France
Location	Hippodrome de Marlioz
Nations participating	59
Athletes participating	617
Races	4
Distances	12.2 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 6 km – Senior women 4.4 km – Junior women
← 1989 Stavanger 1991 Antwerpen →

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.^[1]

Complete results for senior men,^[2] junior men,^[3] senior women,^[4] junior women,^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.2 km)	Khalid Skah Morocco	34:21	Moses Tanui Kenya	34:21	Julius M. Korir Kenya	34:22
Junior men (8 km)	Kipyego Kororia Kenya	22:13	Richard Chelimo Kenya	22:14	Fita Bayissa Ethiopia	22:24
Senior women (6 km)	Lynn Jennings United States	19:21	Albertina Dias Portugal	19:33	Yelena Romanova Soviet Union	19:33
Junior women (4.4 km)	Liu Shixiang China	14:19	Yan Qinglan China	14:20	Susan Chepkemei Kenya	14:22
Team
Senior men	Kenya	42	Ethiopia	96	Spain	176
Junior men	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	27	Italy	85
Senior women	Soviet Union	37	Ethiopia	75	Portugal	80
Junior women	Kenya	20	Japan	44	China	68

Race results

Senior men's race (12.2 km)

For full event details see 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Khalid Skah	Morocco	34:21
02 !	Moses Tanui	Kenya	34:21
03 !	Julius M. Korir	Kenya	34:22
4	Haji Bulbula	Ethiopia	34:25
5	William Mutwol	Kenya	34:26
6	Ibrahim Kinuthia	Kenya	34:30
7	Domingos Castro	Portugal	34:45
8	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	34:49
9	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	34:50
10	Antonio Prieto	Spain	34:52
11	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	34:55
12	Hammou Boutayeb	Morocco	34:55
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Moses Tanui	2
Julius M. Korir	3
William Mutwol	5
Ibrahim Kinuthia	6
Paul Kipkoech	9
Boniface Merande	17
(John Ngugi)	(20)
(Joseph Kiptum)	(22)
(Samuel Nyangincha)	(25)

Ethiopia

Haji Bulbula	4
Abebe Mekonnen	8
Tesfaye Tafa	14
Addis Abebe	19
Jillo Dube	24
Debebe Demisse	27
(Chala Kelele)	(33)
(Wami Alemayehu)	(74)
(Melese Feissa)	(90)

Spain

Antonio Prieto	10
Martín Fiz	15
Alejandro Gómez	32
José Manuel García	36
Abel Antón	38
Constantino Esparcia	45
(Antonio Serrano)	(61)
(Vicente Polo)	(69)
(José Carlos Adán)	(153)

176

Portugal

194

Morocco

268

Italy

289

Soviet Union

367

United States

441

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8 km)

For full event details see 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Kipyego Kororia	Kenya	22:13
02 !	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	22:14
03 !	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
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Kipyego Kororia	1
Richard Chelimo	2
Ismael Kirui	4
Samuel Otieno	5
(Matthew Birir)	(6)
(Anthony Kiprono)	(125)

Ethiopia

Fita Bayissa	3
Abraham Assefa	7
Assefa Gebremedhin	8
Tesgie Legesse	9
(Dadi Tamrat)	(10)
(Lemi Erpassa)	(14)

Italy

Stefano Baldini	13
Vincenzo Modica	17
Francesco Bennici	27
Christian Leuprecht	28
(Oscar Gilotti)	(64)
(Antonio Ciucio)	(75)

Japan

Spain

117

Algeria

143

Ireland

154

Canada

158

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (6 km)

For full event details see 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Lynn Jennings	United States	19:21
02 !	Albertina Dias	Portugal	19:33
03 !	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	19:33
4	Luchia Yeshak	Ethiopia	19:33
5	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	19:39
6	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	19:41
7	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	19:45
8	Viorica Ghican	Romania	19:47
9	Margaret Wairimu	Kenya	19:49
10	Nadezhda Galyamova	Soviet Union	19:50
11	Olga Nazarkina	Soviet Union	19:51
12	Iulia Negura	Romania	19:51
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Yelena Romanova	3
Nadezhda Galyamova	10
Olga Nazarkina	11
Regina Chistyakova	13
(Natalya Sorokivskaya)	(28)
(Tatyana Pozdnyakova)	(51)

Ethiopia

Luchia Yeshak	4
Derartu Tulu	15
Adanech Erkulo	25
Getenesh Urge	31
(Tigist Moreda)	(66)
(Addis Gezagne)	(78)

Portugal

Albertina Dias	2
Conceição Ferreira	7
Aurora Cunha	21
Monica Gáma	50
(Lucilia Soares)	(72)
(Fernanda Marques)	(DNF)

Romania

102

United States

112

France

125

Australia

126

Japan

172

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior women's race (4.4 km)

For full event details see 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Liu Shixiang	China	14:19
02 !	Yan Qinglan	China	14:20
03 !	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	14:22
4	Caroline Kwambai	Kenya	14:23
5	Lina Chesire	Kenya	14:25
6	Tamara Salomon	Canada	14:27
7	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	14:30
8	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	14:30
9	Minori Hayakari	Japan	14:32
10	Shiki Terasaki	Japan	14:35
11	Yumi Osaki	Japan	14:35
12	Melody Fairchild	United States	14:37
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Susan Chepkemei	3
Caroline Kwambai	4
Lina Chesire	5
Ann Mwangi	8
(Jane Ekimat)	(13)
(Tegla Loroupe)	(16)

Japan

Minori Hayakari	9
Shiki Terasaki	10
Yumi Osaki	11
Natsue Koikawa	14
(Makiko Okamoto)	(18)
(Hozumi Otani)	(30)

China

Liu Shixiang	1
Yan Qinglan	2
Liu Xian	27
Liu Yianying	38
(Li Libin)	(46)

Ecuador

United Kingdom

145

Soviet Union

147

Canada

148

Morocco

153

Full results

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	4	2	2	8
2	China	1	1	1	3
3	Soviet Union	1	0	1	2
4	Morocco	1	0	0	1
4	United States	1	0	0	1
6	Ethiopia	0	3	1	4
7	Portugal	0	1	1	2
8	Japan	0	1	0	1
9	Italy	0	0	1	1
9	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24

Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 617 athletes from 59 countries, one athlete (senior men) less than the official number published.^[7]

Albania (5)
Algeria (16)
Argentina (2)
Australia (13)
Belgium (26)
Botswana (3)
Brazil (16)
Canada (27)
China (5)
Chinese Taipei (4)
Colombia (1)
Cyprus (5)
Czechoslovakia (7)
Denmark (4)
East Germany (5)
Ecuador (6)
Ethiopia (21)
Finland (9)
France (27)
Gibraltar (6)

Hungary (5)
Iceland (1)
India (17)
Iran (3)
Ireland (26)
Israel (2)
Italy (27)
Jamaica (4)
Japan (24)
Kenya (26)
Lebanon (1)
Mauritius (3)
Mexico (16)
Monaco (1)
Morocco (16)
Namibia (1)
Netherlands (12)
New Zealand (4)
North Yemen (6)
Norway (8)

Paraguay (1)
Poland (9)
Portugal (27)
Romania (11)
Rwanda (2)
San Marino (1)
Soviet Union (23)
Spain (27)
Sweden (6)
Switzerland (11)
Tunisia (5)
Turkey (7)
United Kingdom (25)
United States (27)
U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
West Germany (16)
Yugoslavia (1)
Zaire (1)
Zambia (4)

References

↑ Morocco has unearthed a new athletics star in Khalid Skah, who won the world cross-country title on Saturday with a style reminiscent of his compatriots, multi world record-holder Said Aouita and Olympic 10,000m champion Brahim Boutayeb..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1990, retrieved October 24, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.2km CC Men - Aix-les-Bains Date: Saturday, March 24, 1990, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 24, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Aix-les-Bains Date: Saturday, March 24, 1990, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 24, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Aix-les-Bains Date: Saturday, March 24, 1990, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 24, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.4km CC Women - Aix-les-Bains Date: Saturday, March 24, 1990, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 24, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, retrieved October 9, 2013

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