The 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)John Ngugi 39:42Tim Hutchings 40:10Wilfred Kirochi 40:21Junior men(8 km)Addis Abebe 25:07Kipyego Kororia 25:31Stephenson Nyamau 25:33Senior women(6 km)Annette Sergent 22:27Nadezhda Stepanova 22:34Lynn Williams 22:41Junior women(4 km)Malin Ewerlöf 15:23Olga Nazarkina 15:30Esther Saina 15:41 TeamSenior men 44 147 162Junior men 14 22 76Senior women 58 60 68Junior women 40 68 84
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time John Ngugi 39:42 Tim Hutchings 40:10 Wilfred Kirochi 40:21 4 Steve Moneghetti 40:24 5 Tesfaye Tafa 40:26 6 Alejandro Gómez 40:29 7 Andrew Masai 40:32 8 Kipkemboi Kimeli 40:34 9 Moses Tanui 40:42 10 John Halvorsen 40:45 11 Bruno Le Stum 40:48 12 Francesco Panetta 40:51 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points John Ngugi 1 Wilfred Kirochi 3 Andrew Masai 7 Kipkemboi Kimeli 8 Moses Tanui 9 Joseph Kiptum 16 (Boniface Merande) (25) (Jackson Ruto) (36) (Ibrahim Kinuthia) (44) 44 Tim Hutchings 2 Gary Staines 14 Dave Clarke 15 Craig Mochrie 22 Dave Lewis 45 Richard Nerurkar 49 (Eamonn Martin) (93) (Geoff Turnbull) (136) (Roger Hackney) (DNF) 147 Tesfaye Tafa 5 Bekele Debele 13 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 27 Melese Feissa 33 Debebe Demisse 37 Haji Bulbula 47 (Bedile Kibret) (77) (Demeke Bekele) (97) (Habte Negash) (125) 162 4 187 5 189 6 284 7 305 8 318 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Addis Abebe 25:07 Kipyego Kororia 25:31 Stephenson Nyamau 25:33 4 Thomas Osano 25:33 5 William Koskei Chemitei 25:36 6 Dube Jillo 25:40 7 Tesgie Legesse 25:52 8 Tesfaye Bekele 26:03 9 Christian Leuprecht 26:07 10 Lemi Erpassa 26:18 11 Assefa Gebremedhin 26:29 12 Spencer Duval 26:32 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Kipyego Kororia 2 Stephenson Nyamau 3 Thomas Osano 4 William Koskei Chemitei 5 (Jonah Birir) (13) 14 Addis Abebe 1 Dube Jillo 6 Tesgie Legesse 7 Tesfaye Bekele 8 (Lemi Erpassa) (10) (Assefa Gebremedhin) (11) 22 Christian Leuprecht 9 Vincenzo Modica 17 Francesco Bennici 23 Angelo Giardiello 27 (Antonello Barretta) (110) (Sabino Francavilla) (121) 76 4 95 5 131 6 147 7 170 8 172 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (6 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Annette Sergent 22:27 Nadezhda Stepanova 22:34 Lynn Williams 22:41 4 Jane Ngotho 22:57 5 Jackie Perkins 22:59 6 Lynn Jennings 22:59 7 Jill Hunter 23:00 8 Véronique Collard 23:01 9 Yelena Romanova 23:02 10 Maria Lelut 23:03 11 Luchia Yeshak 23:04 12 Conceição Ferreira 23:13 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Nadezhda Stepanova 2 Yelena Romanova 9 Natalya Sorokivskaya 20 Regina Chistyakova 27 (Natalya Artyomova) (67) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (69) 58 Annette Sergent 1 Maria Lelut 10 Martine Fays 17 Marie-Pierre Duros 32 (Patricia Demilly) (53) (Rosario Murcia) (93) 60 Lynn Jennings 6 Margaret Groos 16 Carla Borovicka 21 Annette Hand 25 (Sabrina Dornhoefer) (29) (Shelly Steely) (86) 68 4 84 5 98 6 99 7 130 8 133 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior women's race (4 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Malin Ewerlöf 15:23 Olga Nazarkina 15:30 Esther Saina 15:41 4 Ann Mwangi 15:59 5 Jane Ekimat 16:01 6 Lisa Harvey 16:03 7 Shiki Terasaki 16:04 8 Mónica Gama 16:12 9 Suzy Walsham 16:14 10 Tina Hall 16:15 11 Yumi Osaki 16:16 12 Nicole Corbin 16:20 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Esther Saina 3 Ann Mwangi 4 Jane Ekimat 5 Tegla Loroupe 28 40 Olga Nazarkina 2 Elena Khaliman 18 Larisa Alekseyeva 21 Svetlana Yepishkina 27 (Svetlana Nesterova) (29) (Olga Bogdanova) (32) 68 Mónica Gama 8 Carla Sacramento 17 Carla Machado 20 Luisa Diaz 39 (Carla Azeitero) (54) (Ana Oliveira) (74) 84 4 90 5 103 6 104 7 125 8 149 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
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 568 athletes from 41 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
(12) (1) (25) (17) (13) (25) (3) (2) (2) (16) (20) (26) (26) (10) (12) (22) (2) (25) (3) (26) (19) (4) (12) (11) (13) (6) (26) (11) (23) (5) (1) (22) (27) (14) (11) (8) (27) (27) (2) (7) (4)
See also 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race 1989 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics