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 for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)John Ngugi 34:32Paul Kipkoech 34:54Kipsubai Koskei 35:07Junior men(8.031 km)Wilfred Kirochi 23:25Alfonce Muindi 23:39Bedile Kibret 23:41Senior women(5.962 km)Ingrid Kristiansen 19:04Angela Tooby 19:23Annette Sergent 19:29 TeamSenior men 23 103 134Junior men 12 33 61Senior women 51 61 72

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time John Ngugi 34:32 Paul Kipkoech 34:54 Kipsubai Koskei 35:07 4 Boniface Merande 35:22 5 Abebe Mekonnen 35:25 6 Moses Tanui 35:25 7 Joseph Kiptum 35:46 8 Kip Rono 35:46 9 Some Muge 35:48 10 Haji Bulbula 35:49 11 Paul Arpin 35:51 12 Habte Negash 35:54 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points John Ngugi 1 Paul Kipkoech 2 Kipsubai Koskei 3 Boniface Merande 4 Moses Tanui 6 Joseph Kiptum 7 (Kip Rono) (8) (Some Muge) (9) (Daniel Mutai) (99) 23 Abebe Mekonnen 5 Haji Bulbula 10 Habte Negash 12 Debebe Demisse 20 Melese Feissa 23 Chala Kelele 33 (Tena Negere) (38) (Wolde Silasse Melkessa) (64) (Bekele Debele) (83) 103 Paul Arpin 11 Steve Tunstall 14 Jean-Louis Prianon 17 Joël Lucas 25 Cyrille Laventure 30 Bruno Levant 37 (Thierry Pantel) (39) (Dominique Delattre) (56) (Pierre Levisse) (146) 134 4 228 5 272 6 277 7 285 8 292 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.031 km)

+Individual race†Rank Athlete Country Time Wilfred Kirochi 23:25 Alfonce Muindi 23:39 Bedile Kibret 23:41 4 Mathew Rono 23:51 5 Thomas Makini 23:54 6 William Koskei Chemitei 24:03 7 Demeke Bekele 24:17 8 Juan Abad 24:35 9 Noureddine Morceli 24:45 10 Tadelle Abebe 24:48 11 Zoltán Káldy 24:52 12 Andrea Erni 24:56 Full results †:Cosmas Ndeti of finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified.

+TeamsRank Team Points Wilfred Kirochi 1 Alfonce Muindi 2 Mathew Rono 4 Thomas Makini 5 (William Koskei Chemitei) (6) 12 Bedile Kibret 3 Demeke Bekele 7 Tadelle Abebe 10 Lemi Erpassa 13 (Tesfayi Dadi) (17) 33 Juan Abad 8 Fermín Cacho 15 Mariano Campal 16 Jesús Gálvez 22 (Ricardo Castaño) (41) (David Pujolar) (53) 61 4 83 5 115 6 128 7 152 8 152 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5.962 km)

+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Ingrid Kristiansen 19:04 Angela Tooby 19:23 Annette Sergent 19:29 4 Lynn Jennings 19:38 5 Albertina Machado 19:38 6 Yelena Romanova 19:41 7 Regina Chistyakova 19:41 8 Liève Slegers 19:44 9 Jill Hunter 19:46 10 Maria Curatolo 19:46 11 Marie-Pierre Duros 19:49 12 Susan Sirma 19:50 Full results

+TeamsRank Team Points Yelena Romanova 6 Regina Chistyakova 7 Marina Rodchenkova 18 Olga Bondarenko 20 (Natalya Lagunkova) (39) (Lyudmila Matveyeva) (59) 51 Angela Tooby 2 Jill Hunter 9 Susan Tooby 16 Fiona Truman 34 (Sonia Vinall) (48) (Laura Wight) (84) 61 Annette Sergent 3 Marie-Pierre Duros 11 Patricia Demilly 28 Rosario Murcia 30 (Maria Lelut) (35) (Christine Loiseau) (75) 72 4 88 5 91 6 122 7 126 8 152 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 4401 athletes from 41 countries, two athletes (senior men) less than the official number published.

(13) (2) (7) (20) (1) (10) (11) (19) (6) (5) (10) (14) (16) (10) (15) (6) (1) (14) (18) (2) (20) (20) (21) (1) (3) (15) (21) (15) (2) (16) (6) (21) (6) (7) (21) (21) (4) (4) (11) (4) (2)

See also 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1988 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics