The Senior men's race at 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, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual Rank 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 13 Bekele Debele 40:53 14 Gary Staines 40:55 15 Dave Clarke 40:56 16 Joseph Kiptum 40:57 17 Salvatore Bettiol 41:00 18 Constantino Esparcia 41:02 19 Thierry Pantel 41:03 20 Francisco Alario 41:07 21 Pierre Levisse 41:09 22 Craig Mochrie 41:13 23 Haydar Dogan 41:21 24 Vicente Polo 41:22 25 Boniface Merande 41:23 26 Dionísio Castro 41:24 27 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 41:25 28 Carlo Terzer 41:26 29 Artur Castro 41:30 30 Ed Eyestone 41:31 31 Pat Porter 41:31 32 Leszek Bebło 41:42 33 Melese Feissa 41:43 34 Raf Wijns 41:44 35 Gerry Curtis 41:44 36 Jackson Ruto 41:45 37 Debebe Demisse 41:46 38 Dominique Chauvelier 41:47 39 Mark Coogan 41:49 40 Mathias Ntawulikura 41:49 41 Joaquim Silva 41:50 42 Darren Wilson 41:51 43 Fernando Mamede 41:51 44 Ibrahim Kinuthia 41:53 45 Dave Lewis 41:54 46 Cyrille Laventure 41:58 47 Haji Bulbula 41:59 48 Manuel Matias 42:00 49 Richard Nerurkar 42:00 50 Risto Ulmala 42:01 51 Aart Stigter 42:02 52 Bruno Levant 42:03 53 Rex Wilson 42:05 54 François Barreau 42:06 55 Hammou Boutayeb 42:07 56 Khalid Skah 42:09 57 Andrew Lloyd 42:11 58 José Carlos Adán 42:12 59 Malcolm Norwood 42:15 60 Nick de Castella 42:16 61 Doug Cronkite 42:17 62 Adam Hoyle 42:17 63 Martín Fiz 42:18 64 Shozo Shimoju 42:19 65 Derrick Lakeman 42:22 66 Lars-Erik Nilsson 42:23 67 Marcel Versteeg 42:24 68 Raffaello Alliegro 42:24 69 Karol Dolega 42:25 70 Håkan Börjesson 42:26 71 Vanderlei de Lima 42:28 72 Joaquim Pinheiro 42:29 73 Antonio Serrano 42:30 74 Ravil Kashapov 42:30 75 Domingos Castro 42:31 76 Jean Lagarde 42:32 77 Bedile Kibret 42:36 78 Severino Bernardini 42:38 79 John Woods 42:40 80 Paul Williams 42:43 81 Tom Ansberry 42:44 82 Aaron Ramirez 42:45 83 Simon Gutierrez 42:46 84 Fernando Couto 42:46 85 Antonio Prieto 42:47 86 Jonny Danielson 42:48 87 Jos Maes 42:48 88 Miroslaw Golebiewski 42:49 89 Roger Gjøvaag 42:50 90 Luc Peerlinck 42:51 91 Yevgeniy Okorokov 42:51 92 Tommy Ekblom 42:52 93 Eamonn Martin 42:52 94 Mohamed El Massoudi 42:53 95 Johni Pazin 42:55 96 Peter Brett 42:55 97 Demeke Bekele 42:56 98 Sanshiro Kasama 42:57 99 Marti ten Kate 42:58 100 Markus Graf 42:59 101 Mikhail Dasko 42:59 102 Willy van Huylenbroeck 43:00 103 Harri Hänninen 43:00 104 Espen Borge 43:01 105 Mads Jacobsen 43:04 106 Andy Ronan 43:05 107 Kozu Akutsu 43:11 108 Vesa Siivonen 43:12 109 Herman Decoux 43:13 110 Kazunichi Yamada 43:13 111 Thierry Watrice 43:14 112 Diamantino dos Santos 43:14 113 Håkan Eriksson 43:16 114 Jean-Louis Prianon 43:19 115 Stefano Mei 43:21 116 John Vermeule 43:22 117 Bo Reed 43:23 118 Henryk Jankowski 43:23 119 Thomas Sørensen 43:24 120 Henk Gommer 43:26 121 Yevgeniy Leontyev 43:27 122 Graeme Fell 43:27 123 Sergey Maksimov 43:28 124 Roy Dooney 43:29 125 Habte Negash 43:31 126 Angelo Carosi 43:32 127 Tom Maher 43:33 128 João de Sousa 43:33 129 Toshiyuki Hayata 43:34 130 Antonio da Silva 43:34 131 Are Nakkim 43:35 132 Oleg Syroyezhko 43:36 133 Takehiko Miura 43:38 134 Terje Näss 43:40 135 Art Boileau 43:42 136 Geoff Turnbull 43:43 137 José Manuel Albentosa 43:45 138 Patric Nilsson 43:47 139 Slawomir Majusiak 43:50 140 Akira Nakamura 43:51 141 Dag Øxnevad 43:52 142 Håvard Tveite 43:54 143 Antonio Humberto 43:55 144 Mark Stickley 43:56 145 Mark Furlan 43:56 146 Jörgen Salo 44:03 147 Stig Nørregaard 44:13 148 Allen Hugli 44:15 149 Jan Huruk 44:22 150 David Carrie 44:23 151 Kenji Ayabe 44:24 152 Steen Christensen 44:26 153 Eirik Hansen 44:30 154 Jari Venäläinen 44:33 155 Sabag Shemtov 44:36 156 Ahmed Chantibou 44:39 157 Patrik Merup 44:45 158 John Fitzgerald 44:47 159 German Peña 44:57 160 Jukka Tammisuo 45:01 161 Jamie Harrison 45:03 162 Arcario Tamayo 45:05 163 David Rush 45:12 164 Niels Kim Hjorth 45:17 165 Jyrki Ojennus 45:17 166 Örjan Hemström 45:18 167 Roger Jaspers 45:22 168 Peter Würtz 45:31 169 Søren Munch 45:34 170 Nicos Vasiliou 45:38 171 Junichi Takita 45:39 172 Oscar González 45:41 173 Visa Orttenvuori 45:42 174 Mohamed Moujani 45:42 175 John Sheehan 45:57 176 Peter Troldborg 46:02 177 Zeki Öztürk 46:08 178 Clive Hamilton 46:08 179 Valdenor dos Santos 46:25 180 Johann Ingibergsson 46:31 181 Frimann Hreinsson 46:35 182 Ho Hsin-Ye 46:39 183 Driss Hamdi 46:48 184 Chou Hsien-Kuang 46:50 185 Derick Adamson 46:55 186 James Stafford 47:00 187 Gunnlaugur Skulason 47:03 188 Mohamed Nasser Al-Zaidi 47:19 189 Linton McKenzie 47:21 190 Agust Thorsteinsson 47:46 191 Sigurdur Sigmundsson 48:32 192 Daniel Gudmundsson 48:58 193 Mohamed Ahmed Shared 49:47 194 Kristjan Skuli Asgeirsson 51:09 195 Naraindra Chutto 51:21 — Ezequiel Canario DNF — Roger Hackney DNF — Carlos Monteiro DNF — Pär Wallin DNF — Walter Merlo DNF

Teams Rank 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 Bruno Le Stum 11 Thierry Pantel 19 Pierre Levisse 21 Dominique Chauvelier 38 Cyrille Laventure 46 Bruno Levant 52 (François Barreau) (54) (Thierry Watrice) (111) (Jean-Louis Prianon) (114) 187 5 Alejandro Gómez 6 Constantino Esparcia 18 Francisco Alario 20 Vicente Polo 24 José Carlos Adán 58 Martín Fiz 63 (Antonio Serrano) (73) (Antonio Prieto) (85) (José Manuel Albentosa) (137) 189 6 Steve Moneghetti 4 Darren Wilson 42 Andrew Lloyd 57 Malcolm Norwood 59 Nick de Castella 60 Adam Hoyle 62 (Peter Brett) (96) (Jamie Harrison) (161) (John Sheehan) (175) 284 7 Dionísio Castro 26 Joaquim Silva 41 Fernando Mamede 43 Manuel Matias 48 Joaquim Pinheiro 72 Domingos Castro 75 (Fernando Couto) (84) (Ezequiel Canario) (DNF) (Carlos Monteiro) (DNF) 305 8 Francesco Panetta 12 Salvatore Bettiol 17 Carlo Terzer 28 Raffaello Alliegro 68 Severino Bernardini 78 Stefano Mei 115 (Angelo Carosi) (126) (Walter Merlo) (DNF) 318 9 Ed Eyestone 30 Pat Porter 31 Mark Coogan 39 Derrick Lakeman 65 Tom Ansberry 81 Aaron Ramirez 82 (Simon Gutierrez) (83) (Bo Reed) (117) (Mark Stickley) (144) 328 10 Artur Castro 29 Vanderlei de Lima 71 Johni Pazin 95 Diamantino dos Santos 112 João de Sousa 128 Antonio da Silva 130 (Valdenor dos Santos) (179) 565 11 Leszek Bebło 32 Karol Dolega 69 Miroslaw Golebiewski 88 Henryk Jankowski 118 Slawomir Majusiak 139 Jan Huruk 149 595 12 John Halvorsen 10 Roger Gjøvaag 89 Espen Borge 104 Are Nakkim 131 Terje Näss 134 Dag Øxnevad 141 (Håvard Tveite) (142) (Eirik Hansen) (153) 609 13 Aart Stigter 51 Marcel Versteeg 67 Martin ten Kate 99 John Vermeule 116 Henk Gommer 120 Roger Jaspers 167 620 14 Gerry Curtis 35 John Woods 79 Andy Ronan 106 Roy Dooney 124 Tom Maher 127 David Carrie 150 (John Fitzgerald) (158) 621 15 Doug Cronkite 61 Jean Lagarde 76 Paul Williams 80 Graeme Fell 122 Art Boileau 135 Allen Hugli 148 (James Stafford) (186) 622 16 Lars-Erik Nilsson 66 Håkan Börjesson 70 Jonny Danielson 86 Håkan Eriksson 113 Patric Nilsson 138 Patrik Merup 157 (Örjan Hemström) (166) (Pär Wallin) (DNF) 630 17 Shozo Shimoju 64 Sanshiro Kasama 98 Kozu Akutsu 107 Kazunichi Yamada 110 Toshiyuki Hayata 129 Takehiko Miura 133 (Akira Nakamura) (140) (Kenji Ayabe) (151) (Junichi Takita) (171) 641 18 Ravil Kashapov 74 Yevgeniy Okorokov 91 Mikhail Dasko 101 Yevgeniy Leontyev 121 Sergey Maksimov 123 Oleg Syroyezhko 132 642 19 Risto Ulmala 50 Tommy Ekblom 92 Harri Hänninen 103 Vesa Siivonen 108 Jörgen Salo 146 Jari Venäläinen 154 (Jukka Tammisuo) (160) (Jyrki Ojennus) (165) (Visa Orttenvuori) (173) 653 20 Hammou Boutayeb 55 Khalid Skah 56 Mohamed El Massoudi 94 Ahmed Chantibou 156 Mohamed Moujani 174 Driss Hamdi 183 718 21 Mads Jacobsen 105 Thomas Sørensen 119 Stig Nørregaard 147 Steen Christensen 152 Niels Kim Hjorth 164 Peter Würtz 168 (Søren Munch) (169) (Peter Troldborg) (176) 855 22 Johann Ingibergsson 180 Frimann Hreinsson 181 Gunnlaugur Skulason 187 Agust Thorsteinsson 190 Sigurdur Sigmundsson 191 Daniel Gudmundsson 192 (Kristjan Skuli Asgeirsson) (194) 1121 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 200 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 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

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