The Junior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Junior men's race (8.511 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Elijah Korir 24:21 Million Wolde 24:28 Paul Kosgei 24:29 4 John Gwako 24:58 5 Charles Kwambai 25:02 6 Patrick Ivuti 25:06 7 Alene Emere 25:10 8 Godfrey Nyombi 25:14 9 Kipchumba Mitei 25:20 10 Yibeltal Admassu 25:22 11 Ali Ezzine 25:24 12 Haylu Mekonnen 25:25 13 Jafred Lorone 25:37 14 Dereje Tadesse 25:38 15 Hiroyuki Ogawa 25:50 16 Mohamed Awol 25:51 17 Ali Saïdi-Sief 25:55 18 Shinichi Shibata 25:55 19 Adil Kaouch 25:58 20 Anwar O.M. Ali 26:02 21 Abderahim Bouchlouch 26:02 22 Bouabdallah Tahri 26:03 23 Hicham Lamalem 26:03 24 George Majaji 26:08 25 Yuji Ibi 26:10 26 Juan Carlos Higuero 26:12 27 Koichiro Koike 26:14 28 Juan José Lozano 26:17 29 Aziz El Makhrout 26:17 30 Richard Mavuso 26:19 31 Tomoki Sugiyama 26:22 32 Ben Chesang 26:24 33 Nicolò Rotondo 26:25 34 Vincent Kuotane 26:26 35 Khaya Gqotso 26:28 36 Pablo Villalobos 26:34 37 Mark Thompson 26:36 38 Jussi Utriainen 26:37 39 Ahmed Ezzobayry 26:39 40 Shoji Miyai 26:40 41 Roman Usov 26:43 42 Glody Dube 26:44 43 Luiz Paula 26:45 44 Cayetano Hernandez 26:46 45 Abdelkarim Bouchamia 26:50 46 Ovidiu Tat 26:50 47 Alberto Mosca 26:52 48 Ben Mogola 26:54 49 Levente Timár 26:57 50 Marko Hwahu 26:57 51 Abdul Alizindani 26:58 52 Teodoro Barradas 26:58 53 Gonzalo Gutierrez 26:59 54 José Bastos 27:03 55 Kelebone Makoetlane 27:04 56 Gareth Turnbull 27:04 57 Giuseppe Minici 27:05 58 Ferenc Békési 27:07 59 Abdulaziz Abdulrahman 27:08 60 Mukat Derbe 27:08 61 Adria García 27:09 62 Claudio Brandalise 27:11 63 Kais Bouziane 27:12 64 Sam Haughian 27:12 65 Steve Leuer 27:13 66 Gavin Thompson 27:15 67 Yazid Zidani 27:17 68 Said Ali Hadji 27:17 69 Paulo Almeida 27:19 70 Halil Tekin 27:20 71 Paul Morrison 27:21 72 Marcin Grzegorzewski 27:23 73 Raymond Fontaine 27:24 74 Juan Carlos de Bastos 27:24 75 Manuel Damião 27:25 76 Clinton Mackevicius 27:27 77 Igor Teteryukov 27:27 78 Makhubalo Mngomezulu 27:27 79 Robert Leblanc 27:28 80 Hicham Anique 27:30 81 Paul Fenn 27:30 82 Vincent Moroga 27:31 83 Alister Moses 27:31 84 Viktor Lomonosov 27:32 85 Takhir Mamashayev 27:33 86 Michael Endjala 27:33 87 Damien Rouquet 27:34 88 Olivier Mignon 27:35 89 Jari Matinlauri 27:36 90 Dilaver Kanber 27:37 91 David Mitchinson 27:40 92 Kevin Koeper 27:41 93 Iván Hierro 27:43 94 Augusto Simón Veuthey 27:44 95 Thomas Murley 27:44 96 Martin Dent 27:46 97 Willem Rooi 27:47 98 Simon Burton 27:48 99 Yusuf Zepak 27:49 100 Mokhejano Lesenyeho 27:50 101 Mikael Talasjoki 27:51 102 Jerome van de Meerssche 27:51 103 Nick Govaerts 27:52 104 Arun D'Souza 27:53 105 Josep Sansa 27:54 106 Mikko Ristimäki 27:56 107 Pietro Pelusi 27:57 108 Drew Graham 27:58 109 Rob Detert 27:59 110 Mohamed Al-Khawlani 27:59 111 Tsiliso Raletsatsi 28:00 112 Latamene Oumouhand 28:02 113 Khaled Al-Atashi 28:03 114 Jonathan Matos 28:04 115 Bruce Wright 28:06 116 Ganpati Bhusanur 28:07 117 Jérôme Schaffner 28:07 118 Libor Flemr 28:08 119 Imre Szabó 28:09 120 Pasqualino Zammataro 28:10 121 César Villanueva 28:11 122 Pierre-André Ramuz 28:13 123 André da Silva 28:15 124 David Arabasz 28:17 125 Rudolf Cloete 28:17 126 Mikael Aigroz 28:18 127 Michal Šneberger 28:18 128 Oleg Gutnik 28:19 129 Mehdi Baala 28:20 130 Slavko Petrović 28:21 131 Fouad Obad 28:23 132 G.S. Hariraju 28:28 133 P.K. Mishra 28:29 134 Simo Simatu 28:37 135 Matthew Mechin 28:45 136 Jeff Gorman 28:46 137 Norbert Kömüves 28:50 138 Steve Osadiuk 28:51 139 Omar Bekkali 28:54 140 Peter Knuchel 28:59 141 Cristobal Valenzuela 28:59 142 Kevin Zammit 29:11 143 Sergey Sviridenok 29:15 144 Mindaugas Pukstas 29:19 145 Hikmat Dastan 29:20 146 Kaupo Tiislär 29:20 147 Scott Allison 29:20 148 Desiré Tandrayen 29:24 149 Gabe Jennings 29:26 150 Pascal Berger 29:29 151 Daniel Fekl 30:06 152 Patrick Albert 30:28 153 Baker Khadora 30:50 154 Selwyn Bonne 31:18 155 Jean-Marc Dambra 31:28 156 Mokoilane Mojela 31:38 157 Abdel Awajna 32:20 158 Ajay Bheekarry 33:16 159 Ala Al-Deen Fhidat 36:04 — Saso Njenjic DNF — Roland Kis DNS — Abdel Salam Al Debjy DNS — Samy Asad Nateel DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Elijah Korir 1 Paul Kosgei 3 John Gwako 4 Charles Kwambai 5 (Patrick Ivuti) (6) (Kipchumba Mitei) (9) 13 Million Wolde 2 Alene Emere 7 Yibeltal Admassu 10 Haylu Mekonnen 12 (Dereje Tadesse) (14) (Mohamed Awol) (16) 31 Ali Ezzine 11 Adil Kaouch 19 Abderahim Bouchlouch 21 Hicham Lamalem 23 (Aziz El Makhrout) (29) (Ahmed Ezzobayry) (39) 74 4 Hiroyuki Ogawa 15 Shinichi Shibata 18 Yuji Ibi 25 Koichiro Koike 27 (Tomoki Sugiyama) (31) (Shoji Miyai) (40) 85 5 Godfrey Nyombi 8 Jafred Lorone 13 Ben Chesang 32 Vincent Moroga 82 135 6 Juan Carlos Higuero 26 Juan José Lozano 28 Pablo Villalobos 36 José Bastos 54 (Adria García) (61) (Iván Hierro) (93) 144 7 Richard Mavuso 30 Vincent Kuotane 34 Khaya Gqotso 35 Ben Mogola 48 (Makhubalo Mngomezulu) (78) (Simo Simatu) (134) 147 8 Ali Saïdi-Sief 17 Abdelkarim Bouchamia 45 Kais Bouziane 63 Yazid Zidani 67 (Said Ali Hadji) (68) (Latamene Oumouhand) (112) 192 9 Nicolò Rotondo 33 Alberto Mosca 47 Giuseppe Minici 57 Claudio Brandalise 62 (Pietro Pelusi) (107) (Pasqualino Zammataro) (120) 199 10 Bouabdallah Tahri 22 Raymond Fontaine 73 Hicham Anique 80 Damien Rouquet 87 (Olivier Mignon) (88) (Mehdi Baala) (129) 262 11 Cayetano Hernandez 44 Teodoro Barradas 52 Gonzalo Gutierrez 53 César Villanueva 121 270 12 Abdul Alizindani 51 Steve Leuer 65 Robert Leblanc 79 Kevin Koeper 92 (Thomas Murley) (95) (Gabe Jennings) (149) 287 13 Mark Thompson 37 Clinton Mackevicius 76 Paul Fenn 81 Martin Dent 96 290 14 Anwar O.M. Ali 20 Abdulaziz Abdulrahman 59 Mohamed Al-Khawlani 110 Khaled Al-Atashi 113 (Fouad Obad) (131) 302 15 Sam Haughian 64 Gavin Thompson 66 Alister Moses 83 David Mitchinson 91 (Simon Burton) (98) (Matthew Mechin) (135) 304 16 Jussi Utriainen 38 Jari Matinlauri 89 Mikael Talasjoki 101 Mikko Ristimäki 106 334 17 Luiz Paula 43 Paulo Almeida 69 Jonathan Matos 114 André da Silva 123 349 18 Levente Timár 49 Ferenc Békési 58 Imre Szabó 119 Norbert Kömüves 137 363 19 Halil Tekin 70 Dilaver Kanber 90 Yusuf Zepak 99 Hikmat Dastan 145 404 20 Kelebone Makoetlane 55 Mokhejano Lesenyeho 100 Tsiliso Raletsatsi 111 Mokoilane Mojela 156 422 21 Paul Morrison 71 Drew Graham 108 Bruce Wright 115 Jeff Gorman 136 (Steve Osadiuk) (138) (Scott Allison) (147) 430 22 Igor Teteryukov 77 Viktor Lomonosov 84 Oleg Gutnik 128 Sergey Sviridenok 143 432 23 Arun D'Souza 104 Ganpati Bhusanur 116 G.S. Hariraju 132 P.K. Mishra 133 485 24 Jérôme Schaffner 117 Pierre-André Ramuz 122 Mikael Aigroz 126 Peter Knuchel 140 (Pascal Berger) (150) 505 25 Libor Flemr 118 David Arabasz 124 Michal Šneberger 127 Daniel Fekl 151 520 26 Desiré Tandrayen 148 Patrick Albert 152 Jean-Marc Dambra 155 Ajay Bheekarry 158 613 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 160 athletes from 48 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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