1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Planeyse Colombier on March 23, 1986. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.

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 35:32.9 Abebe Mekonnen 35:34.8 Joseph Kiptum 35:39.8 4 Bekele Debele 35:42.6 5 Paul Kipkoech 35:47.2 6 Pat Porter 35:48.4 7 Kipsubai Koskei 35:54.8 8 Some Muge 35:55.7 9 Alberto Cova 35:58.8 10 John Easker 35:59.9 11 Ezequiel Canario 36:03.9 12 Thierry Watrice 36:05 13 Ed Eyestone 36:05.9 14 Rob de Castella 36:10.9 15 Bruce Bickford 36:12.1 16 Dave Clarke 36:14.4 17 Paul McCloy 36:16.3 18 Dionísio Castro 36:17.4 19 John Woods 36:19.8 20 Santiago Llorente 36:22.5 21 Andrew Masai 36:23.9 22 Steve Moneghetti 36:25.2 23 Gelindo Bordin 36:26.4 24 Paul Arpin 36:28.1 25 Steve Binns 36:29.4 26 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 36:32.6 27 Mohammed Kedir 36:33.5 28 Wodajo Bulti 36:34.9 29 Geir Kvernmo 36:35.7 30 Adam Hoyle 36:36.4 31 Domingos Castro 36:36.9 32 Haji Bulbula 36:37.4 33 Pierre Levisse 36:38.4 34 Stefano Mei 36:38.9 35 Boniface Merande 36:39.5 36 Chala Urgessa 36:40.1 37 Shuichi Yoneshige 36:42.3 38 Roy Andersen 36:43 39 José da Silva 36:43.8 40 David Burridge 36:44.9 41 Francisco Sánchez 36:45.5 42 Vicente Polo 36:47 43 Joshua Kipkemboi 36:47.5 44 Giuseppe Miccoli 36:48.3 45 Sisa Kirati 36:49.9 46 Mats Erixon 36:50.9 47 Pascal Debacker 36:54 48 Markus Ryffel 36:55 49 Lars-Erik Nilsson 36:55.9 50 Constantino Esparcia 36:56.3 51 João Campos 36:56.7 52 Vincent Rousseau 36:57 53 Zhang Guowei 36:57.7 54 Jean-Louis Prianon 36:58.3 55 Tony Milovsorov 36:59.2 56 Stane Rozman 37:00.5 57 Abderrazak Gtari 37:01.8 58 Eddy de Pauw 37:03.2 59 Antonio Humberto 37:03.7 60 Larbi El Mouadden 37:04 61 Tonnie Dirks 37:04.3 62 Salvatore Bettiol 37:04.7 63 Dereje Nedi 37:04.9 64 Joaquim Silva 37:05.2 65 Jan Hagelbrand 37:05.6 66 Shozo Shimoju 37:05.9 67 Alfonso Alvarez 37:08 68 Adauto Domingues 37:08.9 69 Art Boileau 37:09 70 Jari Nurmisto 37:09.7 71 Xing Zhenglang 37:10.4 72 Paul O'Callaghan 37:11.3 73 Niels Kim Hjorth 37:11.9 74 Tim Hutchings 37:12.4 75 Garry Henry 37:12.9 76 Karol Dolega 37:14.1 77 Antonio Lupianez 37:15.4 78 Mohamed Salah Rajhi 37:16.1 79 Alan Scharsu 37:25.7 80 Dave Lewis 37:26.1 81 Craig Virgin 37:26.4 82 Kozu Akutsu 37:26.7 83 Eloi Schleder 37:27 84 Marco Gozzano 37:27.3 85 Jean-Yves Berau 37:27.6 86 Fethi Manai 37:28 87 Jeff Drenth 37:28.7 88 Joaquim Pinheiro 37:30.1 89 Martin Vrabel 37:30.5 90 Ivan Konovalov 37:30.8 91 Jef Gees 37:31.7 92 Salvatore Nicosia 37:32.7 93 Javier Sanmartin 37:34.1 94 Ranieri Carenza 37:35 95 Jean-Pierre Paumen 37:36.2 96 Terry Greene 37:36.2 97 John Bowden 37:36.2 98 Michael Scheytt 37:36.3 99 Randy Reina 37:36.3 100 Paul Wheeler 37:36.3 101 Thierry Pantel 37:36.4 102 Volker Welzel 37:36.6 103 Abdellah El Hatimi 37:37 104 Dominique Coux 37:37.1 105 Tadayoshi Kametaka 37:37.1 106 Peter Renner 37:37.1 107 Geoff Shaw 37:37.2 108 Habib Romdani 37:37.9 109 João de Sousa 37:38.1 110 Andrew Wilton 37:38.4 111 Alain Bordeleau 37:38.9 112 Valentin Rodríguez 37:39 113 Willy Goddaert 37:39.2 114 Kerry Rodger 37:39.4 115 Oddmund Roalkvam 37:39.5 116 Peter Wirz 37:39.5 117 Kevin Capper 37:39.7 118 Richard O'Flynn 37:40 119 Satoshi Kato 37:40.4 120 Diamantino dos Santos 37:40.7 121 Rheal Desjardins 37:41 122 John Robson 37:41.3 123 Mohamed El Bali 37:41.9 124 Kimball Reynierse 37:56.6 125 Willy van Huylenbroeck 37:57 126 Lakbir Ghanmi 37:58.2 127 Karel Lismont 37:58.5 128 Wami Alemayehu 37:58.8 129 John Treacy 37:59.3 130 Marc de Blander 37:59.7 131 Boguslaw Psujek 38:00.1 132 Peter Brett 38:00.3 133 Farai Kamucheka 38:00.6 134 Terence Mitchell 38:00.9 135 Henrik Albahn 38:01.2 136 Lars Sörensen 38:01.7 137 Abdellah Boubia 38:02 138 Markus Hacksteiner 38:03.4 139 Danny Boltz 38:03.9 140 Martti Vainio 38:04.5 141 Werner Grommisch 38:07.7 142 Noel Harvey 38:08.8 143 Kazimierz Lasecki 38:09.3 144 Cui Yulin 38:10.1 145 Hichem Oueslati 38:10.6 146 Jiu Shangxuan 38:11 147 Charles Haskett 38:11.1 148 Shuzo Nakajima 38:11.1 149 Jari Hemmilä 38:11.1 150 Graham Clews 38:11.1 151 Engelbert Franz 38:11.1 152 Roy Dooney 38:11.1 153 Arnold Mächler 38:11.1 154 Bob Treadwell 38:11.1 155 Henryk Lupa 38:11.1 156 Waldemar Niklewicz 38:11.2 157 Gerry Deegan 38:12 158 Juhani Holopainen 38:12 159 Doug Cronkite 38:12 160 James Gombedza 38:12 161 Ahmed Chantibou 38:12 162 Kenneth Davies 38:12 163 Herbert Stephan 38:12 164 Mike Quinn 38:12 165 Tommy Ekblom 38:13.9 166 Ken Moloney 38:14.5 167 Keld Johnsen 38:15.5 168 Tommy Persson 38:16.9 169 Deon McNeilly 38:17.6 170 Chris Robison 38:18.1 171 Bill Britton 38:18.6 172 Abdelrahman Massad 38:19.5 173 Fraser Clyne 38:20.9 174 Brahim Ayachi 38:21.6 175 Ole Hansen 38:22.2 176 Pierre-Andre Gobet 38:22.6 177 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 38:23 178 Claudio Ribeiro 38:23.3 179 Rex Wilson 38:25.4 180 Peder Poulsen 38:26.1 181 Stig Nørregaard 38:26.5 182 Romauld Krupanek 38:26.9 183 Ian Damian 38:27.2 184 Timo Järvinen 38:27.6 185 Ieuan Ellis 38:28.4 186 Masaru Matsuda 38:29.3 187 Gentil de Mello 38:30 188 Mehmet Terzi 38:30.6 189 Féthi Baccouche 38:32.4 190 Markus Graf 38:33.5 191 Aart Stigter 38:35.7 192 Filippos Filippou 38:37.6 193 Adrian Callan 38:38 194 Truls Nygaard 38:38.7 195 Herman Hofstee 38:39.7 196 James Stafford 38:40.1 197 Garry Briggs 38:40.4 198 Luciano Carchesio 38:41.1 199 Chris Buckley 38:41.6 200 Esa Liedes 38:42 201 Keijo Kanniainen 38:42.6 202 Bruno Lafranchi 38:45.3 203 Ivan Uvizl 38:46.5 204 Wiktor Sawicki 38:47.3 205 Zeki Atli 38:47.7 206 Masami Otsuka 38:48.3 207 José Bautista 38:49.3 208 Richard Mulligan 38:49.6 209 Michael Spöttel 38:49.9 210 Sun Zhiqing 38:50.5 211 Bruce Wainman 38:51 212 Sadik Salman 38:51.7 213 Hwang Wen-Cheng 38:51.8 214 Mike Bishop 38:53.8 215 K. Babu 38:57.9 216 Salem Majdoubi 38:58.7 217 Steven Doig 39:01.1 218 Slawomir Gurny 39:01.5 219 Joseph Mitshipsi 39:02 220 Ahmet Altun 39:03.9 221 Jørn Holmen 39:04.5 222 Basir Hammad 39:05.9 223 Robert de Brouwer 39:07 224 Dale Rixon 39:08.6 225 Michael Délèze 39:09.2 226 Tomasz Zimny 39:10.1 227 Viday Dhar 39:10.6 228 Marcel Versteeg 39:10.9 229 Gord Christie 39:11.2 230 Svein Erik Eide 39:19.8 231 Anour Hak 39:20.7 232 Jens Hansen 39:21.7 233 Adrie Hartveld 39:22.3 234 Esau Magwaza 39:23.9 235 Steve Begen 39:29.7 236 Ahmed Adam 39:32.5 237 Jacques Krähenbühl 39:34.7 238 Mehmet Genc 39:36.8 239 Swarn Singh 39:37.2 240 John Walsh 39:37.7 241 Alfredo Castro 39:39 242 John Campbell 39:39.6 243 Musa Gouda 39:40.7 244 T. Shamsuddin 39:41.9 245 Jabbar Abdul 39:43 246 Tom Breen 39:44.3 247 Eddie Oxlade 39:49.5 248 Liu Chang-Chung 39:50.9 249 Tapfumanei Jonga 39:51.5 250 Paulo Catarino 39:53.4 251 Salih Nour 39:54 252 Alan Cole 39:54.6 253 Ernie Cunningham 39:55.2 254 Mohamed Nekkachi 39:56.5 255 Raul Rivera 39:58.2 256 Aita Bdr. Limbu 40:00 257 Tommy Nordh 40:00.5 258 Patrick Nyambariro-Nhauro 40:02.9 259 Keith Cawley 40:03.8 260 Suresh Pandey 40:11 261 Steve Smith 40:12.7 262 Joseph Cross 40:14.3 263 Faycal M'hamdi 40:15.7 264 John Doyle 40:23.5 265 Nicos Vasiliou 40:26.9 266 Anna Durai 40:27.3 267 Chang Yung-Cheng 40:30.9 268 Paul Lawther 40:38.3 269 Mbiganyi Thee 40:38.8 270 Hsu Gi-Sheng 40:52.1 271 Robert Jhurrea 40:53.1 272 Vasilios Chimonis 40:57.5 273 Bruno Le Stum 40:58.7 274 Baldev Singh 40:59.4 275 Paul Spowage 41:01.7 276 Ali Sofyan Siregar 41:04.4 277 Spyros Spyrou 41:06.9 278 Hon Kwai Kwok 41:08.2 279 Ahmad Gharib 41:09 280 Nihat Yaylali 41:11.2 281 Mohiyi el Din El Sayed 41:15.8 282 Lee Yin-Sheng 41:17.1 283 Demetrios Thephylactou 41:18.2 284 Chauderanoth Tengar 41:23 285 Mkondya Deo 41:36.6 286 Ja.I. Singh 41:40.2 287 Vijay Kumar Mishra 41:41.9 288 Wilson Theleso 41:42.5 289 Ho Hsin-Ye 41:42.9 290 Jean Fasnacht 41:45.3 291 Mohamed Idriss 41:45.7 292 Charles Portelli 41:48 293 Juan Velez 41:49 294 Cebert Cooper 41:57.8 295 Paul Smith 42:09.3 296 Samuel Doherty 42:17.2 297 Pradeed Gohkool 42:18.6 298 Jairo Correa 42:20.1 299 Saleh Haji Ali 42:20.7 300 Wageh Hafez 42:26.7 301 Chou Hsien-Kuang 42:28 302 Kharalambos Pratsis 42:30.9 303 Marlon Williams 42:33.3 304 Joseph Crossley 42:36.2 305 Efthymious Loizi 42:38.9 306 Benjamin Arthe 42:42.3 307 Linton McKenzie 42:42.3 308 Mario Hammett 42:56.6 309 Patrick Pirante 43:00.2 310 Ahmad Al-Hajry 43:02 311 Gatol Sudarsono 43:07 312 Ahmed Mohamed Elwan 43:11.3 313 Maurice Szeto-Jan 43:13.2 314 Gerard Degaetano 43:14.8 315 Satish Huryl 43:17.5 316 Badr Aly Aly 43:22.9 317 Chris Casser Torregiano 43:45.5 318 Mohamed Mohsen Sayed 44:03.7 319 Roger Taylor 44:09.8 320 Gladstone Jones 44:21.7 321 Joe Micallef 44:26.1 322 Costanzi Peter Borg 44:36.1 323 Saleh Darwish Ismail 44:54.5 324 Manahy Falah Al-Azhni 44:56.5 325 Marios Patsalides 44:58.9 326 Joseph Farrugia 45:03.9 327 Wallace Williams 45:51.7 328 Frans Abela 46:03.8 — Keith Brantly DNF — Åke Eriksson DNF — Antonio Leitão DNF — Fernando Mamede DNF — Mike McLeod DNF — Luis Adsuara DNF — Lars Ericsson DNF — Neil Tennant DNF — John Jenkins DNF

Teams Rank Team Points John Ngugi 1 Joseph Kiptum 3 Paul Kipkoech 5 Kipsubai Koskei 7 Some Muge 8 Andrew Masai 21 (Boniface Merande) (35) (Joshua Kipkemboi) (43) (Sisa Kirati) (45) 45 Abebe Mekonnen 2 Bekele Debele 4 Wolde Silasse Melkessa 26 Mohammed Kedir 27 Wodajo Bulti 28 Haji Bulbula 32 (Chala Urgessa) (36) (Dereje Nedi) (63) (Wami Alemayehu) (128) 119 Pat Porter 6 John Easker 10 Ed Eyestone 13 Bruce Bickford 15 Alan Scharsu 79 Craig Virgin 81 (Jeff Drenth) (87) (Randy Reina) (99) (Keith Brantly) (DNF) 204 4 Thierry Watrice 12 Paul Arpin 24 Pierre Levisse 33 Pascal Debacker 47 Jean-Louis Prianon 54 Jean-Yves Berau 85 (Thierry Pantel) (101) (Dominique Coux) (104) (Bruno Le Stum) (273) 255 5 Alberto Cova 9 Gelindo Bordin 23 Stefano Mei 34 Giuseppe Miccoli 44 Salvatore Bettiol 62 Marco Gozzano 84 (Salvatore Nicosia) (92) (Ranieri Carenza) (94) (Luciano Carchesio) (198) 256 6 Ezequiel Canario 11 Dionísio Castro 18 Domingos Castro 31 João Campos 51 Joaquim Silva 64 Joaquim Pinheiro 88 (Paulo Catarino) (250) (Antonio Leitão) (DNF) (Fernando Mamede) (DNF) 263 7 Santiago Llorente 20 Francisco Sánchez 41 Vicente Polo 42 Constantino Esparcia 50 Alfonso Alvarez 67 Antonio Lupianez 77 (Javier Sanmartin) (93) (Valentin Rodríguez) (112) (Luis Adsuara) (DNF) 297 8 Dave Clarke 16 Steve Binns 25 Tony Milovsorov 55 Tim Hutchings 74 Dave Lewis 80 Andrew Wilton 110 (Kevin Capper) (117) (Bob Treadwell) (154) (Mike McLeod) (DNF) 360 9 Rob de Castella 14 Steve Moneghetti 22 Adam Hoyle 30 Garry Henry 75 Peter Brett 132 Danny Boltz 139 (Graham Clews) (150) (Garry Briggs) (197) 412 10 Vincent Rousseau 52 Eddy de Pauw 58 Jef Gees 91 Jean-Pierre Paumen 95 Willy Goddaert 113 Willy van Huylenbroeck 125 (Karel Lismont) (127) (Marc de Blander) (130) (Ian Damian) (183) 534 11 Shuichi Yoneshige 37 Shozo Shimoju 66 Kozu Akutsu 82 Tadayoshi Kametaka 105 Satoshi Kato 119 Shuzo Nakajima 148 (Masaru Matsuda) (186) (Masami Otsuka) (206) 557 12 José da Silva 39 Adauto Domingues 68 Eloi Schleder 83 João de Sousa 109 Diamantino dos Santos 120 Claudio Ribeiro 178 (Gentil de Mello) (187) 597 13 David Burridge 40 John Bowden 97 Peter Renner 106 Geoff Shaw 107 Kerry Rodger 114 Ken Moloney 166 (Rex Wilson) (179) (John Campbell) (242) 630 14 John Woods 19 Paul O'Callaghan 72 Richard O'Flynn 118 John Treacy 129 Noel Harvey 142 Roy Dooney 152 (Gerry Deegan) (157) (Richard Mulligan) (208) (John Doyle) (264) 632 15 Paul McCloy 17 Art Boileau 69 Alain Bordeleau 111 Rheal Desjardins 121 Doug Cronkite 159 Bill Britton 171 (James Stafford) (196) (Bruce Wainman) (211) (Gord Christie) (229) 648 16 Abderrazak Gtari 57 Mohamed Salah Rajhi 78 Fethi Manai 86 Habib Romdani 108 Hichem Oueslati 145 Brahim Ayachi 174 (Féthi Baccouche) (189) (Faycal M'hamdi) (263) 648 17