The Junior 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 Herald and in the Evening Times.

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

Race results

Junior men's race (7.75 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Melese Feissa 22:47.6 Sammy Bitok 22:52.7 Demeke Bekele 22:56 4 Rafera Workench 22:57.4 5 Ararse Fuffa 23:06.1 6 Habte Negash 23:07.4 7 Brahim Boutayeb 23:09.4 8 Alejandro Gómez 23:17.3 9 William Mutwol 23:21.6 10 Peter Rono 23:33.7 11 David Onwonga 23:35.9 12 José Gruneiro 23:41.8 13 Anacleto Jiménez 23:42.4 14 Anthony Ford 23:51.5 15 Scott Fry 23:54.3 16 Belayneh Tadesse 23:57.2 17 Andrey Usachov 24:02.7 18 Mark Dani 24:03.4 19 José Carlos Adán 24:08.6 20 Eric de Tier 24:09.9 21 Jason Agosta 24:10.8 22 Stephen Spiers 24:11.3 23 Jan Jonsson 24:11.7 24 Chris Borsa 24:12.1 25 Umberto Pusterla 24:14.7 26 Zoltán Káldy 24:16.1 27 Ruddy Walem 24:17 28 John Kiptum 24:20.1 29 Akira Nakamura 24:20.6 30 Viktor Shevlyakov 24:20.9 31 Junichi Takita 24:21.5 32 Hoche Yayeh 24:22 33 Tahar Benajem 24:23 34 Mark Vassallo 24:23.7 35 John Nuttall 24:24.4 36 Raimundo Santos 24:25.7 37 Harry Green 24:26.7 38 Yosuke Osawa 24:27.3 39 Darren Mead 24:28.2 40 Omar Abdillahi 24:29 41 Abdelmaleh Amanallah 24:29.4 42 Gao Baoxian 24:29.8 43 Bouazza Noualla 24:30.2 44 Eyob Muller 24:30.9 45 Stephen Connell 24:31.4 46 Manuel Martín 24:32.2 47 Reuben Reina 24:32.9 48 József Kovács 24:33.6 49 Ulf Petäjä 24:34.7 50 Mariano Campal 24:35.9 51 Mourad Bouldjadj 24:36.7 52 David Burke 24:37.3 53 José Sobral 24:38.6 54 Masanobu Yamaguchi 24:40.3 55 Stephan Paessens 24:41.3 56 Mustapha Aakik 24:42.7 57 Gino van Geyte 24:43.4 58 Kristofer Prander 24:43.7 59 Alastair Russell 24:44.3 60 Richard Charette 24:44.8 61 Robert Carey 24:45.3 62 Hamed Hamdouni 24:45.7 63 Greg Webster 24:46.1 64 Darrell Smith 24:46.8 65 Vittorio Di Saverio 24:47.2 66 Nourredine Kamoun 24:47.7 67 Slim Chérif 24:49.4 68 Khalid Skah 24:49.9 69 Richard Birembaux 24:50.3 70 Martin Ryan 24:50.6 71 Alexander Gunkel 24:51 72 Luigi Teodori 24:51.5 73 Christoph Blum 24:51.9 74 Justin Hobbs 24:54 75 Sándor Barcza 24:54.8 76 Greg Whiteley 24:56.6 77 Thierry Bertin 24:57.2 78 Bruno Léger 24:57.8 79 Rui Viegas 24:58.2 80 Rob Whalley 24:58.8 81 Steven Halliday 25:00.4 82 Azat Rakipov 25:01 83 John Downes 25:01.3 84 Davey Wilson 25:01.9 85 Giuliano Baccani 25:02.3 86 Eike Hugo 25:02.8 87 Daniel Hacksteiner 25:04.3 88 Joaquim Figueiredo 25:04.7 89 Noui Hadj Nedjai 25:05.1 90 Houssein Ahmed Robleh 25:05.5 91 Brahim El Ghazali 25:05.9 92 Sebastian Epiney 25:06.7 93 Duan Xiuquan 25:08.7 94 Mohamed Idriss Djama 25:10.7 95 Yoshinori Yokota 25:11.4 96 Luc Peerlinck 25:11.7 97 Didier Sainthorand 25:12 98 Laredj Behri 25:15 99 Paul Williams 25:16.3 100 Andreas Ahl 25:18.5 101 John Gill 25:19.6 102 Thomas Hearle 25:20.6 103 Serge Barrault 25:21.1 104 Mads Jacobsen 25:21.6 105 Dean Paulin 25:21.9 106 Henry Klassen 25:22.2 107 Greg Andersen 25:24.1 108 Andrew Hollens 25:24.8 109 Zdzislaw Wlodarczyk 25:25.8 110 Karsten Müller 25:26.2 111 Károly Vajkovics 25:26.7 112 Hiroshi Konno 25:27.1 113 Eduard Nabunone 25:27.6 114 Mohamed Laouni 25:29.6 115 Cairan McGivern 25:32 116 Geoffrey Sheehan 25:32.8 117 Erik Jylling 25:33.8 118 Luca Barzaghi 25:34.4 119 Tomasz Szablinski 25:36.1 120 Frank Möller 25:36.6 121 Rocco Taminelli 25:38.2 122 Gabriel Nyström 25:38.7 123 Marco Di Lieto 25:39.9 124 Jerzy Kowalski 25:43.1 125 Tibor Bárdos 25:44.7 126 Ivan Horsfall-Turner 25:46.1 127 Gilbert Dura 25:49 128 Christian Riedel 25:49.6 129 Vyacheslav Koshelev 25:50.2 130 Tom Bessai 25:50.6 131 Bhim Lal 25:50.9 132 Mariusz Lamch 25:54.7 133 Taoufik Boukrouma 25:55.4 134 Tom Hanlon 25:57.4 135 James Bell 25:59.3 136 José Dias 26:00.6 137 Patrick Hoare 26:01.2 138 David Wilson 26:01.9 139 Daniel Hotz 26:02.9 140 Vinrender Singh 26:04.8 141 Naceur Hamed 26:07.2 142 Philippe Hubacher 26:10.4 143 Steve Gibbons 26:13.8 144 Omar Daher 26:15.1 145 Arthur Gölly 26:22.4 146 Werner Edler-Muhr 26:23.6 147 Kevin Blake 26:25 148 Ilan Benishti 26:26.9 149 Luc Krotwaar 26:30.8 150 Róbert Banai 26:34.6 151 Justin Reid 26:37 152 Nicholas Melling 26:39.2 153 Adam Mandl 26:44.5 154 Bernhard Jerovcic 27:02 155 Declan Caddell 27:06.3 156 Amarjetti Singh 27:08.2 157 Roland Kloss 27:17 158 João Lopes 27:19.1 159 Gavin Wilson 27:20.2 160 Abdul Faisal 27:34 161 Dariusz Krawieci 27:42 162 Anup Singh 27:43.3 163 Meva Lal 27:56.4 164 A.Abdullah Honeitem 28:17.9 165 Grzegorz Gajdus 28:21.7 166 Junnappa 28:23.8 167 Egueh Houssein Djama 28:29.7 168 Sayer Hamden 28:45.2 169 Khalid Awad Bassam 28:45.6 170 Ali Sultan Ahmed 28:57.8 171 Abdul Houssein Yousef 29:02.7 — Paul Mayles DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Melese Feissa 1 Demeke Bekele 3 Rafera Workench 4 Ararse Fuffa 5 (Habte Negash) (6) (Belayneh Tadesse) (16) 13 Sammy Bitok 2 William Mutwol 9 Peter Rono 10 David Onwonga 11 (John Kiptum) (28) 32 Alejandro Gómez 8 José Gruneiro 12 Anacleto Jiménez 13 José Carlos Adán 19 (Manuel Martín) (46) (Mariano Campal) (50) 52 4 Anthony Ford 14 Jason Agosta 21 Stephen Spiers 22 Mark Vassallo 34 (Greg Webster) (63) (Dean Paulin) (105) 91 5 Scott Fry 15 Mark Dani 18 Chris Borsa 24 Harry Green 37 (Reuben Reina) (47) (Greg Whiteley) (76) 94 6 Brahim Boutayeb 7 Tahar Benajem 33 Abdelmaleh Amanallah 41 Mustapha Aakik 56 (Khalid Skah) (68) (Brahim El Ghazali) (91) 137 7 Akira Nakamura 29 Junichi Takita 31 Yosuke Osawa 38 Masanobu Yamaguchi 54 (Yoshinori Yokota) (95) (Hiroshi Konno) (112) 152 8 Eric de Tier 20 Ruddy Walem 27 Stephan Paessens 55 Gino van Geyte 57 (Luc Peerlinck) (96) 159 9 John Nuttall 35 Darren Mead 39 Darrell Smith 64 Rob Whalley 80 (Steven Halliday) (81) (Andrew Hollens) (108) 218 10 Jan Jonsson 23 Ulf Petäjä 49 Kristofer Prander 58 Andreas Ahl 100 (Gabriel Nyström) (122) 230 11 Umberto Pusterla 25 Vittorio Di Saverio 65 Luigi Teodori 72 Giuliano Baccani 85 (Luca Barzaghi) (118) (Marco Di Lieto) (123) 247 12 Raimundo Santos 36 José Sobral 53 Rui Viegas 79 Joaquim Figueiredo 88 (José Dias) (136) (João Lopes) (158) 256 13 Hoche Yayeh 32 Omar Abdillahi 40 Houssein Ahmed Robleh 90 Mohamed Idriss Djama 94 (Omar Daher) (144) (Egueh Houssein Djama) (167) 256 14 Andrey Usachov 17 Viktor Shevlyakov 30 Azat Rakipov 82 Vyacheslav Koshelev 129 258 15 Zoltán Káldy 26 József Kovács 48 Sándor Barcza 75 Károly Vajkovics 111 (Tibor Bárdos) (125) (Róbert Banai) (150) 260 16 Bouazza Noualla 43 Mourad Bouldjadj 51 Noui Hadj Nedjai 89 Laredj Behri 98 (Mohamed Laouni) (114) 281 17 Stephen Connell 45 Richard Charette 60 John Gill 101 Henry Klassen 106 (Greg Andersen) (107) (Tom Bessai) (130) 312 18 Richard Birembaux 69 Thierry Bertin 77 Bruno Léger 78 Didier Sainthorand 97 (Serge Barrault) (103) (Gilbert Dura) (127) 321 19 David Burke 52 Martin Ryan 70 John Downes 83 Geoffrey Sheehan 116 (David Wilson) (138) (Steve Gibbons) (143) 321 20 Hamed Hamdouni 62 Nourredine Kamoun 66 Slim Chérif 67 Taoufik Boukrouma 133 (Naceur Hamed) (141) 328 21 Alexander Gunkel 71 Christoph Blum 73 Eike Hugo 86 Karsten Müller 110 (Frank Möller) (120) 340 22 Alastair Russell 59 Robert Carey 61 Thomas Hearle 102 Tom Hanlon 134 (James Bell) (135) (Paul Mayles) (DNF) 356 23 Daniel Hacksteiner 87 Sebastian Epiney 92 Rocco Taminelli 121 Christian Riedel 128 (Daniel Hotz) (139) (Philippe Hubacher) (142) 428 24 Justin Hobbs 74 Paul Williams 99 Ivan Horsfall-Turner 126 Patrick Hoare 137 (Kevin Blake) (147) (Nicholas Melling) (152) 436 25 Zdzislaw Wlodarczyk 109 Tomasz Szablinski 119 Jerzy Kowalski 124 Mariusz Lamch 132 (Dariusz Krawieci) (161) (Grzegorz Gajdus) (165) 484 26 Davey Wilson 84 Cairan McGivern 115 Justin Reid 151 Declan Caddell 155 (Gavin Wilson) (159) 505 27 Bhim Lal 131 Vinrender Singh 140 Amarjetti Singh 156 Anup Singh 162 (Meva Lal) (163) (Junnappa) (166) 589 28 Arthur Gölly 145 Werner Edler-Muhr 146 Adam Mandl 153 Bernhard Jerovcic 154 (Roland Kloss) (157) 598 29 Abdul Faisal 160 A.Abdullah Honeitem 164 Sayer Hamden 168 Khalid Awad Bassam 169 (Ali Sultan Ahmed) (170) (Abdul Houssein Yousef) (171) 661 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 172 athletes from 34 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.

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

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