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1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Field	Value
Name	1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	15th
Date	March 22
Host city	Warsaw, Poland
Location	Służewiec Racecourse
Nations participating	47
Athletes participating	576
Races	3
Distances	11.95 km – Senior men
7.05 km – Junior men
5.05 km – Senior women
Previous	[1986 Colombier](1986-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships)
Next	[1988 Auckland](1988-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships)

7.05 km – Junior men 5.05 km – Senior women

The 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald | access-date = October 22, 2013 and in the Evening Times. | access-date = October 22, 2013

Complete results for men, |access-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110517/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1987S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 junior men, |access-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110043/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1987S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 women, |access-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110901/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1987S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 medallists, | access-date = October 9, 2013 and the results of British athletes |access-date=October 9, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2013 were published.

Medallists

Senior women	USA	46	FRA	50	URS	55

Race results

Senior men's race (11.95 km)

Main article: 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	[Full results](1987-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-senior-men-s-race-individual)
	John Ngugi
	Paul Kipkoech
	Paul Arpin
4	Abebe Mekonnen
5	Some Muge
6	Andrew Masai
7	Pat Porter
8	Paul McCloy
9	Bruno Le Stum
10	Dave Clarke
11	Steve Moneghetti
12	Ed Eyestone

(Vincent Kibiwott)	(123)

|| 53 |-

(Martin McLoughlin)	(59)

|| 146 |-

(Negatu Seyoum)	(96)

|| 161

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Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.05 km)

Main article: 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	[Full results](1987-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-junior-men-s-race-individual)
	Wilfred Kirochi
	Demeke Bekele
	Debebe Demisse
4	William Koskei Chemitei
5	Mathew Rono
6	Aligaz Alemayehu
7	Simon Mugglestone
8	Bedile Kibret
9	Ararse Fuffa
10	Thomas Osano
11	Abel Gisemba
12	Haydar Dogan

(Tesfayi Dadi)	(63)

|| 19 |-

(Joseph Otwori)	(13)

|| 20 |-

(Yohinori Sato)	(92)

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Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5.05 km)

Main article: 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	[Full results](1987-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-senior-women-s-race-individual)
	Annette Sergent
	Liz Lynch
	Ingrid Kristiansen
4	Lynn Jennings
5	Lesley Lehane
6	Mariana Stanescu
7	Cornelia Bürki
8	Krishna Wood
9	Paula Ivan
10	Natalya Sorokivskaya
11	Margaret Wairimu
12	Martine Fays

(Sabrina Dornhoefer)	(53)

|| 46 |-

(Christine Loiseau)	(128)

|| 50 |-

(Natalya Lagunkova)	(62)

|| 55

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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 576 athletes from 47 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

ALG (14)
AUS (18)
BEL (20)
BRA (11)
BUL (5)
CAN (20)
CHN (3)
TPE (7)
CUB (2)
CYP (8)
TCH (6)
DEN (3)
EGY (3)
ENG (21)
ETH (20)
FRA (20)
GRE (9)
HKG (8)
HUN (6)
IND (14)
IRL (21)
ISR (3)
ITA (21)
JAM (7)
JPN (19)
KEN (21)
LUX (1)
MAR (6)
NED (7)
NZL (14)
NIR (20)
YAR (2)
NOR (10)
POL (20)
POR (15)
ROU (5)
SCO (21)
URS (11)
ESP (21)
SWE (21)
SUI (10)
TUN (14)
TUR (6)
USA (20)
WAL (19)
FRG (17)
ZIM (6)

References

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