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1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Field	Value
Name	1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	16th
Date	March 26
Host city	Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand
Location	Ellerslie Racecourse
Nations participating	41
Athletes participating	441
Races	3
Distances	12 km – Senior men
8.031 km – Junior men
5.962 km – Senior women
Previous	1987 Warszawa
Next	1989 Stavanger

8.031 km – Junior men 5.962 km – Senior women

The 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. | access-date = October 23, 2013

Complete results for men, |access-date=October 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110522/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1988S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 junior men, |access-date=October 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110047/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1988S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 women, |access-date=October 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110906/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1988S.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	URS	51	United Kingdom	61	FRA	72

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Main article: 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	John Ngugi
	Paul Kipkoech
	Kipsubai Koskei
4	Boniface Merande
5	Abebe Mekonnen
6	Moses Tanui
7	Joseph Kiptum
8	Kip Rono
9	Some Muge
10	Haji Bulbula
11	Paul Arpin
12	Habte Negash

(Daniel Mutai)	(99)

|| 23 |-

(Bekele Debele)	(83)

|| 103 |-

(Pierre Levisse)	(146)

|| 134

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

Junior men's race (8.031 km)

Main article: 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	Wilfred Kirochi
	Alfonce Muindi
	Bedile Kibret
4	Mathew Rono
5	Thomas Makini
6	William Koskei Chemitei
7	Demeke Bekele
8	Juan Abad
9	Noureddine Morceli
10	Tadelle Abebe
11	Zoltán Káldy
12	Andrea Erni

†:Cosmas Ndeti of finished 2nd in 23:31 min, but was disqualified.

(William Koskei Chemitei)	(6)

|| 12 |-

(Tesfayi Dadi)	(17)

|| 33 |-

(David Pujolar)	(53)

|| 61

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Senior women's race (5.962 km)

Main article: 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	Ingrid Kristiansen
	Angela Tooby
	Annette Sergent
4	Lynn Jennings
5	Albertina Machado
6	Yelena Romanova
7	Regina Chistyakova
8	Liève Slegers
9	Jill Hunter
10	Maria Curatolo
11	Marie-Pierre Duros
12	Susan Sirma

(Lyudmila Matveyeva)	(59)

|| 51 |-

(Laura Wight)	(84)

|| 61 |-

(Christine Loiseau)	(75)

|| 72

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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 4401 athletes from 41 countries, two athletes (senior men) less than the official number published.

ALG (13)
ATG (2)
ARG (7)
AUS (20)
AUT (1)
BEL (10)
BRA (11)
CAN (19)
CHN (6)
TPE (5)
DEN (10)
ETH (14)
FIJ (16)
FIN (10)
FRA (15)
HKG (6)
HUN (1)
IND (14)
IRL (18)
ISR (2)
ITA (20)
JPN (20)
KEN (21)
LIE (1)
MRI (3)
NEP (15)
NZL (21)
NOR (15)
POL (2)
POR (16)
URS (6)
ESP (21)
SWE (6)
SUI (7)
United Kingdom (21)
USA (21)
VAN (4)
Western Samoa (4)
FRG (11)
ZAM (4)
ZIM (2)

References

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