The Junior men's race at the

1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 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''. Complete results for men, junior men, women, meda ...

was held in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

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, at the

Ellerslie Racecourse Ellerslie Racecourse is the main racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand, for thoroughbred racehorses. It is an undulating, grass circuit in the suburb of Ellerslie, with a circumference of just under 1,900 metres. Racing is conducted in a clockwi ...

on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the

Glasgow Herald ''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in ...

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

Race results

Junior men's race (8.031 km)

Individual

^†:

Cosmas Ndeti Cosmas Ndeti (born 24 November 1971) is a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon. He was the winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1995 races. He set the course record in 1994 with a time of 2:07:15, which was also the best marathon performance in 19 ...

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

Teams

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 96 athletes from 25 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published. * (5) * (5) * (6) * (2) * (5) * (4) * (1) * (3) * (5) * (1) * (5) * (6) * (6) * (1) * (5) * (6) * (3) * (2) * (6) * (1) * (6) * (6) * (3) * (2) * (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Junior men's race Junior men's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...