1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
# 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual |||||||
| Senior men (12 km) | John Ngugi Kenya | 39:42 | Tim Hutchings United Kingdom | 40:10 | Wilfred Kirochi Kenya | 40:21 |
| Junior men (8 km) | Addis Abebe Ethiopia | 25:07 | Kipyego Kororia Kenya | 25:31 | Stephenson Nyamau Kenya | 25:33 |
| Senior women (6 km) | Annette Sergent France | 22:27 | Nadezhda Stepanova Soviet Union | 22:34 | Lynn Williams Canada | 22:41 |
| Junior women (4 km) | Malin Ewerlöf Sweden | 15:23 | Olga Nazarkina Soviet Union | 15:30 | Esther Saina Kenya | 15:41 |
| Team |||||||
| Senior men | Kenya | 44 | United Kingdom | 147 | Ethiopia | 162 |
| Junior men | Kenya | 14 | Ethiopia | 22 | Italy | 76 |
| Senior women | Soviet Union | 58 | France | 60 | United States | 68 |
| Junior women | Kenya | 40 | Soviet Union | 68 | Portugal | 84 |

## Race results

### Senior men's race (12 km)

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

### Junior men's race (8 km)

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

### Senior women's race (6 km)

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

### Junior women's race (4 km)

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

## Medal table (unofficial)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United Kingdom (UKB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

* 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 568 athletes from 41 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

* Algeria (12)
* Aruba (1)
* Australia (25)
* Belgium (17)
* Brazil (13)
* Canada (25)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Colombia (2)
* Cyprus (2)
* Denmark (16)
* Ethiopia (20)
* Finland (26)
* France (26)
* Hungary (10)
* Iceland (12)
* Ireland (22)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (25)
* Jamaica (3)
* Japan (26)
* Kenya (19)
* Mauritius (4)
* Morocco (12)
* Netherlands (11)
* New Zealand (13)
* North Yemen (6)
* Norway (26)
* Poland (11)
* Portugal (23)
* Romania (5)
* Rwanda (1)
* Soviet Union (22)
* Spain (27)
* Sweden (14)
* Switzerland (11)
* Turkey (8)
* United Kingdom (27)
* United States (27)
* Venezuela (2)
* West Germany (7)
* Zambia (4)
