1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	18th
Date	March 25
Host city	Aix-les-Bains, Rhône-Alpes, France
Venue	Hippodrome de Marlioz
Events	4
Distances	12.2 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 6 km – Senior women 4.4 km – Junior women
Participation	617 athletes from 59 nations
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The 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Aix-les-Bains, France, at the Hippodrome de Marlioz on March 25, 1990. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results for senior men,^[2] junior men,^[3] senior women,^[4] junior women,^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.2 km)	Khalid Skah  Morocco	34:21	Moses Tanui  Kenya	34:21	Julius M. Korir  Kenya	34:22
Junior men (8 km)	Kipyego Kororia  Kenya	22:13	Richard Chelimo  Kenya	22:14	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	22:24
Senior women (6 km)	Lynn Jennings  United States	19:21	Albertina Dias  Portugal	19:33	Yelena Romanova  Soviet Union	19:33
Junior women (4.4 km)	Liu Shixiang  China	14:19	Yan Qinglan  China	14:20	Susan Chepkemei  Kenya	14:22
Team
Senior men	Kenya	42	Ethiopia	96	Spain	176
Junior men	Kenya	12	Ethiopia	27	Italy	85
Senior women	Soviet Union	37	Ethiopia	75	Portugal	80
Junior women	Kenya	20	Japan	44	China	68

Race results

Senior men's race (12.2 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Khalid Skah	Morocco	34:21
	Moses Tanui	Kenya	34:21
	Julius M. Korir	Kenya	34:22
4	Haji Bulbula	Ethiopia	34:25
5	William Mutwol	Kenya	34:26
6	Ibrahim Kinuthia	Kenya	34:30
7	Domingos Castro	Portugal	34:45
8	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	34:49
9	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	34:50
10	Antonio Prieto	Spain	34:52
11	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	34:55
12	Hammou Boutayeb	Morocco	34:55
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Moses Tanui 2 Julius M. Korir 3 William Mutwol 5 Ibrahim Kinuthia 6 Paul Kipkoech 9 Boniface Merande 17 (John Ngugi) (20) (Joseph Kiptum) (22) (Samuel Nyangincha) (25)	42
	Ethiopia Haji Bulbula 4 Abebe Mekonnen 8 Tesfaye Tafa 14 Addis Abebe 19 Jillo Dube 24 Debebe Demisse 27 (Chala Kelele) (33) (Wami Alemayehu) (74) (Melese Feissa) (90)	96
	Spain Antonio Prieto 10 Martín Fiz 15 Alejandro Gómez 32 José Manuel García 36 Abel Antón 38 Constantino Esparcia 45 (Antonio Serrano) (61) (Vicente Polo) (69) (José Carlos Adán) (153)	176
4	Portugal	194
5	Morocco	268
6	Italy	289
7	Soviet Union	367
8	United States	441
Full results

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

Junior men's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kipyego Kororia	Kenya	22:13
	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	22:14
	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	22:24
4	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	22:32
5	Samuel Otieno	Kenya	22:35
6	Matthew Birir	Kenya	22:47
7	Abraham Assefa	Ethiopia	22:58
8	Assefa Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	23:04
9	Tesgie Legesse	Ethiopia	23:07
10	Dadi Tamrat	Ethiopia	23:20
11	Yahia Azaidj	Algeria	23:26
12	Salah Hissou	Morocco	23:27
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Kipyego Kororia 1 Richard Chelimo 2 Ismael Kirui 4 Samuel Otieno 5 (Matthew Birir) (6) (Anthony Kiprono) (125)	12
	Ethiopia Fita Bayissa 3 Abraham Assefa 7 Assefa Gebremedhin 8 Tesgie Legesse 9 (Dadi Tamrat) (10) (Lemi Erpassa) (14)	27
	Italy Stefano Baldini 13 Vincenzo Modica 17 Francesco Bennici 27 Christian Leuprecht 28 (Oscar Gilotti) (64) (Antonio Ciucio) (75)	85
4	Japan	96
5	Spain	117
6	Algeria	143
7	Ireland	154
8	Canada	158
Full results

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

Senior women's race (6 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lynn Jennings	United States	19:21
	Albertina Dias	Portugal	19:33
	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	19:33
4	Luchia Yeshak	Ethiopia	19:33
5	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	19:39
6	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	19:41
7	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	19:45
8	Viorica Ghican	Romania	19:47
9	Margaret Wairimu	Kenya	19:49
10	Nadezhda Galyamova	Soviet Union	19:50
11	Olga Nazarkina	Soviet Union	19:51
12	Iulia Negura	Romania	19:51
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union Yelena Romanova 3 Nadezhda Galyamova 10 Olga Nazarkina 11 Regina Chistyakova 13 (Natalya Sorokivskaya) (28) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (51)	37
	Ethiopia Luchia Yeshak 4 Derartu Tulu 15 Adanech Erkulo 25 Getenesh Urge 31 (Tigist Moreda) (66) (Addis Gezagne) (78)	75
	Portugal Albertina Dias 2 Conceição Ferreira 7 Aurora Cunha 21 Mónica Gama 50 (Lucilia Soares) (72) (Fernanda Marques) (DNF)	80
4	Romania	102
5	United States	112
6	France	125
7	Australia	126
8	Japan	172
Full results

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

Junior women's race (4.4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Liu Shixiang	China	14:19
	Yan Qinglan	China	14:20
	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	14:22
4	Caroline Kwambai	Kenya	14:23
5	Lina Chesire	Kenya	14:25
6	Tamara Salomon	Canada	14:27
7	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	14:30
8	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	14:30
9	Minori Hayakari	Japan	14:32
10	Shiki Terasaki	Japan	14:35
11	Yumi Osaki	Japan	14:35
12	Melody Fairchild	United States	14:37
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Susan Chepkemei 3 Caroline Kwambai 4 Lina Chesire 5 Ann Mwangi 8 (Jane Ekimat) (13) (Tegla Loroupe) (16)	20
	Japan Minori Hayakari 9 Shiki Terasaki 10 Yumi Osaki 11 Natsue Koikawa 14 (Makiko Okamoto) (18) (Hozumi Otani) (30)	44
	China Liu Shixiang 1 Yan Qinglan 2 Liu Xian 27 Liu Yianying 38 (Li Libin) (46)	68
4	Ecuador	86
5	United Kingdom	145
6	Soviet Union	147
7	Canada	148
8	Morocco	153
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	4	2	2	8
2	China	1	1	1	3
3	Soviet Union	1	0	1	2
4	Morocco	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
6	Ethiopia	0	3	1	4
7	Portugal	0	1	1	2
8	Japan	0	1	0	1
9	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		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 617 athletes from 59 countries, one athlete (senior men) less than the official number published.^[7]