1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Planeyse Colombier on March 23, 1986. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.

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

Teams

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

Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 337 athletes from 50 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


 * 🇦🇺 australia (8)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (9)
 * undefined (2)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (7)
 * 🇨🇦 canada (9)
 * 🇨🇳 china (5)
 * undefined (7)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (3)
 * 🇨🇾 cyprus (8)
 * undefined (2)
 * undefined (6)
 * 🇪🇬 egypt (6)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (9)
 * 🇪🇹 ethiopia (9)
 * 🇫🇮 finland (8)
 * 🇫🇷 france (9)
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong (8)
 * 🇮🇳 india (9)
 * undefined (2)
 * 🇮🇪 ireland (9)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (9)
 * 🇯🇲 jamaica (6)
 * 🇯🇵 japan (8)
 * 🇰🇪 kenya (9)
 * undefined (5)
 * 🇲🇹 malta (8)
 * undefined (6)
 * 🇲🇦 morocco (8)
 * undefined (7)
 * 🇳🇿 new zealand (8)
 * undefined (8)
 * 🇳🇴 norway (6)
 * 🇵🇱 poland (9)
 * undefined (9)
 * undefined (3)
 * undefined (9)
 * 🇪🇸 spain (9)
 * undefined (1)
 * undefined (7)
 * 🇸🇪 sweden (9)
 * undefined (9)
 * undefined (1)
 * 🇹🇳 tunisia (8)
 * 🇹🇷 turkey (6)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (9)
 * undefined (2)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales (9)
 * undefined (7)
 * undefined (1)
 * undefined (6)