1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

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

Individual
†: Athlete marked in the results list as nonscorer.

Teams

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

Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 280 athletes from 58 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. Although announced, athletes from 🇸🇱 did not show.


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 * 🇧🇪 belgium (4)
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 * 🇧🇷 brazil (7)
 * 🇧🇬 bulgaria (1)
 * 🇧🇮 burundi (1)
 * 🇨🇲 cameroon (6)
 * 🇨🇦 canada (8)
 * 🇨🇫 central african republic (1)
 * 🇨🇳 china (5)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (6)
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 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire (2)
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 * 🇪🇪 estonia (6)
 * 🇪🇹 ethiopia (9)
 * 🇫🇮 finland (7)
 * 🇫🇷 france (9)
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong (1)
 * 🇭🇺 hungary (7)
 * 🇮🇳 india (6)
 * 🇮🇪 ireland (2)
 * 🇮🇱 israel (1)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (9)
 * 🇯🇲 jamaica (1)
 * 🇯🇵 japan (4)
 * 🇰🇪 kenya (10)
 * 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan (3)
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 * 🇲🇹 malta (7)
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 * 🇲🇽 mexico (8)
 * 🇲🇦 morocco (9)
 * 🇳🇦 namibia (5)
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 * 🇳🇿 new zealand (5)
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 * 🇷🇺 russia (1)
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 * 🇪🇸 spain (8)
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