1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
| 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 9th |
| Date | March 28 |
| Host city | Madrid, Spain .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
| Venue | La Zarzuela Hippodrome |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7.25 km – Junior men 4.41 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 460 athletes from 39 nations |
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | ||||||
| Senior men (12 km) |
Craig Virgin United States | 35:05 | Mohammed Kedir.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ethiopia | 35:07 | Fernando Mamede Portugal | 35:09 |
| Junior men (7.25 km) |
Mohammed Chouri Tunisia | 22:04 | Yevgeniy Zherebin Soviet Union | 22:06 | Keith Brantly United States | 22:07 |
| Senior women (4.41 km) |
Grete Waitz Norway | 14:07 | Jan Merrill United States | 14:22 | Yelena Sipatova Soviet Union | 14:22 |
| Team | ||||||
| Senior men | Ethiopia | 81 | United States | 114 |  Kenya | 220 |
| Junior men | United States | 23 |  England | 61 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 66 |
| Senior women | Soviet Union | 24 | United States | 36 |  Italy | 89 |
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
- For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Craig Virgin | United States | 35:05 |
 | Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | 35:07 |
 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 35:09 |
| 4 | Julian Goater | England | 35:13 |
| 5 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 35:18 |
| 6 | Rob de Castella | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 35:20 |
| 7 | Girma Berhanu | Ethiopia | 35:22 |
| 8 | Thom Hunt | United States | 35:23 |
| 9 | Alex Hagelsteens | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 35:24 |
| 10 | Pierre Levisse |  France | 35:26 |
| 11 | Rod Dixon |  New Zealand | 35:30 |
| 12 | El Hachami Abdenouz |  Algeria | 35:34 |
| Full results | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia
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81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States
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114 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenya
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220 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Spain | 254 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Australia | 255 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | England | 312 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Algeria | 350 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Belgium | 377 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full results | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.25 km)
- For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Chouri | Tunisia | 22:04 |
| Yevgeniy Zherebin | Soviet Union | 22:06 |
| Keith Brantly | United States | 22:07 |
| 4 | George Nicholas | United States | 22:08 |
| 5 | Paul Davies-Hale | England | 22:19 |
| 6 | John Butler | United States | 22:21 |
| 7 | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 22:23 |
| 8 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 22:29 |
| 9 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 22:32 |
| 10 | Chris Hamilton | United States | 22:32 |
| 11 | Jonathan Richards | England | 22:33 |
| 12 | Dave Reid | Canada | 22:37 |
| Full results | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
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23 | ||||||||||||
| England
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61 | ||||||||||||
| Canada
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66 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Italy | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Belgium | 118 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Soviet Union | 130 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Portugal | 135 | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  Ireland | 137 | ||||||||||||
| Full results | ||||||||||||||
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.41 km)
- For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grete Waitz | Norway | 14:07 |
| Jan Merrill | United States | 14:22 |
| Yelena Sipatova | Soviet Union | 14:22 |
| 4 | Agnese Possamai | Italy | 14:25 |
| 5 | Tatyana Sychova | Soviet Union | 14:25 |
| 6 | Betty Springs | United States | 14:28 |
| 7 | Svetlana Ulmasova | Soviet Union | 14:28 |
| 8 | Debbie Scott | Canada | 14:31 |
| 9 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | Soviet Union | 14:34 |
| 10 | Asunción Sinobas | Spain | 14:38 |
| 11 | Dorthe Rasmussen |  Denmark | 14:39 |
| 12 | Dianne Zorn | New Zealand | 14:39 |
| Full results | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union
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24 | ||||||||||||
| United States
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36 | ||||||||||||
| Italy
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89 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | New Zealand | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Canada | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | England | 106 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Norway | 123 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Ireland | 167 | ||||||||||||
| Full results | ||||||||||||||
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
- 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 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
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See also
References
- Gillon, Doug (March 19, 1973), "Muir dream is shattered in Madrid – Nat Muir, who went to Madrid with dreams of becoming world cross-county champion, spent yesterday with his coach trying to work out why it became a nichtmare...", Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 18, 2013
- Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 7.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – EDINBURGH 2008 – FACTS & FIGURES – GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
External links
International cross country running championships | ||
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| World |  | |
| Continental | ||
| Regional | ||
See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972) | ||
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