1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]

1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition11th
DateMarch 20
Host cityGateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
VenueRiverside Park
Events3
Distances11.994 km – Senior men
8.033 km – Junior men
4.072 km – Senior women
Participation431 athletes from
35 nations

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

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(11.994 km)		 Bekele Debele
 Ethiopia		36:52 Carlos Lopes
 Portugal		36:52 Some Muge
 Kenya		36:52
Junior men
(8.033 km)		 Fesseha Abebe
 Ethiopia		24:58 Angaso Telega
 Ethiopia		24:59 Jonathan Richards
 England		25:07
Senior women
(4.072 km)		 Grete Waitz
 Norway		13:29 Alison Wiley
 Canada		13:37 Tatyana Pozdnyakova
 Soviet Union		13:37
Team
Senior men  Ethiopia104  United States170  Kenya191
Junior men  Ethiopia13  Spain41  England58
Senior women  United States31  Soviet Union41  Canada53

Race results

Senior men's race (11.994 km)
For full event details see 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Bekele Debele Ethiopia36:52
Carlos Lopes Portugal36:52
Some Muge Kenya36:52
4Alberto Salazar United States36:53
5Antonio Prieto Spain36:56
6Rob de Castella Australia37:00
7Dave Clarke England37:05
8Ezequiel Canario Portugal37:10
9Pat Porter United States37:12
10Alberto Cova Italy37:17
11Nat Muir Scotland37:24
12Mehmet Yürdadön Turkey37:24
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Ethiopia
Bekele Debele1
Eshetu Tura14
Wodajo Bulti20
Mohammed Kedir22
Adugna Lema23
Chala Urgessa24
(Dejene Beyene)(50)
(Girma Berhanu)(58)
(Miruts Yifter)(67)
 104
 United States
Alberto Salazar4
Pat Porter9
Thom Hunt28
Ed Eyestone30
Craig Virgin42
Mark Anderson57
(Doug Brown)(118)
(Bill Donakowski)(147)
(John Idstrom)(160)
 170
 Kenya
Some Muge3
Paul Kipkoech16
Joshua Kipkemboi31
James Kipngetich32
Jackson Ruto37
Herman Kipngetich72
(Sisa Kirati)(83)
(Dominic Wambua)(91)
(Joseph Otieno)(139)
 191
4 Australia193
5 Spain206
6 Portugal302
7 Italy306
8 England318
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.033 km)
For full event details see 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Fesseha Abebe Ethiopia24:58
Angaso Telega Ethiopia24:59
Jonathan Richards England25:07
4Gonfa Negere Ethiopia25:22
5José Manuel Albentosa Spain25:35
6Teka Mekonnen Ethiopia25:40
7Cyrille Laventure France25:51
8Marc Olesen Canada25:53
9Asfaw Tadesse Ethiopia25:57
10Richard Carter England26:06
11José Manuel García Spain26:10
12Antonio Pérez Spain26:15
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Ethiopia
Fesseha Abebe1
Angaso Telega2
Gonfa Negere4
Teka Mekonnen6
(Asfaw Tadesse)(9)
(Disso Dissessa)(16)
 13
 Spain
José Manuel Albentosa5
José Manuel García11
Antonio Pérez12
José Zabaleta13
(Joseba Sarriegui)(15)
(Alfredo Munoz)(17)
 41
 England
Jonathan Richards3
Richard Carter10
Clifton Bradeley20
Phil Makepeace25
(Paul Taylor)(39)
(Martin Vile)(55)
 58
4 Canada107
5 Tunisia139
6 United States145
7 Portugal151
8 Italy166
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.072 km)
For full event details see 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Grete Waitz Norway13:29
Alison Wiley Canada13:37
Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union13:37
4Joan Benoit United States13:57
5Betty Springs United States14:00
6Svetlana Ulmasova Soviet Union14:01
7Francine Peeters Belgium14:03
8Fiţa Lovin Romania14:04
9Margaret Groos United States14:04
10Aurora Cunha Portugal14:06
11Alla Yushina Soviet Union14:08
12Nancy Rooks Canada14:09
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 United States
Joan Benoit4
Betty Springs5
Margaret Groos9
Jan Merrill13
(Nan Doak)(40)
(Kathy Hadler)(42)
 31
 Soviet Union
Tatyana Pozdnyakova3
Svetlana Ulmasova6
Alla Yushina11
Yelena Sipatova21
(Lyudmila Medvedeva)(64)
(Alla Libutina)(DNF)
 41
 Canada
Alison Wiley2
Nancy Rooks12
Anne-Marie Malone16
Lynn Kanuka23
(Wendy van Mierlo)(37)
(Lizanne Bussières)(45)
 53
4 England94
5 Romania98
6 New Zealand122
7 Portugal122
8 Norway149
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ethiopia (ETH)4105
2 United States (USA)1102
3 Norway (NOR)1001
4 Canada (CAN)0112
 Soviet Union (URS)0112
6 Portugal (POR)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
8 Kenya (KEN)0022
Totals (8 nations)66416
  • 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 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published.[7]

See also

References
  1. Gillon, Doug (21 March 1933), Men from the mountains clean up - A glimpse into the seemingly bottomless well of talented distance runners in Ethiopia was given at Gateshead yesterday, when the men from the mountains swept the boards in the world cross country championships..., Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved 21 October 2013
  2. Bekele's bombshell - Seeing 20-year-old Ethiopian soldier Bekele Debele win the world cross-country title by beating such stars as Alberto Salazar, and Carlos Lopes it was almost impossible to believe he took up running seriously only a year ago..., Evening Times, 21 March 1933, p. 12, retrieved 21 October 2013
  3. Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 21 October 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  5. Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.1km CC Women - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 21 October 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  7. 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013
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