1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers IAAF
Edition 11th
Date March 20
Host city Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England England
Location Riverside Park
Nations participating 35
Athletes participating 431
Races 3
Distances 11.994 km – Senior men
8.033 km – Junior men
4.072 km – Senior women

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]

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)		 Feyissa 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  Ethiopia 104  United States 170  Kenya 191
Junior men  Ethiopia 13  Spain 41  England 58
Senior women  United States 31  Soviet Union 41  Canada 53

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
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st Bekele Debele  Ethiopia 36:52
2nd Carlos Lopes  Portugal 36:52
3rd Some Muge  Kenya 36:52
4 Alberto Salazar  United States 36:53
5 Antonio Prieto  Spain 36:56
6 Rob de Castella  Australia 37:00
7 Dave Clarke  England 37:05
8 Ezequiel Canario  Portugal 37:10
9 Pat Porter  United States 37:12
10 Alberto Cova  Italy 37:17
11 Nat Muir  Scotland 37:24
12 Mehmet Yürdadön  Turkey 37:24
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st  Ethiopia
Bekele Debele 1
Eshetu Tura 14
Wodajo Bulti 20
Mohammed Kedir 22
Adugna Lema 23
Chala Urgessa 24
(Dejene Beyene) (50)
(Girma Berhanu) (58)
(Miruts Yifter) (67)
104
2nd  United States
Alberto Salazar 4
Pat Porter 9
Thom Hunt 28
Ed Eyestone 30
Craig Virgin 42
Mark Anderson 57
(Doug Brown) (118)
(Bill Donakowski) (147)
(John Idstrom) (160)
170
3rd  Kenya
Some Muge 3
Paul Kipkoech 16
Joshua Kipkemboi 31
James Kipngetich 32
Jackson Ruto 37
Herman Kipngetich 72
(Sisa Kirati) (83)
(Dominic Wambua) (91)
(Joseph Otieno) (139)
191
4  Australia 193
5  Spain 206
6  Portugal 302
7  Italy 306
8  England 318
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
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st Feyissa Abebe  Ethiopia 24:58
2nd Angaso Telega  Ethiopia 24:59
3rd Jonathan Richards  England 25:07
4 Gonfa Negere  Ethiopia 25:22
5 José Manuel Albentosa  Spain 25:35
6 Teka Mekonnen  Ethiopia 25:40
7 Cyrille Laventure  France 25:51
8 Marc Olesen  Canada 25:53
9 Asfaw Tadesse  Ethiopia 25:57
10 Richard Carter  England 26:06
11 José Manuel García  Spain 26:10
12 Antonio Pérez  Spain 26:15
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st  Ethiopia
Feyissa Abebe 1
Angaso Telega 2
Gonfa Negere 4
Teka Mekonnen 6
(Asfaw Tadesse) (9)
(Disso Dissessa) (16)
13
2nd  Spain
José Manuel Albentosa 5
José Manuel García 11
Antonio Pérez 12
José Zabaleta 13
(Joseba Sarriegui) (15)
(Alfredo Munoz) (17)
41
3rd  England
Jonathan Richards 3
Richard Carter 10
Clifton Bradeley 20
Phil Makepeace 25
(Paul Taylor) (39)
(Martin Vile) (55)
58
4  Canada 107
5  Tunisia 139
6  United States 145
7  Portugal 151
8  Italy 166
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
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st Grete Waitz  Norway 13:29
2nd Alison Wiley  Canada 13:37
3rd Tatyana Pozdnyakova  Soviet Union 13:37
4 Joan Benoit  United States 13:57
5 Betty Springs  United States 14:00
6 Svetlana Ulmasova  Soviet Union 14:01
7 Francine Peeters  Belgium 14:03
8 Fiţa Lovin  Romania 14:04
9 Margaret Groos  United States 14:04
10 Aurora Cunha  Portugal 14:06
11 Alla Yushina  Soviet Union 14:08
12 Nancy Rooks  Canada 14:09
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st  United States
Joan Benoit 4
Betty Springs 5
Margaret Groos 9
Jan Merrill 13
(Nan Doak) (40)
(Kathy Hadler) (42)
31
2nd  Soviet Union
Tatyana Pozdnyakova 3
Svetlana Ulmasova 6
Alla Yushina 11
Yelena Sipatova 21
(Lyudmila Medvedeva) (64)
(Alla Libutina) (DNF)
41
3rd  Canada
Alison Wiley 2
Nancy Rooks 12
Anne-Marie Malone 16
Lynn Kanuka 23
(Wendy van Mierlo) (37)
(Lizanne Bussières) (45)
53
4  England 94
5  Romania 98
6  New Zealand 122
7  Portugal 122
8  Norway 149
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Ethiopia 4 1 0 5
2  United States 1 1 0 2
3  Norway 1 0 0 1
4  Canada 0 1 1 2
 Soviet Union 0 1 1 2
6  Spain 0 1 0 1
 Portugal 0 1 0 1
8  England 0 0 2 2
 Kenya 0 0 2 2
Total 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 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published.[7]

See also

References

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