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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 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

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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   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

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Senior men's race (11.994 km)

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Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Bekele Debele   Ethiopia 36:52
  Carlos Lopes   Portugal 36:52
  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
    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
    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
    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)

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Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Fesseha Abebe   Ethiopia 24:58
  Angaso Telega   Ethiopia 24:59
  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
    Ethiopia
Fesseha Abebe 1
Angaso Telega 2
Gonfa Negere 4
Teka Mekonnen 6
(Asfaw Tadesse) (9)
(Disso Dissessa) (16)
13
    Spain
José Manuel Albentosa 5
José Manuel García 11
Antonio Pérez 12
José Zabaleta 13
(Joseba Sarriegui) (15)
(Alfredo Munoz) (17)
41
    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)

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Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Grete Waitz   Norway 13:29
  Alison Wiley   Canada 13:37
  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
    United States
Joan Benoit 4
Betty Springs 5
Margaret Groos 9
Jan Merrill 13
(Nan Doak) (40)
(Kathy Hadler) (42)
31
    Soviet Union
Tatyana Pozdnyakova 3
Svetlana Ulmasova 6
Alla Yushina 11
Yelena Sipatova 21
(Lyudmila Medvedeva) (64)
(Alla Libutina) (DNF)
41
    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)

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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 entries)66416
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

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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

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References

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  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 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 21 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  7. ^ a b 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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