1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
International athletics championship event
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The 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on 20 March 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 | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 11th |
| Date | 20 March |
| Host city | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England  |
| Venue | Riverside Park |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 11.994 km – Senior men 8.033 km – Junior men 4.072 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 431 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 | 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)
| 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 | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia
|
104 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States
|
170 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenya
|
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)
| 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 | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia
|
13 | ||||||||||||
| Spain
|
41 | ||||||||||||
| England
|
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)
| 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 | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
31 | ||||||||||||
| Soviet Union
|
41 | ||||||||||||
| Canada
|
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)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
- 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]
Algeria (13)
Australia (14)
Belgium (18)
Canada (20)
China (6)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Comoros (1)
Denmark (8)
Djibouti (3)
England (20)
Ethiopia (15)
France (21)
Ireland (20)
Israel (4)
Italy (17)
Kenya (9)
Kuwait (5)
Morocco (6)
Netherlands (14)
New Zealand (15)
Northern Ireland (20)
Norway (11)
Palestine (1)
Portugal (21)
Romania (5)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (11)
Spain (21)
Sweden (15)
Switzerland (8)
Tunisia (11)
Turkey (6)
United States (21)
Wales (21)
West Germany (7)
