1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 11th |
Date | March 20 |
Host city | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, 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.
Contents
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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104 | |||||||||||||||||||
United States
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170 | |||||||||||||||||||
Kenya
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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
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Feyissa 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 | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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13 | |||||||||||||
Spain
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41 | |||||||||||||
England
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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
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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United States
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31 | |||||||||||||
Soviet Union
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41 | |||||||||||||
Canada
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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 |
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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]
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See also
- 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
- 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
- 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
- 1983 in athletics (track and field)
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