1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition9th
DateMarch 28
Host cityMadrid, Spain
VenueLa Zarzuela Hippodrome
Events3
Distances12 km – Senior men
7.25 km – Junior men
4.41 km – Senior women
Participation460 athletes from
39 nations

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km)		 Craig Virgin
 United States		35:05 Mohammed Kedir
 Ethiopia		35:07 Fernando Mamede
 Portugal		35:09
Junior men
(7.25 km)		 Mohammed Chouri
 Tunisia		22:04 Yevgeniy Zherebin
 Soviet Union		22:06 Keith Brantly
 United States		22:07
Senior women
(4.41 km)		 Grete Waitz
 Norway		14:07 Jan Merrill
 United States		14:22 Yelena Sipatova
 Soviet Union		14:22
Team
Senior men  Ethiopia81  United States114  Kenya220
Junior men  United States23  England61  Canada66
Senior women  Soviet Union24  United States36  Italy89

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)
For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Craig Virgin United States35:05
Mohammed Kedir Ethiopia35:07
Fernando Mamede Portugal35:09
4Julian Goater England35:13
5Antonio Prieto Spain35:18
6Rob de Castella Australia35:20
7Girma Berhanu Ethiopia35:22
8Thom Hunt United States35:23
9Alex Hagelsteens Belgium35:24
10Pierre Levisse France35:26
11Rod Dixon New Zealand35:30
12El Hachami Abdenouz Algeria35:34
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Ethiopia
Mohammed Kedir2
Girma Berhanu7
Dereje Nedi13
Kebede Balcha14
Miruts Yifter15
Eshetu Tura30
(Hana Girma)(32)
(Tolossa Kotu)(75)
 81
 United States
Craig Virgin1
Thom Hunt8
Mark Nenow17
Bill Donakowski18
Bruce Bickford19
George Malley51
(Daniel Dillon)(63)
(Mike McGuire)(80)
(Mark Muggleton)(103)
 114
 Kenya
Jackson Ruto22
Peter Koech24
Alfred Nyasani25
Sammy Mogene36
Wilson Musonik56
Some Muge57
(Joseph Kiptum)(68)
(Adriano Musonye)(147)
(John Rotich)(200)
 220
4 Spain254
5 Australia255
6 England312
7 Algeria350
8 Belgium377
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.25 km)
For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Mohammed Chouri Tunisia22:04
Yevgeniy Zherebin Soviet Union22:06
Keith Brantly United States22:07
4George Nicholas United States22:08
5Paul Davies-Hale England22:19
6John Butler United States22:21
7Vincent Rousseau Belgium22:23
8Salvatore Antibo Italy22:29
9Francesco Panetta Italy22:32
10Chris Hamilton United States22:32
11Jonathan Richards England22:33
12Dave Reid Canada22:37
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 United States
Keith Brantly3
George Nicholas4
John Butler6
Chris Hamilton10
(Peter Warner)(22)
(Michael Pyeatt)(23)
 23
 England
Paul Davies-Hale5
Jonathan Richards11
Mark King20
Christian Bloor25
(Philip Dixon)(51)
(Neil Rimmer)(88)
 61
 Canada
Dave Reid12
Chris Brewster14
Paul McCloy16
Allen Hugli24
(Marc Olesen)(39)
(Mark Orzel)(63)
 66
4 Italy80
5 Belgium118
6 Soviet Union130
7 Portugal135
8 Ireland137
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.41 km)
For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime
Grete Waitz Norway14:07
Jan Merrill United States14:22
Yelena Sipatova Soviet Union14:22
4Agnese Possamai Italy14:25
5Tatyana Sychova Soviet Union14:25
6Betty Springs United States14:28
7Svetlana Ulmasova Soviet Union14:28
8Debbie Scott Canada14:31
9Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union14:34
10Asunción Sinobas Spain14:38
11Dorthe Rasmussen Denmark14:39
12Dianne Zorn New Zealand14:39
Full results
Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Soviet Union
Yelena Sipatova3
Tatyana Sychova5
Svetlana Ulmasova7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova9
(Irina Bondarchuk)(21)
(Giana Romanova)(32)
 24
 United States
Jan Merrill2
Betty Springs6
Julie Shea13
Mary Shea15
(Brenda Webb)(30)
(Francie Larrieu)(36)
 36
 Italy
Agnese Possamai4
Cristina Tomasini23
Silvana Cruciata29
Alba Milana33
(Nadia Dandolo)(46)
(Marina Loddo)(49)
 89
4 New Zealand90
5 Canada96
6 England106
7 Norway123
8 Ireland167
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2316
2 Soviet Union (URS)1113
3 Ethiopia (ETH)1102
4 Norway (NOR)1001
 Tunisia (TUN)1001
6 England (ENG)0101
7 Canada (CAN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Kenya (KEN)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
Totals (10 nations)66618
  • 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 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]

See also

References
  1. Gillon, Doug (March 19, 1973), "Muir dream is shattered in Madrid – Nat Muir, who went to Madrid with dreams of becoming world cross-county champion, spent yesterday with his coach trying to work out why it became a nichtmare...", Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 18, 2013
  2. Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 7.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  5. "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  6. 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
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