1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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

Junior men's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	9th
Date	March 28
Host city	Madrid, Spain
Venue	Hipodromo de la Zarzuela
Events	1
Distances	7.25 km – Junior men
Participation	104 athletes from 20 nations
← 1980 Paris 1982 Rome →

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Mohammed Chouri	Tunisia	22:04
	Yevgeniy Zherebin	Soviet Union	22:06
	Keith Brantly	United States	22:07
4	George Nicholas	United States	22:08
5	Paul Davies-Hale	England	22:19
6	John Butler	United States	22:21
7	Vincent Rousseau	Belgium	22:23
8	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	22:29
9	Francesco Panetta	Italy	22:32
10	Chris Hamilton	United States	22:32
11	Jonathan Richards	England	22:33
12	Dave Reid	Canada	22:37
13	Henrique Crisostomo	Portugal	22:42
14	Chris Brewster	Canada	22:44
15	Steve Blakemore	Wales	22:45
16	Paul McCloy	Canada	22:50
17	Abel Antón	Spain	22:55
18	Paul Donovan	Ireland	22:56
19	Ole Hansen	Denmark	22:58
20	Mark King	England	22:59
21	Nikolay Chameyev	Soviet Union	23:01
22	Peter Warner	United States	23:01
23	Michael Pyeatt	United States	23:04
24	Allen Hugli	Canada	23:04
25	Christian Bloor	England	23:04
26	Cripiano Lucas	Portugal	23:07
27	Wim Willaert	Belgium	23:10
28	Stefano Mei	Italy	23:13
29	Hamid Zouhair	France	23:14
30	Zineddine Lamamra	Algeria	23:15
31	John Gladwin	Scotland	23:16
32	Brian O'Keefe	Ireland	23:16
33	Julius Benkö	Austria	23:18
34	Brian Roche	Ireland	23:19
35	Ranieri Carenza	Italy	23:21
36	Rui Saldanha	Portugal	23:21
37	Kim Taylor Hansen	Denmark	23:23
38	Juan Carlos Andres	Spain	23:25
39	Marc Olesen	Canada	23:25
40	August Sneyers	Belgium	23:28
41	Søren Munch	Denmark	23:30
42	Nicholas Boughey	Wales	23:30
43	Mohamed Ezzher	Morocco	23:31
44	Marc Maes	Belgium	23:31
45	Ernesto del Sarto	Italy	23:33
46	Juan Toledano	Spain	23:37
47	Enrico Ogliar Badessi	Italy	23:37
48	Nourredine Benzaoui	Algeria	23:37
49	Emmanuel Goulin	France	23:37
50	Viktor Kushch	Soviet Union	23:39
51	Philip Dixon	England	23:39
52	Jacques le Floch	France	23:39
53	Richard O'Flynn	Ireland	23:44
54	Hassan Sebtaoui	Morocco	23:45
55	Andrew Smith	Wales	23:48
56	Jacques Triquet	France	23:48
57	Dmitriy Ditlashok	Soviet Union	23:48
58	Remy Geoffroy	France	23:50
59	Marnix Goegebeur	Belgium	23:51
60	José Correira	Portugal	23:52
61	Nigel Stops	Wales	23:53
62	Mohamed Salah Rajhi	Tunisia	23:54
63	Mark Orzel	Canada	23:56
64	Pat McCarthy	Ireland	23:57
65	Tayeb Mohammed Djitli	Algeria	24:01
66	Ahmed Dribi	Morocco	24:02
67	Javier Nieto	Spain	24:02
68	Adelino Hidalgo	Spain	24:02
69	Khemissi Salhi	Algeria	24:04
70	Hans Gebroers	Belgium	24:06
71	Brahim Boudina	Algeria	24:07
72	Ray Murtagh	Northern Ireland	24:07
73	Martin Flynn	Ireland	24:07
74	Callan Henderson	Scotland	24:11
75	Aissa Remel	Algeria	24:13
76	Hamid Karoui	Morocco	24:15
77	Alfred Ungersböck	Austria	24:15
78	Ian Steel	Scotland	24:21
79	Peter Gylling	Denmark	24:21
80	Rolf Lauper	Switzerland	24:21
81	Manuel Matias	Portugal	24:27
82	Steve Smith	Wales	24:27
83	Mohamed Hammami	Tunisia	24:27
84	Colin McIntyre	Scotland	24:27
85	Mohamed Sabwane	Morocco	24:28
86	Deon McNeilly	Northern Ireland	24:29
87	Andreas Ceconi	Austria	24:30
88	Neil Rimmer	England	24:30
89	Tommy Wright	Northern Ireland	24:53
90	Abdelkader Belhaied	Tunisia	24:57
91	Renat Kuenzi	Switzerland	25:01
92	Josef Scharmer	Austria	25:12
93	Paul McCaffrey	Northern Ireland	25:13
94	Ali Dhfair	Saudi Arabia	25:34
95	Saif Al-Shahrani	Saudi Arabia	25:53
96	Gordon McMillan	Scotland	25:59
97	Francisco Espejo	Spain	26:10
98	Ali Obedi	Saudi Arabia	26:25
99	Khalid Marzouk	Saudi Arabia	26:59
100	Abdurrahman Al-Eid	Saudi Arabia	27:09
101	Samer Al-Dhanem	Saudi Arabia	27:46
102	Grigoriy Mishuniy	Soviet Union	28:00
—	Ernesto Monteiro	Portugal	DNF
—	Peter Schwarzenpoller	Austria	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	United States Keith Brantly 3 George Nicholas 4 John Butler 6 Chris Hamilton 10 (Peter Warner) (22) (Michael Pyeatt) (23)	23
	England Paul Davies-Hale 5 Jonathan Richards 11 Mark King 20 Christian Bloor 25 (Philip Dixon) (51) (Neil Rimmer) (88)	61
	Canada Dave Reid 12 Chris Brewster 14 Paul McCloy 16 Allen Hugli 24 (Marc Olesen) (39) (Mark Orzel) (63)	66
4	Italy Salvatore Antibo 8 Francesco Panetta 9 Stefano Mei 28 Ranieri Carenza 35 (Ernesto del Sarto) (45) (Enrico Ogliar Badessi) (47)	80
5	Belgium Vincent Rousseau 7 Wim Willaert 27 August Sneyers 40 Marc Maes 44 (Marnix Goegebeur) (59) (Hans Gebroers) (70)	118
6	Soviet Union Yevgeniy Zherebin 2 Nikolay Chameyev 21 Viktor Kushch 50 Dmitriy Ditlashok 57 (Grigoriy Mishuniy) (102)	130
7	Portugal Henrique Crisostomo 13 Cripiano Lucas 26 Rui Saldanha 36 José Correira 60 (Manuel Matias) (81) (Ernesto Monteiro) (DNF)	135
8	Ireland Paul Donovan 18 Brian O'Keefe 32 Brian Roche 34 Richard O'Flynn 53 (Pat McCarthy) (64) (Martin Flynn) (73)	137
9	Spain Abel Antón 17 Juan Carlos Andres 38 Juan Toledano 46 Javier Nieto 67 (Adelino Hidalgo) (68) (Francisco Espejo) (97)	168
10	Wales Steve Blakemore 15 Nicholas Boughey 42 Andrew Smith 55 Nigel Stops 61 (Steve Smith) (82)	173
11	Denmark Ole Hansen 19 Kim Taylor Hansen 37 Søren Munch 41 Peter Gylling 79	176
12	France Hamid Zouhair 29 Emmanuel Goulin 49 Jacques le Floch 52 Jacques Triquet 56 (Remy Geoffroy) (58)	186
13	Algeria Zineddine Lamamra 30 Nourredine Benzaoui 48 Tayeb Mohammed Djitli 65 Khemissi Salhi 69 (Brahim Boudina) (71) (Aissa Remel) (75)	212
14	Tunisia Mohammed Chouri 1 Mohamed Salah Rajhi 62 Mohamed Hammami 83 Abdelkader Belhaied 90	236
15	Morocco Mohamed Ezzher 43 Hassan Sebtaoui 54 Ahmed Dribi 66 Hamid Karoui 76 (Mohamed Sabwane) (85)	239
16	Scotland John Gladwin 31 Callan Henderson 74 Ian Steel 78 Colin McIntyre 84 (Gordon McMillan) (96)	267
17	Austria Julius Benkö 33 Alfred Ungersböck 77 Andreas Ceconi 87 Josef Scharmer 92 (Peter Schwarzenpoller) (DNF)	289
18	Northern Ireland Ray Murtagh 72 Deon McNeilly 86 Tommy Wright 89 Paul McCaffrey 93	340
19	Saudi Arabia Ali Dhfair 94 Saif Al-Shahrani 95 Ali Obedi 98 Khalid Marzouk 99 (Abdurrahman Al-Eid) (100) (Samer Al-Dhanem) (101)	386

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 104 athletes from 20 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

Algeria (6)  Austria (5)  Belgium (6)  Canada (6)  Denmark (4)  England (6)  France (5)

Ireland (6)  Italy (6)  Morocco (5)  Northern Ireland (4)  Portugal (6)  Saudi Arabia (6)  Scotland (5)

Soviet Union (5)  Spain (6)   Switzerland (2)  Tunisia (4)  United States (6)  Wales (5)

See also

• 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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 (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)
3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
4. 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