1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition8th
DateMarch 9
Host cityParis, France France
VenueHippodrome de Longchamp
Events3
Distances12.58 km – Senior men
7.41 km – Junior men
4.82 km – Senior women
Participation381 athletes from
28 nations
�� 1979 Limerick
1981 Madrid →

The 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.[1]

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
(12.58 km) 		Craig Virgin
 United States		 37:01 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann
 West Germany		 37:02 Nick Rose
 England		 37:05
Junior men
(7.41 km) 		Jorge García
 Spain		 22:17
 Soviet Union		 22:23 Ed Eyestone
 United States		 22:27
Senior women
(4.82 km) 		Grete Waitz
 Norway		 15:05 Irina Bondarchuk
 Soviet Union		 15:49 Yelena Chernysheva
 Soviet Union		 15:52
Team
Senior men  England 100  United States 163  Belgium 175
Junior men  Soviet Union 50  United States 75  Spain 79
Senior women  Soviet Union 15  England 49  United States 49

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12.58 km)[]

Main article: 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Craig Virgin  United States 37:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany 37:02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nick Rose  England 37:05
4 Léon Schots  Belgium 37:11
5 John Robson  Scotland 37:20
6 Aleksandr Antipov  Soviet Union 37:21
7 Leonid Moseyev  Soviet Union 37:21
8 Antonio Prieto  Spain 37:21
9 Steve Jones  Wales 37:23
10 Bernie Ford  England 37:25
11 Karel Lismont  Belgium 37:27
12  United States 37:28
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
Nick Rose 3
Bernie Ford 10
Barry Smith 14
Steve Kenyon 17
19
37
(Hugh Jones) (40)
() (64)
() (92)
100
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Craig Virgin 1
12
23
Steve Plasencia 36
Don Clary 43
48
() (104)
() (116)
() (DNF)
163
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belgium
Léon Schots 4
Karel Lismont 11
Alex Hagelsteens 21
38
44
57
(Johan Geirnaert) (107)
(Willy Polleunis) (DNF)
() (DNF)
175
4  France 184
5  Soviet Union 246
6  Spain 251
7  Scotland 312
8  Algeria 324
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.41 km)[]

Main article: 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jorge García  Spain 22:17
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 22:23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ed Eyestone  United States 22:27
4  Canada 22:34
5  United States 22:34
6  Soviet Union 22:36
7  Soviet Union 22:38
8  Belgium 22:41
9  Italy 22:47
10 Paul Davies-Hale  England 22:52
11  United States 22:53
12  England 22:58
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2
6
7
35
() (52)
50
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Ed Eyestone 3
5
11
56
() (82)
() (88)
75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
Jorge García 1
20
24
34
() (51)
() (61)
79
4  Belgium 86
5  England 89
6  Canada 90
7  Italy 101
8  Algeria 136
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.82 km)[]

Main article: 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grete Waitz  Norway 15:05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Bondarchuk  Soviet Union 15:49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yelena Chernysheva  Soviet Union 15:52
4 Giana Romanova  Soviet Union 15:53
5 Jan Merrill  United States 15:57
6 Svetlana Ulmasova  Soviet Union 16:00
7 Penny Forse  England 16:04
8 Ellen Wessinghage  West Germany 16:05
9 Kath Binns  England 16:06
10 Margaret Groos  United States 16:09
11 Raisa Smekhnova  Soviet Union 16:09
12 Cristina Tomasini  Italy 16:10
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Irina Bondarchuk 2
Yelena Chernysheva 3
Giana Romanova 4
Svetlana Ulmasova 6
(Raisa Smekhnova) (11)
(Tatyana Sychova) (45)
15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England
Penny Forse 7
Kath Binns 9
14
Ruth Smeeth 19
(Regina Joyce) (30)
() (80)
49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
Jan Merrill 5
Margaret Groos 10
Julie Shea 13
21
(Joan Benoit) (26)
(Ellison Goodall) (35)
49
4  Norway 71
5  Italy 101
6  Canada 110
7  West Germany 132
8  France 174
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2215
2 United States (USA)1225
3 England (ENG)1113
4 Spain (ESP)1012
5 Norway (NOR)1001
6 West Germany (FRG)0101
7 Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (7 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 381 athletes from 28 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Robson fifth - Scotland's John Robson finished fifth in the world cross country championship at Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday..., Evening Times, March 10, 1980, p. 16, retrieved October 18, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, 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 - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.5km CC Women - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  6. ^ 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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