1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Junior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	8th
Date	March 9
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Hippodrome de Longchamp
Events	1
Distances	7.41 km – Junior men
Participation	97 athletes from 18 nations
← 1979 Limerick 1981 Madrid →

The Junior men's race at 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,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Race results[]

Junior men's race (7.41 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		Spain	22:17
		Soviet Union	22:23
	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
13		Ireland	22:58
14		Belgium	22:59
15		Canada	23:00
16		Hungary	23:04
17		Algeria	23:05
18	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	23:08
19		Wales	23:10
20		Spain	23:10
21		Italy	23:11
22		Sweden	23:12
23		Hungary	23:13
24		Spain	23:13
25		England	23:14
26		Tunisia	23:18
27		France	23:18
28		Algeria	23:19
29		Tunisia	23:19
30		Italy	23:21
31	William Van Dijck	Belgium	23:23
32		Canada	23:23
33		Belgium	23:26
34		Spain	23:26
35		Soviet Union	23:26
36		France	23:27
37		France	23:27
38		Hungary	23:28
39		Canada	23:29
40		West Germany	23:29
41	Salvatore Bettiol	Italy	23:31
42		England	23:33
43		Canada	23:34
44		Belgium	23:39
45		Algeria	23:40
46		Algeria	23:41
47		Scotland	23:42
48		Northern Ireland	23:44
49		Ireland	23:46
50		France	23:47
51		Spain	23:49
52		Soviet Union	23:50
53		Tunisia	23:51
54		Italy	23:52
55		West Germany	23:53
56		United States	23:53
57	Peter Elliott	England	23:54
58		Belgium	23:55
59		Wales	23:58
60		Denmark	23:58
61		Spain	24:00
62		Tunisia	24:03
63		Algeria	24:05
64		West Germany	24:08
65		Scotland	24:10
66		Northern Ireland	24:10
67		Wales	24:11
68		Algeria	24:12
69	John Gladwin	Scotland	24:18
70		West Germany	24:19
71		France	24:20
72		Northern Ireland	24:20
73		Denmark	24:21
74		Scotland	24:22
75	Marcus O'Sullivan	Ireland	24:24
76		France	24:28
77		Hungary	24:31
78		Scotland	24:32
79		Wales	24:33
80		Tunisia	24:33
81		Denmark	24:34
82		United States	24:34
83		Ireland	24:43
84		Ireland	24:47
85		Scotland	24:49
86		Wales	24:52
87		Tunisia	24:58
88		United States	25:03
89		Denmark	25:10
90		Northern Ireland	25:16
91		Northern Ireland	25:19
92		West Germany	25:24
93		Wales	25:36
94		Ireland	26:00
—	John Doherty	Northern Ireland	DNF
—		England	DNF
—		Italy	DNF

Teams[]

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union 2 6 7 35 () (52)	50
	United States Ed Eyestone 3 5 11 56 () (82) () (88)	75
	Spain 1 20 24 34 () (51) () (61)	79
4	Belgium 8 14 William Van Dijck 31 33 () (44) () (58)	86
5	England Paul Davies-Hale 10 12 25 42 (Peter Elliott) (57) () (DNF)	89
6	Canada 4 15 32 39 () (43)	90
7	Italy 9 21 30 Salvatore Bettiol 41 () (54) () (DNF)	101
8	Algeria 17 28 45 46 () (63) () (68)	136
9	France 27 36 37 50 () (71) () (76)	150
10	Hungary 16 23 38 77	154
11	Tunisia 26 29 53 62 () (80) () (87)	170
12	Ireland 13 49 Marcus O'Sullivan 75 83 () (84) () (94)	220
13	Wales 19 59 67 79 () (86) () (93)	224
14	West Germany 40 55 64 70 () (92)	229
15	Denmark Henrik Jørgensen 18 60 73 81 () (89)	232
16	Scotland 47 65 John Gladwin 69 74 () (78) () (85)	255
17	Northern Ireland 48 66 72 90 () (91) (John Doherty) (DNF)	276

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 97 athletes from 18 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

See also[]

• 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

References[]