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

Senior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior 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	12.58 km – Senior men
Participation	180 athletes from ; 25 nations
	← 1979 Limerick 1981 Madrid → ;

The Senior 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[]

Senior men's race (12.58 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Craig Virgin	United States	37:01
	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	37:02
	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
13		Algeria	37:31
14	Barry Smith	England	37:33
15		France	37:39
16	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	37:42
17	Steve Kenyon	England	37:44
18	John Treacy	Ireland	37:44
19		England	37:47
20		Netherlands	37:48
21	Alex Hagelsteens	Belgium	37:49
22	José Luis González	Spain	37:51
23		United States	37:53
24		France	37:54
25	Alex Gonzalez	France	37:54
26	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	37:55
27	François Person	France	37:55
28		Soviet Union	37:56
29	Allister Hutton	Scotland	37:57
30	José Sena	Portugal	37:59
31		Scotland	38:00
32		Tunisia	38:01
33	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	38:06
34	Michael Karst	West Germany	38:07
35	Peter Butler	Canada	38:08
36	Steve Plasencia	United States	38:08
37		England	38:08
38		Belgium	38:10
39		France	38:15
40	Hugh Jones	England	38:17
41		Spain	38:20
42	Rachid Habchaoui	Algeria	38:22
43	Don Clary	United States	38:23
44		Belgium	38:24
45		Sweden	38:25
46		Scotland	38:26
47	Valeriy Abramov	Soviet Union	38:26
48		United States	38:27
49	Abdelmadjid Mada	Algeria	38:27
50		West Germany	38:28
51	Mick O'Shea	Ireland	38:28
52		Spain	38:32
53		Wales	38:33
54		France	38:34
55	Paul Williams	Canada	38:37
56	Santiago de la Parte	Spain	38:39
57		Belgium	38:40
58		Northern Ireland	38:41
59	Marco Marchei	Italy	38:42
60	Franco Ambrosioni	Italy	38:43
61	Lahcene Babaci	Algeria	38:43
62	Roger Hackney	Wales	38:43
63		China	38:44
64		England	38:45
65	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	38:45
66		Morocco	38:46
67	Stig Roar Husby	Norway	38:47
68		Portugal	38:47
69	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	38:48
70	Jacques Boxberger	France	38:48
71		Morocco	38:49
72		Spain	38:50
73	John Graham	Scotland	38:51
74	Øyvind Dahl	Norway	38:52
75	Ennio Panetti	Italy	38:53
76		Canada	38:56
77	Lubomir Tesacek	Czechoslovakia	39:00
78	Greg Duhaime	Canada	39:00
79		Algeria	39:01
80	Mehdi Aidet	Algeria	39:01
81	Willi Maier	West Germany	39:01
82	Gerard Tebroke	Netherlands	39:04
83	Greg Hannon	Northern Ireland	39:05
84		Tunisia	39:06
85		Morocco	39:07
86		Netherlands	39:09
87	Silvano Babici	Italy	39:10
88	Michele Cinà	Italy	39:11
89	Anacleto Pinto	Portugal	39:11
90		Netherlands	39:11
91		Tunisia	39:12
92		England	39:12
93	Danny McDaid	Ireland	39:13
94		Spain	39:13
95	Jean-Paul Gomez	France	39:13
96	Cidalio Caetano	Portugal	39:17
97		Netherlands	39:18
98	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	39:19
99		Canada	39:21
100	Neil Cusack	Ireland	39:21
101		Sweden	39:22
102	Abdelkader Zaddem	Tunisia	39:24
103	Martti Kiilholma	Finland	39:24
104		United States	39:25
105		Ireland	39:26
106		Wales	39:27
107	Johan Geirnaert	Belgium	39:30
108		Ireland	39:31
109		Spain	39:32
110		Finland	39:33
111		West Germany	39:33
112		West Germany	39:37
113	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	39:39
114		Sweden	39:41
115		Sweden	39:43
116		United States	39:44
117		Algeria	39:45
118		Algeria	39:49
119	Alain Bordeleau	Canada	39:51
120	Otello Sorato	Italy	39:53
121		Ireland	39:54
122	Alberto Cova	Italy	39:55
123		Wales	39:55
124		Morocco	39:55
125		Soviet Union	39:56
126		Netherlands	39:57
127		Sweden	39:58
128		Scotland	39:59
129	Svend-Erik Kristensen	Denmark	40:00
130		Canada	40:03
131		Scotland	40:05
132		Finland	40:11
133		Denmark	40:12
134		Morocco	40:13
135		Spain	40:14
136	Ari Paunonen	Finland	40:15
137		West Germany	40:15
138		Wales	40:16
139		Netherlands	40:17
140		Wales	40:19
141		Tunisia	40:21
142		Morocco	40:23
143		Denmark	40:26
144		Tunisia	40:27
145	Donal Walsh	Ireland	40:27
146	Mansour Guettaya	Tunisia	40:28
147		Canada	40:28
148		Wales	40:29
149	Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer	Czechoslovakia	40:33
150		Northern Ireland	40:40
151		Denmark	40:44
152		Northern Ireland	40:44
153	Pertti Tiainen	Finland	40:45
154		Ireland	40:48
155		China	40:58
156		Tunisia	41:03
157		Morocco	41:13
158		Sweden	41:15
159		Denmark	41:17
160	Yehuda Zadok	Israel	41:20
161		Finland	41:27
162		Netherlands	41:28
163		Denmark	41:28
164	Arye Gamliel	Israel	41:43
165		Northern Ireland	42:05
166		Northern Ireland	42:24
167		Scotland	42:31
168		Northern Ireland	42:34
169		Northern Ireland	42:38
170		China	42:42
—	João Campos	Portugal	DNF
—	Mats Erixon	Sweden	DNF
—	Christoph Herle	West Germany	DNF
—	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	DNF
—	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	DNF
—	Aniceto Simoes	Portugal	DNF
—		France	DNF
—	Nat Muir	Scotland	DNF
—		United States	DNF
—		Belgium	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

England

Nick Rose	3
Bernie Ford	10
Barry Smith	14
Steve Kenyon	17
	19
	37
(Hugh Jones)	(40)
()	(64)
()	(92)

100

United States

Craig Virgin	1
	12
	23
Steve Plasencia	36
Don Clary	43
	48
()	(104)
()	(116)
()	(DNF)

163

Belgium

Léon Schots	4
Karel Lismont	11
Alex Hagelsteens	21
	38
	44
	57
(Johan Geirnaert)	(107)
(Willy Polleunis)	(DNF)
()	(DNF)

175

4

France

	15
	24
Alex Gonzalez	25
François Person	27
	39
	54
(Jacques Boxberger)	(70)
(Jean-Paul Gomez)	(95)
()	(DNF)

184

5

Soviet Union

Aleksandr Antipov	6
Leonid Moseyev	7
	28
Enn Sellik	33
Valeriy Abramov	47
	125

246

6

Spain

Antonio Prieto	8
José Luis González	22
	41
	52
Santiago de la Parte	56
	72
()	(94)
()	(109)
()	(135)

251

7

Scotland

John Robson	5
Allister Hutton	29
	31
	46
John Graham	73
	128
()	(131)
()	(167)
(Nat Muir)	(DNF)

312

8

Algeria

	13
Rachid Habchaoui	42
Abdelmadjid Mada	49
Lahcene Babaci	61
	79
	80
()	(117)
()	(118)

324

9

Portugal

Fernando Mamede	16
Carlos Lopes	26
José Sena	30
	68
Anacleto Pinto	89
Cidalio Caetano	96
(João Campos)	(DNF)
(Aniceto Simoes)	(DNF)

325

10

West Germany

Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	2
Michael Karst	34
	50
Thomas Wessinghage	65
Willi Maier	81
	111
()	(112)
()	(137)
(Christoph Herle)	(DNF)

343

11

Canada

Peter Butler	35
Paul Williams	55
	76
Greg Duhaime	78
	99
Alain Bordeleau	119
()	(130)
()	(147)

462

12

Ireland

John Treacy	18
Mick O'Shea	51
Danny McDaid	93
Neil Cusack	100
	105
	108
()	(121)
(Donal Walsh)	(145)
()	(154)

475

13

Italy

Marco Marchei	59
Franco Ambrosioni	60
Ennio Panetti	75
Silvano Babici	87
Michele Cinà	88
Otello Sorato	120
(Alberto Cova)	(122)
(Venanzio Ortis)	(DNF)

489

14

Wales

Steve Jones	9
	53
Roger Hackney	62
	106
	123
	138
()	(140)
()	(148)

491

15

Netherlands

	20
Gerard Tebroke	82
	86
	90
	97
	126
()	(139)
()	(162)

501

16

Tunisia

	32
	84
	91
Abdelkader Zaddem	102
	141
	144
(Mansour Guettaya)	(146)
()	(156)

594

17

Morocco

	66
	71
	85
	124
	134
	142
()	(157)

622

18

Finland

Tapio Kantanen	69
Ismo Toukonen	98
Martti Kiilholma	103
	110
Tommy Ekblom	113
	132
(Ari Paunonen)	(136)
(Pertti Tiainen)	(153)
()	(161)

625

19

Sweden

	45
	101
	114
	115
	127
	158
(Mats Erixon)	(DNF)

660

20

Northern Ireland

	58
Greg Hannon	83
	150
	152
	165
	166
()	(168)
()	(169)

774

21

Denmark

Svend-Erik Kristensen	129
	133
	143
	151
	159
	163

878

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

Algeria (8)
Belgium (9)
Canada (8)
China (3)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Denmark (6)
England (9)
Finland (9)
France (9)

Ireland (9)
Israel (2)
Italy (8)
Morocco (7)
Netherlands (8)
Northern Ireland (8)
Norway (2)
Portugal (8)

Scotland (9)
Soviet Union (6)
Spain (9)
Sweden (7)
Tunisia (8)
United States (9)
Wales (8)
West Germany (9)

References[]

^ 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
^ 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)
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ ^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

[evening_01-1] 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

[archive_01-2] 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)

[gbr_01-3] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_01-4] 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

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