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

Senior women's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women'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	4.82 km – Senior women
Participation	104 athletes from ; 20 nations
	← 1979 Limerick 1981 Madrid → ;

The Senior women'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 women's race (4.82 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Grete Waitz	Norway	15:05
	Irina Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	15:49
	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
13	Julie Shea	United States	16:10
14		England	16:15
15	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	16:18
16	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	16:19
17	Nancy Rooks	Canada	16:20
18	Christine McMeekin	Scotland	16:20
19	Ruth Smeeth	England	16:20
20	Charlotte Teske	West Germany	16:22
21		United States	16:23
22		Norway	16:23
23		Spain	16:24
24	Bronislawa Ludwichowska	Poland	16:24
25	Lynn Kanuka	Canada	16:25
26	Joan Benoit	United States	16:28
27		Ireland	16:29
28	Margherita Gargano	Italy	16:30
29	Luciana Saccol	Italy	16:31
30	Regina Joyce	England	16:36
31		Canada	16:37
32	Alba Milana	Italy	16:38
33		Norway	16:40
34	Sylvie Bornet	France	16:41
35	Ellison Goodall	United States	16:42
36	Silvana Cruciata	Italy	16:44
37		Canada	16:44
38		Belgium	16:44
39	Sabine Ladurner	Italy	16:44
40		Denmark	16:46
41		West Germany	16:47
42		Switzerland	16:48
43	Véronique Renties	France	16:49
44	Martine Bouchonneau	France	16:50
45	Tatyana Sychova	Soviet Union	16:51
46	Magda Ilands	Belgium	16:51
47		Belgium	16:52
48		Ireland	16:52
49		Poland	16:53
50		Spain	16:59
51	Francine Peeters	Belgium	16:59
52		Spain	17:03
53		France	17:03
54	Wanda Panfil	Poland	17:06
55		Spain	17:09
56		Spain	17:10
57		Spain	17:10
58		Wales	17:10
59		Ireland	17:11
60	Renata Kokowska	Poland	17:11
61	Mary Purcell	Ireland	17:11
62		Ireland	17:14
63		West Germany	17:15
64		Switzerland	17:15
65		Canada	17:17
66		Belgium	17:18
67		Denmark	17:19
68	Zehava Shmueli	Israel	17:19
69		Denmark	17:22
70		Netherlands	17:22
71		Belgium	17:23
72		Wales	17:23
73	Fiona McQueen	Scotland	17:24
74		Wales	17:24
75		France	17:25
76		Algeria	17:30
77		Netherlands	17:31
78	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	17:34
79		Scotland	17:34
80		England	17:34
81		Denmark	17:42
82	Carole Bradford	Wales	17:42
83		Norway	17:43
84		Netherlands	17:49
85	Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah	Algeria	17:56
86		Netherlands	17:59
87		Netherlands	17:59
88	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	18:04
89		Scotland	18:04
90		Switzerland	18:07
91		Wales	18:09
92		Ireland	18:21
93		Algeria	18:22
94		Israel	18:24
95	Joëlle De Brouwer	France	18:34
96		Northern Ireland	18:42
97		Northern Ireland	18:44
98		Wales	18:47
99		Scotland	19:10
100	Anna Bukis	Poland	19:13
101	Roisin Smyth	Northern Ireland	19:30
102		Northern Ireland	19:48
103		Northern Ireland	20:21
—		West Germany	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Irina Bondarchuk	2
Yelena Chernysheva	3
Giana Romanova	4
Svetlana Ulmasova	6
(Raisa Smekhnova)	(11)
(Tatyana Sychova)	(45)

15

England

Penny Forse	7
Kath Binns	9
	14
Ruth Smeeth	19
(Regina Joyce)	(30)
()	(80)

49

United States

Jan Merrill	5
Margaret Groos	10
Julie Shea	13
	21
(Joan Benoit)	(26)
(Ellison Goodall)	(35)

49

4

Norway

Grete Waitz	1
Ingrid Christensen	15
	22
	33
()	(83)

71

5

Italy

Cristina Tomasini	12
Margherita Gargano	28
Luciana Saccol	29
Alba Milana	32
(Silvana Cruciata)	(36)
(Sabine Ladurner)	(39)

101

6

Canada

Nancy Rooks	17
Lynn Kanuka	25
	31
	37
()	(65)

110

7

West Germany

Ellen Wessinghage	8
Charlotte Teske	20
	41
	63
()	(DNF)

132

8

France

Sylvie Bornet	34
Véronique Renties	43
Martine Bouchonneau	44
	53
()	(75)
(Joëlle De Brouwer)	(95)

174

9

Spain

	23
	50
	52
	55
()	(56)
()	(57)

180

10

Belgium

	38
Magda Ilands	46
	47
Francine Peeters	51
()	(66)
()	(71)

182

11

Poland

Bronislawa Ludwichowska	24
	49
Wanda Panfil	54
Renata Kokowska	60
(Anna Bukis)	(100)

187

12

Ireland

	27
	48
	59
Mary Purcell	61
()	(62)
()	(92)

195

13

Netherlands

Carla Beurskens	16
	70
	77
	84
()	(86)
()	(87)

247

14

Denmark

	40
	67
	69
Dorthe Rasmussen	78
()	(81)

254

15

Scotland

Christine McMeekin	18
Fiona McQueen	73
	79
Margaret Coomber	88
()	(89)
()	(99)

258

16

Wales

	58
	72
	74
Carole Bradford	82
()	(91)
()	(98)

286

17

Northern Ireland

	96
	97
Roisin Smyth	101
	102
()	(103)

396

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 Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

Algeria (3)
Belgium (6)
Canada (5)
Denmark (5)
England (6)
France (6)
Ireland (6)

Israel (2)
Italy (6)
Netherlands (6)
Northern Ireland (5)
Norway (5)
Poland (5)
Scotland (6)

Soviet Union (6)
Spain (6)
Switzerland (3)
United States (6)
Wales (6)
West Germany (5)

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 (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, 2013
^ 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_03-2] 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, 2013

[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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