1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 9th |
Date | March 28 |
Host city | Madrid, Spain |
Venue | La Zarzuela Hippodrome |
Events | 3 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7.25 km – Junior men 4.41 km – Senior women |
Participation | 460 athletes from 39 nations |
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The 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[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 | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12 km) |
Craig Virgin United States |
35:05 | Mohammed Kedir Ethiopia |
35:07 | Fernando Mamede Portugal |
35:09 |
Junior men (7.25 km) |
Tunisia |
22:04 | Soviet Union |
22:06 | Keith Brantly United States |
22:07 |
Senior women (4.41 km) |
Grete Waitz Norway |
14:07 | Jan Merrill United States |
14:22 | Yelena Sipatova Soviet Union |
14:22 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Ethiopia | 81 | United States | 114 | Kenya | 220 |
Junior men | United States | 23 | England | 61 | Canada | 66 |
Senior women | Soviet Union | 24 | United States | 36 | Italy | 89 |
Race results[]
Senior men's race (12 km)[]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Craig Virgin | United States | 35:05 | |
Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | 35:07 | |
Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 35:09 | |
4 | Julian Goater | England | 35:13 |
5 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 35:18 |
6 | Rob de Castella | Australia | 35:20 |
7 | Girma Berhanu | Ethiopia | 35:22 |
8 | Thom Hunt | United States | 35:23 |
9 | Alex Hagelsteens | Belgium | 35:24 |
10 | Pierre Levisse | France | 35:26 |
11 | Rod Dixon | New Zealand | 35:30 |
12 | Algeria | 35:34 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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81 | |||||||||||||||||||
United States
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114 | |||||||||||||||||||
Kenya
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220 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 254 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Australia | 255 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | England | 312 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Algeria | 350 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Belgium | 377 | ||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.25 km)[]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Tunisia | 22:04 | ||
Soviet Union | 22:06 | ||
Keith Brantly | United States | 22:07 | |
4 | 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 | United States | 22:32 | |
11 | England | 22:33 | |
12 | Canada | 22:37 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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United States
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23 | |||||||||||||
England
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61 | |||||||||||||
Canada
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66 | |||||||||||||
4 | Italy | 80 | ||||||||||||
5 | Belgium | 118 | ||||||||||||
6 | Soviet Union | 130 | ||||||||||||
7 | Portugal | 135 | ||||||||||||
8 | Ireland | 137 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.41 km)[]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Grete Waitz | Norway | 14:07 | |
Jan Merrill | United States | 14:22 | |
Yelena Sipatova | Soviet Union | 14:22 | |
4 | Agnese Possamai | Italy | 14:25 |
5 | Tatyana Sychova | Soviet Union | 14:25 |
6 | Betty Springs | United States | 14:28 |
7 | Svetlana Ulmasova | Soviet Union | 14:28 |
8 | Debbie Scott | Canada | 14:31 |
9 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | Soviet Union | 14:34 |
10 | Spain | 14:38 | |
11 | Dorthe Rasmussen | Denmark | 14:39 |
12 | Dianne Zorn | New Zealand | 14:39 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Soviet Union
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24 | |||||||||||||
United States
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36 | |||||||||||||
Italy
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89 | |||||||||||||
4 | New Zealand | 90 | ||||||||||||
5 | Canada | 96 | ||||||||||||
6 | England | 106 | ||||||||||||
7 | Norway | 123 | ||||||||||||
8 | Ireland | 167 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
- 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 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
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See also[]
- 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
- 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
- 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
- 1981 in athletics (track and field)
References[]
- ^ 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
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km 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)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – 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)
- ^ "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
External links[]
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