1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

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Senior men's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition11th
DateMarch 20
Host cityGateshead, Tyne and Wear, England England
Venue
Events1
Distances11.994 km – Senior men
Participation213 athletes from
31 nations

The Senior men's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the on March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]

Complete results,[3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes[5] were published.

Race results[]

Senior men's race (11.994 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bekele Debele  Ethiopia 36:52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carlos Lopes  Portugal 36:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Some Muge  Kenya 36:52
4 Alberto Salazar  United States 36:53
5 Antonio Prieto  Spain 36:56
6 Rob de Castella  Australia 37:00
7 Dave Clarke  England 37:05
8 Ezequiel Canario  Portugal 37:10
9 Pat Porter  United States 37:12
10 Alberto Cova  Italy 37:17
11 Nat Muir  Scotland 37:24
12  Turkey 37:24
13 Pierre Levisse  France 37:24
14 Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia 37:28
15  Spain 37:29
16 Paul Kipkoech  Kenya 37:32
17 Eric de Beck  Belgium 37:34
18 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany 37:35
19 Steve Jones  Wales 37:35
20 Wodajo Bulti  Ethiopia 37:35
21  Australia 37:36
22 Mohammed Kedir  Ethiopia 37:37
23  Ethiopia 37:38
24  Ethiopia 37:39
25  Sweden 37:44
26 Gelindo Bordin  Italy 37:45
27 Paul Ballinger  New Zealand 37:45
28 Thom Hunt  United States 37:46
29  Ireland 37:47
30 Ed Eyestone  United States 37:48
31 Joshua Kipkemboi  Kenya 37:49
32  Kenya 37:50
33 Kevin Forster  England 37:52
34  Australia 37:52
35 Jorge García  Spain 37:53
36  Spain 37:58
37  Kenya 37:59
38 Boualem Rahoui  Algeria 38:02
39  Australia 38:03
40  Denmark 38:04
41 Christoph Herle  West Germany 38:06
42 Craig Virgin  United States 38:06
43  Ireland 38:09
44  Spain 38:09
45  Australia 38:10
46 Karel Lismont  Belgium 38:10
47  New Zealand 38:12
48  Australia 38:12
49 Michael Spöttel  West Germany 38:13
50  Ethiopia 38:17
51  Portugal 38:18
52  West Germany 38:19
53  England 38:19
54 Rex Wilson  New Zealand 38:21
55 Alain Bordeleau  Canada 38:24
56 Jacques Boxberger  France 38:25
57  United States 38:25
58 Girma Berhanu  Ethiopia 38:26
59 Ahmed Salah  Djibouti 38:28
60 Alex Hagelsteens  Belgium 38:29
61 Gianni Demadonna  Italy 38:30
62  Ireland 38:30
63 Vincent Rousseau  Belgium 38:32
64 Antonio Leitão  Portugal 38:34
65 Venanzio Ortis  Italy 38:35
66  England 38:36
67 Miruts Yifter  Ethiopia 38:37
68 Paul McCloy  Canada 38:37
69 Francesco Panetta  Italy 38:37
70  England 38:37
71  Spain 38:38
72  Kenya 38:40
73  Sweden 38:40
74 Ralf Salzmann  West Germany 38:40
75 Franco Boffi  Italy 38:42
76 Pascal Debacker  France 38:43
77  France 38:45
78 Féthi Baccouche  Tunisia 38:46
79  Sweden 38:48
80  France 38:49
81  Australia 38:49
82 Mats Erixon  Sweden 38:50
83  Kenya 38:50
84  Portugal 38:50
85  Denmark 38:53
86  Spain 38:53
87  Belgium 38:55
88  West Germany 38:55
89  England 38:55
90  France 38:56
91  Kenya 38:57
92 Marti ten Kate  Netherlands 39:00
93  Portugal 39:02
94  Canada 39:03
95 Phil O'Brien  England 39:06
96 John Woods  Ireland 39:06
97  Scotland 39:07
98  Canada 39:08
99  Norway 39:10
100  Belgium 39:11
101  England 39:12
102 Roy Dooney  Ireland 39:12
103 José Sena  Portugal 39:15
104  Tunisia 39:15
105  Sweden 39:17
106  Algeria 39:19
107  Netherlands 39:20
108  Algeria 39:20
109  Australia 39:20
110 Brendan Quinn  Ireland 39:21
111 Zhang Guowei  China 39:22
112   Switzerland 39:23
113 Øyvind Dahl  Norway 39:24
114  France 39:24
115 Santiago de la Parte  Spain 39:24
116 Ranieri Carenza  Italy 39:24
117  Netherlands 39:26
118 Doug Brown  United States 39:27
119  Wales 39:27
120 Ahmet Altun  Turkey 39:28
121  Canada 39:28
122  Scotland 39:29
123   Switzerland 39:29
124  Norway 39:29
125  Wales 39:29
126 Derek Froude  New Zealand 39:29
127 Tore Sagvolden  Norway 39:32
128  New Zealand 39:33
129  Ireland 39:34
130 Jean-Louis Prianon  France 39:34
131 Djama Robleh  Djibouti 39:36
132  New Zealand 39:36
133 Göran Högberg  Sweden 39:36
134 Rachid Habchaoui  Algeria 39:36
135 Martín Fiz  Spain 39:38
136  West Germany 39:39
137  Belgium 39:39
138   Switzerland 39:39
139 Joseph Otieno  Kenya 39:40
140 Abdelrazzak Bounour  Algeria 39:41
141  Norway 39:42
142  Turkey 39:43
143  New Zealand 39:45
144  New Zealand 39:49
145  Wales 39:50
146  Algeria 39:53
147 Bill Donakowski  United States 39:54
148  Netherlands 39:55
149 Tommy Persson  Sweden 39:55
150 Michele Cinà  Italy 39:57
151  Denmark 39:57
152  China 39:57
153  Tunisia 39:58
154  Northern Ireland 39:58
155 Euan Robertson  New Zealand 40:00
156  Wales 40:01
157 Fernando Couto  Portugal 40:03
158  Turkey 40:03
159 Terence Mitchell  Scotland 40:03
160  United States 40:05
161 Bruno Lafranchi   Switzerland 40:06
162  Wales 40:09
163  Norway 40:11
164  Netherlands 40:12
165  Chinese Taipei 40:13
166  Tunisia 40:13
167  Sweden 40:14
168  Netherlands 40:15
169  Ireland 40:17
170  Northern Ireland 40:17
171  France 40:19
172  Wales 40:20
173  Netherlands 40:22
174  China 40:22
175 Peter McColgan  Northern Ireland 40:22
176  Denmark 40:24
177  Wales 40:26
178  China 40:27
179 Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria 40:28
180  Scotland 40:29
181  Djibouti 40:32
182  Scotland 40:36
183  Tunisia 40:38
184  China 40:39
185   Switzerland 40:39
186  Canada 40:42
187  Wales 40:48
188  Northern Ireland 40:56
189  Tunisia 40:58
190  China 40:59
191  Turkey 40:59
192  Canada 41:00
193  Scotland 41:02
194  Northern Ireland 41:02
195  Canada 41:09
196 Arye Gamliel  Israel 41:10
197  Belgium 41:22
198  Scotland 41:26
199 Werner Meier   Switzerland 41:30
200  Netherlands 41:39
201  Scotland 41:44
202  Northern Ireland 41:45
203  Algeria 41:55
204  Israel 42:11
205  Northern Ireland 42:12
206  Algeria 42:50
207  Northern Ireland 43:06
208  Chinese Taipei 43:08
209  Kuwait 47:02
210  Comoros 48:12
— Dan Glans  Sweden DNF
— Fernando Mamede  Portugal DNF
— John Treacy  Ireland DNF

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Bekele Debele 1
Eshetu Tura 14
Wodajo Bulti 20
Mohammed Kedir 22
23
24
() (50)
(Girma Berhanu) (58)
(Miruts Yifter) (67)
104
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Alberto Salazar 4
Pat Porter 9
Thom Hunt 28
Ed Eyestone 30
Craig Virgin 42
57
(Doug Brown) (118)
(Bill Donakowski) (147)
() (160)
170
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kenya
Some Muge 3
Paul Kipkoech 16
Joshua Kipkemboi 31
32
37
72
() (83)
() (91)
(Joseph Otieno) (139)
191
4  Australia
Rob de Castella 6
21
34
39
45
48
() (81)
() (109)
193
5  Spain
Antonio Prieto 5
15
Jorge García 35
36
44
71
() (86)
(Santiago de la Parte) (115)
(Martín Fiz) (135)
206
6  Portugal
Carlos Lopes 2
Ezequiel Canario 8
51
Antonio Leitão 64
84
93
(José Sena) (103)
(Fernando Couto) (157)
(Fernando Mamede) (DNF)
302
7  Italy
Alberto Cova 10
Gelindo Bordin 26
Gianni Demadonna 61
Venanzio Ortis 65
Francesco Panetta 69
Franco Boffi 75
(Ranieri Carenza) (116)
(Michele Cinà) (150)
306
8  England
Dave Clarke 7
Kevin Forster 33
53
66
70
89
(Phil O'Brien) (95)
() (101)
318
9  West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 18
Christoph Herle 41
Michael Spöttel 49
52
Ralf Salzmann 74
88
() (136)
322
10  Belgium
Eric de Beck 17
Karel Lismont 46
Alex Hagelsteens 60
Vincent Rousseau 63
87
100
() (137)
() (197)
373
11  France
Pierre Levisse 13
Jacques Boxberger 56
Pascal Debacker 76
77
80
90
() (114)
(Jean-Louis Prianon) (130)
() (171)
392
12  Ireland
29
43
62
John Woods 96
Roy Dooney 102
Brendan Quinn 110
() (129)
() (169)
(John Treacy) (DNF)
442
13  Sweden
25
73
79
Mats Erixon 82
105
Göran Högberg 133
(Tommy Persson) (149)
() (167)
(Dan Glans) (DNF)
497
14  New Zealand
Paul Ballinger 27
47
Rex Wilson 54
Derek Froude 126
128
132
() (143)
() (144)
(Euan Robertson) (155)
514
15  Canada
Alain Bordeleau 55
Paul McCloy 68
94
98
121
186
() (192)
() (195)
622
16  Algeria
Boualem Rahoui 38
106
108
Rachid Habchaoui 134
Abdelrazzak Bounour 140
146
(Abderrahmane Morceli) (179)
() (203)
() (206)
672
17  Wales
Steve Jones 19
119
125
145
156
162
() (172)
() (177)
() (187)
726
18  Scotland
Nat Muir 11
97
122
Terence Mitchell 159
180
182
() (193)
() (198)
() (201)
751
19  Norway
99
Øyvind Dahl 113
124
Tore Sagvolden 127
141
163
767
20  Netherlands
92
107
117
148
164
168
() (173)
() (200)
796
21  Tunisia
Féthi Baccouche 78
104
153
166
183
189
873
22   Switzerland
112
123
138
Bruno Lafranchi 161
185
Werner Meier 199
918
23  China
Zhang Guowei 111
152
174
178
184
190
989
24  Northern Ireland
154
170
Peter McColgan 175
188
194
202
() (205)
() (207)
1083
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 213 athletes from 31 countries in the senior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 21, 1933), Men from the mountains clean up - A glimpse into the seemingly bottomless well of talented distance runners in Ethiopia was given at Gateshead yesterday, when the men from the mountains swept the boards in the world cross country championships..., Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved October 21, 2013
  2. ^ Bekele's bombshell - Seeing 20-year-old Ethiopian soldier Bekele Debele win the world cross-country title by beating such stars as Alberto Salazar, and Carlos Lopes it was almost impossible to believe he took up running seriously only a year ago..., Evening Times, March 21, 1933, p. 12, retrieved October 21, 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  5. ^ 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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