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

Senior women's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	11th
Date	March 20
Host city	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Venue
Events	1
Distances	4.072 km – Senior women
Participation	111 athletes from ; 22 nations
	← 1982 Rome 1984 East Rutherford → ;

The Senior women'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 women's race (4.072 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Grete Waitz	Norway	13:29
	Alison Wiley	Canada	13:37
	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	13:37
4	Joan Benoit	United States	13:57
5	Betty Springs	United States	14:00
6	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	14:01
7	Francine Peeters	Belgium	14:03
8	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	14:04
9	Margaret Groos	United States	14:04
10	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	14:06
11		Soviet Union	14:08
12		Canada	14:09
13	Jan Merrill	United States	14:12
14	Agnese Possamai	Italy	14:14
15	Doina Melinte	Romania	14:15
16	Anne-Marie Malone	Canada	14:17
17		Spain	14:18
18	Christine Benning	England	14:19
19	Christina Boxer	England	14:20
20		Australia	14:20
21	Yelena Sipatova	Soviet Union	14:21
22	Midde Hamrin	Sweden	14:21
23	Lynn Kanuka	Canada	14:22
24	Rosa Mota	Portugal	14:24
25	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	14:24
26	Christine Hughes	New Zealand	14:26
27	Sue Bruce	New Zealand	14:26
28	Kath Binns	England	14:26
29	Jane Furniss	England	14:27
30		France	14:30
31	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	14:31
32		Australia	14:31
33	Eva Ernström	Sweden	14:32
34	Albertina Machado	Portugal	14:34
35	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	14:35
36	Maria Radu	Romania	14:36
37		Canada	14:36
38	Barbara Moore	New Zealand	14:36
39		Romania	14:36
40	Nan Doak	United States	14:36
41		Australia	14:37
42		United States	14:38
43		Spain	14:39
44		New Zealand	14:40
45	Lizanne Bussières	Canada	14:40
46	Joëlle De Brouwer	France	14:41
47		France	14:41
48		Ireland	14:44
49		Spain	14:44
50		Wales	14:46
51	Fiona McQueen	Scotland	14:47
52		Norway	14:48
53		Scotland	14:48
54		Portugal	14:48
55		Spain	14:49
56	Alba Milana	Italy	14:49
57	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	14:50
58		Belgium	14:51
59	Zehava Shmueli	Israel	14:53
60		England	14:55
61	Randi Bjørn	Norway	14:57
62		Sweden	14:57
63		Australia	14:58
64		Soviet Union	14:58
65		Denmark	15:01
66	Sylvie Bornet	France	15:02
67		Scotland	15:04
68	Maria Rébélo	France	15:07
69	Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	Belgium	15:08
70	Debbie Peel	England	15:10
71		Wales	15:11
72		New Zealand	15:12
73	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	15:12
74		Sweden	15:13
75		Spain	15:15
76	Véronique Renties	France	15:16
77		Scotland	15:16
78	Rita Borralho	Portugal	15:17
79		Ireland	15:19
80		Belgium	15:20
81		Australia	15:21
82	Laura Fogli	Italy	15:23
83		Ireland	15:24
84		Netherlands	15:24
85		Wales	15:33
86		Romania	15:36
87	Marit Holtklimpen	Norway	15:37
88		Ireland	15:38
89		Wales	15:39
90	Dalila Mehira	Algeria	15:39
91		Denmark	15:39
92		Netherlands	15:41
93		Netherlands	15:42
94	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	15:45
95		Ireland	15:47
96		Sweden	15:54
97	Lynne MacDougall	Scotland	15:54
98	Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah	Algeria	15:59
99		Northern Ireland	15:59
100		Wales	16:02
101		Netherlands	16:04
102		Northern Ireland	16:06
103		Wales	16:07
104		Australia	16:08
105		Northern Ireland	16:09
106		Northern Ireland	16:10
107		Ireland	16:18
108		Northern Ireland	16:28
109		Netherlands	16:49
110		Northern Ireland	16:55
—		Soviet Union	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Joan Benoit	4
Betty Springs	5
Margaret Groos	9
Jan Merrill	13
(Nan Doak)	(40)
()	(42)

31

Soviet Union

Tatyana Pozdnyakova	3
Svetlana Ulmasova	6
	11
Yelena Sipatova	21
()	(64)
()	(DNF)

41

Canada

Alison Wiley	2
	12
Anne-Marie Malone	16
Lynn Kanuka	23
()	(37)
(Lizanne Bussières)	(45)

53

4

England

Christine Benning	18
Christina Boxer	19
Kath Binns	28
Jane Furniss	29
()	(60)
(Debbie Peel)	(70)

94

5

Romania

Fiţa Lovin	8
Doina Melinte	15
Maria Radu	36
	39
()	(86)

98

6

New Zealand

Christine Hughes	26
Sue Bruce	27
Mary O'Connor	31
Barbara Moore	38
()	(44)
()	(72)

122

7

Portugal

Aurora Cunha	10
Rosa Mota	24
Albertina Machado	34
	54
(Conceição Ferreira)	(73)
(Rita Borralho)	(78)

122

8

Norway

Grete Waitz	1
Ingrid Kristiansen	35
	52
Randi Bjørn	61
(Marit Holtklimpen)	(87)

149

9

Australia

	20
	32
	41
	63
()	(81)
()	(104)

156

10

Spain

	17
	43
	49
	55
(Ana Isabel Alonso)	(57)
()	(75)

164

11

Italy

Agnese Possamai	14
Nadia Dandolo	25
Alba Milana	56
Laura Fogli	82

177

12

France

	30
Joëlle Debrouwer	46
	47
Sylvie Bornet	66
(Maria Rébélo)	(68)
(Véronique Renties)	(76)

189

13

Sweden

Midde Hamrin	22
Eva Ernström	33
	62
	74
()	(96)

191

14

Belgium

Francine Peeters	7
	58
Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	69
	80

214

15

Scotland

Fiona McQueen	51
	53
	67
	77
(Yvonne Murray)	(94)
(Lynne MacDougall)	(97)

248

16

Wales

	50
	71
	85
	89
()	(100)
()	(103)

295

17

Ireland

	48
	79
	83
	88
()	(95)
()	(107)

298

18

Netherlands

	84
	92
	93
	101
()	(109)

370

19

Northern Ireland

	99
	102
	105
	106
()	(108)
()	(110)

412

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 111 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[5]

Algeria (2)
Australia (6)
Belgium (4)
Canada (6)
Denmark (2)
England (6)
France (6)
Ireland (6)

Israel (1)
Italy (4)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (6)
Northern Ireland (6)
Norway (5)
Portugal (6)

Romania (5)
Scotland (6)
Soviet Union (6)
Spain (6)
Sweden (5)
United States (6)
Wales (6)

References[]

^ 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
^ 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
^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.1km CC Women - 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)
^ 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

[herald_01-1] 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

[evening_01-2] 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

[archive_03-3] Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.1km CC Women - 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)

[gbr_01-4] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_01-5] 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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