1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition12th
DateMarch 25
Host cityEast Rutherford, New Jersey, United States United States
VenueMeadowlands Racetrack
Events3
Distances12.086 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men
5 km – Senior women
Participation443 athletes from
40 nations
← 1983 Gateshead
1985 Lisbon →

The 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. 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
Individual
Senior men
(12.086 km) 		Carlos Lopes
 Portugal		 33:25 Tim Hutchings
 England		 33:30 Steve Jones
 Wales		 33:32
Junior men
(8 km)
 Spain		 21:32
 Ethiopia		 21:34
 Canada		 21:37
Senior women
(5 km) 		Maricica Puică
 Romania		 15:56 Galina Zakharova
 Soviet Union		 15:58 Grete Waitz
 Norway		 15:58
Team
Senior men  Ethiopia 134  United States 161  Portugal 223
Junior men  Ethiopia 21  Spain 34  England 68
Senior women  United States 52  England 65  New Zealand 91

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12.086 km)[]

Main article: 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carlos Lopes  Portugal 33:25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tim Hutchings  England 33:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steve Jones  Wales 33:32
4 Pat Porter  United States 33:34
5 Wilson Waigwa  Kenya 33:41
6 Ed Eyestone  United States 33:46
7 Pierre Levisse  France 33:51
8 Bekele Debele  Ethiopia 33:52
9  Ethiopia 33:52
10 Francesco Panetta  Italy 33:54
11 Alberto Cova  Italy 33:58
12 Christoph Herle  West Germany 34:01
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Bekele Debele 8
9
Mohammed Kedir 16
Dereje Nedi 24
Eshetu Tura 31
Wodajo Bulti 46
() (96)
(Hailu Wolde Tsadik) (97)
() (163)
134
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Pat Porter 4
Ed Eyestone 6
Craig Virgin 17
28
41
65
() (92)
() (94)
() (144)
161
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal
Carlos Lopes 1
Fernando Mamede 23
Antonio Leitão 25
João Campos 26
Ezequiel Canario 64
Joaquim Pinheiro 84
(Fernando Couto) (124)
() (199)
() (205)
223
4  Kenya 233
5  Italy 258
6  England 269
7  Spain 270
8  New Zealand 276
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8 km)[]

Main article: 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 21:32
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia 21:34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 21:37
4  Ethiopia 21:42
5  Spain 21:48
6  England 21:49
7  Ethiopia 21:49
8  Ethiopia 21:50
9  Canada 21:53
10  England 22:00
11  Spain 22:02
12  United States 22:04
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ethiopia
2
4
7
8
21
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
1
5
11
17
() (25)
(José Manuel García) (39)
34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
6
10
22
30
() (78)
() (89)
68
4  United States 72
5  Canada 101
6  Belgium 116
7  Ireland 119
8  Italy 122
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5 km)[]

Main article: 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maricica Puică  Romania 15:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Galina Zakharova  Soviet Union 15:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grete Waitz  Norway 15:58
4 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 16:04
5 Jane Furniss  England 16:10
6 Christine Benning  England 16:15
7 Midde Hamrin  Sweden 16:16
8 Angela Tooby  Wales 16:18
9 Betty Springs  United States 16:20
10 Cathy Branta  United States 16:21
11 Eva Ernström  Sweden 16:21
12 Francine Peeters  Belgium 16:26
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Betty Springs 9
Cathy Branta 10
Sabrina Dornhoefer 16
17
() (25)
(Nan Doak) (32)
52
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England
Jane Furniss 5
Christine Benning 6
Ruth Smeeth 15
Carole Bradford 39
(Carol Haigh) (54)
() (55)
65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand
Dianne Rodger 14
Mary O'Connor 19
Christine Hughes 27
Sue Bruce 31
() (50)
() (82)
91
4  Ireland 105
5  Sweden 122
6  Romania 127
7  Belgium 136
8  Norway 154
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ethiopia (ETH)2103
2 Spain (ESP)1102
 United States (USA)*1102
4 Portugal (POR)1012
5 Romania (ROU)1001
6 England (ENG)0213
7 Soviet Union (URS)0101
8 Canada (CAN)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (11 nations)66618
  • 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 443 athletes from 40 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Athletics - Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the world cross-country title over seven-and-a-half miles of Meadowlands Racecourse in New York yesterday in a time of 33 minutes 25 seconds, but Scotland's best medal hope Shettleston Harrier Nat Muir, was forced to watch the race on television, confined to bed with a bronchial virus and a temperature of 103..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1984, p. 15, retrieved October 21, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 11.8km CC Men -, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  6. ^ 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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