1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

November 2019 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 11th 20 March Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England England Riverside Park 35 431 3 11.994 km – Senior men 8.033 km – Junior men 4.072 km – Senior women 1982 Rome 1984 East Rutherford The 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on 20 March 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald 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... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p8FAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7qUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4974%2C4071628 Glasgow Herald 18 October 21, 2013 and in the Evening Times. March 21, 1933 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... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-g0-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wEkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5926%2C2062244 Evening Times 12 October 21, 2013 Complete results for men,Magnusson Tomas March 24, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1983S.html Athchamps (archived) October 21, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110457/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1983S.html October 16, 2007 junior men,Magnusson Tomas March 24, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1983S.html Athchamps (archived) October 21, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110022/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1983S.html October 16, 2007 women,Magnusson Tomas February 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.1km CC Women - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1983S.html Athchamps (archived) October 21, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110840/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1983S.html October 16, 2007 medallists, IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm Athletics Weekly October 9, 2013 and the results of British athletes36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf IAAF 2ff October 9, 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf September 27, 2013 were published. Medallists IndividualSenior men(11.994 km)Bekele DebeleETH 1975 36:52Carlos LopesPOR 36:52Some MugeKEN 36:52Junior men(8.033 km)Fesseha AbebeETH 1975 24:58Angaso TelegaETH 1975 24:59Jonathan RichardsENG 25:07Senior women(4.072 km)Grete WaitzNOR 13:29Alison WileyCAN 13:37Tatyana PozdnyakovaURS 13:37 TeamSenior menETH 1975 104USA 170KEN 191Junior menETH 1975 13ESP 41ENG 58Senior womenUSA 31URS 41CAN 53 Race results Senior men's race (11.994 km) 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Bekele Debele ETH 1975 36:52 Carlos Lopes POR 36:52 Some Muge KEN 36:52 4 Alberto Salazar USA 36:53 5 Antonio Prieto ESP 36:56 6 Rob de Castella AUS 37:00 7 Dave Clarke ENG 37:05 8 Ezequiel Canario POR 37:10 9 Pat Porter USA 37:12 10 Alberto Cova ITA 37:17 11 Nat Muir SCO 37:24 12 Mehmet Yürdadön TUR 37:24 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points ETH 1975 Bekele Debele 1 Eshetu Tura 14 Wodajo Bulti 20 Mohammed Kedir 22 Adugna Lema 23 Chala Urgessa 24 (Dejene Beyene) (50) (Girma Berhanu) (58) (Miruts Yifter) (67) 104 USA Alberto Salazar 4 Pat Porter 9 Thom Hunt 28 Ed Eyestone 30 Craig Virgin 42 Mark Anderson 57 (Doug Brown) (118) (Bill Donakowski) (147) (John Idstrom) (160) 170 KEN Some Muge 3 Paul Kipkoech 16 Joshua Kipkemboi 31 James Kipngetich 32 Jackson Ruto 37 Herman Kipngetich 72 (Sisa Kirati) (83) (Dominic Wambua) (91) (Joseph Otieno) (139) 191 4 AUS 193 5 ESP 206 6 POR 302 7 ITA 306 8 ENG 318 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (8.033 km) 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Fesseha Abebe ETH 1975 24:58 Angaso Telega ETH 1975 24:59 Jonathan Richards ENG 25:07 4 Gonfa Negere ETH 1975 25:22 5 José Manuel Albentosa ESP 25:35 6 Teka Mekonnen ETH 1975 25:40 7 Cyrille Laventure FRA 25:51 8 Marc Olesen CAN 25:53 9 Asfaw Tadesse ETH 1975 25:57 10 Richard Carter ENG 26:06 11 José Manuel García ESP 26:10 12 Antonio Pérez ESP 26:15 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points ETH 1975 Fesseha Abebe 1 Angaso Telega 2 Gonfa Negere 4 Teka Mekonnen 6 (Asfaw Tadesse) (9) (Disso Dissessa) (16) 13 ESP José Manuel Albentosa 5 José Manuel García 11 Antonio Pérez 12 José Zabaleta 13 (Joseba Sarriegui) (15) (Alfredo Munoz) (17) 41 ENG Jonathan Richards 3 Richard Carter 10 Clifton Bradeley 20 Phil Makepeace 25 (Paul Taylor) (39) (Martin Vile) (55) 58 4 CAN 107 5 TUN 139 6 USA 145 7 POR 151 8 ITA 166 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (4.072 km) 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Grete Waitz NOR 13:29 Alison Wiley CAN 13:37 Tatyana Pozdnyakova URS 13:37 4 Joan Benoit USA 13:57 5 Betty Springs USA 14:00 6 Svetlana Ulmasova URS 14:01 7 Francine Peeters BEL 14:03 8 Fiţa Lovin ROU 1965 14:04 9 Margaret Groos USA 14:04 10 Aurora Cunha POR 14:06 11 Alla Yushina URS 14:08 12 Nancy Rooks CAN 14:09 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points USA Joan Benoit 4 Betty Springs 5 Margaret Groos 9 Jan Merrill 13 (Nan Doak) (40) (Kathy Hadler) (42) 31 URS Tatyana Pozdnyakova 3 Svetlana Ulmasova 6 Alla Yushina 11 Yelena Sipatova 21 (Lyudmila Medvedeva) (64) (Alla Libutina) (DNF) 41 CAN Alison Wiley 2 Nancy Rooks 12 Anne-Marie Malone 16 Lynn Kanuka 23 (Wendy van Mierlo) (37) (Lizanne Bussières) (45) 53 4 ENG 94 5 ROU 98 6 NZL 122 7 POR 122 8 NOR 149 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) 4 1 0 ETH 1975 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published. 22em ALG (13) AUS (14) BEL (18) CAN (20) CHN (6) TPE (2) COM 1978 (1) DEN (8) DJI (3) ENG (20) ETH 1975 (15) FRA (21) IRL (20) ISR (4) ITA (17) KEN (9) KUW (5) MAR (6) NED (14) NZL (15) NIR (20) NOR (11) PLE (1) POR (21) ROU 1965 (5) SCO (21) URS (11) ESP (21) SWE (15) SUI (8) TUN (11) TUR (6) USA (21) WAL (21) FRG (7) See also 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1983 in athletics (track and field) References External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics Athletics Australia Category:World Athletics Cross Country Championships C Iaaf World Cross Country Championships, 1983 Category:Sport in Gateshead Category:International athletics competitions hosted by England IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 1983 Category:Cross country running in the United Kingdom IAAF World Cross Country Championships Category:1983 in international sports