1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

World Cross Country Championships 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 9th March 28 Madrid, Spain Spain 1977 La Zarzuela Hippodrome 39 460 3 12 km – Senior men 7.25 km – Junior men 4.41 km – Senior women 1980 Paris 1982 Rome 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. 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... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RsBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1983%2C6610161 Glasgow Herald 20 October 18, 2013 Complete results for men,Magnusson Tomas September 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1981S.html Athchamps (archived) October 18, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110447/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1981S.html October 16, 2007 junior men,Magnusson Tomas March 24, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 7.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1981S.html Athchamps (archived) October 18, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110012/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1981S.html October 16, 2007 women,Magnusson Tomas February 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1981S.html Athchamps (archived) October 18, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110830/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1981S.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(12 km)Craig VirginUnited States 35:05Mohammed KedirETH 1975 35:07Fernando MamedePOR 35:09Junior men(7.25 km)Mohammed ChouriTUN 22:04Yevgeniy ZherebinSoviet Union 22:06Keith BrantlyUnited States 22:07Senior women(4.41 km)Grete WaitzNOR 14:07Jan MerrillUnited States 14:22Yelena SipatovaSoviet Union 14:22 TeamSenior menETH 1975 81United States 114KEN 220Junior menUnited States 23England 61Canada 66Senior womenSoviet Union 24United States 36Italy 89 Race results Senior men's race (12 km) 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Craig Virgin United States 35:05 Mohammed Kedir ETH 1975 35:07 Fernando Mamede POR 35:09 4 Julian Goater England 35:13 5 Antonio Prieto ESP 1977 35:18 6 Rob de Castella Australia 35:20 7 Girma Berhanu ETH 1975 35:22 8 Thom Hunt United States 35:23 9 Alex Hagelsteens BEL 35:24 10 Pierre Levisse France 35:26 11 Rod Dixon NZL 35:30 12 El Hachami Abdenouz ALG 35:34 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points ETH 1975 Mohammed Kedir 2 Girma Berhanu 7 Dereje Nedi 13 Kebede Balcha 14 Miruts Yifter 15 Eshetu Tura 30 (Hana Girma) (32) (Tolossa Kotu) (75) 81 United States Craig Virgin 1 Thom Hunt 8 Mark Nenow 17 Bill Donakowski 18 Bruce Bickford 19 George Malley 51 (Daniel Dillon) (63) (Mike McGuire) (80) (Mark Muggleton) (103) 114 KEN Jackson Ruto 22 Peter Koech 24 Alfred Nyasani 25 Sammy Mogene 36 Wilson Musonik 56 Some Muge 57 (Joseph Kiptum) (68) (Adriano Musonye) (147) (John Rotich) (200) 220 4 ESP 1977 254 5 Australia 255 6 England 312 7 ALG 350 8 BEL 377 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (7.25 km) 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Mohammed Chouri TUN 22:04 Yevgeniy Zherebin Soviet Union 22:06 Keith Brantly United States 22:07 4 George Nicholas United States 22:08 5 Paul Davies-Hale England 22:19 6 John Butler United States 22:21 7 Vincent Rousseau BEL 22:23 8 Salvatore Antibo Italy 22:29 9 Francesco Panetta Italy 22:32 10 Chris Hamilton United States 22:32 11 Jonathan Richards England 22:33 12 Dave Reid Canada 22:37 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points United States Keith Brantly 3 George Nicholas 4 John Butler 6 Chris Hamilton 10 (Peter Warner) (22) (Michael Pyeatt) (23) 23 England Paul Davies-Hale 5 Jonathan Richards 11 Mark King 20 Christian Bloor 25 (Philip Dixon) (51) (Neil Rimmer) (88) 61 Canada Dave Reid 12 Chris Brewster 14 Paul McCloy 16 Allen Hugli 24 (Marc Olesen) (39) (Mark Orzel) (63) 66 4 Italy 80 5 BEL 118 6 Soviet Union 130 7 POR 135 8 IRL 137 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (4.41 km) 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Grete Waitz NOR 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 Asunción Sinobas ESP 1977 14:38 11 Dorthe Rasmussen DEN 14:39 12 Dianne Zorn NZL 14:39 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points Soviet Union Yelena Sipatova 3 Tatyana Sychova 5 Svetlana Ulmasova 7 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 9 (Irina Bondarchuk) (21) (Giana Romanova) (32) 24 United States Jan Merrill 2 Betty Springs 6 Julie Shea 13 Mary Shea 15 (Brenda Webb) (30) (Francie Larrieu) (36) 36 Italy Agnese Possamai 4 Cristina Tomasini 23 Silvana Cruciata 29 Alba Milana 33 (Nadia Dandolo) (46) (Marina Loddo) (49) 89 4 NZL 90 5 Canada 96 6 England 106 7 NOR 123 8 IRL 167 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ETH 1975 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 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. 22em (15) (14) Australia (15) (6) Belgium (21) Canada (21) (2) (16) England (21) ETH 1975 (8) (13) France (20) (8) (2) (21) (3) Italy (20) (9) (1) (1) (5) Netherlands (14) New Zealand (15) (10) (6) Poland (7) (21) ROU 1965 (1) (14) (20) (19) ESP 1977 (21) Sweden (1) Switzerland (6) (13) (1) United States (21) (20) (8) 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 External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973–2005 GBRathletics Athletics Australia Category:World Athletics Cross Country Championships C C Category:Sports competitions in Madrid Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Spain Category:Cross country running in Spain Category:1980s in Madrid Category:1981 in international sports