1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	8th
Date	March 9
Host city	Paris, France
Location	Hippodrome de Longchamp
Nations participating	28
Athletes participating	381
Races	3
Distances	12.58 km – Senior men 7.41 km – Junior men 4.82 km – Senior women
← 1979 Limerick 1981 Madrid →

The 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.^[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 (12.58 km)	Craig Virgin United States	37:01	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann West Germany	37:02	Nick Rose England	37:05
Junior men (7.41 km)	Jorge García Spain	22:17	Valeriy Gryaznov Soviet Union	22:23	Ed Eyestone United States	22:27
Senior women (4.82 km)	Grete Waitz Norway	15:05	Irina Bondarchuk Soviet Union	15:49	Yelena Chernysheva Soviet Union	15:52
Team
Senior men	England	100	United States	163	Belgium	175
Junior men	Soviet Union	50	United States	75	Spain	79
Senior women	Soviet Union	15	England	49	United States	49

Race results

Senior men's race (12.58 km)

For full event details see 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Craig Virgin	United States	37:01
02 !	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	37:02
03 !	Nick Rose	England	37:05
4	Léon Schots	Belgium	37:11
5	John Robson	Scotland	37:20
6	Aleksandr Antipov	Soviet Union	37:21
7	Leonid Moseyev	Soviet Union	37:21
8	Antonio Prieto	Spain	37:21
9	Steve Jones	Wales	37:23
10	Bernie Ford	England	37:25
11	Karel Lismont	Belgium	37:27
12	Daniel Dillon	United States	37:28
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

England

Nick Rose	3
Bernie Ford	10
Barry Smith	14
Steve Kenyon	17
Nick Lees	19
Graham Tuck	37
(Hugh Jones)	(40)
(Nick Brawn)	(64)
(Barry Knight)	(92)

100

United States

Craig Virgin	1
Daniel Dillon	12
Kenneth Martin	23
Steve Plasencia	36
Don Clary	43
Mark Anderson	48
(Duncan Macdonald)	(104)
(Jon Sinclair)	(116)
(Guy Arbogast)	(DNF)

163

Belgium

Léon Schots	4
Karel Lismont	11
Alex Hagelsteens	21
Eddy de Pauw	38
Frank Grillaert	44
Roger de Vogel	57
(Johan Geirnaert)	(107)
(Willy Polleunis)	(DNF)
(Robert Lismont)	(DNF)

175

France

184

Soviet Union

246

Spain

251

Scotland

312

Algeria

324

Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.41 km)

For full event details see 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Jorge García	Spain	22:17
02 !	Valeriy Gryaznov	Soviet Union	22:23
03 !	Ed Eyestone	United States	22:27
4	Denis Stark	Canada	22:34
5	Tom Downs	United States	22:34
6	Sergey Kiselyov	Soviet Union	22:36
7	Ildar Denikeyev	Soviet Union	22:38
8	Guy Léfèvre	Belgium	22:41
9	Andrea Prassedi	Italy	22:47
10	Paul Davies-Hale	England	22:52
11	William Graham	United States	22:53
12	Gary Huckwell	England	22:58
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Valeriy Gryaznov	2
Sergey Kiselyov	6
Ildar Denikeyev	7
Sergey Mishin	35
(Dmitriy Ditlashok)	(52)

United States

Ed Eyestone	3
Tom Downs	5
William Graham	11
Eric Sappenfield	56
(Daniel Caprioglio)	(82)
(Farron Fields)	(88)

Spain

Jorge García	1
José Fernández	20
Miguel Rubio	24
Julio Perez	34
(Pedro Garin)	(51)
(Francisco Erneta)	(61)

Belgium

England

Canada

Italy

101

Algeria

136

Full results

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

Senior women's race (4.82 km)

For full event details see 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Grete Waitz	Norway	15:05
02 !	Irina Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	15:49
03 !	Yelena Chernysheva	Soviet Union	15:52
4	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	15:53
5	Jan Merrill	United States	15:57
6	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	16:00
7	Penny Forse	England	16:04
8	Ellen Wessinghage	West Germany	16:05
9	Kath Binns	England	16:06
10	Margaret Groos	United States	16:09
11	Raisa Smekhnova	Soviet Union	16:09
12	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	16:10
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Irina Bondarchuk	2
Yelena Chernysheva	3
Giana Romanova	4
Svetlana Ulmasova	6
(Raisa Smekhnova)	(11)
(Tatyana Sychova)	(45)

England

Penny Forse	7
Kath Binns	9
Sandra Arthurton	14
Ruth Smeeth	19
(Regina Joyce)	(30)
(Angela Mason)	(80)

United States

Jan Merrill	5
Margaret Groos	10
Julie Shea	13
Brenda Webb	21
(Joan Benoit)	(26)
(Ellison Goodall)	(35)

Norway

Italy

101

Canada

110

West Germany

132

France

174

Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
2	United States	1	2	2	5
3	England	1	1	1	3
4	Spain	1	0	1	2
5	Norway	1	0	0	1
6	West Germany	0	1	0	1
7	Belgium	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

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 381 athletes from 28 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[6]

Algeria (17)
Belgium (21)
Canada (18)
China (3)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Denmark (16)
England (21)
Finland (9)
France (21)
Hungary (4)

Ireland (21)
Israel (4)
Italy (20)
Morocco (7)
Netherlands (14)
Northern Ireland (19)
Norway (7)
Poland (5)
Portugal (8)

Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (17)
Spain (21)
Sweden (8)
Switzerland (3)
Tunisia (14)
United States (21)
Wales (20)
West Germany (19)

References

↑ Robson fifth - Scotland's John Robson finished fifth in the world cross country championship at Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday..., Evening Times, March 10, 1980, p. 16, retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.5km CC Women - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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See also: International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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