1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	9th
Date	March 28
Host city	Madrid, Spain
Location	Hippodromo de la Zarzuela
Nations participating	39
Athletes participating	460
Races	3
Distances	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 Hippodromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. 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 km)	Craig Virgin United States	35:05	Mohammed Kedir Ethiopia	35:07	Fernando Mamede Portugal	35:09
Junior men (7.25 km)	Mohammed Chouri Tunisia	22:04	Yevgeniy Zherebin Soviet Union	22:06	Keith Brantly United States	22:07
Senior women (4.41 km)	Grete Waitz Norway	14:07	Jan Merrill United States	14:22	Yelena Sipatova Soviet Union	14:22
Team
Senior men	Ethiopia	81	United States	114	Kenya	220
Junior men	United States	23	England	61	Canada	66
Senior women	Soviet Union	24	United States	36	Italy	89

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Craig Virgin	United States	35:05
02 !	Mohammed Kedir	Ethiopia	35:07
03 !	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	35:09
4	Julian Goater	England	35:13
5	Antonio Prieto	Spain	35:18
6	Rob de Castella	Australia	35:20
7	Girma Berhanu	Ethiopia	35:22
8	Thom Hunt	United States	35:23
9	Alex Hagelsteens	Belgium	35:24
10	Pierre Levisse	France	35:26
11	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	35:30
12	El Hachami Abdenouz	Algeria	35:34
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Mohammed Kedir	2
Girma Berhanu	7
Dereje Nedi	13
Kebede Balcha	14
Miruts Yifter	15
Eshetu Tura	30
(Hana Girma)	(32)
(Tolossa Kotu)	(75)

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

Kenya

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

Spain

254

Australia

255

England

312

Algeria

350

Belgium

377

Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.25 km)

For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Mohammed Chouri	Tunisia	22:04
02 !	Yevgeniy Zherebin	Soviet Union	22:06
03 !	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	Belgium	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

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Keith Brantly	3
George Nicholas	4
John Butler	6
Chris Hamilton	10
(Peter Warner)	(22)
(Michael Pyeatt)	(23)

England

Paul Davies-Hale	5
Jonathan Richards	11
Mark King	20
Christian Bloor	25
(Philip Dixon)	(51)
(Neil Rimmer)	(88)

Canada

Dave Reid	12
Chris Brewster	14
Paul McCloy	16
Allen Hugli	24
(Marc Olesen)	(39)
(Mark Orzel)	(63)

Italy

Belgium

118

Soviet Union

130

Portugal

135

Ireland

137

Full results

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

Senior women's race (4.41 km)

For full event details see 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Grete Waitz	Norway	14:07
02 !	Jan Merrill	United States	14:22
03 !	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	Asuncion Sinobas	Spain	14:38
11	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	14:39
12	Dianne Zorn	New Zealand	14:39
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Yelena Sipatova	3
Tatyana Sychova	5
Svetlana Ulmasova	7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova	9
(Irina Bondarchuk)	(21)
(Giana Romanova)	(32)

United States

Jan Merrill	2
Betty Springs	6
Julie Shea	13
Mary Shea	15
(Brenda Webb)	(30)
(Francie Larrieu)	(36)

Italy

Agnese Possamai	4
Cristina Tomasini	23
Silvana Cruciata	29
Alba Milana	33
(Nadia Dandolo)	(46)
(Marina Loddo)	(49)

New Zealand

Canada

England

106

Norway

123

Ireland

167

Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	3	1	6
2	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
3	Ethiopia	1	1	0	2
4	Norway	1	0	0	1
4	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
6	England	0	1	0	1
7	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Kenya	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	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 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[6]

Algeria (15)
Angola (14)
Australia (15)
Austria (6)
Belgium (21)
Canada (21)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Denmark (16)
England (21)
Ethiopia (8)
Finland (13)
France (20)
Greece (8)

Guinea (2)
Ireland (21)
Israel (3)
Italy (20)
Kenya (9)
Lebanon (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Morocco (5)
Netherlands (14)
New Zealand (15)
Northern Ireland (10)
Norway (6)
Poland (7)

Portugal (21)
Romania (1)
Saudi Arabia (14)
Scotland (20)
Soviet Union (19)
Spain (21)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (6)
Tunisia (13)
Turkey (1)
United States (21)
Wales (20)
West Germany (8)

References

↑ 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..., Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.4km CC Women - Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, 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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See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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