1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	11th
Date	March 20
Host city	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Location	Riverside Park
Nations participating	35
Athletes participating	431
Races	3
Distances	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 March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald^[1] and in the Evening Times.^[2]

Complete results for men,^[3] junior men,^[4] women,^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (11.994 km)	Bekele Debele Ethiopia	36:52	Carlos Lopes Portugal	36:52	Some Muge Kenya	36:52
Junior men (8.033 km)	Fesseha Abebe Ethiopia	24:58	Angaso Telega Ethiopia	24:59	Jonathan Richards England	25:07
Senior women (4.072 km)	Grete Waitz Norway	13:29	Alison Wiley Canada	13:37	Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union	13:37
Team
Senior men	Ethiopia	104	United States	170	Kenya	191
Junior men	Ethiopia	13	Spain	41	England	58
Senior women	United States	31	Soviet Union	41	Canada	53

Race results

Senior men's race (11.994 km)

For full event details see 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Bekele Debele	Ethiopia	36:52
02 !	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	36:52
03 !	Some Muge	Kenya	36:52
4	Alberto Salazar	United States	36:53
5	Antonio Prieto	Spain	36:56
6	Rob de Castella	Australia	37:00
7	Dave Clarke	England	37:05
8	Ezequiel Canario	Portugal	37:10
9	Pat Porter	United States	37:12
10	Alberto Cova	Italy	37:17
11	Nat Muir	Scotland	37:24
12	Mehmet Yürdadön	Turkey	37:24
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

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

United States

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

Kenya

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

Australia

193

Spain

206

Portugal

302

Italy

306

England

318

Full results

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

Junior men's race (8.033 km)

For full event details see 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Fesseha Abebe	Ethiopia	24:58
02 !	Angaso Telega	Ethiopia	24:59
03 !	Jonathan Richards	England	25:07
4	Gonfa Negere	Ethiopia	25:22
5	José Manuel Albentosa	Spain	25:35
6	Teka Mekonnen	Ethiopia	25:40
7	Cyrille Laventure	France	25:51
8	Marc Olesen	Canada	25:53
9	Asfaw Tadesse	Ethiopia	25:57
10	Richard Carter	England	26:06
11	José Manuel García	Spain	26:10
12	Antonio Pérez	Spain	26:15
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Fesseha Abebe	1
Angaso Telega	2
Gonfa Negere	4
Teka Mekonnen	6
(Asfaw Tadesse)	(9)
(Disso Dissessa)	(16)

Spain

José Manuel Albentosa	5
José Manuel García	11
Antonio Pérez	12
José Zabaleta	13
(Joseba Sarriegui)	(15)
(Alfredo Munoz)	(17)

England

Jonathan Richards	3
Richard Carter	10
Clifton Bradeley	20
Phil Makepeace	25
(Paul Taylor)	(39)
(Martin Vile)	(55)

Canada

107

Tunisia

139

United States

145

Portugal

151

Italy

166

Full results

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

Senior women's race (4.072 km)

For full event details see 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Grete Waitz	Norway	13:29
02 !	Alison Wiley	Canada	13:37
03 !	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	13:37
4	Joan Benoit	United States	13:57
5	Betty Springs	United States	14:00
6	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	14:01
7	Francine Peeters	Belgium	14:03
8	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	14:04
9	Margaret Groos	United States	14:04
10	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	14:06
11	Alla Yushina	Soviet Union	14:08
12	Nancy Rooks	Canada	14:09
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Joan Benoit	4
Betty Springs	5
Margaret Groos	9
Jan Merrill	13
(Nan Doak)	(40)
(Kathy Hadler)	(42)

Soviet Union

Tatyana Pozdnyakova	3
Svetlana Ulmasova	6
Alla Yushina	11
Yelena Sipatova	21
(Lyudmila Medvedeva)	(64)
(Alla Libutina)	(DNF)

Canada

Alison Wiley	2
Nancy Rooks	12
Anne-Marie Malone	16
Lynn Kanuka	23
(Wendy van Mierlo)	(37)
(Lizanne Bussières)	(45)

England

Romania

New Zealand

122

Portugal

122

Norway

149

Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia	4	1	0	5
2	United States	1	1	0	2
3	Norway	1	0	0	1
4	Canada	0	1	1	2
4	Soviet Union	0	1	1	2
6	Spain	0	1	0	1
6	Portugal	0	1	0	1
8	England	0	0	2	2
8	Kenya	0	0	2	2
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 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published.^[7]

Algeria (13)
Australia (14)
Belgium (18)
Canada (20)
China (6)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Comoros (1)
Denmark (8)
Djibouti (3)
England (20)
Ethiopia (15)
France (21)

Ireland (20)
Israel (4)
Italy (17)
Kenya (9)
Kuwait (5)
Morocco (6)
Netherlands (14)
New Zealand (15)
Northern Ireland (20)
Norway (11)
Palestine (1)
Portugal (21)

Romania (5)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (11)
Spain (21)
Sweden (15)
Switzerland (8)
Tunisia (11)
Turkey (6)
United States (21)
Wales (21)
West Germany (7)

References

↑ 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..., Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ 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..., Evening Times, March 21, 1933, p. 12, retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.1km CC Women - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 21, 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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