World Cross Country Championships 1980

The 8th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 9. March 1980 at the Longchamp Racecourse in Paris ( France instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.58 km, the women over 4.82 km and the juniors over 7.41 km.

By winning the silver medal, Hans-Jürgen Orthmann achieved the best placement for a German athlete to date.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Craig Virgin	United States	37:01
2	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	FRG	37:02
3	Nick Rose	CLOSELY	37:05
4th	Leon Schots	BEL	37:11
5	John Robson	SCO	37:20
6th	Aleksandras Antipovas	URS	37:21
7th	Leonid Mossejew	URS	37:21
8th	Antonio Prieto	ESP	37:21

Of 180 athletes who started, 170 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 34: Michael Karst ( FRG ), 38:07
• 50: Manfred Schoeneberg ( FRG ), 38:28
• 65: Thomas Wessinghage ( FRG ), 38:45
• 81: Willi Maier ( FRG ), 39:01
• 111: Werner Grommisch ( FRG ), 39:33
• 112: Valdur Koha ( FRG ), 39:37
• 137: Andreas Less ( FRG ), 40:15
• DNF: Christoph Herle ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	England Nick Rose Bernie Ford Barry Smith Steve Kenyon Nick Lees Graham Tuck	100 3 10 14 17 19 37 00 0 0 0 0 0
2	United States Craig Virgin Daniel Dillon Kenneth Martin Steve Plasencia Don Clary Mark Anderson	163 1 12 23 36 43 48 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	Belgium Leon Schots Karel Lismont Alex Hagelsteens Eddy de Pauw Frank Grillaert Roger de Vogel	175 4 11 21 38 44 57 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 21 teams were rated. The German team took tenth place with 343 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Grete Waitz	NOR	15:05
2	Irina Bondarchuk	URS	15:49
3	Jelena Chernysheva	URS	15:52
4th	Giana Romanova	URS	15:53
5	Jan Merrill	United States	15:57
6th	Svetlana Ulmasowa	URS	16:00
7th	Penny Forse	CLOSELY	16:04
8th	Ellen Wessinghage	FRG	16:05

Of 104 athletes who started, 103 reached the finish.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 20: Charlotte Teske ( FRG ), 16:22
• 41: Elvira Hofmann ( FRG ), 16:47
• 42: Elise Wattendorf ( SUI ), 16:48
• 63: Angelika Stephan ( FRG ), 17:15
• 64: Rita Schlebert ( SUI ), 17:15
• 90: Vreni Forster ( SUI ), 18:07
• DNF: Vera Kemper ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union IrinaBondarchuk Jelena Tschernysheva Giana Romanowa Swetlana Ulmassowa	15 0 2 03 04 06
2	England Penny Forse Kath Binns Sandra Arthurton Ruth Smeeth	49 0 7 09 14 19
3	United States Jan Merrill Margaret Groos Julie Shea Brenda Webb	49 0 5 10 13 21

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team took seventh place with 132 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jorge García	ESP	22:17
2	Valery Gryaznov	URS	22:23
3	Ed Eyestone	United States	22:27

Of 97 athletes who started, 94 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 40: Kai Röcker ( FRG ), 23:29
• 55: Martin Großkopf ( FRG ), 23:53
• 64: Gerhard Lindner ( FRG ), 24:08
• 70: Ralf Winter ( FRG ), 24:19
• 92: Jörg Thoma ( FRG ), 25:24

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union Valeri Grjasnow Sergei Kisseljow Ildar Denikejew Sergei Mishin	50 0 2 06 07 35
2	United States Ed Eyestone Tom Downs William Graham Eric Sappenfield	75 0 3 05 11 56
3	Spain Jorge García José Fernández Miguel Rubio Julio Perez	79 0 1 20 24 34

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team finished 14th with 229 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website