World Cross Country Championships 1981

The 9th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 28. March 1981 at the Hipodromo de la Zarzuela in Madrid ( Spain instead).

The men started over a distance of 12 km, the women over 4.41 km and the juniors over 7.25 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Craig Virgin	United States	35:05
2	Mohamed Kedir	ETH	35:07
3	Fernando Mamede	POR	35:09
4th	Julian Goater	CLOSELY	35:13
5	Antonio Prieto	ESP	35:18
6th	Robert de Castella	OUT	35:20
7th	Girma Berhanu	ETH	35:22
8th	Thom Hunt	United States	35:23

Of the 238 athletes who started, 228 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 28: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 35:50
• 44: Eberhard Weyel ( FRG ), 36:05
• 67: Detlef Uhlemann ( FRG ), 36:30
• 90: Ralf Salzmann ( FRG ), 36:44
• 108: Christoph Herle ( FRG ), 36:59
• 138: Günter Zahn ( FRG ), 37:17
• 143: Justin Gloden ( LUX ), 37:34
• 159: Andreas Less ( FRG ), 37:50
• 193: Gerhard Krippner ( FRG ), 38:40
• 198: Gerhard Hartmann ( AUT ), 39:15

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Mohamed Kedir Girma Berhanu Dereje Nedi Kebede Balcha Miruts Yifter Eshetu Tura	081 2 7 13 14 15 30 00 00 0 0 0 0
2	United States Craig Virgin Thom Hunt Mark Nenow Bill Donakowski Bruce Bickford George Malley	114 1 8 17 18 19 51 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	Kenya Jackson Ruto Peter Koech Alfred Nyasani Sammy Mogene Wilson Musonik Some Muge	220 0 22 024 025 036 056 057

A total of 27 teams were rated. The German team took eleventh place with 475 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Grete Waitz	NOR	14:07
2	Jan Merrill	United States	14:22
3	Elena Sipatova	URS	14:22
4th	Agnese Possamai	ITA	14:25
5	Tatiana Sycheva	URS	14:25
6th	Betty Springs	United States	14:28
7th	Svetlana Ulmasowa	URS	14:28
8th	Debbie Scott	CAN	14:31

Of 118 athletes who started, 116 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 19: Cornelia Bürki ( SUI ), 14:50
• 57: Elise Wattendorf ( SUI ), 3:25 pm
• 84: Vreni Forster ( SUI ), 3:50 pm
• 104: Daniela Gassmann ( SUI ), 16:22

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union Jelena Sipatowa Tatiana Sytschowa Svetlana Ulmassowa Tetjana Posdnjakowa	24 0 3 05 07 09
2	United States Jan Merrill Betty Springs Julie Shea Mary Shea	36 0 2 06 13 15
3	Italy Agnese Possamai Cristina Tomasini Silvana Cruciata Alba Milana	89 0 4 23 29 33

A total of 20 teams were rated. The Swiss team finished 15th with 264 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mohammed Chouri	TO DO	22:04
2	Yevgeny Scherebin	URS	22:06
3	Keith Brantly	United States	22:07

Of 104 athletes who started, 102 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 33: Julius Benkö ( AUT ), 23:18
• 77: Alfred Ungersböck ( AUT ), 24:15
• 80: Rolf Lauper ( SUI ), 24:21
• 87: Andreas Ceconi ( AUT ), 24:30
• 91: Renat Kuenzi ( SUI ), 25:01
• 92: Josef Scharmer ( AUT ), 25:12
• DNF: Peter Schwarzenpoller ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Keith Brantly George Nicholas John Butler Chris Hamilton	23 0 3 04 06 10
2	England Paul Davies-Hale Jonathan Richards Mark King Christian Bloor	61 0 5 11 20 25
3	Canada Dave Reid Chris Brewster Paul McCloy Allen Hugli	66 12 14 16 24

A total of 19 teams were rated. The Austrian team finished 17th with 289 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