World Cross Country Championships 1982

The 10th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 21st March 1982 at the Ippodromo Capannelle in Rome ( Italy instead).

The men started over a distance of 11.978 km, the women over 4.663 km and the juniors over 7.926 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mohamed Kedir	ETH	33:41
2	Alberto Salazar	United States	33:45
3	Rod Dixon	NZL	34:02
4th	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	34:03
5	Mike McLeod	CLOSELY	34:07
6th	Eshetu Tura	ETH	34:08
7th	Alberto Cova	ITA	34:13
8th	Werner Schildhauer	GDR	34:18

Out of 180 athletes who started, 167 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 21: Frank Zimmermann ( FRG ), 34:41
• 29: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 34:51
• 51: Christoph Herle ( FRG ), 35:15
• 68: Michael Scheytt ( FRG ), 35:27
• 73: Manfred Schoeneberg ( FRG ), 35:36
• 88: Michael Spöttel ( FRG ), 35:52
• 90: Roland Hertner ( SUI ), 35:56
• 94: Hugo Rey ( SUI ), 36:00
• 100: Kurt Hürst ( SUI ), 36:04
• 104: Fredi Griner ( SUI ), 36:07
• 139: Peter Horisberger ( SUI ), 36:57
• 157: Martin Großkopf ( FRG ), 37:57
• 159: Fritz Rüegsegger ( SUI ), 38:15

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Mohamed Kedir Eshetu Tura Wodajo Bulti Miruts Yifter Hana Girma Dereje Nedi	098 1 6 12 16 28 35 00 00 0 0 0 0
2	England Mike McLeod David Clarke Hugh Jones Julian Goater Steve Kenyon Karl Harrison	114 5 9 11 18 22 49 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	Soviet Union Aleksandras Antipovas Valeri Sapon Enn Sellik Viktor Tschumakow Evgeni Okorokow Toomas Turb	257 0 19 024 045 046 052 071

A total of 19 teams were rated. The German team came in eighth with 330 points and the Swiss team in 16th with 686 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maricica Puică	ROU
2	Fița Lovin	ROU
3	Grete Waitz	NOR
4th	Agnese Possamai	ITA
5	Dianne Rodger	NZL
6th	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR
7th	Elena Sipatova	URS
8th	Raissa Smechnova	URS

Of 109 athletes who started, 105 reached the finish.

The only participant from a German-speaking country was Beate Liebich from the GDR (37th place, 15:31).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union Jelena Sipatowa Raissa Smechnowa Tetjana Posdnyakova Galina Sakharova	44 0 7 08 11 18
2	Italy Agnese Possamai Nadia Dandolo Cristina Tomasini Rita Marchisio	57 0 4 09 19 25
3	England Ann Ford Paula Fudge Jane Furniss Ruth Smeeth	67 13 14 16 24

A total of 17 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Zurbachev Gelaw	ETH	22:46
2	Adugna Lema	ETH	22:47
3	Stefano Mei	ITA	22:49

Of the 93 athletes who started, 92 made it to the finish line.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Zurbachev Gelaw Adugna Lema dogs Kume Teka Mekonnen	12 0 1 02 04 05
2	Italy Stefano Mei Francesco Panetta Salvatore Nicosia Ranieri Carenza	37 0 3 06 07 21
3	United States John Easker Tom Ansberry George Nicholas Joe Stinzi	70 11 14 22 23

A total of 16 teams were rated.

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