World Cross Country Championships 1983

The 11th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF found in the March 20, 1983 Riverside Park from Gateshead ( England instead).

The men started over a distance of 11.994 km, the women over 4.072 km and the juniors over 8.033 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bekele Debele	ETH	36:52
2	Carlos Lopes	POR	36:52
3	Some muge	KEN	36:52
4th	Alberto Salazar	United States	36:53
5	Antonio Prieto	POR	36:56
6th	Robert de Castella	OUT	37:00
7th	David Clarke	CLOSELY	37:05
8th	Ezequiel Canario	POR	37:10

Out of 213 athletes who started, 210 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 18: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 37:35
• 41: Christoph Herle ( FRG ), 38:06
• 49: Michael Spöttel ( FRG ), 38:13
• 52: Michael Scheytt ( FRG ), 38:19
• 74: Ralf Salzmann ( FRG ), 38:40
• 88: Gerhard Krippner ( FRG ), 38:55
• 112: Hugo Rey ( SUI ), 39:23
• 123: Marius Hasler ( SUI ), 39:29
• 136: Reinhard Leibold ( FRG ), 39:39
• 138: Fredi Griner ( SUI ), 39:39
• 161: Bruno Lafranchi ( SUI ), 40:06
• 185: Roland Hertner ( SUI ), 40:39
• 199: Werner Meier ( SUI ), 41:30

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Bekele Debele Eshetu Tura Wodajo Bulti Mohamed Kedir Adugna Lema Chala Urgessa	104 1 14 20 22 23 24 00 0 0 0 0 0
2	United States Alberto Salazar Pat Porter Thom Hunt Ed Eyestone Craig Virgin Mark Anderson	170 4 9 28 30 42 57 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	Kenya Some Muge Paul Kipkoech Joshua Kipkemboi James Kipngetich Jackson Ruto Herman Kipngetich	191 3 16 31 32 37 72 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 24 teams were rated. The German team finished ninth with 322 points and the Swiss team 22nd with 918 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Grete Waitz	NOR	13:29
2	Alison Wiley	CAN	13:37
3	Tetiana Posdnyakova	URS	13:37
4th	Joan Benoit	United States	13:57
5	Betty Springs	United States	14:00
6th	Svetlana Ulmasowa	URS	14:01
7th	Francine Peeters	BEL	14:03
8th	Fița Lovin	ROU	14:04

Of 111 athletes who started, 110 made it to the finish line.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Joan Benoit Betty Springs Margaret Groos Jan Merrill	31 0 4 05 09 13
2	Soviet Union Tetjana Posdnjakowa Svetlana Ulmassowa Alla Juschina Jelena Sipatowa	41 0 3 06 11 21
3	Canada Alison Wiley Nancy Rooks Anna-Maria Malone Lynn Kanuka	53 0 2 12 16 23

A total of 19 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Feyissa Abebe	ETH	24:58
2	Angaso Telega	ETH	24:59
3	Jonathan Richards	CLOSELY	25:07

Out of 107 athletes who started, 105 reached the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 50: Kai Jenkel ( SUI ), 27:15
• 53: Markus Hacksteiner ( SUI ), 27:19

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Feyissa Abebe Angaso Telega Gonfa Negere Teka Mekonnen	13 0 1 02 04 06
2	Spain José Manuel Albentosa José Manuel García Antonio Pérez José Zabaleta	41 0 5 11 12 13
3	England Jonathan Richards Richard Carter Clifton Bradeley Phil Makepeace	58 0 3 10 20 25

A total of 17 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