Cross Country World Championships 1984

The 12th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 25. March 1984 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford ( United States instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.086 km, the women over 5 km and the juniors over 8 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Carlos Lopes	POR	33:25
2	Tim Hutchings	CLOSELY	33:30
3	Steve Jones	WHALE	33:32
4th	Pat Porter	United States	33:34
5	Wilson Waigwa	KEN	33:41
6th	Ed Eyestone	United States	33:46
7th	Pierre Levisse	FRA	33:51
8th	Bekele Debele	ETH	33:52

Of 240 athletes who started, 238 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 12: Christoph Herle ( FRG ), 34:01
• 45: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 34:34
• 53: Frank Zimmermann ( FRG ), 34:40
• 56: Michael Scheytt ( FRG ), 34:41
• 114: Konrad Dobler ( FRG ), 35:24
• 121: Kurt Hürst ( SUI ), 35:31
• 122: Robert Schneider ( FRG ), 35:31
• 128: Bernd Rangen ( FRG ), 35:39
• 133: Roland Hertner ( SUI ), 35:43
• 136: Beat Steffen ( SUI ), 35:44
• 140: Marius Hasler ( SUI ), 35:48
• 142: Martin Schmid ( SUI ), 35:49
• 178: Hugo Rey ( SUI ), 36:42
• 189: Martin Grüning ( FRG ), 37:09

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Bekele Debele Adugna Lema Mohamed Kedir Dereje Nedi Eshetu Tura Wodajo Bulti	134 8 9 16 24 31 46 00 00 0 0 0 0
2	United States Pat Porter Ed Eyestone Craig Virgin John Easker Jeff Drenth Mark Stickley	161 4 6 17 28 41 65 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	Portugal Carlos Lopes Fernando Mamede António Leitão Joao Campos Ezequiel Canario Joaquim Pinheiro	223 1 23 25 26 64 84 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 28 teams were rated. The German team came in eleventh with 402 points and the Swiss team in 21st place with 850 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maricica Puică	ROU	15:56
2	Galina Sakharova	URS	15:58
3	Grete Waitz	NOR	15:58
4th	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	16:04
5	Jane Furniss	CLOSELY	16:10
6th	Christine Benning	CLOSELY	16:15
7th	Midde Hamrin	SWE	16:16
8th	Angela Tooby	WHALE	16:18

Of 109 athletes who started, 108 made it to the finish line.

The only participant from a German-speaking country was Ellen Wessinghage from Germany (53rd place in 17:05).

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Betty Springs Cathy Branta Sabrina Dornhoefer Cathie Twomey	52 0 9 10 16 17
2	England Jane Furniss Christine Benning Ruth Smeeth Carole Bradford	65 0 5 06 15 39
3	New Zealand Dianne Rodger Mary O'Connor Christine Hughes Sue Bruce	91 14 19 27 31

A total of 17 teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Pere Casacuberta	ESP	21:32
2	Doju Tessema	ETH	21:34
3	John Castellano	CAN	21:37

All 94 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 62: Bernd Bürger ( FRG ), 10:58 pm
• 80: Beat Nyffenegger ( SUI ), 23:41
• 83: Markus Schoni ( SUI ), 23:49

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Ethiopia Doju Tessema Belaye Teshome Kalcha Abcha Wolde Silasse Melkessa	21 0 2 04 07 08
2	Spain Pere Casacuberta Antonio Pérez Joseba Sarriegui José Sanchez	34 0 1 05 11 17
3	England Paul Roden David Miles Karl Palmer David Robinson	68 0 6 10 22 30

A total of 15 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