1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition9th
DateMarch 28
Host cityMadrid, Spain Spain
VenueLa Zarzuela Hippodrome
Events3
Distances12 km – Senior men
7.25 km – Junior men
4.41 km – Senior women
Participation460 athletes from
39 nations

The 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km) 		Craig Virgin
 United States		 35:05 Mohammed Kedir
 Ethiopia		 35:07 Fernando Mamede
 Portugal		 35:09
Junior men
(7.25 km) 		Mohammed Chouri
 Tunisia		 22:04 Yevgeniy Zherebin
 Soviet Union		 22:06 Keith Brantly
 United States		 22:07
Senior women
(4.41 km) 		Grete Waitz
 Norway		 14:07 Jan Merrill
 United States		 14:22 Yelena Sipatova
 Soviet Union		 14:22
Team
Senior men  Ethiopia 81  United States 114  Kenya 220
Junior men  United States 23  England 61  Canada 66
Senior women  Soviet Union 24  United States 36  Italy 89

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Main article: 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Craig Virgin  United States 35:05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mohammed Kedir  Ethiopia 35:07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fernando Mamede  Portugal 35:09
4 Julian Goater  England 35:13
5 Antonio Prieto  Spain 35:18
6 Rob de Castella  Australia 35:20
7 Girma Berhanu  Ethiopia 35:22
8 Thom Hunt  United States 35:23
9 Alex Hagelsteens  Belgium 35:24
10 Pierre Levisse  France 35:26
11 Rod Dixon  New Zealand 35:30
12 El Hachami Abdenouz  Algeria 35:34
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Mohammed Kedir 2
Girma Berhanu 7
Dereje Nedi 13
Kebede Balcha 14
Miruts Yifter 15
Eshetu Tura 30
(Hana Girma) (32)
(Tolossa Kotu) (75)
81
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Craig Virgin 1
Thom Hunt 8
Mark Nenow 17
Bill Donakowski 18
Bruce Bickford 19
George Malley 51
(Daniel Dillon) (63)
(Mike McGuire) (80)
(Mark Muggleton) (103)
114
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kenya
Jackson Ruto 22
Peter Koech 24
Alfred Nyasani 25
Sammy Mogene 36
Wilson Musonik 56
Some Muge 57
(Joseph Kiptum) (68)
(Adriano Musonye) (147)
(John Rotich) (200)
220
4  Spain 254
5  Australia 255
6  England 312
7  Algeria 350
8  Belgium 377
Full results

Junior men's race (7.25 km)

Main article: 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mohammed Chouri  Tunisia 22:04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yevgeniy Zherebin  Soviet Union 22:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Keith Brantly  United States 22:07
4 George Nicholas  United States 22:08
5 Paul Davies-Hale  England 22:19
6 John Butler  United States 22:21
7 Vincent Rousseau  Belgium 22:23
8 Salvatore Antibo  Italy 22:29
9 Francesco Panetta  Italy 22:32
10 Chris Hamilton  United States 22:32
11 Jonathan Richards  England 22:33
12 Dave Reid  Canada 22:37
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Keith Brantly 3
George Nicholas 4
John Butler 6
Chris Hamilton 10
(Peter Warner) (22)
(Michael Pyeatt) (23)
23
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England
Paul Davies-Hale 5
Jonathan Richards 11
Mark King 20
Christian Bloor 25
(Philip Dixon) (51)
(Neil Rimmer) (88)
61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
Dave Reid 12
Chris Brewster 14
Paul McCloy 16
Allen Hugli 24
(Marc Olesen) (39)
(Mark Orzel) (63)
66
4  Italy 80
5  Belgium 118
6  Soviet Union 130
7  Portugal 135
8  Ireland 137
Full results

Senior women's race (4.41 km)

Main article: 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grete Waitz  Norway 14:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Merrill  United States 14:22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yelena Sipatova  Soviet Union 14:22
4 Agnese Possamai  Italy 14:25
5 Tatyana Sychova  Soviet Union 14:25
6 Betty Springs  United States 14:28
7 Svetlana Ulmasova  Soviet Union 14:28
8 Debbie Scott  Canada 14:31
9 Tatyana Pozdnyakova  Soviet Union 14:34
10 Asunción Sinobas  Spain 14:38
11 Dorthe Rasmussen  Denmark 14:39
12 Dianne Zorn  New Zealand 14:39
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Yelena Sipatova 3
Tatyana Sychova 5
Svetlana Ulmasova 7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova 9
(Irina Bondarchuk) (21)
(Giana Romanova) (32)
24
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Jan Merrill 2
Betty Springs 6
Julie Shea 13
Mary Shea 15
(Brenda Webb) (30)
(Francie Larrieu) (36)
36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
Agnese Possamai 4
Cristina Tomasini 23
Silvana Cruciata 29
Alba Milana 33
(Nadia Dandolo) (46)
(Marina Loddo) (49)
89
4  New Zealand 90
5  Canada 96
6  England 106
7  Norway 123
8  Ireland 167
Full results

Medal table (unofficial)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2316
2 Soviet Union (URS)1113
3 Ethiopia (ETH)1102
4 Norway (NOR)1001
 Tunisia (TUN)1001
6 England (ENG)0101
7 Canada (CAN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Kenya (KEN)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
Totals (10 entries)66618

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 19, 1973), "Muir dream is shattered in Madrid – Nat Muir, who went to Madrid with dreams of becoming world cross-county champion, spent yesterday with his coach trying to work out why it became a nichtmare...", Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 18, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013((citation)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 7.0km CC Men – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013((citation)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013((citation)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  6. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – EDINBURGH 2008 – FACTS & FIGURES – GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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