1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 11th |
Date | March 20 |
Host city | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England ![]() |
Venue | Riverside Park |
Events | 3 |
Distances | 11.994 km – Senior men 8.033 km – Junior men 4.072 km – Senior women |
Participation | 431 athletes from 35 nations |
The 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]
Complete results for men,[3] junior men,[4] women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (11.994 km) |
Bekele Debele![]() |
36:52 | Carlos Lopes![]() |
36:52 | Some Muge![]() |
36:52 |
Junior men (8.033 km) |
Fesseha Abebe![]() |
24:58 | Angaso Telega![]() |
24:59 | Jonathan Richards![]() |
25:07 |
Senior women (4.072 km) |
Grete Waitz![]() |
13:29 | Alison Wiley![]() |
13:37 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova![]() |
13:37 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | ![]() |
104 | ![]() |
170 | ![]() |
191 |
Junior men | ![]() |
13 | ![]() |
41 | ![]() |
58 |
Senior women | ![]() |
31 | ![]() |
41 | ![]() |
53 |
Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Bekele Debele | ![]() |
36:52 |
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Carlos Lopes | ![]() |
36:52 |
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Some Muge | ![]() |
36:52 |
4 | Alberto Salazar | ![]() |
36:53 |
5 | Antonio Prieto | ![]() |
36:56 |
6 | Rob de Castella | ![]() |
37:00 |
7 | Dave Clarke | ![]() |
37:05 |
8 | Ezequiel Canario | ![]() |
37:10 |
9 | Pat Porter | ![]() |
37:12 |
10 | Alberto Cova | ![]() |
37:17 |
11 | Nat Muir | ![]() |
37:24 |
12 | Mehmet Yürdadön | ![]() |
37:24 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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104 | ||||||||||||||||||
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170 | ||||||||||||||||||
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191 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() |
193 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
206 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() |
302 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() |
306 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() |
318 | ||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Fesseha Abebe | ![]() |
24:58 |
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Angaso Telega | ![]() |
24:59 |
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Jonathan Richards | ![]() |
25:07 |
4 | Gonfa Negere | ![]() |
25:22 |
5 | José Manuel Albentosa | ![]() |
25:35 |
6 | Teka Mekonnen | ![]() |
25:40 |
7 | Cyrille Laventure | ![]() |
25:51 |
8 | Marc Olesen | ![]() |
25:53 |
9 | Asfaw Tadesse | ![]() |
25:57 |
10 | Richard Carter | ![]() |
26:06 |
11 | José Manuel García | ![]() |
26:10 |
12 | Antonio Pérez | ![]() |
26:15 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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13 | ||||||||||||
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41 | ||||||||||||
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58 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() |
107 | ||||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
139 | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() |
145 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() |
151 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() |
166 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Grete Waitz | ![]() |
13:29 |
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Alison Wiley | ![]() |
13:37 |
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Tatyana Pozdnyakova | ![]() |
13:37 |
4 | Joan Benoit | ![]() |
13:57 |
5 | Betty Springs | ![]() |
14:00 |
6 | Svetlana Ulmasova | ![]() |
14:01 |
7 | Francine Peeters | ![]() |
14:03 |
8 | Fiţa Lovin | ![]() |
14:04 |
9 | Margaret Groos | ![]() |
14:04 |
10 | Aurora Cunha | ![]() |
14:06 |
11 | Alla Yushina | ![]() |
14:08 |
12 | Nancy Rooks | ![]() |
14:09 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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31 | ||||||||||||
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41 | ||||||||||||
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53 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() |
94 | ||||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
98 | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() |
122 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() |
122 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() |
149 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (8 nations) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published.[7]
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