1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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
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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.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (11.994 km)	Bekele Debele   Ethiopia	36:52	Carlos Lopes   Portugal	36:52	Some Muge   Kenya	36:52
Junior men (8.033 km)	Fesseha Abebe   Ethiopia	24:58	Angaso Telega   Ethiopia	24:59	Jonathan Richards   England	25:07
Senior women (4.072 km)	Grete Waitz   Norway	13:29	Alison Wiley   Canada	13:37	Tatyana Pozdnyakova   Soviet Union	13:37
Team
Senior men	Ethiopia	104	United States	170	Kenya	191
Junior men	Ethiopia	13	Spain	41	England	58
Senior women	United States	31	Soviet Union	41	Canada	53

Race results

Senior men's race (11.994 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Bekele Debele	Ethiopia	36:52
	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	36:52
	Some Muge	Kenya	36:52
4	Alberto Salazar	United States	36:53
5	Antonio Prieto	Spain	36:56
6	Rob de Castella	Australia	37:00
7	Dave Clarke	England	37:05
8	Ezequiel Canario	Portugal	37:10
9	Pat Porter	United States	37:12
10	Alberto Cova	Italy	37:17
11	Nat Muir	Scotland	37:24
12	Mehmet Yürdadön	Turkey	37:24
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Bekele Debele 1 Eshetu Tura 14 Wodajo Bulti 20 Mohammed Kedir 22 Adugna Lema 23 Chala Urgessa 24 ( Dejene Beyene) (50) ( Girma Berhanu) (58) ( Miruts Yifter) (67)	104
	United States Alberto Salazar 4 Pat Porter 9 Thom Hunt 28 Ed Eyestone 30 Craig Virgin 42 Mark Anderson 57 ( Doug Brown) (118) ( Bill Donakowski) (147) ( John Idstrom) (160)	170
	Kenya Some Muge 3 Paul Kipkoech 16 Joshua Kipkemboi 31 James Kipngetich 32 Jackson Ruto 37 Herman Kipngetich 72 ( Sisa Kirati) (83) ( Dominic Wambua) (91) ( Joseph Otieno) (139)	191
4	Australia	193
5	Spain	206
6	Portugal	302
7	Italy	306
8	England	318
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8.033 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Fesseha Abebe	Ethiopia	24:58
	Angaso Telega	Ethiopia	24:59
	Jonathan Richards	England	25:07
4	Gonfa Negere	Ethiopia	25:22
5	José Manuel Albentosa	Spain	25:35
6	Teka Mekonnen	Ethiopia	25:40
7	Cyrille Laventure	France	25:51
8	Marc Olesen	Canada	25:53
9	Asfaw Tadesse	Ethiopia	25:57
10	Richard Carter	England	26:06
11	José Manuel García	Spain	26:10
12	Antonio Pérez	Spain	26:15
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Fesseha Abebe 1 Angaso Telega 2 Gonfa Negere 4 Teka Mekonnen 6 ( Asfaw Tadesse) (9) ( Disso Dissessa) (16)	13
	Spain José Manuel Albentosa 5 José Manuel García 11 Antonio Pérez 12 José Zabaleta 13 ( Joseba Sarriegui) (15) ( Alfredo Munoz) (17)	41
	England Jonathan Richards 3 Richard Carter 10 Clifton Bradeley 20 Phil Makepeace 25 ( Paul Taylor) (39) ( Martin Vile) (55)	58
4	Canada	107
5	Tunisia	139
6	United States	145
7	Portugal	151
8	Italy	166
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.072 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Grete Waitz	Norway	13:29
	Alison Wiley	Canada	13:37
	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	13:37
4	Joan Benoit	United States	13:57
5	Betty Springs	United States	14:00
6	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	14:01
7	Francine Peeters	Belgium	14:03
8	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	14:04
9	Margaret Groos	United States	14:04
10	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	14:06
11	Alla Yushina	Soviet Union	14:08
12	Nancy Rooks	Canada	14:09
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	United States Joan Benoit 4 Betty Springs 5 Margaret Groos 9 Jan Merrill 13 ( Nan Doak) (40) ( Kathy Hadler) (42)	31
	Soviet Union Tatyana Pozdnyakova 3 Svetlana Ulmasova 6 Alla Yushina 11 Yelena Sipatova 21 ( Lyudmila Medvedeva) (64) ( Alla Libutina) (DNF)	41
	Canada Alison Wiley 2 Nancy Rooks 12 Anne-Marie Malone 16 Lynn Kanuka 23 ( Wendy van Mierlo) (37) ( Lizanne Bussières) (45)	53
4	England	94
5	Romania	98
6	New Zealand	122
7	Portugal	122
8	Norway	149
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	1	0	5
2	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
3	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
6	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
8	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	4	16

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published. ^[7]

See also

• 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1983 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links

• The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005
• GBRathletics
• Athletics Australia