1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	8th
Date	March 9
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Hippodrome de Longchamp
Events	3
Distances	12.58 km – Senior men 7.41 km – Junior men 4.82 km – Senior women
Participation	381 athletes from 28 nations
← 1979 Limerick 1981 Madrid →

The 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.^[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 (12.58 km)	Craig Virgin  United States	37:01	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany	37:02	Nick Rose  England	37:05
Junior men (7.41 km)	Jorge García  Spain	22:17	Valeriy Gryaznov  Soviet Union	22:23	Ed Eyestone  United States	22:27
Senior women (4.82 km)	Grete Waitz  Norway	15:05	Irina Bondarchuk  Soviet Union	15:49	Yelena Chernysheva  Soviet Union	15:52
Team
Senior men	England	100	United States	163	Belgium	175
Junior men	Soviet Union	50	United States	75	Spain	79
Senior women	Soviet Union	15	England	49	United States	49

Race results

Senior men's race (12.58 km)

Main article: 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Craig Virgin	United States	37:01
	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	37:02
	Nick Rose	England	37:05
4	Léon Schots	Belgium	37:11
5	John Robson	Scotland	37:20
6	Aleksandr Antipov	Soviet Union	37:21
7	Leonid Moseyev	Soviet Union	37:21
8	Antonio Prieto	Spain	37:21
9	Steve Jones	Wales	37:23
10	Bernie Ford	England	37:25
11	Karel Lismont	Belgium	37:27
12	Daniel Dillon	United States	37:28
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	England Nick Rose 3 Bernie Ford 10 Barry Smith 14 Steve Kenyon 17 Nick Lees 19 Graham Tuck 37 (Hugh Jones) (40) (Nick Brawn) (64) (Barry Knight) (92)	100
	United States Craig Virgin 1 Daniel Dillon 12 Kenneth Martin 23 Steve Plasencia 36 Don Clary 43 Mark Anderson 48 (Duncan Macdonald) (104) (Jon Sinclair) (116) (Guy Arbogast) (DNF)	163
	Belgium Léon Schots 4 Karel Lismont 11 Alex Hagelsteens 21 Eddy de Pauw 38 Frank Grillaert 44 Roger de Vogel 57 (Johan Geirnaert) (107) (Willy Polleunis) (DNF) (Robert Lismont) (DNF)	175
4	France	184
5	Soviet Union	246
6	Spain	251
7	Scotland	312
8	Algeria	324
Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.41 km)

Main article: 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Jorge García	Spain	22:17
	Valeriy Gryaznov	Soviet Union	22:23
	Ed Eyestone	United States	22:27
4	Denis Stark	Canada	22:34
5	Tom Downs	United States	22:34
6	Sergey Kiselyov	Soviet Union	22:36
7	Ildar Denikeyev	Soviet Union	22:38
8	Guy Léfèvre	Belgium	22:41
9	Andrea Prassedi	Italy	22:47
10	Paul Davies-Hale	England	22:52
11	William Graham	United States	22:53
12	Gary Huckwell	England	22:58
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union Valeriy Gryaznov 2 Sergey Kiselyov 6 Ildar Denikeyev 7 Sergey Mishin 35 (Dmitriy Ditlashok) (52)	50
	United States Ed Eyestone 3 Tom Downs 5 William Graham 11 Eric Sappenfield 56 (Daniel Caprioglio) (82) (Farron Fields) (88)	75
	Spain Jorge García 1 José Fernández 20 Miguel Rubio 24 Julio Perez 34 (Pedro Garin) (51) (Francisco Erneta) (61)	79
4	Belgium	86
5	England	89
6	Canada	90
7	Italy	101
8	Algeria	136
Full results

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

Senior women's race (4.82 km)

Main article: 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Grete Waitz	Norway	15:05
	Irina Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	15:49
	Yelena Chernysheva	Soviet Union	15:52
4	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	15:53
5	Jan Merrill	United States	15:57
6	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	16:00
7	Penny Forse	England	16:04
8	Ellen Wessinghage	West Germany	16:05
9	Kath Binns	England	16:06
10	Margaret Groos	United States	16:09
11	Raisa Smekhnova	Soviet Union	16:09
12	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	16:10
Full results

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union Irina Bondarchuk 2 Yelena Chernysheva 3 Giana Romanova 4 Svetlana Ulmasova 6 (Raisa Smekhnova) (11) (Tatyana Sychova) (45)	15
	England Penny Forse 7 Kath Binns 9 Sandra Arthurton 14 Ruth Smeeth 19 (Regina Joyce) (30) (Angela Mason) (80)	49
	United States Jan Merrill 5 Margaret Groos 10 Julie Shea 13 Brenda Webb 21 (Joan Benoit) (26) (Ellison Goodall) (35)	49
4	Norway	71
5	Italy	101
6	Canada	110
7	West Germany	132
8	France	174
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	1	5
2	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
3	England (ENG)	1	1	1	3
4	Spain (ESP)	1	0	1	2
5	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
6	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

• 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 381 athletes from 28 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[6]

•  Algeria (17)
•  Belgium (21)
•  Canada (18)
•  China (3)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  Denmark (16)
•  England (21)
•  Finland (9)
•  France (21)
•  Hungary (4)
•  Ireland (21)
•  Israel (4)
•  Italy (20)
•  Morocco (7)
•  Netherlands (14)
•  Northern Ireland (19)
•  Norway (7)
•  Poland (5)
•  Portugal (8)
•  Scotland (21)
•  Soviet Union (17)
•  Spain (21)
•  Sweden (8)
•  Switzerland (3)
•  Tunisia (14)
•  United States (21)
•  Wales (20)
•  West Germany (19)

See also

• 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1980 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. Robson fifth - Scotland's John Robson finished fifth in the world cross country championship at Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday..., Evening Times, March 10, 1980, p. 16, retrieved October 18, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
3. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
4. Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.5km CC Women - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
5. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
6. 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 on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

External links

• The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005
• GBRathletics