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1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at 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]

Senior men's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition9th
DateMarch 28
Host cityMadrid, Spain
VenueHipódromo de la Zarzuela
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation238 athletes from
36 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Craig Virgin   United States 35:05
  Mohammed Kedir   Ethiopia 35:07
  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
13 Dereje Nedi   Ethiopia 35:39
14 Kebede Balcha   Ethiopia 35:40
15 Miruts Yifter   Ethiopia 35:42
16 Martti Vainio   Finland 35:42
17 Mark Nenow   United States 35:42
18 Bill Donakowski   United States 35:42
19 Bruce Bickford   United States 35:42
20 Roger de Vogel   Belgium 35:46
21 Lahcene Babaci   Algeria 35:47
22 Jackson Ruto   Kenya 35:49
23 Steve Austin   Australia 35:50
24 Peter Koech   Kenya 35:50
25 Alfred Nyasani   Kenya 35:50
26 Nat Muir   Scotland 35:50
27 José Luis González   Spain 35:50
28 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann   West Germany 35:50
29 Fernando Cerrada   Spain 35:55
30 Eshetu Tura   Ethiopia 35:59
31 Steve Jones   Wales 35:59
32 Hana Girma   Ethiopia 35:59
33 Steve Binns   England 35:59
34 John Andrews   Australia 35:59
35 Marios Kassianidis   Greece 35:59
36 Sammy Mogene   Kenya 35:59
37 Rachid Habchaoui   Algeria 35:59
38 Dave Clarke   England 35:59
39 Leonid Moseyev   Soviet Union 36:05
40 Bill Britton   Canada 36:05
41 Paul Ballinger   New Zealand 36:05
42 Luis Adsuara   Spain 36:05
43 Marc Nevens   Belgium 36:05
44 Eberhard Weyel   West Germany 36:05
45 Abdelmadjid Mada   Algeria 36:05
46 Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer   Czechoslovakia 36:05
47 Peter Butler   Canada 36:05
48 Allister Hutton   Scotland 36:05
49 Brian Lewry   Australia 36:12
50 Radhouane Bouster   France 36:12
51 George Malley   United States 36:12
52 Valeriy Sapon   Soviet Union 36:12
53 Miroslav Bauckmann   Czechoslovakia 36:20
54 John Robson   Scotland 36:20
55 Mohamed Zaidi   Tunisia 36:20
56 Wilson Musonik   Kenya 36:20
57 Some Muge   Kenya 36:20
58 Euan Robertson   New Zealand 36:20
59 David James   Wales 36:20
60 Dave Taylor   Ireland 36:20
61 Patrick Clabaut   France 36:20
62 Maxwell Little   Australia 36:20
63 Daniel Dillon   United States 36:20
64 Eric de Beck   Belgium 36:20
65 Klaas Lok   Netherlands 36:30
66 José Sena   Portugal 36:30
67 Detlef Uhlemann   West Germany 36:30
68 Joseph Kiptum   Kenya 36:30
69 Venanzio Ortis   Italy 36:30
70 Ken Newton   England 36:30
71 Yevgeniy Okorokov   Soviet Union 36:30
72 Cor Lambregts   Netherlands 36:30
73 Greg Duhaime   Canada 36:30
74 Angel Gómez Maeso   Spain 36:30
75 Tolossa Kotu   Ethiopia 36:30
76 Bernie Ford   England 36:30
77 Jorge García   Spain 36:30
78 Vadim Sidorov   Soviet Union 36:30
79 Vern Iwancin   Canada 36:30
80 Mike McGuire   United States 36:30
81 Chris Wardlaw   Australia 36:30
82 Gerry Deegan   Ireland 36:30
83 Daniel Janczuk   Poland 36:38
84 Alex Gonzalez   France 36:38
85 François Person   France 36:38
86 Rafael Marques   Portugal 36:38
87 Nicolas Halatzis   Greece 36:38
88 Vladimir Anisimov   Soviet Union 36:38
89 Kyriakos Lazaridis   Greece 36:44
90 Ralf Salzmann   West Germany 36:44
91 Dave Moorcroft   England 36:44
92 Santiago de la Parte   Spain 36:44
93 Jan van Oss   Netherlands 36:44
94 Alberto Cova   Italy 36:44
95 Aniceto Simoes   Portugal 36:44
96 Ryszard Kopijasz   Poland 36:44
97 Vesa Kähkölä   Finland 36:44
98 Bogumil Kus   Poland 36:50
99 Giuseppe Gerbi   Italy 36:50
100 Garry Bentley   Australia 36:50
101 John Woods   Ireland 36:50
102 Tommy Persson   Sweden 36:50
103 Mark Muggleton   United States 36:50
104 Desmond O'Connor   Ireland 36:50
105 Mehdi Aidet   Algeria 36:59
106 Ronny Agten   Belgium 36:59
107 Krzysztof Wesolowski   Poland 36:59
108 Christoph Herle   West Germany 36:59
109 Luigi Zarcone   Italy 36:59
110 Hannu Okkola   Finland 36:59
111 Bernardo Manuel   Angola 36:59
112 Dominique Chauvelier   France 36:59
113 Fotios Kourtis   Greece 36:59
114 Boguslaw Psujek   Poland 36:59
115 Adelaziz Bouguerra   Tunisia 36:59
116 Tom Birnie   New Zealand 36:59
117 Tonni Luttikhold   Netherlands 36:59
118 Neil Cusack   Ireland 36:59
119 Arturo Iacona   Italy 36:59
120 John Doherty   Northern Ireland 36:59
121 John Robertshaw   Wales 36:59
122 Ian Gilmour   Scotland 37:05
123 Valeriy Abramov   Soviet Union 37:17
124 Francisco Sánchez   Spain 37:17
125 Gary Palmer   New Zealand 37:17
126 Roger Hackney   Wales 37:17
127 Filippos Filippou   Greece 37:17
128 Helder de Jesús   Portugal 37:17
129 Mihaíl Koúsis   Greece 37:17
130 Kaibou El Hadj   Algeria 37:17
131 Chris Buckley   Wales 37:17
132 Kevin Forster   England 37:17
133 Claudio Solone   Italy 37:17
134 Lawrie Spence   Scotland 37:17
135 Emiel Puttemans   Belgium 37:17
136 Barry Ellis   New Zealand 37:17
137 Bram Wassenaar   Netherlands 37:17
138 Günther Zahn   West Germany 37:17
139 Jef Gees   Belgium 37:17
140 Art Boileau   Canada 37:17
141 Piet Vonck   Netherlands 37:17
142 Alain Bordeleau   Canada 37:34
143 Justin Gloden   Luxembourg 37:34
144 Yehuda Zadok   Israel 37:34
145 Rabah Zaidi   Tunisia 37:34
146 Jacques Boxberger   France 37:34
147 Adriano Musonye   Kenya 37:34
148 Willy van Huylenbroeck   Belgium 37:34
149 Henrik Sandström   Finland 37:34
150 Mario Gelli   Italy 37:34
151 Alan Thurlow   New Zealand 37:34
152 Peter Daenens   Belgium 37:34
153 Spiridon Nakos   Greece 37:34
154 Abdelkrim Djelassi   Tunisia 37:34
155 Mahmoud Hazzazi   Algeria 37:34
156 Niels Kim Hjorth   Denmark 37:34
157 Faisal Touzri   Tunisia 37:34
158 Rob Lonergan   Canada 37:34
159 Andreas Weniger   West Germany 37:50
160 Antonio Leitão   Portugal 37:50
161 Denis Stark   Canada 37:50
162 Ali Ouchene   Algeria 37:50
163 Alan Cole   Wales 37:50
164 Hussein Soltani   Tunisia 37:50
165 Bob Treadwell   England 37:50
166 Gerry Craig   Northern Ireland 37:50
167 Juan Torres   Spain 37:50
168 John Hartnett   Ireland 37:50
169 Greg Hannon   Northern Ireland 37:50
170 Ilpo Jousimaa   Finland 37:50
171 Robert Neylon   Australia 37:50
172 Tony Simmons   Wales 37:50
173 John McLaughlin   Northern Ireland 37:50
174 Tony Blakewell   Wales 37:50
175 Mehmet Yürdadön   Turkey 37:50
176 Flemming Jensen   Denmark 37:50
177 Thierry Watrice   France 38:04
178 Vladimir Kotov   Soviet Union 38:04
179 John O'Toole   Ireland 38:04
180 Donald Greig   New Zealand 38:04
181 Peter Rusman   Netherlands 38:04
182 Dave Edge   Canada 38:04
183 Svend-Erik Kristensen   Denmark 38:15
184 Abdellah Messadia   Algeria 38:15
185 Keld Johnsen   Denmark 38:23
186 Michael Lane   Wales 38:23
187 Timothy O'Shaughnessy   Australia 38:29
188 Danny McDaid   Ireland 38:37
189 Féthi Baccouche   Tunisia 38:37
190 Nikólaos Argyuropoulos   Greece 38:37
191 Erkki Hälikkä   Finland 38:37
192 Alastair Douglas   Scotland 38:37
193 Gerhard Krippner   West Germany 38:40
194 Klaus Scharnberg Jensen   Denmark 38:40
195 Henk Mentink   Netherlands 38:51
196 Mansour Guettaya   Tunisia 38:51
197 Kimmo Mattila   Finland 39:05
198 Gerhard Hartmann   Austria 39:15
199 Gerard Kiernan   Ireland 39:18
200 John Rotich   Kenya 39:18
201 Pat McCullough   Northern Ireland 39:20
202 Pawel Lorens   Poland 39:23
203 Piero Selvaggio   Italy 39:30
204 Amara Chiha   Tunisia 39:33
205 Paul Craig   Northern Ireland 39:45
206 Morten Nøddebo   Denmark 39:45
207 Valeriy Kryulin   Soviet Union 39:54
208 Mike McLeod   England 40:24
209 Antonio Atabao   Portugal 40:32
210 Nabil Choueiry   Lebanon 40:47
211 Heino Lipsanen   Finland 41:10
212 João Carvalho   Angola 41:25
213 Musaed Al-Baghi   Saudi Arabia 41:34
214 Luis Muholo   Angola 41:45
215 Pedro Luciano   Angola 41:51
216 Ernesto José   Angola 42:01
217 Nader Al-Outaibi   Saudi Arabia 42:05
218 Pedro Capoca   Angola 42:05
219 Atieah Al-Shahrani   Saudi Arabia 42:27
220 Juvenal Minguito   Angola 42:27
221 Abdenghani Abdulridola   Saudi Arabia 42:33
222 Hamdan Al-Qahtani   Saudi Arabia 42:40
223 Abdulatif Moharit   Saudi Arabia 42:51
224 Sekou Camara   Guinea 42:53
225 Manuel Pascoal   Angola 43:15
226 Shetoui Aouadh Al-Bishi   Saudi Arabia 43:16
227 Ahmed Al-Thubiani   Saudi Arabia 43:39
228 Mamadou Barry   Guinea 44:58
 — Arye Gamliel   Israel DNF
— Francis Gonzalez   France DNF
— Carlos Lopes   Portugal DNF
— Kaarlo Maaninka   Finland DNF
— Bronisław Malinowski   Poland DNF
— Peter Renner   New Zealand DNF
— Graham Williamson   Scotland DNF
— Jim Brown   Scotland DNF
— Fernando Miguel   Portugal DNF
— Fraser Clyne   Scotland DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    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
    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
    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
Antonio Prieto 5
José Luis González 27
Fernando Cerrada 29
Luis Adsuara 42
Angel Gómez Maeso 74
Jorge García 77
(Santiago de la Parte) (92)
(Francisco Sánchez) (124)
(Juan Torres) (167)
254
5   Australia
Rob de Castella 6
Steve Austin 23
John Andrews 34
Brian Lewry 49
Maxwell Little 62
Chris Wardlaw 81
(Garry Bentley) (100)
(Robert Neylon) (171)
(Timothy O'Shaughnessy) (187)
255
6   England
Julian Goater 4
Steve Binns 33
Dave Clarke 38
Ken Newton 70
Bernie Ford 76
Dave Moorcroft 91
(Kevin Forster) (132)
(Bob Treadwell) (165)
(Mike McLeod) (208)
312
7   Algeria
El Hachami Abdenouz 12
Lahcene Babaci 21
Rachid Habchaoui 37
Abdelmadjid Mada 45
Mehdi Aidet 105
Kaibou El Hadj 130
(Mahmoud Hazzazi) (155)
(Ali Ouchene) (162)
(Abdellah Messadia) (184)
350
8   Belgium
Alex Hagelsteens 9
Roger de Vogel 20
Marc Nevens 43
Eric de Beck 64
Ronny Agten 106
Emiel Puttemans 135
(Jef Gees) (139)
(Willy van Huylenbroeck) (148)
(Peter Daenens) (152)
377
9   France
Pierre Levisse 10
Radhouane Bouster 50
Patrick Clabaut 61
Alex Gonzalez 84
François Person 85
Dominique Chauvelier 112
(Jacques Boxberger) (146)
(Thierry Watrice) (177)
(Francis Gonzalez) (DNF)
402
10   Soviet Union
Leonid Moseyev 39
Valeriy Sapon 52
Yevgeniy Okorokov 71
Vadim Sidorov 78
Vladimir Anisimov 88
Valeriy Abramov 123
(Vladimir Kotov) (178)
(Valeriy Kryulin) (207)
451
11   West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 28
Eberhard Weyel 44
Detlef Uhlemann 67
Ralf Salzmann 90
Christoph Herle 108
Günther Zahn 138
(Andreas Weniger) (159)
(Gerhard Krippner) (193)
475
12   New Zealand
Rod Dixon 11
Paul Ballinger 41
Euan Robertson 58
Tom Birnie 116
Gary Palmer 125
Barry Ellis 136
(Alan Thurlow) (151)
(Donald Greig) (180)
(Peter Renner) (DNF)
487
13   Canada
Bill Britton 40
Peter Butler 47
Greg Duhaime 73
Vern Iwancin 79
Art Boileau 140
Alain Bordeleau 142
(Rob Lonergan) (158)
(Denis Stark) (161)
(Dave Edge) (182)
521
14   Portugal
Fernando Mamede 3
José Sena 66
Rafael Marques 86
Aniceto Simoes 95
Helder de Jesús 128
Antonio Leitão 160
(Antonio Atabao) (209)
(Carlos Lopes) (DNF)
(Fernando Miguel) (DNF)
538
15   Scotland
Nat Muir 26
Allister Hutton 48
John Robson 54
Ian Gilmour 122
Lawrie Spence 134
Alastair Douglas 192
(Graham Williamson) (DNF)
(Jim Brown) (DNF)
(Fraser Clyne) (DNF)
576
16   Greece
Marios Kassianidis 35
Nicolas Halatzis 87
Kyriakos Lazaridis 89
Fotios Kourtis 113
Filippos Filippou 127
Mihaíl Koúsis 129
(Spiridon Nakos) (153)
(Nikólaos Argyuropoulos) (190)
580
17   Italy
Venanzio Ortis 69
Alberto Cova 94
Giuseppe Gerbi 99
Luigi Zarcone 109
Arturo Iacona 119
Claudio Solone 133
(Mario Gelli) (150)
(Piero Selvaggio) (203)
623
18   Netherlands
Klaas Lok 65
Cor Lambregts 72
Jan van Oss 93
Tonni Luttikhold 117
Bram Wassenaar 137
Piet Vonck 141
(Peter Rusman) (181)
(Henk Mentink) (195)
625
19   Wales
Steve Jones 31
David James 59
John Robertshaw 121
Roger Hackney 126
Chris Buckley 131
Alan Cole 163
(Tony Simmons) (172)
(Tony Blakewell) (174)
(Michael Lane) (186)
631
20   Ireland
Dave Taylor 60
Gerry Deegan 82
John Woods 101
Desmond O'Connor 104
Neil Cusack 118
John Hartnett 168
(John O'Toole) (179)
(Danny McDaid) (188)
(Gerard Kiernan) (199)
633
21   Poland
Daniel Janczuk 83
Ryszard Kopijasz 96
Bogumil Kus 98
Krzysztof Wesolowski 107
Boguslaw Psujek 114
Pawel Lorens 202
(Bronisław Malinowski) (DNF)
700
22   Finland
Martti Vainio 16
Vesa Kähkölä 97
Hannu Okkola 110
Henrik Sandström 149
Ilpo Jousimaa 170
Erkki Hälikkä 191
(Kimmo Mattila) (197)
(Heino Lipsanen) (211)
(Kaarlo Maaninka) (DNF)
733
23   Tunisia
Mohamed Zaidi 55
Adelaziz Bouguerra 115
Rabah Zaidi 145
Abdelkrim Djelassi 154
Faisal Touzri 157
Hussein Soltani 164
(Féthi Baccouche) (189)
(Mansour Guettaya) (196)
(Amara Chiha) (204)
790
24   Northern Ireland
John Doherty 120
Gerry Craig 166
Greg Hannon 169
John McLaughlin 173
Pat McCullough 201
Paul Craig 205
1034
25   Denmark
Niels Kim Hjorth 156
Flemming Jensen 176
Svend-Erik Kristensen 183
Keld Johnsen 185
Klaus Scharnberg Jensen 194
Morten Nøddebo 206
1100
26   Angola
Bernardo Manuel 111
João Carvalho 212
Luis Muholo 214
Pedro Luciano 215
Ernesto José 216
Pedro Capoca 218
(Juvenal Minguito) (220)
(Manuel Pascoal) (225)
1186
27   Saudi Arabia
Musaed Al-Baghi 213
Nader Al-Outaibi 217
Atieah Al-Shahrani 219
Abdenghani Abdulridola 221
Hamdan Al-Qahtani 222
Abdulatif Moharit 223
(Shetoui Aouadh Al-Bishi) (226)
(Ahmed Al-Thubiani) (227)
1315
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 238 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ 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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