1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 10th |
Date | March 21 |
Host city | Rome, Italy |
Venue | Ippodromo delle Capannelle |
Events | 3 |
Distances | 11.978 km – Senior men 7.926 km – Junior men 4.663 km – Senior women |
Participation | 382 athletes from 33 nations |
The 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. 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. In the senior men's competition, two-time defending champion Craig Virgin had traveled to Rome to defend his title, but was unable to race. On the day before the contest, was sent to the hospital by ambulance, where he was hospitalized for six days with a swollen kidney and a massive urinary tract infection. Doctors ultimately decided against removal of Virgin's right kidney, although the kidney was later removed in 1994.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (11.978 km) | Mohammed Kedir Ethiopia | 33:40.5 | Alberto Salazar United States | 33:44.8 | Rod Dixon New Zealand | 34:01.8 |
Junior men (7.926 km) | Zurbachev Gelaw Ethiopia | 22:45.3 | Adugna Lema Ethiopia | 22:46.6 | Stefano Mei Italy | 22:48.7 |
Senior women (4.663 km) | Maricica Puică Romania | 14:38.9 | Fiţa Lovin Romania | 14:40.5 | Grete Waitz Norway | 14:43.9 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Ethiopia | 98 | England | 114 | Soviet Union | 257 |
Junior men | Ethiopia | 12 | Italy | 37 | United States | 70 |
Senior women | Soviet Union | 44 | Italy | 57 | England | 67 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | 33:40.5 | |
Alberto Salazar | United States | 33:44.8 | |
Rod Dixon | New Zealand | 34:01.8 | |
4 | Hansjörg Kunze | East Germany | 34:03 |
5 | Mike McLeod | England | 34:06.4 |
6 | Eshetu Tura | Ethiopia | 34:07.7 |
7 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 34:12.8 |
8 | Werner Schildhauer | East Germany | 34:17.1 |
9 | Dave Clarke | England | 34:19.4 |
10 | Rob de Castella | Australia | 34:20.5 |
11 | Hugh Jones | England | 34:21 |
12 | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 34:28.5 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
| 98 | |||||||||||||||||||
England
| 114 | |||||||||||||||||||
Soviet Union
| 257 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kenya | 271 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Spain | 280 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | United States | 300 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Portugal | 328 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | West Germany | 330 | ||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Zurbachev Gelaw | Ethiopia | 22:45.3 | |
Adugna Lema | Ethiopia | 22:46.6 | |
Stefano Mei | Italy | 22:48.7 | |
4 | Hunde Kume | Ethiopia | 22:50.5 |
5 | Teka Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 22:56.2 |
6 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 23:08.4 |
7 | Salvatore Nicosia | Italy | 23:09.2 |
8 | Jonathan Richards | England | 23:11.4 |
9 | Gonfa Negere | Ethiopia | 23:14.3 |
10 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 23:19.7 |
11 | John Easker | United States | 23:25 |
12 | Francisco Espejo | Spain | 23:29.7 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
| 12 | |||||||||||||
Italy
| 37 | |||||||||||||
United States
| 70 | |||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 72 | ||||||||||||
5 | Canada | 95 | ||||||||||||
6 | England | 100 | ||||||||||||
7 | Morocco | 138 | ||||||||||||
8 | Soviet Union | 146 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Maricica Puică | Romania | 14:38.9 | |
Fiţa Lovin | Romania | 14:40.5 | |
Grete Waitz | Norway | 14:43.9 | |
4 | Agnese Possamai | Italy | 14:46.9 |
5 | Dianne Rodger | New Zealand | 14:49.2 |
6 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 14:50.9 |
7 | Yelena Sipatova | Soviet Union | 14:51.9 |
8 | Raisa Smekhnova | Soviet Union | 14:55.5 |
9 | Nadia Dandolo | Italy | 14:57.9 |
10 | Jan Merrill | United States | 14:59.5 |
11 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | Soviet Union | 15:00.1 |
12 | Kate Wiley | Canada | 15:01 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Soviet Union
| 44 | |||||||||||||
Italy
| 57 | |||||||||||||
England
| 67 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Canada | 104 | ||||||||||||
6 | Norway | 126 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spain | 132 | ||||||||||||
8 | France | 158 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 382 athletes from 33 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. [6]
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