1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Senior men's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	10th
Date	March 21
Host city	Rome, Italy
Venue	Ippodromo delle Capannelle
Events	1
Distances	11.978 km – Senior men
Participation	180 athletes from 28 nations
← 1981 Madrid 1983 Gateshead →

The Senior men's race at 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, ^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes ^[4] were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (11.978 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	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
13	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	34:29.3
14	Alfred Nyasani	Kenya	34:32.7
15	Kipsubai Koskei	Kenya	34:35.1
16	Miruts Yifter	Ethiopia	34:36
17	Eric de Beck	Belgium	34:37.2
18	Julian Goater	England	34:38.1
19	Aleksandr Antipov	Soviet Union	34:39
20	Luis Adsuara	Spain	34:39.9
21	Frank Zimmermann	West Germany	34:40.7
22	Steve Kenyon	England	34:42.3
23	Steve Jones	Wales	34:45.5
24	Valeriy Sapon	Soviet Union	34:46.5
25	Hans Segerfeldt	Sweden	34:47.2
26	Gerard Kiernan	Ireland	34:47.9
27	Don Clary	United States	34:49
28	Hana Girma	Ethiopia	34:49.5
29	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	34:50.4
30	Allister Hutton	Scotland	34:51.4
31	José Sena	Portugal	34:52.4
32	Gerry Deegan	Ireland	34:53.7
33	Radhouane Bouster	France	34:54.1
34	Antonio Layos	Spain	34:54.3
35	Dereje Nedi	Ethiopia	34:55.2
36	John Woods	Ireland	34:56.5
37	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	34:57.7
38	Joseph Kiptum	Kenya	34:58.9
39	Pierre Levisse	France	35:00.8
40	Santiago de la Parte	Spain	35:02
41	Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer	Czechoslovakia	35:02.3
42	Mats Erixon	Sweden	35:03.3
43	Karel Lismont	Belgium	35:03.9
44	Gianni Demadonna	Italy	35:04.6
45	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	35:05.4
46	Viktor Chumakov	Soviet Union	35:09.2
47	John Treacy	Ireland	35:09.4
48	Some Muge	Kenya	35:09.8
49	Karl Harrison	England	35:13.6
50	Jacques Boxberger	France	35:14.2
51	Christoph Herle	West Germany	35:14.5
52	Yevgeniy Okorokov	Soviet Union	35:15.1
53	Jorge García	Spain	35:15.8
54	Constantino Esparcia	Spain	35:16.4
55	François Person	France	35:17.5
56	Ezequiel Canario	Portugal	35:18.5
57	Paul Ballinger	New Zealand	35:19.3
58	Rachid Habchaoui	Algeria	35:20.1
59	Wilson Musonik	Kenya	35:20.8
60	Daniel Dillon	United States	35:21.5
61	John McLaughlin	Northern Ireland	35:22.4
62	Eddy de Pauw	Belgium	35:23.3
63	Jan Hagelbrand	Sweden	35:23.7
64	Pat Porter	United States	35:23.9
65	Barry Knight	England	35:24.8
66	Girma Berhanu	Ethiopia	35:25.3
67	Kevin Forster	England	35:26.2
68	Michael Scheytt	West Germany	35:26.4
69	Herb Lindsay	United States	35:28.9
70	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	35:29.8
71	Toomas Turb	Soviet Union	35:31.8
72	Antonio Leitão	Portugal	35:35.1
73	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	35:35.3
74	Boualem Rahoui	Algeria	35:36.9
75	Delfim Moreira	Portugal	35:38.1
76	Abdelrazzak Bounour	Algeria	35:39.6
77	Paul Williams	Canada	35:39.9
78	Dan Heikkinen	United States	35:40.1
79	Antonio Prieto	Spain	35:41.3
80	Allan Zachariasen	Denmark	35:41.7
81	Joaquim Pinheiro	Portugal	35:42.2
82	Alessio Faustini	Italy	35:43.2
83	Sergey Navolokin	Soviet Union	35:43.9
84	Dennis Fowles	Wales	35:47.7
85	John Robson	Scotland	35:49.3
86	Alex Gonzalez	France	35:49.6
87	Eduardo Castro	Mexico	35:50.7
88	Michael Spöttel	West Germany	35:51.7
89	Abdelmadjid Mada	Algeria	35:54.2
90	Roland Hertner	Switzerland	35:55.5
91	Giuseppe Pambianchi	Italy	35:57.9
92	Francis Gonzalez	France	35:58.8
93	Jon Sinclair	United States	35:59.1
94	Hugo Rey	Switzerland	35:59.9
95	Ron MacDonald	Scotland	36:00.9
96	Anders Carlsson	Sweden	36:01.2
97	Charles Barongo	Kenya	36:01.4
98	Adriano Musonye	Kenya	36:01.7
99	Lars-Erik Nilsson	Sweden	36:02.8
100	Kurt Huerst	Switzerland	36:03.7
101	Robert Costelloe	Ireland	36:05.2
102	Guy Arbogast	United States	36:06
103	Roger Hackney	Wales	36:06.2
104	Fredi Griner	Switzerland	36:06.5
105	Charles Kiplimo	Kenya	36:08.5
106	Keld Johnsen	Denmark	36:09
107	Neil Cusack	Ireland	36:09.8
108	Greg Duhaime	Canada	36:10
109	Léon Schots	Belgium	36:12.8
110	Rafael Marques	Portugal	36:15.1
111	Joshua Kipkemboi	Kenya	36:16
112	Eero Kinaret	Sweden	36:18.6
113	Helder de Jesús	Portugal	36:20.3
114	Igor Yefimov	Soviet Union	36:21.2
115	Arye Gamliel	Israel	36:22.5
116	Greg Hannon	Northern Ireland	36:24.2
117	Mahmoud Hazzazi	Algeria	36:26
118	Francisco Baron	Spain	36:26.9
119	Kingston Mills	Ireland	36:27.4
120	Peter Butler	Canada	36:28
121	Richard Milne	Wales	36:29.2
122	Art Boileau	Canada	36:30.4
123	Tony Blakewell	Wales	36:31
124	Peter Standing	England	36:31.3
125	Francisco Alario	Spain	36:32.2
126	Ronny Agten	Belgium	36:33.2
127	Fraser Clyne	Scotland	36:33.9
128	Padraig Keane	Ireland	36:36
129	Randy Jackson	United States	36:37.5
130	Francois Willems	Belgium	36:39.3
131	Estanislao Duran	Spain	36:41
132	Niels Kim Hjorth	Denmark	36:41.9
133	Philippe Daniel	France	36:45.6
134	Thierry Watrice	France	36:47.3
135	Alastair Douglas	Scotland	36:51.7
136	John Skovbjerg	Denmark	36:54
137	Megersa Tulu	Ethiopia	36:54.4
138	Lawrie Spence	Scotland	36:55.7
139	Peter Horisberger	Switzerland	36:56.6
140	Kenneth Davies	Wales	36:57.6
141	Tony O'Leary	Ireland	36:58
142	Alain Bordeleau	Canada	37:01.3
143	Per Hoffmann	Denmark	37:02
144	Lahcene Babaci	Algeria	37:02.6
145	Graham Clark	Scotland	37:03.5
146	Lars Bo Sørensen	Denmark	37:04.4
147	Ralph Petersen	Denmark	37:04.7
148	Edward Stewart	Scotland	37:06.1
149	Rob Lonergan	Canada	37:20.1
150	Tommy Persson	Sweden	37:22.7
151	Chris Buckley	Wales	37:25.9
152	Ieuan Ellis	Wales	37:29.8
153	Steve Martin	Northern Ireland	37:29.8
154	Rebai Settouh	Algeria	37:32.6
155	Yehuda Zadok	Israel	37:34.6
156	Rod Stone	Northern Ireland	37:35.3
157	Martin Grosskopf	West Germany	37:56.1
158	John Theophilus	Wales	38:05.4
159	Fritz Rüegsegger	Switzerland	38:14.2
160	Michael Lawther	Northern Ireland	38:22.7
161	Raymond Curran	Northern Ireland	38:35.7
162	Terry Greene	Northern Ireland	38:48.8
163	Mehdi Aidet	Algeria	38:52.8
164	Patrick Clabaut	France	39:27.6
165	Nabil Choueiry	Lebanon	39:44.6
166	Ahmed Hamadi	Kuwait	40:31.9
167	Selwan Philemone	Lebanon	45:10.9
—	El Hachami Abdenouz	Algeria	DNF
—	Vittorio Fontanella	Italy	DNF
—	Henrique Crisostomo	Portugal	DNF
—	Nat Muir	Scotland	DNF
—	Pär Wallin	Sweden	DNF
—	Roger de Vogel	Belgium	DNF
—	Bill Britton	Canada	DNF
—	Bo Orrsveden	Sweden	DNF
—	Stanislav Tabor	Czechoslovakia	DNF
—	Mike Dyon	Canada	DNF
—	Mario Gelli	Italy	DNF
—	Randy Cox	Canada	DNF
—	Sergio Pesavento	Italy	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Mohammed Kedir 1 Eshetu Tura 6 Wodajo Bulti 12 Miruts Yifter 16 Hana Girma 28 Dereje Nedi 35 (Girma Berhanu) (66) (Megersa Tulu) (137)	98
	England Mike McLeod 5 Dave Clarke 9 Hugh Jones 11 Julian Goater 18 Steve Kenyon 22 Karl Harrison 49 (Barry Knight) (65) (Kevin Forster) (67) (Peter Standing) (124)	114
	Soviet Union Aleksandr Antipov 19 Valeriy Sapon 24 Enn Sellik 45 Viktor Chumakov 46 Yevgeniy Okorokov 52 Toomas Turb 71 (Sergey Navolokin) (83) (Igor Yefimov) (114)	257
4	Kenya Alfred Nyasani 14 Kipsubai Koskei 15 Joseph Kiptum 38 Some Muge 48 Wilson Musonik 59 Charles Barongo 97 (Adriano Musonye) (98) (Charles Kiplimo) (105) (Joshua Kipkemboi) (111)	271
5	Spain Luis Adsuara 20 Antonio Layos 34 Santiago de la Parte 40 Jorge García 53 Constantino Esparcia 54 Antonio Prieto 79 (Francisco Baron) (118) (Francisco Alario) (125) (Estanislao Duran) (131)	280
6	United States Alberto Salazar 2 Don Clary 27 Daniel Dillon 60 Pat Porter 64 Herb Lindsay 69 Dan Heikkinen 78 (Jon Sinclair) (93) (Guy Arbogast) (102) (Randy Jackson) (129)	300
7	Portugal Fernando Mamede 13 José Sena 31 Ezequiel Canario 56 Antonio Leitão 72 Delfim Moreira 75 Joaquim Pinheiro 81 (Rafael Marques) (110) (Helder de Jesús) (113) (Henrique Crisostomo) (DNF)	328
8	West Germany Frank Zimmermann 21 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 29 Christoph Herle 51 Michael Scheytt 68 Manfred Schoeneberg 73 Michael Spöttel 88 (Martin Grosskopf) (157)	330
9	Ireland Gerard Kiernan 26 Gerry Deegan 32 John Woods 36 John Treacy 47 Robert Costelloe 101 Neil Cusack 107 (Kingston Mills) (119) (Padraig Keane) (128) (Tony O'Leary) (141)	349
10	France Radhouane Bouster 33 Pierre Levisse 39 Jacques Boxberger 50 François Person 55 Alex Gonzalez 86 Francis Gonzalez 92 (Philippe Daniel) (133) (Thierry Watrice) (134) (Patrick Clabaut) (164)	355
11	Belgium Eric de Beck 17 Emiel Puttemans 37 Karel Lismont 43 Eddy de Pauw 62 Léon Schots 109 Ronny Agten 126 (Francois Willems) (130) (Roger de Vogel) (DNF)	394
12	Sweden Hans Segerfeldt 25 Mats Erixon 42 Jan Hagelbrand 63 Anders Carlsson 96 Lars-Erik Nilsson 99 Eero Kinaret 112 (Tommy Persson) (150) (Pär Wallin) (DNF) (Bo Orrsveden) (DNF)	437
13	Algeria Rachid Habchaoui 58 Boualem Rahoui 74 Abdelrazzak Bounour 76 Abdelmadjid Mada 89 Mahmoud Hazzazi 117 Lahcene Babaci 144 (Rebai Settouh) (154) (Mehdi Aidet) (163) (El Hachami Abdenouz) (DNF)	558
14	Wales Steve Jones 23 Dennis Fowles 84 Roger Hackney 103 Richard Milne 121 Tony Blakewell 123 Kenneth Davies 140 (Chris Buckley) (151) (Ieuan Ellis) (152) (John Theophilus) (158)	594
15	Scotland Allister Hutton 30 John Robson 85 Ron MacDonald 95 Fraser Clyne 127 Alastair Douglas 135 Lawrie Spence 138 (Graham Clark) (145) (Edward Stewart) (148) (Nat Muir) (DNF)	610
16	Switzerland Roland Hertner 90 Hugo Rey 94 Kurt Huerst 100 Fredi Griner 104 Peter Horisberger 139 Fritz Rüegsegger 159	686
17	Canada Paul Williams 77 Greg Duhaime 108 Peter Butler 120 Art Boileau 122 Alain Bordeleau 142 Rob Lonergan 149 (Bill Britton) (DNF) (Mike Dyon) (DNF) (Randy Cox) (DNF)	718
18	Denmark Allan Zachariasen 80 Keld Johnsen 106 Niels Kim Hjorth 132 John Skovbjerg 136 Per Hoffmann 143 Lars Bo Sørensen 146 (Ralph Petersen) (147)	743
19	Northern Ireland John McLaughlin 61 Greg Hannon 116 Steve Martin 153 Rod Stone 156 Michael Lawther 160 Raymond Curran 161 (Terry Greene) (162)	807
DNF	Italy (Alberto Cova) (7) (Gianni Demadonna) (44) (Giuseppe Gerbi) (70) (Alessio Faustini) (82) (Giuseppe Pambianchi) (91) (Vittorio Fontanella) (DNF) (Mario Gelli) (DNF) (Sergio Pesavento) (DNF)	DNF

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 28 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[4]

•   Algeria (9)
•   Australia (1)
•   Belgium (8)
•   Canada (9)
•   Czechoslovakia (2)
•   Denmark (7)
•   East Germany (2)
•   England (9)
•   Ethiopia (8)
•   France (9)
•   Ireland (9)
•   Israel (2)
•   Italy (8)
•   Kenya (9)
•   Kuwait (1)
•   Lebanon (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Northern Ireland (7)
•   Portugal (9)
•   Scotland (9)
•   Soviet Union (8)
•   Spain (9)
•   Sweden (9)
•    Switzerland (6)
•   United States (9)
•   Wales (9)
•   West Germany (7)

See also

• 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

References

1. Cross-country - Ethiopians won both men's titles in the world cross-country championships in Rome yesterday when Mohamed Kedir led the seniors and Zurubachew Gelawa the juniors..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1982, p. 15, retrieved October 20, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Roma Hippodromo della Campanelle Date: Sunday, March 21, 1982, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 20, 2013
3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
4. 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