1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Senior men's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	11th
Date	March 20
Host city	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Venue	Riverside Park
Events	1
Distances	11.994 km – Senior men
Participation	213 athletes from 31 nations
← 1982 Rome 1984 East Rutherford →

The Senior men's race at 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, ^[3] medallists, ^[4] and the results of British athletes ^[5] were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (11.994 km)

Individual

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
13	Pierre Levisse	France	37:24
14	Eshetu Tura	Ethiopia	37:28
15	Constantino Esparcia	Spain	37:29
16	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	37:32
17	Eric de Beck	Belgium	37:34
18	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	37:35
19	Steve Jones	Wales	37:35
20	Wodajo Bulti	Ethiopia	37:35
21	John Andrews	Australia	37:36
22	Mohammed Kedir	Ethiopia	37:37
23	Adugna Lema	Ethiopia	37:38
24	Chala Urgessa	Ethiopia	37:39
25	Jan Hagelbrand	Sweden	37:44
26	Gelindo Bordin	Italy	37:45
27	Paul Ballinger	New Zealand	37:45
28	Thom Hunt	United States	37:46
29	Gerard Kiernan	Ireland	37:47
30	Ed Eyestone	United States	37:48
31	Joshua Kipkemboi	Kenya	37:49
32	James Kipngetich	Kenya	37:50
33	Kevin Forster	England	37:52
34	Lawrie Whitty	Australia	37:52
35	Jorge García	Spain	37:53
36	Luis Adsuara	Spain	37:58
37	Jackson Ruto	Kenya	37:59
38	Boualem Rahoui	Algeria	38:02
39	Brian Lewry	Australia	38:03
40	Niels Kim Hjorth	Denmark	38:04
41	Christoph Herle	West Germany	38:06
42	Craig Virgin	United States	38:06
43	Dave Taylor	Ireland	38:09
44	Antonio Layos	Spain	38:09
45	Robert McDonald	Australia	38:10
46	Karel Lismont	Belgium	38:10
47	Tom Birnie	New Zealand	38:12
48	Maxwell Little	Australia	38:12
49	Michael Spöttel	West Germany	38:13
50	Dejene Beyene	Ethiopia	38:17
51	Helder de Jesús	Portugal	38:18
52	Michael Scheytt	West Germany	38:19
53	Dave Lewis	England	38:19
54	Rex Wilson	New Zealand	38:21
55	Alain Bordeleau	Canada	38:24
56	Jacques Boxberger	France	38:25
57	Mark Anderson	United States	38:25
58	Girma Berhanu	Ethiopia	38:26
59	Ahmed Salah	Djibouti	38:28
60	Alex Hagelsteens	Belgium	38:29
61	Gianni Demadonna	Italy	38:30
62	Gerry Deegan	Ireland	38:30
63	Vincent Rousseau	Belgium	38:32
64	Antonio Leitão	Portugal	38:34
65	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	38:35
66	Steven Harris	England	38:36
67	Miruts Yifter	Ethiopia	38:37
68	Paul McCloy	Canada	38:37
69	Francesco Panetta	Italy	38:37
70	Karl Harrison	England	38:37
71	Angel Gómez Maeso	Spain	38:38
72	Herman Kipngetich	Kenya	38:40
73	Hans Segerfeldt	Sweden	38:40
74	Ralf Salzmann	West Germany	38:40
75	Franco Boffi	Italy	38:42
76	Pascal Debacker	France	38:43
77	Christian Geffray	France	38:45
78	Féthi Baccouche	Tunisia	38:46
79	Pär Wallin	Sweden	38:48
80	Thierry Watrice	France	38:49
81	Adam Hoyle	Australia	38:49
82	Mats Erixon	Sweden	38:50
83	Sisa Kirati	Kenya	38:50
84	Rafael Marques	Portugal	38:50
85	Keld Johnsen	Denmark	38:53
86	Julio Perez	Spain	38:53
87	Ronny Agten	Belgium	38:55
88	Gerhard Krippner	West Germany	38:55
89	Tony Milovsorov	England	38:55
90	Michel Lelut	France	38:56
91	Dominic Wambua	Kenya	38:57
92	Marti ten Kate	Netherlands	39:00
93	Fernando Miguel	Portugal	39:02
94	Raymond Paulins	Canada	39:03
95	Phil O'Brien	England	39:06
96	John Woods	Ireland	39:06
97	Fraser Clyne	Scotland	39:07
98	Ross Chilton	Canada	39:08
99	Yngvar Christiansen	Norway	39:10
100	Francois Willems	Belgium	39:11
101	Bob Treadwell	England	39:12
102	Roy Dooney	Ireland	39:12
103	José Sena	Portugal	39:15
104	Mohammed Chouri	Tunisia	39:15
105	Bo Orrsveden	Sweden	39:17
106	El Hachami Abdenouz	Algeria	39:19
107	Piet van de Haas	Netherlands	39:20
108	Aissa Taleb	Algeria	39:20
109	Nick de Castella	Australia	39:20
110	Brendan Quinn	Ireland	39:21
111	Zhang Guowei	China	39:22
112	Hugo Rey	Switzerland	39:23
113	Øyvind Dahl	Norway	39:24
114	Paul Alle	France	39:24
115	Santiago de la Parte	Spain	39:24
116	Ranieri Carenza	Italy	39:24
117	Peter Rusman	Netherlands	39:26
118	Doug Brown	United States	39:27
119	Tony Blakewell	Wales	39:27
120	Ahmet Altun	Turkey	39:28
121	Adrian Shorter	Canada	39:28
122	Douglas Frame	Scotland	39:29
123	Marius Hasler	Switzerland	39:29
124	Eirik Berge	Norway	39:29
125	David James	Wales	39:29
126	Derek Froude	New Zealand	39:29
127	Tore Sagvolden	Norway	39:32
128	Martin Couldwell	New Zealand	39:33
129	Robert Costelloe	Ireland	39:34
130	Jean-Louis Prianon	France	39:34
131	Djama Robleh	Djibouti	39:36
132	Gary Palmer	New Zealand	39:36
133	Göran Högberg	Sweden	39:36
134	Rachid Habchaoui	Algeria	39:36
135	Martín Fiz	Spain	39:38
136	Reinhard Leibold	West Germany	39:39
137	Werner Mory	Belgium	39:39
138	Fredi Griner	Switzerland	39:39
139	Joseph Otieno	Kenya	39:40
140	Abdelrazzak Bounour	Algeria	39:41
141	Jan Fjärestad	Norway	39:42
142	Zeki Atli	Turkey	39:43
143	Donald Greig	New Zealand	39:45
144	Shane Marshall	New Zealand	39:49
145	Nigel Adams	Wales	39:50
146	Abdelkader Boughrara	Algeria	39:53
147	Bill Donakowski	United States	39:54
148	Klaas Lok	Netherlands	39:55
149	Tommy Persson	Sweden	39:55
150	Michele Cinà	Italy	39:57
151	Henrik Albahn	Denmark	39:57
152	Miao Yunshen	China	39:57
153	Adelaziz Bouguerra	Tunisia	39:58
154	Terry Greene	Northern Ireland	39:58
155	Euan Robertson	New Zealand	40:00
156	Chris Buckley	Wales	40:01
157	Fernando Couto	Portugal	40:03
158	Sefa Het	Turkey	40:03
159	Terence Mitchell	Scotland	40:03
160	John Idstrom	United States	40:05
161	Bruno Lafranchi	Switzerland	40:06
162	Kenneth Davies	Wales	40:09
163	Oddmund Roalkvam	Norway	40:11
164	Joost Borm	Netherlands	40:12
165	Hwang Wen-Cheng	Chinese Taipei	40:13
166	Hichem Oueslati	Tunisia	40:13
167	Hans Nilsson	Sweden	40:14
168	Henk Mentink	Netherlands	40:15
169	Noel Harvey	Ireland	40:17
170	Rod Stone	Northern Ireland	40:17
171	Joël Lucas	France	40:19
172	Paul Wheeler	Wales	40:20
173	Tonni Luttikhold	Netherlands	40:22
174	Jiang Wenqing	China	40:22
175	Peter McColgan	Northern Ireland	40:22
176	Ole Hansen	Denmark	40:24
177	Ieuan Ellis	Wales	40:26
178	Chen Xinshun	China	40:27
179	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	40:28
180	Jim Dingwall	Scotland	40:29
181	Omar Cochine	Djibouti	40:32
182	Graham Crawford	Scotland	40:36
183	Abderrazak Gtari	Tunisia	40:38
184	Song Tianzhi	China	40:39
185	Roland Hertner	Switzerland	40:39
186	Roger Cawkwell	Canada	40:42
187	John Theophilus	Wales	40:48
188	Steve Martin	Northern Ireland	40:56
189	Ali Chehidi	Tunisia	40:58
190	Xue Jianjun	China	40:59
191	Hanefi Atmaca	Turkey	40:59
192	Philippe Lahuerte	Canada	41:00
193	Lawrie Spence	Scotland	41:02
194	Cameron Spence	Northern Ireland	41:02
195	Christian Cote	Canada	41:09
196	Arye Gamliel	Israel	41:10
197	Raymond van Paemel	Belgium	41:22
198	Evan Cameron	Scotland	41:26
199	Werner Meier	Switzerland	41:30
200	Robert de Brouwer	Netherlands	41:39
201	George Braidwood	Scotland	41:44
202	Eddie Oxlade	Northern Ireland	41:45
203	Brahim Boudina	Algeria	41:55
204	Yair Karni	Israel	42:11
205	Ernie Cunningham	Northern Ireland	42:12
206	Abdelhadi Boudjenane	Algeria	42:50
207	James Ross	Northern Ireland	43:06
208	Liang Yen-Lin	Chinese Taipei	43:08
209	Mubarak Abdel Majeed	Kuwait	47:02
210	Saïd Attoumane	Comoros	48:12
—	Dan Glans	Sweden	DNF
—	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	DNF
—	John Treacy	Ireland	DNF

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 Rob de Castella 6 John Andrews 21 Lawrie Whitty 34 Brian Lewry 39 Robert McDonald 45 Maxwell Little 48 (Adam Hoyle) (81) (Nick de Castella) (109)	193
5	Spain Antonio Prieto 5 Constantino Esparcia 15 Jorge García 35 Luis Adsuara 36 Antonio Layos 44 Angel Gómez Maeso 71 (Julio Perez) (86) (Santiago de la Parte) (115) (Martín Fiz) (135)	206
6	Portugal Carlos Lopes 2 Ezequiel Canario 8 Helder de Jesús 51 Antonio Leitão 64 Rafael Marques 84 Fernando Miguel 93 (José Sena) (103) (Fernando Couto) (157) (Fernando Mamede) (DNF)	302
7	Italy Alberto Cova 10 Gelindo Bordin 26 Gianni Demadonna 61 Venanzio Ortis 65 Francesco Panetta 69 Franco Boffi 75 (Ranieri Carenza) (116) (Michele Cinà) (150)	306
8	England Dave Clarke 7 Kevin Forster 33 Dave Lewis 53 Steven Harris 66 Karl Harrison 70 Tony Milovsorov 89 (Phil O'Brien) (95) (Bob Treadwell) (101)	318
9	West Germany Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 18 Christoph Herle 41 Michael Spöttel 49 Michael Scheytt 52 Ralf Salzmann 74 Gerhard Krippner 88 (Reinhard Leibold) (136)	322
10	Belgium Eric de Beck 17 Karel Lismont 46 Alex Hagelsteens 60 Vincent Rousseau 63 Ronny Agten 87 Francois Willems 100 (Werner Mory) (137) (Raymond van Paemel) (197)	373
11	France Pierre Levisse 13 Jacques Boxberger 56 Pascal Debacker 76 Christian Geffray 77 Thierry Watrice 80 Michel Lelut 90 (Paul Alle) (114) (Jean-Louis Prianon) (130) (Joël Lucas) (171)	392
12	Ireland Gerard Kiernan 29 Dave Taylor 43 Gerry Deegan 62 John Woods 96 Roy Dooney 102 Brendan Quinn 110 (Robert Costelloe) (129) (Noel Harvey) (169) (John Treacy) (DNF)	442
13	Sweden Jan Hagelbrand 25 Hans Segerfeldt 73 Pär Wallin 79 Mats Erixon 82 Bo Orrsveden 105 Göran Högberg 133 (Tommy Persson) (149) (Hans Nilsson) (167) (Dan Glans) (DNF)	497
14	New Zealand Paul Ballinger 27 Tom Birnie 47 Rex Wilson 54 Derek Froude 126 Martin Couldwell 128 Gary Palmer 132 (Donald Greig) (143) (Shane Marshall) (144) (Euan Robertson) (155)	514
15	Canada Alain Bordeleau 55 Paul McCloy 68 Raymond Paulins 94 Ross Chilton 98 Adrian Shorter 121 Roger Cawkwell 186 (Philippe Lahuerte) (192) (Christian Cote) (195)	622
16	Algeria Boualem Rahoui 38 El Hachami Abdenouz 106 Aissa Taleb 108 Rachid Habchaoui 134 Abdelrazzak Bounour 140 Abdelkader Boughrara 146 (Abderrahmane Morceli) (179) (Brahim Boudina) (203) (Abdelhadi Boudjenane) (206)	672
17	Wales Steve Jones 19 Tony Blakewell 119 David James 125 Nigel Adams 145 Chris Buckley 156 Kenneth Davies 162 (Paul Wheeler) (172) (Ieuan Ellis) (177) (John Theophilus) (187)	726
18	Scotland Nat Muir 11 Fraser Clyne 97 Douglas Frame 122 Terence Mitchell 159 Jim Dingwall 180 Graham Crawford 182 (Lawrie Spence) (193) (Evan Cameron) (198) (George Braidwood) (201)	751
19	Norway Yngvar Christiansen 99 Øyvind Dahl 113 Eirik Berge 124 Tore Sagvolden 127 Jan Fjärestad 141 Oddmund Roalkvam 163	767
20	Netherlands Martin ten Kate 92 Piet van de Haas 107 Peter Rusman 117 Klaas Lok 148 Joost Borm 164 Henk Mentink 168 (Tonni Luttikhold) (173) (Robert de Brouwer) (200)	796
21	Tunisia Féthi Baccouche 78 Mohammed Chouri 104 Adelaziz Bouguerra 153 Hichem Oueslati 166 Abderrazak Gtari 183 Ali Chehidi 189	873
22	Switzerland Hugo Rey 112 Marius Hasler 123 Fredi Griner 138 Bruno Lafranchi 161 Roland Hertner 185 Werner Meier 199	918
23	China Zhang Guowei 111 Miao Yunshen 152 Jiang Wenqing 174 Chen Xinshun 178 Song Tianzhi 184 Xue Jianjun 190	989
24	Northern Ireland Terry Greene 154 Rod Stone 170 Peter McColgan 175 Steve Martin 188 Cameron Spence 194 Eddie Oxlade 202 (Ernie Cunningham) (205) (James Ross) (207)	1083

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 213 athletes from 31 countries in the senior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published. ^[5]

•   Algeria (9)
•   Australia (8)
•   Belgium (8)
•   Canada (8)
•   China (6)
•   Chinese Taipei (2)
•   Comoros (1)
•   Denmark (4)
•   Djibouti (3)
•   England (8)
•   Ethiopia (9)
•   France (9)
•   Ireland (9)
•   Israel (2)
•   Italy (8)
•   Kenya (9)
•   Kuwait (1)
•   Netherlands (8)
•   New Zealand (9)
•   Northern Ireland (8)
•   Norway (6)
•   Portugal (9)
•   Scotland (9)
•   Spain (9)
•   Sweden (9)
•    Switzerland (6)
•   Tunisia (6)
•   Turkey (5)
•   United States (9)
•   Wales (9)
•   West Germany (7)

See also

• 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

References

1. Gillon, Doug (March 21, 1933), Men from the mountains clean up - A glimpse into the seemingly bottomless well of talented distance runners in Ethiopia was given at Gateshead yesterday, when the men from the mountains swept the boards in the world cross country championships..., Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved October 21, 2013
2. Bekele's bombshell - Seeing 20-year-old Ethiopian soldier Bekele Debele win the world cross-country title by beating such stars as Alberto Salazar, and Carlos Lopes it was almost impossible to believe he took up running seriously only a year ago..., Evening Times, March 21, 1933, p. 12, retrieved October 21, 2013
3. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
4. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
5. 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