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.
Medallists
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 |
Race results
Senior men's race (11.978 km)
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
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98 | |||||||||||||||||||
England
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114 | |||||||||||||||||||
Soviet Union
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257 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kenya | 271 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Spain | 280 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | United States | 300 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Portugal | 328 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | West Germany | 330 | ||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.926 km)
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
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12 | |||||||||||||
Italy
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37 | |||||||||||||
United States
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70 | |||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 72 | ||||||||||||
5 | Canada | 95 | ||||||||||||
6 | England | 100 | ||||||||||||
7 | Morocco | 138 | ||||||||||||
8 | Soviet Union | 146 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.663 km)
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
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44 | |||||||||||||
Italy
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57 | |||||||||||||
England
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67 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Canada | 104 | ||||||||||||
6 | Norway | 126 | ||||||||||||
7 | Spain | 132 | ||||||||||||
8 | France | 158 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
* 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 |
- 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 382 athletes from 33 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
- Algeria (20)
- Australia (1)
- Belgium (19)
- Canada (21)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Denmark (16)
- East Germany (3)
- England (21)
- Ethiopia (14)
- France (21)
- Ireland (20)
- Israel (3)
- Italy (20)
- Kenya (9)
- Kuwait (1)
- Lebanon (2)
- Mexico (1)
- Morocco (6)
- Netherlands (6)
- New Zealand (4)
- Northern Ireland (11)
- Norway (4)
- Poland (6)
- Portugal (21)
- Romania (2)
- Scotland (21)
- Soviet Union (17)
- Spain (21)
- Sweden (15)
- Switzerland (6)
- United States (21)
- Wales (20)
- West Germany (7)
See also
References
- ↑ 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
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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
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Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km 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
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Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Roma Hippodromo della Campanelle Date: Sunday, March 21, 1982, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 20, 2013
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- 1 2 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