World Cross Country Championships
International athletics championship event
1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships |
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Organisers | IAAF |
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Edition | 9th |
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Date | March 28 |
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Host city | Madrid, Spain ![Spain](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Spain_%281977%E2%80%931981%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281977%E2%80%931981%29.svg.png) |
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Venue | La Zarzuela Hippodrome |
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Events | 3 |
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Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7.25 km – Junior men 4.41 km – Senior women |
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Participation | 460 athletes from 39 nations |
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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]
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Individual |
Senior men (12 km) | Craig Virgin
United States | 35:05 | Mohammed Kedir
Ethiopia | 35:07 | Fernando Mamede
Portugal | 35:09 |
Junior men (7.25 km) | Mohammed Chouri
Tunisia | 22:04 | Yevgeniy Zherebin
Soviet Union | 22:06 | Keith Brantly
United States | 22:07 |
Senior women (4.41 km) | Grete Waitz
Norway | 14:07 | Jan Merrill
United States | 14:22 | Yelena Sipatova
Soviet Union | 14:22 |
Team |
Senior men | Ethiopia | 81 | United States | 114 | Kenya | 220 |
Junior men | United States | 23 | England | 61 | Canada | 66 |
Senior women | Soviet Union | 24 | United States | 36 | Italy | 89 |
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.25 km)
Teams Rank | Team | Points |
![1st place, gold medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png) | United States Keith Brantly | 3 | George Nicholas | 4 | John Butler | 6 | Chris Hamilton | 10 | (Peter Warner) | (22) | (Michael Pyeatt) | (23) | | 23 |
![2nd place, silver medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png) | England Paul Davies-Hale | 5 | Jonathan Richards | 11 | Mark King | 20 | Christian Bloor | 25 | (Philip Dixon) | (51) | (Neil Rimmer) | (88) | | 61 |
![3rd place, bronze medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png) | Canada Dave Reid | 12 | Chris Brewster | 14 | Paul McCloy | 16 | Allen Hugli | 24 | (Marc Olesen) | (39) | (Mark Orzel) | (63) | | 66 |
4 | Italy | 80 |
5 | Belgium | 118 |
6 | Soviet Union | 130 |
7 | Portugal | 135 |
8 | Ireland | 137 |
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.41 km)
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
- 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 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 7.0km 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
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- ^ 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
External links
- The World Cross Country Championships 1973–2005
- GBRathletics
- Athletics Australia
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Games | |
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Races | Senior men's | |
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