1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	10th
Date	March 21
Host city	Rome, Italy
Location	Ippodromo delle Capannelle
Nations participating	33
Athletes participating	382
Races	3
Distances	11.978 km – Senior men 7.926 km – Junior men 4.663 km – Senior women
← 1981 Madrid 1983 Gateshead →

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.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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)

For full event details see 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Mohammed Kedir	Ethiopia	33:40.5
02 !	Alberto Salazar	United States	33:44.8
03 !	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

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)

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

Kenya

271

Spain

280

United States

300

Portugal

328

West Germany

330

Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.926 km)

For full event details see 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Zurbachev Gelaw	Ethiopia	22:45.3
02 !	Adugna Lema	Ethiopia	22:46.6
03 !	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

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Zurbachev Gelaw	1
Adugna Lema	2
Hunde Kume	4
Teka Mekonnen	5
(Gonfa Negere)	(9)
(Bekele Debele)	(10)

Italy

Stefano Mei	3
Francesco Panetta	6
Salvatore Nicosia	7
Ranieri Carenza	21
(Sergio Bruni)	(39)
(Marco Gozzano)	(58)

United States

John Easker	11
Tom Ansberry	14
George Nicholas	22
Joe Stinzi	23
(Jonathan Knight)	(46)
(Mike Kubitschek)	(56)

Spain

Canada

England

100

Morocco

138

Soviet Union

146

Full results

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

Senior women's race (4.663 km)

For full event details see 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Maricica Puică	Romania	14:38.9
02 !	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	14:40.5
03 !	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

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Yelena Sipatova	7
Raisa Smekhnova	8
Tatyana Pozdnyakova	11
Galina Zakharova	18
(Alla Yushina)	(29)

Italy

Agnese Possamai	4
Nadia Dandolo	9
Cristina Tomasini	19
Rita Marchisio	25
(Margherita Gargano)	(35)
(Gabriella Dorio)	((DNF))

England

Ann Ford	13
Paula Fudge	14
Jane Furniss	16
Ruth Smeeth	24
(Christina Boxer)	(41)
(Sandra Arthurton)	(48)

United States

Canada

104

Norway

126

Spain

132

France

158

Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia	4	1	0	5
2	Romania	1	1	0	2
3	Soviet Union	1	0	1	2
4	Italy	0	2	1	3
5	England	0	1	1	2
5	United States	0	1	1	2
7	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
7	Norway	0	0	1	1
Total		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)

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
↑ 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), retrieved October 20, 2013
↑ 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), retrieved October 20, 2013
↑ 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), retrieved October 20, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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See also: International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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