1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition12th
DateMarch 25
Host cityEast Rutherford, New Jersey, United States United States
VenueMeadowlands Racetrack
Events3
Distances12.086 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men
5 km – Senior women
Participation443 athletes from
40 nations

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12.086 km)
Carlos Lopes
  Portugal
33:25 Tim Hutchings
  England
33:30 Steve Jones
  Wales
33:32
Junior men
(8 km)
Pere Casacuberta
  Spain
21:32 Doju Tessema
  Ethiopia
21:34 John Castellano
  Canada
21:37
Senior women
(5 km)
Maricica Puică
  Romania
15:56 Galina Zakharova
  Soviet Union
15:58 Grete Waitz
  Norway
15:58
Team
Senior men   Ethiopia 134   United States 161   Portugal 223
Junior men   Ethiopia 21   Spain 34   England 68
Senior women   United States 52   England 65   New Zealand 91

Race results

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Senior men's race (12.086 km)

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Carlos Lopes   Portugal 33:25
  Tim Hutchings   England 33:30
  Steve Jones   Wales 33:32
4 Pat Porter   United States 33:34
5 Wilson Waigwa   Kenya 33:41
6 Ed Eyestone   United States 33:46
7 Pierre Levisse   France 33:51
8 Bekele Debele   Ethiopia 33:52
9 Adugna Lema   Ethiopia 33:52
10 Francesco Panetta   Italy 33:54
11 Alberto Cova   Italy 33:58
12 Christoph Herle   West Germany 34:01
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Ethiopia
Bekele Debele 8
Adugna Lema 9
Mohammed Kedir 16
Dereje Nedi 24
Eshetu Tura 31
Wodajo Bulti 46
(Feyissa Abebe) (96)
(Hailu Wolde Tsadik) (97)
(Megersa Tulu) (163)
134
    United States
Pat Porter 4
Ed Eyestone 6
Craig Virgin 17
John Easker 28
Jeff Drenth 41
Mark Stickley 65
(John Idstrom) (92)
(Daniel Dillon) (94)
(Troy Billings) (144)
161
    Portugal
Carlos Lopes 1
Fernando Mamede 23
Antonio Leitão 25
João Campos 26
Ezequiel Canario 64
Joaquim Pinheiro 84
(Fernando Couto) (124)
(Fernando Miguel) (199)
(João Silva) (205)
223
4   Kenya 233
5   Italy 258
6   England 269
7   Spain 270
8   New Zealand 276
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (8 km)

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Pere Casacuberta   Spain 21:32
  Doju Tessema   Ethiopia 21:34
  John Castellano   Canada 21:37
4 Belaye Teshome   Ethiopia 21:42
5 Antonio Pérez   Spain 21:48
6 Paul Roden   England 21:49
7 Kalcha Abcha   Ethiopia 21:49
8 Wolde Silasse Melkessa   Ethiopia 21:50
9 Robert Rice   Canada 21:53
10 David Miles   England 22:00
11 Joseba Sarriegui   Spain 22:02
12 Patrick Piper   United States 22:04
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Ethiopia
Doju Tessema 2
Belaye Teshome 4
Kalcha Abcha 7
Wolde Silasse Melkessa 8
21
    Spain
Pere Casacuberta 1
Antonio Pérez 5
Joseba Sarriegui 11
José Sanchez 17
(Luis Prieto) (25)
(José Manuel García) (39)
34
    England
Paul Roden 6
David Miles 10
Karl Palmer 22
David Robinson 30
(Paul Taylor) (78)
(David Dudley) (89)
68
4   United States 72
5   Canada 101
6   Belgium 116
7   Ireland 119
8   Italy 122
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (5 km)

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Maricica Puică   Romania 15:56
  Galina Zakharova   Soviet Union 15:58
  Grete Waitz   Norway 15:58
4 Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 16:04
5 Jane Furniss   England 16:10
6 Christine Benning   England 16:15
7 Midde Hamrin   Sweden 16:16
8 Angela Tooby   Wales 16:18
9 Betty Springs   United States 16:20
10 Cathy Branta   United States 16:21
11 Eva Ernström   Sweden 16:21
12 Francine Peeters   Belgium 16:26
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    United States
Betty Springs 9
Cathy Branta 10
Sabrina Dornhoefer 16
Cathie Twomey 17
(Brenda Webb) (25)
(Nan Doak) (32)
52
    England
Jane Furniss 5
Christine Benning 6
Ruth Smeeth 15
Carole Bradford 39
(Carol Haigh) (54)
(Julie Laughton) (55)
65
    New Zealand
Dianne Rodger 14
Mary O'Connor 19
Christine Hughes 27
Sue Bruce 31
(Linden Wilde) (50)
(Sara Harnett) (82)
91
4   Ireland 105
5   Sweden 122
6   Romania 127
7   Belgium 136
8   Norway 154
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

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  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Ethiopia (ETH)2103
2  Spain (ESP)1102
  United States (USA)*1102
4  Portugal (POR)1012
5  Romania (ROU)1001
6  England (ENG)0213
7  Soviet Union (URS)0101
8  Canada (CAN)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
  Norway (NOR)0011
  Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (11 entries)66618
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 443 athletes from 40 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Athletics - Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the world cross-country title over seven-and-a-half miles of Meadowlands Racecourse in New York yesterday in a time of 33 minutes 25 seconds, but Scotland's best medal hope Shettleston Harrier Nat Muir, was forced to watch the race on television, confined to bed with a bronchial virus and a temperature of 103..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1984, p. 15, retrieved October 21, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 11.8km CC Men -, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  6. ^ 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
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