1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.[1]

Senior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition8th
DateMarch 9
Host cityParis, France France
VenueHippodrome de Longchamp
Events1
Distances12.58 km – Senior men
Participation180 athletes from
25 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12.58 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Craig Virgin   United States 37:01
  Hans-Jürgen Orthmann   West Germany 37:02
  Nick Rose   England 37:05
4 Léon Schots   Belgium 37:11
5 John Robson   Scotland 37:20
6 Aleksandr Antipov   Soviet Union 37:21
7 Leonid Moseyev   Soviet Union 37:21
8 Antonio Prieto   Spain 37:21
9 Steve Jones   Wales 37:23
10 Bernie Ford   England 37:25
11 Karel Lismont   Belgium 37:27
12 Daniel Dillon   United States 37:28
13 El Hachami Abdenouz   Algeria 37:31
14 Barry Smith   England 37:33
15 Thierry Watrice   France 37:39
16 Fernando Mamede   Portugal 37:42
17 Steve Kenyon   England 37:44
18 John Treacy   Ireland 37:44
19 Nick Lees   England 37:47
20 Klaas Lok   Netherlands 37:48
21 Alex Hagelsteens   Belgium 37:49
22 José Luis González   Spain 37:51
23 Kenneth Martin   United States 37:53
24 Dominique Coux   France 37:54
25 Alex Gonzalez   France 37:54
26 Carlos Lopes   Portugal 37:55
27 François Person   France 37:55
28 Valeriy Sapon   Soviet Union 37:56
29 Allister Hutton   Scotland 37:57
30 José Sena   Portugal 37:59
31 Jim Brown   Scotland 38:00
32 Mohamed Zaidi   Tunisia 38:01
33 Enn Sellik   Soviet Union 38:06
34 Michael Karst   West Germany 38:07
35 Peter Butler   Canada 38:08
36 Steve Plasencia   United States 38:08
37 Graham Tuck   England 38:08
38 Eddy de Pauw   Belgium 38:10
39 Radhouane Bouster   France 38:15
40 Hugh Jones   England 38:17
41 Luis Adsuara   Spain 38:20
42 Rachid Habchaoui   Algeria 38:22
43 Don Clary   United States 38:23
44 Frank Grillaert   Belgium 38:24
45 Pär Wallin   Sweden 38:25
46 Lawrie Spence   Scotland 38:26
47 Valeriy Abramov   Soviet Union 38:26
48 Mark Anderson   United States 38:27
49 Abdelmadjid Mada   Algeria 38:27
50 Manfred Schoeneberg   West Germany 38:28
51 Mick O'Shea   Ireland 38:28
52 Eugenio Hernandez   Spain 38:32
53 David James   Wales 38:33
54 Philippe Daniel   France 38:34
55 Paul Williams   Canada 38:37
56 Santiago de la Parte   Spain 38:39
57 Roger de Vogel   Belgium 38:40
58 John McLaughlin   Northern Ireland 38:41
59 Marco Marchei   Italy 38:42
60 Franco Ambrosioni   Italy 38:43
61 Lahcene Babaci   Algeria 38:43
62 Roger Hackney   Wales 38:43
63 Hsu Liang   China 38:44
64 Nick Brawn   England 38:45
65 Thomas Wessinghage   West Germany 38:45
66 Lahcen El Hachmi   Morocco 38:46
67 Stig Roar Husby   Norway 38:47
68 Carlos Tavares   Portugal 38:47
69 Tapio Kantanen   Finland 38:48
70 Jacques Boxberger   France 38:48
71 Mohamed Naoumi   Morocco 38:49
72 Argimiro González   Spain 38:50
73 John Graham   Scotland 38:51
74 Øyvind Dahl   Norway 38:52
75 Ennio Panetti   Italy 38:53
76 Terry Goodenough   Canada 38:56
77 Lubomir Tesacek   Czechoslovakia 39:00
78 Greg Duhaime   Canada 39:00
79 Mohamed Salem   Algeria 39:01
80 Mehdi Aidet   Algeria 39:01
81 Willi Maier   West Germany 39:01
82 Gerard Tebroke   Netherlands 39:04
83 Greg Hannon   Northern Ireland 39:05
84 Hedi Gandouzi   Tunisia 39:06
85 Driss Talambouti   Morocco 39:07
86 Tonni Luttikhold   Netherlands 39:09
87 Silvano Babici   Italy 39:10
88 Michele Cinà   Italy 39:11
89 Anacleto Pinto   Portugal 39:11
90 Henk Mentink   Netherlands 39:11
91 Abdelkrim Djelassi   Tunisia 39:12
92 Barry Knight   England 39:12
93 Danny McDaid   Ireland 39:13
94 Cándido Alario   Spain 39:13
95 Jean-Paul Gomez   France 39:13
96 Cidalio Caetano   Portugal 39:17
97 Piet Waaning   Netherlands 39:18
98 Ismo Toukonen   Finland 39:19
99 Mike Dyon   Canada 39:21
100 Neil Cusack   Ireland 39:21
101 Eero Kinaret   Sweden 39:22
102 Abdelkader Zaddem   Tunisia 39:24
103 Martti Kiilholma   Finland 39:24
104 Duncan Macdonald   United States 39:25
105 Gerry Deegan   Ireland 39:26
106 Glen Grant   Wales 39:27
107 Johan Geirnaert   Belgium 39:30
108 Ray Treacy   Ireland 39:31
109 Fernando Fernandez   Spain 39:32
110 Hannu Okkola   Finland 39:33
111 Werner Grommisch   West Germany 39:33
112 Valdur Koha   West Germany 39:37
113 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 39:39
114 Jan Hagelbrand   Sweden 39:41
115 Rolf Kårevik   Sweden 39:43
116 Jon Sinclair   United States 39:44
117 Mahmoud Hazzazi   Algeria 39:45
118 Tahar Bounab   Algeria 39:49
119 Alain Bordeleau   Canada 39:51
120 Otello Sorato   Italy 39:53
121 Gerry Finnegan   Ireland 39:54
122 Alberto Cova   Italy 39:55
123 Michael Lane   Wales 39:55
124 Dahou Belghazi   Morocco 39:55
125 Vladimir Pesekhonov   Soviet Union 39:56
126 Piet Vonck   Netherlands 39:57
127 Bo Orrsveden   Sweden 39:58
128 Graham Clark   Scotland 39:59
129 Svend-Erik Kristensen   Denmark 40:00
130 Peter Moore   Canada 40:03
131 Gordon Rimmer   Scotland 40:05
132 Heino Lipsanen   Finland 40:11
133 Bo Nytofle   Denmark 40:12
134 Mohamed El Bali   Morocco 40:13
135 Francisco Guerra   Spain 40:14
136 Ari Paunonen   Finland 40:15
137 Andreas Weniger   West Germany 40:15
138 Clive Thomas   Wales 40:16
139 Jo Schout   Netherlands 40:17
140 Alan Cole   Wales 40:19
141 Ardhaoui Borni   Tunisia 40:21
142 Mustapha Oulghazi   Morocco 40:23
143 Keld Johnsen   Denmark 40:26
144 Ferid Mekki   Tunisia 40:27
145 Donal Walsh   Ireland 40:27
146 Mansour Guettaya   Tunisia 40:28
147 Don Howieson   Canada 40:28
148 Chris Buckley   Wales 40:29
149 Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer   Czechoslovakia 40:33
150 Rod Stone   Northern Ireland 40:40
151 Lars Bo Sørensen   Denmark 40:44
152 Ernie Cunningham   Northern Ireland 40:44
153 Pertti Tiainen   Finland 40:45
154 Paul O'Callaghan   Ireland 40:48
155 Liu Zonggui   China 40:58
156 Amara Chiha   Tunisia 41:03
157 Omar Anassi   Morocco 41:13
158 David Gillanders   Sweden 41:15
159 Per Hoffmann   Denmark 41:17
160 Yehuda Zadok   Israel 41:20
161 Seppo Liuttu   Finland 41:27
162 Leon Weyers   Netherlands 41:28
163 Christian Wolfsberg   Denmark 41:28
164 Arye Gamliel   Israel 41:43
165 Tom Annett   Northern Ireland 42:05
166 Paul Lawther   Northern Ireland 42:24
167 Brian McSloy   Scotland 42:31
168 Cameron Spence   Northern Ireland 42:34
169 Pat McCullough   Northern Ireland 42:38
170 Huang Tzawen   China 42:42
João Campos   Portugal DNF
Mats Erixon   Sweden DNF
Christoph Herle   West Germany DNF
Venanzio Ortis   Italy DNF
Willy Polleunis   Belgium DNF
Aniceto Simoes   Portugal DNF
Guy Bourban   France DNF
Nat Muir   Scotland DNF
Guy Arbogast   United States DNF
Robert Lismont   Belgium DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    England
Nick Rose 3
Bernie Ford 10
Barry Smith 14
Steve Kenyon 17
Nick Lees 19
Graham Tuck 37
(Hugh Jones) (40)
(Nick Brawn) (64)
(Barry Knight) (92)
100
    United States
Craig Virgin 1
Daniel Dillon 12
Kenneth Martin 23
Steve Plasencia 36
Don Clary 43
Mark Anderson 48
(Duncan Macdonald) (104)
(Jon Sinclair) (116)
(Guy Arbogast) (DNF)
163
    Belgium
Léon Schots 4
Karel Lismont 11
Alex Hagelsteens 21
Eddy de Pauw 38
Frank Grillaert 44
Roger de Vogel 57
(Johan Geirnaert) (107)
(Willy Polleunis) (DNF)
(Robert Lismont) (DNF)
175
4   France
Thierry Watrice 15
Dominique Coux 24
Alex Gonzalez 25
François Person 27
Radhouane Bouster 39
Philippe Daniel 54
(Jacques Boxberger) (70)
(Jean-Paul Gomez) (95)
(Guy Bourban) (DNF)
184
5   Soviet Union
Aleksandr Antipov 6
Leonid Moseyev 7
Valeriy Sapon 28
Enn Sellik 33
Valeriy Abramov 47
Vladimir Pesekhonov 125
246
6   Spain
Antonio Prieto 8
José Luis González 22
Luis Adsuara 41
Eugenio Hernandez 52
Santiago de la Parte 56
Argimiro González 72
(Cándido Alario) (94)
(Fernando Fernandez) (109)
(Francisco Guerra) (135)
251
7   Scotland
John Robson 5
Allister Hutton 29
Jim Brown 31
Lawrie Spence 46
John Graham 73
Graham Clark 128
(Gordon Rimmer) (131)
(Brian McSloy) (167)
(Nat Muir) (DNF)
312
8   Algeria
El Hachami Abdenouz 13
Rachid Habchaoui 42
Abdelmadjid Mada 49
Lahcene Babaci 61
Mohamed Salem 79
Mehdi Aïdet 80
(Mahmoud Hazzazi) (117)
(Tahar Bounab) (118)
324
9   Portugal
Fernando Mamede 16
Carlos Lopes 26
José Sena 30
Carlos Tavares 68
Anacleto Pinto 89
Cidalio Caetano 96
(João Campos) (DNF)
(Aniceto Simoes) (DNF)
325
10   West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 2
Michael Karst 34
Manfred Schoeneberg 50
Thomas Wessinghage 65
Willi Maier 81
Werner Grommisch 111
(Valdur Koha) (112)
(Andreas Weniger) (137)
(Christoph Herle) (DNF)
343
11   Canada
Peter Butler 35
Paul Williams 55
Terry Goodenough 76
Greg Duhaime 78
Mike Dyon 99
Alain Bordeleau 119
(Peter Moore) (130)
(Don Howieson) (147)
462
12   Ireland
John Treacy 18
Mick O'Shea 51
Danny McDaid 93
Neil Cusack 100
Gerry Deegan 105
Ray Treacy 108
(Gerry Finnegan) (121)
(Donal Walsh) (145)
(Paul O'Callaghan) (154)
475
13   Italy
Marco Marchei 59
Franco Ambrosioni 60
Ennio Panetti 75
Silvano Babici 87
Michele Cinà 88
Otello Sorato 120
(Alberto Cova) (122)
(Venanzio Ortis) (DNF)
489
14   Wales
Steve Jones 9
David James 53
Roger Hackney 62
Glen Grant 106
Michael Lane 123
Clive Thomas 138
(Alan Cole) (140)
(Chris Buckley) (148)
491
15   Netherlands
Klaas Lok 20
Gerard Tebroke 82
Tonni Luttikhold 86
Henk Mentink 90
Piet Waaning 97
Piet Vonck 126
(Jo Schout) (139)
(Leon Weyers) (162)
501
16   Tunisia
Mohamed Zaidi 32
Hedi Gandouzi 84
Abdelkrim Djelassi 91
Abdelkader Zaddem 102
Ardhaoui Borni 141
Ferid Mekki 144
(Mansour Guettaya) (146)
(Amara Chiha) (156)
594
17   Morocco
Lahcen El Hachmi 66
Mohamed Naoumi 71
Driss Talambouti 85
Dahou Belghazi 124
Mohamed El Bali 134
Mustapha Oulghazi 142
(Omar Anassi) (157)
622
18   Finland
Tapio Kantanen 69
Ismo Toukonen 98
Martti Kiilholma 103
Hannu Okkola 110
Tommy Ekblom 113
Heino Lipsanen 132
(Ari Paunonen) (136)
(Pertti Tiainen) (153)
(Seppo Liuttu) (161)
625
19   Sweden
Pär Wallin 45
Eero Kinaret 101
Jan Hagelbrand 114
Rolf Kårevik 115
Bo Orrsveden 127
David Gillanders 158
(Mats Erixon) (DNF)
660
20   Northern Ireland
John McLaughlin 58
Greg Hannon 83
Rod Stone 150
Ernie Cunningham 152
Tom Annett 165
Paul Lawther 166
(Cameron Spence) (168)
(Pat McCullough) (169)
774
21   Denmark
Svend-Erik Kristensen 129
Bo Nytofle 133
Keld Johnsen 143
Lars Bo Sørensen 151
Per Hoffmann 159
Christian Wolfsberg 163
878
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Robson fifth - Scotland's John Robson finished fifth in the world cross country championship at Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday..., Evening Times, March 10, 1980, p. 16, retrieved October 18, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ 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