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.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists IndividualSenior men(12.58 km)Craig Virgin 37:01Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 37:02Nick Rose 37:05Junior men(7.41 km)Jorge García 22:17Valeriy Gryaznov 22:23Ed Eyestone 22:27Senior women(4.82 km)Grete Waitz 15:05Irina Bondarchuk 15:49Yelena Chernysheva 15:52 TeamSenior men 100 163 175Junior men 50 75 79Senior women 15 49 49
Race results
Senior men's race (12.58 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Craig Virgin 37:01 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 37:02 Nick Rose 37:05 4 Léon Schots 37:11 5 John Robson 37:20 6 Aleksandr Antipov 37:21 7 Leonid Moseyev 37:21 8 Antonio Prieto 37:21 9 Steve Jones 37:23 10 Bernie Ford 37:25 11 Karel Lismont 37:27 12 Daniel Dillon 37:28 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points 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 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 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 4 184 5 246 6 251 7 312 8 324 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.41 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Jorge García 22:17 Valeriy Gryaznov 22:23 Ed Eyestone 22:27 4 Denis Stark 22:34 5 Tom Downs 22:34 6 Sergey Kiselyov 22:36 7 Ildar Denikeyev 22:38 8 Guy Léfèvre 22:41 9 Andrea Prassedi 22:47 10 Paul Davies-Hale 22:52 11 William Graham 22:53 12 Gary Huckwell 22:58 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Valeriy Gryaznov 2 Sergey Kiselyov 6 Ildar Denikeyev 7 Sergey Mishin 35 (Dmitriy Ditlashok) (52) 50 Ed Eyestone 3 Tom Downs 5 William Graham 11 Eric Sappenfield 56 (Daniel Caprioglio) (82) (Farron Fields) (88) 75 Jorge García 1 José Fernández 20 Miguel Rubio 24 Julio Perez 34 (Pedro Garin) (51) (Francisco Erneta) (61) 79 4 86 5 89 6 90 7 101 8 136 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.82 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Grete Waitz 15:05 Irina Bondarchuk 15:49 Yelena Chernysheva 15:52 4 Giana Romanova 15:53 5 Jan Merrill 15:57 6 Svetlana Ulmasova 16:00 7 Penny Forse 16:04 8 Ellen Wessinghage 16:05 9 Kath Binns 16:06 10 Margaret Groos 16:09 11 Raisa Smekhnova 16:09 12 Cristina Tomasini 16:10 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Irina Bondarchuk 2 Yelena Chernysheva 3 Giana Romanova 4 Svetlana Ulmasova 6 (Raisa Smekhnova) (11) (Tatyana Sychova) (45) 15 Penny Forse 7 Kath Binns 9 Sandra Arthurton 14 Ruth Smeeth 19 (Regina Joyce) (30) (Angela Mason) (80) 49 Jan Merrill 5 Margaret Groos 10 Julie Shea 13 Brenda Webb 21 (Joan Benoit) (26) (Ellison Goodall) (35) 49 4 71 5 101 6 110 7 132 8 174 Full results 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 381 athletes from 28 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
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See also 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1980 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics