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.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12.58 km)

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

Teams Rank 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 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 Aleksandr Antipov 6 Leonid Moseyev 7 Valeriy Sapon 28 Enn Sellik 33 Valeriy Abramov 47 Vladimir Pesekhonov 125 246 6 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Pär Wallin 45 Eero Kinaret 101 Jan Hagelbrand 114 Rolf Kårevik 115 Bo Orrsveden 127 David Gillanders 158 (Mats Erixon) (DNF) 660 20 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 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 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.

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See also 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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