The Senior men's race at 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.

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

Race results

Senior men's race (11.978 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Mohammed Kedir 33:40.5 Alberto Salazar 33:44.8 Rod Dixon 34:01.8 4 Hansjörg Kunze 34:03 5 Mike McLeod 34:06.4 6 Eshetu Tura 34:07.7 7 Alberto Cova 34:12.8 8 Werner Schildhauer 34:17.1 9 Dave Clarke 34:19.4 10 Rob de Castella 34:20.5 11 Hugh Jones 34:21 12 Wodajo Bulti 34:28.5 13 Fernando Mamede 34:29.3 14 Alfred Nyasani 34:32.7 15 Kipsubai Koskei 34:35.1 16 Miruts Yifter 34:36 17 Eric de Beck 34:37.2 18 Julian Goater 34:38.1 19 Aleksandr Antipov 34:39 20 Luis Adsuara 34:39.9 21 Frank Zimmermann 34:40.7 22 Steve Kenyon 34:42.3 23 Steve Jones 34:45.5 24 Valeriy Sapon 34:46.5 25 Hans Segerfeldt 34:47.2 26 Gerard Kiernan 34:47.9 27 Don Clary 34:49 28 Hana Girma 34:49.5 29 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 34:50.4 30 Allister Hutton 34:51.4 31 José Sena 34:52.4 32 Gerry Deegan 34:53.7 33 Radhouane Bouster 34:54.1 34 Antonio Layos 34:54.3 35 Dereje Nedi 34:55.2 36 John Woods 34:56.5 37 Emiel Puttemans 34:57.7 38 Joseph Kiptum 34:58.9 39 Pierre Levisse 35:00.8 40 Santiago de la Parte 35:02 41 Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer 35:02.3 42 Mats Erixon 35:03.3 43 Karel Lismont 35:03.9 44 Gianni Demadonna 35:04.6 45 Enn Sellik 35:05.4 46 Viktor Chumakov 35:09.2 47 John Treacy 35:09.4 48 Some Muge 35:09.8 49 Karl Harrison 35:13.6 50 Jacques Boxberger 35:14.2 51 Christoph Herle 35:14.5 52 Yevgeniy Okorokov 35:15.1 53 Jorge García 35:15.8 54 Constantino Esparcia 35:16.4 55 François Person 35:17.5 56 Ezequiel Canario 35:18.5 57 Paul Ballinger 35:19.3 58 Rachid Habchaoui 35:20.1 59 Wilson Musonik 35:20.8 60 Daniel Dillon 35:21.5 61 John McLaughlin 35:22.4 62 Eddy de Pauw 35:23.3 63 Jan Hagelbrand 35:23.7 64 Pat Porter 35:23.9 65 Barry Knight 35:24.8 66 Girma Berhanu 35:25.3 67 Kevin Forster 35:26.2 68 Michael Scheytt 35:26.4 69 Herb Lindsay 35:28.9 70 Giuseppe Gerbi 35:29.8 71 Toomas Turb 35:31.8 72 Antonio Leitão 35:35.1 73 Manfred Schoeneberg 35:35.3 74 Boualem Rahoui 35:36.9 75 Delfim Moreira 35:38.1 76 Abdelrazzak Bounour 35:39.6 77 Paul Williams 35:39.9 78 Dan Heikkinen 35:40.1 79 Antonio Prieto 35:41.3 80 Allan Zachariasen 35:41.7 81 Joaquim Pinheiro 35:42.2 82 Alessio Faustini 35:43.2 83 Sergey Navolokin 35:43.9 84 Dennis Fowles 35:47.7 85 John Robson 35:49.3 86 Alex Gonzalez 35:49.6 87 Eduardo Castro 35:50.7 88 Michael Spöttel 35:51.7 89 Abdelmadjid Mada 35:54.2 90 Roland Hertner 35:55.5 91 Giuseppe Pambianchi 35:57.9 92 Francis Gonzalez 35:58.8 93 Jon Sinclair 35:59.1 94 Hugo Rey 35:59.9 95 Ron MacDonald 36:00.9 96 Anders Carlsson 36:01.2 97 Charles Barongo 36:01.4 98 Adriano Musonye 36:01.7 99 Lars-Erik Nilsson 36:02.8 100 Kurt Huerst 36:03.7 101 Robert Costelloe 36:05.2 102 Guy Arbogast 36:06 103 Roger Hackney 36:06.2 104 Fredi Griner 36:06.5 105 Charles Kiplimo 36:08.5 106 Keld Johnsen 36:09 107 Neil Cusack 36:09.8 108 Greg Duhaime 36:10 109 Léon Schots 36:12.8 110 Rafael Marques 36:15.1 111 Joshua Kipkemboi 36:16 112 Eero Kinaret 36:18.6 113 Helder de Jesús 36:20.3 114 Igor Yefimov 36:21.2 115 Arye Gamliel 36:22.5 116 Greg Hannon 36:24.2 117 Mahmoud Hazzazi 36:26 118 Francisco Baron 36:26.9 119 Kingston Mills 36:27.4 120 Peter Butler 36:28 121 Richard Milne 36:29.2 122 Art Boileau 36:30.4 123 Tony Blakewell 36:31 124 Peter Standing 36:31.3 125 Francisco Alario 36:32.2 126 Ronny Agten 36:33.2 127 Fraser Clyne 36:33.9 128 Padraig Keane 36:36 129 Randy Jackson 36:37.5 130 Francois Willems 36:39.3 131 Estanislao Duran 36:41 132 Niels Kim Hjorth 36:41.9 133 Philippe Daniel 36:45.6 134 Thierry Watrice 36:47.3 135 Alastair Douglas 36:51.7 136 John Skovbjerg 36:54 137 Megersa Tulu 36:54.4 138 Lawrie Spence 36:55.7 139 Peter Horisberger 36:56.6 140 Kenneth Davies 36:57.6 141 Tony O'Leary 36:58 142 Alain Bordeleau 37:01.3 143 Per Hoffmann 37:02 144 Lahcene Babaci 37:02.6 145 Graham Clark 37:03.5 146 Lars Bo Sørensen 37:04.4 147 Ralph Petersen 37:04.7 148 Edward Stewart 37:06.1 149 Rob Lonergan 37:20.1 150 Tommy Persson 37:22.7 151 Chris Buckley 37:25.9 152 Ieuan Ellis 37:29.8 153 Steve Martin 37:29.8 154 Rebai Settouh 37:32.6 155 Yehuda Zadok 37:34.6 156 Rod Stone 37:35.3 157 Martin Grosskopf 37:56.1 158 John Theophilus 38:05.4 159 Fritz Rüegsegger 38:14.2 160 Michael Lawther 38:22.7 161 Raymond Curran 38:35.7 162 Terry Greene 38:48.8 163 Mehdi Aidet 38:52.8 164 Patrick Clabaut 39:27.6 165 Nabil Choueiry 39:44.6 166 Ahmed Hamadi 40:31.9 167 Selwan Philemone 45:10.9 — El Hachami Abdenouz DNF — Vittorio Fontanella DNF — Henrique Crisostomo DNF — Nat Muir DNF — Pär Wallin DNF — Roger de Vogel DNF — Bill Britton DNF — Bo Orrsveden DNF — Stanislav Tabor DNF — Mike Dyon DNF — Mario Gelli DNF — Randy Cox DNF — Sergio Pesavento DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Mohammed Kedir 1 Eshetu Tura 6 Wodajo Bulti 12 Miruts Yifter 16 Hana Girma 28 Dereje Nedi 35 (Girma Berhanu) (66) (Megersa Tulu) (137) 98 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 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 4 Alfred Nyasani 14 Kipsubai Koskei 15 Joseph Kiptum 38 Some Muge 48 Wilson Musonik 59 Charles Barongo 97 (Adriano Musonye) (98) (Charles Kiplimo) (105) (Joshua Kipkemboi) (111) 271 5 Luis Adsuara 20 Antonio Layos 34 Santiago de la Parte 40 Jorge García 53 Constantino Esparcia 54 Antonio Prieto 79 (Francisco Baron) (118) (Francisco Alario) (125) (Estanislao Duran) (131) 280 6 Alberto Salazar 2 Don Clary 27 Daniel Dillon 60 Pat Porter 64 Herb Lindsay 69 Dan Heikkinen 78 (Jon Sinclair) (93) (Guy Arbogast) (102) (Randy Jackson) (129) 300 7 Fernando Mamede 13 José Sena 31 Ezequiel Canario 56 Antonio Leitão 72 Delfim Moreira 75 Joaquim Pinheiro 81 (Rafael Marques) (110) (Helder de Jesús) (113) (Henrique Crisostomo) (DNF) 328 8 Frank Zimmermann 21 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 29 Christoph Herle 51 Michael Scheytt 68 Manfred Schoeneberg 73 Michael Spöttel 88 (Martin Grosskopf) (157) 330 9 Gerard Kiernan 26 Gerry Deegan 32 John Woods 36 John Treacy 47 Robert Costelloe 101 Neil Cusack 107 (Kingston Mills) (119) (Padraig Keane) (128) (Tony O'Leary) (141) 349 10 Radhouane Bouster 33 Pierre Levisse 39 Jacques Boxberger 50 François Person 55 Alex Gonzalez 86 Francis Gonzalez 92 (Philippe Daniel) (133) (Thierry Watrice) (134) (Patrick Clabaut) (164) 355 11 Eric de Beck 17 Emiel Puttemans 37 Karel Lismont 43 Eddy de Pauw 62 Léon Schots 109 Ronny Agten 126 (Francois Willems) (130) (Roger de Vogel) (DNF) 394 12 Hans Segerfeldt 25 Mats Erixon 42 Jan Hagelbrand 63 Anders Carlsson 96 Lars-Erik Nilsson 99 Eero Kinaret 112 (Tommy Persson) (150) (Pär Wallin) (DNF) (Bo Orrsveden) (DNF) 437 13 Rachid Habchaoui 58 Boualem Rahoui 74 Abdelrazzak Bounour 76 Abdelmadjid Mada 89 Mahmoud Hazzazi 117 Lahcene Babaci 144 (Rebai Settouh) (154) (Mehdi Aidet) (163) (El Hachami Abdenouz) (DNF) 558 14 Steve Jones 23 Dennis Fowles 84 Roger Hackney 103 Richard Milne 121 Tony Blakewell 123 Kenneth Davies 140 (Chris Buckley) (151) (Ieuan Ellis) (152) (John Theophilus) (158) 594 15 Allister Hutton 30 John Robson 85 Ron MacDonald 95 Fraser Clyne 127 Alastair Douglas 135 Lawrie Spence 138 (Graham Clark) (145) (Edward Stewart) (148) (Nat Muir) (DNF) 610 16 Roland Hertner 90 Hugo Rey 94 Kurt Huerst 100 Fredi Griner 104 Peter Horisberger 139 Fritz Rüegsegger 159 686 17 Paul Williams 77 Greg Duhaime 108 Peter Butler 120 Art Boileau 122 Alain Bordeleau 142 Rob Lonergan 149 (Bill Britton) (DNF) (Mike Dyon) (DNF) (Randy Cox) (DNF) 718 18 Allan Zachariasen 80 Keld Johnsen 106 Niels Kim Hjorth 132 John Skovbjerg 136 Per Hoffmann 143 Lars Bo Sørensen 146 (Ralph Petersen) (147) 743 19 John McLaughlin 61 Greg Hannon 116 Steve Martin 153 Rod Stone 156 Michael Lawther 160 Raymond Curran 161 (Terry Greene) (162) 807DNF (Alberto Cova) (7) (Gianni Demadonna) (44) (Giuseppe Gerbi) (70) (Alessio Faustini) (82) (Giuseppe Pambianchi) (91) (Vittorio Fontanella) (DNF) (Mario Gelli) (DNF) (Sergio Pesavento) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 28 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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