The Senior men's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.

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

Race results

Senior men's race (11.994 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Bekele Debele 36:52 Carlos Lopes 36:52 Some Muge 36:52 4 Alberto Salazar 36:53 5 Antonio Prieto 36:56 6 Rob de Castella 37:00 7 Dave Clarke 37:05 8 Ezequiel Canario 37:10 9 Pat Porter 37:12 10 Alberto Cova 37:17 11 Nat Muir 37:24 12 Mehmet Yürdadön 37:24 13 Pierre Levisse 37:24 14 Eshetu Tura 37:28 15 Constantino Esparcia 37:29 16 Paul Kipkoech 37:32 17 Eric de Beck 37:34 18 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 37:35 19 Steve Jones 37:35 20 Wodajo Bulti 37:35 21 John Andrews 37:36 22 Mohammed Kedir 37:37 23 Adugna Lema 37:38 24 Chala Urgessa 37:39 25 Jan Hagelbrand 37:44 26 Gelindo Bordin 37:45 27 Paul Ballinger 37:45 28 Thom Hunt 37:46 29 Gerard Kiernan 37:47 30 Ed Eyestone 37:48 31 Joshua Kipkemboi 37:49 32 James Kipngetich 37:50 33 Kevin Forster 37:52 34 Lawrie Whitty 37:52 35 Jorge García 37:53 36 Luis Adsuara 37:58 37 Jackson Ruto 37:59 38 Boualem Rahoui 38:02 39 Brian Lewry 38:03 40 Niels Kim Hjorth 38:04 41 Christoph Herle 38:06 42 Craig Virgin 38:06 43 Dave Taylor 38:09 44 Antonio Layos 38:09 45 Robert McDonald 38:10 46 Karel Lismont 38:10 47 Tom Birnie 38:12 48 Maxwell Little 38:12 49 Michael Spöttel 38:13 50 Dejene Beyene 38:17 51 Helder de Jesús 38:18 52 Michael Scheytt 38:19 53 Dave Lewis 38:19 54 Rex Wilson 38:21 55 Alain Bordeleau 38:24 56 Jacques Boxberger 38:25 57 Mark Anderson 38:25 58 Girma Berhanu 38:26 59 Ahmed Salah 38:28 60 Alex Hagelsteens 38:29 61 Gianni Demadonna 38:30 62 Gerry Deegan 38:30 63 Vincent Rousseau 38:32 64 Antonio Leitão 38:34 65 Venanzio Ortis 38:35 66 Steven Harris 38:36 67 Miruts Yifter 38:37 68 Paul McCloy 38:37 69 Francesco Panetta 38:37 70 Karl Harrison 38:37 71 Angel Gómez Maeso 38:38 72 Herman Kipngetich 38:40 73 Hans Segerfeldt 38:40 74 Ralf Salzmann 38:40 75 Franco Boffi 38:42 76 Pascal Debacker 38:43 77 Christian Geffray 38:45 78 Féthi Baccouche 38:46 79 Pär Wallin 38:48 80 Thierry Watrice 38:49 81 Adam Hoyle 38:49 82 Mats Erixon 38:50 83 Sisa Kirati 38:50 84 Rafael Marques 38:50 85 Keld Johnsen 38:53 86 Julio Perez 38:53 87 Ronny Agten 38:55 88 Gerhard Krippner 38:55 89 Tony Milovsorov 38:55 90 Michel Lelut 38:56 91 Dominic Wambua 38:57 92 Marti ten Kate 39:00 93 Fernando Miguel 39:02 94 Raymond Paulins 39:03 95 Phil O'Brien 39:06 96 John Woods 39:06 97 Fraser Clyne 39:07 98 Ross Chilton 39:08 99 Yngvar Christiansen 39:10 100 Francois Willems 39:11 101 Bob Treadwell 39:12 102 Roy Dooney 39:12 103 José Sena 39:15 104 Mohammed Chouri 39:15 105 Bo Orrsveden 39:17 106 El Hachami Abdenouz 39:19 107 Piet van de Haas 39:20 108 Aissa Taleb 39:20 109 Nick de Castella 39:20 110 Brendan Quinn 39:21 111 Zhang Guowei 39:22 112 Hugo Rey 39:23 113 Øyvind Dahl 39:24 114 Paul Alle 39:24 115 Santiago de la Parte 39:24 116 Ranieri Carenza 39:24 117 Peter Rusman 39:26 118 Doug Brown 39:27 119 Tony Blakewell 39:27 120 Ahmet Altun 39:28 121 Adrian Shorter 39:28 122 Douglas Frame 39:29 123 Marius Hasler 39:29 124 Eirik Berge 39:29 125 David James 39:29 126 Derek Froude 39:29 127 Tore Sagvolden 39:32 128 Martin Couldwell 39:33 129 Robert Costelloe 39:34 130 Jean-Louis Prianon 39:34 131 Djama Robleh 39:36 132 Gary Palmer 39:36 133 Göran Högberg 39:36 134 Rachid Habchaoui 39:36 135 Martín Fiz 39:38 136 Reinhard Leibold 39:39 137 Werner Mory 39:39 138 Fredi Griner 39:39 139 Joseph Otieno 39:40 140 Abdelrazzak Bounour 39:41 141 Jan Fjärestad 39:42 142 Zeki Atli 39:43 143 Donald Greig 39:45 144 Shane Marshall 39:49 145 Nigel Adams 39:50 146 Abdelkader Boughrara 39:53 147 Bill Donakowski 39:54 148 Klaas Lok 39:55 149 Tommy Persson 39:55 150 Michele Cinà 39:57 151 Henrik Albahn 39:57 152 Miao Yunshen 39:57 153 Adelaziz Bouguerra 39:58 154 Terry Greene 39:58 155 Euan Robertson 40:00 156 Chris Buckley 40:01 157 Fernando Couto 40:03 158 Sefa Het 40:03 159 Terence Mitchell 40:03 160 John Idstrom 40:05 161 Bruno Lafranchi 40:06 162 Kenneth Davies 40:09 163 Oddmund Roalkvam 40:11 164 Joost Borm 40:12 165 Hwang Wen-Cheng 40:13 166 Hichem Oueslati 40:13 167 Hans Nilsson 40:14 168 Henk Mentink 40:15 169 Noel Harvey 40:17 170 Rod Stone 40:17 171 Joël Lucas 40:19 172 Paul Wheeler 40:20 173 Tonni Luttikhold 40:22 174 Jiang Wenqing 40:22 175 Peter McColgan 40:22 176 Ole Hansen 40:24 177 Ieuan Ellis 40:26 178 Chen Xinshun 40:27 179 Abderrahmane Morceli 40:28 180 Jim Dingwall 40:29 181 Omar Cochine 40:32 182 Graham Crawford 40:36 183 Abderrazak Gtari 40:38 184 Song Tianzhi 40:39 185 Roland Hertner 40:39 186 Roger Cawkwell 40:42 187 John Theophilus 40:48 188 Steve Martin 40:56 189 Ali Chehidi 40:58 190 Xue Jianjun 40:59 191 Hanefi Atmaca 40:59 192 Philippe Lahuerte 41:00 193 Lawrie Spence 41:02 194 Cameron Spence 41:02 195 Christian Cote 41:09 196 Arye Gamliel 41:10 197 Raymond van Paemel 41:22 198 Evan Cameron 41:26 199 Werner Meier 41:30 200 Robert de Brouwer 41:39 201 George Braidwood 41:44 202 Eddie Oxlade 41:45 203 Brahim Boudina 41:55 204 Yair Karni 42:11 205 Ernie Cunningham 42:12 206 Abdelhadi Boudjenane 42:50 207 James Ross 43:06 208 Liang Yen-Lin 43:08 209 Mubarak Abdel Majeed 47:02 210 Saïd Attoumane 48:12 — Dan Glans DNF — Fernando Mamede DNF — John Treacy DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Bekele Debele 1 Eshetu Tura 14 Wodajo Bulti 20 Mohammed Kedir 22 Adugna Lema 23 Chala Urgessa 24 (Dejene Beyene) (50) (Girma Berhanu) (58) (Miruts Yifter) (67) 104 Alberto Salazar 4 Pat Porter 9 Thom Hunt 28 Ed Eyestone 30 Craig Virgin 42 Mark Anderson 57 (Doug Brown) (118) (Bill Donakowski) (147) (John Idstrom) (160) 170 Some Muge 3 Paul Kipkoech 16 Joshua Kipkemboi 31 James Kipngetich 32 Jackson Ruto 37 Herman Kipngetich 72 (Sisa Kirati) (83) (Dominic Wambua) (91) (Joseph Otieno) (139) 191 4 Rob de Castella 6 John Andrews 21 Lawrie Whitty 34 Brian Lewry 39 Robert McDonald 45 Maxwell Little 48 (Adam Hoyle) (81) (Nick de Castella) (109) 193 5 Antonio Prieto 5 Constantino Esparcia 15 Jorge García 35 Luis Adsuara 36 Antonio Layos 44 Angel Gómez Maeso 71 (Julio Perez) (86) (Santiago de la Parte) (115) (Martín Fiz) (135) 206 6 Carlos Lopes 2 Ezequiel Canario 8 Helder de Jesús 51 Antonio Leitão 64 Rafael Marques 84 Fernando Miguel 93 (José Sena) (103) (Fernando Couto) (157) (Fernando Mamede) (DNF) 302 7 Alberto Cova 10 Gelindo Bordin 26 Gianni Demadonna 61 Venanzio Ortis 65 Francesco Panetta 69 Franco Boffi 75 (Ranieri Carenza) (116) (Michele Cinà) (150) 306 8 Dave Clarke 7 Kevin Forster 33 Dave Lewis 53 Steven Harris 66 Karl Harrison 70 Tony Milovsorov 89 (Phil O'Brien) (95) (Bob Treadwell) (101) 318 9 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 18 Christoph Herle 41 Michael Spöttel 49 Michael Scheytt 52 Ralf Salzmann 74 Gerhard Krippner 88 (Reinhard Leibold) (136) 322 10 Eric de Beck 17 Karel Lismont 46 Alex Hagelsteens 60 Vincent Rousseau 63 Ronny Agten 87 Francois Willems 100 (Werner Mory) (137) (Raymond van Paemel) (197) 373 11 Pierre Levisse 13 Jacques Boxberger 56 Pascal Debacker 76 Christian Geffray 77 Thierry Watrice 80 Michel Lelut 90 (Paul Alle) (114) (Jean-Louis Prianon) (130) (Joël Lucas) (171) 392 12 Gerard Kiernan 29 Dave Taylor 43 Gerry Deegan 62 John Woods 96 Roy Dooney 102 Brendan Quinn 110 (Robert Costelloe) (129) (Noel Harvey) (169) (John Treacy) (DNF) 442 13 Jan Hagelbrand 25 Hans Segerfeldt 73 Pär Wallin 79 Mats Erixon 82 Bo Orrsveden 105 Göran Högberg 133 (Tommy Persson) (149) (Hans Nilsson) (167) (Dan Glans) (DNF) 497 14 Paul Ballinger 27 Tom Birnie 47 Rex Wilson 54 Derek Froude 126 Martin Couldwell 128 Gary Palmer 132 (Donald Greig) (143) (Shane Marshall) (144) (Euan Robertson) (155) 514 15 Alain Bordeleau 55 Paul McCloy 68 Raymond Paulins 94 Ross Chilton 98 Adrian Shorter 121 Roger Cawkwell 186 (Philippe Lahuerte) (192) (Christian Cote) (195) 622 16 Boualem Rahoui 38 El Hachami Abdenouz 106 Aissa Taleb 108 Rachid Habchaoui 134 Abdelrazzak Bounour 140 Abdelkader Boughrara 146 (Abderrahmane Morceli) (179) (Brahim Boudina) (203) (Abdelhadi Boudjenane) (206) 672 17 Steve Jones 19 Tony Blakewell 119 David James 125 Nigel Adams 145 Chris Buckley 156 Kenneth Davies 162 (Paul Wheeler) (172) (Ieuan Ellis) (177) (John Theophilus) (187) 726 18 Nat Muir 11 Fraser Clyne 97 Douglas Frame 122 Terence Mitchell 159 Jim Dingwall 180 Graham Crawford 182 (Lawrie Spence) (193) (Evan Cameron) (198) (George Braidwood) (201) 751 19 Yngvar Christiansen 99 Øyvind Dahl 113 Eirik Berge 124 Tore Sagvolden 127 Jan Fjärestad 141 Oddmund Roalkvam 163 767 20 Martin ten Kate 92 Piet van de Haas 107 Peter Rusman 117 Klaas Lok 148 Joost Borm 164 Henk Mentink 168 (Tonni Luttikhold) (173) (Robert de Brouwer) (200) 796 21 Féthi Baccouche 78 Mohammed Chouri 104 Adelaziz Bouguerra 153 Hichem Oueslati 166 Abderrazak Gtari 183 Ali Chehidi 189 873 22 Hugo Rey 112 Marius Hasler 123 Fredi Griner 138 Bruno Lafranchi 161 Roland Hertner 185 Werner Meier 199 918 23 Zhang Guowei 111 Miao Yunshen 152 Jiang Wenqing 174 Chen Xinshun 178 Song Tianzhi 184 Xue Jianjun 190 989 24 Terry Greene 154 Rod Stone 170 Peter McColgan 175 Steve Martin 188 Cameron Spence 194 Eddie Oxlade 202 (Ernie Cunningham) (205) (James Ross) (207) 1083 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 213 athletes from 31 countries in the senior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.

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See also 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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