The Junior 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

Junior men's race (8.033 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Fesseha Abebe 24:58 Angaso Telega 24:59 Jonathan Richards 25:07 4 Gonfa Negere 25:22 5 José Manuel Albentosa 25:35 6 Teka Mekonnen 25:40 7 Cyrille Laventure 25:51 8 Marc Olesen 25:53 9 Asfaw Tadesse 25:57 10 Richard Carter 26:06 11 José Manuel García 26:10 12 Antonio Pérez 26:15 13 José Zabaleta 26:16 14 Mohamed Salah Rajhi 26:17 15 Joseba Sarriegui 26:19 16 Disso Dissessa 26:23 17 Alfredo Munoz 26:26 18 Paul McCaffrey 26:29 19 Luis Miguel 26:30 20 Clifton Bradeley 26:31 21 Nikolay Matyushenko 26:31 22 Corrado Di Salvatore 26:32 23 Mustapha El Nechchadi 26:33 24 Robert Rice 26:35 25 Phil Makepeace 26:39 26 Luis Soares 26:40 27 Joseph Leuchtmann 26:41 28 Gerry Wallace 26:46 29 Arnold van Heesvelde 26:46 30 Thierry Pantel 26:46 31 Paulo Pinhal 26:48 32 Abdelkader Belhaied 26:48 33 David Dunne 26:53 34 Giuseppe D'Urso 26:54 35 Bob Mau 26:56 36 Laroussi Mechi 26:57 37 John Castellano 26:58 38 Glenn Charanduk 27:00 39 Paul Taylor 27:02 40 Andrew Rodgers 27:04 41 Steve Diech 27:06 42 Paul Gompers 27:07 43 Walter Bassi 27:08 44 Miloud Djellal 27:12 45 Igor Lotoryev 27:12 46 Stefan Hendrickx 27:12 47 Paul Stogryn 27:12 48 Robert Cameron 27:12 49 Sergey Smirnov 27:14 50 Kai Jenkel 27:15 51 Khaled Aouita 27:16 52 Abdellah Boubia 27:17 53 Markus Hacksteiner 27:19 54 Patric Nilsson 27:20 55 Martin Vile 27:20 56 Aleksandr Burtsev 27:20 57 Ezzedine Amdouni 27:26 58 Leonard O'Regan 27:26 59 Alexandr Sokoholovskiy 27:26 60 Yehezkel Halifa 27:26 61 Mark Cutts 27:26 62 Brian Matthews 27:26 63 Marc Nelis 27:27 64 Peter Conaghan 27:27 65 Adam Sarty 27:28 66 Romdhane Belkhaied 27:29 67 Sergio Bruni 27:29 68 William Brist 27:30 69 William Lacy 27:31 70 Didier Verhaege 27:31 71 Ian Williams 27:32 72 Marcel Versteeg 27:37 73 Angelo Brunetti 27:40 74 Nigel Gooch 27:40 75 Luis Serrano 27:40 76 Ahmed Lili 27:40 77 John McNeil 27:41 78 Alan Puckrin 27:49 79 Mohamed Moulhine 27:50 80 Benny Pollentier 27:55 81 Abdelhak Henane 27:57 82 Patrick Lingard 27:58 83 Johan van Delanotte 28:01 84 Pierre Richard 28:02 85 Gordan Lang 28:04 86 Nazar Habib 28:06 87 Pat O'Neill 28:11 88 Christian Vagner 28:14 89 Michael Taggart 28:16 90 Cormac O'Riordan 28:19 91 Carsten Borgen 28:21 92 Pascal Tristant 28:26 93 Ali Günes 28:29 94 Alwyn Ormond 28:37 95 Pat McKillop 28:42 96 Alan Wilson 28:45 97 Mohamed Ahmad 28:48 98 Jesper Mathiesen 28:54 99 Philip Tweedie 28:59 100 Jim Hefferon 29:13 101 Mohamed Essahal 29:15 102 Abdullah Saud 29:51 103 Khrlio Mourdi 31:19 104 M.Ibrahim Haji 31:22 105 Talal Al-Asfir 31:56 — José Macedo DNF — Fernando Ferreira DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Fesseha Abebe 1 Angaso Telega 2 Gonfa Negere 4 Teka Mekonnen 6 (Asfaw Tadesse) (9) (Disso Dissessa) (16) 13 José Manuel Albentosa 5 José Manuel García 11 Antonio Pérez 12 José Zabaleta 13 (Joseba Sarriegui) (15) (Alfredo Munoz) (17) 41 Jonathan Richards 3 Richard Carter 10 Clifton Bradeley 20 Phil Makepeace 25 (Paul Taylor) (39) (Martin Vile) (55) 58 4 Marc Olesen 8 Robert Rice 24 John Castellano 37 Glenn Charanduk 38 (Mark Cutts) (61) (Adam Sarty) (65) 107 5 Mohamed Salah Rajhi 14 Abdelkader Belhaied 32 Laroussi Mechi 36 Ezzedine Amdouni 57 (Romdhane Belkhaied) (66) 139 6 Joseph Leuchtmann 27 Bob Mau 35 Steve Diech 41 Paul Gompers 42 (Paul Stogryn) (47) (William Brist) (68) 145 7 Luis Miguel 19 Luis Soares 26 Paulo Pinhal 31 Luis Serrano 75 (José Macedo) (DNF) (Fernando Ferreira) (DNF) 151 8 Corrado Di Salvatore 22 Giuseppe D'Urso 34 Walter Bassi 43 Sergio Bruni 67 (Angelo Brunetti) (73) 166 9 Nikolay Matyushenko 21 Igor Lotoryev 45 Sergey Smirnov 49 Aleksandr Burtsev 56 (Alexandr Sokoholovskiy) (59) 171 10 Gerry Wallace 28 David Dunne 33 Leonard O'Regan 58 William Lacy 69 (Cormac O'Riordan) (90) 188 11 Cyrille Laventure 7 Thierry Pantel 30 Didier Verhaege 70 Patrick Lingard 82 (Christian Vagner) (88) (Pascal Tristant) (92) 189 12 Mustapha El Nechchadi 23 Khaled Aouita 51 Abdellah Boubia 52 Ahmed Lili 76 (Mohamed Moulhine) (79) (Mohamed Essahal) (101) 202 13 Arnold van Heesvelde 29 Stefan Hendrickx 46 Marc Nelis 63 Benny Pollentier 80 (Johan van Delanotte) (83) (Pierre Richard) (84) 218 14 Andrew Rodgers 40 Brian Matthews 62 Ian Williams 71 Nigel Gooch 74 (Nazar Habib) (86) (Alwyn Ormond) (94) 247 15 Robert Cameron 48 Peter Conaghan 64 John McNeil 77 Alan Puckrin 78 (Michael Taggart) (89) (Alan Wilson) (96) 267 16 Paul McCaffrey 18 Gordan Lang 85 Pat O'Neill 87 Pat McKillop 95 (Philip Tweedie) (99) (Jim Hefferon) (100) 285 17 Abdullah Saud 102 Khrlio Mourdi 103 M.Ibrahim Haji 104 Talal Al-Asfir 105 414 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 107 athletes from 25 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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

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