The Senior men's race at the 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. 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 (12.086 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Carlos Lopes 33:25 Tim Hutchings 33:30 Steve Jones 33:32 4 Pat Porter 33:34 5 Wilson Waigwa 33:41 6 Ed Eyestone 33:46 7 Pierre Levisse 33:51 8 Bekele Debele 33:52 9 Adugna Lema 33:52 10 Francesco Panetta 33:54 11 Alberto Cova 33:58 12 Christoph Herle 34:01 13 John Treacy 34:01 14 Niels Kim Hjorth 34:03 15 Martti Vainio 34:04 16 Mohammed Kedir 34:06 17 Craig Virgin 34:07 18 Stijn Jaspers 34:07 19 Paul Kipkoech 34:07 20 Rex Wilson 34:07 21 Rob de Castella 34:08 22 Luis Adsuara 34:08 23 Fernando Mamede 34:09 24 Dereje Nedi 34:09 25 Antonio Leitão 34:12 26 João Campos 34:13 27 Jorge García 34:13 28 John Easker 34:15 29 Eduardo Castro 34:17 30 Julian Goater 34:19 31 Eshetu Tura 34:19 32 Constantino Esparcia 34:20 33 John Bowden 34:21 34 Kevin Forster 34:23 35 John Woods 34:24 36 Dominique Chauvelier 34:25 37 Gerardo Alcala 34:25 38 David Burridge 34:26 39 Joshua Kipkemboi 34:27 40 Klaas Lok 34:28 41 Jeff Drenth 34:29 42 Paul McCloy 34:29 43 Zhang Guowei 34:32 44 Shane Marshall 34:33 45 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 34:34 46 Wodajo Bulti 34:35 47 Shozo Shimoju 34:36 48 Alain Bordeleau 34:37 49 Peter Tootell 34:38 50 Vicente Polo 34:38 51 Philippe Legrand 34:39 52 Some Muge 34:39 53 Frank Zimmermann 34:40 54 Stefano Mei 34:40 55 Franco Boffi 34:40 56 Michael Scheytt 34:41 57 Omwanda Mirande 34:41 58 Santiago Llorente 34:41 59 Theo van den Abeele 34:42 60 Giuseppe Pambianchi 34:42 61 Peter Kianga 34:42 62 Karel Lismont 34:43 63 Joseph Kiptum 34:43 64 Ezequiel Canario 34:44 65 Mark Stickley 34:45 66 John O'Toole 34:46 67 Richard O'Flynn 34:47 68 Salvatore Antibo 34:48 69 Andy Holden 34:50 70 Tom Birnie 34:51 71 Dallas McCallum 34:52 72 Andrew Masai 34:52 73 Jef Gees 34:53 74 Jan Hagelbrand 34:54 75 Shuichi Yoneshige 34:55 76 Lars-Erik Nilsson 34:55 77 Jean-Louis Prianon 34:56 78 Henrik Sandström 34:56 79 Werner Mory 34:57 80 Ranieri Carenza 34:57 81 Antonio Prieto 34:58 82 Marco Gozzano 34:59 83 Jesús Herrera 34:59 84 Joaquim Pinheiro 35:00 85 Richard Partridge 35:01 86 Jairo Correa 35:01 87 Geoff Turnbull 35:02 88 Cándido Alario 35:02 89 Mats Erixon 35:03 90 Alex Gonzalez 35:04 91 Ghilsmain Fourrier 35:05 92 John Idstrom 35:08 93 Valentin Rodríguez 35:10 94 Daniel Dillon 35:10 95 Jean-Pierre Paumen 35:11 96 Feyissa Abebe 35:12 97 Hailu Wolde Tsadik 35:12 98 Tonnie Dirks 35:12 99 Toshihiro Shibutani 35:13 100 Keld Johnsen 35:13 101 Tommy Persson 35:14 102 Robert Costelloe 35:15 103 Paul Ballinger 35:15 104 Jos Maes 35:15 105 Tony O'Leary 35:16 106 Joaquin Leano 35:17 107 Ron Becht 35:17 108 Kenneth Davies 35:19 109 Hans Koeleman 35:19 110 Jacques Boxberger 35:20 111 Raymond van Paemel 35:21 112 Lawrie Spence 35:22 113 Steve Binns 35:23 114 Konrad Dobler 35:24 115 Domingo Tibaduiza 35:25 116 Pär Wallin 35:27 117 Didier Bernard 35:29 118 Deon McNeilly 35:30 119 Andrew Evans 35:30 120 José Manuel Albentosa 35:31 121 Kurt Huerst 35:31 122 Robert Schneider 35:31 123 Hillary Tuwei 35:31 124 Fernando Couto 35:33 125 Robert Cook 35:34 126 Nigel Adams 35:37 127 Gábor Szabó 35:38 128 Bernd Rangen 35:39 129 Jari Nurmisto 35:39 130 Marti ten Kate 35:40 131 Ross Copestake 35:42 132 Tony Blakewell 35:43 133 Roland Hertner 35:43 134 Marc Borghans 35:43 135 Lars Ericsson 35:44 136 Beat Steffen 35:44 137 Lars Bo Sørensen 35:45 138 Hans Segerfeldt 35:45 139 Pascal Debacker 35:47 140 Marius Hasler 35:48 141 Roy Dooney 35:48 142 Martin Schmid 35:49 143 Edward Stewart 35:49 144 Troy Billings 35:51 145 Derek Froude 35:51 146 Terence Mitchell 35:53 147 Sabag Shemtov 35:55 148 Terry Greene 35:57 149 Fraser Clyne 35:58 150 Thierry Watrice 35:59 151 Steve Martin 36:00 152 Roger de Vogel 36:01 153 Roberto Silva 36:02 154 Wu Zhihan 36:02 155 Adrian Shorter 36:02 156 Cui Yulin 36:03 157 Henrik Albahn 36:05 158 Eddie Herridge 36:06 159 Ralph Petersen 36:07 160 Cong Ming 36:09 161 Dan Glans 36:09 162 Kingston Mills 36:11 163 Megersa Tulu 36:12 164 Per Hoffmann 36:14 165 Raul Ceja 36:15 166 Cor Lambregts 36:17 167 Chris Buckley 36:18 168 Alex Gilmour 36:20 169 Tony Simmons 36:22 170 James Egan 36:26 171 Ieuan Ellis 36:29 172 Nestor Moreno 36:30 173 Christian Wolfsberg 36:31 174 Fu Bangrong 36:31 175 Charles Haskett 36:33 176 Cameron Spence 36:35 177 Masahito Ueda 36:36 178 Hugo Rey 36:42 179 Samuel Doherty 36:45 180 Randy Cox 36:50 181 Ilpo Jousimaa 36:51 182 Rheal Desjardins 36:53 183 Yang Lin 36:54 184 Mohamed Bekheet 36:57 185 Sadot Méndez 36:58 186 Eddie Oxlade 37:00 187 Roberto Ramos 37:02 188 Derick Adamson 37:06 189 Martin Grüning 37:09 190 Jón Didriksson 37:12 191 Ildelgard Vargas 37:14 192 Gábor Markó 37:17 193 Alun Roper 37:18 194 Michael Feurtado 37:19 195 Joseph Cross 37:23 196 Takuya Hashiba 37:25 197 Israel Díaz 37:27 198 Sigurdur Sigmundsson 37:31 199 Fernando Miguel 37:35 200 Ahmad Al-Hajry 37:35 201 John Arnold 37:38 202 Cesar Sabagol 37:39 203 Placido Martin 37:41 204 Paul Stapleton 37:44 205 João Silva 37:45 206 Alvaro Palacios 37:46 207 Pablo Rodríguez 37:55 208 Cebert Cooper 38:02 209 Luis Almonte 38:02 210 Tim Soutar 38:11 211 Saleh Haji Ali 38:12 212 Jens Hansen 38:16 213 Jukka Viitasaari 38:22 214 Francisco Medina 38:24 215 Agust Thorsteinsson 38:26 216 Fredeberto Sanchez 38:26 217 Jorge Alvarado 38:49 218 Jean Fasnacht 38:50 219 Adiat Salah 39:09 220 Ahmad Helal 39:09 221 M.Ibrahim Haji 39:11 222 Sighvatur Gudmundsson 39:17 223 Hugh Dunkley 39:28 224 Harfteinn Oskarsson 39:33 225 Keith Laing 39:35 226 Jukka Tammisuo 40:20 227 Marlon Williams 40:24 228 Gladstone Jones 40:29 229 Wallace Williams 40:38 230 Greg Johnson 40:41 231 Herman Crookes 41:12 232 Gunnar Birgisson 41:15 233 Wong Kim Kueng 41:18 234 Wong Ip Chor 41:22 235 Hing Shih Wah 41:25 236 Bill Chan 41:25 237 Rafael Hernandez 41:26 238 Jeffrey Chung 41:39 — Gelindo Bordin DNF — George Braidwood DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Bekele Debele 8 Adugna Lema 9 Mohammed Kedir 16 Dereje Nedi 24 Eshetu Tura 31 Wodajo Bulti 46 (Feyissa Abebe) (96) (Hailu Wolde Tsadik) (97) (Megersa Tulu) (163) 134 Pat Porter 4 Ed Eyestone 6 Craig Virgin 17 John Easker 28 Jeff Drenth 41 Mark Stickley 65 (John Idstrom) (92) (Daniel Dillon) (94) (Troy Billings) (144) 161 Carlos Lopes 1 Fernando Mamede 23 Antonio Leitão 25 João Campos 26 Ezequiel Canario 64 Joaquim Pinheiro 84 (Fernando Couto) (124) (Fernando Miguel) (199) (João Silva) (205) 223 4 Wilson Waigwa 5 Paul Kipkoech 19 Joshua Kipkemboi 39 Some Muge 52 Omwanda Mirande 57 Peter Kianga 61 (Joseph Kiptum) (63) (Andrew Masai) (72) (Hillary Tuwei) (123) 233 5 Francesco Panetta 10 Alberto Cova 11 Stefano Mei 54 Franco Boffi 55 Giuseppe Pambianchi 60 Salvatore Antibo 68 (Ranieri Carenza) (80) (Marco Gozzano) (82) (Gelindo Bordin) (DNF) 258 6 Tim Hutchings 2 Julian Goater 30 Kevin Forster 34 Peter Tootell 49 Andy Holden 69 Richard Partridge 85 (Geoff Turnbull) (87) (Steve Binns) (113) (Eddie Herridge) (158) 269 7 Luis Adsuara 22 Jorge García 27 Constantino Esparcia 32 Vicente Polo 50 Santiago Llorente 58 Antonio Prieto 81 (Cándido Alario) (88) (Valentin Rodríguez) (93) (José Manuel Albentosa) (120) 270 8 Rex Wilson 20 John Bowden 33 David Burridge 38 Shane Marshall 44 Tom Birnie 70 Dallas McCallum 71 (Paul Ballinger) (103) (Derek Froude) (145) 276 9 Pierre Levisse 7 Dominique Chauvelier 36 Philippe Legrand 51 Jean-Louis Prianon 77 Alex Gonzalez 90 Jacques Boxberger 110 (Didier Bernard) (117) (Pascal Debacker) (139) (Thierry Watrice) (150) 371 10 John Treacy 13 John Woods 35 John O'Toole 66 Richard O'Flynn 67 Robert Costelloe 102 Tony O'Leary 105 (Roy Dooney) (141) (Kingston Mills) (162) 388 11 Christoph Herle 12 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 45 Frank Zimmermann 53 Michael Scheytt 56 Konrad Dobler 114 Robert Schneider 122 (Bernd Rangen) (128) (Martin Grüning) (189) 402 12 Theo van den Abeele 59 Karel Lismont 62 Jef Gees 73 Werner Mory 79 Ghilsmain Fourrier 91 Jean-Pierre Paumen 95 (Jos Maes) (104) (Raymond van Paemel) (111) (Roger de Vogel) (152) 459 13 Stijn Jaspers 18 Klaas Lok 40 Tonnie Dirks 98 Hans Koeleman 109 Martin ten Kate 130 Marc Borghans 134 (Cor Lambregts) (166) 529 14 Jan Hagelbrand 74 Lars-Erik Nilsson 76 Mats Erixon 89 Tommy Persson 101 Pär Wallin 116 Lars Ericsson 135 (Hans Segerfeldt) (138) (Dan Glans) (161) 591 15 Steve Jones 3 Kenneth Davies 108 Andrew Evans 119 Nigel Adams 126 Tony Blakewell 132 Chris Buckley 167 (Tony Simmons) (169) (Ieuan Ellis) (171) (Alun Roper) (193) 655 16 Paul McCloy 42 Alain Bordeleau 48 Ron Becht 107 Robert Cook 125 Adrian Shorter 155 Randy Cox 180 (Rheal Desjardins) (182) 657 17 Eduardo Castro 29 Gerardo Alcala 37 Jesús Herrera 83 Roberto Silva 153 Raul Ceja 165 Francisco Medina 214 (Fredeberto Sanchez) (216) 681 18 Niels Kim Hjorth 14 Keld Johnsen 100 Lars Bo Sørensen 137 Henrik Albahn 157 Ralph Petersen 159 Per Hoffmann 164 (Christian Wolfsberg) (173) (Jens Hansen) (212) 731 19 Martti Vainio 15 Henrik Sandström 78 Jari Nurmisto 129 Ilpo Jousimaa 181 Jukka Viitasaari 213 Jukka Tammisuo 226 842 20 Lawrie Spence 112 Ross Copestake 131 Edward Stewart 143 Terence Mitchell 146 Fraser Clyne 149 Alex Gilmour 168 (James Egan) (170) (Charles Haskett) (175) (George Braidwood) (DNF) 849 21 Kurt Huerst 121 Roland Hertner 133 Beat Steffen 136 Marius Hasler 140 Martin Schmid 142 Hugo Rey 178 850 22 Zhang Guowei 43 Wu Zhihan 154 Cui Yulin 156 Cong Ming 160 Fu Bangrong 174 Yang Lin 183 870 23 Jairo Correa 86 Joaquin Leano 106 Domingo Tibaduiza 115 Cesar Sabagol 202 Placido Martin 203 Alvaro Palacios 206 918 24 Deon McNeilly 118 Terry Greene 148 Steve Martin 151 Cameron Spence 176 Samuel Doherty 179 Eddie Oxlade 186 958 25 Nestor Moreno 172 Sadot Méndez 185 Roberto Ramos 187 Israel Díaz 197 Pablo Rodríguez 207 Jorge Alvarado 217 1165 26 Derick Adamson 188 Michael Feurtado 194 Joseph Cross 195 Cebert Cooper 208 Hugh Dunkley 223 Keith Laing 225 (Gladstone Jones) (228) (Herman Crookes) (231) 1233 27 Jón Didriksson 190 Sigurdur Sigmundsson 198 Agust Thorsteinsson 215 Sighvatur Gudmundsson 222 Harfteinn Oskarsson 224 Gunnar Birgisson 232 1281 28 John Arnold 201 Paul Stapleton 204 Tim Soutar 210 Jean Fasnacht 218 Wong Kim Kueng 233 Wong Ip Chor 234 (Hing Shih Wah) (235) (Bill Chan) (236) (Jeffrey Chung) (238) 1300 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 240 athletes from 37 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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