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.[1]
| 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 12th |
| Date | March 25 |
| Host city | East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States  |
| Venue | Meadowlands Racetrack |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 12.086 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 5 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 443 athletes from 40 nations |
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | ||||||
| Senior men (12.086 km) |
Carlos Lopes Portugal |
33:25 | Tim Hutchings England |
33:30 | Steve Jones Wales |
33:32 |
| Junior men (8 km) |
Pere Casacuberta Spain |
21:32 | Doju Tessema Ethiopia |
21:34 | John Castellano Canada |
21:37 |
| Senior women (5 km) |
Maricica Puică Romania |
15:56 | Galina Zakharova Soviet Union |
15:58 | Grete Waitz Norway |
15:58 |
| Team | ||||||
| Senior men | Ethiopia |
134 | United States |
161 | Portugal |
223 |
| Junior men | Ethiopia |
21 | Spain |
34 | England |
68 |
| Senior women | United States |
52 | England |
65 |  New Zealand |
91 |
Race results
editSenior men's race (12.086 km)
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Carlos Lopes | Portugal |
33:25 |
 |
Tim Hutchings | England |
33:30 |
 |
Steve Jones | Wales |
33:32 |
| 4 | Pat Porter | United States |
33:34 |
| 5 | Wilson Waigwa |  Kenya |
33:41 |
| 6 | Ed Eyestone | United States |
33:46 |
| 7 | Pierre Levisse |  France |
33:51 |
| 8 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia |
33:52 |
| 9 | Adugna Lema | Ethiopia |
33:52 |
| 10 | Francesco Panetta |  Italy |
33:54 |
| 11 | Alberto Cova | Italy |
33:58 |
| 12 | Christoph Herle |  West Germany |
34:01 |
| Full results | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Ethiopia
|
134 | ||||||||||||||||||
| |
United States
|
161 | ||||||||||||||||||
| |
Portugal
|
223 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kenya |
233 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Italy |
258 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | England |
269 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Spain |
270 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Zealand |
276 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full results | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8 km)
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
Pere Casacuberta | Spain |
21:32 |
| |
Doju Tessema | Ethiopia |
21:34 |
| |
John Castellano | Canada |
21:37 |
| 4 | Belaye Teshome | Ethiopia |
21:42 |
| 5 | Antonio Pérez | Spain |
21:48 |
| 6 | Paul Roden | England |
21:49 |
| 7 | Kalcha Abcha | Ethiopia |
21:49 |
| 8 | Wolde Silasse Melkessa | Ethiopia |
21:50 |
| 9 | Robert Rice | Canada |
21:53 |
| 10 | David Miles | England |
22:00 |
| 11 | Joseba Sarriegui | Spain |
22:02 |
| 12 | Patrick Piper | United States |
22:04 |
| Full results | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Ethiopia
|
21 | ||||||||||||
| |
Spain
|
34 | ||||||||||||
| |
England
|
68 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | United States |
72 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Canada |
101 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Belgium |
116 | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Ireland |
119 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Italy |
122 | ||||||||||||
| Full results | ||||||||||||||
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5 km)
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
Maricica Puică | Romania |
15:56 |
| |
Galina Zakharova | Soviet Union |
15:58 |
| |
Grete Waitz | Norway |
15:58 |
| 4 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway |
16:04 |
| 5 | Jane Furniss | England |
16:10 |
| 6 | Christine Benning | England |
16:15 |
| 7 | Midde Hamrin |  Sweden |
16:16 |
| 8 | Angela Tooby | Wales |
16:18 |
| 9 | Betty Springs | United States |
16:20 |
| 10 | Cathy Branta | United States |
16:21 |
| 11 | Eva Ernström | Sweden |
16:21 |
| 12 | Francine Peeters | Belgium |
16:26 |
| Full results | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
United States
|
52 | ||||||||||||
| |
England
|
65 | ||||||||||||
| |
New Zealand
|
91 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ireland |
105 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Sweden |
122 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Romania |
127 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Belgium |
136 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Norway |
154 | ||||||||||||
| Full results | ||||||||||||||
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
edit* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 United States (USA)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | England (ENG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wales (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
editAn unofficial count yields the participation of 443 athletes from 40 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
Australia (1)
Belgium (21)
Canada (19)
China (6)
Colombia (6)
Denmark (16)
Dominican Republic (5)
England (21)
Ethiopia (13)
Finland (8)
France (21)
Hong Kong (9)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (6)
Ireland (18)
Israel (1)
Italy (21)
Jamaica (8)
Japan (5)
Kenya (10)
Kuwait (7)
Mexico (9)
Netherlands (7)
New Zealand (14)
Northern Ireland (16)
Norway (6)
Palestine (2)
Portugal (20)
Puerto Rico (11)
Romania (5)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (8)
Spain (21)
Sweden (13)
Switzerland (8)
United States (21)
U.S. Virgin Islands (4)
Venezuela (2)
Wales (21)
West Germany (10)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Athletics - Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the world cross-country title over seven-and-a-half miles of Meadowlands Racecourse in New York yesterday in a time of 33 minutes 25 seconds, but Scotland's best medal hope Shettleston Harrier Nat Muir, was forced to watch the race on television, confined to bed with a bronchial virus and a temperature of 103..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1984, p. 15, retrieved October 21, 2013
- ^
Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 11.8km CC Men -, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
External links
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