1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships explained

The 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Medallists

Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Craig Virgin	35:05	Mohammed Kedir	35:07	Fernando Mamede	35:09
Junior men (7.25 km)	Mohammed Chouri	22:04	Yevgeniy Zherebin	22:06	Keith Brantly	22:07
Senior women (4.41 km)	Grete Waitz	14:07	Jan Merrill	14:22	Yelena Sipatova	14:22
Team
Senior men		81		114		220
Junior men		23		61		66
Senior women		24		36		89

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

See main article: 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		35:05
	align=left		align=left		35:07
	align=left		align=left		35:09
4	align=left		align=left		35:13
5	align=left		align=left		35:18
6	align=left		align=left		35:20
7	align=left		align=left		35:22
8	align=left		align=left		35:23
9	align=left		align=left		35:24
10	align=left		align=left		35:26
11	align=left		align=left		35:30
12	align=left		align=left		35:34
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 30 align=left style="border:0" (Hana Girma) align=right style="border:0" (32) align=left style="border:0" (Tolossa Kotu) align=right style="border:0" (75)	81
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 51 align=left style="border:0" (Daniel Dillon) align=right style="border:0" (63) align=left style="border:0" (Mike McGuire) align=right style="border:0" (80) align=left style="border:0" (Mark Muggleton) align=right style="border:0" (103)	114
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 25 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 36 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 56 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 57 align=left style="border:0" (Joseph Kiptum) align=right style="border:0" (68) align=left style="border:0" (Adriano Musonye) align=right style="border:0" (147) align=left style="border:0" (John Rotich) align=right style="border:0" (200)	220
4	align=left		254
5	align=left		255
6	align=left		312
7	align=left		350
8	align=left		377
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.25 km)

See main article: 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		22:04
	align=left		align=left		22:06
	align=left		align=left		22:07
4	align=left		align=left		22:08
5	align=left		align=left		22:19
6	align=left		align=left		22:21
7	align=left		align=left		22:23
8	align=left		align=left		22:29
9	align=left		align=left		22:32
10	align=left		align=left		22:32
11	align=left		align=left		22:33
12	align=left		align=left		22:37
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" (Peter Warner) (22) align=left style="border:0" (Michael Pyeatt) align=right style="border:0" (23)	23
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 25 align=left style="border:0" (Philip Dixon) align=right style="border:0" (51) align=left style="border:0" (Neil Rimmer) align=right style="border:0" (88)	61
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" (Marc Olesen) align=right style="border:0" (39) align=left style="border:0" (Mark Orzel) align=right style="border:0" (63)	66
4	align=left		80
5	align=left		118
6	align=left		130
7	align=left		135
8	align=left		137
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.41 km)

See main article: 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race.

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		14:07
	align=left		align=left		14:22
	align=left		align=left		14:22
4	align=left		align=left		14:25
5	align=left		align=left		14:25
6	align=left		align=left		14:28
7	align=left		align=left		14:28
8	align=left		align=left		14:31
9	align=left		align=left		14:34
10	align=left		align=left		14:38
11	align=left		align=left		14:39
12	align=left		align=left		14:39
Full results

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Irina Bondarchuk) align=right style="border:0" (21) align=left style="border:0" (Giana Romanova) align=right style="border:0" (32)	24
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" (Brenda Webb) align=right style="border:0" (30) align=left style="border:0" (Francie Larrieu) align=right style="border:0" (36)	36
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" (Nadia Dandolo) align=right style="border:0" (46) align=left style="border:0" (Marina Loddo) align=right style="border:0" (49)	89
4	align=left		90
5	align=left		96
6	align=left		106
7	align=left		123
8	align=left		167
Full results

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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• (21)
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• (21)
• (8)
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• (20)
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• (2)
• (21)
• (3)
• (20)
• (9)
• (1)
• (1)
• (5)
• (14)
• (15)
• (10)
• (6)
• (7)
• (21)
• (1)
• (14)
• (20)
• (19)
• (21)
• (1)
• (6)
• (13)
• (1)
• (21)
• (20)
• (8)

See also

• 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1981 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• The World Cross Country Championships 1973–2005
• GBRathletics
• Athletics Australia