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1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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Name1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition10th
DateMarch 21
Host cityRome, Italy Italy
LocationIppodromo delle Capannelle
Nations participating33
Athletes participating382
Races3
Distances11.978 km – Senior men
7.926 km – Junior men
4.663 km – Senior women
Previous1981 Madrid
Next1983 Gateshead

7.926 km – Junior men 4.663 km – Senior women The 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. | access-date = October 20, 2013

Complete results for men, |access-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110452/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1982S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 junior men, |access-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110017/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1982S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 women, |access-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110835/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1982S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 medallists, | access-date = October 9, 2013 and the results of British athletes |access-date=October 9, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2013 were published. In the senior men's competition, two-time defending champion Craig Virgin had traveled to Rome to defend his title, but was unable to race. On the day before the contest, was sent to the hospital by ambulance, where he was hospitalized for six days with a swollen kidney and a massive urinary tract infection. Doctors ultimately decided against removal of Virgin's right kidney, although the kidney was later removed in 1994.

Medallists

Senior womenURS44ITA57ENG67

Race results

Senior men's race (11.978 km)

Main article: 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

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Mohammed Kedir
Alberto Salazar
Rod Dixon
4Hansjörg Kunze
5Mike McLeod
6Eshetu Tura
7Alberto Cova
8Werner Schildhauer
9Dave Clarke
10Rob de Castella
11Hugh Jones
12Wodajo Bulti
(Megersa Tulu)(137)

|| 98 |-

(Peter Standing)(124)

|| 114 |-

(Igor Yefimov)(114)

|| 257

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

Junior men's race (7.926 km)

Main article: 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%TimeFull results
Zurbachev Gelaw
Adugna Lema
Stefano Mei
4Hunde Kume
5Teka Mekonnen
6Francesco Panetta
7Salvatore Nicosia
8Jonathan Richards
9Gonfa Negere
10Bekele Debele
11John Easker
12Francisco Espejo
(Bekele Debele)(10)

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(Marco Gozzano)(58)

|| 37 |-

(Mike Kubitschek)(56)

|| 70

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Senior women's race (4.663 km)

Main article: 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%TimeFull results
Maricica Puică
Fiţa Lovin
Grete Waitz
4Agnese Possamai
5Dianne Rodger
6Ingrid Kristiansen
7Yelena Sipatova
8Raisa Smekhnova
9Nadia Dandolo
10Jan Merrill
11Tatyana Pozdnyakova
12Kate Wiley
(Alla Yushina)(29)

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(Gabriella Dorio)((DNF))

|| 57 |-

(Sandra Arthurton)(48)

|| 67

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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 382 athletes from 33 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

  • ALG (20)
  • AUS (1)
  • BEL (19)
  • CAN (21)
  • TCH (2)
  • DEN (16)
  • GDR (3)
  • ENG (21)
  • ETH (14)
  • FRA (21)
  • IRL (20)
  • ISR (3)
  • ITA (20)
  • KEN (9)
  • KUW (1)
  • LIB (2)
  • MEX (1)
  • MAR (6)
  • NED (6)
  • NZL (4)
  • NIR (11)
  • NOR (4)
  • POL (6)
  • POR (21)
  • ROU (2)
  • SCO (21)
  • URS (17)
  • ESP (21)
  • SWE (15)
  • SUI (6)
  • USA (21)
  • WAL (20)
  • FRG (7)

References

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