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1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Field	Value
Name	1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	11th
Date	20 March
Host city	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England England
Location	Riverside Park
Nations participating	35
Athletes participating	431
Races	3
Distances	11.994 km – Senior men
8.033 km – Junior men
4.072 km – Senior women
Previous	1982 Rome
Next	1984 East Rutherford

8.033 km – Junior men 4.072 km – Senior women

The 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on 20 March 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald | access-date = October 21, 2013 and in the Evening Times. | access-date = October 21, 2013

Complete results for men, |access-date=October 21, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110457/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1983S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 junior men, |access-date=October 21, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110022/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1983S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 women, |access-date=October 21, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110840/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1983S.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.

Medallists

Senior women	USA	31	URS	41	CAN	53

Race results

Senior men's race (11.994 km)

Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	Bekele Debele
	Carlos Lopes
	Some Muge
4	Alberto Salazar
5	Antonio Prieto
6	Rob de Castella
7	Dave Clarke
8	Ezequiel Canario
9	Pat Porter
10	Alberto Cova
11	Nat Muir
12	Mehmet Yürdadön

(Miruts Yifter)	(67)

|| 104 |-

(John Idstrom)	(160)

|| 170 |-

(Joseph Otieno)	(139)

|| 191

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

Junior men's race (8.033 km)

Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	Fesseha Abebe
	Angaso Telega
	Jonathan Richards
4	Gonfa Negere
5	José Manuel Albentosa
6	Teka Mekonnen
7	Cyrille Laventure
8	Marc Olesen
9	Asfaw Tadesse
10	Richard Carter
11	José Manuel García
12	Antonio Pérez

(Disso Dissessa)	(16)

|| 13 |-

(Alfredo Munoz)	(17)

|| 41 |-

(Martin Vile)	(55)

|| 58

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Senior women's race (4.072 km)

Main article: 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	Grete Waitz
	Alison Wiley
	Tatyana Pozdnyakova
4	Joan Benoit
5	Betty Springs
6	Svetlana Ulmasova
7	Francine Peeters
8	Fiţa Lovin
9	Margaret Groos
10	Aurora Cunha
11	Alla Yushina
12	Nancy Rooks

(Kathy Hadler)	(42)

|| 31 |-

(Alla Libutina)	(DNF)

|| 41 |-

(Lizanne Bussières)	(45)

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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 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published.

ALG (13)
AUS (14)
BEL (18)
CAN (20)
CHN (6)
TPE (2)
COM (1)
DEN (8)
DJI (3)
ENG (20)
ETH (15)
FRA (21)
IRL (20)
ISR (4)
ITA (17)
KEN (9)
KUW (5)
MAR (6)
NED (14)
NZL (15)
NIR (20)
NOR (11)
PLE (1)
POR (21)
ROU (5)
SCO (21)
URS (11)
ESP (21)
SWE (15)
SUI (8)
TUN (11)
TUR (6)
USA (21)
WAL (21)
FRG (7)

References

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