# 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at 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.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (11.978 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | 33:40.5 |
| | Alberto Salazar | United States | 33:44.8 |
| | Rod Dixon | New Zealand | 34:01.8 |
| 4 | Hansjörg Kunze | East Germany | 34:03 |
| 5 | Mike McLeod | England | 34:06.4 |
| 6 | Eshetu Tura | Ethiopia | 34:07.7 |
| 7 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 34:12.8 |
| 8 | Werner Schildhauer | East Germany | 34:17.1 |
| 9 | Dave Clarke | England | 34:19.4 |
| 10 | Rob de Castella | Australia | 34:20.5 |
| 11 | Hugh Jones | England | 34:21 |
| 12 | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 34:28.5 |
| 13 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 34:29.3 |
| 14 | Alfred Nyasani | Kenya | 34:32.7 |
| 15 | Kipsubai Koskei | Kenya | 34:35.1 |
| 16 | Miruts Yifter | Ethiopia | 34:36 |
| 17 | Eric de Beck | Belgium | 34:37.2 |
| 18 | Julian Goater | England | 34:38.1 |
| 19 | Aleksandr Antipov | Soviet Union | 34:39 |
| 20 | Luis Adsuara | Spain | 34:39.9 |
| 21 | Frank Zimmermann | West Germany | 34:40.7 |
| 22 | Steve Kenyon | England | 34:42.3 |
| 23 | Steve Jones | Wales | 34:45.5 |
| 24 | Valeriy Sapon | Soviet Union | 34:46.5 |
| 25 | Hans Segerfeldt | Sweden | 34:47.2 |
| 26 | Gerard Kiernan | Ireland | 34:47.9 |
| 27 | Don Clary | United States | 34:49 |
| 28 | Hana Girma | Ethiopia | 34:49.5 |
| 29 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 34:50.4 |
| 30 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | 34:51.4 |
| 31 | José Sena | Portugal | 34:52.4 |
| 32 | Gerry Deegan | Ireland | 34:53.7 |
| 33 | Radhouane Bouster | France | 34:54.1 |
| 34 | Antonio Layos | Spain | 34:54.3 |
| 35 | Dereje Nedi | Ethiopia | 34:55.2 |
| 36 | John Woods | Ireland | 34:56.5 |
| 37 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 34:57.7 |
| 38 | Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 34:58.9 |
| 39 | Pierre Levisse | France | 35:00.8 |
| 40 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | 35:02 |
| 41 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer | Czechoslovakia | 35:02.3 |
| 42 | Mats Erixon | Sweden | 35:03.3 |
| 43 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 35:03.9 |
| 44 | Gianni Demadonna | Italy | 35:04.6 |
| 45 | Enn Sellik | Soviet Union | 35:05.4 |
| 46 | Viktor Chumakov | Soviet Union | 35:09.2 |
| 47 | John Treacy | Ireland | 35:09.4 |
| 48 | Some Muge | Kenya | 35:09.8 |
| 49 | Karl Harrison | England | 35:13.6 |
| 50 | Jacques Boxberger | France | 35:14.2 |
| 51 | Christoph Herle | West Germany | 35:14.5 |
| 52 | Yevgeniy Okorokov | Soviet Union | 35:15.1 |
| 53 | Jorge García | Spain | 35:15.8 |
| 54 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 35:16.4 |
| 55 | François Person | France | 35:17.5 |
| 56 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 35:18.5 |
| 57 | Paul Ballinger | New Zealand | 35:19.3 |
| 58 | Rachid Habchaoui | Algeria | 35:20.1 |
| 59 | Wilson Musonik | Kenya | 35:20.8 |
| 60 | Daniel Dillon | United States | 35:21.5 |
| 61 | John McLaughlin | Northern Ireland | 35:22.4 |
| 62 | Eddy de Pauw | Belgium | 35:23.3 |
| 63 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 35:23.7 |
| 64 | Pat Porter | United States | 35:23.9 |
| 65 | Barry Knight | England | 35:24.8 |
| 66 | Girma Berhanu | Ethiopia | 35:25.3 |
| 67 | Kevin Forster | England | 35:26.2 |
| 68 | Michael Scheytt | West Germany | 35:26.4 |
| 69 | Herb Lindsay | United States | 35:28.9 |
| 70 | Giuseppe Gerbi | Italy | 35:29.8 |
| 71 | Toomas Turb | Soviet Union | 35:31.8 |
| 72 | Antonio Leitão | Portugal | 35:35.1 |
| 73 | Manfred Schoeneberg | West Germany | 35:35.3 |
| 74 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | 35:36.9 |
| 75 | Delfim Moreira | Portugal | 35:38.1 |
| 76 | Abdelrazzak Bounour | Algeria | 35:39.6 |
| 77 | Paul Williams | Canada | 35:39.9 |
| 78 | Dan Heikkinen | United States | 35:40.1 |
| 79 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 35:41.3 |
| 80 | Allan Zachariasen | Denmark | 35:41.7 |
| 81 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 35:42.2 |
| 82 | Alessio Faustini | Italy | 35:43.2 |
| 83 | Sergey Navolokin | Soviet Union | 35:43.9 |
| 84 | Dennis Fowles | Wales | 35:47.7 |
| 85 | John Robson | Scotland | 35:49.3 |
| 86 | Alex Gonzalez | France | 35:49.6 |
| 87 | Eduardo Castro | Mexico | 35:50.7 |
| 88 | Michael Spöttel | West Germany | 35:51.7 |
| 89 | Abdelmadjid Mada | Algeria | 35:54.2 |
| 90 | Roland Hertner | Switzerland | 35:55.5 |
| 91 | Giuseppe Pambianchi | Italy | 35:57.9 |
| 92 | Francis Gonzalez | France | 35:58.8 |
| 93 | Jon Sinclair | United States | 35:59.1 |
| 94 | Hugo Rey | Switzerland | 35:59.9 |
| 95 | Ron MacDonald | Scotland | 36:00.9 |
| 96 | Anders Carlsson | Sweden | 36:01.2 |
| 97 | Charles Barongo | Kenya | 36:01.4 |
| 98 | Adriano Musonye | Kenya | 36:01.7 |
| 99 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 36:02.8 |
| 100 | Kurt Huerst | Switzerland | 36:03.7 |
| 101 | Robert Costelloe | Ireland | 36:05.2 |
| 102 | Guy Arbogast | United States | 36:06 |
| 103 | Roger Hackney | Wales | 36:06.2 |
| 104 | Fredi Griner | Switzerland | 36:06.5 |
| 105 | Charles Kiplimo | Kenya | 36:08.5 |
| 106 | Keld Johnsen | Denmark | 36:09 |
| 107 | Neil Cusack | Ireland | 36:09.8 |
| 108 | Greg Duhaime | Canada | 36:10 |
| 109 | Léon Schots | Belgium | 36:12.8 |
| 110 | Rafael Marques | Portugal | 36:15.1 |
| 111 | Joshua Kipkemboi | Kenya | 36:16 |
| 112 | Eero Kinaret | Sweden | 36:18.6 |
| 113 | Helder de Jesús | Portugal | 36:20.3 |
| 114 | Igor Yefimov | Soviet Union | 36:21.2 |
| 115 | Arye Gamliel | Israel | 36:22.5 |
| 116 | Greg Hannon | Northern Ireland | 36:24.2 |
| 117 | Mahmoud Hazzazi | Algeria | 36:26 |
| 118 | Francisco Baron | Spain | 36:26.9 |
| 119 | Kingston Mills | Ireland | 36:27.4 |
| 120 | Peter Butler | Canada | 36:28 |
| 121 | Richard Milne | Wales | 36:29.2 |
| 122 | Art Boileau | Canada | 36:30.4 |
| 123 | Tony Blakewell | Wales | 36:31 |
| 124 | Peter Standing | England | 36:31.3 |
| 125 | Francisco Alario | Spain | 36:32.2 |
| 126 | Ronny Agten | Belgium | 36:33.2 |
| 127 | Fraser Clyne | Scotland | 36:33.9 |
| 128 | Padraig Keane | Ireland | 36:36 |
| 129 | Randy Jackson | United States | 36:37.5 |
| 130 | Francois Willems | Belgium | 36:39.3 |
| 131 | Estanislao Duran | Spain | 36:41 |
| 132 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 36:41.9 |
| 133 | Philippe Daniel | France | 36:45.6 |
| 134 | Thierry Watrice | France | 36:47.3 |
| 135 | Alastair Douglas | Scotland | 36:51.7 |
| 136 | John Skovbjerg | Denmark | 36:54 |
| 137 | Megersa Tulu | Ethiopia | 36:54.4 |
| 138 | Lawrie Spence | Scotland | 36:55.7 |
| 139 | Peter Horisberger | Switzerland | 36:56.6 |
| 140 | Kenneth Davies | Wales | 36:57.6 |
| 141 | Tony O'Leary | Ireland | 36:58 |
| 142 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 37:01.3 |
| 143 | Per Hoffmann | Denmark | 37:02 |
| 144 | Lahcene Babaci | Algeria | 37:02.6 |
| 145 | Graham Clark | Scotland | 37:03.5 |
| 146 | Lars Bo Sørensen | Denmark | 37:04.4 |
| 147 | Ralph Petersen | Denmark | 37:04.7 |
| 148 | Edward Stewart | Scotland | 37:06.1 |
| 149 | Rob Lonergan | Canada | 37:20.1 |
| 150 | Tommy Persson | Sweden | 37:22.7 |
| 151 | Chris Buckley | Wales | 37:25.9 |
| 152 | Ieuan Ellis | Wales | 37:29.8 |
| 153 | Steve Martin | Northern Ireland | 37:29.8 |
| 154 | Rebai Settouh | Algeria | 37:32.6 |
| 155 | Yehuda Zadok | Israel | 37:34.6 |
| 156 | Rod Stone | Northern Ireland | 37:35.3 |
| 157 | Martin Grosskopf | West Germany | 37:56.1 |
| 158 | John Theophilus | Wales | 38:05.4 |
| 159 | Fritz Rüegsegger | Switzerland | 38:14.2 |
| 160 | Michael Lawther | Northern Ireland | 38:22.7 |
| 161 | Raymond Curran | Northern Ireland | 38:35.7 |
| 162 | Terry Greene | Northern Ireland | 38:48.8 |
| 163 | Mehdi Aidet | Algeria | 38:52.8 |
| 164 | Patrick Clabaut | France | 39:27.6 |
| 165 | Nabil Choueiry | Lebanon | 39:44.6 |
| 166 | Ahmed Hamadi | Kuwait | 40:31.9 |
| 167 | Selwan Philemone | Lebanon | 45:10.9 |
| — | El Hachami Abdenouz | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Vittorio Fontanella | Italy | DNF |
| — | Henrique Crisostomo | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Nat Muir | Scotland | DNF |
| — | Pär Wallin | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Roger de Vogel | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Bill Britton | Canada | DNF |
| — | Bo Orrsveden | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Stanislav Tabor | Czechoslovakia | DNF |
| — | Mike Dyon | Canada | DNF |
| — | Mario Gelli | Italy | DNF |
| — | Randy Cox | Canada | DNF |
| — | Sergio Pesavento | Italy | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Mohammed Kedir1 Eshetu Tura6 Wodajo Bulti12 Miruts Yifter16 Hana Girma28 Dereje Nedi35 (Girma Berhanu)(66) (Megersa Tulu)(137) | 98 |
| | England Mike McLeod5 Dave Clarke9 Hugh Jones11 Julian Goater18 Steve Kenyon22 Karl Harrison49 (Barry Knight)(65) (Kevin Forster)(67) (Peter Standing)(124) | 114 |
| | Soviet Union Aleksandr Antipov19 Valeriy Sapon24 Enn Sellik45 Viktor Chumakov46 Yevgeniy Okorokov52 Toomas Turb71 (Sergey Navolokin)(83) (Igor Yefimov)(114) | 257 |
| 4 | Kenya Alfred Nyasani14 Kipsubai Koskei15 Joseph Kiptum38 Some Muge48 Wilson Musonik59 Charles Barongo97 (Adriano Musonye)(98) (Charles Kiplimo)(105) (Joshua Kipkemboi)(111) | 271 |
| 5 | Spain Luis Adsuara20 Antonio Layos34 Santiago de la Parte40 Jorge García53 Constantino Esparcia54 Antonio Prieto79 (Francisco Baron)(118) (Francisco Alario)(125) (Estanislao Duran)(131) | 280 |
| 6 | United States Alberto Salazar2 Don Clary27 Daniel Dillon60 Pat Porter64 Herb Lindsay69 Dan Heikkinen78 (Jon Sinclair)(93) (Guy Arbogast)(102) (Randy Jackson)(129) | 300 |
| 7 | Portugal Fernando Mamede13 José Sena31 Ezequiel Canario56 Antonio Leitão72 Delfim Moreira75 Joaquim Pinheiro81 (Rafael Marques)(110) (Helder de Jesús)(113) (Henrique Crisostomo)(DNF) | 328 |
| 8 | West Germany Frank Zimmermann21 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann29 Christoph Herle51 Michael Scheytt68 Manfred Schoeneberg73 Michael Spöttel88 (Martin Grosskopf)(157) | 330 |
| 9 | Ireland Gerard Kiernan26 Gerry Deegan32 John Woods36 John Treacy47 Robert Costelloe101 Neil Cusack107 (Kingston Mills)(119) (Padraig Keane)(128) (Tony O'Leary)(141) | 349 |
| 10 | France Radhouane Bouster33 Pierre Levisse39 Jacques Boxberger50 François Person55 Alex Gonzalez86 Francis Gonzalez92 (Philippe Daniel)(133) (Thierry Watrice)(134) (Patrick Clabaut)(164) | 355 |
| 11 | Belgium Eric de Beck17 Emiel Puttemans37 Karel Lismont43 Eddy de Pauw62 Léon Schots109 Ronny Agten126 (Francois Willems)(130) (Roger de Vogel)(DNF) | 394 |
| 12 | Sweden Hans Segerfeldt25 Mats Erixon42 Jan Hagelbrand63 Anders Carlsson96 Lars-Erik Nilsson99 Eero Kinaret112 (Tommy Persson)(150) (Pär Wallin)(DNF) (Bo Orrsveden)(DNF) | 437 |
| 13 | Algeria Rachid Habchaoui58 Boualem Rahoui74 Abdelrazzak Bounour76 Abdelmadjid Mada89 Mahmoud Hazzazi117 Lahcene Babaci144 (Rebai Settouh)(154) (Mehdi Aidet)(163) (El Hachami Abdenouz)(DNF) | 558 |
| 14 | Wales Steve Jones23 Dennis Fowles84 Roger Hackney103 Richard Milne121 Tony Blakewell123 Kenneth Davies140 (Chris Buckley)(151) (Ieuan Ellis)(152) (John Theophilus)(158) | 594 |
| 15 | Scotland Allister Hutton30 John Robson85 Ron MacDonald95 Fraser Clyne127 Alastair Douglas135 Lawrie Spence138 (Graham Clark)(145) (Edward Stewart)(148) (Nat Muir)(DNF) | 610 |
| 16 | Switzerland Roland Hertner90 Hugo Rey94 Kurt Huerst100 Fredi Griner104 Peter Horisberger139 Fritz Rüegsegger159 | 686 |
| 17 | Canada Paul Williams77 Greg Duhaime108 Peter Butler120 Art Boileau122 Alain Bordeleau142 Rob Lonergan149 (Bill Britton)(DNF) (Mike Dyon)(DNF) (Randy Cox)(DNF) | 718 |
| 18 | Denmark Allan Zachariasen80 Keld Johnsen106 Niels Kim Hjorth132 John Skovbjerg136 Per Hoffmann143 Lars Bo Sørensen146 (Ralph Petersen)(147) | 743 |
| 19 | Northern Ireland John McLaughlin61 Greg Hannon116 Steve Martin153 Rod Stone156 Michael Lawther160 Raymond Curran161 (Terry Greene)(162) | 807 |
| DNF | Italy (Alberto Cova)(7) (Gianni Demadonna)(44) (Giuseppe Gerbi)(70) (Alessio Faustini)(82) (Giuseppe Pambianchi)(91) (Vittorio Fontanella)(DNF) (Mario Gelli)(DNF) (Sergio Pesavento)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 28 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (9)
* Australia (1)
* Belgium (8)
* Canada (9)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (7)
* East Germany (2)
* England (9)
* Ethiopia (8)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (8)
* Kenya (9)
* Kuwait (1)
* Lebanon (2)
* Mexico (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Northern Ireland (7)
* Portugal (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Soviet Union (8)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (6)
* United States (9)
* Wales (9)
* West Germany (7)