# 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.41 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Jordi García | Spain | 22:17 |
| | Valeriy Gryaznov | Soviet Union | 22:23 |
| | Ed Eyestone | United States | 22:27 |
| 4 | Denis Stark | Canada | 22:34 |
| 5 | Tom Downs | United States | 22:34 |
| 6 | Sergey Kiselyov | Soviet Union | 22:36 |
| 7 | Ildar Denikeyev | Soviet Union | 22:38 |
| 8 | Guy Léfèvre | Belgium | 22:41 |
| 9 | Andrea Prassedi | Italy | 22:47 |
| 10 | Paul Davies-Hale | England | 22:52 |
| 11 | William Graham | United States | 22:53 |
| 12 | Gary Huckwell | England | 22:58 |
| 13 | Brian O'Keefe | Ireland | 22:58 |
| 14 | Johan van Oost | Belgium | 22:59 |
| 15 | Ross Chilton | Canada | 23:00 |
| 16 | Gábor Szabó | Hungary | 23:04 |
| 17 | Brahim Boudina | Algeria | 23:05 |
| 18 | Henrik Jørgensen | Denmark | 23:08 |
| 19 | Steve Blakemore | Wales | 23:10 |
| 20 | José Fernández | Spain | 23:10 |
| 21 | Enrico Ogliar Badessi | Italy | 23:11 |
| 22 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 23:12 |
| 23 | Gyula Balogh | Hungary | 23:13 |
| 24 | Miguel Rubio | Spain | 23:13 |
| 25 | Philip Ledger | England | 23:14 |
| 26 | Faisal Touzri | Tunisia | 23:18 |
| 27 | Laurent Brosseau | France | 23:18 |
| 28 | Rabah Aboura | Algeria | 23:19 |
| 29 | Hichem Oueslati | Tunisia | 23:19 |
| 30 | Mauro Perna | Italy | 23:21 |
| 31 | William Van Dijck | Belgium | 23:23 |
| 32 | Ted Murphy | Canada | 23:23 |
| 33 | Jen Emmanuel Lassoie | Belgium | 23:26 |
| 34 | Julio Perez | Spain | 23:26 |
| 35 | Sergey Mishin | Soviet Union | 23:26 |
| 36 | Jean-Luc Taif | France | 23:27 |
| 37 | Yvan Perre | France | 23:27 |
| 38 | István Bene | Hungary | 23:28 |
| 39 | Carrey Penner | Canada | 23:29 |
| 40 | Kai Röcker | West Germany | 23:29 |
| 41 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 23:31 |
| 42 | Paul Cowell | England | 23:33 |
| 43 | Dave Reid | Canada | 23:34 |
| 44 | Eddy Stevens | Belgium | 23:39 |
| 45 | Djamel Eddine Galli | Algeria | 23:40 |
| 46 | Sid-Ali Sakhri | Algeria | 23:41 |
| 47 | Adrian Callan | Scotland | 23:42 |
| 48 | John McCreedy | Northern Ireland | 23:44 |
| 49 | Terry Conlon | Ireland | 23:46 |
| 50 | Dominique Grandjean | France | 23:47 |
| 51 | Pedro Garin | Spain | 23:49 |
| 52 | Dmitriy Ditlashok | Soviet Union | 23:50 |
| 53 | Mohammed Chouri | Tunisia | 23:51 |
| 54 | Carlo Grasso | Italy | 23:52 |
| 55 | Martin Grosskopf | West Germany | 23:53 |
| 56 | Eric Sappenfield | United States | 23:53 |
| 57 | Peter Elliott | England | 23:54 |
| 58 | Luc Sadones | Belgium | 23:55 |
| 59 | Philip Llewellyn | Wales | 23:58 |
| 60 | Sören Egge Rasmussen | Denmark | 23:58 |
| 61 | Francisco Erneta | Spain | 24:00 |
| 62 | Mohamed Hadj Gasmi | Tunisia | 24:03 |
| 63 | Hocine Guessas | Algeria | 24:05 |
| 64 | Gerhard Lindner | West Germany | 24:08 |
| 65 | Ross Copestake | Scotland | 24:10 |
| 66 | Tom Breen | Northern Ireland | 24:10 |
| 67 | Simon Axon | Wales | 24:11 |
| 68 | Abderrahmane Boumouzia | Algeria | 24:12 |
| 69 | John Gladwin | Scotland | 24:18 |
| 70 | Ralf Winter | West Germany | 24:19 |
| 71 | Jacques Triquet | France | 24:20 |
| 72 | Nigel Barton | Northern Ireland | 24:20 |
| 73 | Kim Taylor Hansen | Denmark | 24:21 |
| 74 | Ross Arbuckle | Scotland | 24:22 |
| 75 | Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland | 24:24 |
| 76 | Jacques le Floch | France | 24:28 |
| 77 | László Szász | Hungary | 24:31 |
| 78 | Gary Millar | Scotland | 24:32 |
| 79 | Andrew Smith | Wales | 24:33 |
| 80 | Said Shili | Tunisia | 24:33 |
| 81 | Ole Hansen | Denmark | 24:34 |
| 82 | Daniel Caprioglio | United States | 24:34 |
| 83 | Brian Roche | Ireland | 24:43 |
| 84 | Coleman Connelly | Ireland | 24:47 |
| 85 | Peter Fox | Scotland | 24:49 |
| 86 | Nigel Stops | Wales | 24:52 |
| 87 | Jamel Zriba | Tunisia | 24:58 |
| 88 | Farron Fields | United States | 25:03 |
| 89 | Peter Gylling | Denmark | 25:10 |
| 90 | Martin Coupland | Northern Ireland | 25:16 |
| 91 | Tom Melville | Northern Ireland | 25:19 |
| 92 | Jörg Thoma | West Germany | 25:24 |
| 93 | Peter Williams | Wales | 25:36 |
| 94 | David Lynch | Ireland | 26:00 |
| — | John Doherty | Northern Ireland | DNF |
| — | Dave Lewis | England | DNF |
| — | Luciano Carchesio | Italy | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Soviet Union Valeriy Gryaznov2 Sergey Kiselyov6 Ildar Denikeyev7 Sergey Mishin35 (Dmitriy Ditlashok)(52) | 50 |
| | United States Ed Eyestone3 Tom Downs5 William Graham11 Eric Sappenfield56 (Daniel Caprioglio)(82) (Farron Fields)(88) | 75 |
| | Spain Jordi García1 José Fernández20 Miguel Rubio24 Julio Perez34 (Pedro Garin)(51) (Francisco Erneta)(61) | 79 |
| 4 | Belgium Guy Léfèvre8 Johan van Oost14 William Van Dijck31 Jen Emmanuel Lassoie33 (Eddy Stevens)(44) (Luc Sadones)(58) | 86 |
| 5 | England Paul Davies-Hale10 Gary Huckwell12 Philip Ledger25 Paul Cowell42 (Peter Elliott)(57) (Dave Lewis)(DNF) | 89 |
| 6 | Canada Denis Stark4 Ross Chilton15 Ted Murphy32 Carrey Penner39 (Dave Reid)(43) | 90 |
| 7 | Italy Andrea Prassedi9 Enrico Ogliar Badessi21 Mauro Perna30 Salvatore Bettiol41 (Carlo Grasso)(54) (Luciano Carchesio)(DNF) | 101 |
| 8 | Algeria Brahim Boudina17 Rabah Aboura28 Djamel Eddine Galli45 Sid-Ali Sakhri46 (Hocine Guessas)(63) (Abderrahmane Boumouzia)(68) | 136 |
| 9 | France Laurent Brosseau27 Jean-Luc Taif36 Yvan Perre37 Dominique Grandjean50 (Jacques Triquet)(71) (Jacques le Floch)(76) | 150 |
| 10 | Hungary Gábor Szabó16 Gyula Balogh23 István Bene38 László Szász77 | 154 |
| 11 | Tunisia Faisal Touzri26 Hichem Oueslati29 Mohammed Chouri53 Mohamed Hadj Gasmi62 (Said Shili)(80) (Jamel Zriba)(87) | 170 |
| 12 | Ireland Brian O'Keefe13 Terry Conlon49 Marcus O'Sullivan75 Brian Roche83 (Coleman Connelly)(84) (David Lynch)(94) | 220 |
| 13 | Wales Steve Blakemore19 Philip Llewellyn59 Simon Axon67 Andrew Smith79 (Nigel Stops)(86) (Peter Williams)(93) | 224 |
| 14 | West Germany Kai Röcker40 Martin Grosskopf55 Gerhard Lindner64 Ralf Winter70 (Jörg Thoma)(92) | 229 |
| 15 | Denmark Henrik Jørgensen18 Sören Egge Rasmussen60 Kim Taylor Hansen73 Ole Hansen81 (Peter Gylling)(89) | 232 |
| 16 | Scotland Adrian Callan47 Ross Copestake65 John Gladwin69 Ross Arbuckle74 (Gary Millar)(78) (Peter Fox)(85) | 255 |
| 17 | Northern Ireland John McCreedy48 Tom Breen66 Nigel Barton72 Martin Coupland90 (Tom Melville)(91) (John Doherty)(DNF) | 276 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 97 athletes from 18 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Belgium (6)
* Canada (5)
* Denmark (5)
* England (6)
* France (6)
* Hungary (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Northern Ireland (6)
* Scotland (6)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (1)
* Tunisia (6)
* United States (6)
* Wales (6)
* West Germany (5)