# 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. 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 (12.086 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 33:25 |
| | Tim Hutchings | England | 33:30 |
| | Steve Jones | Wales | 33:32 |
| 4 | Pat Porter | United States | 33:34 |
| 5 | Wilson Waigwa | Kenya | 33:41 |
| 6 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 33:46 |
| 7 | Pierre Levisse | France | 33:51 |
| 8 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 33:52 |
| 9 | Adugna Lema | Ethiopia | 33:52 |
| 10 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 33:54 |
| 11 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 33:58 |
| 12 | Christoph Herle | West Germany | 34:01 |
| 13 | John Treacy | Ireland | 34:01 |
| 14 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 34:03 |
| 15 | Martti Vainio | Finland | 34:04 |
| 16 | Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | 34:06 |
| 17 | Craig Virgin | United States | 34:07 |
| 18 | Stijn Jaspers | Netherlands | 34:07 |
| 19 | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 34:07 |
| 20 | Rex Wilson | New Zealand | 34:07 |
| 21 | Rob de Castella | Australia | 34:08 |
| 22 | Luis Adsuara | Spain | 34:08 |
| 23 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 34:09 |
| 24 | Dereje Nedi | Ethiopia | 34:09 |
| 25 | Antonio Leitão | Portugal | 34:12 |
| 26 | João Campos | Portugal | 34:13 |
| 27 | Jorge García | Spain | 34:13 |
| 28 | John Easker | United States | 34:15 |
| 29 | Eduardo Castro | Mexico | 34:17 |
| 30 | Julian Goater | England | 34:19 |
| 31 | Eshetu Tura | Ethiopia | 34:19 |
| 32 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 34:20 |
| 33 | John Bowden | New Zealand | 34:21 |
| 34 | Kevin Forster | England | 34:23 |
| 35 | John Woods | Ireland | 34:24 |
| 36 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | 34:25 |
| 37 | Gerardo Alcala | Mexico | 34:25 |
| 38 | David Burridge | New Zealand | 34:26 |
| 39 | Joshua Kipkemboi | Kenya | 34:27 |
| 40 | Klaas Lok | Netherlands | 34:28 |
| 41 | Jeff Drenth | United States | 34:29 |
| 42 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 34:29 |
| 43 | Zhang Guowei | China | 34:32 |
| 44 | Shane Marshall | New Zealand | 34:33 |
| 45 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 34:34 |
| 46 | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 34:35 |
| 47 | Shozo Shimoju | Japan | 34:36 |
| 48 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 34:37 |
| 49 | Peter Tootell | England | 34:38 |
| 50 | Vicente Polo | Spain | 34:38 |
| 51 | Philippe Legrand | France | 34:39 |
| 52 | Some Muge | Kenya | 34:39 |
| 53 | Frank Zimmermann | West Germany | 34:40 |
| 54 | Stefano Mei | Italy | 34:40 |
| 55 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 34:40 |
| 56 | Michael Scheytt | West Germany | 34:41 |
| 57 | Omwanda Mirande | Kenya | 34:41 |
| 58 | Santiago Llorente | Spain | 34:41 |
| 59 | Theo van den Abeele | Belgium | 34:42 |
| 60 | Giuseppe Pambianchi | Italy | 34:42 |
| 61 | Peter Kianga | Kenya | 34:42 |
| 62 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 34:43 |
| 63 | Joseph Kiptum | Kenya | 34:43 |
| 64 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 34:44 |
| 65 | Mark Stickley | United States | 34:45 |
| 66 | John O'Toole | Ireland | 34:46 |
| 67 | Richard O'Flynn | Ireland | 34:47 |
| 68 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 34:48 |
| 69 | Andy Holden | England | 34:50 |
| 70 | Tom Birnie | New Zealand | 34:51 |
| 71 | Dallas McCallum | New Zealand | 34:52 |
| 72 | Andrew Masai | Kenya | 34:52 |
| 73 | Jef Gees | Belgium | 34:53 |
| 74 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 34:54 |
| 75 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 34:55 |
| 76 | Lars-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 34:55 |
| 77 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 34:56 |
| 78 | Henrik Sandström | Finland | 34:56 |
| 79 | Werner Mory | Belgium | 34:57 |
| 80 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | 34:57 |
| 81 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 34:58 |
| 82 | Marco Gozzano | Italy | 34:59 |
| 83 | Jesús Herrera | Mexico | 34:59 |
| 84 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 35:00 |
| 85 | Richard Partridge | England | 35:01 |
| 86 | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 35:01 |
| 87 | Geoff Turnbull | England | 35:02 |
| 88 | Cándido Alario | Spain | 35:02 |
| 89 | Mats Erixon | Sweden | 35:03 |
| 90 | Alex Gonzalez | France | 35:04 |
| 91 | Ghilsmain Fourrier | Belgium | 35:05 |
| 92 | John Idstrom | United States | 35:08 |
| 93 | Valentin Rodríguez | Spain | 35:10 |
| 94 | Daniel Dillon | United States | 35:10 |
| 95 | Jean-Pierre Paumen | Belgium | 35:11 |
| 96 | Feyissa Abebe | Ethiopia | 35:12 |
| 97 | Hailu Wolde Tsadik | Ethiopia | 35:12 |
| 98 | Tonnie Dirks | Netherlands | 35:12 |
| 99 | Toshihiro Shibutani | Japan | 35:13 |
| 100 | Keld Johnsen | Denmark | 35:13 |
| 101 | Tommy Persson | Sweden | 35:14 |
| 102 | Robert Costelloe | Ireland | 35:15 |
| 103 | Paul Ballinger | New Zealand | 35:15 |
| 104 | Jos Maes | Belgium | 35:15 |
| 105 | Tony O'Leary | Ireland | 35:16 |
| 106 | Joaquin Leano | Colombia | 35:17 |
| 107 | Ron Becht | Canada | 35:17 |
| 108 | Kenneth Davies | Wales | 35:19 |
| 109 | Hans Koeleman | Netherlands | 35:19 |
| 110 | Jacques Boxberger | France | 35:20 |
| 111 | Raymond van Paemel | Belgium | 35:21 |
| 112 | Lawrie Spence | Scotland | 35:22 |
| 113 | Steve Binns | England | 35:23 |
| 114 | Konrad Dobler | West Germany | 35:24 |
| 115 | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 35:25 |
| 116 | Pär Wallin | Sweden | 35:27 |
| 117 | Didier Bernard | France | 35:29 |
| 118 | Deon McNeilly | Northern Ireland | 35:30 |
| 119 | Andrew Evans | Wales | 35:30 |
| 120 | José Manuel Albentosa | Spain | 35:31 |
| 121 | Kurt Huerst | Switzerland | 35:31 |
| 122 | Robert Schneider | West Germany | 35:31 |
| 123 | Hillary Tuwei | Kenya | 35:31 |
| 124 | Fernando Couto | Portugal | 35:33 |
| 125 | Robert Cook | Canada | 35:34 |
| 126 | Nigel Adams | Wales | 35:37 |
| 127 | Gábor Szabó | Hungary | 35:38 |
| 128 | Bernd Rangen | West Germany | 35:39 |
| 129 | Jari Nurmisto | Finland | 35:39 |
| 130 | Marti ten Kate | Netherlands | 35:40 |
| 131 | Ross Copestake | Scotland | 35:42 |
| 132 | Tony Blakewell | Wales | 35:43 |
| 133 | Roland Hertner | Switzerland | 35:43 |
| 134 | Marc Borghans | Netherlands | 35:43 |
| 135 | Lars Ericsson | Sweden | 35:44 |
| 136 | Beat Steffen | Switzerland | 35:44 |
| 137 | Lars Bo Sørensen | Denmark | 35:45 |
| 138 | Hans Segerfeldt | Sweden | 35:45 |
| 139 | Pascal Debacker | France | 35:47 |
| 140 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 35:48 |
| 141 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 35:48 |
| 142 | Martin Schmid | Switzerland | 35:49 |
| 143 | Edward Stewart | Scotland | 35:49 |
| 144 | Troy Billings | United States | 35:51 |
| 145 | Derek Froude | New Zealand | 35:51 |
| 146 | Terence Mitchell | Scotland | 35:53 |
| 147 | Sabag Shemtov | Israel | 35:55 |
| 148 | Terry Greene | Northern Ireland | 35:57 |
| 149 | Fraser Clyne | Scotland | 35:58 |
| 150 | Thierry Watrice | France | 35:59 |
| 151 | Steve Martin | Northern Ireland | 36:00 |
| 152 | Roger de Vogel | Belgium | 36:01 |
| 153 | Roberto Silva | Mexico | 36:02 |
| 154 | Wu Zhihan | China | 36:02 |
| 155 | Adrian Shorter | Canada | 36:02 |
| 156 | Cui Yulin | China | 36:03 |
| 157 | Henrik Albahn | Denmark | 36:05 |
| 158 | Eddie Herridge | England | 36:06 |
| 159 | Ralph Petersen | Denmark | 36:07 |
| 160 | Cong Ming | China | 36:09 |
| 161 | Dan Glans | Sweden | 36:09 |
| 162 | Kingston Mills | Ireland | 36:11 |
| 163 | Megersa Tulu | Ethiopia | 36:12 |
| 164 | Per Hoffmann | Denmark | 36:14 |
| 165 | Raul Ceja | Mexico | 36:15 |
| 166 | Cor Lambregts | Netherlands | 36:17 |
| 167 | Chris Buckley | Wales | 36:18 |
| 168 | Alex Gilmour | Scotland | 36:20 |
| 169 | Tony Simmons | Wales | 36:22 |
| 170 | James Egan | Scotland | 36:26 |
| 171 | Ieuan Ellis | Wales | 36:29 |
| 172 | Nestor Moreno | Puerto Rico | 36:30 |
| 173 | Christian Wolfsberg | Denmark | 36:31 |
| 174 | Fu Bangrong | China | 36:31 |
| 175 | Charles Haskett | Scotland | 36:33 |
| 176 | Cameron Spence | Northern Ireland | 36:35 |
| 177 | Masahito Ueda | Japan | 36:36 |
| 178 | Hugo Rey | Switzerland | 36:42 |
| 179 | Samuel Doherty | Northern Ireland | 36:45 |
| 180 | Randy Cox | Canada | 36:50 |
| 181 | Ilpo Jousimaa | Finland | 36:51 |
| 182 | Rheal Desjardins | Canada | 36:53 |
| 183 | Yang Lin | China | 36:54 |
| 184 | Mohamed Bekheet | Palestine | 36:57 |
| 185 | Sadot Méndez | Puerto Rico | 36:58 |
| 186 | Eddie Oxlade | Northern Ireland | 37:00 |
| 187 | Roberto Ramos | Puerto Rico | 37:02 |
| 188 | Derick Adamson | Jamaica | 37:06 |
| 189 | Martin Grüning | West Germany | 37:09 |
| 190 | Jón Didriksson | Iceland | 37:12 |
| 191 | Ildelgard Vargas | Venezuela | 37:14 |
| 192 | Gábor Markó | Hungary | 37:17 |
| 193 | Alun Roper | Wales | 37:18 |
| 194 | Michael Feurtado | Jamaica | 37:19 |
| 195 | Joseph Cross | Jamaica | 37:23 |
| 196 | Takuya Hashiba | Japan | 37:25 |
| 197 | Israel Díaz | Puerto Rico | 37:27 |
| 198 | Sigurdur Sigmundsson | Iceland | 37:31 |
| 199 | Fernando Miguel | Portugal | 37:35 |
| 200 | Ahmad Al-Hajry | Kuwait | 37:35 |
| 201 | John Arnold | Hong Kong | 37:38 |
| 202 | Cesar Sabagol | Colombia | 37:39 |
| 203 | Placido Martin | Colombia | 37:41 |
| 204 | Paul Stapleton | Hong Kong | 37:44 |
| 205 | João Silva | Portugal | 37:45 |
| 206 | Alvaro Palacios | Colombia | 37:46 |
| 207 | Pablo Rodríguez | Puerto Rico | 37:55 |
| 208 | Cebert Cooper | Jamaica | 38:02 |
| 209 | Luis Almonte | Dominican Republic | 38:02 |
| 210 | Tim Soutar | Hong Kong | 38:11 |
| 211 | Saleh Haji Ali | Kuwait | 38:12 |
| 212 | Jens Hansen | Denmark | 38:16 |
| 213 | Jukka Viitasaari | Finland | 38:22 |
| 214 | Francisco Medina | Mexico | 38:24 |
| 215 | Agust Thorsteinsson | Iceland | 38:26 |
| 216 | Fredeberto Sanchez | Mexico | 38:26 |
| 217 | Jorge Alvarado | Puerto Rico | 38:49 |
| 218 | Jean Fasnacht | Hong Kong | 38:50 |
| 219 | Adiat Salah | Kuwait | 39:09 |
| 220 | Ahmad Helal | Kuwait | 39:09 |
| 221 | M.Ibrahim Haji | Kuwait | 39:11 |
| 222 | Sighvatur Gudmundsson | Iceland | 39:17 |
| 223 | Hugh Dunkley | Jamaica | 39:28 |
| 224 | Harfteinn Oskarsson | Iceland | 39:33 |
| 225 | Keith Laing | Jamaica | 39:35 |
| 226 | Jukka Tammisuo | Finland | 40:20 |
| 227 | Marlon Williams | U.S. Virgin Islands | 40:24 |
| 228 | Gladstone Jones | Jamaica | 40:29 |
| 229 | Wallace Williams | U.S. Virgin Islands | 40:38 |
| 230 | Greg Johnson | U.S. Virgin Islands | 40:41 |
| 231 | Herman Crookes | Jamaica | 41:12 |
| 232 | Gunnar Birgisson | Iceland | 41:15 |
| 233 | Wong Kim Kueng | Hong Kong | 41:18 |
| 234 | Wong Ip Chor | Hong Kong | 41:22 |
| 235 | Hing Shih Wah | Hong Kong | 41:25 |
| 236 | Bill Chan | Hong Kong | 41:25 |
| 237 | Rafael Hernandez | Dominican Republic | 41:26 |
| 238 | Jeffrey Chung | Hong Kong | 41:39 |
| — | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | DNF |
| — | George Braidwood | Scotland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Bekele Debele8 Adugna Lema9 Mohammed Kedir16 Dereje Nedi24 Eshetu Tura31 Wodajo Bulti46 (Feyissa Abebe)(96) (Hailu Wolde Tsadik)(97) (Megersa Tulu)(163) | 134 |
| | United States Pat Porter4 Ed Eyestone6 Craig Virgin17 John Easker28 Jeff Drenth41 Mark Stickley65 (John Idstrom)(92) (Daniel Dillon)(94) (Troy Billings)(144) | 161 |
| | Portugal Carlos Lopes1 Fernando Mamede23 Antonio Leitão25 João Campos26 Ezequiel Canario64 Joaquim Pinheiro84 (Fernando Couto)(124) (Fernando Miguel)(199) (João Silva)(205) | 223 |
| 4 | Kenya Wilson Waigwa5 Paul Kipkoech19 Joshua Kipkemboi39 Some Muge52 Omwanda Mirande57 Peter Kianga61 (Joseph Kiptum)(63) (Andrew Masai)(72) (Hillary Tuwei)(123) | 233 |
| 5 | Italy Francesco Panetta10 Alberto Cova11 Stefano Mei54 Franco Boffi55 Giuseppe Pambianchi60 Salvatore Antibo68 (Ranieri Carenza)(80) (Marco Gozzano)(82) (Gelindo Bordin)(DNF) | 258 |
| 6 | England Tim Hutchings2 Julian Goater30 Kevin Forster34 Peter Tootell49 Andy Holden69 Richard Partridge85 (Geoff Turnbull)(87) (Steve Binns)(113) (Eddie Herridge)(158) | 269 |
| 7 | Spain Luis Adsuara22 Jorge García27 Constantino Esparcia32 Vicente Polo50 Santiago Llorente58 Antonio Prieto81 (Cándido Alario)(88) (Valentin Rodríguez)(93) (José Manuel Albentosa)(120) | 270 |
| 8 | New Zealand Rex Wilson20 John Bowden33 David Burridge38 Shane Marshall44 Tom Birnie70 Dallas McCallum71 (Paul Ballinger)(103) (Derek Froude)(145) | 276 |
| 9 | France Pierre Levisse7 Dominique Chauvelier36 Philippe Legrand51 Jean-Louis Prianon77 Alex Gonzalez90 Jacques Boxberger110 (Didier Bernard)(117) (Pascal Debacker)(139) (Thierry Watrice)(150) | 371 |
| 10 | Ireland John Treacy13 John Woods35 John O'Toole66 Richard O'Flynn67 Robert Costelloe102 Tony O'Leary105 (Roy Dooney)(141) (Kingston Mills)(162) | 388 |
| 11 | West Germany Christoph Herle12 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann45 Frank Zimmermann53 Michael Scheytt56 Konrad Dobler114 Robert Schneider122 (Bernd Rangen)(128) (Martin Grüning)(189) | 402 |
| 12 | Belgium Theo van den Abeele59 Karel Lismont62 Jef Gees73 Werner Mory79 Ghilsmain Fourrier91 Jean-Pierre Paumen95 (Jos Maes)(104) (Raymond van Paemel)(111) (Roger de Vogel)(152) | 459 |
| 13 | Netherlands Stijn Jaspers18 Klaas Lok40 Tonnie Dirks98 Hans Koeleman109 Martin ten Kate130 Marc Borghans134 (Cor Lambregts)(166) | 529 |
| 14 | Sweden Jan Hagelbrand74 Lars-Erik Nilsson76 Mats Erixon89 Tommy Persson101 Pär Wallin116 Lars Ericsson135 (Hans Segerfeldt)(138) (Dan Glans)(161) | 591 |
| 15 | Wales Steve Jones3 Kenneth Davies108 Andrew Evans119 Nigel Adams126 Tony Blakewell132 Chris Buckley167 (Tony Simmons)(169) (Ieuan Ellis)(171) (Alun Roper)(193) | 655 |
| 16 | Canada Paul McCloy42 Alain Bordeleau48 Ron Becht107 Robert Cook125 Adrian Shorter155 Randy Cox180 (Rheal Desjardins)(182) | 657 |
| 17 | Mexico Eduardo Castro29 Gerardo Alcala37 Jesús Herrera83 Roberto Silva153 Raul Ceja165 Francisco Medina214 (Fredeberto Sanchez)(216) | 681 |
| 18 | Denmark Niels Kim Hjorth14 Keld Johnsen100 Lars Bo Sørensen137 Henrik Albahn157 Ralph Petersen159 Per Hoffmann164 (Christian Wolfsberg)(173) (Jens Hansen)(212) | 731 |
| 19 | Finland Martti Vainio15 Henrik Sandström78 Jari Nurmisto129 Ilpo Jousimaa181 Jukka Viitasaari213 Jukka Tammisuo226 | 842 |
| 20 | Scotland Lawrie Spence112 Ross Copestake131 Edward Stewart143 Terence Mitchell146 Fraser Clyne149 Alex Gilmour168 (James Egan)(170) (Charles Haskett)(175) (George Braidwood)(DNF) | 849 |
| 21 | Switzerland Kurt Huerst121 Roland Hertner133 Beat Steffen136 Marius Hasler140 Martin Schmid142 Hugo Rey178 | 850 |
| 22 | China Zhang Guowei43 Wu Zhihan154 Cui Yulin156 Cong Ming160 Fu Bangrong174 Yang Lin183 | 870 |
| 23 | Colombia Jairo Correa86 Joaquin Leano106 Domingo Tibaduiza115 Cesar Sabagol202 Placido Martin203 Alvaro Palacios206 | 918 |
| 24 | Northern Ireland Deon McNeilly118 Terry Greene148 Steve Martin151 Cameron Spence176 Samuel Doherty179 Eddie Oxlade186 | 958 |
| 25 | Puerto Rico Nestor Moreno172 Sadot Méndez185 Roberto Ramos187 Israel Díaz197 Pablo Rodríguez207 Jorge Alvarado217 | 1165 |
| 26 | Jamaica Derick Adamson188 Michael Feurtado194 Joseph Cross195 Cebert Cooper208 Hugh Dunkley223 Keith Laing225 (Gladstone Jones)(228) (Herman Crookes)(231) | 1233 |
| 27 | Iceland Jón Didriksson190 Sigurdur Sigmundsson198 Agust Thorsteinsson215 Sighvatur Gudmundsson222 Harfteinn Oskarsson224 Gunnar Birgisson232 | 1281 |
| 28 | Hong Kong John Arnold201 Paul Stapleton204 Tim Soutar210 Jean Fasnacht218 Wong Kim Kueng233 Wong Ip Chor234 (Hing Shih Wah)(235) (Bill Chan)(236) (Jeffrey Chung)(238) | 1300 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 240 athletes from 37 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Australia (1)
* Belgium (9)
* Canada (7)
* China (6)
* Colombia (6)
* Denmark (8)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* England (9)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (6)
* France (9)
* Hong Kong (9)
* Hungary (2)
* Iceland (6)
* Ireland (8)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (9)
* Jamaica (8)
* Japan (5)
* Kenya (9)
* Kuwait (5)
* Mexico (7)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (8)
* Northern Ireland (6)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (9)
* Puerto Rico (6)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (6)
* United States (9)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (3)
* Venezuela (1)
* Wales (9)
* West Germany (8)