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

The Senior 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
### Senior men's race (12.58 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Craig Virgin | United States | 37:01 |
| | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 37:02 |
| | Nick Rose | England | 37:05 |
| 4 | Léon Schots | Belgium | 37:11 |
| 5 | John Robson | Scotland | 37:20 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Antipov | Soviet Union | 37:21 |
| 7 | Leonid Moseyev | Soviet Union | 37:21 |
| 8 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 37:21 |
| 9 | Steve Jones | Wales | 37:23 |
| 10 | Bernie Ford | England | 37:25 |
| 11 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 37:27 |
| 12 | Daniel Dillon | United States | 37:28 |
| 13 | El Hachami Abdenouz | Algeria | 37:31 |
| 14 | Barry Smith | England | 37:33 |
| 15 | Thierry Watrice | France | 37:39 |
| 16 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 37:42 |
| 17 | Steve Kenyon | England | 37:44 |
| 18 | John Treacy | Ireland | 37:44 |
| 19 | Nick Lees | England | 37:47 |
| 20 | Klaas Lok | Netherlands | 37:48 |
| 21 | Alex Hagelsteens | Belgium | 37:49 |
| 22 | José Luis González | Spain | 37:51 |
| 23 | Kenneth Martin | United States | 37:53 |
| 24 | Dominique Coux | France | 37:54 |
| 25 | Alex Gonzalez | France | 37:54 |
| 26 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 37:55 |
| 27 | François Person | France | 37:55 |
| 28 | Valeriy Sapon | Soviet Union | 37:56 |
| 29 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | 37:57 |
| 30 | José Sena | Portugal | 37:59 |
| 31 | Jim Brown | Scotland | 38:00 |
| 32 | Mohamed Zaidi | Tunisia | 38:01 |
| 33 | Enn Sellik | Soviet Union | 38:06 |
| 34 | Michael Karst | West Germany | 38:07 |
| 35 | Peter Butler | Canada | 38:08 |
| 36 | Steve Plasencia | United States | 38:08 |
| 37 | Graham Tuck | England | 38:08 |
| 38 | Eddy de Pauw | Belgium | 38:10 |
| 39 | Radhouane Bouster | France | 38:15 |
| 40 | Hugh Jones | England | 38:17 |
| 41 | Luis Adsuara | Spain | 38:20 |
| 42 | Rachid Habchaoui | Algeria | 38:22 |
| 43 | Don Clary | United States | 38:23 |
| 44 | Frank Grillaert | Belgium | 38:24 |
| 45 | Pär Wallin | Sweden | 38:25 |
| 46 | Lawrie Spence | Scotland | 38:26 |
| 47 | Valeriy Abramov | Soviet Union | 38:26 |
| 48 | Mark Anderson | United States | 38:27 |
| 49 | Abdelmadjid Mada | Algeria | 38:27 |
| 50 | Manfred Schoeneberg | West Germany | 38:28 |
| 51 | Mick O'Shea | Ireland | 38:28 |
| 52 | Eugenio Hernandez | Spain | 38:32 |
| 53 | David James | Wales | 38:33 |
| 54 | Philippe Daniel | France | 38:34 |
| 55 | Paul Williams | Canada | 38:37 |
| 56 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | 38:39 |
| 57 | Roger de Vogel | Belgium | 38:40 |
| 58 | John McLaughlin | Northern Ireland | 38:41 |
| 59 | Marco Marchei | Italy | 38:42 |
| 60 | Franco Ambrosioni | Italy | 38:43 |
| 61 | Lahcene Babaci | Algeria | 38:43 |
| 62 | Roger Hackney | Wales | 38:43 |
| 63 | Hsu Liang | China | 38:44 |
| 64 | Nick Brawn | England | 38:45 |
| 65 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 38:45 |
| 66 | Lahcen El Hachmi | Morocco | 38:46 |
| 67 | Stig Roar Husby | Norway | 38:47 |
| 68 | Carlos Tavares | Portugal | 38:47 |
| 69 | Tapio Kantanen | Finland | 38:48 |
| 70 | Jacques Boxberger | France | 38:48 |
| 71 | Mohamed Naoumi | Morocco | 38:49 |
| 72 | Argimiro González | Spain | 38:50 |
| 73 | John Graham | Scotland | 38:51 |
| 74 | Øyvind Dahl | Norway | 38:52 |
| 75 | Ennio Panetti | Italy | 38:53 |
| 76 | Terry Goodenough | Canada | 38:56 |
| 77 | Lubomir Tesacek | Czechoslovakia | 39:00 |
| 78 | Greg Duhaime | Canada | 39:00 |
| 79 | Mohamed Salem | Algeria | 39:01 |
| 80 | Mehdi Aidet | Algeria | 39:01 |
| 81 | Willi Maier | West Germany | 39:01 |
| 82 | Gerard Tebroke | Netherlands | 39:04 |
| 83 | Greg Hannon | Northern Ireland | 39:05 |
| 84 | Hedi Gandouzi | Tunisia | 39:06 |
| 85 | Driss Talambouti | Morocco | 39:07 |
| 86 | Tonni Luttikhold | Netherlands | 39:09 |
| 87 | Silvano Babici | Italy | 39:10 |
| 88 | Michele Cinà | Italy | 39:11 |
| 89 | Anacleto Pinto | Portugal | 39:11 |
| 90 | Henk Mentink | Netherlands | 39:11 |
| 91 | Abdelkrim Djelassi | Tunisia | 39:12 |
| 92 | Barry Knight | England | 39:12 |
| 93 | Danny McDaid | Ireland | 39:13 |
| 94 | Cándido Alario | Spain | 39:13 |
| 95 | Jean-Paul Gomez | France | 39:13 |
| 96 | Cidalio Caetano | Portugal | 39:17 |
| 97 | Piet Waaning | Netherlands | 39:18 |
| 98 | Ismo Toukonen | Finland | 39:19 |
| 99 | Mike Dyon | Canada | 39:21 |
| 100 | Neil Cusack | Ireland | 39:21 |
| 101 | Eero Kinaret | Sweden | 39:22 |
| 102 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 39:24 |
| 103 | Martti Kiilholma | Finland | 39:24 |
| 104 | Duncan Macdonald | United States | 39:25 |
| 105 | Gerry Deegan | Ireland | 39:26 |
| 106 | Glen Grant | Wales | 39:27 |
| 107 | Johan Geirnaert | Belgium | 39:30 |
| 108 | Ray Treacy | Ireland | 39:31 |
| 109 | Fernando Fernandez | Spain | 39:32 |
| 110 | Hannu Okkola | Finland | 39:33 |
| 111 | Werner Grommisch | West Germany | 39:33 |
| 112 | Valdur Koha | West Germany | 39:37 |
| 113 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 39:39 |
| 114 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 39:41 |
| 115 | Rolf Kårevik | Sweden | 39:43 |
| 116 | Jon Sinclair | United States | 39:44 |
| 117 | Mahmoud Hazzazi | Algeria | 39:45 |
| 118 | Tahar Bounab | Algeria | 39:49 |
| 119 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 39:51 |
| 120 | Otello Sorato | Italy | 39:53 |
| 121 | Gerry Finnegan | Ireland | 39:54 |
| 122 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 39:55 |
| 123 | Michael Lane | Wales | 39:55 |
| 124 | Dahou Belghazi | Morocco | 39:55 |
| 125 | Vladimir Pesekhonov | Soviet Union | 39:56 |
| 126 | Piet Vonck | Netherlands | 39:57 |
| 127 | Bo Orrsveden | Sweden | 39:58 |
| 128 | Graham Clark | Scotland | 39:59 |
| 129 | Svend-Erik Kristensen | Denmark | 40:00 |
| 130 | Peter Moore | Canada | 40:03 |
| 131 | Gordon Rimmer | Scotland | 40:05 |
| 132 | Heino Lipsanen | Finland | 40:11 |
| 133 | Bo Nytofle | Denmark | 40:12 |
| 134 | Mohamed El Bali | Morocco | 40:13 |
| 135 | Francisco Guerra | Spain | 40:14 |
| 136 | Ari Paunonen | Finland | 40:15 |
| 137 | Andreas Weniger | West Germany | 40:15 |
| 138 | Clive Thomas | Wales | 40:16 |
| 139 | Jo Schout | Netherlands | 40:17 |
| 140 | Alan Cole | Wales | 40:19 |
| 141 | Ardhaoui Borni | Tunisia | 40:21 |
| 142 | Mustapha Oulghazi | Morocco | 40:23 |
| 143 | Keld Johnsen | Denmark | 40:26 |
| 144 | Ferid Mekki | Tunisia | 40:27 |
| 145 | Donal Walsh | Ireland | 40:27 |
| 146 | Mansour Guettaya | Tunisia | 40:28 |
| 147 | Don Howieson | Canada | 40:28 |
| 148 | Chris Buckley | Wales | 40:29 |
| 149 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer | Czechoslovakia | 40:33 |
| 150 | Rod Stone | Northern Ireland | 40:40 |
| 151 | Lars Bo Sørensen | Denmark | 40:44 |
| 152 | Ernie Cunningham | Northern Ireland | 40:44 |
| 153 | Pertti Tiainen | Finland | 40:45 |
| 154 | Paul O'Callaghan | Ireland | 40:48 |
| 155 | Liu Zonggui | China | 40:58 |
| 156 | Amara Chiha | Tunisia | 41:03 |
| 157 | Omar Anassi | Morocco | 41:13 |
| 158 | David Gillanders | Sweden | 41:15 |
| 159 | Per Hoffmann | Denmark | 41:17 |
| 160 | Yehuda Zadok | Israel | 41:20 |
| 161 | Seppo Liuttu | Finland | 41:27 |
| 162 | Leon Weyers | Netherlands | 41:28 |
| 163 | Christian Wolfsberg | Denmark | 41:28 |
| 164 | Arye Gamliel | Israel | 41:43 |
| 165 | Tom Annett | Northern Ireland | 42:05 |
| 166 | Paul Lawther | Northern Ireland | 42:24 |
| 167 | Brian McSloy | Scotland | 42:31 |
| 168 | Cameron Spence | Northern Ireland | 42:34 |
| 169 | Pat McCullough | Northern Ireland | 42:38 |
| 170 | Huang Tzawen | China | 42:42 |
| — | João Campos | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Mats Erixon | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Christoph Herle | West Germany | DNF |
| — | Venanzio Ortis | Italy | DNF |
| — | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Aniceto Simoes | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Guy Bourban | France | DNF |
| — | Nat Muir | Scotland | DNF |
| — | Guy Arbogast | United States | DNF |
| — | Robert Lismont | Belgium | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | England Nick Rose3 Bernie Ford10 Barry Smith14 Steve Kenyon17 Nick Lees19 Graham Tuck37 (Hugh Jones)(40) (Nick Brawn)(64) (Barry Knight)(92) | 100 |
| | United States Craig Virgin1 Daniel Dillon12 Kenneth Martin23 Steve Plasencia36 Don Clary43 Mark Anderson48 (Duncan Macdonald)(104) (Jon Sinclair)(116) (Guy Arbogast)(DNF) | 163 |
| | Belgium Léon Schots4 Karel Lismont11 Alex Hagelsteens21 Eddy de Pauw38 Frank Grillaert44 Roger de Vogel57 (Johan Geirnaert)(107) (Willy Polleunis)(DNF) (Robert Lismont)(DNF) | 175 |
| 4 | France Thierry Watrice15 Dominique Coux24 Alex Gonzalez25 François Person27 Radhouane Bouster39 Philippe Daniel54 (Jacques Boxberger)(70) (Jean-Paul Gomez)(95) (Guy Bourban)(DNF) | 184 |
| 5 | Soviet Union Aleksandr Antipov6 Leonid Moseyev7 Valeriy Sapon28 Enn Sellik33 Valeriy Abramov47 Vladimir Pesekhonov125 | 246 |
| 6 | Spain Antonio Prieto8 José Luis González22 Luis Adsuara41 Eugenio Hernandez52 Santiago de la Parte56 Argimiro González72 (Cándido Alario)(94) (Fernando Fernandez)(109) (Francisco Guerra)(135) | 251 |
| 7 | Scotland John Robson5 Allister Hutton29 Jim Brown31 Lawrie Spence46 John Graham73 Graham Clark128 (Gordon Rimmer)(131) (Brian McSloy)(167) (Nat Muir)(DNF) | 312 |
| 8 | Algeria El Hachami Abdenouz13 Rachid Habchaoui42 Abdelmadjid Mada49 Lahcene Babaci61 Mohamed Salem79 Mehdi Aïdet80 (Mahmoud Hazzazi)(117) (Tahar Bounab)(118) | 324 |
| 9 | Portugal Fernando Mamede16 Carlos Lopes26 José Sena30 Carlos Tavares68 Anacleto Pinto89 Cidalio Caetano96 (João Campos)(DNF) (Aniceto Simoes)(DNF) | 325 |
| 10 | West Germany Hans-Jürgen Orthmann2 Michael Karst34 Manfred Schoeneberg50 Thomas Wessinghage65 Willi Maier81 Werner Grommisch111 (Valdur Koha)(112) (Andreas Weniger)(137) (Christoph Herle)(DNF) | 343 |
| 11 | Canada Peter Butler35 Paul Williams55 Terry Goodenough76 Greg Duhaime78 Mike Dyon99 Alain Bordeleau119 (Peter Moore)(130) (Don Howieson)(147) | 462 |
| 12 | Ireland John Treacy18 Mick O'Shea51 Danny McDaid93 Neil Cusack100 Gerry Deegan105 Ray Treacy108 (Gerry Finnegan)(121) (Donal Walsh)(145) (Paul O'Callaghan)(154) | 475 |
| 13 | Italy Marco Marchei59 Franco Ambrosioni60 Ennio Panetti75 Silvano Babici87 Michele Cinà88 Otello Sorato120 (Alberto Cova)(122) (Venanzio Ortis)(DNF) | 489 |
| 14 | Wales Steve Jones9 David James53 Roger Hackney62 Glen Grant106 Michael Lane123 Clive Thomas138 (Alan Cole)(140) (Chris Buckley)(148) | 491 |
| 15 | Netherlands Klaas Lok20 Gerard Tebroke82 Tonni Luttikhold86 Henk Mentink90 Piet Waaning97 Piet Vonck126 (Jo Schout)(139) (Leon Weyers)(162) | 501 |
| 16 | Tunisia Mohamed Zaidi32 Hedi Gandouzi84 Abdelkrim Djelassi91 Abdelkader Zaddem102 Ardhaoui Borni141 Ferid Mekki144 (Mansour Guettaya)(146) (Amara Chiha)(156) | 594 |
| 17 | Morocco Lahcen El Hachmi66 Mohamed Naoumi71 Driss Talambouti85 Dahou Belghazi124 Mohamed El Bali134 Mustapha Oulghazi142 (Omar Anassi)(157) | 622 |
| 18 | Finland Tapio Kantanen69 Ismo Toukonen98 Martti Kiilholma103 Hannu Okkola110 Tommy Ekblom113 Heino Lipsanen132 (Ari Paunonen)(136) (Pertti Tiainen)(153) (Seppo Liuttu)(161) | 625 |
| 19 | Sweden Pär Wallin45 Eero Kinaret101 Jan Hagelbrand114 Rolf Kårevik115 Bo Orrsveden127 David Gillanders158 (Mats Erixon)(DNF) | 660 |
| 20 | Northern Ireland John McLaughlin58 Greg Hannon83 Rod Stone150 Ernie Cunningham152 Tom Annett165 Paul Lawther166 (Cameron Spence)(168) (Pat McCullough)(169) | 774 |
| 21 | Denmark Svend-Erik Kristensen129 Bo Nytofle133 Keld Johnsen143 Lars Bo Sørensen151 Per Hoffmann159 Christian Wolfsberg163 | 878 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (8)
* Belgium (9)
* Canada (8)
* China (3)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (6)
* England (9)
* Finland (9)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (8)
* Morocco (7)
* Netherlands (8)
* Northern Ireland (8)
* Norway (2)
* Portugal (8)
* Scotland (9)
* Soviet Union (6)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (7)
* Tunisia (8)
* United States (9)
* Wales (8)
* West Germany (9)