# 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior men's race (11.994 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 36:52 |
| | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 36:52 |
| | Some Muge | Kenya | 36:52 |
| 4 | Alberto Salazar | United States | 36:53 |
| 5 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 36:56 |
| 6 | Rob de Castella | Australia | 37:00 |
| 7 | Dave Clarke | England | 37:05 |
| 8 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 37:10 |
| 9 | Pat Porter | United States | 37:12 |
| 10 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 37:17 |
| 11 | Nat Muir | Scotland | 37:24 |
| 12 | Mehmet Yürdadön | Turkey | 37:24 |
| 13 | Pierre Levisse | France | 37:24 |
| 14 | Eshetu Tura | Ethiopia | 37:28 |
| 15 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 37:29 |
| 16 | Paul Kipkoech | Kenya | 37:32 |
| 17 | Eric de Beck | Belgium | 37:34 |
| 18 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 37:35 |
| 19 | Steve Jones | Wales | 37:35 |
| 20 | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 37:35 |
| 21 | John Andrews | Australia | 37:36 |
| 22 | Mohammed Kedir | Ethiopia | 37:37 |
| 23 | Adugna Lema | Ethiopia | 37:38 |
| 24 | Chala Urgessa | Ethiopia | 37:39 |
| 25 | Jan Hagelbrand | Sweden | 37:44 |
| 26 | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | 37:45 |
| 27 | Paul Ballinger | New Zealand | 37:45 |
| 28 | Thom Hunt | United States | 37:46 |
| 29 | Gerard Kiernan | Ireland | 37:47 |
| 30 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 37:48 |
| 31 | Joshua Kipkemboi | Kenya | 37:49 |
| 32 | James Kipngetich | Kenya | 37:50 |
| 33 | Kevin Forster | England | 37:52 |
| 34 | Lawrie Whitty | Australia | 37:52 |
| 35 | Jorge García | Spain | 37:53 |
| 36 | Luis Adsuara | Spain | 37:58 |
| 37 | Jackson Ruto | Kenya | 37:59 |
| 38 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | 38:02 |
| 39 | Brian Lewry | Australia | 38:03 |
| 40 | Niels Kim Hjorth | Denmark | 38:04 |
| 41 | Christoph Herle | West Germany | 38:06 |
| 42 | Craig Virgin | United States | 38:06 |
| 43 | Dave Taylor | Ireland | 38:09 |
| 44 | Antonio Layos | Spain | 38:09 |
| 45 | Robert McDonald | Australia | 38:10 |
| 46 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 38:10 |
| 47 | Tom Birnie | New Zealand | 38:12 |
| 48 | Maxwell Little | Australia | 38:12 |
| 49 | Michael Spöttel | West Germany | 38:13 |
| 50 | Dejene Beyene | Ethiopia | 38:17 |
| 51 | Helder de Jesús | Portugal | 38:18 |
| 52 | Michael Scheytt | West Germany | 38:19 |
| 53 | Dave Lewis | England | 38:19 |
| 54 | Rex Wilson | New Zealand | 38:21 |
| 55 | Alain Bordeleau | Canada | 38:24 |
| 56 | Jacques Boxberger | France | 38:25 |
| 57 | Mark Anderson | United States | 38:25 |
| 58 | Girma Berhanu | Ethiopia | 38:26 |
| 59 | Ahmed Salah | Djibouti | 38:28 |
| 60 | Alex Hagelsteens | Belgium | 38:29 |
| 61 | Gianni Demadonna | Italy | 38:30 |
| 62 | Gerry Deegan | Ireland | 38:30 |
| 63 | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 38:32 |
| 64 | Antonio Leitão | Portugal | 38:34 |
| 65 | Venanzio Ortis | Italy | 38:35 |
| 66 | Steven Harris | England | 38:36 |
| 67 | Miruts Yifter | Ethiopia | 38:37 |
| 68 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 38:37 |
| 69 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 38:37 |
| 70 | Karl Harrison | England | 38:37 |
| 71 | Angel Gómez Maeso | Spain | 38:38 |
| 72 | Herman Kipngetich | Kenya | 38:40 |
| 73 | Hans Segerfeldt | Sweden | 38:40 |
| 74 | Ralf Salzmann | West Germany | 38:40 |
| 75 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 38:42 |
| 76 | Pascal Debacker | France | 38:43 |
| 77 | Christian Geffray | France | 38:45 |
| 78 | Féthi Baccouche | Tunisia | 38:46 |
| 79 | Pär Wallin | Sweden | 38:48 |
| 80 | Thierry Watrice | France | 38:49 |
| 81 | Adam Hoyle | Australia | 38:49 |
| 82 | Mats Erixon | Sweden | 38:50 |
| 83 | Sisa Kirati | Kenya | 38:50 |
| 84 | Rafael Marques | Portugal | 38:50 |
| 85 | Keld Johnsen | Denmark | 38:53 |
| 86 | Julio Perez | Spain | 38:53 |
| 87 | Ronny Agten | Belgium | 38:55 |
| 88 | Gerhard Krippner | West Germany | 38:55 |
| 89 | Tony Milovsorov | England | 38:55 |
| 90 | Michel Lelut | France | 38:56 |
| 91 | Dominic Wambua | Kenya | 38:57 |
| 92 | Marti ten Kate | Netherlands | 39:00 |
| 93 | Fernando Miguel | Portugal | 39:02 |
| 94 | Raymond Paulins | Canada | 39:03 |
| 95 | Phil O'Brien | England | 39:06 |
| 96 | John Woods | Ireland | 39:06 |
| 97 | Fraser Clyne | Scotland | 39:07 |
| 98 | Ross Chilton | Canada | 39:08 |
| 99 | Yngvar Christiansen | Norway | 39:10 |
| 100 | Francois Willems | Belgium | 39:11 |
| 101 | Bob Treadwell | England | 39:12 |
| 102 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 39:12 |
| 103 | José Sena | Portugal | 39:15 |
| 104 | Mohammed Chouri | Tunisia | 39:15 |
| 105 | Bo Orrsveden | Sweden | 39:17 |
| 106 | El Hachami Abdenouz | Algeria | 39:19 |
| 107 | Piet van de Haas | Netherlands | 39:20 |
| 108 | Aissa Taleb | Algeria | 39:20 |
| 109 | Nick de Castella | Australia | 39:20 |
| 110 | Brendan Quinn | Ireland | 39:21 |
| 111 | Zhang Guowei | China | 39:22 |
| 112 | Hugo Rey | Switzerland | 39:23 |
| 113 | Øyvind Dahl | Norway | 39:24 |
| 114 | Paul Alle | France | 39:24 |
| 115 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | 39:24 |
| 116 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | 39:24 |
| 117 | Peter Rusman | Netherlands | 39:26 |
| 118 | Doug Brown | United States | 39:27 |
| 119 | Tony Blakewell | Wales | 39:27 |
| 120 | Ahmet Altun | Turkey | 39:28 |
| 121 | Adrian Shorter | Canada | 39:28 |
| 122 | Douglas Frame | Scotland | 39:29 |
| 123 | Marius Hasler | Switzerland | 39:29 |
| 124 | Eirik Berge | Norway | 39:29 |
| 125 | David James | Wales | 39:29 |
| 126 | Derek Froude | New Zealand | 39:29 |
| 127 | Tore Sagvolden | Norway | 39:32 |
| 128 | Martin Couldwell | New Zealand | 39:33 |
| 129 | Robert Costelloe | Ireland | 39:34 |
| 130 | Jean-Louis Prianon | France | 39:34 |
| 131 | Djama Robleh | Djibouti | 39:36 |
| 132 | Gary Palmer | New Zealand | 39:36 |
| 133 | Göran Högberg | Sweden | 39:36 |
| 134 | Rachid Habchaoui | Algeria | 39:36 |
| 135 | Martín Fiz | Spain | 39:38 |
| 136 | Reinhard Leibold | West Germany | 39:39 |
| 137 | Werner Mory | Belgium | 39:39 |
| 138 | Fredi Griner | Switzerland | 39:39 |
| 139 | Joseph Otieno | Kenya | 39:40 |
| 140 | Abdelrazzak Bounour | Algeria | 39:41 |
| 141 | Jan Fjärestad | Norway | 39:42 |
| 142 | Zeki Atli | Turkey | 39:43 |
| 143 | Donald Greig | New Zealand | 39:45 |
| 144 | Shane Marshall | New Zealand | 39:49 |
| 145 | Nigel Adams | Wales | 39:50 |
| 146 | Abdelkader Boughrara | Algeria | 39:53 |
| 147 | Bill Donakowski | United States | 39:54 |
| 148 | Klaas Lok | Netherlands | 39:55 |
| 149 | Tommy Persson | Sweden | 39:55 |
| 150 | Michele Cinà | Italy | 39:57 |
| 151 | Henrik Albahn | Denmark | 39:57 |
| 152 | Miao Yunshen | China | 39:57 |
| 153 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | 39:58 |
| 154 | Terry Greene | Northern Ireland | 39:58 |
| 155 | Euan Robertson | New Zealand | 40:00 |
| 156 | Chris Buckley | Wales | 40:01 |
| 157 | Fernando Couto | Portugal | 40:03 |
| 158 | Sefa Het | Turkey | 40:03 |
| 159 | Terence Mitchell | Scotland | 40:03 |
| 160 | John Idstrom | United States | 40:05 |
| 161 | Bruno Lafranchi | Switzerland | 40:06 |
| 162 | Kenneth Davies | Wales | 40:09 |
| 163 | Oddmund Roalkvam | Norway | 40:11 |
| 164 | Joost Borm | Netherlands | 40:12 |
| 165 | Hwang Wen-Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 40:13 |
| 166 | Hichem Oueslati | Tunisia | 40:13 |
| 167 | Hans Nilsson | Sweden | 40:14 |
| 168 | Henk Mentink | Netherlands | 40:15 |
| 169 | Noel Harvey | Ireland | 40:17 |
| 170 | Rod Stone | Northern Ireland | 40:17 |
| 171 | Joël Lucas | France | 40:19 |
| 172 | Paul Wheeler | Wales | 40:20 |
| 173 | Tonni Luttikhold | Netherlands | 40:22 |
| 174 | Jiang Wenqing | China | 40:22 |
| 175 | Peter McColgan | Northern Ireland | 40:22 |
| 176 | Ole Hansen | Denmark | 40:24 |
| 177 | Ieuan Ellis | Wales | 40:26 |
| 178 | Chen Xinshun | China | 40:27 |
| 179 | Abderrahmane Morceli | Algeria | 40:28 |
| 180 | Jim Dingwall | Scotland | 40:29 |
| 181 | Omar Cochine | Djibouti | 40:32 |
| 182 | Graham Crawford | Scotland | 40:36 |
| 183 | Abderrazak Gtari | Tunisia | 40:38 |
| 184 | Song Tianzhi | China | 40:39 |
| 185 | Roland Hertner | Switzerland | 40:39 |
| 186 | Roger Cawkwell | Canada | 40:42 |
| 187 | John Theophilus | Wales | 40:48 |
| 188 | Steve Martin | Northern Ireland | 40:56 |
| 189 | Ali Chehidi | Tunisia | 40:58 |
| 190 | Xue Jianjun | China | 40:59 |
| 191 | Hanefi Atmaca | Turkey | 40:59 |
| 192 | Philippe Lahuerte | Canada | 41:00 |
| 193 | Lawrie Spence | Scotland | 41:02 |
| 194 | Cameron Spence | Northern Ireland | 41:02 |
| 195 | Christian Cote | Canada | 41:09 |
| 196 | Arye Gamliel | Israel | 41:10 |
| 197 | Raymond van Paemel | Belgium | 41:22 |
| 198 | Evan Cameron | Scotland | 41:26 |
| 199 | Werner Meier | Switzerland | 41:30 |
| 200 | Robert de Brouwer | Netherlands | 41:39 |
| 201 | George Braidwood | Scotland | 41:44 |
| 202 | Eddie Oxlade | Northern Ireland | 41:45 |
| 203 | Brahim Boudina | Algeria | 41:55 |
| 204 | Yair Karni | Israel | 42:11 |
| 205 | Ernie Cunningham | Northern Ireland | 42:12 |
| 206 | Abdelhadi Boudjenane | Algeria | 42:50 |
| 207 | James Ross | Northern Ireland | 43:06 |
| 208 | Liang Yen-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 43:08 |
| 209 | Mubarak Abdel Majeed | Kuwait | 47:02 |
| 210 | Saïd Attoumane | Comoros | 48:12 |
| — | Dan Glans | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | DNF |
| — | John Treacy | Ireland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Bekele Debele1 Eshetu Tura14 Wodajo Bulti20 Mohammed Kedir22 Adugna Lema23 Chala Urgessa24 (Dejene Beyene)(50) (Girma Berhanu)(58) (Miruts Yifter)(67) | 104 |
| | United States Alberto Salazar4 Pat Porter9 Thom Hunt28 Ed Eyestone30 Craig Virgin42 Mark Anderson57 (Doug Brown)(118) (Bill Donakowski)(147) (John Idstrom)(160) | 170 |
| | Kenya Some Muge3 Paul Kipkoech16 Joshua Kipkemboi31 James Kipngetich32 Jackson Ruto37 Herman Kipngetich72 (Sisa Kirati)(83) (Dominic Wambua)(91) (Joseph Otieno)(139) | 191 |
| 4 | Australia Rob de Castella6 John Andrews21 Lawrie Whitty34 Brian Lewry39 Robert McDonald45 Maxwell Little48 (Adam Hoyle)(81) (Nick de Castella)(109) | 193 |
| 5 | Spain Antonio Prieto5 Constantino Esparcia15 Jorge García35 Luis Adsuara36 Antonio Layos44 Angel Gómez Maeso71 (Julio Perez)(86) (Santiago de la Parte)(115) (Martín Fiz)(135) | 206 |
| 6 | Portugal Carlos Lopes2 Ezequiel Canario8 Helder de Jesús51 Antonio Leitão64 Rafael Marques84 Fernando Miguel93 (José Sena)(103) (Fernando Couto)(157) (Fernando Mamede)(DNF) | 302 |
| 7 | Italy Alberto Cova10 Gelindo Bordin26 Gianni Demadonna61 Venanzio Ortis65 Francesco Panetta69 Franco Boffi75 (Ranieri Carenza)(116) (Michele Cinà)(150) | 306 |
| 8 | England Dave Clarke7 Kevin Forster33 Dave Lewis53 Steven Harris66 Karl Harrison70 Tony Milovsorov89 (Phil O'Brien)(95) (Bob Treadwell)(101) | 318 |
| 9 | West Germany Hans-Jürgen Orthmann18 Christoph Herle41 Michael Spöttel49 Michael Scheytt52 Ralf Salzmann74 Gerhard Krippner88 (Reinhard Leibold)(136) | 322 |
| 10 | Belgium Eric de Beck17 Karel Lismont46 Alex Hagelsteens60 Vincent Rousseau63 Ronny Agten87 Francois Willems100 (Werner Mory)(137) (Raymond van Paemel)(197) | 373 |
| 11 | France Pierre Levisse13 Jacques Boxberger56 Pascal Debacker76 Christian Geffray77 Thierry Watrice80 Michel Lelut90 (Paul Alle)(114) (Jean-Louis Prianon)(130) (Joël Lucas)(171) | 392 |
| 12 | Ireland Gerard Kiernan29 Dave Taylor43 Gerry Deegan62 John Woods96 Roy Dooney102 Brendan Quinn110 (Robert Costelloe)(129) (Noel Harvey)(169) (John Treacy)(DNF) | 442 |
| 13 | Sweden Jan Hagelbrand25 Hans Segerfeldt73 Pär Wallin79 Mats Erixon82 Bo Orrsveden105 Göran Högberg133 (Tommy Persson)(149) (Hans Nilsson)(167) (Dan Glans)(DNF) | 497 |
| 14 | New Zealand Paul Ballinger27 Tom Birnie47 Rex Wilson54 Derek Froude126 Martin Couldwell128 Gary Palmer132 (Donald Greig)(143) (Shane Marshall)(144) (Euan Robertson)(155) | 514 |
| 15 | Canada Alain Bordeleau55 Paul McCloy68 Raymond Paulins94 Ross Chilton98 Adrian Shorter121 Roger Cawkwell186 (Philippe Lahuerte)(192) (Christian Cote)(195) | 622 |
| 16 | Algeria Boualem Rahoui38 El Hachami Abdenouz106 Aissa Taleb108 Rachid Habchaoui134 Abdelrazzak Bounour140 Abdelkader Boughrara146 (Abderrahmane Morceli)(179) (Brahim Boudina)(203) (Abdelhadi Boudjenane)(206) | 672 |
| 17 | Wales Steve Jones19 Tony Blakewell119 David James125 Nigel Adams145 Chris Buckley156 Kenneth Davies162 (Paul Wheeler)(172) (Ieuan Ellis)(177) (John Theophilus)(187) | 726 |
| 18 | Scotland Nat Muir11 Fraser Clyne97 Douglas Frame122 Terence Mitchell159 Jim Dingwall180 Graham Crawford182 (Lawrie Spence)(193) (Evan Cameron)(198) (George Braidwood)(201) | 751 |
| 19 | Norway Yngvar Christiansen99 Øyvind Dahl113 Eirik Berge124 Tore Sagvolden127 Jan Fjärestad141 Oddmund Roalkvam163 | 767 |
| 20 | Netherlands Martin ten Kate92 Piet van de Haas107 Peter Rusman117 Klaas Lok148 Joost Borm164 Henk Mentink168 (Tonni Luttikhold)(173) (Robert de Brouwer)(200) | 796 |
| 21 | Tunisia Féthi Baccouche78 Mohammed Chouri104 Adelaziz Bouguerra153 Hichem Oueslati166 Abderrazak Gtari183 Ali Chehidi189 | 873 |
| 22 | Switzerland Hugo Rey112 Marius Hasler123 Fredi Griner138 Bruno Lafranchi161 Roland Hertner185 Werner Meier199 | 918 |
| 23 | China Zhang Guowei111 Miao Yunshen152 Jiang Wenqing174 Chen Xinshun178 Song Tianzhi184 Xue Jianjun190 | 989 |
| 24 | Northern Ireland Terry Greene154 Rod Stone170 Peter McColgan175 Steve Martin188 Cameron Spence194 Eddie Oxlade202 (Ernie Cunningham)(205) (James Ross)(207) | 1083 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 213 athletes from 31 countries in the senior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.
* Algeria (9)
* Australia (8)
* Belgium (8)
* Canada (8)
* China (6)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Comoros (1)
* Denmark (4)
* Djibouti (3)
* England (8)
* Ethiopia (9)
* France (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (8)
* Kenya (9)
* Kuwait (1)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (9)
* Northern Ireland (8)
* Norway (6)
* Portugal (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (6)
* Tunisia (6)
* Turkey (5)
* United States (9)
* Wales (9)
* West Germany (7)