# 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipodromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.25 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Mohammed Chouri | Tunisia | 22:04 |
| | Yevgeniy Zherebin | Soviet Union | 22:06 |
| | Keith Brantly | United States | 22:07 |
| 4 | George Nicholas | United States | 22:08 |
| 5 | Paul Davies-Hale | England | 22:19 |
| 6 | John Butler | United States | 22:21 |
| 7 | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 22:23 |
| 8 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 22:29 |
| 9 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 22:32 |
| 10 | Chris Hamilton | United States | 22:32 |
| 11 | Jonathan Richards | England | 22:33 |
| 12 | Dave Reid | Canada | 22:37 |
| 13 | Henrique Crisostomo | Portugal | 22:42 |
| 14 | Chris Brewster | Canada | 22:44 |
| 15 | Steve Blakemore | Wales | 22:45 |
| 16 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 22:50 |
| 17 | Abel Antón | Spain | 22:55 |
| 18 | Paul Donovan | Ireland | 22:56 |
| 19 | Ole Hansen | Denmark | 22:58 |
| 20 | Mark King | England | 22:59 |
| 21 | Nikolay Chameyev | Soviet Union | 23:01 |
| 22 | Peter Warner | United States | 23:01 |
| 23 | Michael Pyeatt | United States | 23:04 |
| 24 | Allen Hugli | Canada | 23:04 |
| 25 | Christian Bloor | England | 23:04 |
| 26 | Cripiano Lucas | Portugal | 23:07 |
| 27 | Wim Willaert | Belgium | 23:10 |
| 28 | Stefano Mei | Italy | 23:13 |
| 29 | Hamid Zouhair | France | 23:14 |
| 30 | Zineddine Lamamra | Algeria | 23:15 |
| 31 | John Gladwin | Scotland | 23:16 |
| 32 | Brian O'Keefe | Ireland | 23:18 |
| 33 | Julius Benkö | Austria | 23:18 |
| 34 | Brian Roche | Ireland | 23:19 |
| 35 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | 23:21 |
| 36 | Rui Saldanha | Portugal | 23:21 |
| 37 | Kim Taylor Hansen | Denmark | 23:23 |
| 38 | Juan Carlos Andres | Spain | 23:25 |
| 39 | Marc Olesen | Canada | 23:25 |
| 40 | August Sneyers | Belgium | 23:28 |
| 41 | Søren Munch | Denmark | 23:30 |
| 42 | Nicholas Boughey | Wales | 23:30 |
| 43 | Mohamed Ezzher | Morocco | 23:31 |
| 44 | Marc Maes | Belgium | 23:31 |
| 45 | Ernesto del Sarto | Italy | 23:33 |
| 46 | Juan Toledano | Spain | 23:37 |
| 47 | Enrico Ogliar Badessi | Italy | 23:37 |
| 48 | Nourredine Benzaoui | Algeria | 23:37 |
| 49 | Emmanuel Goulin | France | 23:37 |
| 50 | Viktor Kushch | Soviet Union | 23:39 |
| 51 | Philip Dixon | England | 23:39 |
| 52 | Jacques le Floch | France | 23:39 |
| 53 | Richard O'Flynn | Ireland | 23:44 |
| 54 | Hassan Sebtaoui | Morocco | 23:45 |
| 55 | Andrew Smith | Wales | 23:48 |
| 56 | Jacques Triquet | France | 23:48 |
| 57 | Dmitriy Ditlashok | Soviet Union | 23:48 |
| 58 | Remy Geoffroy | France | 23:50 |
| 59 | Marnix Goegebeur | Belgium | 23:51 |
| 60 | José Correira | Portugal | 23:52 |
| 61 | Nigel Stops | Wales | 23:53 |
| 62 | Mohamed Salah Rajhi | Tunisia | 23:54 |
| 63 | Mark Orzel | Canada | 23:56 |
| 64 | Pat McCarthy | Ireland | 23:57 |
| 65 | Tayeb Mohammed Djitli | Algeria | 24:01 |
| 66 | Ahmed Dribi | Morocco | 24:02 |
| 67 | Javier Nieto | Spain | 24:02 |
| 68 | Adelino Hidalgo | Spain | 24:02 |
| 69 | Khemissi Salhi | Algeria | 24:04 |
| 70 | Hans Gebroers | Belgium | 24:06 |
| 71 | Brahim Boudina | Algeria | 24:07 |
| 72 | Ray Murtagh | Northern Ireland | 24:07 |
| 73 | Martin Flynn | Ireland | 24:07 |
| 74 | Callan Henderson | Scotland | 24:11 |
| 75 | Aissa Remel | Algeria | 24:13 |
| 76 | Hamid Karoui | Morocco | 24:15 |
| 77 | Alfred Ungersböck | Austria | 24:15 |
| 78 | Ian Steel | Scotland | 24:21 |
| 79 | Peter Gylling | Denmark | 24:21 |
| 80 | Rolf Lauper | Switzerland | 24:21 |
| 81 | Manuel Matias | Portugal | 24:27 |
| 82 | Steve Smith | Wales | 24:27 |
| 83 | Mohamed Hammami | Tunisia | 24:27 |
| 84 | Colin McIntyre | Scotland | 24:27 |
| 85 | Mohamed Sabwane | Morocco | 24:28 |
| 86 | Deon McNeilly | Northern Ireland | 24:29 |
| 87 | Andreas Ceconi | Austria | 24:30 |
| 88 | Neil Rimmer | England | 24:30 |
| 89 | Tommy Wright | Northern Ireland | 24:53 |
| 90 | Abdelkader Belhaied | Tunisia | 24:57 |
| 91 | Renat Kuenzi | Switzerland | 25:01 |
| 92 | Josef Scharmer | Austria | 25:12 |
| 93 | Paul McCaffrey | Northern Ireland | 25:13 |
| 94 | Ali Dhfair | Saudi Arabia | 25:34 |
| 95 | Saif Al-Shahrani | Saudi Arabia | 25:53 |
| 96 | Gordon McMillan | Scotland | 25:59 |
| 97 | Francisco Espejo | Spain | 26:10 |
| 98 | Ali Obedi | Saudi Arabia | 26:25 |
| 99 | Khalid Marzouk | Saudi Arabia | 26:59 |
| 100 | Abdurrahman Al-Eid | Saudi Arabia | 27:09 |
| 101 | Samer Al-Dhanem | Saudi Arabia | 27:46 |
| 102 | Grigoriy Mishuniy | Soviet Union | 28:00 |
| — | Ernesto Monteiro | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Peter Schwarzenpoller | Austria | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | United States Keith Brantly3 George Nicholas4 John Butler6 Chris Hamilton10 (Peter Warner)(22) (Michael Pyeatt)(23) | 23 |
| | England Paul Davies-Hale5 Jonathan Richards11 Mark King20 Christian Bloor25 (Philip Dixon)(51) (Neil Rimmer)(88) | 61 |
| | Canada Dave Reid12 Chris Brewster14 Paul McCloy16 Allen Hugli24 (Marc Olesen)(39) (Mark Orzel)(63) | 66 |
| 4 | Italy Salvatore Antibo8 Francesco Panetta9 Stefano Mei28 Ranieri Carenza35 (Ernesto del Sarto)(45) (Enrico Ogliar Badessi)(47) | 80 |
| 5 | Belgium Vincent Rousseau7 Wim Willaert27 August Sneyers40 Marc Maes44 (Marnix Goegebeur)(59) (Hans Gebroers)(70) | 118 |
| 6 | Soviet Union Yevgeniy Zherebin2 Nikolay Chameyev21 Viktor Kushch50 Dmitriy Ditlashok57 (Grigoriy Mishuniy)(102) | 130 |
| 7 | Portugal Henrique Crisostomo13 Cripiano Lucas26 Rui Saldanha36 José Correira60 (Manuel Matias)(81) (Ernesto Monteiro)(DNF) | 135 |
| 8 | Ireland Paul Donovan18 Brian O'Keefe32 Brian Roche34 Richard O'Flynn53 (Pat McCarthy)(64) (Martin Flynn)(73) | 137 |
| 9 | Spain Abel Antón17 Juan Carlos Andres38 Juan Toledano46 Javier Nieto67 (Adelino Hidalgo)(68) (Francisco Espejo)(97) | 168 |
| 10 | Wales Steve Blakemore15 Nicholas Boughey42 Andrew Smith55 Nigel Stops61 (Steve Smith)(82) | 173 |
| 11 | Denmark Ole Hansen19 Kim Taylor Hansen37 Søren Munch41 Peter Gylling79 | 176 |
| 12 | France Hamid Zouhair29 Emmanuel Goulin49 Jacques le Floch52 Jacques Triquet56 (Remy Geoffroy)(58) | 186 |
| 13 | Algeria Zineddine Lamamra30 Nourredine Benzaoui48 Tayeb Mohammed Djitli65 Khemissi Salhi69 (Brahim Boudina)(71) (Aissa Remel)(75) | 212 |
| 14 | Tunisia Mohammed Chouri1 Mohamed Salah Rajhi62 Mohamed Hammami83 Abdelkader Belhaied90 | 236 |
| 15 | Morocco Mohamed Ezzher43 Hassan Sebtaoui54 Ahmed Dribi66 Hamid Karoui76 (Mohamed Sabwane)(85) | 239 |
| 16 | Scotland John Gladwin31 Callan Henderson74 Ian Steel78 Colin McIntyre84 (Gordon McMillan)(96) | 267 |
| 17 | Austria Julius Benkö33 Alfred Ungersböck77 Andreas Ceconi87 Josef Scharmer92 (Peter Schwarzenpoller)(DNF) | 289 |
| 18 | Northern Ireland Ray Murtagh72 Deon McNeilly86 Tommy Wright89 Paul McCaffrey93 | 340 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia Ali Dhfair94 Saif Al-Shahrani95 Ali Obedi98 Khalid Marzouk99 (Abdurrahman Al-Eid)(100) (Samer Al-Dhanem)(101) | 386 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 104 athletes from 20 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (6)
* Canada (6)
* Denmark (4)
* England (6)
* France (5)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Morocco (5)
* Northern Ireland (4)
* Portugal (6)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* Scotland (5)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tunisia (4)
* United States (6)
* Wales (5)