# 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. 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 (7.926 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Zurbachev Gelaw | Ethiopia | 22:45.3 |
| | Adugna Lema | Ethiopia | 22:46.6 |
| | Stefano Mei | Italy | 22:48.7 |
| 4 | Hunde Kume | Ethiopia | 22:50.5 |
| 5 | Teka Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 22:56.2 |
| 6 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 23:08.4 |
| 7 | Salvatore Nicosia | Italy | 23:09.2 |
| 8 | Jonathan Richards | England | 23:11.4 |
| 9 | Gonfa Negere | Ethiopia | 23:14.3 |
| 10 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 23:19.7 |
| 11 | John Easker | United States | 23:25 |
| 12 | Francisco Espejo | Spain | 23:29.7 |
| 13 | Mike Chorlton | England | 23:33.6 |
| 14 | Tom Ansberry | United States | 23:36.4 |
| 15 | Alexandr Chepasov | Soviet Union | 23:37.8 |
| 16 | Martín Fiz | Spain | 23:38.6 |
| 17 | Chris Brewster | Canada | 23:41.5 |
| 18 | Pere Arco | Spain | 23:46 |
| 19 | Marc Olesen | Canada | 23:50.2 |
| 20 | Oleg Strizhakov | Soviet Union | 23:53.9 |
| 21 | Ranieri Carenza | Italy | 23:55 |
| 22 | George Nicholas | United States | 23:59.2 |
| 23 | Joe Stinzi | United States | 24:01.8 |
| 24 | Larbi El Mouadden | Morocco | 24:02.9 |
| 25 | Aissa Remel | Algeria | 24:03.7 |
| 26 | Juan Toledano | Spain | 24:06.6 |
| 27 | Abdellah Boubia | Morocco | 24:07.1 |
| 28 | Dave Reid | Canada | 24:07.5 |
| 29 | Robert Cameron | Scotland | 24:08.5 |
| 30 | Mohamed M'hamdi | Morocco | 24:09 |
| 31 | Paul McCloy | Canada | 24:10.3 |
| 32 | Cripiano Lucas | Portugal | 24:11.7 |
| 33 | Adelino Hidalgo | Spain | 24:12.7 |
| 34 | José Manuel Albentosa | Spain | 24:13 |
| 35 | José Correira | Portugal | 24:13.4 |
| 36 | Paul O'Callaghan | Ireland | 24:14 |
| 37 | Andrew Evans | Wales | 24:15.7 |
| 38 | Paul Fowler | England | 24:17.2 |
| 39 | Sergio Bruni | Italy | 24:17.6 |
| 40 | Igor Lotoryev | Soviet Union | 24:18.9 |
| 41 | Martin Green | England | 24:20 |
| 42 | Kenneth Andreasen | Denmark | 24:20.8 |
| 43 | Noel Henro | Belgium | 24:22.9 |
| 44 | Gordan Mitchell | Scotland | 24:24.6 |
| 45 | Dominique Bouchard | France | 24:25.2 |
| 46 | Jonathan Knight | United States | 24:32.1 |
| 47 | Alain Boucher | Canada | 24:33.2 |
| 48 | Paul McCaffrey | Northern Ireland | 24:36.4 |
| 49 | Abderrahmane Youbi | Algeria | 24:36.6 |
| 50 | Stuart Paton | Scotland | 24:36.8 |
| 51 | Rik Maertens | Belgium | 24:37.7 |
| 52 | Lloyd Tredell | England | 24:39.6 |
| 53 | Nourredine Benzaoui | Algeria | 24:41.4 |
| 54 | Olivier Lefeuvre | France | 24:42.1 |
| 55 | Benny van Wambeke | Belgium | 24:43.4 |
| 56 | Mike Kubitschek | United States | 24:44.3 |
| 57 | Hassan Sebtaoui | Morocco | 24:45.5 |
| 58 | Marco Gozzano | Italy | 24:46.6 |
| 59 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 24:48.6 |
| 60 | Khaled Aouita | Morocco | 24:50.6 |
| 61 | Ian Steel | Scotland | 24:52.4 |
| 62 | Rachid Kram | Algeria | 24:53.9 |
| 63 | Philippe Auvray | France | 24:54.7 |
| 64 | Bart de Keyser | Belgium | 24:54.9 |
| 65 | Luis Miguel | Portugal | 24:56.4 |
| 66 | Mustapha El Nechchadi | Morocco | 25:00.7 |
| 67 | Gary Couch | England | 25:02.3 |
| 68 | Nicholas Boughey | Wales | 25:04.9 |
| 69 | Michael Dwyer | Ireland | 25:06.4 |
| 70 | Jean-Jacques Vacher | France | 25:07.5 |
| 71 | Nikolay Chernous | Soviet Union | 25:10 |
| 72 | Cormac O'Riordan | Ireland | 25:13.6 |
| 73 | Andy Ronan | Ireland | 25:14 |
| 74 | Peter McColgan | Northern Ireland | 25:15.7 |
| 75 | Gordan Lang | Northern Ireland | 25:16.8 |
| 76 | Russell McKay | Scotland | 25:19.8 |
| 77 | Andrew Rodgers | Wales | 25:26.3 |
| 78 | Chris Reynders | Belgium | 25:28.4 |
| 79 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 25:31.1 |
| 80 | Geoffrey Hill | Wales | 25:35.5 |
| 81 | David McShane | Scotland | 25:37.5 |
| 82 | Hocine Ameur | France | 25:40.5 |
| 83 | Roberto Natale | France | 25:46.1 |
| 84 | H'Mida Nouail | Algeria | 25:47.8 |
| 85 | Dermot Bradshaw | Ireland | 25:54.8 |
| 86 | Johan van Delanotte | Belgium | 25:59 |
| 87 | José Macedo | Portugal | 26:00.1 |
| 88 | Thomas Sørensen | Denmark | 26:03.8 |
| 89 | David Thomas | Wales | 26:09.4 |
| 90 | Jerry Goodman | Northern Ireland | 26:14.5 |
| 91 | Lars Ågaard | Denmark | 26:28.6 |
| 92 | José Regalo | Portugal | 28:53.7 |
| — | Ole Hansen | Denmark | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Zurbachev Gelaw1 Adugna Lema2 Hunde Kume4 Teka Mekonnen5 (Gonfa Negere)(9) (Bekele Debele)(10) | 12 |
| | Italy Stefano Mei3 Francesco Panetta6 Salvatore Nicosia7 Ranieri Carenza21 (Sergio Bruni)(39) (Marco Gozzano)(58) | 37 |
| | United States John Easker11 Tom Ansberry14 George Nicholas22 Joe Stinzi23 (Jonathan Knight)(46) (Mike Kubitschek)(56) | 70 |
| 4 | Spain Francisco Espejo12 Martín Fiz16 Pere Arco18 Juan Toledano26 (Adelino Hidalgo)(33) (José Manuel Albentosa)(34) | 72 |
| 5 | Canada Chris Brewster17 Marc Olesen19 Dave Reid28 Paul McCloy31 (Alain Boucher)(47) (Carey Nelson)(79) | 95 |
| 6 | England Jonathan Richards8 Mike Chorlton13 Paul Fowler38 Martin Green41 (Lloyd Tredell)(52) (Gary Couch)(67) | 100 |
| 7 | Morocco Larbi El Mouadden24 Abdellah Boubia27 Mohamed M'hamdi30 Hassan Sebtaoui57 (Khaled Aouita)(60) (Mustapha El Nechchadi)(66) | 138 |
| 8 | Soviet Union Alexandr Chepasov15 Oleg Strizhakov20 Igor Lotoryev40 Nikolay Chernous71 | 146 |
| 9 | Scotland Robert Cameron29 Gordan Mitchell44 Stuart Paton50 Ian Steel61 (Russell McKay)(76) (David McShane)(81) | 184 |
| 10 | Algeria Aissa Remel25 Abderrahmane Youbi49 Nourredine Benzaoui53 Rachid Kram62 (H'Mida Nouail)(84) | 189 |
| 11 | Portugal Cripiano Lucas32 José Correira35 Domingos Castro59 Luis Miguel65 (José Macedo)(87) (José Regalo)(92) | 191 |
| 12 | Belgium Noel Henro43 Rik Maertens51 Benny van Wambeke55 Bart de Keyser64 (Chris Reynders)(78) (Johan van Delanotte)(86) | 213 |
| 13 | France Dominique Bouchard45 Olivier Lefeuvre54 Philippe Auvray63 Jean-Jacques Vacher70 (Hocine Ameur)(82) (Roberto Natale)(83) | 232 |
| 14 | Ireland Paul O'Callaghan36 Michael Dwyer69 Cormac O'Riordan72 Andy Ronan73 (Dermot Bradshaw)(85) | 250 |
| 15 | Wales Andrew Evans37 Nicholas Boughey68 Andrew Rodgers77 Geoffrey Hill80 (David Thomas)(89) | 262 |
| 16 | Northern Ireland Paul McCaffrey48 Peter McColgan74 Gordan Lang75 Jerry Goodman90 | 287 |
| DNF | Denmark (Kenneth Andreasen)(42) (Thomas Sørensen)(88) (Lars Ågaard)(91) (Ole Hansen)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 93 athletes from 17 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (5)
* Belgium (6)
* Canada (6)
* Denmark (4)
* England (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (6)
* Morocco (6)
* Northern Ireland (4)
* Portugal (6)
* Scotland (6)
* Soviet Union (4)
* Spain (6)
* United States (6)
* Wales (5)