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

The Junior 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
### Junior men's race (8.033 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Fesseha Abebe | Ethiopia | 24:58 |
| | Angaso Telega | Ethiopia | 24:59 |
| | Jonathan Richards | England | 25:07 |
| 4 | Gonfa Negere | Ethiopia | 25:22 |
| 5 | José Manuel Albentosa | Spain | 25:35 |
| 6 | Teka Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 25:40 |
| 7 | Cyrille Laventure | France | 25:51 |
| 8 | Marc Olesen | Canada | 25:53 |
| 9 | Asfaw Tadesse | Ethiopia | 25:57 |
| 10 | Richard Carter | England | 26:06 |
| 11 | José Manuel García | Spain | 26:10 |
| 12 | Antonio Pérez | Spain | 26:15 |
| 13 | José Zabaleta | Spain | 26:16 |
| 14 | Mohamed Salah Rajhi | Tunisia | 26:17 |
| 15 | Joseba Sarriegui | Spain | 26:19 |
| 16 | Disso Dissessa | Ethiopia | 26:23 |
| 17 | Alfredo Munoz | Spain | 26:26 |
| 18 | Paul McCaffrey | Northern Ireland | 26:29 |
| 19 | Luis Miguel | Portugal | 26:30 |
| 20 | Clifton Bradeley | England | 26:31 |
| 21 | Nikolay Matyushenko | Soviet Union | 26:31 |
| 22 | Corrado Di Salvatore | Italy | 26:32 |
| 23 | Mustapha El Nechchadi | Morocco | 26:33 |
| 24 | Robert Rice | Canada | 26:35 |
| 25 | Phil Makepeace | England | 26:39 |
| 26 | Luis Soares | Portugal | 26:40 |
| 27 | Joseph Leuchtmann | United States | 26:41 |
| 28 | Gerry Wallace | Ireland | 26:46 |
| 29 | Arnold van Heesvelde | Belgium | 26:46 |
| 30 | Thierry Pantel | France | 26:46 |
| 31 | Paulo Pinhal | Portugal | 26:48 |
| 32 | Abdelkader Belhaied | Tunisia | 26:48 |
| 33 | David Dunne | Ireland | 26:53 |
| 34 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 26:54 |
| 35 | Bob Mau | United States | 26:56 |
| 36 | Laroussi Mechi | Tunisia | 26:57 |
| 37 | John Castellano | Canada | 26:58 |
| 38 | Glenn Charanduk | Canada | 27:00 |
| 39 | Paul Taylor | England | 27:02 |
| 40 | Andrew Rodgers | Wales | 27:04 |
| 41 | Steve Diech | United States | 27:06 |
| 42 | Paul Gompers | United States | 27:07 |
| 43 | Walter Bassi | Italy | 27:08 |
| 44 | Miloud Djellal | Algeria | 27:12 |
| 45 | Igor Lotoryev | Soviet Union | 27:12 |
| 46 | Stefan Hendrickx | Belgium | 27:12 |
| 47 | Paul Stogryn | United States | 27:12 |
| 48 | Robert Cameron | Scotland | 27:12 |
| 49 | Sergey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 27:14 |
| 50 | Kai Jenkel | Switzerland | 27:15 |
| 51 | Khaled Aouita | Morocco | 27:16 |
| 52 | Abdellah Boubia | Morocco | 27:17 |
| 53 | Markus Hacksteiner | Switzerland | 27:19 |
| 54 | Patric Nilsson | Sweden | 27:20 |
| 55 | Martin Vile | England | 27:20 |
| 56 | Aleksandr Burtsev | Soviet Union | 27:20 |
| 57 | Ezzedine Amdouni | Tunisia | 27:26 |
| 58 | Leonard O'Regan | Ireland | 27:26 |
| 59 | Alexandr Sokoholovskiy | Soviet Union | 27:26 |
| 60 | Yehezkel Halifa | Israel | 27:26 |
| 61 | Mark Cutts | Canada | 27:26 |
| 62 | Brian Matthews | Wales | 27:26 |
| 63 | Marc Nelis | Belgium | 27:27 |
| 64 | Peter Conaghan | Scotland | 27:27 |
| 65 | Adam Sarty | Canada | 27:28 |
| 66 | Romdhane Belkhaied | Tunisia | 27:29 |
| 67 | Sergio Bruni | Italy | 27:29 |
| 68 | William Brist | United States | 27:30 |
| 69 | William Lacy | Ireland | 27:31 |
| 70 | Didier Verhaege | France | 27:31 |
| 71 | Ian Williams | Wales | 27:32 |
| 72 | Marcel Versteeg | Netherlands | 27:37 |
| 73 | Angelo Brunetti | Italy | 27:40 |
| 74 | Nigel Gooch | Wales | 27:40 |
| 75 | Luis Serrano | Portugal | 27:40 |
| 76 | Ahmed Lili | Morocco | 27:40 |
| 77 | John McNeil | Scotland | 27:41 |
| 78 | Alan Puckrin | Scotland | 27:49 |
| 79 | Mohamed Moulhine | Morocco | 27:50 |
| 80 | Benny Pollentier | Belgium | 27:55 |
| 81 | Abdelhak Henane | Algeria | 27:57 |
| 82 | Patrick Lingard | France | 27:58 |
| 83 | Johan van Delanotte | Belgium | 28:01 |
| 84 | Pierre Richard | Belgium | 28:02 |
| 85 | Gordan Lang | Northern Ireland | 28:04 |
| 86 | Nazar Habib | Wales | 28:06 |
| 87 | Pat O'Neill | Northern Ireland | 28:11 |
| 88 | Christian Vagner | France | 28:14 |
| 89 | Michael Taggart | Scotland | 28:16 |
| 90 | Cormac O'Riordan | Ireland | 28:19 |
| 91 | Carsten Borgen | Denmark | 28:21 |
| 92 | Pascal Tristant | France | 28:26 |
| 93 | Ali Günes | Turkey | 28:29 |
| 94 | Alwyn Ormond | Wales | 28:37 |
| 95 | Pat McKillop | Northern Ireland | 28:42 |
| 96 | Alan Wilson | Scotland | 28:45 |
| 97 | Mohamed Ahmad | Palestine | 28:48 |
| 98 | Jesper Mathiesen | Denmark | 28:54 |
| 99 | Philip Tweedie | Northern Ireland | 28:59 |
| 100 | Jim Hefferon | Northern Ireland | 29:13 |
| 101 | Mohamed Essahal | Morocco | 29:15 |
| 102 | Abdullah Saud | Kuwait | 29:51 |
| 103 | Khrlio Mourdi | Kuwait | 31:19 |
| 104 | M.Ibrahim Haji | Kuwait | 31:22 |
| 105 | Talal Al-Asfir | Kuwait | 31:56 |
| — | José Macedo | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Fernando Ferreira | Portugal | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Fesseha Abebe1 Angaso Telega2 Gonfa Negere4 Teka Mekonnen6 (Asfaw Tadesse)(9) (Disso Dissessa)(16) | 13 |
| | Spain José Manuel Albentosa5 José Manuel García11 Antonio Pérez12 José Zabaleta13 (Joseba Sarriegui)(15) (Alfredo Munoz)(17) | 41 |
| | England Jonathan Richards3 Richard Carter10 Clifton Bradeley20 Phil Makepeace25 (Paul Taylor)(39) (Martin Vile)(55) | 58 |
| 4 | Canada Marc Olesen8 Robert Rice24 John Castellano37 Glenn Charanduk38 (Mark Cutts)(61) (Adam Sarty)(65) | 107 |
| 5 | Tunisia Mohamed Salah Rajhi14 Abdelkader Belhaied32 Laroussi Mechi36 Ezzedine Amdouni57 (Romdhane Belkhaied)(66) | 139 |
| 6 | United States Joseph Leuchtmann27 Bob Mau35 Steve Diech41 Paul Gompers42 (Paul Stogryn)(47) (William Brist)(68) | 145 |
| 7 | Portugal Luis Miguel19 Luis Soares26 Paulo Pinhal31 Luis Serrano75 (José Macedo)(DNF) (Fernando Ferreira)(DNF) | 151 |
| 8 | Italy Corrado Di Salvatore22 Giuseppe D'Urso34 Walter Bassi43 Sergio Bruni67 (Angelo Brunetti)(73) | 166 |
| 9 | Soviet Union Nikolay Matyushenko21 Igor Lotoryev45 Sergey Smirnov49 Aleksandr Burtsev56 (Alexandr Sokoholovskiy)(59) | 171 |
| 10 | Ireland Gerry Wallace28 David Dunne33 Leonard O'Regan58 William Lacy69 (Cormac O'Riordan)(90) | 188 |
| 11 | France Cyrille Laventure7 Thierry Pantel30 Didier Verhaege70 Patrick Lingard82 (Christian Vagner)(88) (Pascal Tristant)(92) | 189 |
| 12 | Morocco Mustapha El Nechchadi23 Khaled Aouita51 Abdellah Boubia52 Ahmed Lili76 (Mohamed Moulhine)(79) (Mohamed Essahal)(101) | 202 |
| 13 | Belgium Arnold van Heesvelde29 Stefan Hendrickx46 Marc Nelis63 Benny Pollentier80 (Johan van Delanotte)(83) (Pierre Richard)(84) | 218 |
| 14 | Wales Andrew Rodgers40 Brian Matthews62 Ian Williams71 Nigel Gooch74 (Nazar Habib)(86) (Alwyn Ormond)(94) | 247 |
| 15 | Scotland Robert Cameron48 Peter Conaghan64 John McNeil77 Alan Puckrin78 (Michael Taggart)(89) (Alan Wilson)(96) | 267 |
| 16 | Northern Ireland Paul McCaffrey18 Gordan Lang85 Pat O'Neill87 Pat McKillop95 (Philip Tweedie)(99) (Jim Hefferon)(100) | 285 |
| 17 | Kuwait Abdullah Saud102 Khrlio Mourdi103 M.Ibrahim Haji104 Talal Al-Asfir105 | 414 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 107 athletes from 25 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (2)
* Belgium (6)
* Canada (6)
* Denmark (2)
* England (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Ireland (5)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (5)
* Kuwait (4)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* Northern Ireland (6)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Scotland (6)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (1)
* United States (6)
* Wales (6)