1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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Contents 1 Results 1.1 Long race men 1.1.1 Individual 1.1.2 Team 1.2 Junior Race Men 1.2.1 Individual 1.2.2 Team 1.3 Long Race Women 1.3.1 Individual 1.3.2 Team 2 See also 3 External links

The 8th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held on March 9, 1980 in Paris, France.

[edit] Results

[edit] Long race men

[edit] Individual

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Craig Virgin (USA)	35:01 min
Silver	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann (FRG)	35:07 min
Bronze	Nick Rose (ENG)	35:09 min

[edit] Team

Medal	Athlete	Mark
Gold	England Nick Rose (3rd) Bernie Ford (10th) Barry Smith (14th) Steve Kenyon (17th) Nick Lees (19th) Graham Tuck (37th)	100 pts
Silver	United States Craig Virgin (1st) Daniel Dillon (12th) Kenneth Martin (23rd) Steve Plasencia (36th) Don Clary (43rd) Mark Anderson (48th)	163 pts
Bronze	Belgium Léon Schots (4th) Karel Lismont (11th) Alex Hagelsteens (21st) Eddy de Pauw (38th) Frank Grillaert (44th) Roger de Vogel (57th)	175 pts

[edit] Junior Race Men

[edit] Individual

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Jorge García (ESP)	22:17 min
Silver	Valeriy Gryaznov (URS)	22:23 min
Bronze	Ed Eyestone (USA)	22:27 min

[edit] Team

Medal	Athlete	Mark
Gold	Soviet Union	50 pts
Silver	United States	75 pts
Bronze	Spain	79 pts

[edit] Long Race Women

[edit] Individual

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Grete Waitz (NOR)	15:05 min
Silver	Irina Bondarchuk (URS)	15:49 min
Bronze	Yelena Chernysheva (URS)	15:52 min

[edit] Team

Medal	Athlete	Mark
Gold	Soviet Union Irina Bondarchuk (2nd) Yelena Chernysheva (3rd) Giana Romanova (5th) Svetlana Ulmasova (6th)	15 pts
Silver	England Penny Forse (7th) Kath Binns (9th) Sandra Arthurton (14th) Ruth Smeeth (19th)	49 pts
Bronze	United States Jan Merrill (5th) Margaret Groos (10th) Julie Shea (13th) Brenda Webb (21st)	49 pts

[edit] See also

• 1980 in athletics (track and field)

[edit] External links

• The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005
• GBRathletics