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.^[1]

Junior men's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	10th
Date	March 21
Host city	Rome, Italy
Venue	Ippodromo delle Capannelle
Events	1
Distances	7.926 km – Junior men
Participation	93 athletes from 17 nations
← 1981 Madrid 1983 Gateshead →

Complete results,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] 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 Gelaw 1 Adugna Lema 2 Hunde Kume 4 Teka Mekonnen 5 (Gonfa Negere) (9) (Bekele Debele) (10)	12
	Italy Stefano Mei 3 Francesco Panetta 6 Salvatore Nicosia 7 Ranieri Carenza 21 (Sergio Bruni) (39) (Marco Gozzano) (58)	37
	United States John Easker 11 Tom Ansberry 14 George Nicholas 22 Joe Stinzi 23 (Jonathan Knight) (46) (Mike Kubitschek) (56)	70
4	Spain Francisco Espejo 12 Martín Fiz 16 Pere Arco 18 Juan Toledano 26 (Adelino Hidalgo) (33) (José Manuel Albentosa) (34)	72
5	Canada Chris Brewster 17 Marc Olesen 19 Dave Reid 28 Paul McCloy 31 (Alain Boucher) (47) (Carey Nelson) (79)	95
6	England Jonathan Richards 8 Mike Chorlton 13 Paul Fowler 38 Martin Green 41 (Lloyd Tredell) (52) (Gary Couch) (67)	100
7	Morocco Larbi El Mouadden 24 Abdellah Boubia 27 Mohamed M'hamdi 30 Hassan Sebtaoui 57 (Khaled Aouita) (60) (Mustapha El Nechchadi) (66)	138
8	Soviet Union Alexandr Chepasov 15 Oleg Strizhakov 20 Igor Lotoryev 40 Nikolay Chernous 71	146
9	Scotland Robert Cameron 29 Gordan Mitchell 44 Stuart Paton 50 Ian Steel 61 (Russell McKay) (76) (David McShane) (81)	184
10	Algeria Aissa Remel 25 Abderrahmane Youbi 49 Nourredine Benzaoui 53 Rachid Kram 62 (H'Mida Nouail) (84)	189
11	Portugal Cripiano Lucas 32 José Correira 35 Domingos Castro 59 Luis Miguel 65 (José Macedo) (87) (José Regalo) (92)	191
12	Belgium Noel Henro 43 Rik Maertens 51 Benny van Wambeke 55 Bart de Keyser 64 (Chris Reynders) (78) (Johan van Delanotte) (86)	213
13	France Dominique Bouchard 45 Olivier Lefeuvre 54 Philippe Auvray 63 Jean-Jacques Vacher 70 (Hocine Ameur) (82) (Roberto Natale) (83)	232
14	Ireland Paul O'Callaghan 36 Michael Dwyer 69 Cormac O'Riordan 72 Andy Ronan 73 (Dermot Bradshaw) (85)	250
15	Wales Andrew Evans 37 Nicholas Boughey 68 Andrew Rodgers 77 Geoffrey Hill 80 (David Thomas) (89)	262
16	Northern Ireland Paul McCaffrey 48 Peter McColgan 74 Gordan Lang 75 Jerry Goodman 90	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.^[4]

•  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)

See also

• 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

References

1. Cross-country - Ethiopians won both men's titles in the world cross-country championships in Rome yesterday when Mohamed Kedir led the seniors and Zurubachew Gelawa the juniors..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1982, p. 15, retrieved October 20, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km CC Men - Roma Hippodromo della Campanelle Date: Sunday, March 21, 1982, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 20, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
4. 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013