The 1981
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...
was held in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
, Spain, at the
Hipódromo de la Zarzuela
The Hipódromo de la Zarzuela is a race course on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain. It was designed in the 1930s. The architecture is in a modernist style which has been described as ''racionalismo madrileño''.
Races held at the facility include t ...
on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the ''
Glasgow Herald
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''.
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]
Complete results for men,
[
] junior men,
[
] women,
[
] medallists,
[
] and the results of British athletes
[
] were published.
Medallists
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.25 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.41 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
*
Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
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* (15)
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* (21)
* (8)
* (13)
* (20)
* (8)
* (2)
* (21)
* (3)
* (20)
* (9)
* (1)
* (1)
* (5)
* (14)
* (15)
* (10)
* (6)
* (7)
* (21)
* (1)
* (14)
* (20)
* (19)
* (21)
* (1)
* (6)
* (13)
* (1)
* (21)
* (20)
* (8)
]
See also
* 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
* 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
* 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
* 1981 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
The World Cross Country Championships 1973–2005
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World Athletics Cross Country Championships
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Sports competitions in Madrid
International athletics competitions hosted by Spain
Cross country running in Spain
1980s in Madrid