The Senior men's race at the

1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the ''Glasgow Herald ''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded ...

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 ''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in ...

. Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual

Teams

*Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 238 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. * (9) * (8) * (9) * (1) * (9) * (9) * (2) * (6) * (9) * (8) * (9) * (9) * (8) * (2) * (9) * (2) * (8) * (9) * (1) * (1) * (8) * (9) * (6) * (7) * (9) * (8) * (9) * (8) * (9) * (1) * (9) * (1) * (9) * (9) * (8)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Senior men's race Senior men's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships