The 1983
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
Gateshead,
England
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, at the
Riverside Park on March 20, 1983. 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 ...
[
] and in the
Evening Times.
[
]
Complete results for men,
[
] junior men,
[
] women,
[
] medallists,
[
] and the results of British athletes
[
] were published.
Medallists
Race results
Senior men's race (11.994 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (8.033 km)
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.072 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 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published.
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* (13)
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* (20)
* (15)
* (21)
* (20)
* (4)
* (17)
* (9)
* (5)
* (6)
* (14)
* (15)
* (20)
* (11)
* (1)
* (21)
* (5)
* (21)
* (11)
* (21)
* (15)
* (8)
* (11)
* (6)
* (21)
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* (7)
]
See also
* 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
* 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
* 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
* 1983 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005
{{DEFAULTSORT:1983 Iaaf World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
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Iaaf World Cross Country Championships, 1983
Sport in Gateshead
International athletics competitions hosted by England
20th century in Tyne and Wear
Cross country running in the United Kingdom