1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	12th
Date	March 25
Host city	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Location	Meadowlands Racetrack
Nations participating	40
Athletes participating	443
Races	3
Distances	12.086 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 5 km – Senior women
← 1983 Gateshead 1985 Lisbon →

The 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results for men,^[2] junior men,^[3] women,^[4] medallists, ^[5] and the results of British athletes^[6] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12.086 km)	Carlos Lopes Portugal	33:25	Tim Hutchings England	33:30	Steve Jones Wales	33:32
Junior men (8 km)	Pere Casacuberta Spain	21:32	Doju Tessema Ethiopia	21:34	John Castellano Canada	21:37
Senior women (5 km)	Maricica Puică Romania	15:56	Galina Zakharova Soviet Union	15:58	Grete Waitz Norway	15:58
Team
Senior men	Ethiopia	134	United States	161	Portugal	223
Junior men	Ethiopia	21	Spain	34	England	68
Senior women	United States	52	England	65	New Zealand	91

Race results

Senior men's race (12.086 km)

For full event details see 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	33:25
02 !	Tim Hutchings	England	33:30
03 !	Steve Jones	Wales	33:32
4	Pat Porter	United States	33:34
5	Wilson Waigwa	Kenya	33:41
6	Ed Eyestone	United States	33:46
7	Pierre Levisse	France	33:51
8	Bekele Debele	Ethiopia	33:52
9	Adugna Lema	Ethiopia	33:52
10	Francesco Panetta	Italy	33:54
11	Alberto Cova	Italy	33:58
12	Christoph Herle	West Germany	34:01
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Bekele Debele	8
Adugna Lema	9
Mohammed Kedir	16
Dereje Nedi	24
Eshetu Tura	31
Wodajo Bulti	46
(Feyissa Abebe)	(96)
(Hailu Wolde Tsadik)	(97)
(Megersa Tulu)	(163)

134

United States

Pat Porter	4
Ed Eyestone	6
Craig Virgin	17
John Easker	28
Jeff Drenth	41
Mark Stickley	65
(John Idstrom)	(92)
(Daniel Dillon)	(94)
(Troy Billings)	(144)

161

Portugal

Carlos Lopes	1
Fernando Mamede	23
Antonio Leitão	25
João Campos	26
Ezequiel Canario	64
Joaquim Pinheiro	84
(Fernando Couto)	(124)
(Fernando Miguel)	(199)
(João Silva)	(205)

223

Kenya

233

Italy

258

England

269

Spain

270

New Zealand

276

Full results

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

Junior men's race (8 km)

For full event details see 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Pere Casacuberta	Spain	21:32
02 !	Doju Tessema	Ethiopia	21:34
03 !	John Castellano	Canada	21:37
4	Belaye Teshome	Ethiopia	21:42
5	Antonio Pérez	Spain	21:48
6	Paul Roden	England	21:49
7	Kalcha Abcha	Ethiopia	21:49
8	Wolde Silasse Melkessa	Ethiopia	21:50
9	Robert Rice	Canada	21:53
10	David Miles	England	22:00
11	Joseba Sarriegui	Spain	22:02
12	Patrick Piper	United States	22:04
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Doju Tessema	2
Belaye Teshome	4
Kalcha Abcha	7
Wolde Silasse Melkessa	8

Spain

Pere Casacuberta	1
Antonio Pérez	5
Joseba Sarriegui	11
José Sanchez	17
(Luis Prieto)	(25)
(José Manuel García)	(39)

England

Paul Roden	6
David Miles	10
Karl Palmer	22
David Robinson	30
(Paul Taylor)	(78)
(David Dudley)	(89)

United States

Canada

101

Belgium

116

Ireland

119

Italy

122

Full results

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

Senior women's race (5 km)

For full event details see 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Maricica Puică	Romania	15:56
02 !	Galina Zakharova	Soviet Union	15:58
03 !	Grete Waitz	Norway	15:58
4	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	16:04
5	Jane Furniss	England	16:10
6	Christine Benning	England	16:15
7	Midde Hamrin	Sweden	16:16
8	Angela Tooby	Wales	16:18
9	Betty Springs	United States	16:20
10	Cathy Branta	United States	16:21
11	Eva Ernström	Sweden	16:21
12	Francine Peeters	Belgium	16:26
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Betty Springs	9
Cathy Branta	10
Sabrina Dornhoefer	16
Cathie Twomey	17
(Brenda Webb)	(25)
(Nan Doak)	(32)

England

Jane Furniss	5
Christine Benning	6
Ruth Smeeth	15
Carole Bradford	39
(Carol Haigh)	(54)
(Julie Laughton)	(55)

New Zealand

Dianne Rodger	14
Mary O'Connor	19
Christine Hughes	27
Sue Bruce	31
(Linden Wilde)	(50)
(Sara Harnett)	(82)

Ireland

105

Sweden

122

Romania

127

Belgium

136

Norway

154

Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia	2	1	0	3
2	Spain	1	1	0	2
2	United States	1	1	0	2
4	Portugal	1	0	1	2
5	Romania	1	0	0	1
6	England	0	2	1	3
7	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
8	Canada	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Wales	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

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 443 athletes from 40 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[6]

Australia (1)
Belgium (21)
Canada (19)
China (6)
Colombia (6)
Denmark (16)
Dominican Republic (5)
England (21)
Ethiopia (13)
Finland (8)
France (21)
Hong Kong (9)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (6)

Ireland (18)
Israel (1)
Italy (21)
Jamaica (8)
Japan (5)
Kenya (10)
Kuwait (7)
Mexico (9)
Netherlands (7)
New Zealand (14)
Northern Ireland (16)
Norway (6)
Palestine (2)

Portugal (20)
Puerto Rico (11)
Romania (5)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (8)
Spain (21)
Sweden (13)
Switzerland (8)
United States (21)
U.S. Virgin Islands (4)
Venezuela (2)
Wales (21)
West Germany (10)

References

↑ Athletics - Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the world cross-country title over seven-and-a-half miles of Meadowlands Racecourse in New York yesterday in a time of 33 minutes 25 seconds, but Scotland's best medal hope Shettleston Harrier Nat Muir, was forced to watch the race on television, confined to bed with a bronchial virus and a temperature of 103..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1984, p. 15, retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 11.8km CC Men -, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Men - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 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

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See also: International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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See also: Modern pentathlon • International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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