1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Senior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	8th
Date	March 9
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Hippodrome de Longchamp
Events	1
Distances	12.58 km – Senior men
Participation	180 athletes from 25 nations
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The Senior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.

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

Race results

Senior men's race (12.58 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Craig Virgin	United States	37:01
	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	37:02
	Nick Rose	England	37:05
4	Léon Schots	Belgium	37:11
5	John Robson	Scotland	37:20
6	Aleksandr Antipov	Soviet Union	37:21
7	Leonid Moseyev	Soviet Union	37:21
8	Antonio Prieto	Spain	37:21
9	Steve Jones	Wales	37:23
10	Bernie Ford	England	37:25
11	Karel Lismont	Belgium	37:27
12	Daniel Dillon	United States	37:28
13	El Hachami Abdenouz	Algeria	37:31
14	Barry Smith	England	37:33
15	Thierry Watrice	France	37:39
16	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	37:42
17	Steve Kenyon	England	37:44
18	John Treacy	Ireland	37:44
19	Nick Lees	England	37:47
20	Klaas Lok	Netherlands	37:48
21	Alex Hagelsteens	Belgium	37:49
22	José Luis González	Spain	37:51
23	Kenneth Martin	United States	37:53
24	Dominique Coux	France	37:54
25	Alex Gonzalez	France	37:54
26	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	37:55
27	François Person	France	37:55
28	Valeriy Sapon	Soviet Union	37:56
29	Allister Hutton	Scotland	37:57
30	José Sena	Portugal	37:59
31	Jim Brown	Scotland	38:00
32	Mohamed Zaidi	Tunisia	38:01
33	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	38:06
34	Michael Karst	West Germany	38:07
35	Peter Butler	Canada	38:08
36	Steve Plasencia	United States	38:08
37	Graham Tuck	England	38:08
38	Eddy de Pauw	Belgium	38:10
39	Radhouane Bouster	France	38:15
40	Hugh Jones	England	38:17
41	Luis Adsuara	Spain	38:20
42	Rachid Habchaoui	Algeria	38:22
43	Don Clary	United States	38:23
44	Frank Grillaert	Belgium	38:24
45	Pär Wallin	Sweden	38:25
46	Lawrie Spence	Scotland	38:26
47	Valeriy Abramov	Soviet Union	38:26
48	Mark Anderson	United States	38:27
49	Abdelmadjid Mada	Algeria	38:27
50	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	38:28
51	Mick O'Shea	Ireland	38:28
52	Eugenio Hernandez	Spain	38:32
53	David James	Wales	38:33
54	Philippe Daniel	France	38:34
55	Paul Williams	Canada	38:37
56	Santiago de la Parte	Spain	38:39
57	Roger de Vogel	Belgium	38:40
58	John McLaughlin	Northern Ireland	38:41
59	Marco Marchei	Italy	38:42
60	Franco Ambrosioni	Italy	38:43
61	Lahcene Babaci	Algeria	38:43
62	Roger Hackney	Wales	38:43
63	Hsu Liang	China	38:44
64	Nick Brawn	England	38:45
65	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	38:45
66	Lahcen El Hachmi	Morocco	38:46
67	Stig Roar Husby	Norway	38:47
68	Carlos Tavares	Portugal	38:47
69	Tapio Kantanen	Finland	38:48
70	Jacques Boxberger	France	38:48
71	Mohamed Naoumi	Morocco	38:49
72	Argimiro González	Spain	38:50
73	John Graham	Scotland	38:51
74	Øyvind Dahl	Norway	38:52
75	Ennio Panetti	Italy	38:53
76	Terry Goodenough	Canada	38:56
77	Lubomir Tesacek	Czechoslovakia	39:00
78	Greg Duhaime	Canada	39:00
79	Mohamed Salem	Algeria	39:01
80	Mehdi Aidet	Algeria	39:01
81	Willi Maier	West Germany	39:01
82	Gerard Tebroke	Netherlands	39:04
83	Greg Hannon	Northern Ireland	39:05
84	Hedi Gandouzi	Tunisia	39:06
85	Driss Talambouti	Morocco	39:07
86	Tonni Luttikhold	Netherlands	39:09
87	Silvano Babici	Italy	39:10
88	Michele Cinà	Italy	39:11
89	Anacleto Pinto	Portugal	39:11
90	Henk Mentink	Netherlands	39:11
91	Abdelkrim Djelassi	Tunisia	39:12
92	Barry Knight	England	39:12
93	Danny McDaid	Ireland	39:13
94	Cándido Alario	Spain	39:13
95	Jean-Paul Gomez	France	39:13
96	Cidalio Caetano	Portugal	39:17
97	Piet Waaning	Netherlands	39:18
98	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	39:19
99	Mike Dyon	Canada	39:21
100	Neil Cusack	Ireland	39:21
101	Eero Kinaret	Sweden	39:22
102	Abdelkader Zaddem	Tunisia	39:24
103	Martti Kiilholma	Finland	39:24
104	Duncan Macdonald	United States	39:25
105	Gerry Deegan	Ireland	39:26
106	Glen Grant	Wales	39:27
107	Johan Geirnaert	Belgium	39:30
108	Ray Treacy	Ireland	39:31
109	Fernando Fernandez	Spain	39:32
110	Hannu Okkola	Finland	39:33
111	Werner Grommisch	West Germany	39:33
112	Valdur Koha	West Germany	39:37
113	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	39:39
114	Jan Hagelbrand	Sweden	39:41
115	Rolf Kårevik	Sweden	39:43
116	Jon Sinclair	United States	39:44
117	Mahmoud Hazzazi	Algeria	39:45
118	Tahar Bounab	Algeria	39:49
119	Alain Bordeleau	Canada	39:51
120	Otello Sorato	Italy	39:53
121	Gerry Finnegan	Ireland	39:54
122	Alberto Cova	Italy	39:55
123	Michael Lane	Wales	39:55
124	Dahou Belghazi	Morocco	39:55
125	Vladimir Pesekhonov	Soviet Union	39:56
126	Piet Vonck	Netherlands	39:57
127	Bo Orrsveden	Sweden	39:58
128	Graham Clark	Scotland	39:59
129	Svend-Erik Kristensen	Denmark	40:00
130	Peter Moore	Canada	40:03
131	Gordon Rimmer	Scotland	40:05
132	Heino Lipsanen	Finland	40:11
133	Bo Nytofle	Denmark	40:12
134	Mohamed El Bali	Morocco	40:13
135	Francisco Guerra	Spain	40:14
136	Ari Paunonen	Finland	40:15
137	Andreas Weniger	West Germany	40:15
138	Clive Thomas	Wales	40:16
139	Jo Schout	Netherlands	40:17
140	Alan Cole	Wales	40:19
141	Ardhaoui Borni	Tunisia	40:21
142	Mustapha Oulghazi	Morocco	40:23
143	Keld Johnsen	Denmark	40:26
144	Ferid Mekki	Tunisia	40:27
145	Donal Walsh	Ireland	40:27
146	Mansour Guettaya	Tunisia	40:28
147	Don Howieson	Canada	40:28
148	Chris Buckley	Wales	40:29
149	Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer	Czechoslovakia	40:33
150	Rod Stone	Northern Ireland	40:40
151	Lars Bo Sørensen	Denmark	40:44
152	Ernie Cunningham	Northern Ireland	40:44
153	Pertti Tiainen	Finland	40:45
154	Paul O'Callaghan	Ireland	40:48
155	Liu Zonggui	China	40:58
156	Amara Chiha	Tunisia	41:03
157	Omar Anassi	Morocco	41:13
158	David Gillanders	Sweden	41:15
159	Per Hoffmann	Denmark	41:17
160	Yehuda Zadok	Israel	41:20
161	Seppo Liuttu	Finland	41:27
162	Leon Weyers	Netherlands	41:28
163	Christian Wolfsberg	Denmark	41:28
164	Arye Gamliel	Israel	41:43
165	Tom Annett	Northern Ireland	42:05
166	Paul Lawther	Northern Ireland	42:24
167	Brian McSloy	Scotland	42:31
168	Cameron Spence	Northern Ireland	42:34
169	Pat McCullough	Northern Ireland	42:38
170	Huang Tzawen	China	42:42
—	João Campos	Portugal	DNF
—	Mats Erixon	Sweden	DNF
—	Christoph Herle	West Germany	DNF
—	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	DNF
—	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	DNF
—	Aniceto Simoes	Portugal	DNF
—	Guy Bourban	France	DNF
—	Nat Muir	Scotland	DNF
—	Guy Arbogast	United States	DNF
—	Robert Lismont	Belgium	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	England Nick Rose 3 Bernie Ford 10 Barry Smith 14 Steve Kenyon 17 Nick Lees 19 Graham Tuck 37 (Hugh Jones) (40) (Nick Brawn) (64) (Barry Knight) (92)	100
	United States Craig Virgin 1 Daniel Dillon 12 Kenneth Martin 23 Steve Plasencia 36 Don Clary 43 Mark Anderson 48 (Duncan Macdonald) (104) (Jon Sinclair) (116) (Guy Arbogast) (DNF)	163
	Belgium Léon Schots 4 Karel Lismont 11 Alex Hagelsteens 21 Eddy de Pauw 38 Frank Grillaert 44 Roger de Vogel 57 (Johan Geirnaert) (107) (Willy Polleunis) (DNF) (Robert Lismont) (DNF)	175
4	France Thierry Watrice 15 Dominique Coux 24 Alex Gonzalez 25 François Person 27 Radhouane Bouster 39 Philippe Daniel 54 (Jacques Boxberger) (70) (Jean-Paul Gomez) (95) (Guy Bourban) (DNF)	184
5	Soviet Union Aleksandr Antipov 6 Leonid Moseyev 7 Valeriy Sapon 28 Enn Sellik 33 Valeriy Abramov 47 Vladimir Pesekhonov 125	246
6	Spain Antonio Prieto 8 José Luis González 22 Luis Adsuara 41 Eugenio Hernandez 52 Santiago de la Parte 56 Argimiro González 72 (Cándido Alario) (94) (Fernando Fernandez) (109) (Francisco Guerra) (135)	251
7	Scotland John Robson 5 Allister Hutton 29 Jim Brown 31 Lawrie Spence 46 John Graham 73 Graham Clark 128 (Gordon Rimmer) (131) (Brian McSloy) (167) (Nat Muir) (DNF)	312
8	Algeria El Hachami Abdenouz 13 Rachid Habchaoui 42 Abdelmadjid Mada 49 Lahcene Babaci 61 Mohamed Salem 79 Mehdi Aïdet 80 (Mahmoud Hazzazi) (117) (Tahar Bounab) (118)	324
9	Portugal Fernando Mamede 16 Carlos Lopes 26 José Sena 30 Carlos Tavares 68 Anacleto Pinto 89 Cidalio Caetano 96 (João Campos) (DNF) (Aniceto Simoes) (DNF)	325
10	West Germany Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 2 Michael Karst 34 Manfred Schoeneberg 50 Thomas Wessinghage 65 Willi Maier 81 Werner Grommisch 111 (Valdur Koha) (112) (Andreas Weniger) (137) (Christoph Herle) (DNF)	343
11	Canada Peter Butler 35 Paul Williams 55 Terry Goodenough 76 Greg Duhaime 78 Mike Dyon 99 Alain Bordeleau 119 (Peter Moore) (130) (Don Howieson) (147)	462
12	Ireland John Treacy 18 Mick O'Shea 51 Danny McDaid 93 Neil Cusack 100 Gerry Deegan 105 Ray Treacy 108 (Gerry Finnegan) (121) (Donal Walsh) (145) (Paul O'Callaghan) (154)	475
13	Italy Marco Marchei 59 Franco Ambrosioni 60 Ennio Panetti 75 Silvano Babici 87 Michele Cinà 88 Otello Sorato 120 (Alberto Cova) (122) (Venanzio Ortis) (DNF)	489
14	Wales Steve Jones 9 David James 53 Roger Hackney 62 Glen Grant 106 Michael Lane 123 Clive Thomas 138 (Alan Cole) (140) (Chris Buckley) (148)	491
15	Netherlands Klaas Lok 20 Gerard Tebroke 82 Tonni Luttikhold 86 Henk Mentink 90 Piet Waaning 97 Piet Vonck 126 (Jo Schout) (139) (Leon Weyers) (162)	501
16	Tunisia Mohamed Zaidi 32 Hedi Gandouzi 84 Abdelkrim Djelassi 91 Abdelkader Zaddem 102 Ardhaoui Borni 141 Ferid Mekki 144 (Mansour Guettaya) (146) (Amara Chiha) (156)	594
17	Morocco Lahcen El Hachmi 66 Mohamed Naoumi 71 Driss Talambouti 85 Dahou Belghazi 124 Mohamed El Bali 134 Mustapha Oulghazi 142 (Omar Anassi) (157)	622
18	Finland Tapio Kantanen 69 Ismo Toukonen 98 Martti Kiilholma 103 Hannu Okkola 110 Tommy Ekblom 113 Heino Lipsanen 132 (Ari Paunonen) (136) (Pertti Tiainen) (153) (Seppo Liuttu) (161)	625
19	Sweden Pär Wallin 45 Eero Kinaret 101 Jan Hagelbrand 114 Rolf Kårevik 115 Bo Orrsveden 127 David Gillanders 158 (Mats Erixon) (DNF)	660
20	Northern Ireland John McLaughlin 58 Greg Hannon 83 Rod Stone 150 Ernie Cunningham 152 Tom Annett 165 Paul Lawther 166 (Cameron Spence) (168) (Pat McCullough) (169)	774
21	Denmark Svend-Erik Kristensen 129 Bo Nytofle 133 Keld Johnsen 143 Lars Bo Sørensen 151 Per Hoffmann 159 Christian Wolfsberg 163	878

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• Algeria (8)
• Belgium (9)
• Canada (8)
• China (3)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (6)
• England (9)
• Finland (9)
• France (9)
• Ireland (9)
• Israel (2)
• Italy (8)
• Morocco (7)
• Netherlands (8)
• Northern Ireland (8)
• Norway (2)
• Portugal (8)
• Scotland (9)
• Soviet Union (6)
• Spain (9)
• Sweden (7)
• Tunisia (8)
• United States (9)
• Wales (8)
• West Germany (9)

See also

• 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race