1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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]

1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	12th
Date	March 25
Host city	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Venue	Meadowlands Racetrack
Events	3
Distances	12.086 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men 5 km – Senior women
Participation	443 athletes from 40 nations
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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)

Main article: 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	33:25
	Tim Hutchings	England	33:30
	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
4	Kenya	233
5	Italy	258
6	England	269
7	Spain	270
8	New Zealand	276
Full results

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

Junior men's race (8 km)

Main article: 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Pere Casacuberta	Spain	21:32
	Doju Tessema	Ethiopia	21:34
	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	21
	Spain Pere Casacuberta 1 Antonio Pérez 5 Joseba Sarriegui 11 José Sanchez 17 (Luis Prieto) (25) (José Manuel García) (39)	34
	England Paul Roden 6 David Miles 10 Karl Palmer 22 David Robinson 30 (Paul Taylor) (78) (David Dudley) (89)	68
4	United States	72
5	Canada	101
6	Belgium	116
7	Ireland	119
8	Italy	122
Full results

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

Senior women's race (5 km)

Main article: 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Maricica Puică	Romania	15:56
	Galina Zakharova	Soviet Union	15:58
	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)	52
	England Jane Furniss 5 Christine Benning 6 Ruth Smeeth 15 Carole Bradford 39 (Carol Haigh) (54) (Julie Laughton) (55)	65
	New Zealand Dianne Rodger 14 Mary O'Connor 19 Christine Hughes 27 Sue Bruce 31 (Linden Wilde) (50) (Sara Harnett) (82)	91
4	Ireland	105
5	Sweden	122
6	Romania	127
7	Belgium	136
8	Norway	154
Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	1	0	3
2	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
	United States (USA)*	1	1	0	2
4	Portugal (POR)	1	0	1	2
5	Romania (ROU)	1	0	0	1
6	England (ENG)	0	2	1	3
7	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	1
8	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Wales (WAL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		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)

See also

• 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1984 in athletics (track and field)