The Senior women's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald[1] and in the Evening Times.[2]
| Senior women's race at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 11th |
| Date | March 20 |
| Host city | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England  |
| Venue | Riverside Park |
| Events | 1 |
| Distances | 4.072 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 111 athletes from 22 nations |
Complete results,[3] medallists, [4] and the results of British athletes[5] were published.
Race results
editSenior women's race (4.072 km)
editIndividual
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Teams
edit- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation
editAn unofficial count yields the participation of 111 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[5]
Algeria (2)
Australia (6)
Belgium (4)
Canada (6)
Denmark (2)
England (6)
France (6)
Ireland (6)
Israel (1)
Italy (4)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (6)
Northern Ireland (6)
Norway (5)
Portugal (6)
Romania (5)
Scotland (6)
Soviet Union (6)
Spain (6)
Sweden (5)
United States (6)
Wales (6)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gillon, Doug (March 21, 1933), Men from the mountains clean up - A glimpse into the seemingly bottomless well of talented distance runners in Ethiopia was given at Gateshead yesterday, when the men from the mountains swept the boards in the world cross country championships..., Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved October 21, 2013
- ^ Bekele's bombshell - Seeing 20-year-old Ethiopian soldier Bekele Debele win the world cross-country title by beating such stars as Alberto Salazar, and Carlos Lopes it was almost impossible to believe he took up running seriously only a year ago..., Evening Times, March 21, 1933, p. 12, retrieved October 21, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.1km CC Women - Gateshead Riverside Park Date: Sunday, March 20, 1983, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- ^ a b 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