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1979 Limerick 1981 Madrid All 46 editions

Global Global championships · since 1973

1980 World XC

Paris, France 9 Mar 1980

events: 6
medals awarded: 18
nations on the podium: 7
world records: 0

Podiums

Cross country

Senior race

1

Craig Virgin 37:01

2

Hans-Jürgen Orthmann Competed under FRG (West Germany) 37:02

3

Nick Rose 37:05

Cross country

Senior team

1

England

Nick Rose Bernie Ford Barry Smith Steve Kenyon Nicky Lees Graham Tuck Hugh Jones Nick Brawn Barry Knight

100 3

2

United States of America

Craig Virgin Daniel Dillon Kenneth Martin Steve Plasencia Don Clary Mark Anderson Duncan MacDonald Jon Sinclair Guy Arbogast

163 1

3

Belgium

Leon Schots Karel Lismont Alex Hagelsteens Eddy De Pauw Frank Grillaert Roger De Vogel Johan Geirnaert Willy Polleunis Robert Lismont

175 4

Cross country

U20 race

1

Jorge Garcia 22:17

2

Valeriy Gryaznov 22:23

3

Ed Eyestone 22:27

Cross country

U20 team

1

Soviet Union

Valeriy Gryaznov Sergey Kiselyov Ildar Denikeyev Sergey Mishin (1962) Dimitriy Ditlashok (1962)

50 2

2

United States of America

Ed Eyestone Tom Downs Bill Graham (1961) Eric Sappenfield (1962) Daniel Caprioglio Farron Fields (1961)

75 3

3

Spain

Jorge Garcia Jose Fernandez Miguel Rubio Julio Perez Pedro Garin Francisco Erneta

79 1

Medal table

7 nations · 18 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Soviet Union URS	2	2	1	5
2	United States of America USA	1	2	2	5
3	England ENG	1	1	1	3
4	Spain ESP	1	0	1	2
5	Norway NOR	1	0	0	1
6	Germany GER	0	1	0	1
7	Belgium BEL	0	0	1	1