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1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships

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The 1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships was the inaugural edition of the annual international road running competition organised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF). The competition was hosted by the United States on December 3, 1983 in San Diego, California and featured one race only: a 10k run for women. There were individual and team awards available, with the national team rankings being decided by the combined score of a team's three best athletes. Countries with fewer than three finishers were not ranked.[1]

Wendy Sly of Great Britain was the winner of the race in a time of 32:23 minutes. She was followed by two Americans, Betty Springs and Lesley Welch. The United States won the team competition, with the third American runner Ellen Hart Peña also placing in the top ten. Canada, led by fourth-placer Nancy Tinari, was second in the team competition and Monica Joyce led the Irish women to the team bronze medal. A total of 66 women from 18 countries entered the race and 62 finished the distance. Nine nations entered more than three athletes and eight of these reached the team rankings with three finishing athletes (England being the exception). The United States had the largest contingent, with 16 entrants.[2] The Soviet Union's Raisa Sadreydinova was a prominent entrant, having set a 10,000 metres world record earlier that year, but she failed to finish.

The competition proved a development in global level competitions for women in long-distance running: the launch of this race was a push by the IAAF to the International Olympic Committee to gain Olympic recognition of this distance for women.[3] A women's race was subsequently added for the 10,000 metres at the Olympics in 1988, following on from the first Olympic marathon for women in 1984.[4]

Results

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wendy Sly  Great Britain (GBR) 32:23
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Betty Springs  United States (USA) 32:23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lesley Lehane  United States (USA) 32:41
4 Nancy Tinari  Canada (CAN) 32:57
5 Dorthe Rasmussen  Denmark (DEN) 33:03
6 Midde Hamrin  Sweden (SWE) 33:06
7 Silvia Ruegger  Canada (CAN) 33:06
8 Monica Joyce  Ireland (IRL) 33:14
9 Ellen Hart Peña  United States (USA) 33:15
10 Lisa Martin  Australia (AUS) 33:19
11 Debbie Peel  Great Britain (GBR) 33:25
12 Suzanne Girard  United States (USA) 33:25
13 Anna Marie Malone  Canada (CAN) 33:38
14 Alba Milana  Italy (ITA) 33:40
15 Carey Edge  Ireland (IRL) 33:47
16 Jan Merrill  United States (USA) 33:51
17 Monika Schäfer  West Germany (FRG) 33:51
18 Carol McLatchie  United States (USA) 33:56
19 Regina Joyce  Ireland (IRL) 33:57
20 Lizanne Bussières  Canada (CAN) 33:58
21 Jacqueline Gareau  Canada (CAN) 33:58
22 Michele Bush  United States (USA) 34:01
23 Glenys Quick  New Zealand (NZL) 34:05
24 Francine Peeters  Belgium (BEL) 34:07
25 Lisa Brady  United States (USA) 34:11
26 Raisa Smekhnova  Soviet Union (URS) 34:12
27 Christina Mai  West Germany (FRG) 34:13
28 Sara Harnett  New Zealand (NZL) 34:18
29 Mary Knisely  United States (USA) 34:19
30 Elly van Hulst  Netherlands (NED) 34:31
31 Magda Ilands  Belgium (BEL) 34:33
32 Anna-Maria Tweedie  New Zealand (NZL) 34:38
33 Nancy Conz  United States (USA) 34:45
34 Rhonda Mallinder  Australia (AUS) 34:54
35 Rita Marchisio  Italy (ITA) 34:59
36 Gabriela Górzyńska  Poland (POL) 35:00
37 Eryn Forbes  United States (USA) 35:07
38 Nancy Ditz  United States (USA) 35:10
39 Laura Fogli  Italy (ITA) 35:15
41 Elvira Hofmann  West Germany (FRG) 35:23
42 Winnie Ng  Hong Kong (HKG) 35:24
44 Noriko Yamada  Japan (JPN) 35:27
45 Patricia English  United States (USA) 35:30
46 Marica Mrsic  Yugoslavia (YUG) 35:34
49 Joke van Gerwen  Netherlands (NED) 35:43
50 Maria Curatolo  Italy (ITA) 35:49
51 Melinda Ireland  United States (USA) 35:53
52 Kimberly Griffin  United States (USA) 36:02
53 Eefje van Wissen  Netherlands (NED) 36:05
54 Bonnie Tamis  United States (USA) 36:24
55 Anna Krol  Poland (POL) 36:43
57 Wilma Rusman  Netherlands (NED) 37:05
58 Eleonora de Mendonça  Brazil (BRA) 37:18
59 Ewa Wrzosek  Poland (POL) 37:38
60 Renata Walendziak  Poland (POL) 37:40
61 Susanne Riermeier  West Germany (FRG) 37:43
62 Yvonne Murray  Great Britain (GBR) 38:28
Cynthia Hamilton  Canada (CAN) DNF
Raisa Sadreydinova  Soviet Union (URS) DNF
Ruth Partridge  Great Britain (GBR) DNF
Heather Thomson  New Zealand (NZL) DNF

Team

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Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Betty Springs, Lesley Welch, Ellen Hart Peña
14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
,
24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland
,
42
4  Great Britain
,
74
5  New Zealand
,
83
6  West Germany
,
85
7  Italy
,
88
8  Netherlands
,
132
9  Poland
,
150

References

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  1. ^ IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  2. ^ 1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. ^ Women runners send a message to the IOC. Santa Cruz Sentinel (1983-12-05). Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  4. ^ Athletics Women's 10,000 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.