The Junior men's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

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

Race results

Junior men's race (7.926 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Zurbachev Gelaw 22:45.3 Adugna Lema 22:46.6 Stefano Mei 22:48.7 4 Hunde Kume 22:50.5 5 Teka Mekonnen 22:56.2 6 Francesco Panetta 23:08.4 7 Salvatore Nicosia 23:09.2 8 Jonathan Richards 23:11.4 9 Gonfa Negere 23:14.3 10 Bekele Debele 23:19.7 11 John Easker 23:25 12 Francisco Espejo 23:29.7 13 Mike Chorlton 23:33.6 14 Tom Ansberry 23:36.4 15 Alexandr Chepasov 23:37.8 16 Martín Fiz 23:38.6 17 Chris Brewster 23:41.5 18 Pere Arco 23:46 19 Marc Olesen 23:50.2 20 Oleg Strizhakov 23:53.9 21 Ranieri Carenza 23:55 22 George Nicholas 23:59.2 23 Joe Stinzi 24:01.8 24 Larbi El Mouadden 24:02.9 25 Aissa Remel 24:03.7 26 Juan Toledano 24:06.6 27 Abdellah Boubia 24:07.1 28 Dave Reid 24:07.5 29 Robert Cameron 24:08.5 30 Mohamed M'hamdi 24:09 31 Paul McCloy 24:10.3 32 Cripiano Lucas 24:11.7 33 Adelino Hidalgo 24:12.7 34 José Manuel Albentosa 24:13 35 José Correira 24:13.4 36 Paul O'Callaghan 24:14 37 Andrew Evans 24:15.7 38 Paul Fowler 24:17.2 39 Sergio Bruni 24:17.6 40 Igor Lotoryev 24:18.9 41 Martin Green 24:20 42 Kenneth Andreasen 24:20.8 43 Noel Henro 24:22.9 44 Gordan Mitchell 24:24.6 45 Dominique Bouchard 24:25.2 46 Jonathan Knight 24:32.1 47 Alain Boucher 24:33.2 48 Paul McCaffrey 24:36.4 49 Abderrahmane Youbi 24:36.6 50 Stuart Paton 24:36.8 51 Rik Maertens 24:37.7 52 Lloyd Tredell 24:39.6 53 Nourredine Benzaoui 24:41.4 54 Olivier Lefeuvre 24:42.1 55 Benny van Wambeke 24:43.4 56 Mike Kubitschek 24:44.3 57 Hassan Sebtaoui 24:45.5 58 Marco Gozzano 24:46.6 59 Domingos Castro 24:48.6 60 Khaled Aouita 24:50.6 61 Ian Steel 24:52.4 62 Rachid Kram 24:53.9 63 Philippe Auvray 24:54.7 64 Bart de Keyser 24:54.9 65 Luis Miguel 24:56.4 66 Mustapha El Nechchadi 25:00.7 67 Gary Couch 25:02.3 68 Nicholas Boughey 25:04.9 69 Michael Dwyer 25:06.4 70 Jean-Jacques Vacher 25:07.5 71 Nikolay Chernous 25:10 72 Cormac O'Riordan 25:13.6 73 Andy Ronan 25:14 74 Peter McColgan 25:15.7 75 Gordan Lang 25:16.8 76 Russell McKay 25:19.8 77 Andrew Rodgers 25:26.3 78 Chris Reynders 25:28.4 79 Carey Nelson 25:31.1 80 Geoffrey Hill 25:35.5 81 David McShane 25:37.5 82 Hocine Ameur 25:40.5 83 Roberto Natale 25:46.1 84 H'Mida Nouail 25:47.8 85 Dermot Bradshaw 25:54.8 86 Johan van Delanotte 25:59 87 José Macedo 26:00.1 88 Thomas Sørensen 26:03.8 89 David Thomas 26:09.4 90 Jerry Goodman 26:14.5 91 Lars Ågaard 26:28.6 92 José Regalo 28:53.7 — Ole Hansen DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Zurbachev Gelaw 1 Adugna Lema 2 Hunde Kume 4 Teka Mekonnen 5 (Gonfa Negere) (9) (Bekele Debele) (10) 12 Stefano Mei 3 Francesco Panetta 6 Salvatore Nicosia 7 Ranieri Carenza 21 (Sergio Bruni) (39) (Marco Gozzano) (58) 37 John Easker 11 Tom Ansberry 14 George Nicholas 22 Joe Stinzi 23 (Jonathan Knight) (46) (Mike Kubitschek) (56) 70 4 Francisco Espejo 12 Martín Fiz 16 Pere Arco 18 Juan Toledano 26 (Adelino Hidalgo) (33) (José Manuel Albentosa) (34) 72 5 Chris Brewster 17 Marc Olesen 19 Dave Reid 28 Paul McCloy 31 (Alain Boucher) (47) (Carey Nelson) (79) 95 6 Jonathan Richards 8 Mike Chorlton 13 Paul Fowler 38 Martin Green 41 (Lloyd Tredell) (52) (Gary Couch) (67) 100 7 Larbi El Mouadden 24 Abdellah Boubia 27 Mohamed M'hamdi 30 Hassan Sebtaoui 57 (Khaled Aouita) (60) (Mustapha El Nechchadi) (66) 138 8 Alexandr Chepasov 15 Oleg Strizhakov 20 Igor Lotoryev 40 Nikolay Chernous 71 146 9 Robert Cameron 29 Gordan Mitchell 44 Stuart Paton 50 Ian Steel 61 (Russell McKay) (76) (David McShane) (81) 184 10 Aissa Remel 25 Abderrahmane Youbi 49 Nourredine Benzaoui 53 Rachid Kram 62 (H'Mida Nouail) (84) 189 11 Cripiano Lucas 32 José Correira 35 Domingos Castro 59 Luis Miguel 65 (José Macedo) (87) (José Regalo) (92) 191 12 Noel Henro 43 Rik Maertens 51 Benny van Wambeke 55 Bart de Keyser 64 (Chris Reynders) (78) (Johan van Delanotte) (86) 213 13 Dominique Bouchard 45 Olivier Lefeuvre 54 Philippe Auvray 63 Jean-Jacques Vacher 70 (Hocine Ameur) (82) (Roberto Natale) (83) 232 14 Paul O'Callaghan 36 Michael Dwyer 69 Cormac O'Riordan 72 Andy Ronan 73 (Dermot Bradshaw) (85) 250 15 Andrew Evans 37 Nicholas Boughey 68 Andrew Rodgers 77 Geoffrey Hill 80 (David Thomas) (89) 262 16 Paul McCaffrey 48 Peter McColgan 74 Gordan Lang 75 Jerry Goodman 90 287DNF (Kenneth Andreasen) (42) (Thomas Sørensen) (88) (Lars Ågaard) (91) (Ole Hansen) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 93 athletes from 17 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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