The Junior men's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipodromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. 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 (7.25 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Mohammed Chouri 22:04 Yevgeniy Zherebin 22:06 Keith Brantly 22:07 4 George Nicholas 22:08 5 Paul Davies-Hale 22:19 6 John Butler 22:21 7 Vincent Rousseau 22:23 8 Salvatore Antibo 22:29 9 Francesco Panetta 22:32 10 Chris Hamilton 22:32 11 Jonathan Richards 22:33 12 Dave Reid 22:37 13 Henrique Crisostomo 22:42 14 Chris Brewster 22:44 15 Steve Blakemore 22:45 16 Paul McCloy 22:50 17 Abel Antón 22:55 18 Paul Donovan 22:56 19 Ole Hansen 22:58 20 Mark King 22:59 21 Nikolay Chameyev 23:01 22 Peter Warner 23:01 23 Michael Pyeatt 23:04 24 Allen Hugli 23:04 25 Christian Bloor 23:04 26 Cripiano Lucas 23:07 27 Wim Willaert 23:10 28 Stefano Mei 23:13 29 Hamid Zouhair 23:14 30 Zineddine Lamamra 23:15 31 John Gladwin 23:16 32 Brian O'Keefe 23:18 33 Julius Benkö 23:18 34 Brian Roche 23:19 35 Ranieri Carenza 23:21 36 Rui Saldanha 23:21 37 Kim Taylor Hansen 23:23 38 Juan Carlos Andres 23:25 39 Marc Olesen 23:25 40 August Sneyers 23:28 41 Søren Munch 23:30 42 Nicholas Boughey 23:30 43 Mohamed Ezzher 23:31 44 Marc Maes 23:31 45 Ernesto del Sarto 23:33 46 Juan Toledano 23:37 47 Enrico Ogliar Badessi 23:37 48 Nourredine Benzaoui 23:37 49 Emmanuel Goulin 23:37 50 Viktor Kushch 23:39 51 Philip Dixon 23:39 52 Jacques le Floch 23:39 53 Richard O'Flynn 23:44 54 Hassan Sebtaoui 23:45 55 Andrew Smith 23:48 56 Jacques Triquet 23:48 57 Dmitriy Ditlashok 23:48 58 Remy Geoffroy 23:50 59 Marnix Goegebeur 23:51 60 José Correira 23:52 61 Nigel Stops 23:53 62 Mohamed Salah Rajhi 23:54 63 Mark Orzel 23:56 64 Pat McCarthy 23:57 65 Tayeb Mohammed Djitli 24:01 66 Ahmed Dribi 24:02 67 Javier Nieto 24:02 68 Adelino Hidalgo 24:02 69 Khemissi Salhi 24:04 70 Hans Gebroers 24:06 71 Brahim Boudina 24:07 72 Ray Murtagh 24:07 73 Martin Flynn 24:07 74 Callan Henderson 24:11 75 Aissa Remel 24:13 76 Hamid Karoui 24:15 77 Alfred Ungersböck 24:15 78 Ian Steel 24:21 79 Peter Gylling 24:21 80 Rolf Lauper 24:21 81 Manuel Matias 24:27 82 Steve Smith 24:27 83 Mohamed Hammami 24:27 84 Colin McIntyre 24:27 85 Mohamed Sabwane 24:28 86 Deon McNeilly 24:29 87 Andreas Ceconi 24:30 88 Neil Rimmer 24:30 89 Tommy Wright 24:53 90 Abdelkader Belhaied 24:57 91 Renat Kuenzi 25:01 92 Josef Scharmer 25:12 93 Paul McCaffrey 25:13 94 Ali Dhfair 25:34 95 Saif Al-Shahrani 25:53 96 Gordon McMillan 25:59 97 Francisco Espejo 26:10 98 Ali Obedi 26:25 99 Khalid Marzouk 26:59 100 Abdurrahman Al-Eid 27:09 101 Samer Al-Dhanem 27:46 102 Grigoriy Mishuniy 28:00 — Ernesto Monteiro DNF — Peter Schwarzenpoller DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Keith Brantly 3 George Nicholas 4 John Butler 6 Chris Hamilton 10 (Peter Warner) (22) (Michael Pyeatt) (23) 23 Paul Davies-Hale 5 Jonathan Richards 11 Mark King 20 Christian Bloor 25 (Philip Dixon) (51) (Neil Rimmer) (88) 61 Dave Reid 12 Chris Brewster 14 Paul McCloy 16 Allen Hugli 24 (Marc Olesen) (39) (Mark Orzel) (63) 66 4 Salvatore Antibo 8 Francesco Panetta 9 Stefano Mei 28 Ranieri Carenza 35 (Ernesto del Sarto) (45) (Enrico Ogliar Badessi) (47) 80 5 Vincent Rousseau 7 Wim Willaert 27 August Sneyers 40 Marc Maes 44 (Marnix Goegebeur) (59) (Hans Gebroers) (70) 118 6 Yevgeniy Zherebin 2 Nikolay Chameyev 21 Viktor Kushch 50 Dmitriy Ditlashok 57 (Grigoriy Mishuniy) (102) 130 7 Henrique Crisostomo 13 Cripiano Lucas 26 Rui Saldanha 36 José Correira 60 (Manuel Matias) (81) (Ernesto Monteiro) (DNF) 135 8 Paul Donovan 18 Brian O'Keefe 32 Brian Roche 34 Richard O'Flynn 53 (Pat McCarthy) (64) (Martin Flynn) (73) 137 9 Abel Antón 17 Juan Carlos Andres 38 Juan Toledano 46 Javier Nieto 67 (Adelino Hidalgo) (68) (Francisco Espejo) (97) 168 10 Steve Blakemore 15 Nicholas Boughey 42 Andrew Smith 55 Nigel Stops 61 (Steve Smith) (82) 173 11 Ole Hansen 19 Kim Taylor Hansen 37 Søren Munch 41 Peter Gylling 79 176 12 Hamid Zouhair 29 Emmanuel Goulin 49 Jacques le Floch 52 Jacques Triquet 56 (Remy Geoffroy) (58) 186 13 Zineddine Lamamra 30 Nourredine Benzaoui 48 Tayeb Mohammed Djitli 65 Khemissi Salhi 69 (Brahim Boudina) (71) (Aissa Remel) (75) 212 14 Mohammed Chouri 1 Mohamed Salah Rajhi 62 Mohamed Hammami 83 Abdelkader Belhaied 90 236 15 Mohamed Ezzher 43 Hassan Sebtaoui 54 Ahmed Dribi 66 Hamid Karoui 76 (Mohamed Sabwane) (85) 239 16 John Gladwin 31 Callan Henderson 74 Ian Steel 78 Colin McIntyre 84 (Gordon McMillan) (96) 267 17 Julius Benkö 33 Alfred Ungersböck 77 Andreas Ceconi 87 Josef Scharmer 92 (Peter Schwarzenpoller) (DNF) 289 18 Ray Murtagh 72 Deon McNeilly 86 Tommy Wright 89 Paul McCaffrey 93 340 19 Ali Dhfair 94 Saif Al-Shahrani 95 Ali Obedi 98 Khalid Marzouk 99 (Abdurrahman Al-Eid) (100) (Samer Al-Dhanem) (101) 386 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 104 athletes from 20 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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