International athletics championship event
The 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, 
 and the results of British athletes were published.
Participation.
An unofficial count yields the participation of 381 athletes from 28 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
 ;templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/ ;
References.
 ;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" / ;