1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

December 2021 December 2021 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 7th 25 March Limerick, Munster, Ireland Ireland Greenpark Racecourse 27 383 3 12 km – Senior men 7.36 km – Junior men 5.04 km – Senior women 1978 Glasgow 1980 Paris The 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Limerick, Ireland, at the Greenpark Racecourse on 25 March 1979. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Marshall Ron 26 March 1979 Majestic triumph for Ireland's 'King John' - John Treacy, the 21-year-old holder of the world cross-country title, set alight the hearts of 25,000 impassioned Irish spectators yesterday afternoon here at Limerick Racecourse where he retained the championship in majestic fashion, covering the 12,000 metres in 37 min, 20sec... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eO89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zEgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2808%2C6146904 Glasgow Herald 18 25 December 2021 Complete results for men,Magnusson Tomas 8 September 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1979S.html Athchamps (archived) 18 October 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110437/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1979S.html 16 October 2007 junior men,Magnusson Tomas 8 September 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.4km CC Men - Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1979S.html Athchamps (archived) 18 October 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110002/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1979S.html 16 October 2007 women,Magnusson Tomas 8 February 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women -Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1979S.html Athchamps (archived) 18 October 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110819/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1979S.html 16 October 2007 medallists, IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm Athletics Weekly 9 October 2013 and the results of British athletes36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf IAAF 2ff 9 October 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf 27 September 2013 were published. Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)John TreacyIRL 37:20Bronisław MalinowskiPOL 37:29Aleksandr AntipovURS 37:30Junior men(7.36 km)Eddy de PauwBEL 23:02Steve BinnsENG 23:09Ildar DenikeyevURS 23:20Senior women(5.04 km)Grete WaitzNOR 16:48Raisa SmekhnovaURS 17:14Ellison GoodallUSA 17:18 TeamSenior menENG 119IRL 198URS 210Junior menESP 1977 57ENG 74URS 75Senior womenUSA 29URS 48ENG 68 Race results Senior men's race (12 km) 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time John Treacy IRL 37:20 Bronisław Malinowski POL 37:29 Aleksandr Antipov URS 37:30 4 Tony Simmons WAL 37:38 5 Léon Schots BEL 37:42 6 Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer TCH 37:45 7 Steve Jones WAL 37:46 8 Frank Zimmermann FRG 37:48 9 Julian Goater ENG 37:53 10 Nat Muir SCO 38:01 11 Danny McDaid IRL 38:02 12 Bogusław Mamiński POL 38:04 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points ENG Julian Goater 9 Mike McLeod 14 Andy Holden 20 Nick Rose 21 Bernie Ford 22 Nick Lees 33 (Roy Bailey) (37) (Ken Newton) (73) (Barry Smith) (89) 119 IRL John Treacy 1 Danny McDaid 11 Gerry Deegan 43 Mick O'Shea 46 Donie Walsh 47 Tony Brien 50 (Eamonn Coghlan) (70) (Ray Treacy) (79) (Eddie Leddy) (127) 198 URS Aleksandr Antipov 3 Leonid Moseyev 18 Yuriy Mikhailov 35 Enn Sellik 38 Aleksandr Fedotkin 48 Vladimir Merkushin 68 (Valeriy Abramov) (75) 210 4 FRG 211 5 BEL 231 6 AUS 233 7 POL 320 8 USA 341 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (7.36 km) 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Eddy de Pauw BEL 23:02 Steve Binns ENG 23:09 Ildar Denikeyev URS 23:20 4 Jeff Nelson USA 23:22 5 Ian Clarke CAN 23:29 6 Roberto Antiga ITA 23:31 7 Faisal Touzri TUN 23:32 8 Jordi García ESP 1977 23:33 9 Ezequiel Canario POR 23:34 10 Ian Campbell SCO 23:35 11 Alastair Douglas SCO 23:36 12 Jim Hill USA 23:37 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points ESP 1977 Jordi García 8 Pedro Garin 14 Valentin Rodríguez 17 José Maestra 18 (José Manuel Boix) (37) (Jordi Castelló) (72) 57 ENG Steve Binns 2 Colin Moore 15 Geoff Turnbull 27 Dave Lewis 30 (Steve Cram) (36) (Sean Connolly) (64) 74 URS Ildar Denikeyev 3 Sergey Kiselyov 16 Vladimir Bezlepkin 25 Abdurachman Ibragimov 31 75 4 IRL 90 5 ITA 101 6 SCO 101 7 USA 106 8 CAN 125 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (5.04 km) 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Grete Waitz NOR 16:48 Raisa Smekhnova URS 17:14 Ellison Goodall USA 17:18 4 Ellen Wessinghage FRG 17:23 5 Svetlana Ulmasova URS 17:25 6 Mary Purcell IRL 17:26 7 Jan Merrill USA 17:33 8 Julie Shea USA 17:41 9 Ann Ford ENG 17:42 10 Cristina Tomasini ITA 17:46 11 Margaret Groos USA 17:47 12 Giana Romanova URS 17:48 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points USA Ellison Goodall 3 Jan Merrill 7 Julie Shea 8 Margaret Groos 11 (Jennifer White) (19) (Julie Brown) (36) 29 URS Raisa Smekhnova 2 Svetlana Ulmasova 5 Giana Romanova 12 Raisa Belusova 29 (Raisa Sadreydinova) (53) 48 ENG Ann Ford 9 Penny Yule 15 Paula Fudge 17 Regina Joyce 27 (Glynis Penny) (32) (Ruth Smeeth) (42) 68 4 FRG 101 5 NZL 107 6 NOR 134 7 IRL 136 8 FRA 141 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) IRL 1 2 1 1 1 0 yes 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 ESP 1977 0 2 4 0 1 0 Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal. Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 383 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. 22em (11) (7) (21) (20) (1) (21) (21) (21) (21) (4) (21) (1) (11) (15) (21) (11) (6) (13) (21) (16) 1977 (21) (5) (7) (6) (20) (21) (19) See also 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1979 in athletics (track and field) References External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics Category:World Athletics Cross Country Championships C Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Ireland C C Category:Athletics in the Republic of Ireland Category:Cross country running in Ireland IAAF World Cross Country Championships Category:1979 in international sports