1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

April 2022 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 6th 25 March Glasgow, Scotland Scotland Bellahouston Park 27 358 3 12.3 km – Senior men 7.036 km – Junior men 4.728 km – Senior women 1977 Düsseldorf 1979 Limerick The 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on 25 March 1978. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Marshall Ron March 27, 1978 Treacy leaves 'em for dead - Through a curtain of rain the binoculars confirmed what the Americans had been saying all week - Ireland's John Treacy was the man to beat in the world cross-country championships... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qhc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KUoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3558%2C6185526 Glasgow Herald 10 October 17, 2013 Complete results for men,Magnusson Tomas September 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1978S.html Athchamps (archived) October 17, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110432/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1978S.html October 16, 2007 junior men,Magnusson Tomas September 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1978S.html Athchamps (archived) October 17, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016105956/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1978S.html October 16, 2007 women,Magnusson Tomas February 8, 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978 http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1978S.html Athchamps (archived) October 17, 2013 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110814/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1978S.html October 16, 2007 medallists, IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm Athletics Weekly October 9, 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 October 9, 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf September 27, 2013 were published. Medallists IndividualSenior men(12.3 km)John TreacyIRL 39:25Aleksandr AntipovURS 39:28Karel LismontBEL 39:32Junior men(7.036 km)Mick MortonENG 22:57Rob EarlCAN 23:10Francisco AlarioESP 1977 23:11Senior women(4.728 km)Grete WaitzNOR 16:19Natalia MărăşescuROU 1965 16:49Maricica PuicăROU 1965 16:59 TeamSenior menFRA 151USA 156ENG 159Junior menENG 53CAN 53ESP 1977 54Senior womenROU 1965 30USA 37ENG 55 Race results Senior men's race (12.3 km) 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time John Treacy IRL 39:25 Aleksandr Antipov URS 39:28 Karel Lismont BEL 39:32 4 Tony Simmons ENG 39:51 5 Guy Arbogast USA 39:52 6 Craig Virgin USA 39:54 7 Nat Muir SCO 40:00 8 Franco Fava ITA 40:03 9 Enn Sellik URS 40:08 10 Pierre Levisse FRA 40:15 11 Steve Jones WAL 40:15 12 Adelaziz Bouguerra TUN 40:16 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points FRA Pierre Levisse 10 Lucien Rault 13 Radhouane Bouster 18 Alex Gonzalez 32 Thierry Watrice 35 Jean-Paul Gomez 43 (Jean-Luc Paugam) (63) (Jean-Luc Lemire) (64) (Dominique Coux) (105) 151 USA Guy Arbogast 5 Craig Virgin 6 Greg Meyer 20 Jeff Wells 29 Bill Rodgers 44 Mike Roche 52 (Marc Hunter) (72) (Charles Vigil) (73) (Bobb Thomas) (99) 156 ENG Tony Simmons 4 Jon Wild 15 Neil Coupland 28 Mike McLeod 30 Ken Newton 40 Steve Kenyon 42 (Graham Tuck) (48) (Alwyn Dewhirst) (56) (Bernie Ford) (62) 159 4 URS 169 5 BEL 173 6 IRL 189 7 FRG 240 8 ITA 276 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (7.036 km) 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Mick Morton ENG 22:57 Rob Earl CAN 23:10 Francisco Alario ESP 1977 23:11 4 Constantino Esparcia ESP 1977 23:12 5 Ronnie Carroll IRL 23:14 6 Aleksandr Pasaryuk URS 23:15 7 Viktor Zinovyev URS 23:20 8 Kevin Dillon CAN 23:22 9 Eddy de Pauw BEL 23:23 10 Rod Berry USA 23:24 11 Brendan Quinn IRL 23:25 12 Yevgeniy Okorokov URS 23:27 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points ENG Mick Morton 1 Eddie White 13 David Beaver 15 Peter Elletson 24 (Simon Catchpole) (44) (Adrian Stewart) (59) 53 CAN Rob Earl 2 Kevin Dillon 8 Rob Lonergan 14 Jim Groves 29 (Raymond Paulins) (32) (Tony Hatherly) (50) 53 ESP 1977 Francisco Alario 3 Constantino Esparcia 4 Argimiro González 16 Valentin Rodríguez 31 (Francisco Cortés) (53) (Carlos Quirce) (57) 54 4 URS 60 5 BEL 72 6 IRL 84 7 USA 110 8 ITA 111 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (4.728 km) 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Grete Waitz NOR 16:19 Natalia Mărăşescu ROU 1965 16:49 Maricica Puică ROU 1965 16:59 4 Julie Shea USA 17:12 5 Cornelia Bürki SUI 17:13 6 Monika Greschner FRG 17:14 7 Jan Merrill USA 17:17 8 Georgeta Gazibara ROU 1965 17:18 9 Joyce Smith ENG 17:23 10 Carmen Valero ESP 1977 17:26 11 Kathy Mills USA 17:27 12 Christine Benning ENG 17:28 Full results +TeamsRank Team Points ROU 1965 Natalia Mărăşescu 2 Maricica Puică 3 Georgeta Gazibara 8 Antoaneta Iacob 17 (Fiţa Lovin) (26) 30 USA Julie Shea 4 Jan Merrill 7 Kathy Mills 11 Brenda Webb 15 (Cindy Bremser) (23) (Judy Graham) (85) 37 ENG Joyce Smith 9 Christine Benning 12 Penny Yule 16 Mary Stewart 18 (Kath Binns) (28) (Wendy Smith) (43) 55 4 FRG 85 5 POL 122 6 IRL 152 7 ESP 1977 159 8 NOR 165 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) 2 0 2 1 1 1 ROU 1965 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 ESP 1977 0 0 1 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 358 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. 22em (7) (19) (18) (5) (21) (21) (6) (21) (17) (9) (15) (12) (6) (14) (5) (6) (15) ROU 1965 (5) (21) (18) ESP 1977 (21) (3) (4) (13) (21) (21) (14) See also 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1978 in athletics (track and field) References External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics Category:World Athletics Cross Country Championships C Iaaf World Cross Country Championships, 1978 Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Scotland Category:International sports competitions in Glasgow Category:Cross country running in the United Kingdom IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Category:1978 in international sports Category:Athletics competitions in Glasgow