1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

December 2021 December 2021 Senior women's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 7th 25 March Limerick, Munster, Ireland Ireland Greenpark Racecourse 19 100 1 5.04 km – Senior women 1978 Glasgow 1980 Paris The Senior women's race at 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,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. Race results Senior women's race (5.04 km) Individual Rank 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 13 Debbie Scott CAN 17:48 14 Anne Audain NZL 17:49 15 Penny Yule ENG 17:50 16 Sabine Ladurner ITA 17:57 17 Paula Fudge ENG 17:58 18 Dorthe Rasmussen DEN 18:02 19 Jennifer White USA 18:02 20 Heather Thomson NZL 18:05 21 Marleen Mols BEL 18:06 22 Joëlle De Brouwer FRA 18:08 23 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 18:10 24 Véronique Renties FRA 18:11 25 Pilar Fernandez ESP 1977 18:12 26 Elvira Hofmann FRG 18:14 27 Regina Joyce ENG 18:15 28 Charlotte Teske FRG 18:16 29 Raisa Belusova URS 18:17 30 Deirdre Nagle IRL 18:18 31 Carla Beurskens NED 18:23 32 Glynis Penny ENG 18:24 33 Iciar Martinez ESP 1977 18:26 34 Mary O'Connor NZL 18:27 35 Connie Olsen DEN 18:28 36 Julie Brown USA 18:31 37 Kersti Jakobsen DEN 18:31 38 Diane Cameron CAN 18:32 39 Lorraine Moller NZL 18:34 40 Lynne Williams AUS 18:35 41 Mona Kleppe NOR 18:38 42 Ruth Smeeth ENG 18:39 43 Heide Brenner FRG 18:41 44 Judith Shepherd SCO 18:43 45 Shauna Miller CAN 18:44 46 Chantal Navarro FRA 18:45 47 Magda Ilands BEL 18:46 48 Fionnuala Morrish IRL 18:47 49 Jacqueline Lefeuvre FRA 18:48 50 Encarnación Escudero ESP 1977 18:49 51 Gaylene Clews AUS 18:50 52 Christine Ward IRL 18:51 53 Raisa Sadreydinova URS 18:52 54 Zehava Shmueli ISR 18:53 55 Veronica Duffy IRL 18:54 56 Barbara Moore NZL 18:55 57 Fiona McQueen SCO 18:56 58 Asuncion Sinobas ESP 1977 18:56 59 Brigit de Nijs NED 18:58 60 Francine Peeters BEL 18:59 61 Margherita Gargano ITA 19:01 62 Elena Rastello ITA 19:02 63 Marie-Christine Christiaens BEL 19:03 64 Ann-Marie Keown NZL 19:04 65 Christine Seeman FRA 19:05 66 Maureen Crowley CAN 19:06 67 Kerry Robinson SCO 19:07 68 Denise Verhaert BEL 19:08 69 Heidi Meier NOR 19:11 70 Karin de Nijs NED 19:14 71 Birgit Friedmann FRG 19:18 72 Nadine Claes BEL 19:20 73 Susan Olsen DEN 19:21 74 Amelia Lorza Lopez ESP 1977 19:22 75 Kathy d'Arcy CAN 19:27 76 Hilary Hollick WAL 19:32 77 Anette Hansen DEN 19:38 78 Mercedes Calleja ESP 1977 19:40 79 Kate Davis IRL 19:43 80 Anat Meiri ISR 19:45 81 Kim Lock WAL 19:46 82 Margaret Coomber SCO 19:49 83 Jean Lochhead WAL 19:50 84 Bronwen Smith WAL 19:52 85 May-Britt Stange NOR 19:53 86 Anna James WAL 19:54 87 Christine Iceaga FRA 20:06 88 Joyce Mehaffey NIR 20:11 89 Angela McCullagh NIR 20:12 90 Lynn Kanuka CAN 20:19 91 Violet Hope SCO 20:20 92 Carol Nicholas WAL 20:31 93 Elizabeth Trotter SCO 20:47 94 Charlotte Kaagh DEN 21:11 95 Susan Beattie NIR 21:20 96 Roberta Brown NIR 21:21 97 Avril McClung NIR 21:31 98 Margaret Gallen NIR 22:19 — Gabriella Dorio ITA DNF — Agnese Possamai ITA DNF Teams Rank 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 Ellen Wessinghage 4 Elvira Hofmann 26 Charlotte Teske 28 Heide Brenner 43 (Birgit Friedmann) (71) 101 5 NZL Anne Audain 14 Heather Thomson 20 Mary O'Connor 34 Lorraine Moller 39 (Barbara Moore) (56) (Ann-Marie Keown) (64) 107 6 NOR Grete Waitz 1 Ingrid Christensen 23 Mona Kleppe 41 Heidi Meier 69 (May-Britt Stange) (85) 134 7 IRL Mary Purcell 6 Deirdre Nagle 30 Fionnuala Morrish 48 Christine Ward 52 (Veronica Duffy) (55) (Kate Davis) (79) 136 8 FRA Joëlle De Brouwer 22 Véronique Renties 24 Chantal Navarro 46 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 49 (Christine Seeman) (65) (Christine Iceaga) (87) 141 9 ITA Cristina Tomasini 10 Sabine Ladurner 16 Margherita Gargano 61 Elena Rastello 62 (Gabriella Dorio) (DNF) (Agnese Possamai) (DNF) 149 10 CAN Debbie Scott 13 Jean Cameron 38 Shauna Miller 45 Maureen Crowley 66 (Kathy d'Arcy) (75) (Lynn Kanuka) (90) 162 11 DEN Dorthe Rasmussen 18 Connie Olsen 35 Kersti Jakobsen 37 Susan Olsen 73 (Anette Hansen) (77) (Charlotte Kaagh) (94) 163 12 ESP 1977 Pilar Fernandez 25 Iciar Martinez 33 Encarnación Escudero 50 Asuncion Sinobas 58 (Amelia Lorza Lopez) (74) (Mercedes Calleja) (78) 166 13 BEL Marleen Mols 21 Magda Ilands 47 Francine Peeters 60 Marie-Christine Christiaens 63 (Denise Verhaert) (68) (Nadine Claes) (72) 191 14 SCO Judith Shepherd 44 Fiona McQueen 57 Kerry Robinson 67 Margaret Coomber 82 (Violet Hope) (91) (Elizabeth Trotter) (93) 250 15 WAL Hilary Hollick 76 Kim Lock 81 Jean Lochhead 83 Bronwen Smith 84 (Anna James) (86) (Carol Nicholas) (92) 324 16 NIR Joyce Mehaffey 88 Angela McCullagh 89 Susan Beattie 95 Roberta Brown 96 (Avril McClung) (97) (Margaret Gallen) (98) 368 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 100 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. 22em AUS (2) BEL (6) CAN (6) DEN (6) ENG (6) FRA (6) IRL (6) ISR (2) ITA (6) NED (3) NZL (6) NIR (6) NOR (5) SCO (6) URS (5) ESP 1977 (6) USA (6) WAL (6) FRG (5) See also 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race References Category:Senior women's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships IAAF World Cross Country Championships Category:1979 in women's sport of athletics Category:Women's athletics competitions in Ireland Category:1979 in Irish women's sport Category:1979 in women's international sport