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

December 2021 December 2021 Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 7th 25 March Limerick, Munster, Ireland Ireland Greenpark Racecourse 26 191 1 12 km – Senior men 1978 Glasgow 1980 Paris The Senior men'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 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 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 men's race (12 km) Individual Rank 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 de Frank Zimmermann (Leichtathlet) 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 13 Craig Virgin USA 38:05 14 Mike McLeod ENG 38:07 15 José Luis González ESP 1977 38:08 16 Christoph Herle FRG 38:09 17 Euan Robertson NZL 38:10 18 Leonid Moseyev URS 38:11 19 Frank Grillaert nl BEL 38:15 20 Andy Holden ENG 38:20 21 Nick Rose ENG 38:29 22 Bernie Ford ENG 38:29 23 Maciej Kunicki POL 38:30 24 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann FRG 38:30 25 Alex Gonzalez FRA 38:32 26 Eric De Beck BEL 38:33 27 Franco Fava ITA 38:34 28 Klaas Lok NED 38:35 29 Steve Austin AUS 38:36 30 Gerard Tebroke NED 38:37 31 Greg Hannon NIR 38:38 32 Gerard Barrett AUS 38:39 33 Nick Lees ENG 38:42 34 Michael Karst FRG 38:43 35 Yuriy Mikhailov ru Михайлов, Юрий Тихонович URS 38:44 36 Bill Scott AUS 38:45 37 Roy Bailey ENG 38:46 38 Enn Sellik URS 38:47 39 Santiago de la Parte ESP 1977 38:48 40 James Langford AUS 38:49 41 Fernando Mamede POR 38:51 42 Jean-Paul Gomez FRA 38:52 43 Gerry Deegan IRL 38:58 44 Daniel Dillon USA 38:59 45 Brian Lewry AUS 39:01 46 Mick O'Shea IRL 39:02 47 Donal Walsh IRL 39:03 48 Aleksandr Fedotkin URS 39:04 49 Marc Hunter USA 39:05 50 Tony Brien IRL 39:06 51 Robert McDonald AUS 39:07 52 John Robson SCO 39:08 53 Eddy Van Mullem nl BEL 39:09 54 Francis Gonzalez FRA 39:10 55 Kevin Ryan NZL 39:11 56 Peter Butler CAN 39:12 57 Inge Simonsen NOR 39:13 58 Howard Healey NZL 39:14 59 Willy Polleunis BEL 39:15 60 Giuseppe Gerbi ITA 39:15 61 Ryszard Kopijasz POL 39:20 62 Rob de Castella AUS 39:20 63 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand FRG 39:21 64 Bill Donakowski USA 39:22 65 Claudio Solone ITA 39:23 66 Manfred Schoeneberg FRG 39:24 67 Luigi Zarcone ITA 39:25 68 Vladimir Merkushin ru Владимир Меркушин URS 39:26 69 Hendrik Schoofs BEL 39:27 70 Eamonn Coghlan IRL 39:28 71 Pierre Délèze SUI 39:29 72 Chris Wardlaw AUS 39:30 73 Ken Newton ENG 39:31 74 Lawrie Spence SCO 39:32 75 Valeriy Abramov URS 39:33 76 Roger De Vogel nl BEL 39:34 77 Zbigniew Pierzynka POL 39:35 78 Antonio Prieto ESP 1977 39:36 79 Ray Treacy IRL 39:37 80 Constantino Esparcia ESP 1977 39:38 81 Robbie Perkins USA 39:39 82 Henk Mentink NED 39:40 83 Fredi Griner SUI 39:41 84 Tonni Luttikhold NED 39:42 85 Reinhard Leibold FRG 39:43 86 Ron Vanderkraats CAN 39:44 87 John Dixon NZL 39:45 88 Jean-Luc Paugam FRA 39:46 89 Barry Smith ENG 39:47 90 Greg Meyer USA 39:48 91 Øyvind Dahl NOR 39:51 92 Elie Aubertin BEL 39:52 93 Gelindo Bordin ITA 39:53 94 Aniceto Simoes POR 39:54 95 José Luis Ruiz ESP 1977 39:55 96 Larry Brown CAN 39:56 97 Mike Dixon CAN 39:57 98 Hugo Wey SUI 39:58 99 Joseph Patton SCO 39:59 100 Estanislao Duran ESP 1977 40:00 101 Steve Flanagan USA 40:01 102 Guido Rhyn SUI 40:02 103 Guy Bourban FRA 40:03 104 Jean-Pierre Berset SUI 40:04 105 Allister Hutton SCO 40:05 106 Ennio Panetti ITA 40:06 107 Peter Baker WAL 40:07 108 Greg Duhaime CAN 40:08 109 Art Boileau CAN 40:09 110 Jim Johansen NOR 40:10 111 Alan Thurlow NZL 40:11 112 Adam Shoemaker CAN 40:12 113 Jean-Marie Conrath FRA 40:13 114 Clive Thomas WAL 40:14 115 Peder Arne Sylte NOR 40:15 116 Piet Vonck NED 40:16 117 Blaise Schull SUI 40:17 118 Joost Borm NED 40:18 119 Peter Moore CAN 40:19 120 David Chettle AUS 40:20 121 Detlef Uhlemann FRG 40:21 122 Manuel Paiva POR 40:22 123 Karsten Hald Nielsen DEN 40:23 124 Bjarte Sleire NOR 40:24 125 Peter Lindtner AUT 40:25 126 Rod Stone NIR 40:26 127 Eddie Leddy IRL 40:27 128 Josef Steiner AUT 40:28 129 Gerard Nijboer NED 40:29 130 Edmund Turner WAL 40:30 131 Christian Cairoche FRA 40:31 132 José Sena POR 40:32 133 Bruce Jones NZL 40:33 134 Rob Lonergan CAN 40:34 135 Philippe Legrand FRA 40:35 136 José Haro ESP 1977 40:36 137 Bobb Thomas USA 40:45 138 Jørn Lauenborg DEN 40:50 139 David Gillanders SWE 40:51 140 Philippe Daniel FRA 40:52 141 John Davies WAL 40:53 142 Gösta Johansson SWE 40:54 143 Martin Couldwell NZL 40:55 144 Cameron Spence NIR 40:56 145 Eugeniusz Stacha POL 41:02 146 Laurence Reilly SCO 41:03 147 José Simoes POR 41:04 148 Wolfgang Konrad AUT 41:05 149 Paul Lawther NIR 41:06 150 Daniel O'Connell NZL 41:07 151 Piero Selvaggio ITA 41:09 152 José Manuel Abascal ESP 1977 41:10 153 Roger Hackney WAL 41:17 154 Luigi Lauro ITA 41:19 155 Jack Foster NZL 41:22 156 Niels Kim Hjorth DEN 41:23 157 Henning Rasmussen DEN 41:24 158 Gordon Rimmer SCO 41:31 159 Johan Geirnaert BEL 41:34 160 Helder de Jesús POR 41:37 161 Dic Evans WAL 41:39 162 Hans Koeleman NED 41:40 163 Keld Johnsen DEN 41:41 164 Jim Dingwall SCO 41:42 165 Werner Meier SUI 41:45 166 Thomas Wessinghage FRG 41:47 167 Per Hoffmann DEN 41:49 168 Carlos Cabral POR 41:50 169 Mick Morris WAL 41:52 170 Kjell-Erik Ståhl SWE 42:01 171 Peter Pfeifenberger AUT 42:02 172 Knut Kvalheim NOR 42:03 173 Jim McGuinness NIR 42:09 174 Allan Zachariasen DEN 42:17 175 Mauro Pappacena ITA 42:21 176 Brian McSloy SCO 42:35 177 Ernie Cunningham NIR 42:48 178 Palle Vestergaard DEN 42:49 179 Bo Nytofle DEN 42:50 180 Tom Annett NIR 42:54 181 Arye Gamliel ISR 42:58 182 Christer Hanell SWE 43:00 183 Samuel Doherty NIR 43:06 184 Rudolf Altersberger AUT 43:13 185 Jeffrey Matthews SWE 43:27 186 Peter Irvine NIR 43:32 187 Nabil Choueiry LIB 43:48 — Gerhard Hartmann AUT DNF — Dietmar Millonig AUT DNF — Yehuda Zadok ISR DNF — Cándido Alario ESP 1977 DNF Teams Rank 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 Donal Walsh 47 Tony Brien 50 (Eamonn Coghlan) (70) (Ray Treacy) (79) (Eddie Leddy) (127) 198 URS Aleksandr Antipov 3 Leonid Moseyev 18 Yuriy Mikhailov ru Михайлов, Юрий Тихонович 35 Enn Sellik 38 Aleksandr Fedotkin 48 Vladimir Merkushin ru Владимир Меркушин 68 (Valeriy Abramov) (75) 210 4 FRG Frank Zimmermann de Frank Zimmermann (Leichtathlet) 8 Christoph Herle 16 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 24 Michael Karst 34 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand 63 Manfred Schoeneberg 66 (Reinhard Leibold) (85) (Detlef Uhlemann) (121) (Thomas Wessinghage) (166) 211 5 BEL Léon Schots 5 Frank Grillaert nl 19 Eric De Beck 26 Eddy Van Mullem nl 53 Willy Polleunis 59 Hendrik Schoofs 69 (Roger De Vogel nl) (76) (Elie Aubertin) (92) (Johan Geirnaert) (159) 231 6 AUS Steve Austin 29 Gerard Barrett 32 Bill Scott 36 James Langford 40 Brian Lewry 45 Robert McDonald 51 (Rob de Castella) (62) (Chris Wardlaw) (72) (David Chettle) (120) 233 7 POL Bronisław Malinowski 2 Bogusław Mamiński 12 Maciej Kunicki 23 Ryszard Kopijasz 61 Zbigniew Pierzynka 77 Eugeniusz Stacha 145 320 8 USA Craig Virgin 13 Daniel Dillon 44 Marc Hunter 49 Bill Donakowski 64 Robbie Perkins 81 Greg Meyer 90 (Steve Flanagan) (101) (Bobb Thomas) (137) 341 9 ESP 1977 José Luis González 15 Santiago de la Parte 39 Antonio Prieto 78 Constantino Esparcia 80 José Luis Ruiz 95 Estanislao Duran 100 (José Haro) (136) (José Manuel Abascal) (152) (Cándido Alario) (DNF) 407 10 ITA Franco Fava 27 Giuseppe Gerbi 60 Claudio Solone 65 Luigi Zarcone 67 Gelindo Bordin 93 Ennio Panetti 106 (Piero Selvaggio) (151) (Luigi Lauro) (154) (Mauro Pappacena) (175) 418 11 FRA Alex Gonzalez 25 Jean-Paul Gomez 42 Francis Gonzalez 54 Jean-Luc Paugam 88 Guy Bourban 103 Jean-Marie Conrath 113 (Christian Cairoche) (131) (Philippe Legrand) (135) (Philippe Daniel) (140) 425 12 NED Klaas Lok 28 Gerard Tebroke 30 Henk Mentink 82 Tonni Luttikhold 84 Piet Vonck 116 Joost Borm 118 (Gerard Nijboer) (129) (Hans Koeleman) (162) 458 13 NZL Euan Robertson 17 Kevin Ryan 55 Howard Healey 58 John Dixon 87 Alan Thurlow 111 Bruce Jones 133 (Martin Couldwell) (143) (Daniel O'Connell) (150) (Jack Foster) (155) 461 14 SCO Nat Muir 10 John Robson 52 Lawrie Spence 74 Joseph Patton 99 Allister Hutton 105 Laurence Reilly 146 (Gordon Rimmer) (158) (Jim Dingwall) (164) (Brian McSloy) (176) 486 15 WAL Tony Simmons 4 Steve Jones 7 Peter Baker 107 Clive Thomas 114 Edmund Turner 130 John Davies 141 (Roger Hackney) (153) (Dic Evans) (161) (Mick Morris) (169) 503 16 CAN Peter Butler 56 Ron Vanderkraats 86 Larry Brown 96 Mike Dixon 97 Greg Duhaime 108 Art Boileau 109 (Adam Shoemaker) (112) (Peter Moore) (119) (Rob Lonergan) (134) 552 17 SUI Pierre Délèze 71 Fredi Griner 83 Hugo Wey 98 Guido Rhyn 102 Jean-Pierre Berset 104 Blaise Schull 117 (Werner Meier) (165) 575 18 NOR Inge Simonsen 57 Øyvind Dahl 91 Jim Johansen 110 Peder Arne Sylte 115 Bjarte Sleire 124 Knut Kvalheim 172 669 19 POR Fernando Mamede 41 Aniceto Simoes 94 Manuel Paiva 122 José Sena 132 José Simoes 147 Helder de Jesús 160 (Carlos Cabral) (168) 696 20 NIR Greg Hannon 31 Rod Stone 126 Cameron Spence 144 Paul Lawther 149 Jim McGuinness 173 Ernie Cunningham 177 (Tom Annett) (180) (Samuel Doherty) (183) (Peter Irvine) (186) 800 21 DEN Karsten Hald Nielsen 123 Jørn Lauenborg 138 Niels Kim Hjorth 156 Henning Rasmussen 157 Keld Johnsen 163 Per Hoffmann 167 (Allan Zachariasen) (174) (Palle Vestergaard) (178) (Bo Nytofle) (179) 904DNF AUT (Peter Lindtner) (125) (Josef Steiner) (128) (Wolfgang Konrad) (148) (Peter Pfeifenberger) (171) (Rudolf Altersberger) (184) (Gerhard Hartmann) (DNF) (Dietmar Millonig) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 191 athletes from 26 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. 22em AUS (9) AUT (7) BEL (9) CAN (9) TCH (1) DEN (9) ENG (9) FRA (9) IRL (9) ISR (2) ITA (9) LIB (1) NED (8) NZL (9) NIR (9) NOR (6) POL (6) POR (7) SCO (9) URS (7) ESP 1977 (9) SWE (5) SUI (7) USA (8) WAL (9) FRG (9) See also 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race References Category:Senior men's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships IAAF World Cross Country Championships Category:1979 in men's international sport