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1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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.[1]

1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
Date25 March
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland
VenueBellahouston Park
Events3
Distances12.3 km – Senior men
7.036 km – Junior men
4.728 km – Senior women
Participation358 athletes from
27 nations

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

Medallists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12.3 km)
John Treacy
  Ireland
39:25 Aleksandr Antipov
  Soviet Union
39:28 Karel Lismont
  Belgium
39:32
Junior men
(7.036 km)
Mick Morton
  England
22:57 Rob Earl
  Canada
23:10 Francisco Alario
  Spain
23:11
Senior women
(4.728 km)
Grete Waitz
  Norway
16:19 Natalia Mărăşescu
  Romania
16:49 Maricica Puică
  Romania
16:59
Team
Senior men   France 151   United States 156   England 159
Junior men   England 53   Canada 53   Spain 54
Senior women   Romania 30   United States 37   England 55

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12.3 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  John Treacy   Ireland 39:25
  Aleksandr Antipov   Soviet Union 39:28
  Karel Lismont   Belgium 39:32
4 Tony Simmons   England 39:51
5 Guy Arbogast   United States 39:52
6 Craig Virgin   United States 39:54
7 Nat Muir   Scotland 40:00
8 Franco Fava   Italy 40:03
9 Enn Sellik   Soviet Union 40:08
10 Pierre Levisse   France 40:15
11 Steve Jones   Wales 40:15
12 Adelaziz Bouguerra   Tunisia 40:16
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    France
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
    United States
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
    England
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   Soviet Union 169
5   Belgium 173
6   Ireland 189
7   West Germany 240
8   Italy 276
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.036 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Mick Morton   England 22:57
  Rob Earl   Canada 23:10
  Francisco Alario   Spain 23:11
4 Constantino Esparcia   Spain 23:12
5 Ronnie Carroll   Ireland 23:14
6 Aleksandr Pasaryuk   Soviet Union 23:15
7 Viktor Zinovyev   Soviet Union 23:20
8 Kevin Dillon   Canada 23:22
9 Eddy de Pauw   Belgium 23:23
10 Rod Berry   United States 23:24
11 Brendan Quinn   Ireland 23:25
12 Yevgeniy Okorokov   Soviet Union 23:27
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    England
Mick Morton 1
Eddie White 13
David Beaver 15
Peter Elletson 24
(Simon Catchpole) (44)
(Adrian Stewart) (59)
53
    Canada
Rob Earl 2
Kevin Dillon 8
Rob Lonergan 14
Jim Groves 29
(Raymond Paulins) (32)
(Tony Hatherly) (50)
53
    Spain
Francisco Alario 3
Constantino Esparcia 4
Argimiro González 16
Valentin Rodríguez 31
(Francisco Cortés) (53)
(Carlos Quirce) (57)
54
4   Soviet Union 60
5   Belgium 72
6   Ireland 84
7   United States 110
8   Italy 111
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.728 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Grete Waitz   Norway 16:19
  Natalia Mărăşescu   Romania 16:49
  Maricica Puică   Romania 16:59
4 Julie Shea   United States 17:12
5 Cornelia Bürki    Switzerland 17:13
6 Monika Greschner   West Germany 17:14
7 Jan Merrill   United States 17:17
8 Georgeta Gazibara   Romania 17:18
9 Joyce Smith   England 17:23
10 Carmen Valero   Spain 17:26
11 Kathy Mills   United States 17:27
12 Christine Benning   England 17:28
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Romania
Natalia Mărăşescu 2
Maricica Puică 3
Georgeta Gazibara 8
Antoaneta Iacob 17
(Fiţa Lovin) (26)
30
    United States
Julie Shea 4
Jan Merrill 7
Kathy Mills 11
Brenda Webb 15
(Cindy Bremser) (23)
(Judy Graham) (85)
37
    England
55
4   West Germany 85
5   Poland 122
6   Ireland 152
7   Spain 159
8   Norway 165
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  England (ENG)2024
2  Romania (ROU)1113
3  France (FRA)1001
  Ireland (IRL)1001
  Norway (NOR)1001
6  Canada (CAN)0202
  United States (USA)0202
8  Soviet Union (URS)0101
9  Spain (ESP)0022
10  Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (10 entries)66618
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 358 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Marshall, Ron (27 March 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..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved 17 October 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  6. ^ a b (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013

External links edit

  • GBRathletics

1978, iaaf, world, cross, country, championships, held, glasgow, scotland, bellahouston, park, march, 1978, report, event, given, glasgow, herald, organisersiaafedition6thdate25, marchhost, cityglasgow, scotlandvenuebellahouston, parkevents3distances12, senior. 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 1 1978 IAAF World Cross Country ChampionshipsOrganisersIAAFEdition6thDate25 MarchHost cityGlasgow ScotlandVenueBellahouston ParkEvents3Distances12 3 km Senior men 7 036 km Junior men 4 728 km Senior womenParticipation358 athletes from 27 nations 1977 Dusseldorf1979 Limerick Complete results for men 2 junior men 3 women 4 medallists 5 and the results of British athletes 6 were published Contents 1 Medallists 2 Race results 2 1 Senior men s race 12 3 km 2 2 Junior men s race 7 036 km 2 3 Senior women s race 4 728 km 3 Medal table unofficial 4 Participation 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksMedallists editEvent Gold Silver Bronze Individual Senior men 12 3 km John Treacy nbsp Ireland 39 25 Aleksandr Antipov nbsp Soviet Union 39 28 Karel Lismont nbsp Belgium 39 32 Junior men 7 036 km Mick Morton nbsp England 22 57 Rob Earl nbsp Canada 23 10 Francisco Alario nbsp Spain 23 11 Senior women 4 728 km Grete Waitz nbsp Norway 16 19 Natalia Mărăsescu nbsp Romania 16 49 Maricica Puică nbsp Romania 16 59 Team Senior men nbsp France 151 nbsp United States 156 nbsp England 159 Junior men nbsp England 53 nbsp Canada 53 nbsp Spain 54 Senior women nbsp Romania 30 nbsp United States 37 nbsp England 55Race results editSenior men s race 12 3 km edit Main article 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Senior men s race Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time nbsp John Treacy nbsp Ireland 39 25 nbsp Aleksandr Antipov nbsp Soviet Union 39 28 nbsp Karel Lismont nbsp Belgium 39 32 4 Tony Simmons nbsp England 39 51 5 Guy Arbogast nbsp United States 39 52 6 Craig Virgin nbsp United States 39 54 7 Nat Muir nbsp Scotland 40 00 8 Franco Fava nbsp Italy 40 03 9 Enn Sellik nbsp Soviet Union 40 08 10 Pierre Levisse nbsp France 40 15 11 Steve Jones nbsp Wales 40 15 12 Adelaziz Bouguerra nbsp Tunisia 40 16 Full results Teams Rank Team Points nbsp nbsp France 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 nbsp nbsp United States 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 nbsp nbsp England 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 nbsp Soviet Union 169 5 nbsp Belgium 173 6 nbsp Ireland 189 7 nbsp West Germany 240 8 nbsp Italy 276 Full results Note Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men s race 7 036 km edit Main article 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Junior men s race Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time nbsp Mick Morton nbsp England 22 57 nbsp Rob Earl nbsp Canada 23 10 nbsp Francisco Alario nbsp Spain 23 11 4 Constantino Esparcia nbsp Spain 23 12 5 Ronnie Carroll nbsp Ireland 23 14 6 Aleksandr Pasaryuk nbsp Soviet Union 23 15 7 Viktor Zinovyev nbsp Soviet Union 23 20 8 Kevin Dillon nbsp Canada 23 22 9 Eddy de Pauw nbsp Belgium 23 23 10 Rod Berry nbsp United States 23 24 11 Brendan Quinn nbsp Ireland 23 25 12 Yevgeniy Okorokov nbsp Soviet Union 23 27 Full results Teams Rank Team Points nbsp nbsp England Mick Morton 1 Eddie White 13 David Beaver 15 Peter Elletson 24 Simon Catchpole 44 Adrian Stewart 59 53 nbsp nbsp Canada Rob Earl 2 Kevin Dillon 8 Rob Lonergan 14 Jim Groves 29 Raymond Paulins 32 Tony Hatherly 50 53 nbsp nbsp Spain Francisco Alario 3 Constantino Esparcia 4 Argimiro Gonzalez 16 Valentin Rodriguez 31 Francisco Cortes 53 Carlos Quirce 57 54 4 nbsp Soviet Union 60 5 nbsp Belgium 72 6 nbsp Ireland 84 7 nbsp United States 110 8 nbsp Italy 111 Full results Note Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women s race 4 728 km edit Main article 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Senior women s race Individual race Rank Athlete Country Time nbsp Grete Waitz nbsp Norway 16 19 nbsp Natalia Mărăsescu nbsp Romania 16 49 nbsp Maricica Puică nbsp Romania 16 59 4 Julie Shea nbsp United States 17 12 5 Cornelia Burki nbsp Switzerland 17 13 6 Monika Greschner nbsp West Germany 17 14 7 Jan Merrill nbsp United States 17 17 8 Georgeta Gazibara nbsp Romania 17 18 9 Joyce Smith nbsp England 17 23 10 Carmen Valero nbsp Spain 17 26 11 Kathy Mills nbsp United States 17 27 12 Christine Benning nbsp England 17 28 Full results Teams Rank Team Points nbsp nbsp Romania Natalia Mărăsescu 2 Maricica Puică 3 Georgeta Gazibara 8 Antoaneta Iacob 17 Fiţa Lovin 26 30 nbsp nbsp United States Julie Shea 4 Jan Merrill 7 Kathy Mills 11 Brenda Webb 15 Cindy Bremser 23 Judy Graham 85 37 nbsp nbsp England Joyce Smith 9 Christine Benning 12 Penny Yule 16 Mary Stewart 18 Kath Binns 28 Wendy Smith 43 55 4 nbsp West Germany 85 5 nbsp Poland 122 6 nbsp Ireland 152 7 nbsp Spain 159 8 nbsp Norway 165 Full results Note Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team resultMedal table unofficial editRankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp England ENG 20242 nbsp Romania ROU 11133 nbsp France FRA 1001 nbsp Ireland IRL 1001 nbsp Norway NOR 10016 nbsp Canada CAN 0202 nbsp United States USA 02028 nbsp Soviet Union URS 01019 nbsp Spain ESP 002210 nbsp Belgium BEL 0011Totals 10 entries 66618 Note Totals include both individual and team medals with medals in the team competition counting as one medal Participation editAn unofficial count yields the participation of 358 athletes from 27 countries This is in agreement with the official numbers as published 6 nbsp Austria 7 nbsp Belgium 19 nbsp Canada 18 nbsp Denmark 5 nbsp England 21 nbsp France 21 nbsp Iceland 6 nbsp Ireland 21 nbsp Italy 17 nbsp Japan 9 nbsp Morocco 15 nbsp Netherlands 12 nbsp Nigeria 6 nbsp Northern Ireland 14 nbsp Norway 5 nbsp Poland 6 nbsp Portugal 15 nbsp Romania 5 nbsp Scotland 21 nbsp Soviet Union 18 nbsp Spain 21 nbsp Sweden 3 nbsp Switzerland 4 nbsp Tunisia 13 nbsp United States 21 nbsp Wales 21 nbsp West Germany 14 See also edit1978 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 edit Marshall Ron 27 March 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 Glasgow Herald p 10 retrieved 17 October 2013 Magnusson Tomas 8 September 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12 0km CC Men Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date Sunday March 26 1978 Athchamps archived archived from the original on 16 October 2007 retrieved 17 October 2013 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Magnusson Tomas 8 September 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 7 0km CC Men Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date Sunday March 26 1978 Athchamps archived archived from the original on 16 October 2007 retrieved 17 October 2013 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Magnusson Tomas 8 February 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 4 7km CC Women Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date Sunday March 26 1978 Athchamps archived archived from the original on 16 October 2007 retrieved 17 October 2013 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Athletics Weekly retrieved 9 October 2013 a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS EDINBURGH 2008 FACTS amp FIGURES GREAT BRITAIN amp NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY amp WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS PDF IAAF p 2ff archived from the original PDF on 27 September 2013 retrieved 9 October 2013External links editThe World Cross Country Championships 1973 2005 GBRathletics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships amp oldid 1108467724, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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