1978_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
International athletics championship event
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]
Quick Facts Organisers, Edition ...
| 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 6th |
| Date | 25 March |
| Host city | Glasgow, Scotland  |
| Venue | Bellahouston Park |
| Events | 3 |
| Distances | 12.3 km – Senior men 7.036 km – Junior men 4.728 km – Senior women |
| Participation | 358 athletes from 27 nations |
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Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
More information Event, Gold ...
| 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 |
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Senior men's race (12.3 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| 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 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France
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151 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States
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156 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England
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159 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 169 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Belgium | 173 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ireland | 189 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  West Germany | 240 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Italy | 276 | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.036 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| 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 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England
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53 | ||||||||||||
| Canada
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53 | ||||||||||||
| Spain
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54 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Belgium | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ireland | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | United States | 110 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Italy | 111 | ||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.728 km)
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| 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 |
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More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania
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30 | ||||||||||||
| United States
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37 | ||||||||||||
| England
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55 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | West Germany | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Poland | 122 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ireland | 152 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Spain | 159 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Norway | 165 | ||||||||||||
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- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
An unofficial count yields the participation of 358 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
Austria (7)
Belgium (19)
Canada (18)
Denmark (5)
England (21)
France (21)
Iceland (6)
Ireland (21)
Italy (17)
Japan (9)
Morocco (15)
Netherlands (12)
Nigeria (6)
Northern Ireland (14)
Norway (5)
Poland (6)
Portugal (15)
Romania (5)
Scotland (21)
Soviet Union (18)
Spain (21)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (4)
Tunisia (13)
United States (21)
Wales (21)
West Germany (14)
- 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
{{citation}}: 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
{{citation}}: 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
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
- 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013