1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

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Senior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
DateMarch 25
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland Scotland
VenueBellahouston Park
Events1
Distances12.3 km – Senior men
Participation168 athletes from
21 nations

The Senior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on March 25, 1978. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12.3 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Treacy  Ireland 39:25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Antipov  Soviet Union 39:28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karel Lismont  Belgium 39:32
4 Tony Simmons  England 39:51
5  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  Tunisia 40:16
13 Lucien Rault  France 40:19
14  Ireland 40:22
15 John Wild  England 40:25
16 Christoph Herle  West Germany 40:25
17 Luigi Zarcone  Italy 40:25
18  France 40:25
19  Scotland 40:29
20 Greg Meyer  United States 40:31
21 Leonid Moseyev  Soviet Union 40:35
22  Wales 40:36
23 Hendrik Schoofs  Belgium 40:37
24 Allister Hutton  Scotland 40:42
25 Aleksandr Fedotkin  Soviet Union 40:42
26 Eric de Beck  Belgium 40:43
27 Santiago de la Parte  Spain 40:45
28  England 40:46
29 Jeff Wells  United States 40:47
30 Mike McLeod  England 40:48
31 Danny McDaid  Ireland 40:52
32 Alex Gonzalez  France 40:56
33 Eddie Leddy  Ireland 40:56
34 Michelangelo Arena  Italy 40:58
35  France 40:58
36 Alex Hagelsteens  Belgium 40:58
37  West Germany 41:03
38  Belgium 41:06
39 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany 41:08
40  England 41:08
41 Michael Karst  West Germany 41:15
42 Steve Kenyon  England 41:16
43 Jean-Paul Gomez  France 41:18
44 Bill Rodgers  United States 41:20
45 Aniceto Simoes  Portugal 41:21
46  West Germany 41:22
47 Marc Smet  Belgium 41:23
48  England 41:26
49  Belgium 41:33
50 Donal Walsh  Ireland 41:33
51 Fernando Cerrada  Spain 41:34
52 Mike Roche  United States 41:35
53  Spain 41:37
54  Tunisia 41:40
55  Soviet Union 41:44
56  England 41:44
57  Soviet Union 41:44
58 José Luis González  Spain 41:46
59 Antonio Prieto  Spain 41:46
60 Neil Cusack  Ireland 41:48
61  West Germany 41:49
62 Bernie Ford  England 41:50
63  France 41:50
64  France 41:52
65 Dietmar Millonig  Austria 41:52
66 Arturo Iacona  Italy 41:59
67 Frank Clement  Scotland 42:00
68  Austria 42:01
69 Serhiy Olizarenko  Soviet Union 42:03
70 Anelio Bocci  Italy 42:06
71  Ireland 42:07
72 Marc Hunter  United States 42:08
73  United States 42:10
74  Netherlands 42:11
75  Wales 42:11
76  Spain 42:14
77 Dennis Fowles  Wales 42:14
78 Anacleto Pinto  Portugal 42:20
79  Wales 42:22
80  Northern Ireland 42:26
81 Michele Cinà  Italy 42:27
82  Portugal 42:28
83  Netherlands 42:29
84  Scotland 42:32
85  Tunisia 42:32
86  Northern Ireland 42:33
87  Belgium 42:34
88  Northern Ireland 42:35
89  Netherlands 42:37
90 John Graham  Scotland 42:38
91  Sweden 42:39
92  Netherlands 42:40
93  Morocco 42:40
94 Gerhard Hartmann  Austria 42:40
95  Morocco 42:40
96 José Sena  Portugal 42:42
97  Scotland 42:48
98  Wales 42:51
99  United States 42:54
100 Mansour Guettaya  Tunisia 42:54
101  Tunisia 42:56
102  Tunisia 42:59
103  West Germany 43:00
104  Ireland 43:02
105  France 43:02
106  Sweden 43:02
107  Netherlands 43:05
108  Morocco 43:06
109  Wales 43:07
110  Canada 43:08
111  Spain 43:11
112  Canada 43:12
113  Tunisia 43:23
114  Scotland 43:24
115  Portugal 43:25
116 Abdelkader Zaddem  Tunisia 43:28
117  Canada 43:31
118 Wolfgang Konrad  Austria 43:33
119  Northern Ireland 43:35
120  Soviet Union
121  Austria 43:41
122 Francisco Sánchez  Spain 43:42
123  Morocco 43:47
124  Northern Ireland 43:48
125  Wales 43:50
126  Wales 43:52
127  Portugal 43:54
128 Josef Steiner  Austria 43:56
129  Morocco 43:56
130  Morocco 43:58
131 Desmond McGann  Ireland 43:59
132  Northern Ireland 44:03
133  Spain 44:04
134  Morocco 44:07
135  Netherlands 44:11
136  Japan 44:29
137  Austria 44:31
138  Iceland 44:37
139  Morocco 44:42
140  Morocco 44:51
141  Japan 45:05
142  Canada 45:07
143 Paul Williams  Canada 45:13
144  Northern Ireland 45:14
145  Iceland 45:17
146 Chris McCubbins  Canada 45:27
147  Japan 45:30
148  Japan 45:30
149  Japan 45:32
150  Northern Ireland 45:40
151  Japan 45:43
152  Japan 45:54
153  Northern Ireland 46:34
154  Japan 46:38
155 Ágúst Ásgeirsson  Iceland 47:12
156  Japan 48:46
157  Iceland 49:56
158  Iceland 50:13
159  Iceland
— Dan Glans  Sweden DNF
— Jos Hermens  Netherlands DNF
— Carlos Lopes  Portugal DNF
— Fernando Mamede  Portugal DNF
— Venanzio Ortis  Italy DNF
— Willy Polleunis  Belgium DNF
—  West Germany DNF
— Carlos Cabral  Portugal DNF
—  Scotland DNF

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
Pierre Levisse 10
Lucien Rault 13
18
Alex Gonzalez 32
35
Jean-Paul Gomez 43
() (63)
() (64)
() (105)
151
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
5
Craig Virgin 6
Greg Meyer 20
Jeff Wells 29
Bill Rodgers 44
Mike Roche 52
(Marc Hunter) (72)
() (73)
() (99)
156
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
Tony Simmons 4
15
28
Mike McLeod 30
40
Steve Kenyon 42
() (48)
() (56)
(Bernie Ford) (62)
159
4  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Antipov 2
Enn Sellik 9
Leonid Moseyev 21
Aleksandr Fedotkin 25
55
57
(Serhiy Olizarenko) (69)
() (120)
169
5  Belgium
Karel Lismont 3
Hendrik Schoofs 23
Eric de Beck 26
Alex Hagelsteens 36
38
Marc Smet 47
() (49)
() (87)
(Willy Polleunis) (DNF)
173
6  Ireland
John Treacy 1
14
Danny McDaid 31
Eddie Leddy 33
Donal Walsh 50
Neil Cusack 60
() (71)
() (104)
(Desmond McGann) (131)
189
7  West Germany
Christoph Herle 16
37
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 39
Michael Karst 41
46
61
() (103)
() (DNF)
240
8  Italy
Franco Fava 8
Luigi Zarcone 17
Michelangelo Arena 34
Arturo Iacona 66
Anelio Bocci 70
Michele Cinà 81
(Venanzio Ortis) (DNF)
276
9  Scotland
Nat Muir 7
19
Allister Hutton 24
Frank Clement 67
84
John Graham 90
() (97)
() (114)
() (DNF)
291
10  Spain
Santiago de la Parte 27
Fernando Cerrada 51
53
José Luis González 58
Antonio Prieto 59
76
() (111)
(Francisco Sánchez) (122)
() (133)
324
11  Wales
Steve Jones 11
22
75
Dennis Fowles 77
79
98
() (109)
() (125)
() (126)
362
12  Tunisia
12
54
85
Mansour Guettaya 100
101
102
() (113)
(Abdelkader Zaddem) (116)
454
13  Portugal
Aniceto Simoes 45
Anacleto Pinto 78
82
José Sena 96
115
127
(Carlos Lopes) (DNF)
(Fernando Mamede) (DNF)
(Carlos Cabral) (DNF)
543
14  Netherlands
74
83
89
92
107
135
(Jos Hermens) (DNF)
580
15  Austria
Dietmar Millonig 65
68
Gerhard Hartmann 94
Wolfgang Konrad 118
121
Josef Steiner 128
() (137)
594
16  Northern Ireland
80
86
88
119
124
132
() (144)
() (150)
() (153)
629
17  Morocco
93
95
108
123
129
130
() (134)
() (139)
() (140)
678
18  Canada
110
112
117
142
Paul Williams 143
Chris McCubbins 146
770
19  Japan
136
141
147
148
149
151
() (152)
() (154)
() (156)
872
20  Iceland
138
145
Ágúst Ásgeirsson 155
157
158
159
912
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 168 athletes from 21 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 17, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 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 October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ a b 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
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