International athletics championship event
Senior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 6th Date March 25 Host city Glasgow , Scotland Venue Bellahouston Park Events 1 Distances 12.3 km – Senior men Participation 168 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
John Treacy
Ireland
39:25
Aleksandr Antipov
Soviet Union
39:28
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
France
Pierre Levisse
10
Lucien Rault
13
18
Alex Gonzalez
32
35
Jean-Paul Gomez
43
()
(63)
()
(64)
()
(105)
151
United States
5
Craig Virgin
6
Greg Meyer
20
Jeff Wells
29
Bill Rodgers
44
Mike Roche
52
(Marc Hunter )
(72)
()
(73)
()
(99)
156
England
159
4
Soviet Union
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
240
8
Italy
276
9
Scotland
Nat Muir
7
19
Allister Hutton
24
Frank Clement
67
84
John Graham
90
()
(97)
()
(114)
()
(DNF)
291
10
Spain
324
11
Wales
Steve Jones
11
22
75
Dennis Fowles
77
79
98
()
(109)
()
(125)
()
(126)
362
12
Tunisia
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
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 [ ]
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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
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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
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IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS , Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
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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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