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

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Senior women's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
DateMarch 25
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland Scotland
VenueBellahouston Park
Events1
Distances4.728 km – Senior women
Participation99 athletes from
18 nations

The Senior women'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 women's race (4.728 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grete Waitz  Norway 16:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Natalia Mărăşescu  Romania 16:49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maricica Puică  Romania 16:59
4 Julie Shea  United States 17:12
5 Cornelia Bürki   Switzerland 17:13
6  West Germany 17:14
7 Jan Merrill  United States 17:17
8  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
13 Agnese Possamai  Italy 17:32
14 Mary Purcell  Ireland 17:35
15  United States 17:36
16 Penny Yule  England 17:37
17  Romania 17:37
18 Mary Stewart  England 17:39
19 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 17:43
20  [pl]  Poland 17:44
21 Christa Vahlensieck  West Germany 17:45
22  Scotland 17:50
23 Cindy Bremser  United States 17:51
24  Canada 17:53
25 Brigitte Kraus  West Germany 17:54
26 Fiţa Lovin  Romania 17:55
27  Poland 17:56
28 Kath Binns  England 17:57
29 Renata Pentlinowska  Poland 17:58
30 Joëlle De Brouwer  France 17:59
31  Ireland 18:01
32  Denmark 18:01
33  West Germany 18:02
34  Netherlands 18:03
35 Cristina Tomasini  Italy 18:05
36  Denmark 18:05
37  Spain 18:06
38 Nancy Rooks  Canada 18:06
39  France 18:09
40  Soviet Union 18:12
41 Margherita Gargano  Italy 18:13
42  France 18:14
43 Wendy Smith  England 18:15
44  Belgium 18:15
45  West Germany 18:17
46  Poland 18:17
47  Belgium 18:18
48  Ireland 18:18
49  Norway 18:18
50  Spain 18:18
51 Marijke Moser   Switzerland 18:20
52  Netherlands 18:20
53 Magda Ilands  Belgium 18:20
54  Canada 18:21
55 Véronique Renties  France 18:23
56 Svetlana Ulmasova  Soviet Union 18:28
57  Norway 18:29
58  Norway 18:29
59  Ireland 18:30
60 Carla Beurskens  Netherlands 18:35
61   Switzerland 18:36
62  Spain 18:41
63  Wales 18:43
64 Bernadette van Roy  Belgium 18:44
65  Belgium 18:45
66  Norway 18:46
67  Canada 18:48
68  Ireland 18:50
69 Margaret Coomber  Scotland 18:50
70  [de]  Soviet Union 18:52
71  Poland 18:53
72  West Germany 18:54
73 Annie van Stiphout  Netherlands 18:55
74  [pl]  Poland 18:59
75   Switzerland 19:01
76  Spain 19:04
77  Canada 19:05
78  France 19:07
79 Fiona McQueen  Scotland 19:12
80  Denmark 19:13
81  Spain 19:14
82  France 19:17
83  Wales 19:19
84  Ireland 19:33
85  United States 19:47
86  Denmark 19:55
87  Scotland 19:59
88  Netherlands 20:03
89  Scotland 20:07
90  [ru]  Soviet Union 20:09
91  Scotland 20:19
92  Wales 20:28
93  Wales 20:37
94  Denmark 21:10
95 Jean Cameron  Canada
96  Wales
97  Wales
— Silvana Cruciata  Italy DNF
— Gabriella Dorio  Italy DNF

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Romania
Natalia Mărăşescu 2
Maricica Puică 3
8
17
(Fiţa Lovin) (26)
30
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Julie Shea 4
Jan Merrill 7
Kathy Mills 11
15
(Cindy Bremser) (23)
() (85)
37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
Joyce Smith 9
Christine Benning 12
Penny Yule 16
Mary Stewart 18
(Kath Binns) (28)
(Wendy Smith) (43)
55
4  West Germany
6
Christa Vahlensieck 21
Brigitte Kraus 25
33
() (45)
() (72)
85
5  Poland
 [pl] 20
27
Renata Pentlinowska 29
46
() (71)
( [pl]) (74)
122
6  Ireland
Mary Purcell 14
31
48
59
() (68)
() (84)
152
7  Spain
Carmen Valero 10
37
50
62
() (76)
() (81)
159
8  Norway
Grete Waitz 1
49
57
58
() (66)
165
9  France
Joëlle De Brouwer 30
39
42
Véronique Renties 55
() (78)
() (82)
166
10  Canada
24
Nancy Rooks 38
54
67
() (77)
(Jean Cameron) (95)
183
11  Soviet Union
Tatyana Kazankina 19
40
Svetlana Ulmasova 56
 [de] 70
( [ru]) (90)
185
12   Switzerland
Cornelia Bürki 5
Marijke Moser 51
61
75
192
13  Belgium
44
47
Magda Ilands 53
Bernadette van Roy 64
() (65)
208
14  Netherlands
34
52
Carla Beurskens 60
Annie van Stiphout 73
() (88)
219
15  Denmark
32
36
80
86
() (94)
234
16  Scotland
22
Margaret Coomber 69
Fiona McQueen 79
87
() (89)
() (91)
257
17  Wales
63
83
92
93
() (96)
() (97)
331
DNF  Italy
(Agnese Possamai) (13)
(Cristina Tomasini) (35)
(Margherita Gargano) (41)
(Silvana Cruciata) (DNF)
(Gabriella Dorio) (DNF)
DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 99 athletes from 18 countries in the Senior women's race, one athlete less than the official number 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 (February 8, 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 October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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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