International athletics championship event
Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 7th Date 25 March Host city Limerick , Munster , Ireland Venue Greenpark Racecourse Events 1 Distances 12 km – Senior men Participation 191 athletes from 26 nations
The Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Limerick , Ireland , at the Greenpark Racecourse on 25 March 1979. 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 km) [ ]
Individual [ ]
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
John Treacy
Ireland
37:20
Bronisław Malinowski
Poland
37:29
Aleksandr Antipov
Soviet Union
37:30
4
Tony Simmons
Wales
37:38
5
Léon Schots
Belgium
37:42
6
Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer
Czechoslovakia
37:45
7
Steve Jones
Wales
37:46
8
West Germany
37:48
9
Julian Goater
England
37:53
10
Nat Muir
Scotland
38:01
11
Danny McDaid
Ireland
38:02
12
Bogusław Mamiński
Poland
38:04
13
Craig Virgin
United States
38:05
14
Mike McLeod
England
38:07
15
José Luis González
Spain
38:08
16
Christoph Herle
West Germany
38:09
17
Euan Robertson
New Zealand
38:10
18
Leonid Moseyev
Soviet Union
38:11
19
Belgium
38:15
20
Andy Holden
England
38:20
21
Nick Rose
England
38:29
22
Bernie Ford
England
38:29
23
Poland
38:30
24
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann
West Germany
38:30
25
Alex Gonzalez
France
38:32
26
Eric De Beck
Belgium
38:33
27
Franco Fava
Italy
38:34
28
Netherlands
38:35
29
Steve Austin
Australia
38:36
30
Gerard Tebroke
Netherlands
38:37
31
Greg Hannon
Northern Ireland
38:38
32
Gerard Barrett
Australia
38:39
33
England
38:42
34
Michael Karst
West Germany
38:43
35
Soviet Union
38:44
36
Bill Scott
Australia
38:45
37
England
38:46
38
Enn Sellik
Soviet Union
38:47
39
Santiago de la Parte
Spain
38:48
40
Australia
38:49
41
Fernando Mamede
Portugal
38:51
42
Jean-Paul Gomez
France
38:52
43
Ireland
38:58
44
United States
38:59
45
Australia
39:01
46
Mick O'Shea
Ireland
39:02
47
Donal Walsh
Ireland
39:03
48
Aleksandr Fedotkin
Soviet Union
39:04
49
Marc Hunter
United States
39:05
50
Ireland
39:06
51
Australia
39:07
52
John Robson
Scotland
39:08
53
Belgium
39:09
54
Francis Gonzalez
France
39:10
55
Kevin Ryan
New Zealand
39:11
56
Peter Butler
Canada
39:12
57
Inge Simonsen
Norway
39:13
58
New Zealand
39:14
59
Willy Polleunis
Belgium
39:15
60
Giuseppe Gerbi
Italy
39:15
61
Poland
39:20
62
Rob de Castella
Australia
39:20
63
Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
West Germany
39:21
64
Bill Donakowski
United States
39:22
65
Claudio Solone
Italy
39:23
66
West Germany
39:24
67
Luigi Zarcone
Italy
39:25
68
Soviet Union
39:26
69
Hendrik Schoofs
Belgium
39:27
70
Eamonn Coghlan
Ireland
39:28
71
Pierre Délèze
Switzerland
39:29
72
Chris Wardlaw
Australia
39:30
73
England
39:31
74
Scotland
39:32
75
Valeriy Abramov
Soviet Union
39:33
76
Belgium
39:34
77
Zbigniew Pierzynka
Poland
39:35
78
Antonio Prieto
Spain
39:36
79
Ireland
39:37
80
Spain
39:38
81
Robbie Perkins
United States
39:39
82
Netherlands
39:40
83
Switzerland
39:41
84
Netherlands
39:42
85
West Germany
39:43
86
Canada
39:44
87
New Zealand
39:45
88
France
39:46
89
Barry Smith
England
39:47
90
Greg Meyer
United States
39:48
91
Øyvind Dahl
Norway
39:51
92
Belgium
39:52
93
Gelindo Bordin
Italy
39:53
94
Aniceto Simoes
Portugal
39:54
95
José Luis Ruiz
Spain
39:55
96
Canada
39:56
97
Canada
39:57
98
Switzerland
39:58
99
Joseph Patton
Scotland
39:59
100
Spain
40:00
101
United States
40:01
102
Switzerland
40:02
103
France
40:03
104
Switzerland
40:04
105
Allister Hutton
Scotland
40:05
106
Ennio Panetti
Italy
40:06
107
Wales
40:07
108
Greg Duhaime
Canada
40:08
109
Art Boileau
Canada
40:09
110
Norway
40:10
111
New Zealand
40:11
112
Adam Shoemaker
Canada
40:12
113
Jean-Marie Conrath
France
40:13
114
Wales
40:14
115
Norway
40:15
116
Netherlands
40:16
117
Switzerland
40:17
118
Netherlands
40:18
119
Canada
40:19
120
David Chettle
Australia
40:20
121
Detlef Uhlemann
West Germany
40:21
122
Portugal
40:22
123
Denmark
40:23
124
Norway
40:24
125
Austria
40:25
126
Northern Ireland
40:26
127
Eddie Leddy
Ireland
40:27
128
Josef Steiner
Austria
40:28
129
Gerard Nijboer
Netherlands
40:29
130
Wales
40:30
131
France
40:31
132
José Sena
Portugal
40:32
133
New Zealand
40:33
134
Canada
40:34
135
France
40:35
136
Spain
40:36
137
United States
40:45
138
Jørn Lauenborg
Denmark
40:50
139
Sweden
40:51
140
France
40:52
141
Wales
40:53
142
Sweden
40:54
143
New Zealand
40:55
144
Northern Ireland
40:56
145
Poland
41:02
146
Scotland
41:03
147
Portugal
41:04
148
Wolfgang Konrad
Austria
41:05
149
Northern Ireland
41:06
150
New Zealand
41:07
151
Piero Selvaggio
Italy
41:09
152
José Manuel Abascal
Spain
41:10
153
Roger Hackney
Wales
41:17
154
Luigi Lauro
Italy
41:19
155
Jack Foster
New Zealand
41:22
156
Denmark
41:23
157
Denmark
41:24
158
Scotland
41:31
159
Johan Geirnaert
Belgium
41:34
160
Portugal
41:37
161
Wales
41:39
162
Hans Koeleman
Netherlands
41:40
163
Denmark
41:41
164
Scotland
41:42
165
Werner Meier
Switzerland
41:45
166
Thomas Wessinghage
West Germany
41:47
167
Denmark
41:49
168
Carlos Cabral
Portugal
41:50
169
Wales
41:52
170
Kjell-Erik Ståhl
Sweden
42:01
171
Austria
42:02
172
Knut Kvalheim
Norway
42:03
173
Northern Ireland
42:09
174
Allan Zachariasen
Denmark
42:17
175
Mauro Pappacena
Italy
42:21
176
Scotland
42:35
177
Northern Ireland
42:48
178
Denmark
42:49
179
Denmark
42:50
180
Northern Ireland
42:54
181
Israel
42:58
182
Sweden
43:00
183
Northern Ireland
43:06
184
Austria
43:13
185
Sweden
43:27
186
Northern Ireland
43:32
187
Nabil Choueiry
Lebanon
43:48
—
Gerhard Hartmann
Austria
DNF
—
Dietmar Millonig
Austria
DNF
—
Yehuda Zadok
Israel
DNF
—
Spain
DNF
Teams [ ]
Rank
Team
Points
England
Julian Goater
9
Mike McLeod
14
Andy Holden
20
Nick Rose
21
Bernie Ford
22
33
()
(37)
()
(73)
(Barry Smith )
(89)
119
Ireland
John Treacy
1
Danny McDaid
11
43
Mick O'Shea
46
Donal Walsh
47
50
(Eamonn Coghlan )
(70)
()
(79)
(Eddie Leddy )
(127)
198
Soviet Union
Aleksandr Antipov
3
Leonid Moseyev
18
35
Enn Sellik
38
Aleksandr Fedotkin
48
68
(Valeriy Abramov )
(75)
210
4
West Germany
8
Christoph Herle
16
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann
24
Michael Karst
34
63
66
()
(85)
(Detlef Uhlemann )
(121)
(Thomas Wessinghage )
(166)
211
5
Belgium
231
6
Australia
Steve Austin
29
Gerard Barrett
32
Bill Scott
36
40
45
51
(Rob de Castella )
(62)
(Chris Wardlaw )
(72)
(David Chettle )
(120)
233
7
Poland
320
8
United States
341
9
Spain
407
10
Italy
Franco Fava
27
Giuseppe Gerbi
60
Claudio Solone
65
Luigi Zarcone
67
Gelindo Bordin
93
Ennio Panetti
106
(Piero Selvaggio )
(151)
(Luigi Lauro )
(154)
(Mauro Pappacena )
(175)
418
11
France
425
12
Netherlands
28
Gerard Tebroke
30
82
84
116
118
(Gerard Nijboer )
(129)
(Hans Koeleman )
(162)
458
13
New Zealand
Euan Robertson
17
Kevin Ryan
55
58
87
111
133
()
(143)
()
(150)
(Jack Foster )
(155)
461
14
Scotland
Nat Muir
10
John Robson
52
74
Joseph Patton
99
Allister Hutton
105
146
()
(158)
()
(164)
()
(176)
486
15
Wales
Tony Simmons
4
Steve Jones
7
107
114
130
141
(Roger Hackney )
(153)
()
(161)
()
(169)
503
16
Canada
Peter Butler
56
86
96
97
Greg Duhaime
108
Art Boileau
109
(Adam Shoemaker )
(112)
()
(119)
()
(134)
552
17
Switzerland
575
18
Norway
669
19
Portugal
696
20
Northern Ireland
Greg Hannon
31
126
144
149
173
177
()
(180)
()
(183)
()
(186)
800
21
Denmark
123
Jørn Lauenborg
138
156
157
163
167
(Allan Zachariasen )
(174)
()
(178)
()
(179)
904
DNF
Austria
()
(125)
(Josef Steiner )
(128)
(Wolfgang Konrad )
(148)
()
(171)
()
(184)
(Gerhard Hartmann )
(DNF)
(Dietmar Millonig )
(DNF)
DNF
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation [ ]
An unofficial count yields the participation of 191 athletes from 26 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 (26 March 1979), Majestic triumph for Ireland's 'King John' - John Treacy, the 21-year-old holder of the world cross-country title, set alight the hearts of 25,000 impassioned Irish spectators yesterday afternoon here at Limerick Racecourse where he retained the championship in majestic fashion, covering the 12,000 metres in 37 min, 20sec... , Glasgow Herald , p. 18, retrieved 25 December 2021
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Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979 , Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 18 October 2013 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS , Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013
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