1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

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Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition7th
Date25 March
Host cityLimerick, Munster, Ireland Republic of Ireland
VenueGreenpark Racecourse
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation191 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Treacy  Ireland 37:20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bronisław Malinowski  Poland 37:29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
Julian Goater 9
Mike McLeod 14
Andy Holden 20
Nick Rose 21
Bernie Ford 22
33
() (37)
() (73)
(Barry Smith) (89)
119
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland
John Treacy 1
Danny McDaid 11
43
Mick O'Shea 46
Donal Walsh 47
50
(Eamonn Coghlan) (70)
() (79)
(Eddie Leddy) (127)
198
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Léon Schots 5
19
Eric De Beck 26
53
Willy Polleunis 59
Hendrik Schoofs 69
() (76)
() (92)
(Johan Geirnaert) (159)
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
Bronisław Malinowski 2
Bogusław Mamiński 12
23
61
Zbigniew Pierzynka 77
145
320
8  United States
Craig Virgin 13
44
Marc Hunter 49
Bill Donakowski 64
Robbie Perkins 81
Greg Meyer 90
() (101)
() (137)
341
9  Spain
José Luis González 15
Santiago de la Parte 39
Antonio Prieto 78
80
José Luis Ruiz 95
100
() (136)
(José Manuel Abascal) (152)
() (DNF)
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
Alex Gonzalez 25
Jean-Paul Gomez 42
Francis Gonzalez 54
88
103
Jean-Marie Conrath 113
() (131)
() (135)
() (140)
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
Pierre Délèze 71
83
98
102
104
117
(Werner Meier) (165)
575
18  Norway
Inge Simonsen 57
Øyvind Dahl 91
110
115
124
Knut Kvalheim 172
669
19  Portugal
Fernando Mamede 41
Aniceto Simoes 94
122
José Sena 132
147
160
(Carlos Cabral) (168)
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[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013
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