International athletics championship event
Senior women'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 5.04 km – Senior women Participation 100 athletes from 19 nations
The Senior women'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 women's race (5.04 km) [ ]
Individual [ ]
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Grete Waitz
Norway
16:48
Raisa Smekhnova
Soviet Union
17:14
Ellison Goodall
United States
17:18
4
Ellen Wessinghage
West Germany
17:23
5
Svetlana Ulmasova
Soviet Union
17:25
6
Mary Purcell
Ireland
17:26
7
Jan Merrill
United States
17:33
8
Julie Shea
United States
17:41
9
Ann Ford
England
17:42
10
Cristina Tomasini
Italy
17:46
11
Margaret Groos
United States
17:47
12
Giana Romanova
Soviet Union
17:48
13
Debbie Scott
Canada
17:48
14
Anne Audain
New Zealand
17:49
15
Penny Yule
England
17:50
16
Sabine Ladurner
Italy
17:57
17
Paula Fudge
England
17:58
18
Dorthe Rasmussen
Denmark
18:02
19
United States
18:02
20
Heather Thomson
New Zealand
18:05
21
Belgium
18:06
22
Joëlle De Brouwer
France
18:08
23
Ingrid Kristiansen
Norway
18:10
24
Véronique Renties
France
18:11
25
Spain
18:12
26
West Germany
18:14
27
Regina Joyce
England
18:15
28
Charlotte Teske
West Germany
18:16
29
Soviet Union
18:17
30
Ireland
18:18
31
Carla Beurskens
Netherlands
18:23
32
Glynis Penny
England
18:24
33
Spain
18:26
34
Mary O'Connor
New Zealand
18:27
35
Denmark
18:28
36
Julie Brown
United States
18:31
37
Denmark
18:31
38
Canada
18:32
39
Lorraine Moller
New Zealand
18:34
40
Australia
18:35
41
Norway
18:38
42
Ruth Smeeth
England
18:39
43
West Germany
18:41
44
Scotland
18:43
45
Canada
18:44
46
France
18:45
47
Magda Ilands
Belgium
18:46
48
Ireland
18:47
49
France
18:48
50
Spain
18:49
51
Australia
18:50
52
Ireland
18:51
53
Soviet Union
18:52
54
Zehava Shmueli
Israel
18:53
55
Ireland
18:54
56
Barbara Moore
New Zealand
18:55
57
Fiona McQueen
Scotland
18:56
58
Spain
18:56
59
Netherlands
18:58
60
Francine Peeters
Belgium
18:59
61
Margherita Gargano
Italy
19:01
62
Elena Rastello
Italy
19:02
63
Belgium
19:03
64
New Zealand
19:04
65
France
19:05
66
Maureen Crowley
Canada
19:06
67
Scotland
19:07
68
Belgium
19:08
69
Norway
19:11
70
Netherlands
19:14
71
Birgit Friedmann
West Germany
19:18
72
Belgium
19:20
73
Denmark
19:21
74
Spain
19:22
75
Canada
19:27
76
Wales
19:32
77
Denmark
19:38
78
Spain
19:40
79
Ireland
19:43
80
Israel
19:45
81
Wales
19:46
82
Margaret Coomber
Scotland
19:49
83
Wales
19:50
84
Wales
19:52
85
Norway
19:53
86
Wales
19:54
87
France
20:06
88
Northern Ireland
20:11
89
Northern Ireland
20:12
90
Lynn Kanuka
Canada
20:19
91
Scotland
20:20
92
Wales
20:31
93
Scotland
20:47
94
Denmark
21:11
95
Northern Ireland
21:20
96
Northern Ireland
21:21
97
Northern Ireland
21:31
98
Northern Ireland
22:19
—
Gabriella Dorio
Italy
DNF
—
Agnese Possamai
Italy
DNF
Teams [ ]
Rank
Team
Points
United States
29
Soviet Union
48
England
Ann Ford
9
Penny Yule
15
Paula Fudge
17
Regina Joyce
27
(Glynis Penny )
(32)
(Ruth Smeeth )
(42)
68
4
West Germany
Ellen Wessinghage
4
26
Charlotte Teske
28
43
(Birgit Friedmann )
(71)
101
5
New Zealand
107
6
Norway
Grete Waitz
1
Ingrid Christensen
23
41
69
()
(85)
134
7
Ireland
Mary Purcell
6
30
48
52
()
(55)
()
(79)
136
8
France
141
9
Italy
149
10
Canada
Debbie Scott
13
Jean Cameron
38
45
Maureen Crowley
66
()
(75)
(Lynn Kanuka )
(90)
162
11
Denmark
163
12
Spain
25
33
50
58
()
(74)
()
(78)
166
13
Belgium
191
14
Scotland
250
15
Wales
76
81
83
84
()
(86)
()
(92)
324
16
Northern Ireland
88
89
95
96
()
(97)
()
(98)
368
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation [ ]
An unofficial count yields the participation of 100 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior women'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 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women -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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