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

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]

Senior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
DateMarch 25
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland Scotland
VenueBellahouston Park
Events1
Distances12.3 km – Senior men
Participation168 athletes from
21 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12.3 km) edit

Individual edit

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 Guy Arbogast   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 Adelaziz Bouguerra   Tunisia 40:16
13 Lucien Rault   France 40:19
14 Gerry Deegan   Ireland 40:22
15 John Wild   England 40:25
16 Christoph Herle   West Germany 40:25
17 Luigi Zarcone   Italy 40:25
18 Radhouane Bouster   France 40:25
19 Andrew McKean   Scotland 40:29
20 Greg Meyer   United States 40:31
21 Leonid Moseyev   Soviet Union 40:35
22 Peter Baker   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 Neil Coupland   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 Thierry Watrice   France 40:58
36 Alex Hagelsteens   Belgium 40:58
37 Günther Zahn   West Germany 41:03
38 Rudi Schoofs   Belgium 41:06
39 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann   West Germany 41:08
40 Ken Newton   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 Manfred Schoeneberg   West Germany 41:22
47 Marc Smet   Belgium 41:23
48 Graham Tuck   England 41:26
49 Geert de Smet   Belgium 41:33
50 Donal Walsh   Ireland 41:33
51 Fernando Cerrada   Spain 41:34
52 Mike Roche   United States 41:35
53 Cándido Alario   Spain 41:37
54 Mohamed Zaidi   Tunisia 41:40
55 Aleksandr Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 41:44
56 Alwyn Dewhirst   England 41:44
57 Ivan Parluy   Soviet Union 41:44
58 José Luis González   Spain 41:46
59 Antonio Prieto   Spain 41:46
60 Neil Cusack   Ireland 41:48
61 Wolf-Dieter Poschmann   West Germany 41:49
62 Bernie Ford   England 41:50
63 Jean-Luc Paugam   France 41:50
64 Jean-Luc Lemire   France 41:52
65 Dietmar Millonig   Austria 41:52
66 Arturo Iacona   Italy 41:59
67 Frank Clement   Scotland 42:00
68 Peter Lindtner   Austria 42:01
69 Serhiy Olizarenko   Soviet Union 42:03
70 Anelio Bocci   Italy 42:06
71 Ray Treacy   Ireland 42:07
72 Marc Hunter   United States 42:08
73 Charles Vigil   United States 42:10
74 Henk Mentink   Netherlands 42:11
75 Michael Lane   Wales 42:11
76 Rafael Nunez   Spain 42:14
77 Dennis Fowles   Wales 42:14
78 Anacleto Pinto   Portugal 42:20
79 David Hopkins   Wales 42:22
80 Paul Lawther   Northern Ireland 42:26
81 Michele Cinà   Italy 42:27
82 Helder de Jesús   Portugal 42:28
83 Jo Schout   Netherlands 42:29
84 Ian Gilmour   Scotland 42:32
85 Abdelkrim Djelassi   Tunisia 42:32
86 Greg Hannon   Northern Ireland 42:33
87 Eddy Rombaux   Belgium 42:34
88 John McLaughlin   Northern Ireland 42:35
89 Piet Vonck   Netherlands 42:37
90 John Graham   Scotland 42:38
91 Gunnar Holm   Sweden 42:39
92 Bram Wassenaar   Netherlands 42:40
93 Lahcen El Hachmi   Morocco 42:40
94 Gerhard Hartmann   Austria 42:40
95 Mohamed Naoumi   Morocco 42:40
96 José Sena   Portugal 42:42
97 Laurence Reilly   Scotland 42:48
98 Dic Evans   Wales 42:51
99 Bobb Thomas   United States 42:54
100 Mansour Guettaya   Tunisia 42:54
101 Cherif Hannchi   Tunisia 42:56
102 Hussein Soltani   Tunisia 42:59
103 Peter Weigt   West Germany 43:00
104 Tony Brien   Ireland 43:02
105 Dominique Coux   France 43:02
106 David Gillanders   Sweden 43:02
107 Tonni Luttikhold   Netherlands 43:05
108 Ali Laanaya   Morocco 43:06
109 Clive Thomas   Wales 43:07
110 Nil Lavallee   Canada 43:08
111 Juan Manuel Sanchez Perez   Spain 43:11
112 Peter Moore   Canada 43:12
113 Ali Gammoudi   Tunisia 43:23
114 Jim Brown   Scotland 43:24
115 Carlos Tavares   Portugal 43:25
116 Abdelkader Zaddem   Tunisia 43:28
117 Tommie Pearson   Canada 43:31
118 Wolfgang Konrad   Austria 43:33
119 Gerry Hannon   Northern Ireland 43:35
120 Mikhail Ulymov   Soviet Union
121 Erwin Wagger   Austria 43:41
122 Francisco Sánchez   Spain 43:42
123 Omar Anassi   Morocco 43:47
124 Tom Price   Northern Ireland 43:48
125 Richard Samuels   Wales 43:50
126 Peter Griffiths   Wales 43:52
127 José Abreu   Portugal 43:54
128 Josef Steiner   Austria 43:56
129 Abdeslam Outmani   Morocco 43:56
130 Dahou Belghazi   Morocco 43:58
131 Desmond McGann   Ireland 43:59
132 Rod Stone   Northern Ireland 44:03
133 Santiago Llorente   Spain 44:04
134 Mohamed Faquire   Morocco 44:07
135 Peet-Jan van Zyl   Netherlands 44:11
136 Norihiro Shinchi   Japan 44:29
137 Peter Pfeifenberger   Austria 44:31
138 Siglus Jonsson   Iceland 44:37
139 Mustapha Oulghazi   Morocco 44:42
140 Haddou Jaddour   Morocco 44:51
141 Akira Degouchi   Japan 45:05
142 Dave Welcher   Canada 45:07
143 Paul Williams   Canada 45:13
144 John White   Northern Ireland 45:14
145 Agust Thorsteinsson   Iceland 45:17
146 Chris McCubbins   Canada 45:27
147 Kazuyuki Ogane   Japan 45:30
148 Norikatsu Terui   Japan 45:30
149 Takaki Hata   Japan 45:32
150 Mike Teer   Northern Ireland 45:40
151 Tetsuji Ito   Japan 45:43
152 Yushin Kamuro   Japan 45:54
153 Aidan Donaldson   Northern Ireland 46:34
154 Haruyuki Tanaka   Japan 46:38
155 Ágúst Ásgeirsson   Iceland 47:12
156 Mineteru Sakamoto   Japan 48:46
157 Sigurdur Sigmundsson   Iceland 49:56
158 Harfteinn Oskarsson   Iceland 50:13
159 Einar Gudmundsson   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
— Michael Lederer   West Germany DNF
— Carlos Cabral   Portugal DNF
— Philip Dolan   Scotland DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    France
Pierre Levisse 10
Lucien Rault 13
Radhouane Bouster 18
Alex Gonzalez 32
Thierry Watrice 35
Jean-Paul Gomez 43
(Jean-Luc Paugam) (63)
(Jean-Luc Lemire) (64)
(Dominique Coux) (105)
151
    United States
Guy Arbogast 5
Craig Virgin 6
Greg Meyer 20
Jeff Wells 29
Bill Rodgers 44
Mike Roche 52
(Marc Hunter) (72)
(Charles Vigil) (73)
(Bobb Thomas) (99)
156
    England
Tony Simmons 4
Jon Wild 15
Neil Coupland 28
Mike McLeod 30
Ken Newton 40
Steve Kenyon 42
(Graham Tuck) (48)
(Alwyn Dewhirst) (56)
(Bernie Ford) (62)
159
4   Soviet Union
Aleksandr Antipov 2
Enn Sellik 9
Leonid Moseyev 21
Aleksandr Fedotkin 25
Aleksandr Kuznetsov 55
Ivan Parluy 57
(Serhiy Olizarenko) (69)
(Mikhail Ulymov) (120)
169
5   Belgium
Karel Lismont 3
Hendrik Schoofs 23
Eric de Beck 26
Alex Hagelsteens 36
Rudi Schoofs 38
Marc Smet 47
(Geert de Smet) (49)
(Eddy Rombaux) (87)
(Willy Polleunis) (DNF)
173
6   Ireland
John Treacy 1
Gerry Deegan 14
Danny McDaid 31
Eddie Leddy 33
Donal Walsh 50
Neil Cusack 60
(Ray Treacy) (71)
(Tony Brien) (104)
(Desmond McGann) (131)
189
7   West Germany
Christoph Herle 16
Günther Zahn 37
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 39
Michael Karst 41
Manfred Schoeneberg 46
Wolf-Dieter Poschmann 61
(Peter Weigt) (103)
(Michael Lederer) (DNF)
240
8   Italy
Franco Fava 8
Luigi Zarcone 17
Michelangelo Arena 34
Arturo Iacona 66
Anelio Bocci 70
Michele Cinà 81
(Venanzio Ortis) (DNF)
276
9   Scotland
Nat Muir 7
Andrew McKean 19
Allister Hutton 24
Frank Clement 67
Ian Gilmour 84
John Graham 90
(Laurence Reilly) (97)
(Jim Brown) (114)
(Philip Dolan) (DNF)
291
10   Spain
Santiago de la Parte 27
Fernando Cerrada 51
Cándido Alario 53
José Luis González 58
Antonio Prieto 59
Rafael Nunez 76
(Juan Manuel Sanchez Perez) (111)
(Francisco Sánchez) (122)
(Santiago Llorente) (133)
324
11   Wales
Steve Jones 11
Peter Baker 22
Michael Lane 75
Dennis Fowles 77
David Hopkins 79
Dic Evans 98
(Clive Thomas) (109)
(Richard Samuels) (125)
(Peter Griffiths) (126)
362
12   Tunisia
Adelaziz Bouguerra 12
Mohamed Zaidi 54
Abdelkrim Djelassi 85
Mansour Guettaya 100
Cherif Hannchi 101
Hussein Soltani 102
(Ali Gammoudi) (113)
(Abdelkader Zaddem) (116)
454
13   Portugal
Aniceto Simoes 45
Anacleto Pinto 78
Helder de Jesús 82
José Sena 96
Carlos Tavares 115
José Abreu 127
(Carlos Lopes) (DNF)
(Fernando Mamede) (DNF)
(Carlos Cabral) (DNF)
543
14   Netherlands
Henk Mentink 74
Jo Schout 83
Piet Vonck 89
Bram Wassenaar 92
Tonni Luttikhold 107
Peet-Jan van Zyl 135
(Jos Hermens) (DNF)
580
15   Austria
Dietmar Millonig 65
Peter Lindtner 68
Gerhard Hartmann 94
Wolfgang Konrad 118
Erwin Wagger 121
Josef Steiner 128
(Peter Pfeifenberger) (137)
594
16   Northern Ireland
Paul Lawther 80
Greg Hannon 86
John McLaughlin 88
Gerry Hannon 119
Tom Price 124
Rod Stone 132
(John White) (144)
(Mike Teer) (150)
(Aidan Donaldson) (153)
629
17   Morocco
Lahcen El Hachmi 93
Mohamed Naoumi 95
Ali Laanaya 108
Omar Anassi 123
Abdeslam Outmani 129
Dahou Belghazi 130
(Mohamed Faquire) (134)
(Mustapha Oulghazi) (139)
(Haddou Jaddour) (140)
678
18   Canada
Nil Lavallee 110
Peter Moore 112
Tommie Pearson 117
Dave Welcher 142
Paul Williams 143
Chris McCubbins 146
770
19   Japan
Norihiro Shinchi 136
Akira Degouchi 141
Kazuyuki Ogane 147
Norikatsu Terui 148
Takaki Hata 149
Tetsuji Ito 151
(Yushin Kamuro) (152)
(Haruyuki Tanaka) (154)
(Mineteru Sakamoto) (156)
872
20   Iceland
Siglus Jonsson 138
Agust Thorsteinsson 145
Ágúst Ásgeirsson 155
Sigurdur Sigmundsson 157
Harfteinn Oskarsson 158
Einar Gudmundsson 159
912
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

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 edit

References edit

  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 (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
  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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