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

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]

Senior women's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition7th
Date25 March
Host cityLimerick, Munster, Ireland Republic of Ireland
VenueGreenpark Racecourse
Events1
Distances5.04 km – Senior women
Participation100 athletes from
19 nations

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

Race results edit

Senior women's race (5.04 km) edit

Individual edit

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 Jennifer White   United States 18:02
20 Heather Thomson   New Zealand 18:05
21 Marleen Mols   Belgium 18:06
22 Joëlle De Brouwer   France 18:08
23 Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 18:10
24 Véronique Renties   France 18:11
25 Pilar Fernandez   Spain 18:12
26 Elvira Hofmann   West Germany 18:14
27 Regina Joyce   England 18:15
28 Charlotte Teske   West Germany 18:16
29 Raisa Belusova   Soviet Union 18:17
30 Deirdre Nagle   Ireland 18:18
31 Carla Beurskens   Netherlands 18:23
32 Glynis Penny   England 18:24
33 Iciar Martinez   Spain 18:26
34 Mary O'Connor   New Zealand 18:27
35 Connie Olsen   Denmark 18:28
36 Julie Brown   United States 18:31
37 Kersti Jakobsen   Denmark 18:31
38 Diane Cameron   Canada 18:32
39 Lorraine Moller   New Zealand 18:34
40 Lynne Williams   Australia 18:35
41 Mona Kleppe   Norway 18:38
42 Ruth Smeeth   England 18:39
43 Heide Brenner   West Germany 18:41
44 Judith Shepherd   Scotland 18:43
45 Shauna Miller   Canada 18:44
46 Chantal Navarro   France 18:45
47 Magda Ilands   Belgium 18:46
48 Fionnuala Morrish   Ireland 18:47
49 Jacqueline Lefeuvre   France 18:48
50 Encarnación Escudero   Spain 18:49
51 Gaylene Clews   Australia 18:50
52 Christine Ward   Ireland 18:51
53 Raisa Sadreydinova   Soviet Union 18:52
54 Zehava Shmueli   Israel 18:53
55 Veronica Duffy   Ireland 18:54
56 Barbara Moore   New Zealand 18:55
57 Fiona McQueen   Scotland 18:56
58 Asuncion Sinobas   Spain 18:56
59 Brigit de Nijs   Netherlands 18:58
60 Francine Peeters   Belgium 18:59
61 Margherita Gargano   Italy 19:01
62 Elena Rastello   Italy 19:02
63 Marie-Christine Christiaens   Belgium 19:03
64 Ann-Marie Keown   New Zealand 19:04
65 Christine Seeman   France 19:05
66 Maureen Crowley   Canada 19:06
67 Kerry Robinson   Scotland 19:07
68 Denise Verhaert   Belgium 19:08
69 Heidi Meier   Norway 19:11
70 Karin de Nijs   Netherlands 19:14
71 Birgit Friedmann   West Germany 19:18
72 Nadine Claes   Belgium 19:20
73 Susan Olsen   Denmark 19:21
74 Amelia Lorza Lopez   Spain 19:22
75 Kathy d'Arcy   Canada 19:27
76 Hilary Hollick   Wales 19:32
77 Anette Hansen   Denmark 19:38
78 Mercedes Calleja   Spain 19:40
79 Kate Davis   Ireland 19:43
80 Anat Meiri   Israel 19:45
81 Kim Lock   Wales 19:46
82 Margaret Coomber   Scotland 19:49
83 Jean Lochhead   Wales 19:50
84 Bronwen Smith   Wales 19:52
85 May-Britt Stange   Norway 19:53
86 Anna James   Wales 19:54
87 Christine Iceaga   France 20:06
88 Joyce Mehaffey   Northern Ireland 20:11
89 Angela McCullagh   Northern Ireland 20:12
90 Lynn Kanuka   Canada 20:19
91 Violet Hope   Scotland 20:20
92 Carol Nicholas   Wales 20:31
93 Elizabeth Trotter   Scotland 20:47
94 Charlotte Kaagh   Denmark 21:11
95 Susan Beattie   Northern Ireland 21:20
96 Roberta Brown   Northern Ireland 21:21
97 Avril McClung   Northern Ireland 21:31
98 Margaret Gallen   Northern Ireland 22:19
— Gabriella Dorio   Italy DNF
— Agnese Possamai   Italy DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    United States
Ellison Goodall 3
Jan Merrill 7
Julie Shea 8
Margaret Groos 11
(Jennifer White) (19)
(Julie Brown) (36)
29
    Soviet Union
Raisa Smekhnova 2
Svetlana Ulmasova 5
Giana Romanova 12
Raisa Belusova 29
(Raisa Sadreydinova) (53)
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
Elvira Hofmann 26
Charlotte Teske 28
Heide Brenner 43
(Birgit Friedmann) (71)
101
5   New Zealand
Anne Audain 14
Heather Thomson 20
Mary O'Connor 34
Lorraine Moller 39
(Barbara Moore) (56)
(Ann-Marie Keown) (64)
107
6   Norway
Grete Waitz 1
Ingrid Christensen 23
Mona Kleppe 41
Heidi Meier 69
(May-Britt Stange) (85)
134
7   Ireland
Mary Purcell 6
Deirdre Nagle 30
Fionnuala Morrish 48
Christine Ward 52
(Veronica Duffy) (55)
(Kate Davis) (79)
136
8   France
Joëlle De Brouwer 22
Véronique Renties 24
Chantal Navarro 46
Jacqueline Lefeuvre 49
(Christine Seeman) (65)
(Christine Iceaga) (87)
141
9   Italy
Cristina Tomasini 10
Sabine Ladurner 16
Margherita Gargano 61
Elena Rastello 62
(Gabriella Dorio) (DNF)
(Agnese Possamai) (DNF)
149
10   Canada
Debbie Scott 13
Jean Cameron 38
Shauna Miller 45
Maureen Crowley 66
(Kathy d'Arcy) (75)
(Lynn Kanuka) (90)
162
11   Denmark
Dorthe Rasmussen 18
Connie Olsen 35
Kersti Jakobsen 37
Susan Olsen 73
(Anette Hansen) (77)
(Charlotte Kaagh) (94)
163
12   Spain
Pilar Fernandez 25
Iciar Martinez 33
Encarnación Escudero 50
Asuncion Sinobas 58
(Amelia Lorza Lopez) (74)
(Mercedes Calleja) (78)
166
13   Belgium
Marleen Mols 21
Magda Ilands 47
Francine Peeters 60
Marie-Christine Christiaens 63
(Denise Verhaert) (68)
(Nadine Claes) (72)
191
14   Scotland
Judith Shepherd 44
Fiona McQueen 57
Kerry Robinson 67
Margaret Coomber 82
(Violet Hope) (91)
(Elizabeth Trotter) (93)
250
15   Wales
Hilary Hollick 76
Kim Lock 81
Jean Lochhead 83
Bronwen Smith 84
(Anna James) (86)
(Carol Nicholas) (92)
324
16   Northern Ireland
Joyce Mehaffey 88
Angela McCullagh 89
Susan Beattie 95
Roberta Brown 96
(Avril McClung) (97)
(Margaret Gallen) (98)
368
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

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 edit

References edit

  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 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{{citation}}: CS1 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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