World Cross Country Championships 1978

The 6th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 26. March 1978 in Bellahouston Park Glasgow ( Scotland instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.3 km, the women over 4.728 km and the juniors over 7.036 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Treacy	IRL	39:25
2	Aleksandras Antipovas	URS	39:28
3	Karel Lismont	BEL	39:32
4th	Tony Simmons	CLOSELY	39:51
5	Guy Arbogast	United States	39:52
6th	Craig Virgin	United States	39:54
7th	Nat Muir	SCO	40:00
8th	Franco Fava	ITA	40:03

Out of 168 athletes who started, 159 reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 16: Christoph Herle ( FRG ), 40:25
• 37: Günter Zahn ( FRG ), 41:03
• 39: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 41:08
• 41: Michael Karst ( FRG ), 41:15
• 46: Manfred Schoeneberg ( FRG ), 41:22
• 61: Wolf-Dieter Poschmann ( FRG ), 41:49
• 65: Dietmar Millonig ( AUT ), 41:52
• 68: Peter Lindtner ( AUT ), 42:01
• 94: Gerhard Hartmann ( AUT ), 42:40
• 103: Peter Weigt ( FRG ), 43:00
• 118: Wolfgang Konrad ( AUT ), 43:33
• 121: Erwin Wagger ( AUT ), 43:41
• 128: Josef Steiner ( AUT ), 43:56
• 137: Peter Pfeifenberger ( AUT ), 44:31

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	France Pierre Levisse Lucien Rault Radhouane Bouster Alex Gonzalez Thierry Watrice Jean-Paul Gomez	151 0 10 013 018 032 035 043
2	United States Guy Arbogast Craig Virgin Greg Meyer Jeff Wells Bill Rodgers Mike Roche	156 5 6 20 29 44 52 00 00 0 0 0 0
3	England Tony Simmons Jon Wild Neil Coupland Mike McLeod Ken Newton Steve Kenyon	159 4 15 28 30 40 42 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 20 teams were rated. The German team came in seventh with 240 points and the Austrian team in 15th place with 594 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Grete Waitz	NOR	16:19
2	Natalia Mărăşescu	ROU	16:49
3	Maricica Puică	ROU	16:59
4th	Julie Shea	United States	17:12
5	Cornelia Bürki	SUI	17:13
6th	Monika Greschner	FRG	17:14
7th	Jan Merrill	United States	17:17
8th	Georgeta Gazibara	ROU	17:18

Of 99 athletes who started, 97 made it to the finish line.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 21: Christa Vahlensieck ( FRG ), 5:45 pm
• 25: Brigitte Kraus ( FRG ), 17:54
• 33: Renate Kieninger ( FRG ), 18:02
• 45: Maria Mödl ( FRG ), 18:17
• 51: Marijke Moser ( SUI ), 18:20
• 61: Elsbeth Liebi ( SUI ), 18:36
• 72: Ulrike Kullmann ( FRG ), 18:54
• 75: Barbara Bendler ( SUI ), 19:01

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Romania Natalia Mărășescu Maricica Puică Georgeta Gazibara Antoaneta Iacob	30 0 2 03 08 17
2	United States Julie Shea Jan Merrill Kathy Mills Brenda Webb	37 0 4 07 11 15
3	England Joyce Smith Christine Benning Penny Yule Mary Stewart	55 0 9 12 16 18

A total of 17 teams were rated. The German team came fourth with 85 points and the Swiss team came twelfth with 192 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mick Morton	CLOSELY	22:57
2	Rob Earl	CAN	23:10
3	Francisco Alario	ESP	23:11

Of 91 athletes who started, 90 made it to the finish line.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	England Mick Morton Eddie White David Beaver Peter Elletson	53 0 1 13 15 24
2	Canada Rob Earl Kevin Dillon Rob Lonergan Jim Groves	53 0 2 08 14 29
3	Spain Francisco Alario Constantino Esparcia Argimiro González Valentin Rodríguez	54 0 3 04 16 31

A total of 16 teams were rated.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website