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 10 13 18 32 35 43 |
2 |
United States Guy Arbogast Craig Virgin Greg Meyer Jeff Wells Bill Rodgers Mike Roche |
156 5 6 20 29 44 52
|
3 |
England Tony Simmons Jon Wild Neil Coupland Mike McLeod Ken Newton Steve Kenyon |
159 4 15 28 30 40 42
|
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 2 3 8 17 |
2 |
United States Julie Shea Jan Merrill Kathy Mills Brenda Webb |
37 4 7 11 15 |
3 |
England Joyce Smith Christine Benning Penny Yule Mary Stewart |
55 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 1 13 15 24 |
2 |
Canada Rob Earl Kevin Dillon Rob Lonergan Jim Groves |
53 2 8 14 29 |
3 |
Spain Francisco Alario Constantino Esparcia Argimiro González Valentin Rodríguez |
54 3 4 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