World Cross Country Championships 1979

The 7th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 25. March 1979 at the Green Park Racecourse of Limerick ( Ireland instead).

The men started over a distance of 12 km, the women over 5.04 km and the juniors over 7.36 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Treacy	IRL	37:20
2	Bronislaw Malinowski	POLE	37:29
3	Aleksandras Antipovas	URS	37:30
4th	Tony Simmons	WHALE	37:38
5	Leon Schots	BEL	37:42
6th	Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer	TCH	37:45
7th	Steve Jones	WHALE	37:46
8th	Frank Zimmermann	FRG	37:48

Of 191 athletes who started, 187 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 16: Christoph Herle ( FRG ), 38:09
• 24: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 38:30
• 34: Michael Karst ( FRG ), 38:43
• 63: Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand ( FRG ), 39:21
• 66: Manfred Schoeneberg ( FRG ), 39:24
• 71: Pierre Délèze ( SUI ), 39:29
• 83: Fredi Griner ( SUI ), 39:41
• 85: Reinhard Leibold ( FRG ), 39:43
• 98: Hugo Wey ( SUI ), 39:58
• 102: Guido Rhyn ( SUI ), 40:02
• 104: Jean-Pierre Berset ( SUI ), 40:04
• 117: Blaise Schull ( SUI ), 40:17
• 121: Detlef Uhlemann ( FRG ), 40:21
• 125: Peter Lindtner ( AUT ), 40:25
• 128: Josef Steiner ( AUT ), 40:28
• 148: Wolfgang Konrad ( AUT ), 41:05
• 165: Werner Meier ( SUI ), 41:45
• 166: Thomas Wessinghage ( FRG ), 41:47
• 171: Peter Pfeifenberger ( AUT ), 42:02
• 184: Rudolf Altersberger ( AUT ), 43:13
• DNF: Gerhard Hartmann ( AUT )
• DNF: Dietmar Millonig ( AUT )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	England Julian Goater Mike McLeod Andy Holden Nick Rose Bernie Ford Nick Lees	119 9 14 20 21 22 33 00 0 0 0 0 0
2	Ireland John Treacy Danny McDaid Gerry Deegan Mick O'Shea Donal Walsh Tony Brien	198 1 11 43 46 47 50 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	Soviet Union Aleksandras Antipovas Leonid Mossejew Juri Michailow Enn Sellik Aljaksandr Fjadotkin Vladimir Merkushin	210 3 18 35 38 48 68 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 21 teams were rated. The German team finished fourth with 211 points and the Swiss team 17th with 575 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Grete Waitz	NOR	16:48
2	Raissa Smechnova	URS	17:14
3	Ellison Goodall	United States	17:18
4th	Ellen Wessinghage	FRG	17:23
5	Svetlana Ulmasowa	URS	17:25
6th	Mary Purcell	IRL	17:26
7th	Jan Merrill	United States	17:33
8th	Julie Shea	United States	17:41

Of 100 athletes who started, 98 made it to the finish line.

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

• 26: Elvira Hofmann ( FRG ), 18:14
• 28: Charlotte Teske ( FRG ), 18:16
• 43: Heide Brenner ( FRG ), 18:41
• 71: Birgit Friedmann ( FRG ), 19:18

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Ellison Goodall Jan Merrill Julie Shea Margaret Groos	29 0 3 07 08 11
2	Soviet Union Raissa Smechnowa Svetlana Ulmassowa Giana Romanowa Raissa Belussowa	48 0 2 02 12 29
3	England Ann Ford Penny Yule Paula Fudge Regina Joyce	68 0 9 15 17 27

A total of 16 teams were rated. The German team took fourth place with 101 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Eddy de Pauw	BEL	23:02
2	Steve Binns	CLOSELY	23:09
3	Ildar Denikeev	URS	23:20

Of 92 athletes who started, 90 made it to the finish line.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 32: Ulrich Renz ( FRG ), 24:03
• 40: Herbert Renz ( FRG ), 24:13
• 43: Peter Horak ( FRG ), 24:21
• 49: Erwin Nothelfer ( FRG ), 24:28
• 55: Gerhard Lindner ( FRG ), 24:35

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Spain Jorge García Pedro Garin Valentin Rodríguez José Maestra	57 0 8 14 17 18
2	England Steve Binns Colin Moore Geoff Turnbull Dave Lewis	74 0 2 15 27 30
3	Soviet Union Ildar Denikejew Sergei Kisselev Vladimir Beslepkin Abdurachman Ibragimow	75 0 3 16 25 31

A total of 16 teams were rated. The German team took twelfth place with 164 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento from November 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website