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

The Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Limerick, Ireland, at the Greenpark Racecourse on March 25, 1979. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition7th
DateMarch 25
Host cityLimerick, Munster, Ireland
VenueGreenpark Racecourse
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation191 athletes from
26 nations

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

Race results

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
John Treacy Ireland37:20
Bronisław Malinowski Poland37:29
Aleksandr Antipov Soviet Union37:30
4Tony Simmons Wales37:38
5Léon Schots Belgium37:42
6Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer Czechoslovakia37:45
7Steve Jones Wales37:46
8Frank Zimmermann West Germany37:48
9Julian Goater England37:53
10Nat Muir Scotland38:01
11Danny McDaid Ireland38:02
12Bogusław Mamiński Poland38:04
13Craig Virgin United States38:05
14Mike McLeod England38:07
15José Luis González Spain38:08
16Christoph Herle West Germany38:09
17Euan Robertson New Zealand38:10
18Leonid Moseyev Soviet Union38:11
19Frank Grillaert Belgium38:15
20Andy Holden England38:20
21Nick Rose England38:29
22Bernie Ford England38:29
23Maciej Kunicki Poland38:30
24Hans-Jürgen Orthmann West Germany38:30
25Alex Gonzalez France38:32
26Eric De Beck Belgium38:33
27Franco Fava Italy38:34
28Klaas Lok Netherlands38:35
29Steve Austin Australia38:36
30Gerard Tebroke Netherlands38:37
31Greg Hannon Northern Ireland38:38
32Gerard Barrett Australia38:39
33Nick Lees England38:42
34Michael Karst West Germany38:43
35Yuriy Mikhailov Soviet Union38:44
36Bill Scott Australia38:45
37Roy Bailey England38:46
38Enn Sellik Soviet Union38:47
39Santiago de la Parte Spain38:48
40James Langford Australia38:49
41Fernando Mamede Portugal38:51
42Jean-Paul Gomez France38:52
43Gerry Deegan Ireland38:58
44Daniel Dillon United States38:59
45Brian Lewry Australia39:01
46Mick O'Shea Ireland39:02
47Donal Walsh Ireland39:03
48Aleksandr Fedotkin Soviet Union39:04
49Marc Hunter United States39:05
50Tony Brien Ireland39:06
51Robert McDonald Australia39:07
52John Robson Scotland39:08
53Eddy Van Mullem Belgium39:09
54Francis Gonzalez France39:10
55Kevin Ryan New Zealand39:11
56Peter Butler Canada39:12
57Inge Simonsen Norway39:13
58Howard Healey New Zealand39:14
59Willy Polleunis Belgium39:15
60Giuseppe Gerbi Italy39:15
61Ryszard Kopijasz Poland39:20
62Rob de Castella Australia39:20
63Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand West Germany39:21
64Bill Donakowski United States39:22
65Claudio Solone Italy39:23
66Manfred Schoeneberg West Germany39:24
67Luigi Zarcone Italy39:25
68Vladimir Merkushin Soviet Union39:26
69Hendrik Schoofs Belgium39:27
70Eamonn Coghlan Ireland39:28
71Pierre Délèze  Switzerland39:29
72Chris Wardlaw Australia39:30
73Ken Newton England39:31
74Lawrie Spence Scotland39:32
75Valeriy Abramov Soviet Union39:33
76Roger De Vogel Belgium39:34
77Zbigniew Pierzynka Poland39:35
78Antonio Prieto Spain39:36
79Ray Treacy Ireland39:37
80Constantino Esparcia Spain39:38
81Robbie Perkins United States39:39
82Henk Mentink Netherlands39:40
83Fredi Griner  Switzerland39:41
84Tonni Luttikhold Netherlands39:42
85Reinhard Leibold West Germany39:43
86Ron Vanderkraats Canada39:44
87John Dixon New Zealand39:45
88Jean-Luc Paugam France39:46
89Barry Smith England39:47
90Greg Meyer United States39:48
91Øyvind Dahl Norway39:51
92Elie Aubertin Belgium39:52
93Gelindo Bordin Italy39:53
94Aniceto Simoes Portugal39:54
95José Luis Ruiz Spain39:55
96Larry Brown Canada39:56
97Mike Dixon Canada39:57
98Hugo Wey  Switzerland39:58
99Joseph Patton Scotland39:59
100Estanislao Duran Spain40:00
101Steve Flanagan United States40:01
102Guido Rhyn  Switzerland40:02
103Guy Bourban France40:03
104Jean-Pierre Berset  Switzerland40:04
105Allister Hutton Scotland40:05
106Ennio Panetti Italy40:06
107Peter Baker Wales40:07
108Greg Duhaime Canada40:08
109Art Boileau Canada40:09
110Jim Johansen Norway40:10
111Alan Thurlow New Zealand40:11
112Adam Shoemaker Canada40:12
113Jean-Marie Conrath France40:13
114Clive Thomas Wales40:14
115Peder Arne Sylte Norway40:15
116Piet Vonck Netherlands40:16
117Blaise Schull  Switzerland40:17
118Joost Borm Netherlands40:18
119Peter Moore Canada40:19
120David Chettle Australia40:20
121Detlef Uhlemann West Germany40:21
122Manuel Paiva Portugal40:22
123Karsten Hald Nielsen Denmark40:23
124Bjarte Sleire Norway40:24
125Peter Lindtner Austria40:25
126Rod Stone Northern Ireland40:26
127Eddie Leddy Ireland40:27
128Josef Steiner Austria40:28
129Gerard Nijboer Netherlands40:29
130Edmund Turner Wales40:30
131Christian Cairoche France40:31
132José Sena Portugal40:32
133Bruce Jones New Zealand40:33
134Rob Lonergan Canada40:34
135Philippe Legrand France40:35
136José Haro Spain40:36
137Bobb Thomas United States40:45
138Jørn Lauenborg Denmark40:50
139David Gillanders Sweden40:51
140Philippe Daniel France40:52
141John Davies Wales40:53
142Gösta Johansson Sweden40:54
143Martin Couldwell New Zealand40:55
144Cameron Spence Northern Ireland40:56
145Eugeniusz Stacha Poland41:02
146Laurence Reilly Scotland41:03
147José Simoes Portugal41:04
148Wolfgang Konrad Austria41:05
149Paul Lawther Northern Ireland41:06
150Daniel O'Connell New Zealand41:07
151Piero Selvaggio Italy41:09
152José Manuel Abascal Spain41:10
153Roger Hackney Wales41:17
154Luigi Lauro Italy41:19
155Jack Foster New Zealand41:22
156Niels Kim Hjorth Denmark41:23
157Henning Rasmussen Denmark41:24
158Gordon Rimmer Scotland41:31
159Johan Geirnaert Belgium41:34
160Helder de Jesús Portugal41:37
161Dic Evans Wales41:39
162Hans Koeleman Netherlands41:40
163Keld Johnsen Denmark41:41
164Jim Dingwall Scotland41:42
165Werner Meier  Switzerland41:45
166Thomas Wessinghage West Germany41:47
167Per Hoffmann Denmark41:49
168Carlos Cabral Portugal41:50
169Mick Morris Wales41:52
170Kjell-Erik Ståhl Sweden42:01
171Peter Pfeifenberger Austria42:02
172Knut Kvalheim Norway42:03
173Jim McGuinness Northern Ireland42:09
174Allan Zachariasen Denmark42:17
175Mauro Pappacena Italy42:21
176Brian McSloy Scotland42:35
177Ernie Cunningham Northern Ireland42:48
178Palle Vestergaard Denmark42:49
179Bo Nytofle Denmark42:50
180Tom Annett Northern Ireland42:54
181Arye Gamliel Israel42:58
182Christer Hanell Sweden43:00
183Samuel Doherty Northern Ireland43:06
184Rudolf Altersberger Austria43:13
185Jeffrey Matthews Sweden43:27
186Peter Irvine Northern Ireland43:32
187Nabil Choueiry Lebanon43:48
—Gerhard Hartmann AustriaDNF
—Dietmar Millonig AustriaDNF
—Yehuda Zadok IsraelDNF
—Cándido Alario SpainDNF

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 England
Julian Goater9
Mike McLeod14
Andy Holden20
Nick Rose21
Bernie Ford22
Nick Lees33
(Roy Bailey)(37)
(Ken Newton)(73)
(Barry Smith)(89)
 119
 Ireland
John Treacy1
Danny McDaid11
Gerry Deegan43
Mick O'Shea46
Donal Walsh47
Tony Brien50
(Eamonn Coghlan)(70)
(Ray Treacy)(79)
(Eddie Leddy)(127)
 198
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Antipov3
Leonid Moseyev18
Yuriy Mikhailov35
Enn Sellik38
Aleksandr Fedotkin48
Vladimir Merkushin68
(Valeriy Abramov)(75)
 210
4 West Germany
Frank Zimmermann8
Christoph Herle16
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann24
Michael Karst34
Klaus Hildenbrand63
Manfred Schoeneberg66
(Reinhard Leibold)(85)
(Detlef Uhlemann)(121)
(Thomas Wessinghage)(166)
 211
5 Belgium
Léon Schots5
Frank Grillaert19
Eric De Beck26
Eddy Van Mullem53
Willy Polleunis59
Hendrik Schoofs69
(Roger De Vogel)(76)
(Elie Aubertin)(92)
(Johan Geirnaert)(159)
 231
6 Australia
Steve Austin29
Gerard Barrett32
Bill Scott36
James Langford40
Brian Lewry45
Robert McDonald51
(Rob de Castella)(62)
(Chris Wardlaw)(72)
(David Chettle)(120)
 233
7 Poland
Bronisław Malinowski2
Bogusław Mamiński12
Maciej Kunicki23
Ryszard Kopijasz61
Zbigniew Pierzynka77
Eugeniusz Stacha145
 320
8 United States
Craig Virgin13
Daniel Dillon44
Marc Hunter49
Bill Donakowski64
Robbie Perkins81
Greg Meyer90
(Steve Flanagan)(101)
(Bobb Thomas)(137)
 341
9 Spain
José Luis González15
Santiago de la Parte39
Antonio Prieto78
Constantino Esparcia80
José Luis Ruiz95
Estanislao Duran100
(José Haro)(136)
(José Manuel Abascal)(152)
(Cándido Alario)(DNF)
 407
10 Italy
Franco Fava27
Giuseppe Gerbi60
Claudio Solone65
Luigi Zarcone67
Gelindo Bordin93
Ennio Panetti106
(Piero Selvaggio)(151)
(Luigi Lauro)(154)
(Mauro Pappacena)(175)
 418
11 France
Alex Gonzalez25
Jean-Paul Gomez42
Francis Gonzalez54
Jean-Luc Paugam88
Guy Bourban103
Jean-Marie Conrath113
(Christian Cairoche)(131)
(Philippe Legrand)(135)
(Philippe Daniel)(140)
 425
12 Netherlands
Klaas Lok28
Gerard Tebroke30
Henk Mentink82
Tonni Luttikhold84
Piet Vonck116
Joost Borm118
(Gerard Nijboer)(129)
(Hans Koeleman)(162)
 458
13 New Zealand
Euan Robertson17
Kevin Ryan55
Howard Healey58
John Dixon87
Alan Thurlow111
Bruce Jones133
(Martin Couldwell)(143)
(Daniel O'Connell)(150)
(Jack Foster)(155)
 461
14 Scotland
Nat Muir10
John Robson52
Lawrie Spence74
Joseph Patton99
Allister Hutton105
Laurence Reilly146
(Gordon Rimmer)(158)
(Jim Dingwall)(164)
(Brian McSloy)(176)
 486
15 Wales
Tony Simmons4
Steve Jones7
Peter Baker107
Clive Thomas114
Edmund Turner130
John Davies141
(Roger Hackney)(153)
(Dic Evans)(161)
(Mick Morris)(169)
 503
16 Canada
Peter Butler56
Ron Vanderkraats86
Larry Brown96
Mike Dixon97
Greg Duhaime108
Art Boileau109
(Adam Shoemaker)(112)
(Peter Moore)(119)
(Rob Lonergan)(134)
 552
17  Switzerland
Pierre Délèze71
Fredi Griner83
Hugo Wey98
Guido Rhyn102
Jean-Pierre Berset104
Blaise Schull117
(Werner Meier)(165)
 575
18 Norway
Inge Simonsen57
Øyvind Dahl91
Jim Johansen110
Peder Arne Sylte115
Bjarte Sleire124
Knut Kvalheim172
 669
19 Portugal
Fernando Mamede41
Aniceto Simoes94
Manuel Paiva122
José Sena132
José Simoes147
Helder de Jesús160
(Carlos Cabral)(168)
 696
20 Northern Ireland
Greg Hannon31
Rod Stone126
Cameron Spence144
Paul Lawther149
Jim McGuinness173
Ernie Cunningham177
(Tom Annett)(180)
(Samuel Doherty)(183)
(Peter Irvine)(186)
 800
21 Denmark
Karsten Hald Nielsen123
Jørn Lauenborg138
Niels Kim Hjorth156
Henning Rasmussen157
Keld Johnsen163
Per Hoffmann167
(Allan Zachariasen)(174)
(Palle Vestergaard)(178)
(Bo Nytofle)(179)
 904
DNF Austria
(Peter Lindtner)(125)
(Josef Steiner)(128)
(Wolfgang Konrad)(148)
(Peter Pfeifenberger)(171)
(Rudolf Altersberger)(184)
(Gerhard Hartmann)(DNF)
(Dietmar Millonig)(DNF)
 DNF
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 191 athletes from 26 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

See also

References
  1. Marshall, Ron (March 19, 1973), 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 October 18, 2013
  2. Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. 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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