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1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on March 25, 1978. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Junior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
DateMarch 25
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland Scotland
VenueBellahouston Park
Events1
Distances7.036 km – Junior men
Participation91 athletes from
16 nations

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

Race results edit

Junior men's race (7.036 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Mick Morton   England 22:57
  Rob Earl   Canada 23:10
  Francisco Alario   Spain 23:11
4 Constantino Esparcia   Spain 23:12
5 Ronnie Carroll   Ireland 23:14
6 Aleksandr Pasaryuk   Soviet Union 23:15
7 Viktor Zinovyev   Soviet Union 23:20
8 Kevin Dillon   Canada 23:22
9 Eddy de Pauw   Belgium 23:23
10 Rod Berry   United States 23:24
11 Brendan Quinn   Ireland 23:25
12 Yevgeniy Okorokov   Soviet Union 23:27
13 Eddie White   England 23:27
14 Rob Lonergan   Canada 23:27
15 David Beaver   England 23:29
16 Argimiro González   Spain 23:30
17 Ian Brown   Scotland 23:31
18 Dirk Mattheus   Belgium 23:35
19 Gelindo Bordin   Italy 23:36
20 Antonio Leitão   Portugal 23:37
21 Pietro Pani   Italy 23:40
22 Peter Daenens   Belgium 23:43
23 Marc de Blander   Belgium 23:46
24 Peter Elletson   England 23:47
25 Paul Schultz   United States 23:48
26 Dave Taylor   Ireland 23:50
27 Ian Campbell   Scotland 23:52
28 Patrick Deliveyne   Belgium 23:54
29 Jim Groves   Canada 23:55
30 Fulvio Costa   Italy 23:56
31 Valentin Rodríguez   Spain 23:57
32 Raymond Paulins   Canada 23:58
33 Fernando Miguel   Portugal 23:59
34 Saïd Aouita   Morocco 24:02
35 Andrey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 24:04
36 Alastair Douglas   Scotland 24:05
37 Kevin Byrne   United States 24:06
38 Jeff Millieman   United States 24:06
39 Habib Romdani   Tunisia 24:08
40 Pascal Thiébaut   France 24:09
41 Roberto Visini   Italy 24:11
42 James Fallon   Ireland 24:12
43 Nikolay Yavorskiy   Soviet Union 24:17
44 Simon Catchpole   England 24:20
45 Gaetano Erba   Italy 24:21
46 Ezequiel Canario   Portugal 24:22
47 Assila Tebai   Tunisia 24:30
48 Mohamed Maazaoui   Morocco 24:31
49 Abdellah Benbaraka   Morocco 24:32
50 Tony Hatherly   Canada 24:33
51 Humberto Sequeira   Portugal 24:38
52 José Frias   Portugal 24:39
53 Francisco Cortés   Spain 24:41
54 Tim O'Neill   United States 24:42
55 Steve Ferri   United States 24:42
56 John Griffin   Ireland 24:43
57 Carlos Quirce   Spain
58 Nourredine Benamor   Tunisia
59 Adrian Stewart   England 24:48
60 Nigel Jones   Scotland 24:50
61 Carlos Pereira   Portugal 24:53
62 Keith Gallivan   Wales 24:54
63 Jean-Louis Carrel   France 24:57
64 John Gray   Scotland 25:02
65 Philippe Cros   France 25:04
66 Féthi Baccouche   Tunisia 25:05
67 Mohamed Ngueri   Morocco 25:07
68 Eddie Patterson   Northern Ireland 25:11
69 Mark Donnelly   Wales 25:11
70 Steve Blakemore   Wales 25:12
71 Ali Daasa   Tunisia 25:13
72 Jean-Baptiste Protais   France 25:22
73 Mohamed Benaissa   Morocco 25:23
74 Tom Breen   Northern Ireland 25:24
75 Sean Miller   Northern Ireland 25:24
76 Patrick Hiron   France 25:33
77 Dominique Vernochet   France 25:36
78 David Norris   Northern Ireland 25:38
79 Simon Axon   Wales 25:43
80 Ieuan Ellis   Wales 25:46
81 Robert McWatt   Scotland 25:48
82 Tom Melville   Northern Ireland 25:49
83 Mohamed El Bali   Morocco 25:55
84 Paul Moloney   Ireland 26:32
85 Sani Jeji   Nigeria 26:42
86 Sallah Abashi   Nigeria 27:30
87 John Davou   Nigeria 28:41
88 Gyane Davou   Nigeria 28:52
89 Mbok Likita   Nigeria 29:52
90 James Tsenment   Nigeria 30:08
— Colin Clarkson   Wales DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    England
Mick Morton 1
Eddie White 13
David Beaver 15
Peter Elletson 24
(Simon Catchpole) (44)
(Adrian Stewart) (59)
53
    Canada
Rob Earl 2
Kevin Dillon 8
Rob Lonergan 14
Jim Groves 29
(Raymond Paulins) (32)
(Tony Hatherly) (50)
53
    Spain
Francisco Alario 3
Constantino Esparcia 4
Argimiro González 16
Valentin Rodríguez 31
(Francisco Cortés) (53)
(Carlos Quirce) (57)
54
4   Soviet Union
Aleksandr Pasaryuk 6
Viktor Zinovyev 7
Yevgeniy Okorokov 12
Andrey Kuznetsov 35
(Nikolay Yavorskiy) (43)
60
5   Belgium
Eddy de Pauw 9
Dirk Mattheus 18
Peter Daenens 22
Marc de Blander 23
(Patrick Deliveyne) (28)
72
6   Ireland
Ronnie Carroll 5
Brendan Quinn 11
Dave Taylor 26
James Fallon 42
(John Griffin) (56)
(Paul Moloney) (84)
84
7   United States
Rod Berry 10
Paul Schultz 25
Kevin Byrne 37
Jeff Millieman 38
(Tim O'Neill) (54)
(Steve Ferri) (55)
110
8   Italy
Gelindo Bordin 19
Pietro Pani 21
Fulvio Costa 30
Roberto Visini 41
(Gaetano Erba) (45)
111
9   Scotland
Ian Brown 17
Ian Campbell 27
Alastair Douglas 36
Nigel Jones 60
(John Gray) (64)
(Robert McWatt) (81)
140
10   Portugal
Antonio Leitão 20
Fernando Miguel 33
Ezequiel Canario 46
Humberto Sequeira 51
(José Frias) (52)
(Carlos Pereira) (61)
150
11   Morocco
Saïd Aouita 34
Mohamed Maazaoui 48
Abdellah Benbaraka 49
Mohamed Ngueri 67
(Mohamed Benaissa) (73)
(Mohamed El Bali) (83)
198
12   Tunisia
Habib Romdani 39
Assila Tebai 47
Nourredine Benamor 58
Féthi Baccouche 66
(Ali Daasa) (71)
210
13   France
Pascal Thiébaut 40
Jean-Louis Carrel 63
Philippe Cros 65
Jean-Baptiste Protais 72
(Patrick Hiron) (76)
(Dominique Vernochet) (77)
240
14   Wales
Keith Gallivan 62
Mark Donnelly 69
Steve Blakemore 70
Steve Axon 79
(Ieuan Ellis) (80)
(Colin Clarkson) (DNF)
280
15   Northern Ireland
Eddie Patterson 68
Tom Breen 74
Sean Miller 75
David Norris 78
(Tom Melville) (82)
295
16   Nigeria
Sani Jeji 85
Sallah Abashi 86
John Davou 87
Gyane Davou 88
(Mbok Likita) (89)
(James Tsenment) (90)
346
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

An unofficial count yields the participation of 91 athletes from 16 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Marshall, Ron (March 27, 1978), Treacy leaves 'em for dead - Through a curtain of rain the binoculars confirmed what the Americans had been saying all week - Ireland's John Treacy was the man to beat in the world cross-country championships..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 17, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 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 September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013
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