The Senior 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]
Senior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 6th |
Date | March 25 |
Host city | Glasgow, Scotland |
Venue | Bellahouston Park |
Events | 1 |
Distances | 12.3 km – Senior men |
Participation | 168 athletes from 21 nations |
Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.
Race results
editSenior men's race (12.3 km)
editIndividual
editTeams
edit- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation
editAn unofficial count yields the participation of 168 athletes from 21 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (9)
- Canada (6)
- England (9)
- France (9)
- Iceland (6)
- Ireland (9)
- Italy (7)
- Japan (9)
- Morocco (9)
- Netherlands (7)
- Northern Ireland (9)
- Portugal (9)
- Scotland (9)
- Spain (9)
- Soviet Union (8)
- Sweden (3)
- Tunisia (8)
- United States (9)
- Wales (9)
- West Germany (8)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013
- ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- ^ 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