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 25 March 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
Date25 March
Host cityLimerick, Munster, Ireland Republic of 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

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Senior men's race (12 km)

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Individual

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

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    England
Julian Goater 9
Mike McLeod 14
Andy Holden 20
Nick Rose 21
Bernie Ford 22
Nick Lees 33
(Roy Bailey) (37)
(Ken Newton) (73)
(Barry Smith) (89)
119
    Ireland
John Treacy 1
Danny McDaid 11
Gerry Deegan 43
Mick O'Shea 46
Donal Walsh 47
Tony Brien 50
(Eamonn Coghlan) (70)
(Ray Treacy) (79)
(Eddie Leddy) (127)
198
    Soviet Union
Aleksandr Antipov 3
Leonid Moseyev 18
Yuriy Mikhailov 35
Enn Sellik 38
Aleksandr Fedotkin 48
Vladimir Merkushin 68
(Valeriy Abramov) (75)
210
4   West Germany
Frank Zimmermann 8
Christoph Herle 16
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 24
Michael Karst 34
Klaus Hildenbrand 63
Manfred Schoeneberg 66
(Reinhard Leibold) (85)
(Detlef Uhlemann) (121)
(Thomas Wessinghage) (166)
211
5   Belgium
Léon Schots 5
Frank Grillaert 19
Eric De Beck 26
Eddy Van Mullem 53
Willy Polleunis 59
Hendrik Schoofs 69
(Roger De Vogel) (76)
(Elie Aubertin) (92)
(Johan Geirnaert) (159)
231
6   Australia
Steve Austin 29
Gerard Barrett 32
Bill Scott 36
James Langford 40
Brian Lewry 45
Robert McDonald 51
(Rob de Castella) (62)
(Chris Wardlaw) (72)
(David Chettle) (120)
233
7   Poland
Bronisław Malinowski 2
Bogusław Mamiński 12
Maciej Kunicki 23
Ryszard Kopijasz 61
Zbigniew Pierzynka 77
Eugeniusz Stacha 145
320
8   United States
Craig Virgin 13
Daniel Dillon 44
Marc Hunter 49
Bill Donakowski 64
Robbie Perkins 81
Greg Meyer 90
(Steve Flanagan) (101)
(Bobb Thomas) (137)
341
9   Spain
José Luis González 15
Santiago de la Parte 39
Antonio Prieto 78
Constantino Esparcia 80
José Luis Ruiz 95
Estanislao Duran 100
(José Haro) (136)
(José Manuel Abascal) (152)
(Cándido Alario) (DNF)
407
10   Italy
Franco Fava 27
Giuseppe Gerbi 60
Claudio Solone 65
Luigi Zarcone 67
Gelindo Bordin 93
Ennio Panetti 106
(Piero Selvaggio) (151)
(Luigi Lauro) (154)
(Mauro Pappacena) (175)
418
11   France
Alex Gonzalez 25
Jean-Paul Gomez 42
Francis Gonzalez 54
Jean-Luc Paugam 88
Guy Bourban 103
Jean-Marie Conrath 113
(Christian Cairoche) (131)
(Philippe Legrand) (135)
(Philippe Daniel) (140)
425
12   Netherlands
Klaas Lok 28
Gerard Tebroke 30
Henk Mentink 82
Tonni Luttikhold 84
Piet Vonck 116
Joost Borm 118
(Gerard Nijboer) (129)
(Hans Koeleman) (162)
458
13   New Zealand
Euan Robertson 17
Kevin Ryan 55
Howard Healey 58
John Dixon 87
Alan Thurlow 111
Bruce Jones 133
(Martin Couldwell) (143)
(Daniel O'Connell) (150)
(Jack Foster) (155)
461
14   Scotland
Nat Muir 10
John Robson 52
Lawrie Spence 74
Joseph Patton 99
Allister Hutton 105
Laurence Reilly 146
(Gordon Rimmer) (158)
(Jim Dingwall) (164)
(Brian McSloy) (176)
486
15   Wales
Tony Simmons 4
Steve Jones 7
Peter Baker 107
Clive Thomas 114
Edmund Turner 130
John Davies 141
(Roger Hackney) (153)
(Dic Evans) (161)
(Mick Morris) (169)
503
16   Canada
Peter Butler 56
Ron Vanderkraats 86
Larry Brown 96
Mike Dixon 97
Greg Duhaime 108
Art Boileau 109
(Adam Shoemaker) (112)
(Peter Moore) (119)
(Rob Lonergan) (134)
552
17    Switzerland
Pierre Délèze 71
Fredi Griner 83
Hugo Wey 98
Guido Rhyn 102
Jean-Pierre Berset 104
Blaise Schull 117
(Werner Meier) (165)
575
18   Norway
Inge Simonsen 57
Øyvind Dahl 91
Jim Johansen 110
Peder Arne Sylte 115
Bjarte Sleire 124
Knut Kvalheim 172
669
19   Portugal
Fernando Mamede 41
Aniceto Simoes 94
Manuel Paiva 122
José Sena 132
José Simoes 147
Helder de Jesús 160
(Carlos Cabral) (168)
696
20   Northern Ireland
Greg Hannon 31
Rod Stone 126
Cameron Spence 144
Paul Lawther 149
Jim McGuinness 173
Ernie Cunningham 177
(Tom Annett) (180)
(Samuel Doherty) (183)
(Peter Irvine) (186)
800
21   Denmark
Karsten Hald Nielsen 123
Jørn Lauenborg 138
Niels Kim Hjorth 156
Henning Rasmussen 157
Keld Johnsen 163
Per Hoffmann 167
(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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Marshall, Ron (26 March 1979), 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 25 December 2021
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 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 16 October 2007, retrieved 18 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013