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 | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 7th |
Date | 25 March |
Host city | Limerick, Munster, Ireland |
Venue | Greenpark Racecourse |
Events | 1 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men |
Participation | 191 athletes from 26 nations |
Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.
Race results
editSenior men's race (12 km)
editIndividual
editTeams
edit- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation
editAn 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]
- Australia (9)
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (9)
- Canada (9)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Denmark (9)
- England (9)
- France (9)
- Ireland (9)
- Israel (2)
- Italy (9)
- Lebanon (1)
- Netherlands (8)
- New Zealand (9)
- Northern Ireland (9)
- Norway (6)
- Poland (6)
- Portugal (7)
- Scotland (9)
- Soviet Union (7)
- Spain (9)
- Sweden (5)
- Switzerland (7)
- United States (8)
- Wales (9)
- West Germany (9)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
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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
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013