1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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]
1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 7th |
Date | March 25 |
Host city | Limerick, Munster, Ireland |
Venue | Greenpark Racecourse |
Events | 3 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7.36 km – Junior men 5.04 km – Senior women |
Participation | 383 athletes from 27 nations |
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12 km) |
John Treacy | 37:20 | Bronisław Malinowski | 37:29 | Aleksandr Antipov | 37:30 |
Junior men (7.36 km) |
Eddy de Pauw | 23:02 | Steve Binns | 23:09 | Ildar Denikeyev | 23:20 |
Senior women (5.04 km) |
Grete Waitz | 16:48 | Raisa Smekhnova | 17:14 | Ellison Goodall | 17:18 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | 119 | 198 | 210 | |||
Junior men | 57 | 74 | 75 | |||
Senior women | 29 | 48 | 68 |
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
- For full event details see 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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John Treacy | 37:20 | ||
Bronisław Malinowski | 37:29 | ||
Aleksandr Antipov | 37:30 | ||
4 | Tony Simmons | 37:38 | |
5 | Léon Schots | 37:42 | |
6 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer | 37:45 | |
7 | Steve Jones | 37:46 | |
8 | Frank Zimmermann | 37:48 | |
9 | Julian Goater | 37:53 | |
10 | Nat Muir | 38:01 | |
11 | Danny McDaid | 38:02 | |
12 | Bogusław Mamiński | 38:04 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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119 | |||||||||||||||||||
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198 | |||||||||||||||||||
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210 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | 211 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 231 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 233 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 320 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | 341 | |||||||||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.36 km)
- For full event details see 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Eddy de Pauw | 23:02 | ||
Steve Binns | 23:09 | ||
Ildar Denikeyev | 23:20 | ||
4 | Jeff Nelson | 23:22 | |
5 | Ian Clarke | 23:29 | |
6 | Roberto Antiga | 23:31 | |
7 | Faisal Touzri | 23:32 | |
8 | Jorge García | 23:33 | |
9 | Ezequiel Canario | 23:34 | |
10 | Ian Campbell | 23:35 | |
11 | Alastair Douglas | 23:36 | |
12 | Jim Hill | 23:37 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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57 | |||||||||||||
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74 | |||||||||||||
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75 | |||||||||||||
4 | 90 | |||||||||||||
5 | 101 | |||||||||||||
6 | 101 | |||||||||||||
7 | 106 | |||||||||||||
8 | 125 | |||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (5.04 km)
- For full event details see 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Grete Waitz | 16:48 | ||
Raisa Smekhnova | 17:14 | ||
Ellison Goodall | 17:18 | ||
4 | Ellen Wessinghage | 17:23 | |
5 | Svetlana Ulmasova | 17:25 | |
6 | Mary Purcell | 17:26 | |
7 | Jan Merrill | 17:33 | |
8 | Julie Shea | 17:41 | |
9 | Ann Ford | 17:42 | |
10 | Cristina Tomasini | 17:46 | |
11 | Margaret Groos | 17:47 | |
12 | Giana Romanova | 17:48 | |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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29 | |||||||||||||
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48 | |||||||||||||
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68 | |||||||||||||
4 | 101 | |||||||||||||
5 | 107 | |||||||||||||
6 | 134 | |||||||||||||
7 | 136 | |||||||||||||
8 | 141 | |||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)
* Host nation (Ireland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (8 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 383 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
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See also
References
- 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
- 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)
- Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.4km 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)
- Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women -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)
- IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
- 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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