1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	6th
Date	March 25
Host city	Glasgow, Scotland
Venue	Bellahouston Park
Events	1
Distances	4.728 km – Senior women
Participation	99 athletes from 18 nations
← 1977 Düsseldorf 1979 Limerick →

The Senior women'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]

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

Race results

Senior women's race (4.728 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Grete Waitz	Norway	16:19
	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	16:49
	Maricica Puică	Romania	16:59
4	Julie Shea	United States	17:12
5	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	17:13
6	Monika Greschner	West Germany	17:14
7	Jan Merrill	United States	17:17
8	Georgeta Gazibara	Romania	17:18
9	Joyce Smith	England	17:23
10	Carmen Valero	Spain	17:26
11	Kathy Mills	United States	17:27
12	Christine Benning	England	17:28
13	Agnese Possamai	Italy	17:32
14	Mary Purcell	Ireland	17:35
15	Brenda Webb	United States	17:36
16	Penny Yule	England	17:37
17	Antoaneta Iacob	Romania	17:37
18	Mary Stewart	England	17:39
19	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	17:43
20	Celina Sokolowska  [ pl ]	Poland	17:44
21	Christa Vahlensieck	West Germany	17:45
22	Judith Shepherd	Scotland	17:50
23	Cindy Bremser	United States	17:51
24	Kathy d'Arcy	Canada	17:53
25	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	17:54
26	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	17:55
27	Renata Pyrr	Poland	17:56
28	Kath Binns	England	17:57
29	Renata Pentlinowska	Poland	17:58
30	Joëlle De Brouwer	France	17:59
31	Veronica Duffy	Ireland	18:01
32	Loa Olafsson	Denmark	18:01
33	Renate Kieninger	West Germany	18:02
34	Tineke Kluft	Netherlands	18:03
35	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	18:05
36	Connie Olsen	Denmark	18:05
37	Pilar Fernandez	Spain	18:06
38	Nancy Rooks	Canada	18:06
39	Chantal Navarro	France	18:09
40	Nina Snyrikova	Soviet Union	18:12
41	Margherita Gargano	Italy	18:13
42	Joëlle Audibert	France	18:14
43	Wendy Smith	England	18:15
44	Nadine Claes	Belgium	18:15
45	Maria Mödl	West Germany	18:17
46	Monika Gaisjier	Poland	18:17
47	Monique Seys	Belgium	18:18
48	Christine Ward	Ireland	18:18
49	Mona Kleppe	Norway	18:18
50	Encarnación Escudero	Spain	18:18
51	Marijke Moser	Switzerland	18:20
52	Brigit de Nijs	Netherlands	18:20
53	Magda Ilands	Belgium	18:20
54	Magda Kubasiewicz	Canada	18:21
55	Véronique Renties	France	18:23
56	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	18:28
57	Heidi Vien	Norway	18:29
58	Oddrun Mosling	Norway	18:29
59	Kate Davis	Ireland	18:30
60	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	18:35
61	Elsbeth Liebi	Switzerland	18:36
62	Montserrat Abello	Spain	18:41
63	Hilary Hollick	Wales	18:43
64	Bernadette van Roy	Belgium	18:44
65	Denise Verhaert	Belgium	18:45
66	May-Britt Stange	Norway	18:46
67	Sara Neil	Canada	18:48
68	Derbhla Mellerick	Ireland	18:50
69	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	18:50
70	Raisa Sadreydinova  [ de ]	Soviet Union	18:52
71	Danuta Zbiewski	Poland	18:53
72	Ulrike Kullmann	West Germany	18:54
73	Annie van Stiphout	Netherlands	18:55
74	Gabriela Gorzynska  [ pl ]	Poland	18:59
75	Barbara Bendler	Switzerland	19:01
76	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	19:04
77	Janet Downton	Canada	19:05
78	Viviane Croisé	France	19:07
79	Fiona McQueen	Scotland	19:12
80	Lone Dybdahl	Denmark	19:13
81	Amelia Lorza Lopez	Spain	19:14
82	Annick Loir	France	19:17
83	Jean Lochhead	Wales	19:19
84	Siobhan Lonergan	Ireland	19:33
85	Judy Graham	United States	19:47
86	Kersti Jakobsen	Denmark	19:55
87	Janet Higgins	Scotland	19:59
88	Karin de Nijs	Netherlands	20:03
89	Kerry Robinson	Scotland	20:07
90	Valentina Ilynikh  [ ru ]	Soviet Union	20:09
91	Violet Hope	Scotland	20:19
92	Anna James	Wales	20:28
93	Ann-Marie Fox	Wales	20:37
94	Karina Bennike	Denmark	21:10
95	Jean Cameron	Canada
96	Ann Disley	Wales
97	Carol Nicholas	Wales
—	Silvana Cruciata	Italy	DNF
—	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Romania Natalia Mărăşescu 2 Maricica Puică 3 Georgeta Gazibara 8 Antoaneta Iacob 17 (Fiţa Lovin) (26)	30
	United States Julie Shea 4 Jan Merrill 7 Kathy Mills 11 Brenda Webb 15 (Cindy Bremser) (23) (Judy Graham) (85)	37
	England Joyce Smith 9 Christine Benning 12 Penny Yule 16 Mary Stewart 18 (Kath Binns) (28) (Wendy Smith) (43)	55
4	West Germany Monika Greschner 6 Christa Vahlensieck 21 Brigitte Kraus 25 Renate Kieninger 33 (Maria Mödl) (45) (Ulrike Kullmann) (72)	85
5	Poland Celina Sokolowska  [ pl ] 20 Renata Pyrr 27 Renata Pentlinowska 29 Monika Gaisjier 46 (Danuta Zbiewski) (71) (Gabriela Gorzynska  [ pl ]) (74)	122
6	Ireland Mary Purcell 14 Veronica Duffy 31 Christine Ward 48 Kate Davis 59 (Derbhla Mellerick) (68) (Siobhan Lonergan) (84)	152
7	Spain Carmen Valero 10 Pilar Fernandez 37 Encarnación Escudero 50 Montserrat Abello 62 (Mercedes Calleja) (76) (Amelia Lorza Lopez) (81)	159
8	Norway Grete Waitz 1 Mona Kleppe 49 Heidi Vien 57 Oddrun Mosling 58 (May-Britt Stange) (66)	165
9	France Joëlle De Brouwer 30 Chantal Navarro 39 Joëlle Audibert 42 Véronique Renties 55 (Viviane Croisé) (78) (Annick Loir) (82)	166
10	Canada Kathy d'Arcy 24 Nancy Rooks 38 Magda Kubasiewicz 54 Sara Neil 67 (Janet Downton) (77) (Jean Cameron) (95)	183
11	Soviet Union Tatyana Kazankina 19 Nina Snyrikova 40 Svetlana Ulmasova 56 Raisa Sadreydinova  [ de ] 70 (Valentina Ilynikh  [ ru ]) (90)	185
12	Switzerland Cornelia Bürki 5 Marijke Moser 51 Elsbeth Liebi 61 Barbara Bendler 75	192
13	Belgium Nadine Claes 44 Monique Seys 47 Magda Ilands 53 Bernadette van Roy 64 (Denise Verhaert) (65)	208
14	Netherlands Tineke Kluft 34 Brigit de Nijs 52 Carla Beurskens 60 Annie van Stiphout 73 (Karin de Nijs) (88)	219
15	Denmark Loa Olafsson 32 Connie Olsen 36 Lone Dybdahl 80 Kersti Jakobsen 86 (Karina Bennike) (94)	234
16	Scotland Judith Shepherd 22 Margaret Coomber 69 Fiona McQueen 79 Janet Higgins 87 (Kerry Robinson) (89) (Violet Hope) (91)	257
17	Wales Hilary Hollick 63 Jean Lochhead 83 Anna James 92 Ann-Marie Fox 93 (Ann Disley) (96) (Carol Nicholas) (97)	331
DNF	Italy (Agnese Possamai) (13) (Cristina Tomasini) (35) (Margherita Gargano) (41) (Silvana Cruciata) (DNF) (Gabriella Dorio) (DNF)	DNF

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 99 athletes from 18 countries in the Senior women's race, one athlete less than the official number published. ^[4]

•   Belgium (5)
•   Canada (6)
•   Denmark (5)
•   England (6)
•   France (6)
•   Ireland (6)
•   Italy (5)
•   Netherlands (5)
•   Norway (5)
•   Poland (6)
•   Romania (5)
•   Scotland (6)
•   Soviet Union (5)
•   Spain (6)
•    Switzerland (4)
•   United States (6)
•   Wales (6)
•   West Germany (6)

See also

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

References

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 (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013
3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
4. 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 on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013