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

Senior men'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	12.3 km – Senior men
Participation	168 athletes from 21 nations
← 1977 Düsseldorf 1979 Limerick →

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]

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

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Treacy	Ireland	39:25
	Aleksandr Antipov	Soviet Union	39:28
	Karel Lismont	Belgium	39:32
4	Tony Simmons	England	39:51
5	Guy Arbogast	United States	39:52
6	Craig Virgin	United States	39:54
7	Nat Muir	Scotland	40:00
8	Franco Fava	Italy	40:03
9	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	40:08
10	Pierre Levisse	France	40:15
11	Steve Jones	Wales	40:15
12	Adelaziz Bouguerra	Tunisia	40:16
13	Lucien Rault	France	40:19
14	Gerry Deegan	Ireland	40:22
15	John Wild	England	40:25
16	Christoph Herle	West Germany	40:25
17	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	40:25
18	Radhouane Bouster	France	40:25
19	Andrew McKean	Scotland	40:29
20	Greg Meyer	United States	40:31
21	Leonid Moseyev	Soviet Union	40:35
22	Peter Baker	Wales	40:36
23	Hendrik Schoofs	Belgium	40:37
24	Allister Hutton	Scotland	40:42
25	Aleksandr Fedotkin	Soviet Union	40:42
26	Eric de Beck	Belgium	40:43
27	Santiago de la Parte	Spain	40:45
28	Neil Coupland	England	40:46
29	Jeff Wells	United States	40:47
30	Mike McLeod	England	40:48
31	Danny McDaid	Ireland	40:52
32	Alex Gonzalez	France	40:56
33	Eddie Leddy	Ireland	40:56
34	Michelangelo Arena	Italy	40:58
35	Thierry Watrice	France	40:58
36	Alex Hagelsteens	Belgium	40:58
37	Günther Zahn	West Germany	41:03
38	Rudi Schoofs	Belgium	41:06
39	Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	West Germany	41:08
40	Ken Newton	England	41:08
41	Michael Karst	West Germany	41:15
42	Steve Kenyon	England	41:16
43	Jean-Paul Gomez	France	41:18
44	Bill Rodgers	United States	41:20
45	Aniceto Simoes	Portugal	41:21
46	Manfred Schoeneberg	West Germany	41:22
47	Marc Smet	Belgium	41:23
48	Graham Tuck	England	41:26
49	Geert de Smet	Belgium	41:33
50	Donal Walsh	Ireland	41:33
51	Fernando Cerrada	Spain	41:34
52	Mike Roche	United States	41:35
53	Cándido Alario	Spain	41:37
54	Mohamed Zaidi	Tunisia	41:40
55	Aleksandr Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	41:44
56	Alwyn Dewhirst	England	41:44
57	Ivan Parluy	Soviet Union	41:44
58	José Luis González	Spain	41:46
59	Antonio Prieto	Spain	41:46
60	Neil Cusack	Ireland	41:48
61	Wolf-Dieter Poschmann	West Germany	41:49
62	Bernie Ford	England	41:50
63	Jean-Luc Paugam	France	41:50
64	Jean-Luc Lemire	France	41:52
65	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	41:52
66	Arturo Iacona	Italy	41:59
67	Frank Clement	Scotland	42:00
68	Peter Lindtner	Austria	42:01
69	Serhiy Olizarenko	Soviet Union	42:03
70	Anelio Bocci	Italy	42:06
71	Ray Treacy	Ireland	42:07
72	Marc Hunter	United States	42:08
73	Charles Vigil	United States	42:10
74	Henk Mentink	Netherlands	42:11
75	Michael Lane	Wales	42:11
76	Rafael Nunez	Spain	42:14
77	Dennis Fowles	Wales	42:14
78	Anacleto Pinto	Portugal	42:20
79	David Hopkins	Wales	42:22
80	Paul Lawther	Northern Ireland	42:26
81	Michele Cinà	Italy	42:27
82	Helder de Jesús	Portugal	42:28
83	Jo Schout	Netherlands	42:29
84	Ian Gilmour	Scotland	42:32
85	Abdelkrim Djelassi	Tunisia	42:32
86	Greg Hannon	Northern Ireland	42:33
87	Eddy Rombaux	Belgium	42:34
88	John McLaughlin	Northern Ireland	42:35
89	Piet Vonck	Netherlands	42:37
90	John Graham	Scotland	42:38
91	Gunnar Holm	Sweden	42:39
92	Bram Wassenaar	Netherlands	42:40
93	Lahcen El Hachmi	Morocco	42:40
94	Gerhard Hartmann	Austria	42:40
95	Mohamed Naoumi	Morocco	42:40
96	José Sena	Portugal	42:42
97	Laurence Reilly	Scotland	42:48
98	Dic Evans	Wales	42:51
99	Bobb Thomas	United States	42:54
100	Mansour Guettaya	Tunisia	42:54
101	Cherif Hannchi	Tunisia	42:56
102	Hussein Soltani	Tunisia	42:59
103	Peter Weigt	West Germany	43:00
104	Tony Brien	Ireland	43:02
105	Dominique Coux	France	43:02
106	David Gillanders	Sweden	43:02
107	Tonni Luttikhold	Netherlands	43:05
108	Ali Laanaya	Morocco	43:06
109	Clive Thomas	Wales	43:07
110	Nil Lavallee	Canada	43:08
111	Juan Manuel Sanchez Perez	Spain	43:11
112	Peter Moore	Canada	43:12
113	Ali Gammoudi	Tunisia	43:23
114	Jim Brown	Scotland	43:24
115	Carlos Tavares	Portugal	43:25
116	Abdelkader Zaddem	Tunisia	43:28
117	Tommie Pearson	Canada	43:31
118	Wolfgang Konrad	Austria	43:33
119	Gerry Hannon	Northern Ireland	43:35
120	Mikhail Ulymov	Soviet Union
121	Erwin Wagger	Austria	43:41
122	Francisco Sánchez	Spain	43:42
123	Omar Anassi	Morocco	43:47
124	Tom Price	Northern Ireland	43:48
125	Richard Samuels	Wales	43:50
126	Peter Griffiths	Wales	43:52
127	José Abreu	Portugal	43:54
128	Josef Steiner	Austria	43:56
129	Abdeslam Outmani	Morocco	43:56
130	Dahou Belghazi	Morocco	43:58
131	Desmond McGann	Ireland	43:59
132	Rod Stone	Northern Ireland	44:03
133	Santiago Llorente	Spain	44:04
134	Mohamed Faquire	Morocco	44:07
135	Peet-Jan van Zyl	Netherlands	44:11
136	Norihiro Shinchi	Japan	44:29
137	Peter Pfeifenberger	Austria	44:31
138	Siglus Jonsson	Iceland	44:37
139	Mustapha Oulghazi	Morocco	44:42
140	Haddou Jaddour	Morocco	44:51
141	Akira Degouchi	Japan	45:05
142	Dave Welcher	Canada	45:07
143	Paul Williams	Canada	45:13
144	John White	Northern Ireland	45:14
145	Agust Thorsteinsson	Iceland	45:17
146	Chris McCubbins	Canada	45:27
147	Kazuyuki Ogane	Japan	45:30
148	Norikatsu Terui	Japan	45:30
149	Takaki Hata	Japan	45:32
150	Mike Teer	Northern Ireland	45:40
151	Tetsuji Ito	Japan	45:43
152	Yushin Kamuro	Japan	45:54
153	Aidan Donaldson	Northern Ireland	46:34
154	Haruyuki Tanaka	Japan	46:38
155	Ágúst Ásgeirsson	Iceland	47:12
156	Mineteru Sakamoto	Japan	48:46
157	Sigurdur Sigmundsson	Iceland	49:56
158	Harfteinn Oskarsson	Iceland	50:13
159	Einar Gudmundsson	Iceland
—	Dan Glans	Sweden	DNF
—	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	DNF
—	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	DNF
—	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	DNF
—	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	DNF
—	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	DNF
—	Michael Lederer	West Germany	DNF
—	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	DNF
—	Philip Dolan	Scotland	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	France Pierre Levisse 10 Lucien Rault 13 Radhouane Bouster 18 Alex Gonzalez 32 Thierry Watrice 35 Jean-Paul Gomez 43 (Jean-Luc Paugam) (63) (Jean-Luc Lemire) (64) (Dominique Coux) (105)	151
	United States Guy Arbogast 5 Craig Virgin 6 Greg Meyer 20 Jeff Wells 29 Bill Rodgers 44 Mike Roche 52 (Marc Hunter) (72) (Charles Vigil) (73) (Bobb Thomas) (99)	156
	England Tony Simmons 4 Jon Wild 15 Neil Coupland 28 Mike McLeod 30 Ken Newton 40 Steve Kenyon 42 (Graham Tuck) (48) (Alwyn Dewhirst) (56) (Bernie Ford) (62)	159
4	Soviet Union Aleksandr Antipov 2 Enn Sellik 9 Leonid Moseyev 21 Aleksandr Fedotkin 25 Aleksandr Kuznetsov 55 Ivan Parluy 57 (Serhiy Olizarenko) (69) (Mikhail Ulymov) (120)	169
5	Belgium Karel Lismont 3 Hendrik Schoofs 23 Eric de Beck 26 Alex Hagelsteens 36 Rudi Schoofs 38 Marc Smet 47 (Geert de Smet) (49) (Eddy Rombaux) (87) (Willy Polleunis) (DNF)	173
6	Ireland John Treacy 1 Gerry Deegan 14 Danny McDaid 31 Eddie Leddy 33 Donal Walsh 50 Neil Cusack 60 (Ray Treacy) (71) (Tony Brien) (104) (Desmond McGann) (131)	189
7	West Germany Christoph Herle 16 Günther Zahn 37 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 39 Michael Karst 41 Manfred Schoeneberg 46 Wolf-Dieter Poschmann 61 (Peter Weigt) (103) (Michael Lederer) (DNF)	240
8	Italy Franco Fava 8 Luigi Zarcone 17 Michelangelo Arena 34 Arturo Iacona 66 Anelio Bocci 70 Michele Cinà 81 (Venanzio Ortis) (DNF)	276
9	Scotland Nat Muir 7 Andrew McKean 19 Allister Hutton 24 Frank Clement 67 Ian Gilmour 84 John Graham 90 (Laurence Reilly) (97) (Jim Brown) (114) (Philip Dolan) (DNF)	291
10	Spain Santiago de la Parte 27 Fernando Cerrada 51 Cándido Alario 53 José Luis González 58 Antonio Prieto 59 Rafael Nunez 76 (Juan Manuel Sanchez Perez) (111) (Francisco Sánchez) (122) (Santiago Llorente) (133)	324
11	Wales Steve Jones 11 Peter Baker 22 Michael Lane 75 Dennis Fowles 77 David Hopkins 79 Dic Evans 98 (Clive Thomas) (109) (Richard Samuels) (125) (Peter Griffiths) (126)	362
12	Tunisia Adelaziz Bouguerra 12 Mohamed Zaidi 54 Abdelkrim Djelassi 85 Mansour Guettaya 100 Cherif Hannchi 101 Hussein Soltani 102 (Ali Gammoudi) (113) (Abdelkader Zaddem) (116)	454
13	Portugal Aniceto Simoes 45 Anacleto Pinto 78 Helder de Jesús 82 José Sena 96 Carlos Tavares 115 José Abreu 127 (Carlos Lopes) (DNF) (Fernando Mamede) (DNF) (Carlos Cabral) (DNF)	543
14	Netherlands Henk Mentink 74 Jo Schout 83 Piet Vonck 89 Bram Wassenaar 92 Tonni Luttikhold 107 Peet-Jan van Zyl 135 (Jos Hermens) (DNF)	580
15	Austria Dietmar Millonig 65 Peter Lindtner 68 Gerhard Hartmann 94 Wolfgang Konrad 118 Erwin Wagger 121 Josef Steiner 128 (Peter Pfeifenberger) (137)	594
16	Northern Ireland Paul Lawther 80 Greg Hannon 86 John McLaughlin 88 Gerry Hannon 119 Tom Price 124 Rod Stone 132 (John White) (144) (Mike Teer) (150) (Aidan Donaldson) (153)	629
17	Morocco Lahcen El Hachmi 93 Mohamed Naoumi 95 Ali Laanaya 108 Omar Anassi 123 Abdeslam Outmani 129 Dahou Belghazi 130 (Mohamed Faquire) (134) (Mustapha Oulghazi) (139) (Haddou Jaddour) (140)	678
18	Canada Nil Lavallee 110 Peter Moore 112 Tommie Pearson 117 Dave Welcher 142 Paul Williams 143 Chris McCubbins 146	770
19	Japan Norihiro Shinchi 136 Akira Degouchi 141 Kazuyuki Ogane 147 Norikatsu Terui 148 Takaki Hata 149 Tetsuji Ito 151 (Yushin Kamuro) (152) (Haruyuki Tanaka) (154) (Mineteru Sakamoto) (156)	872
20	Iceland Siglus Jonsson 138 Agust Thorsteinsson 145 Ágúst Ásgeirsson 155 Sigurdur Sigmundsson 157 Harfteinn Oskarsson 158 Einar Gudmundsson 159	912

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

Participation

An 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

• 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women'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 (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
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 (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013