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 | 3 |
Distances | 12 km – Senior men 7.36 km – Junior men 5.04 km – Senior women |
Participation | 383 athletes from 27 nations |
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]
Complete results for men, [2] junior men, [3] women, [4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes [6] were published.
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 |
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 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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 |
* Host nation (Ireland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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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