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.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)John Treacy 37:20Bronisław Malinowski 37:29Aleksandr Antipov 37:30Junior men(7.36 km)Eddy de Pauw 23:02Steve Binns 23:09Ildar Denikeyev 23:20Senior women(5.04 km)Grete Waitz 16:48Raisa Smekhnova 17:14Ellison Goodall 17:18 TeamSenior men 119 198 210Junior men 57 74 75Senior women 29 48 68
Race results
Senior men's race (12 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time 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
+TeamsRank Team Points Julian Goater 9 Mike McLeod 14 Andy Holden 20 Nick Rose 21 Bernie Ford 22 Nick Lees 33 (Roy Bailey) (37) (Ken Newton) (73) (Barry Smith) (89) 119 John Treacy 1 Danny McDaid 11 Gerry Deegan 43 Mick O'Shea 46 Donie Walsh 47 Tony Brien 50 (Eamonn Coghlan) (70) (Ray Treacy) (79) (Eddie Leddy) (127) 198 Aleksandr Antipov 3 Leonid Moseyev 18 Yuriy Mikhailov 35 Enn Sellik 38 Aleksandr Fedotkin 48 Vladimir Merkushin 68 (Valeriy Abramov) (75) 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)
+Individual raceRank 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 Jordi 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
+TeamsRank Team Points Jordi García 8 Pedro Garin 14 Valentin Rodríguez 17 José Maestra 18 (José Manuel Boix) (37) (Jordi Castelló) (72) 57 Steve Binns 2 Colin Moore 15 Geoff Turnbull 27 Dave Lewis 30 (Steve Cram) (36) (Sean Connolly) (64) 74 Ildar Denikeyev 3 Sergey Kiselyov 16 Vladimir Bezlepkin 25 Abdurachman Ibragimov 31 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)
+Individual raceRank 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
+TeamsRank Team Points Ellison Goodall 3 Jan Merrill 7 Julie Shea 8 Margaret Groos 11 (Jennifer White) (19) (Julie Brown) (36) 29 Raisa Smekhnova 2 Svetlana Ulmasova 5 Giana Romanova 12 Raisa Belusova 29 (Raisa Sadreydinova) (53) 48 Ann Ford 9 Penny Yule 15 Paula Fudge 17 Regina Joyce 27 (Glynis Penny) (32) (Ruth Smeeth) (42) 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)
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.
(11) (7) (21) (20) (1) (21) (21) (21) (21) (4) (21) (1) (11) (15) (21) (11) (6) (13) (21) (16) (21) (5) (7) (6) (20) (21) (19)
See also 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1979 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics