The 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on 25 March 1978. 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(12.3 km)John Treacy 39:25Aleksandr Antipov 39:28Karel Lismont 39:32Junior men(7.036 km)Mick Morton 22:57Rob Earl 23:10Francisco Alario 23:11Senior women(4.728 km)Grete Waitz 16:19Natalia Mărăşescu 16:49Maricica Puică 16:59 TeamSenior men 151 156 159Junior men 53 53 54Senior women 30 37 55
Race results
Senior men's race (12.3 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time John Treacy 39:25 Aleksandr Antipov 39:28 Karel Lismont 39:32 4 Tony Simmons 39:51 5 Guy Arbogast 39:52 6 Craig Virgin 39:54 7 Nat Muir 40:00 8 Franco Fava 40:03 9 Enn Sellik 40:08 10 Pierre Levisse 40:15 11 Steve Jones 40:15 12 Adelaziz Bouguerra 40:16 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points 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 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 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 4 169 5 173 6 189 7 240 8 276 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.036 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Mick Morton 22:57 Rob Earl 23:10 Francisco Alario 23:11 4 Constantino Esparcia 23:12 5 Ronnie Carroll 23:14 6 Aleksandr Pasaryuk 23:15 7 Viktor Zinovyev 23:20 8 Kevin Dillon 23:22 9 Eddy de Pauw 23:23 10 Rod Berry 23:24 11 Brendan Quinn 23:25 12 Yevgeniy Okorokov 23:27 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Mick Morton 1 Eddie White 13 David Beaver 15 Peter Elletson 24 (Simon Catchpole) (44) (Adrian Stewart) (59) 53 Rob Earl 2 Kevin Dillon 8 Rob Lonergan 14 Jim Groves 29 (Raymond Paulins) (32) (Tony Hatherly) (50) 53 Francisco Alario 3 Constantino Esparcia 4 Argimiro González 16 Valentin Rodríguez 31 (Francisco Cortés) (53) (Carlos Quirce) (57) 54 4 60 5 72 6 84 7 110 8 111 Full results Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.728 km)
+Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Grete Waitz 16:19 Natalia Mărăşescu 16:49 Maricica Puică 16:59 4 Julie Shea 17:12 5 Cornelia Bürki 17:13 6 Monika Greschner 17:14 7 Jan Merrill 17:17 8 Georgeta Gazibara 17:18 9 Joyce Smith 17:23 10 Carmen Valero 17:26 11 Kathy Mills 17:27 12 Christine Benning 17:28 Full results
+TeamsRank Team Points Natalia Mărăşescu 2 Maricica Puică 3 Georgeta Gazibara 8 Antoaneta Iacob 17 (Fiţa Lovin) (26) 30 Julie Shea 4 Jan Merrill 7 Kathy Mills 11 Brenda Webb 15 (Cindy Bremser) (23) (Judy Graham) (85) 37 Joyce Smith 9 Christine Benning 12 Penny Yule 16 Mary Stewart 18 (Kath Binns) (28) (Wendy Smith) (43) 55 4 85 5 122 6 152 7 159 8 165 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 358 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
(7) (19) (18) (5) (21) (21) (6) (21) (17) (9) (15) (12) (6) (14) (5) (6) (15) (5) (21) (18) (21) (3) (4) (13) (21) (21) (14)
See also 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1978 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 GBRathletics