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.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

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

Teams Rank 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 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 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 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 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 Franco Fava 8 Luigi Zarcone 17 Michelangelo Arena 34 Arturo Iacona 66 Anelio Bocci 70 Michele Cinà 81 (Venanzio Ortis) (DNF) 276 9 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 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 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 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 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 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 Dietmar Millonig 65 Peter Lindtner 68 Gerhard Hartmann 94 Wolfgang Konrad 118 Erwin Wagger 121 Josef Steiner 128 (Peter Pfeifenberger) (137) 594 16 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 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 Nil Lavallee 110 Peter Moore 112 Tommie Pearson 117 Dave Welcher 142 Paul Williams 143 Chris McCubbins 146 770 19 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 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.

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See also 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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