The Senior men's race at 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, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual Rank 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 37:48 9 Julian Goater 37:53 10 Nat Muir 38:01 11 Danny McDaid 38:02 12 Bogusław Mamiński 38:04 13 Craig Virgin 38:05 14 Mike McLeod 38:07 15 José Luis González 38:08 16 Christoph Herle 38:09 17 Euan Robertson 38:10 18 Leonid Moseyev 38:11 19 38:15 20 Andy Holden 38:20 21 Nick Rose 38:29 22 Bernie Ford 38:29 23 Maciej Kunicki 38:30 24 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 38:30 25 Alex Gonzalez 38:32 26 Eric De Beck 38:33 27 Franco Fava 38:34 28 Klaas Lok 38:35 29 Steve Austin 38:36 30 Gerard Tebroke 38:37 31 Greg Hannon 38:38 32 Gerard Barrett 38:39 33 Nick Lees 38:42 34 Michael Karst 38:43 35 38:44 36 Bill Scott 38:45 37 Roy Bailey 38:46 38 Enn Sellik 38:47 39 Santiago de la Parte 38:48 40 James Langford 38:49 41 Fernando Mamede 38:51 42 Jean-Paul Gomez 38:52 43 Gerry Deegan 38:58 44 Daniel Dillon 38:59 45 Brian Lewry 39:01 46 Mick O'Shea 39:02 47 Donal Walsh 39:03 48 Aleksandr Fedotkin 39:04 49 Marc Hunter 39:05 50 Tony Brien 39:06 51 Robert McDonald 39:07 52 John Robson 39:08 53 39:09 54 Francis Gonzalez 39:10 55 Kevin Ryan 39:11 56 Peter Butler 39:12 57 Inge Simonsen 39:13 58 Howard Healey 39:14 59 Willy Polleunis 39:15 60 Giuseppe Gerbi 39:15 61 Ryszard Kopijasz 39:20 62 Rob de Castella 39:20 63 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand 39:21 64 Bill Donakowski 39:22 65 Claudio Solone 39:23 66 Manfred Schoeneberg 39:24 67 Luigi Zarcone 39:25 68 39:26 69 Hendrik Schoofs 39:27 70 Eamonn Coghlan 39:28 71 Pierre Délèze 39:29 72 Chris Wardlaw 39:30 73 Ken Newton 39:31 74 Lawrie Spence 39:32 75 Valeriy Abramov 39:33 76 39:34 77 Zbigniew Pierzynka 39:35 78 Antonio Prieto 39:36 79 Ray Treacy 39:37 80 Constantino Esparcia 39:38 81 Robbie Perkins 39:39 82 Henk Mentink 39:40 83 Fredi Griner 39:41 84 Tonni Luttikhold 39:42 85 Reinhard Leibold 39:43 86 Ron Vanderkraats 39:44 87 John Dixon 39:45 88 Jean-Luc Paugam 39:46 89 Barry Smith 39:47 90 Greg Meyer 39:48 91 Øyvind Dahl 39:51 92 Elie Aubertin 39:52 93 Gelindo Bordin 39:53 94 Aniceto Simoes 39:54 95 José Luis Ruiz 39:55 96 Larry Brown 39:56 97 Mike Dixon 39:57 98 Hugo Wey 39:58 99 Joseph Patton 39:59 100 Estanislao Duran 40:00 101 Steve Flanagan 40:01 102 Guido Rhyn 40:02 103 Guy Bourban 40:03 104 Jean-Pierre Berset 40:04 105 Allister Hutton 40:05 106 Ennio Panetti 40:06 107 Peter Baker 40:07 108 Greg Duhaime 40:08 109 Art Boileau 40:09 110 Jim Johansen 40:10 111 Alan Thurlow 40:11 112 Adam Shoemaker 40:12 113 Jean-Marie Conrath 40:13 114 Clive Thomas 40:14 115 Peder Arne Sylte 40:15 116 Piet Vonck 40:16 117 Blaise Schull 40:17 118 Joost Borm 40:18 119 Peter Moore 40:19 120 David Chettle 40:20 121 Detlef Uhlemann 40:21 122 Manuel Paiva 40:22 123 Karsten Hald Nielsen 40:23 124 Bjarte Sleire 40:24 125 Peter Lindtner 40:25 126 Rod Stone 40:26 127 Eddie Leddy 40:27 128 Josef Steiner 40:28 129 Gerard Nijboer 40:29 130 Edmund Turner 40:30 131 Christian Cairoche 40:31 132 José Sena 40:32 133 Bruce Jones 40:33 134 Rob Lonergan 40:34 135 Philippe Legrand 40:35 136 José Haro 40:36 137 Bobb Thomas 40:45 138 Jørn Lauenborg 40:50 139 David Gillanders 40:51 140 Philippe Daniel 40:52 141 John Davies 40:53 142 Gösta Johansson 40:54 143 Martin Couldwell 40:55 144 Cameron Spence 40:56 145 Eugeniusz Stacha 41:02 146 Laurence Reilly 41:03 147 José Simoes 41:04 148 Wolfgang Konrad 41:05 149 Paul Lawther 41:06 150 Daniel O'Connell 41:07 151 Piero Selvaggio 41:09 152 José Manuel Abascal 41:10 153 Roger Hackney 41:17 154 Luigi Lauro 41:19 155 Jack Foster 41:22 156 Niels Kim Hjorth 41:23 157 Henning Rasmussen 41:24 158 Gordon Rimmer 41:31 159 Johan Geirnaert 41:34 160 Helder de Jesús 41:37 161 Dic Evans 41:39 162 Hans Koeleman 41:40 163 Keld Johnsen 41:41 164 Jim Dingwall 41:42 165 Werner Meier 41:45 166 Thomas Wessinghage 41:47 167 Per Hoffmann 41:49 168 Carlos Cabral 41:50 169 Mick Morris 41:52 170 Kjell-Erik Ståhl 42:01 171 Peter Pfeifenberger 42:02 172 Knut Kvalheim 42:03 173 Jim McGuinness 42:09 174 Allan Zachariasen 42:17 175 Mauro Pappacena 42:21 176 Brian McSloy 42:35 177 Ernie Cunningham 42:48 178 Palle Vestergaard 42:49 179 Bo Nytofle 42:50 180 Tom Annett 42:54 181 Arye Gamliel 42:58 182 Christer Hanell 43:00 183 Samuel Doherty 43:06 184 Rudolf Altersberger 43:13 185 Jeffrey Matthews 43:27 186 Peter Irvine 43:32 187 Nabil Choueiry 43:48 — Gerhard Hartmann DNF — Dietmar Millonig DNF — Yehuda Zadok DNF — Cándido Alario DNF

Teams Rank 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 Donal Walsh 47 Tony Brien 50 (Eamonn Coghlan) (70) (Ray Treacy) (79) (Eddie Leddy) (127) 198 Aleksandr Antipov 3 Leonid Moseyev 18 35 Enn Sellik 38 Aleksandr Fedotkin 48 68 (Valeriy Abramov) (75) 210 4 8 Christoph Herle 16 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 24 Michael Karst 34 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand 63 Manfred Schoeneberg 66 (Reinhard Leibold) (85) (Detlef Uhlemann) (121) (Thomas Wessinghage) (166) 211 5 Léon Schots 5 19 Eric De Beck 26 53 Willy Polleunis 59 Hendrik Schoofs 69 () (76) (Elie Aubertin) (92) (Johan Geirnaert) (159) 231 6 Steve Austin 29 Gerard Barrett 32 Bill Scott 36 James Langford 40 Brian Lewry 45 Robert McDonald 51 (Rob de Castella) (62) (Chris Wardlaw) (72) (David Chettle) (120) 233 7 Bronisław Malinowski 2 Bogusław Mamiński 12 Maciej Kunicki 23 Ryszard Kopijasz 61 Zbigniew Pierzynka 77 Eugeniusz Stacha 145 320 8 Craig Virgin 13 Daniel Dillon 44 Marc Hunter 49 Bill Donakowski 64 Robbie Perkins 81 Greg Meyer 90 (Steve Flanagan) (101) (Bobb Thomas) (137) 341 9 José Luis González 15 Santiago de la Parte 39 Antonio Prieto 78 Constantino Esparcia 80 José Luis Ruiz 95 Estanislao Duran 100 (José Haro) (136) (José Manuel Abascal) (152) (Cándido Alario) (DNF) 407 10 Franco Fava 27 Giuseppe Gerbi 60 Claudio Solone 65 Luigi Zarcone 67 Gelindo Bordin 93 Ennio Panetti 106 (Piero Selvaggio) (151) (Luigi Lauro) (154) (Mauro Pappacena) (175) 418 11 Alex Gonzalez 25 Jean-Paul Gomez 42 Francis Gonzalez 54 Jean-Luc Paugam 88 Guy Bourban 103 Jean-Marie Conrath 113 (Christian Cairoche) (131) (Philippe Legrand) (135) (Philippe Daniel) (140) 425 12 Klaas Lok 28 Gerard Tebroke 30 Henk Mentink 82 Tonni Luttikhold 84 Piet Vonck 116 Joost Borm 118 (Gerard Nijboer) (129) (Hans Koeleman) (162) 458 13 Euan Robertson 17 Kevin Ryan 55 Howard Healey 58 John Dixon 87 Alan Thurlow 111 Bruce Jones 133 (Martin Couldwell) (143) (Daniel O'Connell) (150) (Jack Foster) (155) 461 14 Nat Muir 10 John Robson 52 Lawrie Spence 74 Joseph Patton 99 Allister Hutton 105 Laurence Reilly 146 (Gordon Rimmer) (158) (Jim Dingwall) (164) (Brian McSloy) (176) 486 15 Tony Simmons 4 Steve Jones 7 Peter Baker 107 Clive Thomas 114 Edmund Turner 130 John Davies 141 (Roger Hackney) (153) (Dic Evans) (161) (Mick Morris) (169) 503 16 Peter Butler 56 Ron Vanderkraats 86 Larry Brown 96 Mike Dixon 97 Greg Duhaime 108 Art Boileau 109 (Adam Shoemaker) (112) (Peter Moore) (119) (Rob Lonergan) (134) 552 17 Pierre Délèze 71 Fredi Griner 83 Hugo Wey 98 Guido Rhyn 102 Jean-Pierre Berset 104 Blaise Schull 117 (Werner Meier) (165) 575 18 Inge Simonsen 57 Øyvind Dahl 91 Jim Johansen 110 Peder Arne Sylte 115 Bjarte Sleire 124 Knut Kvalheim 172 669 19 Fernando Mamede 41 Aniceto Simoes 94 Manuel Paiva 122 José Sena 132 José Simoes 147 Helder de Jesús 160 (Carlos Cabral) (168) 696 20 Greg Hannon 31 Rod Stone 126 Cameron Spence 144 Paul Lawther 149 Jim McGuinness 173 Ernie Cunningham 177 (Tom Annett) (180) (Samuel Doherty) (183) (Peter Irvine) (186) 800 21 Karsten Hald Nielsen 123 Jørn Lauenborg 138 Niels Kim Hjorth 156 Henning Rasmussen 157 Keld Johnsen 163 Per Hoffmann 167 (Allan Zachariasen) (174) (Palle Vestergaard) (178) (Bo Nytofle) (179) 904DNF (Peter Lindtner) (125) (Josef Steiner) (128) (Wolfgang Konrad) (148) (Peter Pfeifenberger) (171) (Rudolf Altersberger) (184) (Gerhard Hartmann) (DNF) (Dietmar Millonig) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 191 athletes from 26 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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