1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

International athletics championship event

Senior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	6th
Date	March 25
Host city	Glasgow, Scotland
Venue	Bellahouston Park
Events	1
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men
Participation	168 athletes from 21 nations
← 1977 Düsseldorf 1979 Limerick →

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

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

France

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

United States

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

England

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

Soviet Union

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

Belgium

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

Ireland

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

West Germany

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

Italy

Franco Fava	8
Luigi Zarcone	17
Michelangelo Arena	34
Arturo Iacona	66
Anelio Bocci	70
Michele Cinà	81
(Venanzio Ortis)	(DNF)

276

Scotland

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

Spain

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

Wales

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

Tunisia

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

Portugal

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

Netherlands

Henk Mentink	74
Jo Schout	83
Piet Vonck	89
Bram Wassenaar	92
Tonni Luttikhold	107
Peet-Jan van Zyl	135
(Jos Hermens)	(DNF)

580

Austria

Dietmar Millonig	65
Peter Lindtner	68
Gerhard Hartmann	94
Wolfgang Konrad	118
Erwin Wagger	121
Josef Steiner	128
(Peter Pfeifenberger)	(137)

594

Northern Ireland

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

Morocco

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

Canada

Nil Lavallee	110
Peter Moore	112
Tommie Pearson	117
Dave Welcher	142
Paul Williams	143
Chris McCubbins	146

770

Japan

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

Iceland

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.

Austria (7)
Belgium (9)
Canada (6)
England (9)
France (9)
Iceland (6)
Ireland (9)
Italy (7)
Japan (9)
Morocco (9)
Netherlands (7)
Northern Ireland (9)
Portugal (9)
Scotland (9)
Spain (9)
Soviet Union (8)
Sweden (3)
Tunisia (8)
United States (9)
Wales (9)
West Germany (8)

References

Marshall, Ron (March 27, 1978), Treacy leaves 'em for dead - Through a curtain of rain the binoculars confirmed what the Americans had been saying all week - Ireland's John Treacy was the man to beat in the world cross-country championships..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 17, 2013
Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013
IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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