1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	7th
Date	March 25
Host city	Limerick, Munster, Ireland
Location	Greenpark Racecourse
Nations participating	26
Athletes participating	191
Races	1
Distances	12 km – Senior men
← 1978 Glasgow 1980 Paris →

The Senior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Limerick, Ireland, at the Greenpark Racecourse on March 25, 1979. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual

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

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

England

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

Ireland

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

Soviet Union

Aleksandr Antipov	3
Leonid Moseyev	18
Yuriy Mikhailov	35
Enn Sellik	38
Aleksandr Fedotkin	48
Vladimir Merkushin	68
(Valeriy Abramov)	(75)

210

West Germany

Frank Zimmermann	8
Christoph Herle	16
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann	24
Michael Karst	34
Klaus Hildenbrand	63
Manfred Schoeneberg	66
(Reinhard Leibold)	(85)
(Detlef Uhlemann)	(121)
(Thomas Wessinghage)	(166)

211

Belgium

Léon Schots	5
Frank Grillaert	19
Eric De Beck	26
Eddy Van Mullem	53
Willy Polleunis	59
Hendrik Schoofs	69
(Roger De Vogel)	(76)
(Elie Aubertin)	(92)
(Johan Geirnaert)	(159)

231

Australia

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)
(Dave Chettle)	(120)

233

Poland

Bronisław Malinowski	2
Bogusław Mamiński	12
Maciej Kunicki	23
Ryszard Kopijasz	61
Zbigniew Pierzynka	77
Eugeniusz Stacha	145

320

United States

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

Spain

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

Italy

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

France

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

Netherlands

Klaas Lok	28
Gerd Tebroke	30
Henk Mentink	82
Tonni Luttikhold	84
Piet Vonck	116
Joost Borm	118
(Gerard Nijboer)	(129)
(Hans Koeleman)	(162)

458

New Zealand

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

Scotland

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

Wales

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

Canada

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

Switzerland

Pierre Délèze	71
Fredi Griner	83
Hugo Wey	98
Guido Rhyn	102
Jean-Pierre Berset	104
Blaise Schull	117
(Werner Meier)	(165)

575

Norway

Inge Simonsen	57
Øyvind Dahl	91
Jim Johansen	110
Peder Arne Sylte	115
Bjarte Sleire	124
Knut Kvalheim	172

669

Portugal

Fernando Mamede	41
Aniceto Simoes	94
Manuel Paiva	122
José Sena	132
José Simoes	147
Helder de Jesús	160
(Carlos Cabral)	(168)

696

Northern Ireland

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

Denmark

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)

904

DNF

Austria

(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.^[4]

Australia (9)
Austria (7)
Belgium (9)
Canada (9)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Denmark (9)
England (9)
France (9)
Ireland (9)

Israel (2)
Italy (9)
Lebanon (1)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (9)
Northern Ireland (9)
Norway (6)
Poland (6)
Portugal (7)

References

↑ Marshall, Ron (March 19, 1973), Majestic triumph for Ireland's 'King John' - John Treacy, the 21-year-old holder of the world cross-country title, set alight the hearts of 25,000 impassioned Irish spectators yesterday afternoon here at Limerick Racecourse where he retained the championship in majestic fashion, covering the 12,000 metres in 37 min, 20sec..., Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 18, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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