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

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Junior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
DateMarch 25
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland Scotland
VenueBellahouston Park
Events1
Distances7.036 km – Junior men
Participation91 athletes from
16 nations

The Junior 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.[1]

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

Race results

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Junior men's race (7.036 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mick Morton  England 22:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rob Earl  Canada 23:10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francisco Alario  Spain 23:11
4 Constantino Esparcia  Spain 23:12
5 Ronnie Carroll  Ireland 23:14
6 Aleksandr Pasaryuk  Soviet Union 23:15
7 Viktor Zinovyev  Soviet Union 23:20
8 Kevin Dillon  Canada 23:22
9 Eddy de Pauw  Belgium 23:23
10 Rod Berry  United States 23:24
11 Brendan Quinn  Ireland 23:25
12 Yevgeniy Okorokov  Soviet Union 23:27
13 Eddie White  England 23:27
14 Rob Lonergan  Canada 23:27
15 David Beaver  England 23:29
16 Argimiro González  Spain 23:30
17 Ian Brown  Scotland 23:31
18 Dirk Mattheus  Belgium 23:35
19 Gelindo Bordin  Italy 23:36
20 Antonio Leitão  Portugal 23:37
21 Pietro Pani  Italy 23:40
22 Peter Daenens  Belgium 23:43
23 Marc de Blander  Belgium 23:46
24 Peter Elletson  England 23:47
25 Paul Schultz  United States 23:48
26 Dave Taylor  Ireland 23:50
27 Ian Campbell  Scotland 23:52
28 Patrick Deliveyne  Belgium 23:54
29 Jim Groves  Canada 23:55
30 Fulvio Costa  Italy 23:56
31 Valentin Rodríguez  Spain 23:57
32 Raymond Paulins  Canada 23:58
33 Fernando Miguel  Portugal 23:59
34 Saïd Aouita  Morocco 24:02
35 Andrey Kuznetsov  Soviet Union 24:04
36 Alastair Douglas  Scotland 24:05
37 Kevin Byrne  United States 24:06
38 Jeff Millieman  United States 24:06
39 Habib Romdani  Tunisia 24:08
40 Pascal Thiébaut  France 24:09
41 Roberto Visini  Italy 24:11
42 James Fallon  Ireland 24:12
43 Nikolay Yavorskiy  Soviet Union 24:17
44 Simon Catchpole  England 24:20
45 Gaetano Erba  Italy 24:21
46 Ezequiel Canario  Portugal 24:22
47 Assila Tebai  Tunisia 24:30
48 Mohamed Maazaoui  Morocco 24:31
49 Abdellah Benbaraka  Morocco 24:32
50 Tony Hatherly  Canada 24:33
51 Humberto Sequeira  Portugal 24:38
52 José Frias  Portugal 24:39
53 Francisco Cortés  Spain 24:41
54 Tim O'Neill  United States 24:42
55 Steve Ferri  United States 24:42
56 John Griffin  Ireland 24:43
57 Carlos Quirce  Spain
58 Nourredine Benamor  Tunisia
59 Adrian Stewart  England 24:48
60 Nigel Jones  Scotland 24:50
61 Carlos Pereira  Portugal 24:53
62 Keith Gallivan  Wales 24:54
63 Jean-Louis Carrel  France 24:57
64 John Gray  Scotland 25:02
65 Philippe Cros  France 25:04
66 Féthi Baccouche  Tunisia 25:05
67 Mohamed Ngueri  Morocco 25:07
68 Eddie Patterson  Northern Ireland 25:11
69 Mark Donnelly  Wales 25:11
70 Steve Blakemore  Wales 25:12
71 Ali Daasa  Tunisia 25:13
72 Jean-Baptiste Protais  France 25:22
73 Mohamed Benaissa  Morocco 25:23
74 Tom Breen  Northern Ireland 25:24
75 Sean Miller  Northern Ireland 25:24
76 Patrick Hiron  France 25:33
77 Dominique Vernochet  France 25:36
78 David Norris  Northern Ireland 25:38
79 Simon Axon  Wales 25:43
80 Ieuan Ellis  Wales 25:46
81 Robert McWatt  Scotland 25:48
82 Tom Melville  Northern Ireland 25:49
83 Mohamed El Bali  Morocco 25:55
84 Paul Moloney  Ireland 26:32
85 Sani Jeji  Nigeria 26:42
86 Sallah Abashi  Nigeria 27:30
87 John Davou  Nigeria 28:41
88 Gyane Davou  Nigeria 28:52
89 Mbok Likita  Nigeria 29:52
90 James Tsenment  Nigeria 30:08
Colin Clarkson  Wales DNF

Teams

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Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
Mick Morton 1
Eddie White 13
David Beaver 15
Peter Elletson 24
(Simon Catchpole) (44)
(Adrian Stewart) (59)
53
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
Rob Earl 2
Kevin Dillon 8
Rob Lonergan 14
Jim Groves 29
(Raymond Paulins) (32)
(Tony Hatherly) (50)
53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
Francisco Alario 3
Constantino Esparcia 4
Argimiro González 16
Valentin Rodríguez 31
(Francisco Cortés) (53)
(Carlos Quirce) (57)
54
4  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Pasaryuk 6
Viktor Zinovyev 7
Yevgeniy Okorokov 12
Andrey Kuznetsov 35
(Nikolay Yavorskiy) (43)
60
5  Belgium
Eddy de Pauw 9
Dirk Mattheus 18
Peter Daenens 22
Marc de Blander 23
(Patrick Deliveyne) (28)
72
6  Ireland
Ronnie Carroll 5
Brendan Quinn 11
Dave Taylor 26
James Fallon 42
(John Griffin) (56)
(Paul Moloney) (84)
84
7  United States
Rod Berry 10
Paul Schultz 25
Kevin Byrne 37
Jeff Millieman 38
(Tim O'Neill) (54)
(Steve Ferri) (55)
110
8  Italy
Gelindo Bordin 19
Pietro Pani 21
Fulvio Costa 30
Roberto Visini 41
(Gaetano Erba) (45)
111
9  Scotland
Ian Brown 17
Ian Campbell 27
Alastair Douglas 36
Nigel Jones 60
(John Gray) (64)
(Robert McWatt) (81)
140
10  Portugal
Antonio Leitão 20
Fernando Miguel 33
Ezequiel Canario 46
Humberto Sequeira 51
(José Frias) (52)
(Carlos Pereira) (61)
150
11  Morocco
Saïd Aouita 34
Mohamed Maazaoui 48
Abdellah Benbaraka 49
Mohamed Ngueri 67
(Mohamed Benaissa) (73)
(Mohamed El Bali) (83)
198
12  Tunisia
Habib Romdani 39
Assila Tebai 47
Nourredine Benamor 58
Féthi Baccouche 66
(Ali Daasa) (71)
210
13  France
Pascal Thiébaut 40
Jean-Louis Carrel 63
Philippe Cros 65
Jean-Baptiste Protais 72
(Patrick Hiron) (76)
(Dominique Vernochet) (77)
240
14  Wales
Keith Gallivan 62
Mark Donnelly 69
Steve Blakemore 70
Steve Axon 79
(Ieuan Ellis) (80)
(Colin Clarkson) (DNF)
280
15  Northern Ireland
Eddie Patterson 68
Tom Breen 74
Sean Miller 75
David Norris 78
(Tom Melville) (82)
295
16  Nigeria
Sani Jeji 85
Sallah Abashi 86
John Davou 87
Gyane Davou 88
(Mbok Likita) (89)
(James Tsenment) (90)
346
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 91 athletes from 16 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 17, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ a b 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