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

Junior 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	7.036 km – Junior men
Participation	91 athletes from ; 16 nations
	← 1977 Düsseldorf 1979 Limerick → ;

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

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Mick Morton	England	22:57
	Rob Earl	Canada	23:10
	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

Rank

Team

Points

England

Mick Morton	1
Eddie White	13
David Beaver	15
Peter Elletson	24
(Simon Catchpole)	(44)
(Adrian Stewart)	(59)

53

Canada

Rob Earl	2
Kevin Dillon	8
Rob Lonergan	14
Jim Groves	29
(Raymond Paulins)	(32)
(Tony Hatherly)	(50)

53

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

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]

Belgium (5)
Canada (6)
England (6)
France (6)
Ireland (6)
Italy (5)

Spain (6)
Soviet Union (5)
Tunisia (5)
United States (6)
Wales (6)

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 - 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, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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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[herald_01-1] 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

[archive_02-2] 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, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-3] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_01-4] 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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