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

The Junior 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]

Junior men's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	7th
Date	March 25
Host city	Limerick, Munster, Ireland
Venue	Greenpark Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	7.36 km – Junior men
Participation	92 athletes from 16 nations
← 1978 Glasgow 1980 Paris →

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

Race results

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Eddy de Pauw	Belgium	23:02
	Steve Binns	England	23:09
	Ildar Denikeyev	Soviet Union	23:20
4	Jeff Nelson	United States	23:22
5	Ian Clarke	Canada	23:29
6	Roberto Antiga	Italy	23:31
7	Faisal Touzri	Tunisia	23:32
8	Jordi García	Spain	23:33
9	Ezequiel Canario	Portugal	23:34
10	Ian Campbell	Scotland	23:35
11	Alastair Douglas	Scotland	23:36
12	Jim Hill	United States	23:37
13	Ronnie Carroll	Ireland	23:38
14	Pedro Garin	Spain	23:39
15	Colin Moore	England	23:40
16	Sergey Kiselyov	Soviet Union	23:41
17	Valentin Rodríguez	Spain	23:42
18	José Maestra	Spain	23:43
19	Andrea Prassedi	Italy	23:44
20	Paul Moloney	Ireland	23:45
21	Guy Léfèvre	Belgium	23:46
22	Denis Stark	Canada	23:47
23	Graham Williamson	Scotland	23:48
24	Herb Wills	United States	23:49
25	Vladimir Bezlepkin	Soviet Union	23:53
26	Jean-Louis Prianon	France	23:54
27	Geoff Turnbull	England	23:55
28	Brendan Quinn	Ireland	23:56
29	Brian O'Keefe	Ireland	23:58
30	Dave Lewis	England	23:59
31	Abdurachman Ibragimov	Soviet Union	24:01
32	Ulrich Renz	West Germany	24:03
33	James Fallon	Ireland	24:04
34	Mauro Perna	Italy	24:05
35	Pascal Debacker	France	24:06
36	Steve Cram	England	24:08
37	José Manuel Boix	Spain	24:10
38	Mohammed Chouri	Tunisia	24:11
39	Steven Snell	Canada	24:12
40	Herbert Renz	West Germany	24:13
41	Heinrich Kipp	Denmark	24:15
42	Antonio Zumbo	Italy	24:20
43	Peter Horak	West Germany	24:21
44	Jean-Luc Taif	France	24:22
45	Yazid Abnouri	France	24:23
46	Steve Blakemore	Wales	24:24
47	Carlos Pereira	Portugal	24:25
48	Habib Romdani	Tunisia	24:26
49	Erwin Nothelfer	West Germany	24:28
50	Jim Haughey	Northern Ireland	24:30
51	Howard Parsell	Wales	24:31
52	Eddy Stevens	Belgium	24:32
53	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	24:33
54	Paul Donovan	Ireland	24:34
55	Gerhard Lindner	West Germany	24:35
56	Sergio Lena	Italy	24:36
57	Peter Fox	Scotland	24:38
58	Peter Daenens	Belgium	24:40
59	Aldo Bartolini	Canada	24:42
60	Chris Buckley	Wales	24:43
61	Gabriele Bettati	Italy	24:44
62	Iain Hill	Northern Ireland	24:48
63	Luis Pinhal	Portugal	24:51
64	Sean Connolly	England	24:52
65	Abderrazak Gtari	Tunisia	24:53
66	John Gregorek	United States	24:54
67	Henrik Albahn	Denmark	24:55
68	David Kirk	Scotland	24:56
69	Tom Melville	Northern Ireland	24:57
70	Steen Christensen	Denmark	25:01
71	Mike Sheely	United States	25:02
72	Jordi Castelló	Spain	25:06
73	Luc de Koster	Belgium	25:08
74	Ewen Martin	Wales	25:10
75	Paul Lanfear	Wales	25:13
76	Sören Egge Rasmussen	Denmark	25:15
77	Dallas Alleire	Canada	25:16
78	John McCreedy	Northern Ireland	25:18
79	Alan Scharsu	United States	25:21
80	Serge Moro-Sibilot	France	25:21
81	Mohamed Hadj Gasmi	Tunisia	25:23
82	Tom Breen	Northern Ireland	25:27
83	Mohamed Salah Chebbi	Tunisia	25:39
84	Jos Maes	Belgium	25:42
85	Ieuan Ellis	Wales	25:43
86	Duncan McTavish	Scotland	25:54
87	João Campos	Portugal	25:58
88	Mickey Rooney	Northern Ireland	26:07
89	Jean-Baptiste Protais	France	26:14
90	Ove Jensen	Denmark	26:25
—	Antonio Leitão	Portugal	DNF
—	Eliseo Rios	Portugal	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Spain Jorge García 8 Pedro Garin 14 Valentin Rodríguez 17 José Maestra 18 (José Manuel Boix) (37) (Jordi Castelló) (72)	57
	England Steve Binns 2 Colin Moore 15 Geoff Turnbull 27 Dave Lewis 30 (Steve Cram) (36) (Sean Connolly) (64)	74
	Soviet Union Ildar Denikeyev 3 Sergey Kiselyov 16 Vladimir Bezlepkin 25 Abdurachman Ibragimov 31	75
4	Ireland Ronnie Carroll 13 Paul Moloney 20 Brendan Quinn 28 Brian O'Keefe 29 (James Fallon) (33) (Paul Donovan) (54)	90
5	Italy Roberto Antiga 6 Andrea Prassedi 19 Mauro Perna 34 Antonio Zumbo 42 (Sergio Lena) (56) (Gabriele Bettati) (61)	101
6	Scotland Ian Campbell 10 Alastair Douglas 11 Graham Williamson 23 Peter Fox 57 (David Kirk) (68) (Duncan McTavish) (86)	101
7	United States Jeff Nelson 4 Jim Hill 12 Herb Wills 24 John Gregorek 66 (Mike Sheely) (71) (Alan Scharsu) (79)	106
8	Canada Ian Clarke 5 Denis Stark 22 Steven Snell 39 Aldo Bartolini 59 (Dallas Alleire) (77)	125
9	Belgium Eddy de Pauw 1 Guy Léfèvre 21 Eddy Stevens 52 Peter Daenens 58 (Luc de Koster) (73) (Jos Maes) (84)	132
10	France Jean-Louis Prianon 26 Pascal Debacker 35 Jean-Luc Taif 44 Yazid Abnouri 45 (Serge Moro-Sibilot) (80) (Jean-Baptiste Protais) (89)	150
11	Tunisia Faisal Touzri 7 Mohammed Chouri 38 Habib Romdani 48 Abderrazak Gtari 65 (Mohamed Hadj Gasmi) (81) (Mohamed Salah Chebbi) (83)	158
12	West Germany Ulrich Renz 32 Herbert Renz 40 Peter Horak 43 Erwin Nothelfer 49 (Gerhard Lindner) (55)	164
13	Portugal Ezequiel Canario 9 Carlos Pereira 47 Luis Pinhal 63 João Campos 87 (Antonio Leitão) (DNF) (Eliseo Rios) (DNF)	206
14	Denmark Heinrich Kipp 41 Henrik Jørgensen 53 Henrik Albahn 67 Steen Christensen 70 (Sören Egge Rasmussen) (76) (Ove Jensen) (90)	231
15	Wales Steve Blakemore 46 Howard Parsell 51 Chris Buckley 60 Ewen Martin 74 (Paul Lanfear) (75) (Ieuan Ellis) (85)	231
16	Northern Ireland Jim Haughey 50 Iain Hill 62 Tom Melville 69 John McCreedy 78 (Tom Breen) (82) (Mickey Rooney) (88)	259

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 92 athletes from 16 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

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

Italy (6)  Northern Ireland (6)  Portugal (6)  Scotland (6)  Soviet Union (4)

Spain (6)  Tunisia (6)  United States (6)  Wales (6)  West Germany (5)

See also

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

References

1. 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
2. Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.4km CC Men - Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
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