International athletics championship event
1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships |
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Organisers | IAAF |
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Edition | 6th |
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Date | 25 March |
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Host city | Glasgow, Scotland ![Scotland](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png) |
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Venue | Bellahouston Park |
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Events | 3 |
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Distances | 12.3 km – Senior men 7.036 km – Junior men 4.728 km – Senior women |
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Participation | 358 athletes from 27 nations |
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The 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on 25 March 1978. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.
Medallists[edit]
Race results[edit]
Senior men's race (12.3 km)[edit]
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Junior men's race (7.036 km)[edit]
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Senior women's race (4.728 km)[edit]
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Medal table (unofficial)[edit]
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation[edit]
An unofficial count yields the participation of 358 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Marshall, Ron (27 March 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 17 October 2013
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 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 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 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 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
- ^ 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013
External links[edit]
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