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1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Field	Value
Name	1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	6th
Date	25 March
Host city	Glasgow, Scotland Scotland
Location	Bellahouston Park
Nations participating	27
Athletes participating	358
Races	3
Distances	12.3 km – Senior men
7.036 km – Junior men
4.728 km – Senior women
Previous	1977 Düsseldorf
Next	1979 Limerick

7.036 km – Junior men 4.728 km – Senior women 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. | access-date = October 17, 2013

Complete results for men, |access-date=October 17, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110432/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1978S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 junior men, |access-date=October 17, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016105956/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1978S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 women, |access-date=October 17, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110814/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1978S.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 medallists, | access-date = October 9, 2013 and the results of British athletes |access-date=October 9, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2013 were published.

Medallists

Senior women	ROU	30	USA	37	ENG	55

Race results

Senior men's race (12.3 km)

Main article: 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	John Treacy
	Aleksandr Antipov
	Karel Lismont
4	Tony Simmons
5	Guy Arbogast
6	Craig Virgin
7	Nat Muir
8	Franco Fava
9	Enn Sellik
10	Pierre Levisse
11	Steve Jones
12	Adelaziz Bouguerra

(Dominique Coux)	(105)

|| 151 |-

(Bobb Thomas)	(99)

|| 156 |-

(Bernie Ford)	(62)

|| 159

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

Junior men's race (7.036 km)

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

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	Mick Morton
	Rob Earl
	Francisco Alario
4	Constantino Esparcia
5	Ronnie Carroll
6	Aleksandr Pasaryuk
7	Viktor Zinovyev
8	Kevin Dillon
9	Eddy de Pauw
10	Rod Berry
11	Brendan Quinn
12	Yevgeniy Okorokov

(Adrian Stewart)	(59)

|| 53 |-

(Tony Hatherly)	(50)

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(Carlos Quirce)	(57)

|| 54

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Senior women's race (4.728 km)

Main article: 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Rank		width=20%	Athlete		width=15%	Country		width=10%	Time	Full results
	Grete Waitz
	Natalia Mărăşescu
	Maricica Puică
4	Julie Shea
5	Cornelia Bürki
6	Monika Greschner
7	Jan Merrill
8	Georgeta Gazibara
9	Joyce Smith
10	Carmen Valero
11	Kathy Mills
12	Christine Benning

(Fiţa Lovin)	(26)

|| 30 |-

(Judy Graham)	(85)

|| 37 |-

(Wendy Smith)	(43)

|| 55

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 358 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

(7)
(19)
(18)
(5)
(21)
(21)
(6)
(21)
(17)
(9)
(15)
(12)
(6)
(14)
(5)
(6)
(15)
ROU (5)
(21)
(18)
ESP (21)
(3)
(4)
(13)
(21)
(21)
(14)

References

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