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

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 → ;

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]

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

Race results

Junior men's race (7.36 km)

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	Jorge 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	Javier 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)
(Javier 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)

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

References

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
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)
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 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

[archive_02-2] 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)

[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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