The Senior men's race at the
1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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.
Complete results for men,
junior men,
women,
medallists,
...
was held in
Glasgow
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,
Scotland
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, at the
Bellahouston Park
Bellahouston Park (Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Bhaile Ùisdean'') is a public park in the Bellahouston district on the South Side of Glasgow, Scotland, between the areas of Craigton, Dumbreck, Ibrox and Mosspark covering an area of . The main ...
on March 25, 1978. A report on the event was given in the
Glasgow Herald
''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in ...
.
[
]
Complete results,
[
] medallists,
[
] and the results of British athletes
[
] were published.
Race results
Senior men's race (12.3 km)
Individual
Teams
*
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 168 athletes from 21 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
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* (7)
* (9)
* (6)
* (9)
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* (6)
* (9)
* (7)
* (9)
* (9)
* (7)
* (9)
* (9)
* (9)
* (9)
* (8)
* (3)
* (8)
* (9)
* (9)
* (8)
]
See also
* 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
* 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
References
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Senior men's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...