# 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on March 25, 1978. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.036 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Mick Morton | England | 22:57 |
| | Rob Earl | Canada | 23:10 |
| | Francisco Alario | Spain | 23:11 |
| 4 | Constantino Esparcia | Spain | 23:12 |
| 5 | Ronnie Carroll | Ireland | 23:14 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Pasaryuk | Soviet Union | 23:15 |
| 7 | Viktor Zinovyev | Soviet Union | 23:20 |
| 8 | Kevin Dillon | Canada | 23:22 |
| 9 | Eddy de Pauw | Belgium | 23:23 |
| 10 | Rod Berry | United States | 23:24 |
| 11 | Brendan Quinn | Ireland | 23:25 |
| 12 | Yevgeniy Okorokov | Soviet Union | 23:27 |
| 13 | Eddie White | England | 23:27 |
| 14 | Rob Lonergan | Canada | 23:27 |
| 15 | David Beaver | England | 23:29 |
| 16 | Argimiro González | Spain | 23:30 |
| 17 | Ian Brown | Scotland | 23:31 |
| 18 | Dirk Mattheus | Belgium | 23:35 |
| 19 | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | 23:36 |
| 20 | Antonio Leitão | Portugal | 23:37 |
| 21 | Pietro Pani | Italy | 23:40 |
| 22 | Peter Daenens | Belgium | 23:43 |
| 23 | Marc de Blander | Belgium | 23:46 |
| 24 | Peter Elletson | England | 23:47 |
| 25 | Paul Schultz | United States | 23:48 |
| 26 | Dave Taylor | Ireland | 23:50 |
| 27 | Ian Campbell | Scotland | 23:52 |
| 28 | Patrick Deliveyne | Belgium | 23:54 |
| 29 | Jim Groves | Canada | 23:55 |
| 30 | Fulvio Costa | Italy | 23:56 |
| 31 | Valentin Rodríguez | Spain | 23:57 |
| 32 | Raymond Paulins | Canada | 23:58 |
| 33 | Fernando Miguel | Portugal | 23:59 |
| 34 | Saïd Aouita | Morocco | 24:02 |
| 35 | Andrey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 24:04 |
| 36 | Alastair Douglas | Scotland | 24:05 |
| 37 | Kevin Byrne | United States | 24:06 |
| 38 | Jeff Millieman | United States | 24:06 |
| 39 | Habib Romdani | Tunisia | 24:08 |
| 40 | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 24:09 |
| 41 | Roberto Visini | Italy | 24:11 |
| 42 | James Fallon | Ireland | 24:12 |
| 43 | Nikolay Yavorskiy | Soviet Union | 24:17 |
| 44 | Simon Catchpole | England | 24:20 |
| 45 | Gaetano Erba | Italy | 24:21 |
| 46 | Ezequiel Canario | Portugal | 24:22 |
| 47 | Assila Tebai | Tunisia | 24:30 |
| 48 | Mohamed Maazaoui | Morocco | 24:31 |
| 49 | Abdellah Benbaraka | Morocco | 24:32 |
| 50 | Tony Hatherly | Canada | 24:33 |
| 51 | Humberto Sequeira | Portugal | 24:38 |
| 52 | José Frias | Portugal | 24:39 |
| 53 | Francisco Cortés | Spain | 24:41 |
| 54 | Tim O'Neill | United States | 24:42 |
| 55 | Steve Ferri | United States | 24:42 |
| 56 | John Griffin | Ireland | 24:43 |
| 57 | Carlos Quirce | Spain | |
| 58 | Nourredine Benamor | Tunisia | |
| 59 | Adrian Stewart | England | 24:48 |
| 60 | Nigel Jones | Scotland | 24:50 |
| 61 | Carlos Pereira | Portugal | 24:53 |
| 62 | Keith Gallivan | Wales | 24:54 |
| 63 | Jean-Louis Carrel | France | 24:57 |
| 64 | John Gray | Scotland | 25:02 |
| 65 | Philippe Cros | France | 25:04 |
| 66 | Féthi Baccouche | Tunisia | 25:05 |
| 67 | Mohamed Ngueri | Morocco | 25:07 |
| 68 | Eddie Patterson | Northern Ireland | 25:11 |
| 69 | Mark Donnelly | Wales | 25:11 |
| 70 | Steve Blakemore | Wales | 25:12 |
| 71 | Ali Daasa | Tunisia | 25:13 |
| 72 | Jean-Baptiste Protais | France | 25:22 |
| 73 | Mohamed Benaissa | Morocco | 25:23 |
| 74 | Tom Breen | Northern Ireland | 25:24 |
| 75 | Sean Miller | Northern Ireland | 25:24 |
| 76 | Patrick Hiron | France | 25:33 |
| 77 | Dominique Vernochet | France | 25:36 |
| 78 | David Norris | Northern Ireland | 25:38 |
| 79 | Simon Axon | Wales | 25:43 |
| 80 | Ieuan Ellis | Wales | 25:46 |
| 81 | Robert McWatt | Scotland | 25:48 |
| 82 | Tom Melville | Northern Ireland | 25:49 |
| 83 | Mohamed El Bali | Morocco | 25:55 |
| 84 | Paul Moloney | Ireland | 26:32 |
| 85 | Sani Jeji | Nigeria | 26:42 |
| 86 | Sallah Abashi | Nigeria | 27:30 |
| 87 | John Davou | Nigeria | 28:41 |
| 88 | Gyane Davou | Nigeria | 28:52 |
| 89 | Mbok Likita | Nigeria | 29:52 |
| 90 | James Tsenment | Nigeria | 30:08 |
| — | Colin Clarkson | Wales | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | England Mick Morton1 Eddie White13 David Beaver15 Peter Elletson24 (Simon Catchpole)(44) (Adrian Stewart)(59) | 53 |
| | Canada Rob Earl2 Kevin Dillon8 Rob Lonergan14 Jim Groves29 (Raymond Paulins)(32) (Tony Hatherly)(50) | 53 |
| | Spain Francisco Alario3 Constantino Esparcia4 Argimiro González16 Valentin Rodríguez31 (Francisco Cortés)(53) (Carlos Quirce)(57) | 54 |
| 4 | Soviet Union Aleksandr Pasaryuk6 Viktor Zinovyev7 Yevgeniy Okorokov12 Andrey Kuznetsov35 (Nikolay Yavorskiy)(43) | 60 |
| 5 | Belgium Eddy de Pauw9 Dirk Mattheus18 Peter Daenens22 Marc de Blander23 (Patrick Deliveyne)(28) | 72 |
| 6 | Ireland Ronnie Carroll5 Brendan Quinn11 Dave Taylor26 James Fallon42 (John Griffin)(56) (Paul Moloney)(84) | 84 |
| 7 | United States Rod Berry10 Paul Schultz25 Kevin Byrne37 Jeff Millieman38 (Tim O'Neill)(54) (Steve Ferri)(55) | 110 |
| 8 | Italy Gelindo Bordin19 Pietro Pani21 Fulvio Costa30 Roberto Visini41 (Gaetano Erba)(45) | 111 |
| 9 | Scotland Ian Brown17 Ian Campbell27 Alastair Douglas36 Nigel Jones60 (John Gray)(64) (Robert McWatt)(81) | 140 |
| 10 | Portugal Antonio Leitão20 Fernando Miguel33 Ezequiel Canario46 Humberto Sequeira51 (José Frias)(52) (Carlos Pereira)(61) | 150 |
| 11 | Morocco Saïd Aouita34 Mohamed Maazaoui48 Abdellah Benbaraka49 Mohamed Ngueri67 (Mohamed Benaissa)(73) (Mohamed El Bali)(83) | 198 |
| 12 | Tunisia Habib Romdani39 Assila Tebai47 Nourredine Benamor58 Féthi Baccouche66 (Ali Daasa)(71) | 210 |
| 13 | France Pascal Thiébaut40 Jean-Louis Carrel63 Philippe Cros65 Jean-Baptiste Protais72 (Patrick Hiron)(76) (Dominique Vernochet)(77) | 240 |
| 14 | Wales Keith Gallivan62 Mark Donnelly69 Steve Blakemore70 Steve Axon79 (Ieuan Ellis)(80) (Colin Clarkson)(DNF) | 280 |
| 15 | Northern Ireland Eddie Patterson68 Tom Breen74 Sean Miller75 David Norris78 (Tom Melville)(82) | 295 |
| 16 | Nigeria Sani Jeji85 Sallah Abashi86 John Davou87 Gyane Davou88 (Mbok Likita)(89) (James Tsenment)(90) | 346 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 91 athletes from 16 countries in the Junior men's race, one athlete less than the official number published.
* Belgium (5)
* Canada (6)
* England (6)
* France (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (5)
* Morocco (6)
* Nigeria (6)
* Northern Ireland (5)
* Portugal (6)
* Scotland (6)
* Spain (6)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Tunisia (5)
* United States (6)
* Wales (6)