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

The Senior 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
### Senior men's race (12.3 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | John Treacy | Ireland | 39:25 |
| | Aleksandr Antipov | Soviet Union | 39:28 |
| | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 39:32 |
| 4 | Tony Simmons | England | 39:51 |
| 5 | Guy Arbogast | United States | 39:52 |
| 6 | Craig Virgin | United States | 39:54 |
| 7 | Nat Muir | Scotland | 40:00 |
| 8 | Franco Fava | Italy | 40:03 |
| 9 | Enn Sellik | Soviet Union | 40:08 |
| 10 | Pierre Levisse | France | 40:15 |
| 11 | Steve Jones | Wales | 40:15 |
| 12 | Adelaziz Bouguerra | Tunisia | 40:16 |
| 13 | Lucien Rault | France | 40:19 |
| 14 | Gerry Deegan | Ireland | 40:22 |
| 15 | John Wild | England | 40:25 |
| 16 | Christoph Herle | West Germany | 40:25 |
| 17 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | 40:25 |
| 18 | Radhouane Bouster | France | 40:25 |
| 19 | Andrew McKean | Scotland | 40:29 |
| 20 | Greg Meyer | United States | 40:31 |
| 21 | Leonid Moseyev | Soviet Union | 40:35 |
| 22 | Peter Baker | Wales | 40:36 |
| 23 | Hendrik Schoofs | Belgium | 40:37 |
| 24 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | 40:42 |
| 25 | Aleksandr Fedotkin | Soviet Union | 40:42 |
| 26 | Eric de Beck | Belgium | 40:43 |
| 27 | Santiago de la Parte | Spain | 40:45 |
| 28 | Neil Coupland | England | 40:46 |
| 29 | Jeff Wells | United States | 40:47 |
| 30 | Mike McLeod | England | 40:48 |
| 31 | Danny McDaid | Ireland | 40:52 |
| 32 | Alex Gonzalez | France | 40:56 |
| 33 | Eddie Leddy | Ireland | 40:56 |
| 34 | Michelangelo Arena | Italy | 40:58 |
| 35 | Thierry Watrice | France | 40:58 |
| 36 | Alex Hagelsteens | Belgium | 40:58 |
| 37 | Günther Zahn | West Germany | 41:03 |
| 38 | Rudi Schoofs | Belgium | 41:06 |
| 39 | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 41:08 |
| 40 | Ken Newton | England | 41:08 |
| 41 | Michael Karst | West Germany | 41:15 |
| 42 | Steve Kenyon | England | 41:16 |
| 43 | Jean-Paul Gomez | France | 41:18 |
| 44 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 41:20 |
| 45 | Aniceto Simoes | Portugal | 41:21 |
| 46 | Manfred Schoeneberg | West Germany | 41:22 |
| 47 | Marc Smet | Belgium | 41:23 |
| 48 | Graham Tuck | England | 41:26 |
| 49 | Geert de Smet | Belgium | 41:33 |
| 50 | Donal Walsh | Ireland | 41:33 |
| 51 | Fernando Cerrada | Spain | 41:34 |
| 52 | Mike Roche | United States | 41:35 |
| 53 | Cándido Alario | Spain | 41:37 |
| 54 | Mohamed Zaidi | Tunisia | 41:40 |
| 55 | Aleksandr Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 41:44 |
| 56 | Alwyn Dewhirst | England | 41:44 |
| 57 | Ivan Parluy | Soviet Union | 41:44 |
| 58 | José Luis González | Spain | 41:46 |
| 59 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 41:46 |
| 60 | Neil Cusack | Ireland | 41:48 |
| 61 | Wolf-Dieter Poschmann | West Germany | 41:49 |
| 62 | Bernie Ford | England | 41:50 |
| 63 | Jean-Luc Paugam | France | 41:50 |
| 64 | Jean-Luc Lemire | France | 41:52 |
| 65 | Dietmar Millonig | Austria | 41:52 |
| 66 | Arturo Iacona | Italy | 41:59 |
| 67 | Frank Clement | Scotland | 42:00 |
| 68 | Peter Lindtner | Austria | 42:01 |
| 69 | Serhiy Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 42:03 |
| 70 | Anelio Bocci | Italy | 42:06 |
| 71 | Ray Treacy | Ireland | 42:07 |
| 72 | Marc Hunter | United States | 42:08 |
| 73 | Charles Vigil | United States | 42:10 |
| 74 | Henk Mentink | Netherlands | 42:11 |
| 75 | Michael Lane | Wales | 42:11 |
| 76 | Rafael Nunez | Spain | 42:14 |
| 77 | Dennis Fowles | Wales | 42:14 |
| 78 | Anacleto Pinto | Portugal | 42:20 |
| 79 | David Hopkins | Wales | 42:22 |
| 80 | Paul Lawther | Northern Ireland | 42:26 |
| 81 | Michele Cinà | Italy | 42:27 |
| 82 | Helder de Jesús | Portugal | 42:28 |
| 83 | Jo Schout | Netherlands | 42:29 |
| 84 | Ian Gilmour | Scotland | 42:32 |
| 85 | Abdelkrim Djelassi | Tunisia | 42:32 |
| 86 | Greg Hannon | Northern Ireland | 42:33 |
| 87 | Eddy Rombaux | Belgium | 42:34 |
| 88 | John McLaughlin | Northern Ireland | 42:35 |
| 89 | Piet Vonck | Netherlands | 42:37 |
| 90 | John Graham | Scotland | 42:38 |
| 91 | Gunnar Holm | Sweden | 42:39 |
| 92 | Bram Wassenaar | Netherlands | 42:40 |
| 93 | Lahcen El Hachmi | Morocco | 42:40 |
| 94 | Gerhard Hartmann | Austria | 42:40 |
| 95 | Mohamed Naoumi | Morocco | 42:40 |
| 96 | José Sena | Portugal | 42:42 |
| 97 | Laurence Reilly | Scotland | 42:48 |
| 98 | Dic Evans | Wales | 42:51 |
| 99 | Bobb Thomas | United States | 42:54 |
| 100 | Mansour Guettaya | Tunisia | 42:54 |
| 101 | Cherif Hannchi | Tunisia | 42:56 |
| 102 | Hussein Soltani | Tunisia | 42:59 |
| 103 | Peter Weigt | West Germany | 43:00 |
| 104 | Tony Brien | Ireland | 43:02 |
| 105 | Dominique Coux | France | 43:02 |
| 106 | David Gillanders | Sweden | 43:02 |
| 107 | Tonni Luttikhold | Netherlands | 43:05 |
| 108 | Ali Laanaya | Morocco | 43:06 |
| 109 | Clive Thomas | Wales | 43:07 |
| 110 | Nil Lavallee | Canada | 43:08 |
| 111 | Juan Manuel Sanchez Perez | Spain | 43:11 |
| 112 | Peter Moore | Canada | 43:12 |
| 113 | Ali Gammoudi | Tunisia | 43:23 |
| 114 | Jim Brown | Scotland | 43:24 |
| 115 | Carlos Tavares | Portugal | 43:25 |
| 116 | Abdelkader Zaddem | Tunisia | 43:28 |
| 117 | Tommie Pearson | Canada | 43:31 |
| 118 | Wolfgang Konrad | Austria | 43:33 |
| 119 | Gerry Hannon | Northern Ireland | 43:35 |
| 120 | Mikhail Ulymov | Soviet Union | |
| 121 | Erwin Wagger | Austria | 43:41 |
| 122 | Francisco Sánchez | Spain | 43:42 |
| 123 | Omar Anassi | Morocco | 43:47 |
| 124 | Tom Price | Northern Ireland | 43:48 |
| 125 | Richard Samuels | Wales | 43:50 |
| 126 | Peter Griffiths | Wales | 43:52 |
| 127 | José Abreu | Portugal | 43:54 |
| 128 | Josef Steiner | Austria | 43:56 |
| 129 | Abdeslam Outmani | Morocco | 43:56 |
| 130 | Dahou Belghazi | Morocco | 43:58 |
| 131 | Desmond McGann | Ireland | 43:59 |
| 132 | Rod Stone | Northern Ireland | 44:03 |
| 133 | Santiago Llorente | Spain | 44:04 |
| 134 | Mohamed Faquire | Morocco | 44:07 |
| 135 | Peet-Jan van Zyl | Netherlands | 44:11 |
| 136 | Norihiro Shinchi | Japan | 44:29 |
| 137 | Peter Pfeifenberger | Austria | 44:31 |
| 138 | Siglus Jonsson | Iceland | 44:37 |
| 139 | Mustapha Oulghazi | Morocco | 44:42 |
| 140 | Haddou Jaddour | Morocco | 44:51 |
| 141 | Akira Degouchi | Japan | 45:05 |
| 142 | Dave Welcher | Canada | 45:07 |
| 143 | Paul Williams | Canada | 45:13 |
| 144 | John White | Northern Ireland | 45:14 |
| 145 | Agust Thorsteinsson | Iceland | 45:17 |
| 146 | Chris McCubbins | Canada | 45:27 |
| 147 | Kazuyuki Ogane | Japan | 45:30 |
| 148 | Norikatsu Terui | Japan | 45:30 |
| 149 | Takaki Hata | Japan | 45:32 |
| 150 | Mike Teer | Northern Ireland | 45:40 |
| 151 | Tetsuji Ito | Japan | 45:43 |
| 152 | Yushin Kamuro | Japan | 45:54 |
| 153 | Aidan Donaldson | Northern Ireland | 46:34 |
| 154 | Haruyuki Tanaka | Japan | 46:38 |
| 155 | Ágúst Ásgeirsson | Iceland | 47:12 |
| 156 | Mineteru Sakamoto | Japan | 48:46 |
| 157 | Sigurdur Sigmundsson | Iceland | 49:56 |
| 158 | Harfteinn Oskarsson | Iceland | 50:13 |
| 159 | Einar Gudmundsson | Iceland | |
| — | Dan Glans | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Jos Hermens | Netherlands | DNF |
| — | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Venanzio Ortis | Italy | DNF |
| — | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Michael Lederer | West Germany | DNF |
| — | Carlos Cabral | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Philip Dolan | Scotland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | France Pierre Levisse10 Lucien Rault13 Radhouane Bouster18 Alex Gonzalez32 Thierry Watrice35 Jean-Paul Gomez43 (Jean-Luc Paugam)(63) (Jean-Luc Lemire)(64) (Dominique Coux)(105) | 151 |
| | United States Guy Arbogast5 Craig Virgin6 Greg Meyer20 Jeff Wells29 Bill Rodgers44 Mike Roche52 (Marc Hunter)(72) (Charles Vigil)(73) (Bobb Thomas)(99) | 156 |
| | England Tony Simmons4 Jon Wild15 Neil Coupland28 Mike McLeod30 Ken Newton40 Steve Kenyon42 (Graham Tuck)(48) (Alwyn Dewhirst)(56) (Bernie Ford)(62) | 159 |
| 4 | Soviet Union Aleksandr Antipov2 Enn Sellik9 Leonid Moseyev21 Aleksandr Fedotkin25 Aleksandr Kuznetsov55 Ivan Parluy57 (Serhiy Olizarenko)(69) (Mikhail Ulymov)(120) | 169 |
| 5 | Belgium Karel Lismont3 Hendrik Schoofs23 Eric de Beck26 Alex Hagelsteens36 Rudi Schoofs38 Marc Smet47 (Geert de Smet)(49) (Eddy Rombaux)(87) (Willy Polleunis)(DNF) | 173 |
| 6 | Ireland John Treacy1 Gerry Deegan14 Danny McDaid31 Eddie Leddy33 Donal Walsh50 Neil Cusack60 (Ray Treacy)(71) (Tony Brien)(104) (Desmond McGann)(131) | 189 |
| 7 | West Germany Christoph Herle16 Günther Zahn37 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann39 Michael Karst41 Manfred Schoeneberg46 Wolf-Dieter Poschmann61 (Peter Weigt)(103) (Michael Lederer)(DNF) | 240 |
| 8 | Italy Franco Fava8 Luigi Zarcone17 Michelangelo Arena34 Arturo Iacona66 Anelio Bocci70 Michele Cinà81 (Venanzio Ortis)(DNF) | 276 |
| 9 | Scotland Nat Muir7 Andrew McKean19 Allister Hutton24 Frank Clement67 Ian Gilmour84 John Graham90 (Laurence Reilly)(97) (Jim Brown)(114) (Philip Dolan)(DNF) | 291 |
| 10 | Spain Santiago de la Parte27 Fernando Cerrada51 Cándido Alario53 José Luis González58 Antonio Prieto59 Rafael Nunez76 (Juan Manuel Sanchez Perez)(111) (Francisco Sánchez)(122) (Santiago Llorente)(133) | 324 |
| 11 | Wales Steve Jones11 Peter Baker22 Michael Lane75 Dennis Fowles77 David Hopkins79 Dic Evans98 (Clive Thomas)(109) (Richard Samuels)(125) (Peter Griffiths)(126) | 362 |
| 12 | Tunisia Adelaziz Bouguerra12 Mohamed Zaidi54 Abdelkrim Djelassi85 Mansour Guettaya100 Cherif Hannchi101 Hussein Soltani102 (Ali Gammoudi)(113) (Abdelkader Zaddem)(116) | 454 |
| 13 | Portugal Aniceto Simoes45 Anacleto Pinto78 Helder de Jesús82 José Sena96 Carlos Tavares115 José Abreu127 (Carlos Lopes)(DNF) (Fernando Mamede)(DNF) (Carlos Cabral)(DNF) | 543 |
| 14 | Netherlands Henk Mentink74 Jo Schout83 Piet Vonck89 Bram Wassenaar92 Tonni Luttikhold107 Peet-Jan van Zyl135 (Jos Hermens)(DNF) | 580 |
| 15 | Austria Dietmar Millonig65 Peter Lindtner68 Gerhard Hartmann94 Wolfgang Konrad118 Erwin Wagger121 Josef Steiner128 (Peter Pfeifenberger)(137) | 594 |
| 16 | Northern Ireland Paul Lawther80 Greg Hannon86 John McLaughlin88 Gerry Hannon119 Tom Price124 Rod Stone132 (John White)(144) (Mike Teer)(150) (Aidan Donaldson)(153) | 629 |
| 17 | Morocco Lahcen El Hachmi93 Mohamed Naoumi95 Ali Laanaya108 Omar Anassi123 Abdeslam Outmani129 Dahou Belghazi130 (Mohamed Faquire)(134) (Mustapha Oulghazi)(139) (Haddou Jaddour)(140) | 678 |
| 18 | Canada Nil Lavallee110 Peter Moore112 Tommie Pearson117 Dave Welcher142 Paul Williams143 Chris McCubbins146 | 770 |
| 19 | Japan Norihiro Shinchi136 Akira Degouchi141 Kazuyuki Ogane147 Norikatsu Terui148 Takaki Hata149 Tetsuji Ito151 (Yushin Kamuro)(152) (Haruyuki Tanaka)(154) (Mineteru Sakamoto)(156) | 872 |
| 20 | Iceland Siglus Jonsson138 Agust Thorsteinsson145 Ágúst Ásgeirsson155 Sigurdur Sigmundsson157 Harfteinn Oskarsson158 Einar Gudmundsson159 | 912 |
* 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.
* Austria (7)
* Belgium (9)
* Canada (6)
* England (9)
* France (9)
* Iceland (6)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (9)
* Morocco (9)
* Netherlands (7)
* Northern Ireland (9)
* Portugal (9)
* Scotland (9)
* Spain (9)
* Soviet Union (8)
* Sweden (3)
* Tunisia (8)
* United States (9)
* Wales (9)
* West Germany (8)