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1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition6th
Date25 March
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland Scotland
VenueBellahouston Park
Events3
Distances12.3 km – Senior men
7.036 km – Junior men
4.728 km – Senior women
Participation358 athletes from
27 nations

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.[1]

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

  1. ^ Marshall, Ron (27 March 1978), Treacy leaves 'em for dead - Through a curtain of rain the binoculars confirmed what the Americans had been saying all week - Ireland's John Treacy was the man to beat in the world cross-country championships..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved 17 October 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  6. ^ 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013

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