1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships information
International athletics championship event
1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers
IAAF
Edition
7th
Date
25 March
Host city
Limerick, Munster, Ireland
Venue
Greenpark Racecourse
Events
3
Distances
12 km – Senior men 7.36 km – Junior men 5.04 km – Senior women
Participation
383 athletes from 27 nations
← 1978 Glasgow
1980 Paris →
The 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Limerick, Ireland, at the Greenpark Racecourse on 25 March 1979. 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.
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Marshall, Ron (26 March 1979), 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 25 December 2021
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Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 18 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 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 16 October 2007, retrieved 18 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women -Limerick Green Park Date: Sunday, March 25, 1979, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 18 October 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 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 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013
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