1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
# 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, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual |||||||
| Senior men (12.3 km) | John Treacy Ireland | 39:25 | Aleksandr Antipov Soviet Union | 39:28 | Karel Lismont Belgium | 39:32 |
| Junior men (7.036 km) | Mick Morton England | 22:57 | Rob Earl Canada | 23:10 | Francisco Alario Spain | 23:11 |
| Senior women (4.728 km) | Grete Waitz Norway | 16:19 | Natalia Mărăşescu Romania | 16:49 | Maricica Puică Romania | 16:59 |
| Team |||||||
| Senior men | France | 151 | United States | 156 | England | 159 |
| Junior men | England | 53 | Canada | 53 | Spain | 54 |
| Senior women | Romania | 30 | United States | 37 | England | 55 |

## Race results

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

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

### Junior men's race (7.036 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

### Senior women's race (4.728 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Medal table (unofficial)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

* Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 358 athletes from 27 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

* Austria (7)
* Belgium (19)
* Canada (18)
* Denmark (5)
* England (21)
* France (21)
* Iceland (6)
* Ireland (21)
* Italy (17)
* Japan (9)
* Morocco (15)
* Netherlands (12)
* Nigeria (6)
* Northern Ireland (14)
* Norway (5)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (15)
* Romania (5)
* Scotland (21)
* Soviet Union (18)
* Spain (21)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (4)
* Tunisia (13)
* United States (21)
* Wales (21)
* West Germany (14)
