1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race explained

Senior women's race at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	7th
Date:	25 March
Host City:	Limerick, Munster, Ireland
Location:	Greenpark Racecourse
Nations Participating:	19
Athletes Participating:	100
Races:	1
Distances:	5.04 km – Senior women
Previous:	1978 Glasgow
Next:	1980 Paris

The Senior women's race at 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.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (5.04 km)

Individual

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		16:48
	align=left		align=left		17:14
	align=left		align=left		17:18
4	align=left		align=left		17:23
5	align=left		align=left		17:25
6	align=left		align=left		17:26
7	align=left		align=left		17:33
8	align=left		align=left		17:41
9	align=left		align=left		17:42
10	align=left		align=left		17:46
11	align=left		align=left		17:47
12	align=left		align=left		17:48
13	align=left		align=left		17:48
14	align=left		align=left		17:49
15	align=left		align=left		17:50
16	align=left		align=left		17:57
17	align=left		align=left		17:58
18	align=left		align=left		18:02
19	align=left		align=left		18:02
20	align=left		align=left		18:05
21	align=left		align=left		18:06
22	align=left		align=left		18:08
23	align=left		align=left		18:10
24	align=left		align=left		18:11
25	align=left		align=left		18:12
26	align=left		align=left		18:14
27	align=left		align=left		18:15
28	align=left		align=left		18:16
29	align=left		align=left		18:17
30	align=left		align=left		18:18
31	align=left		align=left		18:23
32	align=left		align=left		18:24
33	align=left		align=left		18:26
34	align=left		align=left		18:27
35	align=left		align=left		18:28
36	align=left		align=left		18:31
37	align=left		align=left		18:31
38	align=left		align=left		18:32
39	align=left		align=left		18:34
40	align=left		align=left		18:35
41	align=left		align=left		18:38
42	align=left		align=left		18:39
43	align=left		align=left		18:41
44	align=left		align=left		18:43
45	align=left		align=left		18:44
46	align=left		align=left		18:45
47	align=left		align=left		18:46
48	align=left		align=left		18:47
49	align=left		align=left		18:48
50	align=left		align=left		18:49
51	align=left		align=left		18:50
52	align=left		align=left		18:51
53	align=left		align=left		18:52
54	align=left		align=left		18:53
55	align=left		align=left		18:54
56	align=left		align=left		18:55
57	align=left		align=left		18:56
58	align=left		align=left		18:56
59	align=left		align=left		18:58
60	align=left		align=left		18:59
61	align=left		align=left		19:01
62	align=left		align=left		19:02
63	align=left		align=left		19:03
64	align=left		align=left		19:04
65	align=left		align=left		19:05
66	align=left		align=left		19:06
67	align=left		align=left		19:07
68	align=left		align=left		19:08
69	align=left		align=left		19:11
70	align=left		align=left		19:14
71	align=left		align=left		19:18
72	align=left		align=left		19:20
73	align=left		align=left		19:21
74	align=left		align=left		19:22
75	align=left		align=left		19:27
76	align=left		align=left		19:32
77	align=left		align=left		19:38
78	align=left		align=left		19:40
79	align=left		align=left		19:43
80	align=left		align=left		19:45
81	align=left		align=left		19:46
82	align=left		align=left		19:49
83	align=left		align=left		19:50
84	align=left		align=left		19:52
85	align=left		align=left		19:53
86	align=left		align=left		19:54
87	align=left		align=left		20:06
88	align=left		align=left		20:11
89	align=left		align=left		20:12
90	align=left		align=left		20:19
91	align=left		align=left		20:20
92	align=left		align=left		20:31
93	align=left		align=left		20:47
94	align=left		align=left		21:11
95	align=left		align=left		21:20
96	align=left		align=left		21:21
97	align=left		align=left		21:31
98	align=left		align=left		22:19
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	align=left		align=left		DNF

Teams

width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" (Jennifer White) align=right style="border:0" (19) align=left style="border:0" (Julie Brown) align=right style="border:0" (36)	29
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" (Raisa Sadreydinova) align=right style="border:0" (53)	48
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 27 align=left style="border:0" (Glynis Penny) align=right style="border:0" (32) align=left style="border:0" (Ruth Smeeth) align=right style="border:0" (42)	68
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 26 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 28 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 43 align=left style="border:0" (Birgit Friedmann) align=right style="border:0" (71)	101
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 34 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 39 align=left style="border:0" (Barbara Moore) align=right style="border:0" (56) align=left style="border:0" (Ann-Marie Keown) align=right style="border:0" (64)	107
6	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 41 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 69 align=left style="border:0" (May-Britt Stange) align=right style="border:0" (85)	134
7	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 30 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 48 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 52 align=left style="border:0" (Veronica Duffy) align=right style="border:0" (55) align=left style="border:0" (Kate Davis) align=right style="border:0" (79)	136
8	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 46 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 49 align=left style="border:0" (Christine Seeman) align=right style="border:0" (65) align=left style="border:0" (Christine Iceaga) align=right style="border:0" (87)	141
9	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 61 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 62 align=left style="border:0" (Gabriella Dorio) align=right style="border:0" (DNF) align=left style="border:0" (Agnese Possamai) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	149
10	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 38 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 45 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 66 align=left style="border:0" (Kathy d'Arcy) align=right style="border:0" (75) align=left style="border:0" (Lynn Kanuka) align=right style="border:0" (90)	162
11	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 35 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 37 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 73 align=left style="border:0" (Anette Hansen) align=right style="border:0" (77) align=left style="border:0" (Charlotte Kaagh) align=right style="border:0" (94)	163
12	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 25 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 50 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 58 align=left style="border:0" (Amelia Lorza Lopez) align=right style="border:0" (74) align=left style="border:0" (Mercedes Calleja) align=right style="border:0" (78)	166
13	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 21 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 47 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 60 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 63 align=left style="border:0" (Denise Verhaert) align=right style="border:0" (68) align=left style="border:0" (Nadine Claes) align=right style="border:0" (72)	191
14	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 44 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 57 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 67 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 82 align=left style="border:0" (Violet Hope) align=right style="border:0" (91) align=left style="border:0" (Elizabeth Trotter) align=right style="border:0" (93)	250
15	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 76 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 81 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 83 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 84 align=left style="border:0" (Anna James) align=right style="border:0" (86) align=left style="border:0" (Carol Nicholas) align=right style="border:0" (92)	324
16	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 88 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 89 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 95 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 96 align=left style="border:0" (Avril McClung) align=right style="border:0" (97) align=left style="border:0" (Margaret Gallen) align=right style="border:0" (98)	368

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 100 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• (2)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (2)
• (6)
• (3)
• (6)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (5)

See also

• 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race