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{{Infobox XC Championships
|Name       = 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
|Logo       = 
|Size       = 
|Caption    = 
|Organisers = [[IAAF]]
|Edition    = 6th
|Date       = 25 March
|Host city  = [[Glasgow]], Scotland {{flagicon|Scotland}}
|Location   = [[Bellahouston Park]]
|Nations participating  = 27
|Athletes participating = 358
|Races      = 3
|Distances  = 12.3 km – Senior men <br /> 7.036 km – Junior men <br /> 4.728 km – Senior women
|Website    = 
|Previous   = [[1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1977 Düsseldorf]]
|Next       = [[1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1979 Limerick]]
}}
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]].<ref name=herald_01>
{{ Citation 
| last = Marshall
| first = Ron
| date = March 27, 1978
| title = 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...
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qhc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KUoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3558%2C6185526
| publisher = [[Glasgow Herald]]
| page = 10
| access-date = October 17, 2013
}}
</ref>

Complete results for men,<ref name=archive_01>
{{ Citation
 |last=Magnusson 
 |first=Tomas 
 |date=September 8, 2007 
 |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978 
 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1978S.html 
 |publisher=Athchamps (archived) 
 |access-date=October 17, 2013 
 |url-status=bot: unknown 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110432/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1978S.html 
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 
}}
</ref> junior men,<ref name=archive_02>
{{ Citation
 |last=Magnusson 
 |first=Tomas 
 |date=September 8, 2007 
 |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978 
 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1978S.html 
 |publisher=Athchamps (archived) 
 |access-date=October 17, 2013 
 |url-status=bot: unknown 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016105956/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_JM1978S.html 
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 
}}
</ref> women,<ref name=archive_03>
{{ Citation
 |last=Magnusson 
 |first=Tomas 
 |date=February 8, 2007 
 |title=IAAF World Cross Country Championships  - 4.7km CC Women - Glasgow Bellahouston Park Date: Sunday, March 26, 1978 
 |url=http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1978S.html 
 |publisher=Athchamps (archived) 
 |access-date=October 17, 2013 
 |url-status=bot: unknown 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110814/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1978S.html 
 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 
}}
</ref> medallists, 
<ref name=gbr_01>
{{ Citation 
| title = IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm
| publisher = Athletics Weekly
| access-date = October 9, 2013
}}
</ref> and the results of British athletes<ref name=iaaf_01>
{{ Citation
 |title=36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 
 |url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf
 |publisher=[[IAAF]] 
 |page=2ff 
 |access-date=October 9, 2013 
 |url-status=usurped
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf 
 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 
}}
</ref> were published.

==Medallists==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| '''Individual'''
|-
|Senior men<br />(12.3&nbsp;km)
|[[John Treacy]]<br />{{flagcountry|IRL}} || 39:25
|[[Aleksandr Antipov]]<br />{{flagcountry|URS}} || 39:28
|[[Karel Lismont]]<br />{{flagcountry|BEL}} || 39:32
|-
|Junior men<br />(7.036&nbsp;km)
|[[Mick Morton]]<br />{{flagcountry|ENG}} || 22:57
|[[Rob Earl (athlete)|Rob Earl]]<br />{{flagcountry|CAN}} || 23:10
|[[Francisco Alario]]<br />{{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} || 23:11
|-
|Senior women<br />(4.728&nbsp;km)
|[[Grete Waitz]]<br />{{flagcountry|NOR}} || 16:19
|[[Natalia Mărăşescu]]<br />{{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 16:49
|[[Maricica Puică]]<br />{{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 16:59
|-
|colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| '''Team'''
|-
|Senior men
|{{flagcountry|FRA}} || 151
|{{flagcountry|USA}} || 156
|{{flagcountry|ENG}} || 159
|-
|Junior men
|{{flagcountry|ENG}} || 53
|{{flagcountry|CAN}} || 53
|{{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} || 54
|-
|Senior women
|{{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 30
|{{flagcountry|USA}} || 37
|{{flagcountry|ENG}} || 55
|}

==Race results==

===Senior men's race (12.3 km)===
{{main|1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Individual race
|- 
! width=5%|Rank || width=20%|Athlete || width=15%|Country || width=10%|Time 
|- 
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | [[John Treacy]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 39:25
|- 
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | [[Aleksandr Antipov]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 39:28
|- 
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | [[Karel Lismont]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|BEL}} || 39:32
|- 
|align=center|   4 || align=left | [[Tony Simmons (athlete)|Tony Simmons]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 39:51
|- 
|align=center|   5 || align=left | [[Guy Arbogast]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 39:52
|- 
|align=center|   6 || align=left | [[Craig Virgin]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 39:54
|- 
|align=center|   7 || align=left | [[Nat Muir]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|SCO}} || 40:00
|- 
|align=center|   8 || align=left | [[Franco Fava]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 40:03
|- 
|align=center|   9 || align=left | [[Enn Sellik]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 40:08
|- 
|align=center|  10 || align=left | [[Pierre Levisse]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 40:15
|- 
|align=center|  11 || align=left | [[Steve Jones (athlete)|Steve Jones]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|WAL}} || 40:15
|- 
|align=center|  12 || align=left | [[Adelaziz Bouguerra]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|TUN}} || 40:16
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=4 align=center | [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race#Individual|Full results]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Teams
|- 
! width=10%|Rank || width=30%|Team || width=10%|Points
|-
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Pierre Levisse]] || align=right style="border:0"| 10
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Lucien Rault]] || align=right style="border:0"| 13
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Radhouane Bouster]] || align=right style="border:0"| 18
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Alex Gonzalez (athlete)|Alex Gonzalez]] || align=right style="border:0"| 32
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Thierry Watrice]] || align=right style="border:0"| 35
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Jean-Paul Gomez]] || align=right style="border:0"| 43
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Jean-Luc Paugam]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (63)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Jean-Luc Lemire]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (64)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Dominique Coux]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (105)
|}
|| 151
|-
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Guy Arbogast]] || align=right style="border:0"| 5
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Craig Virgin]] || align=right style="border:0"| 6
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Greg Meyer]] || align=right style="border:0"| 20
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Jeff Wells]] || align=right style="border:0"| 29
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Bill Rodgers (athlete)|Bill Rodgers]] || align=right style="border:0"| 44
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Mike Roche (athlete)|Mike Roche]] || align=right style="border:0"| 52
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Marc Hunter (athlete)|Marc Hunter]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (72)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Charles Vigil]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (73)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Bobb Thomas]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (99)
|}
|| 156
|-
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Tony Simmons (athlete)|Tony Simmons]] || align=right style="border:0"| 4
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Jon Wild]] || align=right style="border:0"| 15
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Neil Coupland]] || align=right style="border:0"| 28
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Mike McLeod (athlete)|Mike McLeod]] || align=right style="border:0"| 30
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Ken Newton (athlete)|Ken Newton]] || align=right style="border:0"| 40
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Steve Kenyon]] || align=right style="border:0"| 42
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Graham Tuck]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (48)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Alwyn Dewhirst]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (56)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Bernie Ford]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (62)
|}
|| 159
|-
|align=center|  4 || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 169
|-
|align=center|  5 || align=left | {{flagcountry|BEL}} || 173
|-
|align=center|  6 || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 189
|-
|align=center|  7 || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}} || 240
|-
|align=center|  8 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 276
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=3 align=center | [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race#Teams|Full results]]
|}
*<small>Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result</small>

===Junior men's race (7.036 km)===
{{main|1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Individual race
|- 
! width=5%|Rank || width=20%|Athlete || width=15%|Country || width=10%|Time 
|- 
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | [[Mick Morton]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 22:57
|- 
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | [[Rob Earl (athlete)|Rob Earl]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|CAN}} || 23:10
|- 
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | [[Francisco Alario]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} || 23:11
|- 
|align=center|   4 || align=left | [[Constantino Esparcia]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} || 23:12
|- 
|align=center|   5 || align=left | [[Ronnie Carroll (athlete)|Ronnie Carroll]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 23:14
|- 
|align=center|   6 || align=left | [[Aleksandr Pasaryuk]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 23:15
|- 
|align=center|   7 || align=left | [[Viktor Zinovyev]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 23:20
|- 
|align=center|   8 || align=left | [[Kevin Dillon (athlete)|Kevin Dillon]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|CAN}} || 23:22
|- 
|align=center|   9 || align=left | [[Eddy de Pauw]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|BEL}} || 23:23
|- 
|align=center|  10 || align=left | [[Rod Berry (athlete)|Rod Berry]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 23:24
|- 
|align=center|  11 || align=left | [[Brendan Quinn]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 23:25
|- 
|align=center|  12 || align=left | [[Yevgeniy Okorokov]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 23:27
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=4 align=center | [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race#Individual|Full results]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Teams
|- 
! width=10%|Rank || width=30%|Team || width=10%|Points
|-
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Mick Morton]] || align=right style="border:0"| 1
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Eddie White (athlete)|Eddie White]] || align=right style="border:0"| 13
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[David Beaver]] || align=right style="border:0"| 15
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Peter Elletson]] || align=right style="border:0"| 24
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Simon Catchpole]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (44)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Adrian Stewart]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (59)
|}
|| 53
|-
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|CAN}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Rob Earl (athlete)|Rob Earl]] || align=right style="border:0"| 2
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Kevin Dillon (athlete)|Kevin Dillon]] || align=right style="border:0"| 8
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Rob Lonergan]] || align=right style="border:0"| 14
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Jim Groves]] || align=right style="border:0"| 29
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Raymond Paulins]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (32)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Tony Hatherly]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (50)
|}
|| 53
|-
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Francisco Alario]] || align=right style="border:0"| 3
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Constantino Esparcia]] || align=right style="border:0"| 4
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Argimiro González]] || align=right style="border:0"| 16
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Valentin Rodríguez]] || align=right style="border:0"| 31
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Francisco Cortés (athlete)|Francisco Cortés]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (53)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Carlos Quirce]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (57)
|}
|| 54
|-
|align=center|  4 || align=left | {{flagcountry|URS}} || 60
|-
|align=center|  5 || align=left | {{flagcountry|BEL}} || 72
|-
|align=center|  6 || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 84
|-
|align=center|  7 || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 110
|-
|align=center|  8 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 111
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=3 align=center | [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race#Teams|Full results]]
|}
*<small>Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result</small>

===Senior women's race (4.728 km)===
{{main|1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Individual race
|- 
! width=5%|Rank || width=20%|Athlete || width=15%|Country || width=10%|Time 
|- 
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | [[Grete Waitz]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|NOR}} || 16:19
|- 
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | [[Natalia Mărăşescu]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 16:49
|- 
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | [[Maricica Puică]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 16:59
|- 
|align=center|   4 || align=left | [[Julie Shea]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 17:12
|- 
|align=center|   5 || align=left | [[Cornelia Bürki]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|SUI}} || 17:13
|- 
|align=center|   6 || align=left | [[Monika Greschner]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}} || 17:14
|- 
|align=center|   7 || align=left | [[Jan Merrill]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 17:17
|- 
|align=center|   8 || align=left | [[Georgeta Gazibara]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 17:18
|- 
|align=center|   9 || align=left | [[Joyce Smith]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 17:23
|- 
|align=center|  10 || align=left | [[Carmen Valero]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} || 17:26
|- 
|align=center|  11 || align=left | [[Kathy Mills (athlete)|Kathy Mills]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} || 17:27
|- 
|align=center|  12 || align=left | [[Christine Benning]] || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} || 17:28
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=4 align=center | [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race#Individual|Full results]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
|- 
|+Teams
|- 
! width=10%|Rank || width=30%|Team || width=10%|Points
|-
|align=center| {{gold1}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Natalia Mărăşescu]] || align=right style="border:0"| 2
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Maricica Puică]] || align=right style="border:0"| 3
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Georgeta Gazibara]] || align=right style="border:0"| 8
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Antoaneta Iacob]] || align=right style="border:0"| 17
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Fiţa Lovin]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (26)
|}
|| 30
|-
|align=center| {{silver2}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|USA}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Julie Shea]] || align=right style="border:0"| 4
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Jan Merrill]] || align=right style="border:0"| 7
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Kathy Mills (athlete)|Kathy Mills]] || align=right style="border:0"| 11
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Brenda Webb (runner)|Brenda Webb]] || align=right style="border:0"| 15
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Cindy Bremser]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (23)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Judy Graham]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (85)
|}
|| 37
|-
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || align=left | {{flagcountry|ENG}} <br /> 
{| width=100%
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Joyce Smith]] || align=right style="border:0"| 9
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Christine Benning]] || align=right style="border:0"| 12
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Penny Yule]] || align=right style="border:0"| 16
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| [[Mary Stewart (athlete)|Mary Stewart]] || align=right style="border:0"| 18
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Kath Binns]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (28)
|-
|align=left style="border:0"| ([[Wendy Smith (athlete)|Wendy Smith]]) || align=right style="border:0"| (43)
|}
|| 55
|-
|align=center|  4 || align=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}} || 85
|-
|align=center|  5 || align=left | {{flagcountry|POL}} || 122
|-
|align=center|  6 || align=left | {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 152
|-
|align=center|  7 || align=left | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} || 159
|-
|align=center|  8 || align=left | {{flagcountry|NOR}} || 165
|-class="sortbottom"
!colspan=3 align=center | [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race#Teams|Full results]]
|}
*<small>Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result</small>

==Medal table (unofficial)==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_ENG = 2 | silver_ENG = 0 | bronze_ENG = 2
 | gold_ROU = 1 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 1 | name_ROU = {{flagteam|ROU|1965}}
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_IRL = 1 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 0
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_URS = 0 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 2 | name_ESP = {{flagteam|ESP|1977}}
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1
}}

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

==Participation==
An unofficial count yields the participation of 358 athletes from 27 countries.  This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.<ref name=iaaf_01/>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{AUT}} (7)
*{{BEL}} (19)
*{{CAN}} (18)
*{{DEN}} (5)
*{{ENG}} (21)
*{{FRA}} (21)
*{{ISL}} (6)
*{{IRL}} (21)
*{{ITA}} (17)
*{{JPN}} (9)
*{{MAR}} (15)
*{{NED}} (12)
*{{NGR}} (6)
*{{NIR}} (14)
*{{NOR}} (5)
*{{POL}} (6)
*{{POR}} (15)
*{{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} (5)
*{{SCO}} (21)
*{{URS}} (18)
*{{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} (21)
*{{SWE}} (3)
*{{SUI}} (4)
*{{TUN}} (13)
*{{USA}} (21)
*{{WAL}} (21)
*{{FRG}} (14)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race]]
* [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race]]
* [[1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race]]
* [[1978 in athletics (track and field)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071115222759/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/wxc_iaaf.html The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005]
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm GBRathletics]

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[[Category:Cross country running in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1970s in Glasgow|IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 1978]]
[[Category:March 1978 sports events in the United Kingdom|IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]