The Junior men'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

Junior men's race (7.36 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Eddy de Pauw 23:02 Steve Binns 23:09 Ildar Denikeyev 23:20 4 Jeff Nelson 23:22 5 Ian Clarke 23:29 6 Roberto Antiga 23:31 7 Faisal Touzri 23:32 8 Jordi García 23:33 9 Ezequiel Canario 23:34 10 Ian Campbell 23:35 11 Alastair Douglas 23:36 12 Jim Hill 23:37 13 Ronnie Carroll 23:38 14 Pedro Garin 23:39 15 Colin Moore 23:40 16 Sergey Kiselyov 23:41 17 Valentin Rodríguez 23:42 18 José Maestra 23:43 19 Andrea Prassedi 23:44 20 Paul Moloney 23:45 21 Guy Léfèvre 23:46 22 Denis Stark 23:47 23 Graham Williamson 23:48 24 Herb Wills 23:49 25 Vladimir Bezlepkin 23:53 26 Jean-Louis Prianon 23:54 27 Geoff Turnbull 23:55 28 Brendan Quinn 23:56 29 Brian O'Keefe 23:58 30 Dave Lewis 23:59 31 Abdurachman Ibragimov 24:01 32 Ulrich Renz 24:03 33 James Fallon 24:04 34 Mauro Perna 24:05 35 Pascal Debacker 24:06 36 Steve Cram 24:08 37 José Manuel Boix 24:10 38 Mohammed Chouri 24:11 39 Steven Snell 24:12 40 Herbert Renz 24:13 41 Heinrich Kipp 24:15 42 Antonio Zumbo 24:20 43 Peter Horak 24:21 44 Jean-Luc Taif 24:22 45 Yazid Abnouri 24:23 46 Steve Blakemore 24:24 47 Carlos Pereira 24:25 48 Habib Romdani 24:26 49 Erwin Nothelfer 24:28 50 Jim Haughey 24:30 51 Howard Parsell 24:31 52 Eddy Stevens 24:32 53 Henrik Jørgensen 24:33 54 Paul Donovan 24:34 55 Gerhard Lindner 24:35 56 Sergio Lena 24:36 57 Peter Fox 24:38 58 Peter Daenens 24:40 59 Aldo Bartolini 24:42 60 Chris Buckley 24:43 61 Gabriele Bettati 24:44 62 Iain Hill 24:48 63 Luis Pinhal 24:51 64 Sean Connolly 24:52 65 Abderrazak Gtari 24:53 66 John Gregorek 24:54 67 Henrik Albahn 24:55 68 David Kirk 24:56 69 Tom Melville 24:57 70 Steen Christensen 25:01 71 Mike Sheely 25:02 72 Jordi Castelló 25:06 73 Luc de Koster 25:08 74 Ewen Martin 25:10 75 Paul Lanfear 25:13 76 Sören Egge Rasmussen 25:15 77 Dallas Alleire 25:16 78 John McCreedy 25:18 79 Alan Scharsu 25:21 80 Serge Moro-Sibilot 25:21 81 Mohamed Hadj Gasmi 25:23 82 Tom Breen 25:27 83 Mohamed Salah Chebbi 25:39 84 Jos Maes 25:42 85 Ieuan Ellis 25:43 86 Duncan McTavish 25:54 87 João Campos 25:58 88 Mickey Rooney 26:07 89 Jean-Baptiste Protais 26:14 90 Ove Jensen 26:25 — Antonio Leitão DNF — Eliseo Rios DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Jordi García 8 Pedro Garin 14 Valentin Rodríguez 17 José Maestra 18 (José Manuel Boix) (37) (Jordi Castelló) (72) 57 Steve Binns 2 Colin Moore 15 Geoff Turnbull 27 Dave Lewis 30 (Steve Cram) (36) (Sean Connolly) (64) 74 Ildar Denikeyev 3 Sergey Kiselyov 16 Vladimir Bezlepkin 25 Abdurachman Ibragimov 31 75 4 Ronnie Carroll 13 Paul Moloney 20 Brendan Quinn 28 Brian O'Keefe 29 (James Fallon) (33) (Paul Donovan) (54) 90 5 Roberto Antiga 6 Andrea Prassedi 19 Mauro Perna 34 Antonio Zumbo 42 (Sergio Lena) (56) (Gabriele Bettati) (61) 101 6 Ian Campbell 10 Alastair Douglas 11 Graham Williamson 23 Peter Fox 57 (David Kirk) (68) (Duncan McTavish) (86) 101 7 Jeff Nelson 4 Jim Hill 12 Herb Wills 24 John Gregorek 66 (Mike Sheely) (71) (Alan Scharsu) (79) 106 8 Ian Clarke 5 Denis Stark 22 Steven Snell 39 Aldo Bartolini 59 (Dallas Alleire) (77) 125 9 Eddy de Pauw 1 Guy Léfèvre 21 Eddy Stevens 52 Peter Daenens 58 (Luc de Koster) (73) (Jos Maes) (84) 132 10 Jean-Louis Prianon 26 Pascal Debacker 35 Jean-Luc Taif 44 Yazid Abnouri 45 (Serge Moro-Sibilot) (80) (Jean-Baptiste Protais) (89) 150 11 Faisal Touzri 7 Mohammed Chouri 38 Habib Romdani 48 Abderrazak Gtari 65 (Mohamed Hadj Gasmi) (81) (Mohamed Salah Chebbi) (83) 158 12 Ulrich Renz 32 Herbert Renz 40 Peter Horak 43 Erwin Nothelfer 49 (Gerhard Lindner) (55) 164 13 Ezequiel Canario 9 Carlos Pereira 47 Luis Pinhal 63 João Campos 87 (Antonio Leitão) (DNF) (Eliseo Rios) (DNF) 206 14 Heinrich Kipp 41 Henrik Jørgensen 53 Henrik Albahn 67 Steen Christensen 70 (Sören Egge Rasmussen) (76) (Ove Jensen) (90) 231 15 Steve Blakemore 46 Howard Parsell 51 Chris Buckley 60 Ewen Martin 74 (Paul Lanfear) (75) (Ieuan Ellis) (85) 231 16 Jim Haughey 50 Iain Hill 62 Tom Melville 69 John McCreedy 78 (Tom Breen) (82) (Mickey Rooney) (88) 259 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 92 athletes from 16 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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