1978
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
SWEDISH QUALIFICATION. Avesta 5/5.
1.Anders Michanek 15 2.Christer Sjösten 11 3.Börje Klingberg 11 4.Tomas
Pettersson 11 5.Gert Carlsson 10 6.Karl-Erik Claesson 9 7.Roger
Björkman 9 8.Åke Fridell 8 9.Lars-Olof Karlsson 7 10.Åke Axelsson 7
11.Leif Johansson 6 12.Peter Johansson 5 13.Therje Henriksson 5 14.Bertil
Andersson 2 15.Börje Ohlsson 2R 16.Hans Frisk 1 17.Willy Karlsson 0
18.Jan Holmqvist 0R
5 to Swedish final
SWEDISH QUALIFICATION. Målilla 7/5.
1.Tommy Nilsson 15 2.Sören Karlsson 13 3.Stefan Salmonsson 13 4.Lillebror
Johansson 11 5.Bo Wirebrand 9+ 6.Lars Ericsson 9+ 7.Olle Nygren 8 8.Sven
Nilsson 8 9.Bengt Larsson 6 10.Thord Löwdin 5 11.Kenneth Selmosson 4
12.Weine Ström 4 13.Tommy Johansson 3 14.Björn Persson 3R 15.Karl-Fredrik
Lindgren 3 16.Bengt Gagner 3 17.Åke Andersson 2R 18.Åke Dovhed 0
5 to Swedish final.
SWEDISH QUALIFICATION. Visby 7/5.
1.Jan Andersson 14 2.Conny Samuelsson 13 3.Sören Sjösten 13 4.Hans
Holmqvist 12 5.Bernt Persson 12 6.Lars-Åke Andersson 9+ 7.Rolf
Sundberg 9+ 8.Kjell Bergström 7 9.Hans Danielsson 7 10.Jan Davidsson 6
11.Torgil Roth 6 12.Håkan Karlsson 5 13.Richard Hellsén 2 14.Eddie
Davidsson 1
5 to Swedish final, Bengt Jansson seeded to Swedish final.
SWEDISH FINAL. Kumla 30/5.
1.Anders Michanek 14 2.Jan Andersson 14 3.Bernt Persson 11 4.Tommy
Nilsson 11 5.Lars Ericsson 10 6.Sören Karlsson 10 7.Christer Sjösten 10
8.Bo Wirebrand 8 9.Bengt Jansson 6 10.Stefan Salmonsson 6 11.Hans
Holmqvist 5 12.Conny Samuelsson 5 13.Börje Klingberg 4 14.Gert Carlsson 3
15.Tomas Pettersson 1 16.Sören Sjösten 1 17.Lars-Åke Andersson 1R
Lillebror Johansson qns
7 to Nordic final.
DANISH FINAL. Fjelsted 15/5.
1.Bent Rasmussen 13+ 2.Kristian Praestbro 13+ 3.Hans Nielsen 12+
4.Michael Lohman 12+ 5.Alf Busk 12+ 6.Bo Petersen 10 7.Finn-Rune Jensen 9
8.Klaus Lohman 6 9.Kurt Bögh 4 10.Arne Kruse 4 11.Steen Mastrup 4
12.Bent Nörregaard-J. 3 13.Erling Rasmussen 3 14.Gunnar Svendsen 3
15.Knud Ellegaard 16.Krause Kjaer 1
2 to Nordic final, Ole Olsen & Finn Thomsen seeded to Nordic final.
NORDIC FINAL. Norrköping S 8/6.
1.Ole Olsen DK 15 2.Bernt Persson S 14 3.Finn Thomsen DK 11+ 4.Kai Niemi
FIN 11+ 5.Ilka Teromaa FIN 10 6.Tommy Nilsson S 10 7.Kristian Praestbro
DK 9 8.Anders Michanek S 8 9.Jan Andersson S 6+ 10.Tom Godal N 6+
11.Sören Karlsson S 6+ 12.Bent Rasmussen DK 5 13.Christer Sjösten S 4
14.Lars Ericsson S 3 15.Audun Ove Olsen N 1 16.Stein Roar Pedersen N 1
9 to Intercontinental final.
BRITISH SEMIFINAL. Poole 12/7.
1.Tony Davey 12 2.Gordon Kennett 12 3.Dave Jessup 11 4.John Davis 11
5.Steve Bastable 10 6.John Louis 10 7.Malcolm Simmons 10 8.Alan Grahame 9
9.Terry Betts 8 10.Bob Kilby 7 11.Trevor Geer 6 12.Neil Middleditch
13.Mike Lanham 4 14.Colin Richardson 4 15.Eric Broadbelt 2 16.Geoff
Bouchard 1
8 to British final.
BRITISH SEMIFINAL. Sheffield 13/7.
1.Peter Collins 15 2.Chris Morton 13 3.Michael Lee 13 4.Les Collins 10
5.Reg Wilson 10 6.Dave Morton 9 7.Doug Wyer 8 8.Jim McMillan 7 9.Phil
Collins 7 10.Bobby Beaton 6 11.Dave Perks 5 12.Ian Cartwright 5
13.Keith White 4 14.Alan Molyneux 4 15.Trevor Geer 3 16.Ray Wilson 1
8 to British final.
BRITISH FINAL. Coventry 16/8.
1.Michael Lee 14 2.Dave Jessup 12 3.Malcolm Simmons 11 4.Gordon
Kennett 10+ 5.Steve Bastabla 10+ 6.Chris Morton 10+ 7.Tony Davey 8
8.John Davis 8 9.Les Collins 7 10.Peter Collins 6 11.Reg Wilson 6
12.Doug Wyer 4 13.Alan Grahame 4 14.Jim McMillan 3 15.John Louis 3
16.Dave Morton 3
4 to World final.
AUSTRALASIAN FINAL. Auckland NZ 18/2.
1.Mitch Shirra NZ 13 2.Mick McKeon AUS 11½ 3.John Titman AUS 11 4.Mike
Farrell AUS 11 5.Mike Fullerton NZ 10 6.Phil Herne AUS 10 7.John Boulger
AUS 9 8.Billy Sanders AUS 9 9.Colin Farquharson NZ 8 10.Roger Wright
NZ 6½ 11.Robert Maxfield AUS 6 12.Larry Ross NZ 6 13.James Moore NZ 5
14.Colin Tucker NZ 3 15.Greg Joynt NZ 1R 16.Alan Brown NZ 0 17.Lloyd
Cross AUS 0 18.Cliff Anderson NZ 0R Barry Briggs NZ qns
4 to Intercontinental final, Ivan Mauger NZ seeded to Intercont. final.
INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL. Frederica DK 2/7.
1.Ole Olsen DK 13+ 2.Ivan Mauger NZ 13+ 3.Scott Autrey USA 11+ 4.Ilka
Teromaa FIN 11+ 5.Jan Andersson S 11+ 6.Anders Michanek S 10 7.John
Titman AUS 10 8.Bernt Persson S 9 9.Kai Niemi FIN 8 10.Steve Gresham
USA 7 11.Finn Thomsen DK 5 12.Mike Farrell AUS 5 13.Mick McKeon AUS 3
14.Kristian Praestbro DK 2 15.Mitch Shirra NZ 1 16.Tommy Nilsson S 1
7 to World final.
CONTINENTAL QUALIFYING. Krumbach D 7/5.
1.Georg Hack D 13 2.Ales Dryml CS 11 3.Nikolaj Kornev SU 11 4.Hans
Wasserman D 11 5.Boleslaw Proch PL 10 6.Zenon Plech PL 10 7.Vladimir
Paznikov SU 9 8.Frits Koppe NL 9 9.Karel Vobornik CS 8 10.George
Gilgenreiner D 7 11.Frits Koning NL 7 12.Henny Kroeze NL 5
13.Christoph Betzl D 4 14.Andrzej Marynowski PL 3 15.Oleg
Rachimov SU 2 16.Roberet Slabon PL 0 17.Wolfgang Mayr D 0R
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL QUALIFYING. Czestochowa PL 7/5.
1.Marek Cieslak PL 15 2.Jiri Stancl CS 12 3.Zdenek Kudrna CS 12 4.Rudy
Muts NL 11 5.Piotr Pyszny PL 10 6.Emil Sova CS 9 7.Jerzy Kochman PL 9
8.Petr Kucera CS 8+ 9.Vladimir Klikov SU 8+ 10.Karl Maier D 6 11.Jerzy
Patynek PL 5 12.Andrzej Jurczynski PL 4 13.Jan Jader PL 4R 14.Adi
Funk A 3 15.Gahunov SU 2 16.Wlodizimierz Tomaszewski PL 2R 17.Gunter
Kern D 0 18.Walter Grubmüller A 0
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL QUALIFYING. Varese I 7/5.
1.Egon Müller D 15 2.Gregorij Khlynovski SU 13 3.Jerzy Rembas PL 11
4.Francesco Biginato I 10 5.Petr Ondrasik CS 10 6.Jan Hadek CS 9
7.Ryszard Fabiszewski PL 9 8.Jiri Jirout CS 7 9.Mauro Ferracioli I 6
10.Wilhelm Duden D 6 11.Leorenzo Franchetti I 6 12.Pavel Khlynovski SU 5
13.Milan Spinka CS 5 14.Giuseppe Marzotto I 4 15.Gennadij
Scherbinin SU 2 16.Jakob Janos H 2
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL QUALIFYING. Mioskolc H 7/5.
1.Michail Starostin SU 14 2.Andrzej Huszcza PL 14 3.Vaclav Verner CS 13
4.Istvan Sziraczki H 11 5.Boguslav Nowak PL 10 6.Jan Verner CS 9 7.Alois
Wiesböck D 8 8.Laszlo Meszaros H 8 9.Sandor Pastorelli I 8 10.Joachim
Kall D 6 11.Orlin Janakijev SU 4 12.Angel Eftimov BG 4 13.Flurin
Kalimurin SU 4 14.Janos Szöke H 3 15.Joszef Sziraczki H 2 16.Andras
Bodnar H 1
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL SEMIFINAL. Norden D 28/5.
1.Alois Wiesböck D 15 2.Egon Müller D 14 3.Ryszard Fabiszewski PL 12
4.Jan Verner CS 9 5.Francesco Biginato I 9 6.Istvan Sziraczki H 9 7.Jerzy
Rembas PL 9 8.Petr Ondrasik CS 9 9.Boguslav Nowak PL 8 10.Vaclav Verner
CS 8 11.Andrzej Huszcza PL 5 12.Michail Starostin SU 4 13.Gregorij
Khlynovski SU 4 14.Laszlo Meszaros H 3 15.Jan Hadek CS 1 16.Jiri Jirout
CS 1
8 to Continental final.
CONTINENTAL SEMIFINAL. Pocking D 28/5.
1.Hans Wasserman D 15 2.Jiri Stancl CS 13 3.Marek Cieslak PL 11
4.Boleslaw Proch PL 11 5.Emil Sova CS 10 6.Zdenek Kudrna CS 9 7.Piotr
Pyszny PL 9 8.Nikolaj Kornev SU 8 9.Georg Hack D 8 10.Ales Dryml CS 7
11.Jerzy Kochman PL 5 12.Vladimir Paznikov SU 5 13.Karel Vobornik CS 3
14.Petr Kucera CS 2 15.Rudy Muts NL 2 16.Frits Koppe NL 1 Zenon Plech
PL qns
8 to Continental final.
CONTINENTAL FINAL. Prague CS 1/7.
1.Hans Wasserman D 14 2.Jiri Stancl CS 14 3.Marek Cieslak PL 11 4.Petr
Ondrasik CS 11 5.Jan Verner CS 11 6.Jerzy Rembas PL 9 7.Zdenek Kudrna
CS 9 8.Boleslaw Proch PL 8 9.Alois Wiesböck D 5 10.Francesco Biginato I 5
11.Istvan Sziraczki H 5 12.Nikolaj Kornev SU 4 13.Emil Sova CS 4
14.Ryszard Fabiszewski PL 4 15.Egon Müller D 2 16.Piotr Pyszny PL 2
5 to World final.
WORLD FINAL. Wembley GB 2/9.
1.Ole Olsen DK 3 2 2 3 3 13
2.Gordon Kennett GB 2 3 2 2 3 12
3.Scott Autrey USA 3 2 1 3 2 11+
4.Dave Jessup GB 0 3 3 3 2 11+
5.Jerzy Rembas PL 3 1 3 1 3 11+
6.Malcolm Simmons GB 2 2 2 2 2 10
7.Michael Lee GB 3 1 3 2 0 9
8.Ivan Mauger NZ 0 3 2 0 3 8
9.John Titman AUS 1 2 0 3 1 7
10.Anders Michanek S 1 3 0 2 1 7
11.Ilka Teromaa FIN 0 1 3 0 2 6
12.Jan Verner CS 2 1 1 0 1 5
13.Marek Cieslak PL 2 0 1 1 1 5
14.Jan Andersson S 1 0 1 1 0 3
15.Jiri Stancl CS 1 0 0 1 0 2
16.Petr Ondrasik CS 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hans Wasserman D qns
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.
NORDIC FINAL. Tampere FIN 4/6.
1.Denmark 34 Finn Thomsen 11 Michael Lohman 9 Hans Nielsen 8
Ole Olsen 6
2.Sweden 33 Bernt Persson 11 Jan Andersson 9 Tommy Nilsson 9
Sören Karlsson 2 Bo Wirebrand 2
3.Finland 21 Kai Niemi 7 Ilka Teromaa 5 Seppo Palomäki 5
Rauli Mäkinen 4 Ari Koponen 0
4.Norway 6 Rolf Gramstad 4 Trond Skretting 1 Sigvart Pedersen 1
Audun Ove Olsen 0 Stein Roar Pedersen 0
2 to Intercontinental final.
OVERSEAS FINAL. Reading GB 21/5.
1.Great Britain 43 Peter Collins 12 Malcolm Simmons 11 Gordon Kennett 11
Dave Jessup 9
2.Australia 21 John Titman 8 John Boulger 7 Phil Crump 4
Billy Sanders 2 Phil Herne 0
3.USA 20 Scott Autrey 9 Steve Gresham 4 Mike Curoso 4
Bruce Penhall 3
4.New Zealand 12 Mitch Shirra 4 Bruce Cribb 4 Larry Ross 2
Roger Abel 2 Cliff Anderson 0
2 to Intercontinental final.
INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL. Manchester GB 18/6.
1.Great Britain 33 Malcolm Simmons 11 Michael Lee 10 Peter Collins 6
John Davis 6 Dave Jessup 0
2.Denmark 25 Ole Olsen 12 Michael Lohman 5 Hans Nielsen 5
Finn Thomsen 3 Alf Busk 0
3.Sweden 23 Anders Michanek 10 Bernt Persson 6 Jan Andersson 5
Christer Sjösten 2
4.Australia 14 John Titman 5 Mick McKeon 4 Phil Herne 4
Phil Crump 1
2 to World final.
CONTINENTAL QUALIFYING. Wiener Neustadt A 21/5.
1.Germany 38 Alois Weisböck 12 Hans Wasserman 9 Georg Hack 9
Egon Müller 8
2.Italy 29 Giuseppe Marzotto 10 Francesco Biginato 7 Mauro Ferracioli 7
Sandro Pastorelli 5
3.Hungary 15 Istvan Sziraczi 6 Laszlo Meszaros 6 Oresko Janos 2
Jakob Janos 1
4.Austria 14 Josef Haider 6 Adi Funk 3 Herbert Szerecz 2
Günther Walla 2 Hubert Fischbacher 1
2 to Continental Semifinal.
CONTINENTAL QUALIFYING. Prelog YU 21/5.
1.Sovjet 32 Michail Starostin 11 Vladimir Paznikov 9 Gregorij Khlynovski 6
Nikolaj Kornev 6
2.Netherlands 31 Rudy Muts 9 Henny Kroeze 8 Henk Steman 6
Frits Koppe 6 Frits Koning 2
3.Bulgaria 27 Nikolai Cvetkov 9 Orlin Janakijev 8 Angel Eftimov 7
Atanas Toianov 3 Nikolai Parvanov 0
4.Yugoslavia 6 Darko Tominac 3 Djuro Fleten 2 Vlado Kocuvan 1
Ivan Posedi 0 Rade Kjurdjvic 0
2 to Continental Semifinal.
CONTINENTAL SEMIFINAL. Abensberg D 16/7.
1.Sovjet 34 Valerij Gordeev 11 Gregorij Khlynovski 10 Michail Starostin 10
Nikolaj Kornev 3
2.Germany 27 Egon Müller 11 George Hack 9 Waldemar Bacik 5
Alois Wiesböck 2
3.Netherlands 20 Henny Kroeze 9 Fritz Koppe 4 Henk Steman 4
Rudy Muts 3 Frits Koning 0
4.Italy 15 Giuseppe Marzotto 5 Francesco Biginato 4 Mauro Ferracioli 3
Sandro Pastorelli 3
2 to Continental final.
CONTINENTAL FINAL. Leningrad SU 29/7.
1.Poland 31 Edward Jancarz 11 Marek Cieslak 11 Jerzy Rembas 4
Boleslaw Proch 4 Andrzej Huszcza 1
2.Czechoslovakia 27 Jan Verner 8 Ales Dryml 8 Vaclav Verner 7
Jiri Stancl 4
3.Sovjet 22 Michail Starostin 7 Valerij Gordeev 6 Nikolaj Kornev 5
Gregorij Khlynovski 2 Vladimir Smirnov 2
4.Germany 16 Waldemar Bacik 7 Georg Hack 5 Alois Wiesböck 3
George Gilgenreiner 1
2 to World final.
WORLD FINAL. Landshut D 16/9.
1.Denmark 37
Hans Nielsen 11
Ole Olsen 10
Michael Lohman 9
Finn Thomsen 7
2.Great Britain 27
Malcolm Simmons 8
Peter Collins 6
Dave Jessup 5
Michael Lee 5
Gordon Kennett 3
3.Poland 16+
Edward Jancarz 6+
Marek Cieslak 5
Jerzy Rembas 3
Zenon Plech 1
Andrzej Huszcza 1
4.Czechoslovakia 16+
Jiri Stancl 7+
Jan Verner 5
Vaclav Verner 2
Ales Dryml 2
PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP.
SEMIFINAL. Skien N 11/6.
1.Denmark 28 Ole Olsen 17 Finn Thomsen 11
2.New Zealand 25 Ivan Mauger 14 Larry Ross 11
3.Sweden 22 Anders Michanek 15 Jan Andersson 7
4.Australia 17 Phil Crump 11 Phil Herne 6
5.Finland 15 Ilka Teromaa 10 Kai Niemi 5
6.Netherlands 12 Henny Kroeze 6 Rudy Muts 6
7.Norway 6 Audun Ove Olsen 5 Trond Skretting 1
3 to World final.
SEMIFINAL. Debrecen H 11/6.
1.Great Britain 30 Malcolm Simmons 15 Gordon Kennett 15
2.Czechoslovakia 24 Jiri Stancl 13 Jan Verner 11
3.Germany 22 Hans Wasserman 16 Georg Hack 6
4.Italy 17 Giuseppe Marzotto 11 Mauro Ferracioli 6
5.Hungary 16 Istvan Sziraczki 12 Janos Oresko 4
6.Austria 10 Adolf Funk 7 Walter Grubmüller 3
7.Yugoslavia 3 Djuro Fleten 2 Josef Mauser 1
3 to World final.
WORLD FINAL. Chorzow PL 25/6.
1.Great Britain 24+
Malcolm Simmons 15+
Gordon Kennett 9
2.New Zealand 24+
Ivan Mauger 12+
Larry Ross 12
3.Denmark 21
Ole Olsen 16
Finn Thomsen 5
4.Czechoslovakia 18
Jiri Stancl 9
Jan Verner 9
5.Poland 15
Edward Jancarz 13
Boleslaw Proch 2
6.Germany 13
Georg Hack 8
Hans Wasserman 5
7.Sweden 11
Jan Andersson 10
Börje Klingberg 1
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
EUROPEAN FINAL. Lonigo I 22/7.
1.Finn-Rune Jensen DK 13 2.Kevin Jolly GB 12+ 3.Neil Middleditch GB 12+
4.Steve Finch GB 12+ 5.Erik Gundersen DK 11 6.Hans Nielsen DK 10 7.Josef
Juza CS 8 8.Pavel Karnas CS 8 9.Henryk Olszak PL 6 10.Ryszard Romaniak
PL 6 11.Fausto Birbini I 5 12.Lillebror Johansson S 5 13.Nikolaj Manev
BG 4 14.Mieczyslaw Kmieciak PL 4 15.Armando Gigliali I 2 16.Roman
Jankowski PL 2
LONG-TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP.
WORLD 1000m FINAL. Mühldorf D 10/9.
1.Egon Müller D 26+ 2.Alois Weisböck D 26+ 3.Peter Collins GB 24+ 4.Ivan
Mauger NZ 24+ 5.Ole Olsen DK 23 6.Georg Hack D 19 7.Karl Maier D 17
8.Jiri Jirout CS 12 9.Jiri Stancl CS 11 10.Ales Dryml CS 10 11.Scott
Autrey USA 9 12.Kristian Praestbro DK 9 13.Jan Verner CS 9 14.Don Godden
GB8 15.Zdenek Kudrna CS 7 16.Wilhelm Duden D 5 17.Otto Lantenhammer D 1R
EUROPEAN GRASS FINAL. Hereford GB 23/7.
1.Chris Baybutt GB 30 2.Franz Kolbeck D 24 3.Don Godden GB 23 4.Trevor
Banks GB 19 5.Mike Beaumont GB 19 6.Peter Lempenauer D 18 7.Skjöld Larsen
DK 18 8.Peter Collins GB 15 9.Roelof Thijs NL 14 10.Ab de Groot NL 14
11.Hans von Weyhe D 12 12.Danny Barber GB 11 13.Tjalle Reitsma NL 9
14.Jan Holm Nielsen DK 6 15.Jurgen Goldstein D 1 16.Sture Lindblom S 0
MORE RESULTS.
MASTERS. (4 rounds in Germany, Sweden & Denmark x2)
1.Peter Collins GB 27 2.Ole Olsen DK 22 3.Michael Lee GB 10 4.John Davis
GB 9 5.Malcolm Simmons GB 8 6.Dave Jessup GB 6 7.Phil Crump AUS 6
8.Gordon Kennett GB 5 9.Ivan Mauger NZ 4 10.Tommy Nilsson S 2 11.Jan
Andersson S 1
Index 1979