1968 International Cross Country Championships
1968 International Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | ICCU |
Edition | 55th |
Date | March 17 (men) / March 23 (women) |
Host city | Tunis, Tunisia ![]() Blackburn, Lancashire, England ![]() |
Venue | Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (men) Witton Park (women) |
Events | 2 / 1 |
Distances | 7.5 mi (12.1 km) men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men 2.8 mi (4.5 km) women |
Participation | 177 athletes from 14 nations |
The 1968 International Cross Country Championships was held in Tunis, Tunisia, at the Hippodrome de Kassar-Said on March 17, 1968. The women's championship was held one week later in Blackburn, England at the Witton Country Park on March 23, 1968. A report on the men's event[1] as well as on the women's event[2] was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men,[3] junior men,[4] women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.
Medallists[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Men 7.5 mi (12.1 km) |
Mohamed Gammoudi![]() |
35:25.4 | Ron Hill![]() |
35:26.8 | Roy Fowler![]() |
35:31.8 |
Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km) |
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20:59 | ![]() |
21:00 | ![]() |
21:02 |
Women 2.8 mi (4.5 km) |
Doris Brown![]() |
15:00 | ![]() |
15:12 | Pamela Davies![]() |
15:21 |
Team | ||||||
Men | ![]() |
58 | ![]() |
101 | ![]() |
129 |
Junior Men | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
27 | ![]() |
29 |
Women | ![]() |
19 | ![]() |
20 | ![]() |
55 |
Individual Race Results[]
Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)[]
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Mohamed Gammoudi | ![]() |
35:25.4 |
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Ron Hill | ![]() |
35:26.8 |
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Roy Fowler | ![]() |
35:31.8 |
4 | Guy Texereau | ![]() |
35:34.6 |
5 | Mike Freary | ![]() |
35:40 |
6 | Mariano Haro | ![]() |
35:40 |
7 | Alan Rushmer | ![]() |
35:42.6 |
8 | Ahmed Zammel | ![]() |
35:47 |
9 | Noel Tijou | ![]() |
35:48 |
10 | Ian McCafferty | ![]() |
36:08 |
11 | Derek Graham | ![]() |
36:13 |
12 | ![]() |
36:14 | |
13 | Javier Álvarez | ![]() |
36:15 |
14 | ![]() |
36:18 | |
15 | Lucien Rault | ![]() |
36:19.4 |
16 | Jim Hogan | ![]() |
36:22 |
17 | Mohamed Said | ![]() |
36:24.8 |
18 | Lachie Stewart | ![]() |
36:26 |
19 | Andy Brown | ![]() |
36:27 |
20 | Jim Wright | ![]() |
36:28.4 |
21 | Iluminado Corcuera | ![]() |
36:29 |
22 | Larbi Oukada | ![]() |
36:29.6 |
23 | Jim Alder | ![]() |
36:32 |
24 | Ben Assou El Ghazi | ![]() |
36:33 |
25 | Bill Adcocks | ![]() |
36:38 |
26 | Carlos Pérez | ![]() |
36:43 |
27 | Bill Clark | ![]() |
36:45 |
28 | Walter Huss | ![]() |
36:45.2 |
29 | Bernard Maroquin | ![]() |
36:52.4 |
30 | Michel Bernard | ![]() |
36:55.8 |
31 | Gaston Roelants | ![]() |
36:58 |
32 | ![]() |
36:59.2 | |
33 | ![]() |
37:04.4 | |
34 | Herb Lorenz | ![]() |
37:06 |
35 | Tony Cox | ![]() |
37:07 |
36 | Don Lakin | ![]() |
37:08.2 |
37 | Moha Aït Bassou | ![]() |
37:09 |
38 | Alan Joslyn | ![]() |
37:10.4 |
39 | Tom Heinonen | ![]() |
37:11 |
40 | ![]() |
37:14 | |
41 | Doug Wiebe | ![]() |
37:16.4 |
42 | Ammar Khemiri | ![]() |
37:24.8 |
43 | Gérard Vervoort | ![]() |
37:25 |
44 | Dennis Quinlan | ![]() |
37:26 |
45 | Hammadi Ben Mohamed | ![]() |
37:27.4 |
46 | Matt Murphy | ![]() |
37:29 |
47 | Gareth Bryan-Jones | ![]() |
37:31 |
48 | Tom O'Riordan | ![]() |
37:31.6 |
49 | Robert Folie | ![]() |
37:32 |
50 | Pierre de Pauw | ![]() |
37:35.2 |
51 | Ramon Tasende | ![]() |
37:36 |
52 | Francisco Aritmendi | ![]() |
37:38.4 |
53 | ![]() |
37:43.4 | |
54 | Jean-Pierre Delloye | ![]() |
37:48.2 |
55 | Werner Dössegger | ![]() |
37:50 |
56 | Fernando Aguilar | ![]() |
37:51 |
57 | John Linaker | ![]() |
37:52.6 |
58 | Leon Moreels | ![]() |
37:54.2 |
59 | Alan Jones | ![]() |
37:56.6 |
60 | Hedydd Davies | ![]() |
38:02.4 |
61 | Yves Martinage | ![]() |
38:03 |
62 | Johan Janssens | ![]() |
38:04.2 |
63 | Alfons Sidler | ![]() |
38:07.6 |
64 | ![]() |
38:09.2 | |
65 | Werner Wildschek | ![]() |
38:13.4 |
66 | Donal Walsh | ![]() |
38:15.6 |
67 | Alec Brown | ![]() |
38:16 |
68 | ![]() |
38:17.4 | |
69 | Bill Reilly | ![]() |
38:22.6 |
70 | Walter Dietiker | ![]() |
38:23 |
71 | Abdelkader Zaddem | ![]() |
38:26 |
72 | Joe O'Keefe | ![]() |
38:28.2 |
73 | ![]() |
38:44.6 | |
74 | Hansruedi Knill | ![]() |
38:46 |
75 | Abdallah Ben Ammar | ![]() |
38:47.6 |
76 | Lorenzo Gutierrez | ![]() |
38:50.4 |
77 | Matt Wilson | ![]() |
38:54 |
78 | ![]() |
38:55.6 | |
79 | Hans Rüdisühli | ![]() |
39:10 |
80 | Abderrahmane Delhoum | ![]() |
39:11.2 |
81 | ![]() |
39:27 | |
82 | Moses Mayfield | ![]() |
39:30.2 |
83 | Malcolm Edger | ![]() |
39:43 |
84 | John Buckley | ![]() |
39:47 |
85 | Guenaoui Behloul | ![]() |
39:50 |
86 | Patrick Leddy | ![]() |
39:54 |
87 | Cyril Leigh | ![]() |
40:08 |
88 | Kamali Benmissi | ![]() |
40:10 |
89 | Mohamed Gouasmi | ![]() |
40:10.6 |
90 | ![]() |
40:13 | |
91 | Mel Evans | ![]() |
40:27 |
92 | ![]() |
40:29 | |
93 | Jeff Kirby | ![]() |
41:02 |
94 | Gérard Goutailler | ![]() |
41:35 |
95 | Mustapha Lerari | ![]() |
41:36 |
96 | Aissa Benfarès | ![]() |
41:37 |
97 | Chris Loosley | ![]() |
41:48 |
98 | Bali | ![]() |
41:48 |
99 | ![]() |
41:52 | |
100 | Belgacem Harrathi | ![]() |
42:07 |
— | Eugène Allonsius | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Labidi Ayachi | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Mick Molloy | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Willy Polleunis | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Ron McAndrew | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Alfred Chivers | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Seboui | ![]() |
DNF |
Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)[]
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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20:59,6 | |
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21:00,6 | |
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21:02,6 | |
4 | Don Faircloth | ![]() |
21:07,2 |
5 | Andy Holden | ![]() |
21:07,2 |
6 | Ian Stewart | ![]() |
21:13,8 |
7 | Tony Simmons | ![]() |
21:26,6 |
8 | ![]() |
21:32 | |
9 | Amor Lassoued | ![]() |
21:34 |
10 | Mansour Guettaya | ![]() |
21:39 |
11 | Oujid Abdellah | ![]() |
21:54 |
12 | Pierre van Heddegem | ![]() |
21:57 |
13 | ![]() |
21:59 | |
14 | Angel Cob | ![]() |
22:02,6 |
15 | Mohamed Benachir | ![]() |
22:08 |
16 | Mohamed El Ayachi | ![]() |
22:09,6 |
17 | Martin McMahon | ![]() |
22:12,6 |
18 | James Cook | ![]() |
22:19,4 |
19 | Ali Dali | ![]() |
22:28,8 |
20 | ![]() |
22:34 | |
21 | ![]() |
22:35 | |
22 | Bernie Hayward | ![]() |
22:36,6 |
23 | Manuel Alcudia | ![]() |
22:41 |
24 | Karel Lismont | ![]() |
22:44,2 |
25 | Juan José Sordo | ![]() |
22:46,6 |
26 | Boualem Rahoui | ![]() |
22:52,8 |
27 | Mohamed Benslimane | ![]() |
22:53 |
28 | John Calvert | ![]() |
22:56 |
29 | Noureddine Hamouda | ![]() |
22:58 |
30 | Andres Jimeno | ![]() |
23:08 |
31 | Alan Beaney | ![]() |
23:13,2 |
32 | Gwynn Davis | ![]() |
23:19,8 |
33 | Roland Verstraeten | ![]() |
23:31,2 |
34 | John Powell | ![]() |
23:38 |
35 | Tom Paterson | ![]() |
23:42,6 |
36 | Ali Ahmed Baccouch | ![]() |
23:47 |
37 | Mohamed Kacemi | ![]() |
24:00,2 |
38 | Mehdi Ali | ![]() |
24:01 |
39 | Hassen Kachroudi | ![]() |
24:43,6 |
40 | Ahmed Zbaidi | ![]() |
24:54,4 |
Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km)[]
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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Doris Brown | ![]() |
15:00 |
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15:12 | |
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Pamela Davies | ![]() |
15:21 |
4 | Anne Smith | ![]() |
15:24 |
5 | Linda Mayfield | ![]() |
15:43 |
6 | Patricia Brown | ![]() |
15:47 |
7 | Phyllis Perkins | ![]() |
15:53 |
8 | Ann O'Brien | ![]() |
15:56 |
9 | Sheila Taylor | ![]() |
16:05 |
10 | Ursula Kennedy | ![]() |
16:10 |
11 | Cheryl Bridges | ![]() |
16:11 |
12 | Doreen King | ![]() |
16:14 |
13 | Margaret MacSherry | ![]() |
16:18 |
14 | Dale Greig | ![]() |
16:18 |
15 | ![]() |
16:23 | |
16 | Leslie Watson | ![]() |
16:27 |
17 | Rosemary Stirling | ![]() |
16:39 |
18 | Natalie Roche | ![]() |
16:50 |
19 | Sheena Fitzmaurice | ![]() |
16:52 |
20 | June Hale | ![]() |
17:12 |
21 | Ann Keating | ![]() |
17:15 |
22 | ![]() |
17:21 | |
23 | Margaret Doody | ![]() |
17:25 |
24 | Siobhan Lynch | ![]() |
17:29 |
25 | ![]() |
17:33 | |
26 | Lori Schutt | ![]() |
17:38 |
27 | ![]() |
17:41 | |
28 | Janet Eynon | ![]() |
18:33 |
29 | Eileen Kelly | ![]() |
18:47 |
30 | Meryl Priestley | ![]() |
18:59 |
Team Results[]
Men's[]
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Ron Hill Roy Fowler Mike Freary Alan Rushmer Jim Hogan Bill Adcocks |
58 |
2 | ![]() |
Guy Texereau Noel Tijou Lucien Rault Bernard Maroquin Michel Bernard |
101 |
3 | ![]() |
Mariano Haro Javier Álvarez Iluminado Corcuera Carlos Pérez Ramon Tasende |
129 |
4 | ![]() |
Ian McCafferty Lachie Stewart Andy Brown Jim Wright Jim Alder Gareth Bryan-Jones |
137 |
5 | ![]() |
Mohamed Said Larbi Oukada Ben Assou El Ghazi Moha Aït Bassou Hammadi Ben Mohamed |
178 |
6 | ![]() |
Mohamed Gammoudi Ahmed Zammel Ammar Khemiri Abdelkader Zaddem |
227 |
7 | ![]() |
Bill Clark Herb Lorenz Don Lakin Tom Heinonen Doug Wiebe Bill Reilly |
246 |
8 | ![]() |
Gaston Roelants Robert Folie Pierre de Pauw Jean-Pierre Delloye Leon Moreels Johan Janssens |
304 |
9 | ![]() |
Walter Huss Werner Dössegger Alfons Sidler Werner Wildschek Walter Dietiker Hansruedi Knill |
355 |
10 | ![]() |
Dennis Quinlan Matt Murphy Tom O'Riordan Donal Walsh Joe O'Keefe John Buckley |
360 |
11 | ![]() |
Derek Graham Matt Wilson Malcolm Edger |
407 |
12 | ![]() |
Alan Joslyn Alan Jones Hedydd Davies Cyril Leigh Mel Evans Jeff Kirby |
428 |
13 | ![]() |
Abderrahmane Delhoum Guenaoui Behloul Kamali Benmissi Mohamed Gouasmi Mustapha Lerari Aissa Benfarès |
533 |
Junior Men's[]
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Don Faircloth Andy Holden |
10 |
2 | ![]() |
Amor Lassoued Mansour Guettaya |
27 |
3 | ![]() |
Oujid Abdellah Mohamed Benachir |
29 |
4 | ![]() |
Pierre van Heddegem Karel Lismont |
38 |
5 | ![]() |
Martin McMahon James Cook |
48 |
6 | ![]() |
Angel Cob Manuel Alcudia |
57 |
7 | ![]() |
Tony Simmons Bernie Hayward Gwynn Davis |
61 |
8 | ![]() |
Boualem Rahoui Mohamed Benslimane |
74 |
9 | ![]() |
Ali Dali Ali Ahmed Baccouch Mehdi Ali |
93 |
Women's[]
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Doris Brown Linda Mayfield Cheryl Bridges |
19 |
2 | ![]() |
Pamela Davies Anne Smith Patricia Brown Phyllis Perkins |
20 |
3 | ![]() |
Doreen King Margaret MacSherry Dale Greig Leslie Watson |
55 |
4 | ![]() |
Ann O'Brien Ursula Kennedy Ann Keating Margaret Doody |
62 |
5 | ![]() |
89 |
Participation[]
An unofficial count yields the participation of 177 athletes from 14 countries.
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See also[]
- 1968 in athletics (track and field)
References[]
- ^ Athletics - Scotland Fourth in International Cross-country - Tunis, Sunday - Inspired by ageless Andrew Brown, Scotland's senior team in the International Cross-country championship here yesterday produced probably their best result for 32 years when they finished fourth behind England, France, and Spain in that order..., Glasgow Herald, March 18, 1968, p. 5, retrieved October 4, 2013
- ^ Marshall, Ron (March 25, 1968), Athletics - Mrs Brown an easy winner - Mrs D. Brown (U.S.A.), one of the best milers in the world, retained the women's International cross-country title on Saturday at Blackburn..., Glasgow Herald, p. 11, retrieved October 4, 2013
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - Tunis (Men) / Blackburn (Women) Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (M) / Witton Park (W) Date: Sunday, March 17, 1968, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 7, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 22, 2005), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7.0km CC Men - Tunis (Men) / Blackpool (Women) Hippodrome de Kass Saturday March 16, 1968, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on April 2, 2005, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4.5km CC Women - Tunis (Men) / Blackburn (Women) Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (M) / Witton Park (W) Date: Saturday, March 23, 1968, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
- ^ 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 13ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013
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