1970 International Cross Country Championships

1970 International Cross Country Championships
1970 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	57th
Date	March 22
Host city	Vichy, Auvergne, France ; Frederick, Maryland, United States (alternate women's event)
Venue	(women, Frederick)
Events	3 / 1
Distances	7.5 mi / 12.1 km (men) ; 4.35 mi / 7.0 km (junior men) ; 1.9 mi / 3.0 km (women, Vichy) ; 2.5 mi / 4.0 km (women, Frederick)
Participation	211 athletes from ; 17 nations
	← 1969 Clydebank 1971 San Sebastián → ;

The 1970 International Cross Country Championships was held in Vichy, France, on March 22, 1970. An alternate women's championship was held one day earlier in Frederick, Maryland, United States at the , on March 21, 1970. A report on the Vichy event^[1] as well as on the Frederick event^[2] was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results for men,^[3] junior men,^[4] women (Vichy),^[5] women (Frederick),^[6] medallists, ^[7] and the results of British athletes^[8] were published.

Medallists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 7.5 mi (12.1 km)	Mike Tagg England	36:39.8	Gaston Roelants Belgium	36:41.8	England	36:44.6
Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km)	John Hartnett Ireland	21:57.2	England	22:05.2	Eric de Beck Belgium	22:09.2
Women (Vichy) 1.9 mi (3.0 km)	Paola Pigni Italy	10:38.4	Poland	10:39.2	Ilja Keizer Netherlands	10:43.8
Women (Frederick) 2.5 mi (4.0 km)	Doris Brown United States	15:04	Rita Lincoln England	15:11	Thelma Fynn Canada	15:14
Team
Men	England	35	France	85	Belgium	136
Junior Men	England	15	Belgium	15	Italy	34
Women (Vichy)	Netherlands	19	France	39	Italy	45
Women (Frederick)	England	18	United States	46	Ireland	48

Individual Race Results[]

Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Mike Tagg	England	36:39.8
	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	36:41.8
		England	36:44.6
4	Dick Taylor	England	36:50.8
5	Noel Tijou	France	37:03.2
6	Ricky Wilde	England	37:07
7	Mike Turner	England	37:09.8
8	Abdelkader Zaddem	Tunisia	37:11
9	Javier Álvarez	Spain	37:14
10		France	37:15
11	Lucien Rault	France	37:19
12	Lachie Stewart	Scotland	37:28
13	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	37:29
14	Mike Baxter	England	37:30
15	Michel Bernard	France	37:36
16		Tunisia	37:37
17		Tunisia	37:38
18		Wales	37:40
19	Joseph Prinsen	Belgium	37:44
20	Antoine Borowski	France	37:50
21	Derek Graham	Northern Ireland	37:53
22	John Caine	England	37:55
23	Grant McLaren	Canada	37:57
24	Jean-Pierre Ouine	France	37:58
25	Bill Mullett	Scotland	37:59
26	Giovanni Pizzi	Italy	38:01
27	Werner Dössegger	Switzerland	38:05
28		Spain	38:06
29		Belgium	38:07
30	Paul Thijs	Belgium	38:08
31	Jim Alder	Scotland	38:11
32	Ron Grove	England	38:12
33	Dave Ellis	Canada	38:13
34		Tunisia	38:16
35	Sean O'Sullivan	Ireland	38:18
36	Pat Gilseman	Ireland	38:19
37	Hamoud Ameur	France	38:20
38	Mohamed Kheddar	France	38:22
39	Renato Martini	Italy	38:23
40	Giuseppe Ardizzone	Italy	38:24
41	Bob Moore	Canada	38:25
42		Scotland	38:27
43	André de Hertoghe	Belgium	38:29
44	Ali Khamassi	Tunisia	38:37
45		Scotland	38:38
46		Scotland	38:39
47		Belgium	38:44
48	Kenny Moore	United States	38:45
49	Johnny Dumon	Belgium	38:46
50	Brunello Bertolin	Italy	38:48
51	Tom Heinonen	United States	38:49
52	Tom O'Riordan	Ireland	38:51
53		Spain	38:53
54		Ireland	38:54
55	Georg Kaiser	Switzerland	38:54
56	Giacomo Marietta	Italy	38:57
57	Gareth Bryan-Jones	Scotland	38:58
58	Jan Briers	Belgium	38:58
59		Northern Ireland	38:59
60	Nigel Evans	Wales	39:02
61		Wales	39:02
62	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	39:07
63	Matt Murphy	Ireland	39:08
64	John Loeschhorn	United States	39:09
65		Spain	39:10
66		Northern Ireland	39:14
67	Alan Joslyn	Wales	39:16
68	Labidi Ayachi	Tunisia	39:20
69	Carlos Pérez	Spain
70	Ray Haswell	Canada
71	Tony Simmons	Wales
72	Josef Wirth	Switzerland	39:22
73	Amor Lassoued	Tunisia
74	Osvaldo Segrada	Italy
75		Ireland
76	Cliff Clark	United States
77	Albrecht Moser	Switzerland	39:34
78	Fernando Aguilar	Spain
79	Josef Fähndrich	Switzerland	39:36
80	Cyril Pennington	Northern Ireland
81	Primo Gretter	Italy
82	Pedro Sacristán	Spain
83	Fritz Schneider	Switzerland	39:46
84	Guy Texereau	France
85	Bill Stoddart	Scotland
86	Malcolm Edger	Northern Ireland
87	John Sheridan	Ireland
88	Hans Lang	Switzerland	40:03
89	Antonio Frechilla	Spain
90	John Mooney	Ireland
91	Paul Darney	Wales
92	Charles Messenger	United States
93	Bill Norris	United States
94	Jorge Gonzalez	Spain
95	Dave Bedford	England
96	Michel Jossen	Switzerland	40:27
97	Dave Surman	Canada
98	Alfred Chivers	Northern Ireland
99		Wales
100	Jerry Tighe	Canada
101	Mick Goerke	Canada
102		Northern Ireland
103	Max Walti	Switzerland	41:49
—	Ian McCafferty	Scotland	DNF
—	Umberto Risi	Italy	DNF
—		Ireland	DNF
—	Timothy Hendricks	United States	DNF

Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	John Hartnett	Ireland	21:57.2
		England	22:05.2
	Eric De Beck	Belgium	22:09.2
4		Belgium	22:17.4
5		Scotland	22:25.4
6	Jim Milton	England	22:32.4
7		England	22:36.8
8	Willy van Laer	Belgium	22:39.8
9	Aldo Tomasini	Italy	22:41.8
10	Franco Fava	Italy	22:41.8
11	Francesco Silvestre	Spain	22:42
12		England	22:49
13		Scotland	23:00
14		Algeria	23:06
15	Franco Veronese	Italy	23:07
16	René Portier	France	23:08
17	Julien Devos	Belgium	23:09
18	Pol Quemener	France	23:09
19	William Burns	Scotland	23:10
20	Daniel Murphy	Ireland	23:11
21	Mario Gilardi	Italy	23:11
22	Marc Masselot	France	23:12
23	Eddie Leddy	Ireland	23:12
24	Ramon Sanchez	Spain	23:13
25		Scotland	23:14
26	Gérard Thomazo	France	23:18
27	Andres Jimeno	Spain	23:23
28	Chris Garforth	England	23:31
29	Attallah Djelloul	Algeria	23:38
30	Zygmunt Lyznicki	Poland	23:44
31	Leslie Irvine	Scotland	23:45
32		Switzerland	23:46
33	Philip Brennan	Ireland	23:48
34	Francisco Santamaria	Spain	23:51
35	Richard Umberg	Switzerland	23:55
36	Abdelhaziz Belhocine	Algeria	23:57
37	Etienne Sinic	France	23:58
38	Eduardo Perez	Spain	24:06
39	Howard Wallace	Ireland	24:08
40	Fritz Rüegsegger	Switzerland	24:24
41	Roland Gehrig	Switzerland	24:30
42	Bruno Ehrler	Switzerland	24:48
43	Ryszard Ciucias	Poland
44		Algeria
—	Sid-Ali Djouadi	Algeria	DNF
—	Paul Coulon	Belgium	DNF
—	Armando Scozzari	Italy	DNF

Women's (Vichy, 1.9 mi / 3.0 km)[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Paola Pigni	Italy	10:38.4
		Poland	10:39.2
	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	10:43.8
4	Anneloes Bosman	Netherlands	10:54.4
5	Berny Lenferink	Netherlands	11:02
6	Nicole Chassagneux	France	11:03.6
7	Anneke de Lange	Netherlands	11:06.4
8	Teresa Testerini	Italy	11:15
9	Carla Joosten	Netherlands	11:15
10	Claudette Brouard	France	11:15
11		France	11:20
12	Eliane Rieuf	France	11:22
13	Krystyna Sladek	Poland	11:24
14	Josee van Santberghe	Belgium	11:26
15		Belgium	11:27
16	Zina Boniolo	Italy	11:32
17	Jadwiga Kalinowska	Poland	11:32
18	Françoise Valentini	France	12:14
19	Francine Peyskens	Belgium	12:19
20	Margherita Gargano	Italy	12:21
21	Marie-Claire Decroix	Belgium	12:24
22	Catherine Michaud	France	12:28
23	Barbara Rubaszewska	Poland	13:46

Women's (Frederick, 2.5 mi / 4.0 km)[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Doris Brown	United States	15:04,4
	Rita Lincoln	England	15:11
	Thelma Fynn	Canada	15:14
4		England	15:21
5	Joan Page	England	15:25
6	Margaret MacSherry	Scotland	15:27
7	Gillian Tivey	England	15:30
8	Christine Haskett	Scotland	15:31
9	Ann O'Brien	Ireland	15:33
10		Ireland	15:34
11		Wales	15:35
12		Ireland	15:37
13	Francie Larrieu	United States	15:42
14	Pamela Bagian	United States	15:45
15	Sandra Harper	Canada	15:46
16	Joyce Smith	England	15:47
17		Ireland	15:51
18	Cheryl Bridges	United States	16:02
19	Hope Bishop	Canada	16:06
20	Pat Lowe	England	16:08
21	Nancy Main	Canada	16:11
22	Bronwen Cardy	Wales	16:23
23		Wales	16:24
24	Doreen Martins	Canada	16:28
25		Canada	16:33
26	Sheena Fitzmaurice	Scotland	16:56
27	Raie Thompson	Australia	16:47
28	Sandra Kirk	Scotland	16:56
29	Nuala Bowe	Ireland	17:06
30	Patricia Cole	United States	17:09
31		Wales	17:17
32	Shirley Springer	United States	17:18
33	Pamela John	Wales	17:29
34	Adrienne Beames	Australia	17:44

Team Results[]

Men's[]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Mike Tagg Dick Taylor Ricky Wilde Mike Turner Mike Baxter	35
2	France	Noel Tijou Lucien Rault Michel Bernard Antoine Borowski Jean-Pierre Ouine	85
3	Belgium	Gaston Roelants Emiel Puttemans Joseph Prinsen Paul Thijs André de Hertoghe	136
4	Tunisia	Abdelkader Zaddem Ali Khamassi Labidi Ayachi	187
5	Scotland	Lachie Stewart Bill Mullett Jim Alder	201
6	Italy	Giovanni Pizzi Renato Martini Giuseppe Ardizzone Brunello Bertolin Giacomo Marietta Giuseppe Cindolo	273
7	Spain	Javier Álvarez Carlos Pérez Fernando Aguilar	302
8	Ireland	Sean O'Sullivan Pat Gilseman Tom O'Riordan Matt Murphy	315
9	Canada	Grant McLaren Dave Ellis Bob Moore Ray Haswell Dave Surman Jerry Tighe	364
10	Wales	Nigel Evans Alan Joslyn Tony Simmons Paul Darney	368
11	Switzerland	Werner Dössegger Georg Kaiser Josef Wirth Albrecht Moser Josef Fähndrich Fritz Schneider	393
12	Northern Ireland	Derek Graham Cyril Pennington Malcolm Edger Alfred Chivers	410
13	United States	Kenny Moore Tom Heinonen John Loeschhorn Cliff Clark Charles Messenger Bill Norris	424

Junior Men's[]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Jim Milton	15
2	Belgium	Eric De Beck Willy van Laer	15
3	Italy	Aldo Tomasini Franco Fava Franco Veronese	34
4	Scotland	William Burns	37
5	Ireland	John Hartnett Daniel Murphy Eddie Leddy	44
6	France	René Portier Pol Quemener Marc Masselot	56
7	Spain	Francesco Silvestre Ramon Sanchez Andres Jimeno	62
8	Algeria	Attallah Djelloul Abdelhaziz Belhocine	79
9	Switzerland	Richard Umberg Fritz Rüegsegger	107

Women's (Vichy)[]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	Netherlands	Ilja Keizer Anneloes Bosman Berny Lenferink Anneke de Lange	19
2	France	Nicole Chassagneux Claudette Brouard Eliane Rieuf	39
3	Italy	Paola Pigni Teresa Testerini Zina Boniolo Margherita Gargano	45
4	Poland	Krystyna Sladek Jadwiga Kalinowska Barbara Rubaszewska	55
5	Belgium	Josee van Santberghe Francine Peyskens Marie-Claire Decroix	69

Women's (Frederick)[]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Rita Lincoln Joan Page Gillian Tivey	18
2	United States	Doris Brown Francie Larrieu Pamela Bagian Cheryl Bridges	46
3	Ireland	Ann O'Brien	48
4	Canada	Thelma Fynn Sandra Harper Hope Bishop Nancy Main	58
5	Scotland	Margaret MacSherry Christine Haskett Sheena Fitzmaurice Sandra Kirk	68
6	Wales	Bronwen Cardy	87

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 211 athletes from 17 countries.

Algeria (5)
Australia (2)
Belgium (18)
Canada (13)
England (20)
France (20)

Ireland (19)
Italy (18)
Netherlands (5)
Northern Ireland (7)
Poland (6)
Scotland (18)

Spain (14)
Switzerland (14)
Tunisia (7)
United States (13)
Wales (12)

References[]

^ Tagg Leads English to Victory - Mike Tagg won the International Cross-Country Championship today, leading England to that first double of individual and team titles since 1963..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1970, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013
^ Miss MacSherry sixth in America - Margaret MacSherry, the 19-year-old Scottish Internationalist, who runs for Cambridge Harriers, gave one of the most impressive performances ever by a Scottish runner at the women's International Cross-Country Championship on Saturday at Frederick, Maryland..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1970, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 22, 2005), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4.0km CC Women - Senior - Frederick VFW Country Club Saturday March 21, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on April 4, 2005, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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[herald_01-1] Tagg Leads English to Victory - Mike Tagg won the International Cross-Country Championship today, leading England to that first double of individual and team titles since 1963..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1970, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013

[herald_02-2] Miss MacSherry sixth in America - Margaret MacSherry, the 19-year-old Scottish Internationalist, who runs for Cambridge Harriers, gave one of the most impressive performances ever by a Scottish runner at the women's International Cross-Country Championship on Saturday at Frederick, Maryland..., Glasgow Herald, March 23, 1970, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013

[archive_01-3] Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[archive_02-4] Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), International Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on May 17, 2006, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[archive_03-5] Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), International Cross Country Championships - 3.0km CC Women - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[archive_04-6] Magnusson, Tomas (March 22, 2005), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4.0km CC Women - Senior - Frederick VFW Country Club Saturday March 21, 1970, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on April 4, 2005, retrieved October 4, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-7] INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013

[iaaf_01-8] 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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