1971 International Cross Country Championships

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1971 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition58th
Date20 March
Host citySan Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain Spain
VenueLasarte Hippodrome
Events3
Distances7.5 mi (12.1 km) men
4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men
2.17 mi (3.5 km) women[1]
Participation228 athletes from
18 nations

The 1971 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the Lasarte Hippodrome on 20 March 1971. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[2]

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
Individual
Men
7.5 mi (12.1 km)
Dave Bedford
 England
38:42.8
 England
39:05.2
 New Zealand
39:11.6
Junior Men
4.35 mi (7.0 km)
Nick Rose
 England
23:12.4 Ray Smedley
 England
23:17.4
 Scotland
24:02
Women
2.17 mi (3.5 km)
Doris Brown
 United States
11:08.4 Berny Lenferink
 Netherlands
11:21.2 Joyce Smith
 England
11:23.2
Team
Men  England 56  Belgium 176  France 186
Junior Men  England 7  Scotland 30  Italy 39
Women  England 29  New Zealand 42  United States 51

Individual Race Results[]

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

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dave Bedford  England 38:42.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England 39:05.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 39:11.6
4 Javier Álvarez  Spain 39:15.3
5  England 39:19.4
6  Wales 39:22.8
7 Noel Tijou  France 39:29.3
8 Mariano Haro  Spain 39:38.5
9 Ian Stewart  Scotland 39:41.2
10 Rod Dixon  New Zealand 39:43.5
11 Pekka Päivärinta  Finland 39:44.7
12 Gaston Roelants  Belgium 39:45.3
13 Lucien Rault  France 39:50.2
14 René Goris  Belgium 39:54.1
15 Tony Simmons  England 39:55.2
16  England 39:56.3
17 Andy Holden  England 39:57.2
18  England 39:58.3
19 Jan Wawrzuta  Poland 40:01.5
20  Wales 40:02.3
21  Morocco 40:04.3
22 Willy Polleunis  Belgium 40:05.2
23 Karel Lismont  Belgium 40:07.1
24  Scotland 40:08.9
25  Scotland 40:09.2
26 Bryan Rose  New Zealand 40:11.3
27 Moha Aït Bassou  Morocco 40:14.7
28 John Caine  England 40:17.1
29 Alan Blinston  England 40:18.6
30 Reino Ahvenainen  Finland 40:21.5
31  Spain 40:23.1
32  Morocco 40:25.3
33 Antoine Borowski  France 40:29.7
34 Michel Bernard  France 40:32.3
35  France 40:37.9
36  Morocco 40:40.2
37 Rex Maddaford  New Zealand 40:41.3
38 Jim Alder  Scotland 40:49.7
39 Seppo Nikkari  Finland 40:50.1
40  Ireland 40:51.5
41 Rauno Mattila  Finland 40:52
42 Bernie Hayward  Wales 40:53
43  Finland 40:55
44  Spain 40:59
45 Józef Rębacz  Poland 40:59
46 Edward Stawiarz  Poland 40:59
47 Brunello Bertolin  Italy 40:59
48 Hans Menet   Switzerland 40:59
49 Ben Assou El Ghazi  Morocco 40:59
50  Morocco 40:59
51 Eddy van Butsele  Belgium 40:59
52 Sean O'Sullivan  Ireland 41:01
53 Pat Gilseman  Ireland 41:02
54 Paul Thijs  Belgium 41:03
55 Ramon Tasende  Spain 41:04
56 Fernando Aguilar  Spain 41:05
57  Morocco 41:10
58  New Zealand 41:14
59  Scotland 41:15
60 Martin Simmons  New Zealand 41:17
61 Lachie Stewart  Scotland 41:24
62 Gaston Heleven  Belgium 41:26
63  Morocco 41:27
64 Jean-Pierre Dufresne  France 41:28
65  Finland 41:29
66  Belgium 41:30
67 Stanisław Podzoba  Poland 41:31
68  Ireland 41:35
69 Carlos Pérez  Spain 41:35
70  Scotland 41:38
71  Wales 41:39
72 Geoffrey Pyne  New Zealand 41:40
73 Mario Binato  Italy 41:41
74  Wales 41:42
75 Olavi Suomalainen  Finland 41:45
76 Albrecht Moser   Switzerland 41:46
77 Mohamed Kacemi  Algeria 41:49
78 Gérard Vervoort  France 41:52
79 Alfons Sidler   Switzerland 41:54
80 Nigel Evans  Wales 41:56
81 Hidih Bidrou  Morocco 42:03
82  Algeria 42:04
83  Ireland 42:05
84 Guy Texereau  France 42:06
85 Josef Wirth   Switzerland 42:07
86 Josef Fähndrich   Switzerland 42:08
87 Mohamed Gouasmi  Algeria 42:13
88 Raymond Corbaz   Switzerland 42:15
89  Algeria 42:18
90 Irineo de Lucas  Spain 42:19
91 Karl Mangold   Switzerland 42:22
92 Edward Mleczko  Poland 42:23
93 Bolesław Walkowiak  Poland 42:24
94 Kazimierz Podolak  Poland 42:25
95 Renato Martini  Italy 42:32
96 Jim McNamara  Ireland 42:40
97  Northern Ireland 42:43
98 Gaetano Pusterla  Italy 42:45
99 Ron McAndrew  Wales 42:47
100 Jean Levaillant  France 42:48
101  Northern Ireland 42:58
102 Desmond McGann  Ireland 43:09
103 Giuseppe Cindolo  Italy 43:10
104  Northern Ireland 43:11
105 Massimo Begnis  Italy 43:15
106 Jim Hayes  Northern Ireland 43:22
107 Roberto Gervasini  Italy 43:27
108  Ireland 43:29
109 Guenaoui Behloul  Algeria 43:30
110 Antonio Frechilla  Spain 43:31
111 Cyril Pennington  Northern Ireland 43:45
112 Franco Ambrosioni  Italy 43:52
113 Yahia Megdout  Algeria 43:54
114 Abdelkader Beneyttou  Algeria 43:55
115 Bill Mullett  Scotland 44:19
116 Fergus Murray  Scotland 44:29
117 Les Jones  Northern Ireland 45:06
118 Derradji Abdelatif  Algeria 45:25
119 John Nodwell  Northern Ireland 45:35
Mikko Ala-Leppilamppi  Finland DNF
Emiel Puttemans  Belgium DNF
Gavin Thorley  New Zealand DNF

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

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nick Rose  England 23:12.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ray Smedley  England 23:17.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Scotland 24:02
4 Steve Kenyon  England 24:16.2
5  Algeria 24:30.4
6 Franco Fava  Italy 24:33.6
7 Ramon Sanchez  Spain 24:35.5
8 Aldo Tomasini  Italy 24:40
9 Peter Adams  England 24:42
10  Belgium 24:44.4
11 Eric De Beck  Belgium 24:45.8
12  Spain 24:46.6
13  Scotland 24:49
14  Scotland 24:51.2
15 Alain Grandfils  France 24:52.2
16 Greg Hannon  Northern Ireland 24:53.4
17 Eddie Leddy  Ireland 24:55.6
18 Eamonn Coghlan  Ireland 24:58
19 Gerry Hannon  Northern Ireland 25:01
20 William Burns  Scotland 25:02.4
21 Herman Mignon  Belgium 25:06.8
22 Gérard Thomazo  France 25:08.6
23 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 25:14.4
24 Neil Cusack  Ireland 25:16.1
25 Vincenzo Lavini  Italy 25:17.4
26 John Baillie  Northern Ireland 25:18
27 William Curtin  Ireland 25:20.3
28 Attallah Djelloul  Algeria 25:22.8
29  Portugal 25:23.5
30 Robert Harrison  England 25:24.6
31  France 25:25.2
32 Léon Schots  Belgium 25:27.3
33 Enrique Chaves  Spain 25:28.1
34 Frank Clement  Scotland 25:34.8
35 Paolo Picca  Italy 25:35
36 Carlos Cabral  Portugal 25:38.3
37 Mario Gilardi  Italy 25:48.2
38 Jean-Luc Simonin  France 25:57.4
39  Algeria 26:04.1
40  Ireland 26:08.5
41 Pierre Chupin  France 26:13
42 Maurits Beutels  Belgium 26:16
43 Francisco Muñoz  Spain 26:29
44 Francisco Morera  Spain 26:40
45  Portugal 26:48
46  Northern Ireland 26:53

Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km)[]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Doris Brown  United States 11:08.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Berny Lenferink  Netherlands 11:21.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joyce Smith  England 11:23.2
4 Angela Lovell  England 11:24.4
5 Janet Bristol  United States 11:25.2
6 Christine Haskett  Scotland 11:26.6
7  New Zealand 11:27.4
8 Bev Shingles  New Zealand 11:28.2
9 Irene Miller  New Zealand 11:30
10 Rita Ridley  England 11:34.2
11 Beth Bonner  United States 11:35.4
12 Sheila Carey  England 11:36.6
13 Zina Boniolo  Italy 11:37.8
14  Wales 11:43.8
15  Spain 11:47.6
16  Wales 11:48.4
17  Netherlands 11:50
18 Heather Thomson  New Zealand 11:52.2
19 Ann O'Brien  Ireland 11:53.2
20 Bronwen Cardy  Wales 11:55.5
21 Waltraud Egger  Italy 11:56.6
22 Anneke Stalman  Netherlands 11:59
23 Margherita Gargano  Italy 12:00
24 Carol Gould  England 12:01.2
25  Ireland 12:02.2
26 Christina van Loock  Belgium 12:04.4
27 Gillian Tivey  England 12:05.6
28 Margaret MacSherry  Scotland 12:06.4
29  New Zealand 12:07.6
30  Netherlands 12:08.3
31  Morocco 12:09.1
32  Ireland 12:09.8
33 Els Gommers  Netherlands 12:10.3
34 Trina Hosmer  United States 12:11.5
35 Kate Moroney  Ireland 12:12.3
36 Eileen Cornish  United States 12:15.3
37 Beatrice Lambert  Ireland 12:17.4
38 Khaddouj Hanine  Morocco 12:18.5
39  Ireland 12:20.2
40  Wales 12:21.8
41 Giuseppina Torello  Italy 12:25.8
42  Spain 12:26
43 Sandra Sutherland  Scotland 12:27
44 Pamela Bagian  United States 12:28
45  Spain 12:32
46 Anne Smith  New Zealand 12:33
47  Scotland 12:38
48 Brenda Grinney  Scotland 12:39
49  Belgium 12:42
50 Donata Govoni  Italy 12:43
51  Wales 12:43
52 Rose Murphy  Scotland 12:44
53 Luisa Marci  Italy 12:46
54 Maria Fuentes  Spain 12:47
55 Josee van Santberghe  Belgium 12:49
56 María Martínez  Spain 12:52
57  Spain 12:55
58 Rita Brownlie  Wales 13:05
59 Rabea Rodchi  Morocco 13:08
60 Monique Dockx  Belgium 13:10

Team Results[]

Men's[]

Rank Country Team Points
1  England Dave Bedford


Tony Simmons

Andy Holden
56
2  Belgium Gaston Roelants
René Goris
Willy Polleunis
Karel Lismont
Eddy van Butsele
Paul Thijs
176
3  France Noel Tijou
Lucien Rault
Antoine Borowski
Michel Bernard

Jean-Pierre Dufresne
186
4  New Zealand
Rod Dixon
Bryan Rose
Rex Maddaford

Martin Simmons
194
5  Spain Javier Álvarez
Mariano Haro


Ramon Tasende
Fernando Aguilar
198
6  Morocco
Moha Aït Bassou


Ben Assou El Ghazi
215
7  Scotland Ian Stewart


Jim Alder

Lachie Stewart
216
8  Finland Pekka Päivärinta
Reino Ahvenainen
Seppo Nikkari
Rauno Mattila

229
9  Wales

Bernie Hayward


Nigel Evans
293
10  Poland Jan Wawrzuta
Józef Rębacz
Edward Stawiarz
Stanisław Podzoba
Edward Mleczko
Bolesław Walkowiak
362
11  Ireland
Sean O'Sullivan
Pat Gilseman


Jim McNamara
392
12   Switzerland Hans Menet
Albrecht Moser
Alfons Sidler
Josef Wirth
Josef Fähndrich
Raymond Corbaz
462
13  Italy Brunello Bertolin
Mario Binato
Renato Martini
Gaetano Pusterla
Giuseppe Cindolo
Massimo Begnis
521
14  Algeria Mohamed Kacemi

Mohamed Gouasmi

Guenaoui Behloul
Yahia Megdout
557
15  Northern Ireland


Jim Hayes
Cyril Pennington
Les Jones
636

Junior Men's[]

Rank Country Team Points
1  England Nick Rose
Ray Smedley
Steve Kenyon
7
2  Scotland

30
3  Italy Franco Fava
Aldo Tomasini
Vincenzo Lavini
39
4  Belgium
Eric De Beck
Herman Mignon
42
5  Spain Ramon Sanchez

Enrique Chaves
52
6  Ireland Eddie Leddy
Eamonn Coghlan
Neil Cusack
59
7  Northern Ireland Greg Hannon
Gerry Hannon
John Baillie
61
8  France Alain Grandfils
Gérard Thomazo
68
9  Algeria
Attallah Djelloul
72
10  Portugal Fernando Mamede

Carlos Cabral
88

Women's[]

Rank Country Team Points
1  England Joyce Smith
Angela Lovell
Rita Ridley
Sheila Carey
29
2  New Zealand
Bev Shingles
Irene Miller
Heather Thomson
42
3  United States Doris Brown
Janet Bristol
Beth Bonner
Trina Hosmer
51
4  Netherlands Berny Lenferink

Anneke Stalman
71
5  Wales

Bronwen Cardy
90
6  Italy Zina Boniolo
Waltraud Egger
Margherita Gargano
Giuseppina Torello
98
7  Ireland Ann O'Brien


Kate Moroney
111
8  Scotland Christine Haskett
Margaret MacSherry
Sandra Sutherland
124
9  Spain


Maria Fuentes
156
10  Belgium Christina van Loock

Josee van Santberghe
Monique Dockx
190

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 228 athletes from 18 countries.

See also[]

References[]

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