1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition4th
Date28 February
Host cityChepstow, Wales Wales
VenueChepstow Racecourse
Events3
Distances12 km – Senior men
7.8 km – Junior men
4.8 km – Senior women
Participation306 athletes from
21 nations
← 1975 Rabat

The 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on 28 February 1976. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

Complete results for men,[2] junior men,[3] women,[4] medallists, [5] and the results of British athletes[6] were published.

Medallists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km) 		Carlos Lopes
 Portugal		 34:47.8 Tony Simmons
 England		 35:04 Bernie Ford
 England		 35:07
Junior men
(7.8 km) 		Eric Hulst
 United States		 23:53.8 Thom Hunt
 United States		 24:06.8 Nat Muir
 Scotland		 24:17
Senior women
(4.8 km) 		Carmen Valero
 Spain		 16:19.4 Tatyana Kazankina
 Soviet Union		 16:39 Gabriella Dorio
 Italy		 16:56
Team
Senior men  England 90  Belgium 118  France 187
Junior men  United States 16  Spain 60  England 91
Senior women  Soviet Union 33  Italy 59  United States 64

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Main article: 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carlos Lopes  Portugal 34:47.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tony Simmons  England 35:04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bernie Ford  England 35:07
4 Karel Lismont  Belgium 35:08
5 Detlef Uhlemann  West Germany 35:09
6 Enn Sellik  Soviet Union 35:17
7 Gary Tuttle  United States 35:19
8 Franco Fava  Italy 35:21
9 Jacques Boxberger  France 35:24
10 Tapio Kantanen  Finland 35:28
11 Mariano Haro  Spain 35:28
12  Soviet Union 35:30
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
Tony Simmons 2
Bernie Ford 3
15
16
David Black 26
Mike Tagg 28
(Steve Kenyon) (47)
(Andy Holden) (112)
(Dennis Coates) (129)
90
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium
Karel Lismont 4
Gaston Roelants 13
Hendrik Schoofs 17
19
Willy Polleunis 27
38
(Eric De Beck) (49)
() (65)
() (97)
118
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
Jacques Boxberger 9
Lucien Rault 18
Jean-Paul Gomez 25
32
46
Alex Gonzalez 57
() (63)
() (71)
(Pierre Levisse) (90)
187
4  Soviet Union 219
5  Italy 224
6  United States 243
7  West Germany 292
8  Wales 304
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Junior men's race (7.8 km)[]

Main article: 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eric Hulst  United States 23:53.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thom Hunt  United States 24:06.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nat Muir  Scotland 24:17
4  France 24:23
5 Alberto Salazar  United States 24:36
6  Morocco 24:38
7  England 24:42
8 Don Moses  United States 24:43
9  Spain 24:45
10  Belgium 24:46
11 Marty Froelick  United States 24:47
12 José Luis González  Spain 24:49
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Eric Hulst 1
Thom Hunt 2
Alberto Salazar 5
Don Moses 8
(Marty Froelick) (11)
(Ralph Serna) (19)
16
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
9
José Luis González 12
15
Antonio Prieto 24
() (40)
60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
7
26
27
31
() (46)
() (57)
91
4  Italy 97
5  Morocco 107
6  West Germany 115
7  Canada 120
8  Belgium 125
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Senior women's race (4.8 km)[]

Main article: 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carmen Valero  Spain 16:19.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 16:39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gabriella Dorio  Italy 16:56
4 Ann Yeoman  England 16:57
5 Renata Pentlinowska  Poland 17:00
6 Joëlle Debrouwer  France 17:01
7 Lynn Bjorklund  United States 17:02
8 Giana Romanova  Soviet Union 17:03
9 Mary Stewart  Scotland 17:04
10 Margherita Gargano  Italy 17:05
11  Soviet Union 17:06
12 Raisa Katyukova  Soviet Union 17:07
Full results
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Tatyana Kazankina 2
Giana Romanova 8
11
Raisa Katyukova 12
(Olga Dvirna) (29)
33
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
Gabriella Dorio 3
Margherita Gargano 10
Silvana Cruciata 15
Cristina Tomasini 31
(Sonia Basso) (57)
59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
Lynn Bjorklund 7
Doris Heritage 17
19
21
() (24)
(Cheryl Bridges) (38)
64
4  England 78
5  Poland 87
6  France 107
7  Belgium 120
8  Ireland 122
Full results
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Medal table (unofficial)[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2114
2 England (ENG)1124
3 Soviet Union (URS)1102
 Spain (ESP)1102
5 Portugal (POR)1001
6 Italy (ITA)0112
7 Belgium (BEL)0101
8 France (FRA)0011
 Scotland (SCO)0011
Totals (9 nations)66618
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 306 athletes from 21 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Marshall, Ron (1 March 1976), Scots are left behind in big race - When England walked off with the team awards at the first International Cross-Country Championship, in 1903 at Hamilton, a Scottish official, in writing of the trophy up for annual competition, said: "It is very handsome and I am only sorry that so far as Scotland is concerned we have probably seen the last of it for a number of years"..., Glasgow Herald, p. 17, retrieved 17 October 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 September 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.8km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (8 February 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.8km CC Women - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 16 October 2007, retrieved 17 October 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  6. ^ a b 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. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 9 October 2013

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