1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

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Senior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition4th
Date28 February
Host cityChepstow, Wales, UK United Kingdom
VenueChepstow Racecourse
Events1
Distances12 km – Senior men
Participation156 athletes from
19 nations

The Senior men's race at 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,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual[]

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
13 Gaston Roelants  Belgium 35:30
14 Venanzio Ortis  Italy 35:36
15  England 35:40
16  England 35:40
17 Hendrik Schoofs  Belgium 35:41
18 Lucien Rault  France 35:42
19  Belgium 35:43
20 Tony Sandoval  United States 35:44
21  Morocco 35:46
22 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann  West Germany 35:52
23  Soviet Union 35:53
24  Scotland 35:54
25 Jean-Paul Gomez  France 35:55
26 David Black  England 35:56
27 Willy Polleunis  Belgium 35:57
28 Mike Tagg  England 35:59
29 Michael Karst  West Germany 36:00
30 Neil Cusack  Ireland 36:00
31  Wales 36:03
32  France 36:04
33 Giuseppe Cindolo  Italy 36:04
34 Allister Hutton  Scotland 36:04
35  Wales 36:04
36 Abdelkader Zaddem  Tunisia 36:07
37 Don Kardong  United States 36:07
38  Belgium 36:07
39  United States 36:08
40 Luigi Zarcone  Italy 36:08
41  Scotland 36:08
42 Nikolay Puklakov  Soviet Union 36:09
43  Wales 36:11
44 Anacleto Pinto  Portugal 36:13
45  Soviet Union 36:16
46  France 36:17
47 Steve Kenyon  England 36:17
48  West Germany 36:18
49 Eric De Beck  Belgium 36:19
50  Tunisia 36:21
51 José Luis Ruiz  Spain 36:25
52 Anders Gärderud  Sweden 36:26
53 Danny McDaid  Ireland 36:27
54  Wales 36:29
55  Ireland 36:29
56 Donal Walsh  Ireland 36:30
57 Alex Gonzalez  France 36:30
58  United States 36:31
59 Seppo Nikkari  Finland 36:31
60  Sweden 36:32
61  Finland 36:32
62 Luigi Lauro  Italy 36:35
63  France 36:42
64 Boualem Rahoui  Algeria 36:43
65  Belgium 36:45
66  Wales 36:47
67 Claudio Solone  Italy 36:49
68  Morocco 36:49
69  Finland 36:49
70  Spain 36:50
71  France 36:50
72 Joseph Patton  Scotland 36:51
73 Jukka Toivola  Finland 36:51
74  Spain 36:53
75  Wales 36:53
76  Finland 36:54
77 Mohamed Kacemi  Algeria 36:55
78  Algeria 36:56
79  Portugal 36:56
80 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 36:58
81  Scotland 36:59
82  United States 37:00
83  West Germany 37:00
84  Algeria 37:01
85  Spain 37:02
86  Morocco 37:03
87  Morocco 37:03
88 José Sena  Portugal 37:03
89 Rachid Habchaoui  Algeria 37:03
90 Pierre Levisse  France 37:03
91  Soviet Union 37:07
92  United States 37:08
93  Northern Ireland 37:10
94 Martti Kiilholma  Finland 37:11
95  Ireland 37:12
96 Jim Alder  Scotland 37:12
97  Belgium 37:12
98  Scotland 37:12
99 Santiago de la Parte  Spain 37:14
100  Spain 37:16
101  Northern Ireland 37:17
102 Aniceto Simoes  Portugal 37:22
103  Portugal 37:22
104  Sweden 37:24
105  West Germany 37:25
106 Abdelmadjid Mada  Algeria 37:25
107  Morocco 37:27
108 John Hartnett  Ireland 37:28
109  Wales 37:29
110 Sergio Muscardin  Italy 37:32
111  Tunisia 37:34
112 Andy Holden  England 37:35
113  Morocco 37:39
114 Mansour Guettaya  Tunisia 37:42
115  Morocco 37:44
116  Algeria 37:45
117 Eloi Schleder  Brazil 37:48
118  Morocco 37:50
119  Northern Ireland 37:52
120 Ismo Toukonen  Finland 37:52
121  Algeria 37:53
122  Sweden 37:55
123  Ireland 37:56
124 Giuseppe Gerbi  Italy 38:02
125  Ireland 38:05
126 Philip Dolan  Scotland 38:05
127  Morocco 38:06
128  Tunisia 38:08
129 Dennis Coates  England 38:08
130  Sweden 38:15
131  Wales 38:19
132  Sweden 38:19
133 Greg Hannon  Northern Ireland 38:22
134  Scotland 38:25
135  Tunisia 38:26
136  West Germany 38:28
137  Wales 38:29
138  Brazil 38:35
139  United States 38:36
140 Carlos Cabral  Portugal 38:39
141 Italo Tentorini  Italy 38:47
142  Tunisia 38:52
143  West Germany 39:03
144  Ireland 39:10
145 Labidi Ayachi  Tunisia 39:25
146  Northern Ireland 39:27
147  Algeria 39:44
148  Tunisia 39:59
149  Brazil 40:13
150 John Allen  Northern Ireland 40:20
151  Sweden 41:00
152  Brazil 41:36
153  Brazil 41:42
— Antonio Campos  Spain DNF
— Fernando Cerrada  Spain DNF
—  United States DNF

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
Enn Sellik 6
12
23
Nikolay Puklakov 42
45
91
219
5  Italy
Franco Fava 8
Venanzio Ortis 14
Giuseppe Cindolo 33
Luigi Zarcone 40
Luigi Lauro 62
Claudio Solone 67
(Sergio Muscardin) (110)
(Giuseppe Gerbi) (124)
(Italo Tentorini) (141)
224
6  United States
Gary Tuttle 7
Tony Sandoval 20
Don Kardong 37
39
58
82
() (92)
() (139)
() (DNF)
243
7  West Germany
Detlef Uhlemann 5
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 22
Michael Karst 29
48
83
105
() (136)
() (143)
292
8  Wales
31
35
43
54
66
75
() (109)
() (131)
() (137)
304
9  Finland
Tapio Kantanen 10
Seppo Nikkari 59
61
69
Jukka Toivola 73
76
(Martti Kiilholma) (94)
(Ismo Toukonen) (120)
348
10  Scotland
24
Allister Hutton 34
41
Joseph Patton 72
81
Jim Alder 96
() (98)
(Philip Dolan) (126)
() (134)
348
11  Spain
Mariano Haro 11
José Luis Ruiz 51
70
74
85
Santiago de la Parte 99
() (100)
(Antonio Campos) (DNF)
(Fernando Cerrada) (DNF)
390
12  Portugal
Carlos Lopes 1
Anacleto Pinto 44
79
Fernando Mamede 80
José Sena 88
Aniceto Simoes 102
() (103)
(Carlos Cabral) (140)
394
13  Ireland
Neil Cusack 30
Danny McDaid 53
55
Donal Walsh 56
95
John Hartnett 108
() (123)
() (125)
() (144)
397
14  Morocco
21
68
86
87
107
113
() (115)
() (118)
() (127)
482
15  Algeria
Boualem Rahoui 64
Mohamed Kacemi 77
78
84
Rachid Habchaoui 89
Abdelmadjid Mada 106
() (116)
() (121)
() (147)
498
16  Tunisia
Abdelkader Zaddem 36
50
111
Mansour Guettaya 114
128
135
() (142)
(Labidi Ayachi) (145)
() (148)
574
17  Sweden
Anders Gärderud 52
60
104
122
130
132
() (151)
600
18  Northern Ireland
93
101
119
Greg Hannon 133
146
John Allen 150
742
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 156 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[4]

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. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  4. ^ 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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