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

Senior women's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	4th
Date	February 28
Host city	Chepstow, Wales
Venue	Chepstow Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	4.8 km – Senior women
Participation	69 athletes from ; 12 nations
	← 1975 Rabat 1977 Düsseldorf → ;

The Senior women's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on February 28, 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 women's race (4.8 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carmen Valero	Spain	16:19.4
	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	16:39
	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	16:56
4	Ann Yeoman	England	16:57
5	Renata Pentlinowska	Poland	17:00
6	Joëlle De Brouwer	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
13		Belgium	17:09
14		Ireland	17:10
15	Silvana Cruciata	Italy	17:11
16	Glynis Penny	England	17:18
17	Doris Heritage	United States	17:19
18		Belgium	17:20
19		United States	17:21
20		Poland	17:23
21		United States	17:24
22	Mary Purcell	Ireland	17:25
23	Christine Haskett	Scotland	17:27
24		United States	17:27
25		Poland	17:28
26	Carol Gould	England	17:29
27		Finland	17:30
28		France	17:30
29	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	17:31
30		France	17:32
31	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	17:32
32		England	17:36
33	Sinikka Tyynelä	Finland	17:39
34		England	17:39
35		Finland	17:40
36		Spain	17:40
37		Poland	17:41
38	Cheryl Bridges	United States	17:42
39		Belgium	17:47
40		Ireland	17:51
41		Scotland	17:54
42		Finland	17:58
43		France	18:00
44		Spain	18:00
45		England	18:05
46		Ireland	18:10
47		France	18:11
48		Spain	18:14
49		Finland	18:14
50	Magda Ilands	Belgium	18:15
51		Poland	18:18
52		Wales	18:29
53		Poland	18:30
54	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	18:30
55		Spain	18:31
56		Ireland	18:31
57	Sonia Basso	Italy	18:32
58		Ireland	18:38
59		Spain	18:58
60		Scotland	19:02
61		Scotland	19:09
62		Wales	19:11
63	Bernadette van Roy	Belgium	19:12
64		Belgium	19:12
65		France	19:13
66		Wales	19:39
67		Wales	19:42
68		Wales	20:09
69		Wales	20:21

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Tatyana Kazankina	2
Giana Romanova	8
	11
Raisa Katyukova	12
(Olga Dvirna)	(29)

33

Italy

Gabriella Dorio	3
Margherita Gargano	10
Silvana Cruciata	15
Cristina Tomasini	31
(Sonia Basso)	(57)

59

United States

Lynn Bjorklund	7
Doris Heritage	17
	19
	21
()	(24)
(Cheryl Bridges)	(38)

64

4

England

Ann Yeoman	4
Glynis Penny	16
Carol Gould	26
	32
()	(34)
()	(45)

78

5

Poland

Renata Pentlinowska	5
	20
	25
	37
()	(51)
()	(53)

87

6

France

Joëlle De Brouwer	6
	28
	30
	43
()	(47)
()	(65)

107

7

Belgium

	13
	18
	39
Magda Ilands	50
(Bernadette van Roy)	(63)
()	(64)

120

8

Ireland

	14
Mary Purcell	22
	40
	46
()	(56)
()	(58)

122

9

Scotland

Mary Stewart	9
Christine Haskett	23
	41
Margaret Coomber	54
()	(60)
()	(61)

127

10

Spain

Carmen Valero	1
	36
	44
	48
()	(55)
()	(59)

129

11

Finland

	27
Sinikka Tyynelä	33
	35
	42
()	(49)

137

12

Wales

	52
	62
	66
	67
()	(68)
()	(69)

247

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 69 athletes from 12 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

Belgium (6)
England (6)
Finland (5)
France (6)

Ireland (6)
Italy (5)
Poland (6)
Scotland (6)

Soviet Union (5)
Spain (6)
United States (6)
Wales (6)

References[]

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

[herald_01-1] 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

[archive_03-2] 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)

[gbr_01-3] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013

[iaaf_01-4] 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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