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

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]

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

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Carlos Lopes   Portugal 34:47.8
  Tony Simmons   England 35:04
  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 Vladimir Merkushin   Soviet Union 35:30
13 Gaston Roelants   Belgium 35:30
14 Venanzio Ortis   Italy 35:36
15 David Slater   England 35:40
16 Grenville Tuck   England 35:40
17 Hendrik Schoofs   Belgium 35:41
18 Lucien Rault   France 35:42
19 Eddy Rombaux   Belgium 35:43
20 Tony Sandoval   United States 35:44
21 Larbi M'Hidra   Morocco 35:46
22 Hans-Jürgen Orthmann   West Germany 35:52
23 Ivan Parluy   Soviet Union 35:53
24 Jim Brown   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 Glen Grant   Wales 36:03
32 Jean-Luc Paugam   France 36:04
33 Giuseppe Cindolo   Italy 36:04
34 Allister Hutton   Scotland 36:04
35 Steve Gibbons   Wales 36:04
36 Abdelkader Zaddem   Tunisia 36:07
37 Don Kardong   United States 36:07
38 Robert Lismont   Belgium 36:07
39 Dave Babiracki   United States 36:08
40 Luigi Zarcone   Italy 36:08
41 Andrew McKean   Scotland 36:08
42 Nikolay Puklakov   Soviet Union 36:09
43 David Hopkins   Wales 36:11
44 Anacleto Pinto   Portugal 36:13
45 Mikhail Ulymov   Soviet Union 36:16
46 Dominique Coux   France 36:17
47 Steve Kenyon   England 36:17
48 Peter Weigt   West Germany 36:18
49 Eric De Beck   Belgium 36:19
50 Adelaziz Bouguerra   Tunisia 36:21
51 José Luis Ruiz   Spain 36:25
52 Anders Gärderud   Sweden 36:26
53 Danny McDaid   Ireland 36:27
54 John Davies   Wales 36:29
55 Thomas Brennan   Ireland 36:29
56 Donal Walsh   Ireland 36:30
57 Alex Gonzalez   France 36:30
58 Glenn Herold   United States 36:31
59 Seppo Nikkari   Finland 36:31
60 Torgny Björkqvist   Sweden 36:32
61 Esko Lipsonen   Finland 36:32
62 Luigi Lauro   Italy 36:35
63 Radhouane Bouster   France 36:42
64 Boualem Rahoui   Algeria 36:43
65 Gilbert Maesschalk   Belgium 36:45
66 Malcolm Thomas   Wales 36:47
67 Claudio Solone   Italy 36:49
68 Haddou Jaddour   Morocco 36:49
69 Jouko Santanen   Finland 36:49
70 Juan Hidalgo   Spain 36:50
71 Patrick Martin   France 36:50
72 Joseph Patton   Scotland 36:51
73 Jukka Toivola   Finland 36:51
74 Ricardo Ortega   Spain 36:53
75 Mick Morris   Wales 36:53
76 Seppo Tuominen   Finland 36:54
77 Mohamed Kacemi   Algeria 36:55
78 Khaled Aït Idir   Algeria 36:56
79 Helder de Jesús   Portugal 36:56
80 Fernando Mamede   Portugal 36:58
81 Laurence Reilly   Scotland 36:59
82 Henry Perez   United States 37:00
83 Reinhard Leibold   West Germany 37:00
84 Smain Yahiaoui   Algeria 37:01
85 Fernando Fernandez   Spain 37:02
86 Dahou Belghazi   Morocco 37:03
87 Mustapha Oulghazi   Morocco 37:03
88 José Sena   Portugal 37:03
89 Rachid Habchaoui   Algeria 37:03
90 Pierre Levisse   France 37:03
91 Vadim Mokalov   Soviet Union 37:07
92 Steve Flanagan   United States 37:08
93 David Logue   Northern Ireland 37:10
94 Martti Kiilholma   Finland 37:11
95 Paddy Coyle   Ireland 37:12
96 Jim Alder   Scotland 37:12
97 Eddy Van Mullem   Belgium 37:12
98 Paul Kenney   Scotland 37:12
99 Santiago de la Parte   Spain 37:14
100 Mateo Gómez   Spain 37:16
101 Mike Teer   Northern Ireland 37:17
102 Aniceto Simoes   Portugal 37:22
103 Vasco Pereira   Portugal 37:22
104 Pär Wallin   Sweden 37:24
105 Robert Manz   West Germany 37:25
106 Abdelmadjid Mada   Algeria 37:25
107 Moumoh Haddou   Morocco 37:27
108 John Hartnett   Ireland 37:28
109 Dic Evans   Wales 37:29
110 Sergio Muscardin   Italy 37:32
111 Hussein Soltani   Tunisia 37:34
112 Andy Holden   England 37:35
113 Lahcen El Hachmi   Morocco 37:39
114 Mansour Guettaya   Tunisia 37:42
115 Omar Anassi   Morocco 37:44
116 Tahar Bounab   Algeria 37:45
117 Eloi Schleder   Brazil 37:48
118 Mohamed Ghannouchi   Morocco 37:50
119 Tom Annett   Northern Ireland 37:52
120 Ismo Toukonen   Finland 37:52
121 Mohamed Salem   Algeria 37:53
122 Jan Hagelbrand   Sweden 37:55
123 Gerry Deegan   Ireland 37:56
124 Giuseppe Gerbi   Italy 38:02
125 Dick Crowley   Ireland 38:05
126 Philip Dolan   Scotland 38:05
127 Mohamed Benbaraka   Morocco 38:06
128 Ali Gammoudi   Tunisia 38:08
129 Dennis Coates   England 38:08
130 Lars Enqvist   Sweden 38:15
131 Peter Ratcliffe   Wales 38:19
132 Gunnar Holm   Sweden 38:19
133 Greg Hannon   Northern Ireland 38:22
134 Lawrie Spence   Scotland 38:25
135 Mohamed Zaidi   Tunisia 38:26
136 Wilhelm Jungbluth   West Germany 38:28
137 Mike Critchley   Wales 38:29
138 Carlos Alves   Brazil 38:35
139 Roy Kissin   United States 38:36
140 Carlos Cabral   Portugal 38:39
141 Italo Tentorini   Italy 38:47
142 Hamida Gamoudi   Tunisia 38:52
143 Günther Zahn   West Germany 39:03
144 Gerry Finnegan   Ireland 39:10
145 Labidi Ayachi   Tunisia 39:25
146 Ian Morrison   Northern Ireland 39:27
147 Mahmoud Hazzazi   Algeria 39:44
148 Cherif Hannchi   Tunisia 39:59
149 Aloisio de Araújo   Brazil 40:13
150 John Allen   Northern Ireland 40:20
151 Tom Falkinger   Sweden 41:00
152 Leonardo de Oliveira   Brazil 41:36
153 Paulo Ferrugen   Brazil 41:42
— Antonio Campos   Spain DNF
— Fernando Cerrada   Spain DNF
— Rich Kimball   United States DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    England
Tony Simmons 2
Bernie Ford 3
David Slater 15
Grenville Tuck 16
David Black 26
Mike Tagg 28
(Steve Kenyon) (47)
(Andy Holden) (112)
(Dennis Coates) (129)
90
    Belgium
Karel Lismont 4
Gaston Roelants 13
Hendrik Schoofs 17
Eddy Rombaux 19
Willy Polleunis 27
Robert Lismont 38
(Eric De Beck) (49)
(Gilbert Maesschalk) (65)
(Eddy Van Mullem) (97)
118
    France
Jacques Boxberger 9
Lucien Rault 18
Jean-Paul Gomez 25
Jean-Luc Paugam 32
Dominique Coux 46
Alex Gonzalez 57
(Radhouane Bouster) (63)
(Patrick Martin) (71)
(Pierre Levisse) (90)
187
4   Soviet Union
Enn Sellik 6
Vladimir Merkushin 12
Ivan Parluy 23
Nikolay Puklakov 42
Mikhail Ulymov 45
Vadim Mokalov 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
Dave Babiracki 39
Glenn Herold 58
Henry Perez 82
(Steve Flanagan) (92)
(Roy Kissin) (139)
(Rich Kimball) (DNF)
243
7   West Germany
Detlef Uhlemann 5
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann 22
Michael Karst 29
Peter Weigt 48
Reinhard Leibold 83
Robert Manz 105
(Wilhelm Jungbluth) (136)
(Günther Zahn) (143)
292
8   Wales
Glen Grant 31
Steve Gibbons 35
David Hopkins 43
John Davies 54
Malcolm Thomas 66
Mick Morris 75
(Dic Evans) (109)
(Peter Ratcliffe) (131)
(Mike Critchley) (137)
304
9   Finland
Tapio Kantanen 10
Seppo Nikkari 59
Esko Lipsonen 61
Jouko Santanen 69
Jukka Toivola 73
Seppo Tuominen 76
(Martti Kiilholma) (94)
(Ismo Toukonen) (120)
348
10   Scotland
Jim Brown 24
Allister Hutton 34
Andrew McKean 41
Joseph Patton 72
Laurence Reilly 81
Jim Alder 96
(Paul Kenney) (98)
(Philip Dolan) (126)
(Lawrie Spence) (134)
348
11   Spain
Mariano Haro 11
José Luis Ruiz 51
Juan Hidalgo 70
Ricardo Ortega 74
Fernando Fernandez 85
Santiago de la Parte 99
(Mateo Gómez) (100)
(Antonio Campos) (DNF)
(Fernando Cerrada) (DNF)
390
12   Portugal
Carlos Lopes 1
Anacleto Pinto 44
Helder de Jesús 79
Fernando Mamede 80
José Sena 88
Aniceto Simoes 102
(Vasco Pereira) (103)
(Carlos Cabral) (140)
394
13   Ireland
Neil Cusack 30
Danny McDaid 53
Thomas Brennan 55
Donal Walsh 56
Paddy Coyle 95
John Hartnett 108
(Gerry Deegan) (123)
(Dick Crowley) (125)
(Gerry Finnegan) (144)
397
14   Morocco
Larbi M'Hidra 21
Haddou Jaddour 68
Dahou Belghazi 86
Mustapha Oulghazi 87
Moumoh Haddou 107
Lahcen El Hachmi 113
(Omar Anassi) (115)
(Mohamed Ghannouchi) (118)
(Mohamed Benbaraka) (127)
482
15   Algeria
Boualem Rahoui 64
Mohamed Kacemi 77
Khaled Aït Idir 78
Smain Yahiaoui 84
Rachid Habchaoui 89
Abdelmadjid Mada 106
(Tahar Bounab) (116)
(Mohamed Salem) (121)
(Mahmoud Hazzazi) (147)
498
16   Tunisia
Abdelkader Zaddem 36
Adelaziz Bouguerra 50
Hussein Soltani 111
Mansour Guettaya 114
Ali Gammoudi 128
Mohamed Zaidi 135
(Hamida Gamoudi) (142)
(Labidi Ayachi) (145)
(Cherif Hannchi) (148)
574
17   Sweden
Anders Gärderud 52
Torgny Björkqvist 60
Pär Wallin 104
Jan Hagelbrand 122
Lars Enqvist 130
Gunnar Holm 132
(Tom Falkinger) (151)
600
18   Northern Ireland
David Logue 93
Mike Teer 101
Tom Annett 119
Greg Hannon 133
Ian Morrison 146
John Allen 150
742
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

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 edit

References edit

  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 2013{{citation}}: CS1 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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