1968 International Cross Country Championships

The 1968 International Cross Country Championships was held in Tunis, Tunisia, at the Hippodrome de Kassar-Said on March 17, 1968. The women's championship was held one week later in Blackburn, England at the Witton Country Park on March 23, 1968. A report on the men's event[1] as well as on the women's event[2] was given in the Glasgow Herald.

1968 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition55th
DateMarch 17 (men) / March 23 (women)
Host cityTunis, Tunisia Tunisia (men)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England England (women)
VenueHippodrome de Kassar-Said (men)
Witton Park (women)
Events2 / 1
Distances7.5 mi (12.1 km) men
4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men
2.8 mi (4.5 km) women
Participation177 athletes from
14 nations

Complete results for men,[3] junior men,[4] women,[5] medallists, [6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
7.5 mi (12.1 km)
Mohamed Gammoudi
  Tunisia
35:25.4 Ron Hill
  England
35:26.8 Roy Fowler
  England
35:31.8
Junior Men
4.35 mi (7.0 km)
John Bednarski
  England
20:59 Pierre de Freyn
  Belgium
21:00 Mohamed Omar
  Morocco
21:02
Women
2.8 mi (4.5 km)
Doris Brown
  United States
15:00 Vicki Foltz
  United States
15:12 Pamela Davies
  England
15:21
Team
Men   England 58   France 101   Spain 129
Junior Men   England 10   Tunisia 27   Morocco 29
Women   United States 19   England 20   Scotland 55

Individual Race Results

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Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Mohamed Gammoudi   Tunisia 35:25.4
  Ron Hill   England 35:26.8
  Roy Fowler   England 35:31.8
4 Guy Texereau   France 35:34.6
5 Mike Freary   England 35:40
6 Mariano Haro   Spain 35:40
7 Alan Rushmer   England 35:42.6
8 Ahmed Zammel   Tunisia 35:47
9 Noel Tijou   France 35:48
10 Ian McCafferty   Scotland 36:08
11 Derek Graham   Northern Ireland 36:13
12 José Maiz   Spain 36:14
13 Javier Álvarez   Spain 36:15
14 René Jourdan   France 36:18
15 Lucien Rault   France 36:19.4
16 Jim Hogan   England 36:22
17 Mohamed Said   Morocco 36:24.8
18 Lachie Stewart   Scotland 36:26
19 Andy Brown   Scotland 36:27
20 Jim Wright   Scotland 36:28.4
21 Iluminado Corcuera   Spain 36:29
22 Larbi Oukada   Morocco 36:29.6
23 Jim Alder   Scotland 36:32
24 Ben Assou El Ghazi   Morocco 36:33
25 Bill Adcocks   England 36:38
26 Carlos Pérez   Spain 36:43
27 Bill Clark   United States 36:45
28 Walter Huss    Switzerland 36:45.2
29 Bernard Maroquin   France 36:52.4
30 Michel Bernard   France 36:55.8
31 Gaston Roelants   Belgium 36:58
32 Mhedheb Hannachi   Tunisia 36:59.2
33 Haddou Jaddour   Morocco 37:04.4
34 Herb Lorenz   United States 37:06
35 Tony Cox   England 37:07
36 Don Lakin   United States 37:08.2
37 Moha Aït Bassou   Morocco 37:09
38 Alan Joslyn   Wales 37:10.4
39 Tom Heinonen   United States 37:11
40 Roger Clark   England 37:14
41 Doug Wiebe   United States 37:16.4
42 Ammar Khemiri   Tunisia 37:24.8
43 Gérard Vervoort   France 37:25
44 Dennis Quinlan   Ireland 37:26
45 Hammadi Ben Mohamed   Morocco 37:27.4
46 Matt Murphy   Ireland 37:29
47 Gareth Bryan-Jones   Scotland 37:31
48 Tom O'Riordan   Ireland 37:31.6
49 Robert Folie   Belgium 37:32
50 Pierre de Pauw   Belgium 37:35.2
51 Ramon Tasende   Spain 37:36
52 Francisco Aritmendi   Spain 37:38.4
53 Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem   Morocco 37:43.4
54 Jean-Pierre Delloye   Belgium 37:48.2
55 Werner Dössegger    Switzerland 37:50
56 Fernando Aguilar   Spain 37:51
57 John Linaker   Scotland 37:52.6
58 Leon Moreels   Belgium 37:54.2
59 Alan Jones   Wales 37:56.6
60 Hedydd Davies   Wales 38:02.4
61 Yves Martinage   France 38:03
62 Johan Janssens   Belgium 38:04.2
63 Alfons Sidler    Switzerland 38:07.6
64 Albien van Holsbeek   Belgium 38:09.2
65 Werner Wildschek    Switzerland 38:13.4
66 Donal Walsh   Ireland 38:15.6
67 Alec Brown   Scotland 38:16
68 Roy Kernoghan   Northern Ireland 38:17.4
69 Bill Reilly   United States 38:22.6
70 Walter Dietiker    Switzerland 38:23
71 Abdelkader Zaddem   Tunisia 38:26
72 Joe O'Keefe   Ireland 38:28.2
73 Hamdouni Sghaier   Tunisia 38:44.6
74 Hansruedi Knill    Switzerland 38:46
75 Abdallah Ben Ammar   Tunisia 38:47.6
76 Lorenzo Gutierrez   Spain 38:50.4
77 Matt Wilson   Northern Ireland 38:54
78 Mike Teer   Northern Ireland 38:55.6
79 Hans Rüdisühli    Switzerland 39:10
80 Abderrahmane Delhoum   Algeria 39:11.2
81 Frank Briscoe   England 39:27
82 Moses Mayfield   United States 39:30.2
83 Malcolm Edger   Northern Ireland 39:43
84 John Buckley   Ireland 39:47
85 Guenaoui Behloul   Algeria 39:50
86 Patrick Leddy   Ireland 39:54
87 Cyril Leigh   Wales 40:08
88 Kamali Benmissi   Algeria 40:10
89 Mohamed Gouasmi   Algeria 40:10.6
90 David Logue   Northern Ireland 40:13
91 Mel Evans   Wales 40:27
92 Alistair Blamire   Scotland 40:29
93 Jeff Kirby   Wales 41:02
94 Gérard Goutailler   France 41:35
95 Mustapha Lerari   Algeria 41:36
96 Aissa Benfarès   Algeria 41:37
97 Chris Loosley   Wales 41:48
98 Bali   Algeria 41:48
99 Ian Morrison   Northern Ireland 41:52
100 Belgacem Harrathi   Tunisia 42:07
Eugène Allonsius   Belgium DNF
Labidi Ayachi   Tunisia DNF
Mick Molloy   Ireland DNF
Willy Polleunis   Belgium DNF
Ron McAndrew   Wales DNF
Alfred Chivers   Northern Ireland DNF
Seboui   Algeria DNF

Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  John Bednarski   England 20:59,6
  Pierre de Freyn   Belgium 21:00,6
  Mohamed Omar   Morocco 21:02,6
4 Don Faircloth   England 21:07,2
5 Andy Holden   England 21:07,2
6 Ian Stewart   England 21:13,8
7 Tony Simmons   Wales 21:26,6
8 Hamida Gamoudi   Tunisia 21:32
9 Amor Lassoued   Tunisia 21:34
10 Mansour Guettaya   Tunisia 21:39
11 Oujid Abdellah   Morocco 21:54
12 Pierre van Heddegem   Belgium 21:57
13 Norman Morrison   Scotland 21:59
14 Angel Cob   Spain 22:02,6
15 Mohamed Benachir   Morocco 22:08
16 Mohamed El Ayachi   Morocco 22:09,6
17 Martin McMahon   Scotland 22:12,6
18 James Cook   Scotland 22:19,4
19 Ali Dali   Libya 22:28,8
20 Julio Gude   Spain 22:34
21 Tahar Bounab   Algeria 22:35
22 Bernie Hayward   Wales 22:36,6
23 Manuel Alcudia   Spain 22:41
24 Karel Lismont   Belgium 22:44,2
25 Juan José Sordo   Spain 22:46,6
26 Boualem Rahoui   Algeria 22:52,8
27 Mohamed Benslimane   Algeria 22:53
28 John Calvert   England 22:56
29 Noureddine Hamouda   Tunisia 22:58
30 Andres Jimeno   Spain 23:08
31 Alan Beaney   Scotland 23:13,2
32 Gwynn Davis   Wales 23:19,8
33 Roland Verstraeten   Belgium 23:31,2
34 John Powell   Wales 23:38
35 Tom Paterson   Scotland 23:42,6
36 Ali Ahmed Baccouch   Libya 23:47
37 Mohamed Kacemi   Algeria 24:00,2
38 Mehdi Ali   Libya 24:01
39 Hassen Kachroudi   Tunisia 24:43,6
40 Ahmed Zbaidi   Morocco 24:54,4

Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km)

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Doris Brown   United States 15:00
  Vicki Foltz   United States 15:12
  Pamela Davies   England 15:21
4 Anne Smith   England 15:24
5 Linda Mayfield   United States 15:43
6 Patricia Brown   England 15:47
7 Phyllis Perkins   England 15:53
8 Ann O'Brien   Ireland 15:56
9 Sheila Taylor   England 16:05
10 Ursula Kennedy   Ireland 16:10
11 Cheryl Bridges   United States 16:11
12 Doreen King   Scotland 16:14
13 Margaret MacSherry   Scotland 16:18
14 Dale Greig   Scotland 16:18
15 Thelwyn Bateman   Wales 16:23
16 Leslie Watson   Scotland 16:27
17 Rosemary Stirling   Scotland 16:39
18 Natalie Roche   United States 16:50
19 Sheena Fitzmaurice   Scotland 16:52
20 June Hale   England 17:12
21 Ann Keating   Ireland 17:15
22 Gloria Dourass   Wales 17:21
23 Margaret Doody   Ireland 17:25
24 Siobhan Lynch   Ireland 17:29
25 Jean Lochhead   Wales 17:33
26 Lori Schutt   United States 17:38
27 Delyth Davies   Wales 17:41
28 Janet Eynon   Wales 18:33
29 Eileen Kelly   Ireland 18:47
30 Meryl Priestley   Wales 18:59

Team Results

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Men's

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Rank Country Team Points
1   England Ron Hill
Roy Fowler
Mike Freary
Alan Rushmer
Jim Hogan
Bill Adcocks
58
2   France Guy Texereau
Noel Tijou
René Jourdan
Lucien Rault
Bernard Maroquin
Michel Bernard
101
3   Spain Mariano Haro
José Maiz
Javier Álvarez
Iluminado Corcuera
Carlos Pérez
Ramon Tasende
129
4   Scotland Ian McCafferty
Lachie Stewart
Andy Brown
Jim Wright
Jim Alder
Gareth Bryan-Jones
137
5   Morocco Mohamed Said
Larbi Oukada
Ben Assou El Ghazi
Haddou Jaddour
Moha Aït Bassou
Hammadi Ben Mohamed
178
6   Tunisia Mohamed Gammoudi
Ahmed Zammel
Mhedheb Hannachi
Ammar Khemiri
Abdelkader Zaddem
Hamdouni Sghaier
227
7   United States Bill Clark
Herb Lorenz
Don Lakin
Tom Heinonen
Doug Wiebe
Bill Reilly
246
8   Belgium Gaston Roelants
Robert Folie
Pierre de Pauw
Jean-Pierre Delloye
Leon Moreels
Johan Janssens
304
9    Switzerland Walter Huss
Werner Dössegger
Alfons Sidler
Werner Wildschek
Walter Dietiker
Hansruedi Knill
355
10   Ireland Dennis Quinlan
Matt Murphy
Tom O'Riordan
Donal Walsh
Joe O'Keefe
John Buckley
360
11   Northern Ireland Derek Graham
Roy Kernoghan
Matt Wilson
Mike Teer
Malcolm Edger
David Logue
407
12   Wales Alan Joslyn
Alan Jones
Hedydd Davies
Cyril Leigh
Mel Evans
Jeff Kirby
428
13   Algeria Abderrahmane Delhoum
Guenaoui Behloul
Kamali Benmissi
Mohamed Gouasmi
Mustapha Lerari
Aissa Benfarès
533

Junior Men's

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Rank Country Team Points
1   England John Bednarski
Don Faircloth
Andy Holden
10
2   Tunisia Hamida Gamoudi
Amor Lassoued
Mansour Guettaya
27
3   Morocco Mohamed Omar
Oujid Abdellah
Mohamed Benachir
29
4   Belgium Pierre de Freyn
Pierre van Heddegem
Karel Lismont
38
5   Scotland Norman Morrison
Martin McMahon
James Cook
48
6   Spain Angel Cob
Julio Gude
Manuel Alcudia
57
7   Wales Tony Simmons
Bernie Hayward
Gwynn Davis
61
8   Algeria Tahar Bounab
Boualem Rahoui
Mohamed Benslimane
74
9   Libya Ali Dali
Ali Ahmed Baccouch
Mehdi Ali
93

Women's

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Rank Country Team Points
1   United States Doris Brown
Vicki Foltz
Linda Mayfield
Cheryl Bridges
19
2   England Pamela Davies
Anne Smith
Patricia Brown
Phyllis Perkins
20
3   Scotland Doreen King
Margaret MacSherry
Dale Greig
Leslie Watson
55
4   Ireland Ann O'Brien
Ursula Kennedy
Ann Keating
Margaret Doody
62
5   Wales Thelwyn Bateman
Gloria Dourass
Jean Lochhead
Delyth Davies
89

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 177 athletes from 14 countries.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Athletics - Scotland Fourth in International Cross-country - Tunis, Sunday - Inspired by ageless Andrew Brown, Scotland's senior team in the International Cross-country championship here yesterday produced probably their best result for 32 years when they finished fourth behind England, France, and Spain in that order..., Glasgow Herald, March 18, 1968, p. 5, retrieved October 4, 2013
  2. ^ Marshall, Ron (March 25, 1968), Athletics - Mrs Brown an easy winner - Mrs D. Brown (U.S.A.), one of the best milers in the world, retained the women's International cross-country title on Saturday at Blackburn..., Glasgow Herald, p. 11, retrieved October 4, 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 12.1km CC Men - Tunis (Men) / Blackburn (Women) Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (M) / Witton Park (W) Date: Sunday, March 17, 1968, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on August 7, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  5. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4.5km CC Women - Tunis (Men) / Blackburn (Women) Hippodrome de Kassar-Said (M) / Witton Park (W) Date: Saturday, March 23, 1968, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  7. ^ 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. 13ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved September 24, 2013