1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	4th
Date	February 28
Host city	Chepstow, Gwent, Wales
Location	Chepstow Racecourse
Nations participating	21
Athletes participating	306
Races	3
Distances	12 km – Senior men 7.8 km – Junior men 4.8 km – Senior women
← 1975 Rabat 1977 Düsseldorf →

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 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)

For full event details see 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	34:47.8
02 !	Tony Simmons	England	35:04
03 !	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
Full results

Teams

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)

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

Soviet Union

219

Italy

224

United States

243

West Germany

292

Wales

304

Full results

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

Junior men's race (7.8 km)

For full event details see 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Eric Hulst	United States	23:53.8
02 !	Thom Hunt	United States	24:06.8
03 !	Nat Muir	Scotland	24:17
4	Thierry Watrice	France	24:23
5	Alberto Salazar	United States	24:36
6	Yahia Hadka	Morocco	24:38
7	Nick Lees	England	24:42
8	Don Moses	United States	24:43
9	Santiago Llorente	Spain	24:45
10	Harry Servranckx	Belgium	24:46
11	Marty Froelick	United States	24:47
12	José Luis González	Spain	24:49
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Eric Hulst	1
Thom Hunt	2
Alberto Salazar	5
Don Moses	8
(Marty Froelick)	(11)
(Ralph Serna)	(19)

Spain

Santiago Llorente	9
José Luis González	12
Rafael Nunez	15
Antonio Prieto	24
(José Calderón)	(40)

England

Nick Lees	7
Jeremy Lothian	26
Nigel Field	27
Nick Brawn	31
(Paul Bettridge)	(46)
(David Murphy)	(57)

Italy

Morocco

107

West Germany

115

Canada

120

Belgium

125

Full results

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

Senior women's race (4.8 km)

For full event details see 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Carmen Valero	Spain	16:19.4
02 !	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	16:39
03 !	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	Tatyana Galstyan	Soviet Union	17:06
12	Raisa Katyukova	Soviet Union	17:07
Full results

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

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

Italy

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

United States

Lynn Bjorklund	7
Doris Heritage	17
Debbie Quatier	19
Judy Graham	21
(Paula Neppel)	(24)
(Cheryl Bridges)	(38)

England

Poland

France

107

Belgium

120

Ireland

122

Full results

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	1	1	4
2	England	1	1	2	4
3	Spain	1	1	0	2
4	Soviet Union	1	1	0	2
5	Portugal	1	0	0	1
6	Italy	0	1	1	2
7	Belgium	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	1	1
8	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

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]

Algeria (14)
Belgium (21)
Brazil (5)
Canada (6)
England (21)
Finland (18)
France (21)

Ireland (19)
Italy (19)
Morocco (15)
Northern Ireland (10)
Poland (6)
Portugal (8)
Scotland (20)

Soviet Union (11)
Spain (20)
Sweden (7)
Tunisia (9)
United States (21)
Wales (21)
West Germany (14)

References

↑ Marshall, Ron (March 1, 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 October 17, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 17, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.8km CC Men - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 17, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.8km CC Women - Chepstow Date: Saturday, February 28, 1976, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 17, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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See also: International Cross Country Championships (1903–1972)

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