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

Senior women's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	4th
Date	February 28
Host city	Chepstow, Gwent, Wales
Location	Chepstow Racecourse
Nations participating	12
Athletes participating	69
Races	1
Distances	4.8 km – Senior women
← 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
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
13	Viviane van Emelen	Belgium	17:09
14	Deirdre Foreman	Ireland	17:10
15	Silvana Cruciata	Italy	17:11
16	Glynis Penny	England	17:18
17	Doris Heritage	United States	17:19
18	Nadine Claes	Belgium	17:20
19	Debbie Quatier	United States	17:21
20	Celina Magala	Poland	17:23
21	Judy Graham	United States	17:24
22	Mary Purcell	Ireland	17:25
23	Christine Haskett	Scotland	17:27
24	Paula Neppel	United States	17:27
25	Monika Gaisjier	Poland	17:28
26	Carol Gould	England	17:29
27	Aila Virkberg	Finland	17:30
28	Christine Iceaga	France	17:30
29	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	17:31
30	Chantal Navarro	France	17:32
31	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	17:32
32	Thelwyn Bateman	England	17:36
33	Sinikka Tyynelä	Finland	17:39
34	Alison Blake	England	17:39
35	Marjukka Ahtiainen	Finland	17:40
36	Encarnación Escudero	Spain	17:40
37	Zofia Kolakowska	Poland	17:41
38	Cheryl Bridges	United States	17:42
39	Marleen Mols	Belgium	17:47
40	Sheelagh Morrissey	Ireland	17:51
41	Moire O'Boyle	Scotland	17:54
42	Taina Syrjälä	Finland	17:58
43	Joëlle Audibert	France	18:00
44	Montserrat Abello	Spain	18:00
45	Valerie Rowe	England	18:05
46	Veronica Duffy	Ireland	18:10
47	Françoise Nicolas	France	18:11
48	Belen Azpeitia	Spain	18:14
49	Helena Pietilä	Finland	18:14
50	Magda Ilands	Belgium	18:15
51	Urszula Prasek	Poland	18:18
52	Jean Lochhead	Wales	18:29
53	Agnesista Duplica	Poland	18:30
54	Margaret Coomber	Scotland	18:30
55	Iciar Martinez	Spain	18:31
56	Marian Stanton	Ireland	18:31
57	Sonia Basso	Italy	18:32
58	Christine Malone	Ireland	18:38
59	Marcelina Hernaiz	Spain	18:58
60	Ann Parker	Scotland	19:02
61	Mary Chambers	Scotland	19:09
62	Anne Morris	Wales	19:11
63	Bernadette van Roy	Belgium	19:12
64	Maria Steels	Belgium	19:12
65	Viviane Croisé	France	19:13
66	Bronwen Smith	Wales	19:39
67	Anna James	Wales	19:42
68	Margaret Morgan	Wales	20:09
69	Ann Roblin	Wales	20:21

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

Ann Yeoman	4
Glynis Penny	16
Carol Gould	26
Thelwyn Bateman	32
(Alison Blake)	(34)
(Valerie Rowe)	(45)

Poland

Renata Pentlinowska	5
Celina Magala	20
Monika Gaisjier	25
Zofia Kolakowska	37
(Urszula Prasek)	(51)
(Agnesista Duplica)	(53)

France

Joëlle Debrouwer	6
Christine Iceaga	28
Chantal Navarro	30
Joëlle Audibert	43
(Françoise Nicolas)	(47)
(Viviane Croisé)	(65)

107

Belgium

Viviane van Emelen	13
Nadine Claes	18
Marleen Mols	39
Magda Ilands	50
(Bernadette van Roy)	(63)
(Maria Steels)	(64)

120

Ireland

Deirdre Foreman	14
Mary Purcell	22
Sheelagh Morrissey	40
Veronica Duffy	46
(Marian Stanton)	(56)
(Christine Malone)	(58)

122

Scotland

Mary Stewart	9
Christine Haskett	23
Moire O'Boyle	41
Margaret Coomber	54
(Ann Parker)	(60)
(Mary Chambers)	(61)

127

Spain

Carmen Valero	1
Encarnación Escudero	36
Montserrat Abello	44
Belen Azpeitia	48
(Iciar Martinez)	(55)
(Marcelina Hernaiz)	(59)

129

Finland

Aila Virkberg	27
Sinikka Tyynelä	33
Marjukka Ahtiainen	35
Taina Syrjälä	42
(Helena Pietilä)	(49)

137

Wales

Jean Lochhead	52
Anne Morris	62
Bronwen Smith	66
Anna James	67
(Margaret Morgan)	(68)
(Ann Roblin)	(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)

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 (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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