1971 International Cross Country Championships

1971 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers	ICCU
Edition	58th
Date	March 20
Host city	San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain
Location	Lasarte Hippodrome
Nations participating	18
Athletes participating	228
Races	3
Distances	7.5 mi (12.1 km) men ; 4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men ; 2.17 mi (3.5 km) women[1]
	← 1970 Vichy 1972 Cambridge →

The 1971 International Cross Country Championships was held in San Sebastián, Spain, at the Lasarte Hippodrome on March 20, 1971. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[2]

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

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men 7.5 mi (12.1 km)	Dave Bedford England	38:42.8	Trevor Wright England	39:05.2	Eddie Gray New Zealand	39:11.6
Junior Men 4.35 mi (7.0 km)	Nick Rose England	23:12.4	Ray Smedley England	23:17.4	Jim Brown Scotland	24:02
Women 2.17 mi (3.5 km)	Doris Brown United States	11:08.4	Berny Lenferink Netherlands	11:21.2	Joyce Smith England	11:23.2
Team
Men	England	56	Belgium	176	France	186
Junior Men	England	7	Scotland	30	Italy	39
Women	England	29	New Zealand	42	United States	51

Individual Race Results

Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Dave Bedford	England	38:42.8
	Trevor Wright	England	39:05.2
	Eddie Gray	New Zealand	39:11.6
4	Javier Álvarez	Spain	39:15.3
5	Peter Standing	England	39:19.4
6	Malcolm Thomas	Wales	39:22.8
7	Noel Tijou	France	39:29.3
8	Mariano Haro	Spain	39:38.5
9	Ian Stewart	Scotland	39:41.2
10	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	39:43.5
11	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	39:44.7
12	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	39:45.3
13	Lucien Rault	France	39:50.2
14	René Goris	Belgium	39:54.1
15	Tony Simmons	England	39:55.2
16	Frank Briscoe	England	39:56.3
17	Andy Holden	England	39:57.2
18	Mike Beevor	England	39:58.3
19	Jan Wawrzuta	Poland	40:01.5
20	Tony Ashton	Wales	40:02.3
21	Lahcen El Hachmi	Morocco	40:04.3
22	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	40:05.2
23	Karel Lismont	Belgium	40:07.1
24	Dick Wedlock	Scotland	40:08.9
25	Norman Morrison	Scotland	40:09.2
26	Bryan Rose	New Zealand	40:11.3
27	Moha Aït Bassou	Morocco	40:14.7
28	John Caine	England	40:17.1
29	Alan Blinston	England	40:18.6
30	Reino Ahvenainen	Finland	40:21.5
31	Juan Hidalgo	Spain	40:23.1
32	Miloud Chenna	Morocco	40:25.3
33	Antoine Borowski	France	40:29.7
34	Michel Bernard	France	40:32.3
35	Jean-Yves Le Flohic	France	40:37.9
36	Haddou Jaddour	Morocco	40:40.2
37	Rex Maddaford	New Zealand	40:41.3
38	Jim Alder	Scotland	40:49.7
39	Seppo Nikkari	Finland	40:50.1
40	Paddy Coyle	Ireland	40:51.5
41	Rauno Mattila	Finland	40:52
42	Bernie Hayward	Wales	40:53
43	Seppo Tuominen	Finland	40:55
44	Julio Gude	Spain	40:59
45	Józef Rebacz	Poland	40:59
46	Edward Stawiarz	Poland	40:59
47	Brunello Bertolin	Italy	40:59
48	Hans Menet	Switzerland	40:59
49	Ben Assou El Ghazi	Morocco	40:59
50	Moumoh Haddou	Morocco	40:59
51	Eddy van Butsele	Belgium	40:59
52	Sean O'Sullivan	Ireland	41:01
53	Pat Gilseman	Ireland	41:02
54	Paul Thijs	Belgium	41:03
55	Ramon Tasende	Spain	41:04
56	Fernando Aguilar	Spain	41:05
57	Mohamed Ben Abdelsalem	Morocco	41:10
58	John Sheddan	New Zealand	41:14
59	Alistair Blamire	Scotland	41:15
60	Martin Simmons	New Zealand	41:17
61	Lachie Stewart	Scotland	41:24
62	Gaston Heleven	Belgium	41:26
63	Mohamed Belhoucine	Morocco	41:27
64	Jean-Pierre Dufresne	France	41:28
65	Esko Lipsonen	Finland	41:29
66	Achille Vaes	Belgium	41:30
67	Stanislaw Podzoba	Poland	41:31
68	Dick Crowley	Ireland	41:35
69	Carlos Pérez	Spain	41:35
70	Andrew McKean	Scotland	41:38
71	Bernie Plain	Wales	41:39
72	Geoffrey Pyne	New Zealand	41:40
73	Mario Binato	Italy	41:41
74	Steve Gibbons	Wales	41:42
75	Olavi Suomalainen	Finland	41:45
76	Albrecht Moser	Switzerland	41:46
77	Mohamed Kacemi	Algeria	41:49
78	Gérard Vervoort	France	41:52
79	Alfons Sidler	Switzerland	41:54
80	Nigel Evans	Wales	41:56
81	Hidih Bidrou	Morocco	42:03
82	Cherif Ben Ali	Algeria	42:04
83	Tony Brien	Ireland	42:05
84	Guy Texereau	France	42:06
85	Josef Wirth	Switzerland	42:07
86	Josef Fähndrich	Switzerland	42:08
87	Mohamed Gouasmi	Algeria	42:13
88	Raymond Corbaz	Switzerland	42:15
89	Tahar Bounab	Algeria	42:18
90	Irineo de Lucas	Spain	42:19
91	Karl Mangold	Switzerland	42:22
92	Edward Mleczko	Poland	42:23
93	Boleslaw Walkowiak	Poland	42:24
94	Kazimierz Podolak	Poland	42:25
95	Renato Martini	Italy	42:32
96	Jim McNamara	Ireland	42:40
97	Mike Teer	Northern Ireland	42:43
98	Gaetano Pusterla	Italy	42:45
99	Ron McAndrew	Wales	42:47
100	Jean Levaillant	France	42:48
101	Roy Kernoghan	Northern Ireland	42:58
102	Desmond McGann	Ireland	43:09
103	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	43:10
104	Ian Morrison	Northern Ireland	43:11
105	Massimo Begnis	Italy	43:15
106	Jim Hayes	Northern Ireland	43:22
107	Roberto Gervasini	Italy	43:27
108	Eddie Spillane	Ireland	43:29
109	Guenaoui Behloul	Algeria	43:30
110	Antonio Frechilla	Spain	43:31
111	Cyril Pennington	Northern Ireland	43:45
112	Franco Ambrosioni	Italy	43:52
113	Yahia Megdout	Algeria	43:54
114	Abdelkader Beneyttou	Algeria	43:55
115	Bill Mullett	Scotland	44:19
116	Fergus Murray	Scotland	44:29
117	Les Jones	Northern Ireland	45:06
118	Derradji Abdelatif	Algeria	45:25
119	John Nodwell	Northern Ireland	45:35
—	Mikko Ala-Leppilamppi	Finland	DNF
—	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	DNF
—	Gavin Thorley	New Zealand	DNF

Junior Men's (4.35 mi / 7.0 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Nick Rose	England	23:12.4
	Ray Smedley	England	23:17.4
	Jim Brown	Scotland	24:02
4	Steve Kenyon	England	24:16.2
5	Kamel Guemar	Algeria	24:30.4
6	Franco Fava	Italy	24:33.6
7	Ramon Sanchez	Spain	24:35.5
8	Aldo Tomasini	Italy	24:40
9	Peter Adams	England	24:42
10	Eddy Van Mullem	Belgium	24:44.4
11	Eric De Beck	Belgium	24:45.8
12	Ricardo Ortega	Spain	24:46.6
13	Ian Gilmour	Scotland	24:49
14	Ron MacDonald	Scotland	24:51.2
15	Alain Grandfils	France	24:52.2
16	Greg Hannon	Northern Ireland	24:53.4
17	Eddie Leddy	Ireland	24:55.6
18	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	24:58
19	Gerry Hannon	Northern Ireland	25:01
20	William Burns	Scotland	25:02.4
21	Herman Mignon	Belgium	25:06.8
22	Gérard Thomazo	France	25:08.6
23	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	25:14.4
24	Neil Cusack	Ireland	25:16.1
25	Vincenzo Lavini	Italy	25:17.4
26	John Baillie	Northern Ireland	25:18
27	William Curtin	Ireland	25:20.3
28	Attallah Djelloul	Algeria	25:22.8
29	Vasco Pereira	Portugal	25:23.5
30	Robert Harrison	England	25:24.6
31	Claude Biteau	France	25:25.2
32	Léon Schots	Belgium	25:27.3
33	Enrique Chaves	Spain	25:28.1
34	Frank Clement	Scotland	25:34.8
35	Paolo Picca	Italy	25:35
36	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	25:38.3
37	Mario Gilardi	Italy	25:48.2
38	Jean-Luc Simonin	France	25:57.4
39	Mohamed Salem	Algeria	26:04.1
40	Padraig Keane	Ireland	26:08.5
41	Pierre Chupin	France	26:13
42	Maurits Beutels	Belgium	26:16
43	Francisco Muñoz	Spain	26:29
44	Francisco Morera	Spain	26:40
45	Carlos Tavares	Portugal	26:48
46	John McLaughlin	Northern Ireland	26:53

Women's (2.8 mi / 4.5 km)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Doris Brown	United States	11:08.4
	Berny Lenferink	Netherlands	11:21.2
	Joyce Smith	England	11:23.2
4	Angela Lovell	England	11:24.4
5	Janet Bristol	United States	11:25.2
6	Christine Haskett	Scotland	11:26.6
7	Valerie Robinson	New Zealand	11:27.4
8	Bev Shingles	New Zealand	11:28.2
9	Irene Miller	New Zealand	11:30
10	Rita Ridley	England	11:34.2
11	Beth Bonner	United States	11:35.4
12	Sheila Carey	England	11:36.6
13	Zina Boniolo	Italy	11:37.8
14	Thelwyn Bateman	Wales	11:43.8
15	Belen Azpeitia	Spain	11:47.6
16	Jean Lochhead	Wales	11:48.4
17	Annie van den Kerkhof	Netherlands	11:50
18	Heather Thomson	New Zealand	11:52.2
19	Ann O'Brien	Ireland	11:53.2
20	Bronwen Cardy	Wales	11:55.5
21	Waltraud Egger	Italy	11:56.6
22	Anneke Stalman	Netherlands	11:59
23	Margherita Gargano	Italy	12:00
24	Carol Gould	England	12:01.2
25	Deirdre Foreman	Ireland	12:02.2
26	Christina van Loock	Belgium	12:04.4
27	Gillian Tivey	England	12:05.6
28	Margaret MacSherry	Scotland	12:06.4
29	Millie Sampson	New Zealand	12:07.6
30	Joke van de Stelt	Netherlands	12:08.3
31	Hadhoum Kadiri	Morocco	12:09.1
32	Mary Lynch	Ireland	12:09.8
33	Els Gommers	Netherlands	12:10.3
34	Trina Hosmer	United States	12:11.5
35	Kate Moroney	Ireland	12:12.3
36	Eileen Cornish	United States	12:15.3
37	Beatrice Lambert	Ireland	12:17.4
38	Khaddouj Hanine	Morocco	12:18.5
39	Veronica Sherry	Ireland	12:20.2
40	Gloria Dourass	Wales	12:21.8
41	Giuseppina Torello	Italy	12:25.8
42	Pilar San Martin	Spain	12:26
43	Sandra Sutherland	Scotland	12:27
44	Pamela Bagian	United States	12:28
45	Begona Zuñiga	Spain	12:32
46	Anne Smith	New Zealand	12:33
47	Ann Barrass	Scotland	12:38
48	Brenda Grinney	Scotland	12:39
49	Liève van den Broeck	Belgium	12:42
50	Donata Govoni	Italy	12:43
51	Delyth Davies	Wales	12:43
52	Rose Murphy	Scotland	12:44
53	Luisa Marci	Italy	12:46
54	Maria Fuentes	Spain	12:47
55	Josee van Santberghe	Belgium	12:49
56	María Martínez	Spain	12:52
57	Consuelo Alonso	Spain	12:55
58	Rita Brownlie	Wales	13:05
59	Rabea Rodchi	Morocco	13:08
60	Monique Dockx	Belgium	13:10

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Dave Bedford Trevor Wright Peter Standing Tony Simmons Frank Briscoe Andy Holden	56
2	Belgium	Gaston Roelants René Goris Willy Polleunis Karel Lismont Eddy van Butsele Paul Thijs	176
3	France	Noel Tijou Lucien Rault Antoine Borowski Michel Bernard Jean-Yves Le Flohic Jean-Pierre Dufresne	186
4	New Zealand	Eddie Gray Rod Dixon Bryan Rose Rex Maddaford John Sheddan Martin Simmons	194
5	Spain	Javier Álvarez Mariano Haro Juan Hidalgo Julio Gude Ramon Tasende Fernando Aguilar	198
6	Morocco	Lahcen El Hachmi Moha Aït Bassou Miloud Chenna Haddou Jaddour Ben Assou El Ghazi Moumoh Haddou	215
7	Scotland	Ian Stewart Dick Wedlock Norman Morrison Jim Alder Alistair Blamire Lachie Stewart	216
8	Finland	Pekka Päivärinta Reino Ahvenainen Seppo Nikkari Rauno Mattila Seppo Tuominen Esko Lipsonen	229
9	Wales	Malcolm Thomas Tony Ashton Bernie Hayward Bernie Plain Steve Gibbons Nigel Evans	293
10	Poland	Jan Wawrzuta Józef Rebacz Edward Stawiarz Stanislaw Podzoba Edward Mleczko Boleslaw Walkowiak	362
11	Ireland	Paddy Coyle Sean O'Sullivan Pat Gilseman Dick Crowley Tony Brien Jim McNamara	392
12	Switzerland	Hans Menet Albrecht Moser Alfons Sidler Josef Wirth Josef Fähndrich Raymond Corbaz	462
13	Italy	Brunello Bertolin Mario Binato Renato Martini Gaetano Pusterla Giuseppe Cindolo Massimo Begnis	521
14	Algeria	Mohamed Kacemi Cherif Ben Ali Mohamed Gouasmi Tahar Bounab Guenaoui Behloul Yahia Megdout	557
15	Northern Ireland	Mike Teer Roy Kernoghan Ian Morrison Jim Hayes Cyril Pennington Les Jones	636

Junior Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Nick Rose Ray Smedley Steve Kenyon	7
2	Scotland	Jim Brown Ian Gilmour Ron MacDonald	30
3	Italy	Franco Fava Aldo Tomasini Vincenzo Lavini	39
4	Belgium	Eddy Van Mullem Eric De Beck Herman Mignon	42
5	Spain	Ramon Sanchez Ricardo Ortega Enrique Chaves	52
6	Ireland	Eddie Leddy Eamonn Coghlan Neil Cusack	59
7	Northern Ireland	Greg Hannon Gerry Hannon John Baillie	61
8	France	Alain Grandfils Gérard Thomazo Claude Biteau	68
9	Algeria	Kamel Guemar Attallah Djelloul Mohamed Salem	72
10	Portugal	Fernando Mamede Vasco Pereira Carlos Cabral	88

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Points
1	England	Joyce Smith Angela Lovell Rita Ridley Sheila Carey	29
2	New Zealand	Valerie Robinson Bev Shingles Irene Miller Heather Thomson	42
3	United States	Doris Brown Janet Bristol Beth Bonner Trina Hosmer	51
4	Netherlands	Berny Lenferink Annie van den Kerkhof Anneke Stalman Joke van de Stelt	71
5	Wales	Thelwyn Bateman Jean Lochhead Bronwen Cardy Gloria Dourass	90
6	Italy	Zina Boniolo Waltraud Egger Margherita Gargano Giuseppina Torello	98
7	Ireland	Ann O'Brien Deirdre Foreman Mary Lynch Kate Moroney	111
8	Scotland	Christine Haskett Margaret MacSherry Sandra Sutherland Ann Barrass	124
9	Spain	Belen Azpeitia Pilar San Martin Begona Zuñiga Maria Fuentes	156
10	Belgium	Christina van Loock Liève van den Broeck Josee van Santberghe Monique Dockx	190

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 228 athletes from 18 countries.

Algeria (11)
Belgium (18)
England (20)
Finland (8)
France (14)
Ireland (19)

Italy (19)
Morocco (12)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (14)
Northern Ireland (11)
Poland (7)

Portugal (4)
Scotland (20)
Spain (20)
Switzerland (7)
United States (6)
Wales (13)

References

↑ "World Cross Country Championbships". ARRS. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
↑ Athletics - Scots' Seniors are Bogged Down - The Scottish senior cross-country team became bogged down in the mud during the first mile of the International championship at San Sebastian on Saturday, and ultimately finished seventh, a position that belied their ability, especially on a day when nature seemed to be their ally..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1971, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on August 28, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), International Cross Country Championships - 3.5km CC Women - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013
↑ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
↑ 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

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[1] "World Cross Country Championbships". ARRS. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[herald_01-2] Athletics - Scots' Seniors are Bogged Down - The Scottish senior cross-country team became bogged down in the mud during the first mile of the International championship at San Sebastian on Saturday, and ultimately finished seventh, a position that belied their ability, especially on a day when nature seemed to be their ally..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1971, p. 4, retrieved October 4, 2013

[archive_01-3] Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on August 28, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013

[archive_02-4] Magnusson, Tomas (April 14, 2007), International Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on August 6, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013

[archive_03-5] Magnusson, Tomas (January 20, 2006), International Cross Country Championships - 3.5km CC Women - San Sebastian Lasarte Hippodrome Date: Saturday, March 20, 1971, Athchamps (archived), Archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 4, 2013

[gbr_01-6] INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013

[iaaf_01-7] 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

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