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
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

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Carlos Lopes Portugal34:47.8
Tony Simmons England35:04
Bernie Ford England35:07
4Karel Lismont Belgium35:08
5Detlef Uhlemann West Germany35:09
6Enn Sellik Soviet Union35:17
7Gary Tuttle United States35:19
8Franco Fava Italy35:21
9Jacques Boxberger France35:24
10Tapio Kantanen Finland35:28
11Mariano Haro Spain35:28
12Vladimir Merkushin Soviet Union35:30
13Gaston Roelants Belgium35:30
14Venanzio Ortis Italy35:36
15David Slater England35:40
16Grenville Tuck England35:40
17Hendrik Schoofs Belgium35:41
18Lucien Rault France35:42
19Eddy Rombaux Belgium35:43
20Tony Sandoval United States35:44
21Larbi M'Hidra Morocco35:46
22Hans-Jürgen Orthmann West Germany35:52
23Ivan Parluy Soviet Union35:53
24Jim Brown Scotland35:54
25Jean-Paul Gomez France35:55
26David Black England35:56
27Willy Polleunis Belgium35:57
28Mike Tagg England35:59
29Michael Karst West Germany36:00
30Neil Cusack Ireland36:00
31Glen Grant Wales36:03
32Jean-Luc Paugam France36:04
33Giuseppe Cindolo Italy36:04
34Allister Hutton Scotland36:04
35Steve Gibbons Wales36:04
36Abdelkader Zaddem Tunisia36:07
37Don Kardong United States36:07
38Robert Lismont Belgium36:07
39Dave Babiracki United States36:08
40Luigi Zarcone Italy36:08
41Andrew McKean Scotland36:08
42Nikolay Puklakov Soviet Union36:09
43David Hopkins Wales36:11
44Anacleto Pinto Portugal36:13
45Mikhail Ulymov Soviet Union36:16
46Dominique Coux France36:17
47Steve Kenyon England36:17
48Peter Weigt West Germany36:18
49Eric De Beck Belgium36:19
50Adelaziz Bouguerra Tunisia36:21
51José Luis Ruiz Spain36:25
52Anders Gärderud Sweden36:26
53Danny McDaid Ireland36:27
54John Davies Wales36:29
55Thomas Brennan Ireland36:29
56Donal Walsh Ireland36:30
57Alex Gonzalez France36:30
58Glenn Herold United States36:31
59Seppo Nikkari Finland36:31
60Torgny Björkqvist Sweden36:32
61Esko Lipsonen Finland36:32
62Luigi Lauro Italy36:35
63Radhouane Bouster France36:42
64Boualem Rahoui Algeria36:43
65Gilbert Maesschalk Belgium36:45
66Malcolm Thomas Wales36:47
67Claudio Solone Italy36:49
68Haddou Jaddour Morocco36:49
69Jouko Santanen Finland36:49
70Juan Hidalgo Spain36:50
71Patrick Martin France36:50
72Joseph Patton Scotland36:51
73Jukka Toivola Finland36:51
74Ricardo Ortega Spain36:53
75Mick Morris Wales36:53
76Seppo Tuominen Finland36:54
77Mohamed Kacemi Algeria36:55
78Khaled Aït Idir Algeria36:56
79Helder de Jesús Portugal36:56
80Fernando Mamede Portugal36:58
81Laurence Reilly Scotland36:59
82Henry Perez United States37:00
83Reinhard Leibold West Germany37:00
84Smain Yahiaoui Algeria37:01
85Fernando Fernandez Spain37:02
86Dahou Belghazi Morocco37:03
87Mustapha Oulghazi Morocco37:03
88José Sena Portugal37:03
89Rachid Habchaoui Algeria37:03
90Pierre Levisse France37:03
91Vadim Mokalov Soviet Union37:07
92Steve Flanagan United States37:08
93David Logue Northern Ireland37:10
94Martti Kiilholma Finland37:11
95Paddy Coyle Ireland37:12
96Jim Alder Scotland37:12
97Eddy Van Mullem Belgium37:12
98Paul Kenney Scotland37:12
99Santiago de la Parte Spain37:14
100Mateo Gómez Spain37:16
101Mike Teer Northern Ireland37:17
102Aniceto Simoes Portugal37:22
103Vasco Pereira Portugal37:22
104Pär Wallin Sweden37:24
105Robert Manz West Germany37:25
106Abdelmadjid Mada Algeria37:25
107Moumoh Haddou Morocco37:27
108John Hartnett Ireland37:28
109Dic Evans Wales37:29
110Sergio Muscardin Italy37:32
111Hussein Soltani Tunisia37:34
112Andy Holden England37:35
113Lahcen El Hachmi Morocco37:39
114Mansour Guettaya Tunisia37:42
115Omar Anassi Morocco37:44
116Tahar Bounab Algeria37:45
117Eloi Schleder Brazil37:48
118Mohamed Ghannouchi Morocco37:50
119Tom Annett Northern Ireland37:52
120Ismo Toukonen Finland37:52
121Mohamed Salem Algeria37:53
122Jan Hagelbrand Sweden37:55
123Gerry Deegan Ireland37:56
124Giuseppe Gerbi Italy38:02
125Dick Crowley Ireland38:05
126Philip Dolan Scotland38:05
127Mohamed Benbaraka Morocco38:06
128Ali Gammoudi Tunisia38:08
129Dennis Coates England38:08
130Lars Enqvist Sweden38:15
131Peter Ratcliffe Wales38:19
132Gunnar Holm Sweden38:19
133Greg Hannon Northern Ireland38:22
134Lawrie Spence Scotland38:25
135Mohamed Zaidi Tunisia38:26
136Wilhelm Jungbluth West Germany38:28
137Mike Critchley Wales38:29
138Carlos Alves Brazil38:35
139Roy Kissin United States38:36
140Carlos Cabral Portugal38:39
141Italo Tentorini Italy38:47
142Hamida Gamoudi Tunisia38:52
143Günther Zahn West Germany39:03
144Gerry Finnegan Ireland39:10
145Labidi Ayachi Tunisia39:25
146Ian Morrison Northern Ireland39:27
147Mahmoud Hazzazi Algeria39:44
148Cherif Hannchi Tunisia39:59
149Aloisio de Araújo Brazil40:13
150John Allen Northern Ireland40:20
151Tom Falkinger Sweden41:00
152Leonardo de Oliveira Brazil41:36
153Paulo Ferrugen Brazil41:42
—Antonio Campos SpainDNF
—Fernando Cerrada SpainDNF
—Rich Kimball United StatesDNF

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 England
Tony Simmons2
Bernie Ford3
David Slater15
Grenville Tuck16
David Black26
Mike Tagg28
(Steve Kenyon)(47)
(Andy Holden)(112)
(Dennis Coates)(129)
 90
 Belgium
Karel Lismont4
Gaston Roelants13
Hendrik Schoofs17
Eddy Rombaux19
Willy Polleunis27
Robert Lismont38
(Eric De Beck)(49)
(Gilbert Maesschalk)(65)
(Eddy Van Mullem)(97)
 118
 France
Jacques Boxberger9
Lucien Rault18
Jean-Paul Gomez25
Jean-Luc Paugam32
Dominique Coux46
Alex Gonzalez57
(Radhouane Bouster)(63)
(Patrick Martin)(71)
(Pierre Levisse)(90)
 187
4 Soviet Union
Enn Sellik6
Vladimir Merkushin12
Ivan Parluy23
Nikolay Puklakov42
Mikhail Ulymov45
Vadim Mokalov91
 219
5 Italy
Franco Fava8
Venanzio Ortis14
Giuseppe Cindolo33
Luigi Zarcone40
Luigi Lauro62
Claudio Solone67
(Sergio Muscardin)(110)
(Giuseppe Gerbi)(124)
(Italo Tentorini)(141)
 224
6 United States
Gary Tuttle7
Tony Sandoval20
Don Kardong37
Dave Babiracki39
Glenn Herold58
Henry Perez82
(Steve Flanagan)(92)
(Roy Kissin)(139)
(Rich Kimball)(DNF)
 243
7 West Germany
Detlef Uhlemann5
Hans-Jürgen Orthmann22
Michael Karst29
Peter Weigt48
Reinhard Leibold83
Robert Manz105
(Wilhelm Jungbluth)(136)
(Günther Zahn)(143)
 292
8 Wales
Glen Grant31
Steve Gibbons35
David Hopkins43
John Davies54
Malcolm Thomas66
Mick Morris75
(Dic Evans)(109)
(Peter Ratcliffe)(131)
(Mike Critchley)(137)
 304
9 Finland
Tapio Kantanen10
Seppo Nikkari59
Esko Lipsonen61
Jouko Santanen69
Jukka Toivola73
Seppo Tuominen76
(Martti Kiilholma)(94)
(Ismo Toukonen)(120)
 348
10 Scotland
Jim Brown24
Allister Hutton34
Andrew McKean41
Joseph Patton72
Laurence Reilly81
Jim Alder96
(Paul Kenney)(98)
(Philip Dolan)(126)
(Lawrie Spence)(134)
 348
11 Spain
Mariano Haro11
José Luis Ruiz51
Juan Hidalgo70
Ricardo Ortega74
Fernando Fernandez85
Santiago de la Parte99
(Mateo Gómez)(100)
(Antonio Campos)(DNF)
(Fernando Cerrada)(DNF)
 390
12 Portugal
Carlos Lopes1
Anacleto Pinto44
Helder de Jesús79
Fernando Mamede80
José Sena88
Aniceto Simoes102
(Vasco Pereira)(103)
(Carlos Cabral)(140)
 394
13 Ireland
Neil Cusack30
Danny McDaid53
Thomas Brennan55
Donal Walsh56
Paddy Coyle95
John Hartnett108
(Gerry Deegan)(123)
(Dick Crowley)(125)
(Gerry Finnegan)(144)
 397
14 Morocco
Larbi M'Hidra21
Haddou Jaddour68
Dahou Belghazi86
Mustapha Oulghazi87
Moumoh Haddou107
Lahcen El Hachmi113
(Omar Anassi)(115)
(Mohamed Ghannouchi)(118)
(Mohamed Benbaraka)(127)
 482
15 Algeria
Boualem Rahoui64
Mohamed Kacemi77
Khaled Aït Idir78
Smain Yahiaoui84
Rachid Habchaoui89
Abdelmadjid Mada106
(Tahar Bounab)(116)
(Mohamed Salem)(121)
(Mahmoud Hazzazi)(147)
 498
16 Tunisia
Abdelkader Zaddem36
Adelaziz Bouguerra50
Hussein Soltani111
Mansour Guettaya114
Ali Gammoudi128
Mohamed Zaidi135
(Hamida Gamoudi)(142)
(Labidi Ayachi)(145)
(Cherif Hannchi)(148)
 574
17 Sweden
Anders Gärderud52
Torgny Björkqvist60
Pär Wallin104
Jan Hagelbrand122
Lars Enqvist130
Gunnar Holm132
(Tom Falkinger)(151)
 600
18 Northern Ireland
David Logue93
Mike Teer101
Tom Annett119
Greg Hannon133
Ian Morrison146
John Allen150
 742
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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

References
  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 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 9 October 2013
  4. 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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