World Cross Country Championships 1976

The 4th IAAF World Cross Country Championships the IAAF took place on 28. February 1976 at the Racecourse Chepstow ( Wales instead).

The men started over a distance of 12.0 km, the women over 4.8 km and the juniors over 7.8 km.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Carlos Lopes	POR	34:48
2	Tony Simmons	CLOSELY	35:04
3	Bernie Ford	CLOSELY	35:07
4th	Karel Lismont	BEL	35:08
5	Detlef Uhlemann	FRG	35:09
6th	Enn Sellik	URS	35:17
7th	Gary Tuttle	United States	35:19
8th	Franco Fava	ITA	35:21

Of 156 athletes who started, 153 reached the finish.

Other participants from German-speaking countries:

• 22: Hans-Jürgen Orthmann ( FRG ), 35:52
• 29: Michael Karst ( FRG ), 36:00
• 48: Peter Weigt ( FRG ), 36:18
• 83: Reinhard Leibold ( FRG ), 37:00
• 105: Robert Manz ( FRG ), 37:25
• 136: Wilhelm Jungbluth ( FRG ), 38:28
• 143: Günter Zahn ( FRG ), 39:03

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	England Tony Simmons Bernie Ford Dave Slater Grenville Tuck Dave Black Mike Tagg	090 2 3 15 16 26 28 00 00 0 0 0 0
2	Belgium Karel Lismont Gaston Roelants Hendrik Schoofs Eddy Rombaux Willy Polleunis Robert Lismont	118 4 13 17 19 27 38 00 0 0 0 0 0
3	France Jacky Boxberger Lucien Rault Jean-Paul Gomez Jean-Luc Paugam Dominique Coux Alex Gonzalez	187 9 18 25 32 46 57 00 0 0 0 0 0

A total of 18 teams were rated. The German team took seventh place with 292 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Carmen Valero	ESP	16:20
2	Tatiana Kasankina	URS	16:39
3	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	16:56
4th	Ann Yeoman	CLOSELY	16:57
5	Renata Pentlinowska	POLE	17:00
6th	Joëlle De Brouwer	FRA	17:01
7th	Lynn Bjorklund	United States	17:02
8th	Giana Romanova	URS	17:03

All 69 athletes who started reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Soviet Union Tatyana Kasankina Giana Romanowa Tatyana Galstyan Raissa Katjukowa	33 0 2 08 11 12
2	Italy Gabriella Dorio Margherita Gargano Silvana Cruciata Cristina Tomasini	59 0 3 10 15 31
3	United States Lynn Bjorklund Doris Heritage Debbie Quatier Judy Graham	64 0 7 17 19 21

A total of twelve teams were rated.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Eric Hulst	United States	23:54
2	Thom Hunt	United States	24:07
3	Nat Muir	SCO	24:17

All 81 athletes who started reached the finish.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 13: Volkmar Betz ( FRG ), 24:50
• 25: Mathias Plank ( FRG ), 25:07
• 30: Harald Hudak ( FRG ), 25:13
• 47: Konrad Dobler ( FRG ), 25:49
• 58: Gerhard Krippner ( FRG )
• 76: Axel Dietrich ( FRG )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United States Eric Hulst Thom Hunt Alberto Salazar Don Moses	16 0 1 02 05 08
2	Spain Santiago Llorente José Luis González Rafael Nunez Antonio Prieto	60 0 9 12 15 24
3	England Nick Lees Jeremy Lothian Nigel Field Nick Brawn	91 0 7 26 27 31

A total of 15 teams were rated. The German team took sixth place with 115 points.

Web links

• Senior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Senior Women's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Junior Men's race ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - results on the Athchamps website