1971 International Cross Country Championships

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

1971 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition58th
Date20 March
Host citySan Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain Spain
VenueLasarte Hippodrome
Events3
Distances7.5 mi (12.1 km) men
4.35 mi (7.0 km) junior men
2.17 mi (3.5 km) women[1]
Participation228 athletes from
18 nations

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

Medallists

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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

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Men's (7.5 mi / 12.1 km)

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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 Rębacz   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 Stanisław 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 Bolesław 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)

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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)

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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

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Men's

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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 Rębacz
Edward Stawiarz
Stanisław Podzoba
Edward Mleczko
Bolesław 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

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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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Cross Country Championbships". ARRS. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  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
  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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved September 24, 2013
  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